Good Saturday, it's Memorial Day
weekend and we are kicking off
here with temperatures warming up.
Will start off our Saturday with
highs in the low 90s forward the
valley now for the Friday temperature.
High was about 88 degrees.
The average this time of year is 83
so we are still well above average and
where we should be this time of year.
But the record 102 we're going
to be far from it for today,
but moving into Sunday we are expected
to break a record in Sacramento.
We'll get to that in just second.
Let's continue on here now.
Starting on Sunday,
we're going to see an excessive heat warning.
Start to kick off that Sunday at noon.
This goes until Tuesday night,
8:00 PM you're looking all the
way at the California,
Oregon border all the way down.
Redding Red Bluff all the way into
Sacramento all the way down to Bakersfield.
It is going to be an extremely
hot weekend ahead.
Again kicking off Sunday
as this will take effect,
but of course 90 is still on Saturdays.
Pretty warm.
The Heat advisory also in effect on
Sunday until 9:00 PM on Monday for
areas of the coastal range towards San
Francisco and just a little further
inland as we see near areas of Patterson.
And we will expect to see these
hot temperatures that really
lasting at least three days.
And then after that we're still going
to be in those mid to upper 90s.
So still gonna be very warm.
We're just really drying out now.
The warmer above average temperatures
that start off today is pretty much
the extent of the coolness we're
going to build this week with low 90s.
Everything after today is going
to be mid to upper 90s and then
continuing into the hundreds now
showers and thunderstorm chances.
I know that's a hard thing to
throw into the mix when you're
talking about all this heat,
but we do have the chance to see some
showers that will be pushing through
just with a very slight system.
East of us like could have an impact
over areas in or graphically up
near our areas of the foothills
and Sierra as we start to heat up.
We're also going to add more
moisture into the air.
The heat rises obviously.
And when you do it over an area of
or graphy or we call an inclined
into the foothills of the Sierra,
that's where we start to see
more moisturizes.
Well, it kind of gets trapped overhead.
We could see some showers and
then potential just because of how
hot it is to see.
Thunderstorm chances also
involved with those showers now.
This is going to be closer to about
anywhere from about 4:35 to about
7:00 PM and again only for the Sierra.
Everyone else going to remain dry in
the valley, drying to the coastal range,
as well as toward the Bay Area.
Very Hot Memorial Day weekend
as well as the week
ahead. So here's what we're looking at.
We've been dealing with drought conditions
really since we've started the year off.
We continue to talk about it,
but what we're looking at is a drastic
change and want you to take a mental
note of this photo here and will do
a side by side comparison for you.
Just writing all the way to Sacramento
and into San Francisco is that.
Dark dark shade there of that red,
that's exceptional.
26% exceptional.
We're also looking here at
areas just east of Fresno,
so of 26% say exceptional in a drought.
Then we look at the really
the difference here.
Between the left May 20th just a
week ago to now the current you can
see just how huge that area is that
extends up north compared to just the
North Bay and areas right around Napa,
Santa Rosa area.
So it's just such a difference.
One week has made.
From where we typically should be this
time of year when it comes to water,
snowpack falling into our reservoirs,
and all of that that has
impacted our state so much,
we're going into the summer
months so dry at this point.
The biggest concern is one we
don't have as much water that we
need to sustain us to continue on.
We can't go through another
year of this kind of drought,
but also one of the bigger concerns here
is how dry we are because of the drought.
We have dry grass is the winds pick up.
They continue to dry them out.
The heat also adds to the drying effect.
So if anything sparks,
it's going to move rapidly,
especially if we have winds in place.
So that's one of the biggest concerns we
have when we start going into these months.
Starting Memorial Day and into the summer,
and we start to see the heat really having
an impact on us so early in the season.
And I want to talk about someday record
temperatures that could be possible
because reading all the way to Sacramento
could see some record temperatures.
Now reading 104 is the
forecasted temperature,
105 the record so they could get very
close to then some spots may even
beat that Sacramento 101 forecast.
100 is the record,
so we could very well beat that.
As we are forecast to do now, Stockton,
Modesto in the mid 90s for Sunday,
so not quite as close to the
record temperatures of 101 to 103,
but things could happen alright.
