The Bay Area will have to contend with yet another heat wave this weekend.
The National Weather Service on Wednesday issued excessive heat warnings for part of the region, which will go into effect this weekend.
Starting at noon Saturday and running through Sunday at 10 p.m., residents in parts of the North Bay and East Bay are advised to drink plenty of fluids and avoid strenuous outdoor activities.
National Weather Service meteorologists estimated that temperatures have an 84% chance of reaching 100 degrees as far north as Cloverdale, with better-than-even odds of triple-digit temperatures in parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
Dryer and warmer temperatures are expected to begin Thursday, less than a month after a record-setting pre-summer heat wave that enveloped much of the Bay Area. Cal ISO, the state’s power grid regulator, initiated a two-day Flex Alert in June.
The agency, however, is yet to issue another one. It tweeted Wednesday afternoon that the power grid remains "stable at this time."
Almost all of the state, including the Bay Area, is currently experiencing extreme or exceptional drought conditions, as California continues to contend with the consequences of climate change.
Those drought conditions carry elevated fire risks, while more acres have already burned in wildfires than at this time last year. However, the National Weather Service has not issued red flag warnings for the Bay Area.
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