TIMELINE: Bay Area heat wave continues for 5th day

Saturday, July 6, 2024
AccuWeather Forecast: Heat wave continues, temps start to cool Sunday
ABC7 News weather anchor Lisa Argen has your AccuWeather forecast for Friday.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- We're five days into an expected nine-day heat wave in the Bay Area and Heat Advisories and Excessive Heat Warnings continue.

ABC7 News weather anchor Lisa Argen has more on what to expect.

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RED FLAG WARNING:
Until 9 p.m. Saturday for North Bay Interior Mountains, East Bay Hills, Santa Cruz Mountains: Wind, critically dry fuels and low relative humidity.
Northwest winds 5-15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Relative humidity as low as 8%.

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING:
North Bay Interior Mountains, Valleys, East Bay Valleys, Santa Cruz Mountains Until 11 p.m. Wednesday with dangerously hot conditions. Afternoon highs 90s to 105 expected.
Carquinez Strait and Delta (11 p.m. Tuesday) from 100-118 with very warm overnight lows.
Lake County( 8PM Monday) as hot as 108

HEAT ADVISORY:
San Francisco Bay Shoreline Until 11 p.m. Wednesday.
Dangerous heat continues until the middle of next week.
Patchy fog overnight burning off quickly.

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BAY AREA HEAT WAVE:

  • Heat Advisories, Excessive Heat Warnings continue this afternoon. This is day 5 of a 9-day heat wave

  • Heat Risk remains major to extreme for areas Inland

  • High temperatures will be 10 to 20 above average

  • Red Flag Warning continues for the North Bay Mtns, East Bay Hills, Santa Cruz Mtns

  • Clear skies for fireworks this evening with warm temperatures at 9 p.m.

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