The Bay Area’s blistering heat wave brought seven record-breaking highs across the region and Central Coast on Thursday as San Rafael, Santa Rosa, Redwood City and several other cities reached new high temperatures.
It's expected to cool down a bit on Friday, but it'll still be hot out there.
An Excessive Heat Warning lasts until 9 p.m.
"We are seeing signs of the wind and an easing of the high pressure system that gave us these hot temperatures. That will come to shape (Friday)," National Weather Service Meteorologist Rick Canepa told KCBS Radio.
Canepa says this heat wave isn't necessarily normal but has happened before – the hottest temperature on record for June was marked in Livermore at 113 degrees in 1961. Forecast models show substantial cooling along the coast and inland through the weekend and into next week, helping the Bay Area get back to the cooler weather.
Some wind and possible coastal drizzle are included, Canepa added. The direction of the wind will not lead to fire concern. "We’ll see a substantial cooling, not only along the coast but well inland."
In all, we broke six records on Thursday:
- In Santa Rosa, it reached 104 degrees. The previous record was 101 in 1922.
- In San Rafael, 103 broke the record of 99 set in 1956.
- Kentfield got up to 103, breaking the record of 102 from 1992.
- Redwood City hit 103, hotter than the record of 100 from 1945.
- Gilroy got up to 106, breaking a previous records set in 1961.
Californians have been asked to conserve power under an extended Flex Alert lasting from 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed an emergency proclamation to free up additional energy capacity, suspending certain permitting requirements and allowing use of back-up power to help alleviate heat-related demands on the state's energy grid.
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