I want to talk about the signs of
heat stroke because with all of this
heat moving on from Sunday into next
week we are going to start seeing
a lot of people getting injured,
getting sick, being outdoors too long,
thinking they can handle something they can.
And this also includes caffeine and
alcohol that really dehydrates you as
something you really want to look out
for and look out for your neighbor.
Make sure we're staying hydrated and safe.
Now one of the first signs
is nausea and dizziness.
If you start feeling that right
away and then you stop sweating,
that's a really bad combination.
Not only you start looking at signs
of heat exhaustion 1st and then
it goes straight into heat stroke,
and this is really what you want to avoid.
The portion where you stop sweating
is when you start knowing you're
getting into a heat stroke,
a severe headache, and mental confusion.
If you're not really aware of where you're
at in this stage and what's going on,
are you really need to get indoors?
Start cooling down and you may have
to even seek medical attention by
the time you get to the heat stroke.
Portion of staying outdoors and being
dehydrated and dealing with all that heat.
So please everyone.
Be careful this Memorial Day weekend.
I know a lot of people want to head
outdoors due to the pandemic we've
all been cooped up and you just
want to enjoy yourself and do so.
I do agree everyone should enjoy.
Just be careful.
Make sure you're taking care of each other.
High pressure system that's overhead
is what's really starting to cause all
of the heat to begin starting tomorrow,
and this is going to start digging
the Jetstream further north,
creating a huge arch over most
of the western US.
And it's not just us in California, but.
Washington,
Oregon going to be dealing with temperatures
they're not used to this time of year.
There going to be seeing mid
80s to low 90s for us.
We've been seeing it for quite awhile,
but for them a lot of those places don't
even have air conditioning and so it's
going to be a pretty big effect for them.
This circulation of high.
Here's what's also starting to bring in
a bit of the stronger winds for today.
Will see him picking up 10 to
15 mph in the valley,
25 through the Delta is also 'cause we have
a little bit of a disturbance over Nevada.
Meanwhile,
the high pressure system still building,
so the combination there is going to bring
us some of those windier conditions today.
Now here is the shower chances
and thunderstorm chances.
We were talking about that could
be moving through seeing it here at
5:30 PM and then starting to scatter
on out mostly sunny skies.
We get a few higher elevation
clouds every now and then.
Otherwise we're really staying away
from most of that moisture as well as
any potential for rain in the forecast.
Let's talk about the breezy conditions here.
I don't like to say too windy
or strong winds because,
really,
we've been dealing with 10 mile
per hour winds.
It's pretty natural for us and
we're going to see that to date
about 15 mph winds in Fairfield,
but they do pick up by the evening hours.
15 mph from 10 to 15 in the
valley and then up to about
2425 mile per hour. Winds in Fairfield
moving into the evening hours.
Let's talk about the temperatures
for the foothills because I know a
lot of these areas usually are much
cooler than the valley, which is nice.
But we're actually in start heating up
for a lot of people in the foothills.
Jackson snore in the mid 80s,
upper 80s and I own we're looking
at 85 in Auburn,
86 Quincy and by tomorrow you
might as well add an additional 10
degrees to what you're seeing on
your forecast for your Saturday.
Because temperatures are pretty much
increasing anywhere from 7 to 10 degrees.
Sunday 77 apologize 76 Truckee
South Lake Tahoe cooler.
And then we'll expect 80 degree
temperatures up high in the Sierra.
So wow, it's really going to start heating
up even as you start moving up in elevation.
Mid 80s and Antioch,
Fairfield 71 in Napa,
58 in San Francisco and will also expect
those mid to upper 80s couple low 90s there.
Patterson for the high today Saturday for our
areas of San Joaquin Valley 90 in Sacramento,
87 in Elk Grove and then here's where
it starts getting a little dicey.
101 on Sunday.
Then we jump another bout 5 degrees Monday
as we get to 106 the hottest day of the week.
This heat wave extending into
Tuesday and even possibly Wednesday
as the temperatures once they still
in the upper 90s.
So really hot there we finally
get back into those mid 90s as we
start moving back into next week.