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The National Weather Service expects another heat wave to hit the Bay Area this week.
SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News) - Another heat wave is set to roll through San Francisco and the Peninsula this week, with forecasters expecting near-record-level warmth and prime fire conditions.
Conditions will be dry and hot starting Tuesday, with temperatures rising through Thursday until a significant cool down Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
Temperatures will stay in the low-80s today, creep up to the mid-80s Tuesday and climb to the high-80s and possibly low 90s in some areas Wednesday and Thursday, National Weather Service forecaster Matt Mehle said.
Record temperatures for San Francisco are 89 degrees July 8, 90 degrees July 9 and 92 degrees July 10.
“At this time we’re not expecting it to get higher than any of those temperatures, but it will be close,” Mehle said.
In addition to the excessive-heat watch in effect Tuesday through Thursday, Mehle expects a fire-weather watch to be announced for the region this week as well. There likely will not be high winds in the area, but conditions will be hot and dry, especially in the hills, he said.
Firefighters likely will not be able to rely on cool nighttime temperatures to fight fires like they have in recent weeks because the air will stay warm after the sun sets, Mehle said. Firefighters also will have to battle dehydration during these conditions, he said.
“It’s definitely not going to help the situation,” Mehle said.
San Francisco and Peninsula residents likely will not have much smoke blown their way from fires outside of the Bay Area because of low winds, he said.
The impending warmth comes on the heels of a record stretch of heat two weeks ago.
“This isn’t the first strong heat wave we’ve had for the year and I doubt it’ll be the last,” Mehle said.
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MrHyphy said:
Time to chill on the block with a tank top yadadafeel me?
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Examiner Reader said:
Was the tree in the picture cut down? There is no breakage on the tree and looks like it was taken down by a chain saw.
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Examiner Reader said:
Let's not forget those of us that were stranded because MTA doesn't have a proper back up plan for light rail interuptions. Dozens of people waited for their chance to crowd onto a shuttle bus, maybe 3 showed up in the hour i waited. When lodging a complaint, the MTA rep. said they do not plan for these things. REALLY? you should always plan for how to get around an interuption in the line. But then again, its the MTA! BTW, what the hell does O'Malley ahve to do with the weather? Everyone seems to be all up in arms about relating him to the storm damage. It's an act of nature, or as some might say, an act of GOD lol. if so, GOD does not seem to be happy with those that are close minded lately.
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Steven Lessner said:
O'malley,busch,and miller would all be typical weatherman where they could lie to the public.Between the state liars and shelia dixon and her corrupt adminstration it's a race to see who can steal more tax dollars. Dixon's adminstration does a pretty good job of stealing since most of her people are black.Instead of giving a tax break she wants to give raises to her people while other people in the private sector are losing their jobs let's give raises and screw the people in the city. Dixon doesn't care about the city of baltimore, one of the most violent in the country.Just as O'Malley could care less about Maryland,this is not the "FREE STATE" anymore it's should be renamed the expensive state that has the most laws in the nation.
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Examiner Reader said:
O'Malley would make a better weather man than he is a politician. He could lie about the weather and blame it on Bob Ehrlich and global warming.
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Examiner Reader said:
Had it not been for global warming there would be 40 inches of snow laying on the ground right now with many people losing thier lives!
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Was the issue with VDOT and /or the lack of the national /local reporting
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Virginia definitely doesn't know how to handle this type of weather, let alone do Virginia drivers know how to drive. Being from Indiana, it cracks me up to see places of business closing down because the weather report says there's a chance of snow. People need to slow down and remember what driver's ed taught them, it'll save lives.
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Examiner Reader said:
Cabin fever!!!
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Examiner Reader said:
The problem is that Virginia does not know how to handle winter weather. It's not just highways. "It was a perfect storm at a perfect time..."? Gimme a break. Just own up to not having enough DOT trucks, and to not having an efficient plan when snow/ice falls. There certainly are plenty of other states that deal with snow/ice every year, yet they don't seem to have these issues. It's amazing really.
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Tinker said:
Just think how much colder it would be if "AL" had not invented global warming!
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Examiner Reader said:
Actually, there was also a 7:05 ferry from Oakland to SF that I was on - what a wild ride!
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