Northern California forecast: Mild morning, hot afternoon Wednesday

QUICK SNAPSHOT HERE. UH RANCHO CORDOVA. HIGHWAY 50 THINGS LOOKING REAL GOOD OUT THERE. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AUGUST IS GOING TO AUGUST WHEN IT COMES TO HEAT THERE. HEATHER. IT’S JUST WHAT IT IS. AND IT’S NOT THAT BAD. YEAH, WELL, JULY MAY BE OUR AVERAGE, HOTTEST MONTH, BUT AUGUST IS A VERY CLOSE SECOND. AND AS GULSTAN SAID, AFTER WHAT WE HAD THIS PAST JULY AT 104 DOESN’T SEEM SO BAD RIGHT? HE JUST WISH WE COULD GET A FEW MORE OF THOSE DAYS IN THE 80S AND LOW 90S. THERE ARE SOME TOWARDS THE END OF THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST. WE’LL GET TO THAT IN A MOMENT. BUT 102 TODAY IN FAIRFIELD AFTER YESTERDAY’S MID 90S. SO A PRETTY BIG TEMPERATURE JUMP EVEN THROUGH THE DELTA, DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ONSHORE BREEZE TONIGHT. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT HINTED BY THE DIFFERENCES IN TEMPERATURES BUT STILL UPPER 90S IN FAIRFIELD AND SACRAMENTO. TRIPLE DIGITS FOR YUBA CITY STOCKTON AND FOR MODESTO. IT’S MID TO UPPER 90S INTO THE FOOTHILLS. HERE IS THAT ONSHORE BREEZE. YOU CAN FOLLOW IT THROUGH SOLANO COUNTY, OUT INTO THE VALLEY. EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF AIR MOVING UP INTO THE FOOTHILLS. BUT HERE’S THE THING. YOU LOOK AT THE HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGE, WHICH YOU DON’T SEE AT THE COAST. THE CLOUDS. YEAH, THE MARINE LAYER HAS REALLY THINNED OUT OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS. SO WITHOUT MUCH COOL AIR AT THE COAST AND WITHOUT MUCH OF A DELTA BREEZE TONIGHT ISN’T GOING TO COOL OFF QUITE AS MUCH AS THE LAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS. BUT RELATIVELY SPEAKING, IT WILL STILL BE SOMEWHAT COMFORTABLE AROUND SACRAMENTO COUNTY AND INTO THE DELTA FOR THE NEXT FEW MORNINGS, ESPECIALLY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING WHEN WE’RE BACK DOWN INTO THE LOW 60S. BUT AFTERNOONS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE HIGHS NEAR 100 DEGREES THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. AND THAT HEAT AND THE SOUTHWESTERLY WIND DIRECTION. YOU SEE THAT HERE. THAT’S GOING TO KEEP THE PARK FIRE VERY ACTIVE FROM LATE MORNING. ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. WE SAW IT AGAIN TODAY. WE SAW IT YESTERDAY. WE’LL SEE AT EACH OF THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS WELL AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS BIG BLOB OF HEAT IS GOING TO START TO SHRINK AWAY, BUT IT’S NOT TOTALLY DONE WITH US JUST YET. IT’S KIND OF STUBBORN. MODELS HAVE BEEN HINTING AT THAT HEAT KIND OF LINGERING INTO SATURDAY. NOT TALKING ANYTHING TOO INTENSE, ESPECIALLY AGAIN, RELATIVE TO WHAT WE’VE GOTTEN USED TO. BUT WE WILL STILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES TO START THE WEEKEND. IT’S SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY WHERE THIS LITTLE TROUGH STARTS TO DIG INTO THE WEST COAST. THAT’S THAT MILDER AIR COMING IN FROM THE NORTH. YOU’LL NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE STARTING SUNDAY. BUT AS FOR TOMORROW, REALLY NOT MUCH CHANGE AT ALL IN THE SIERRA A DRY DAY. COOL TO START, BUT VERY WARM IN THE AFTERNOON. UPPER 80S FOR TRUCKEE AND SOUTH LAKE TAHOE. MID 90S AND ARNOLD, YOSEMITE DOWN IN THE VALLEY, A HIGH AROUND 100 DEGREES AND IT’LL BE ANOTHER DAY WHERE TEMPERATURES IN THE FOOTHILLS START IN THE LOW TO MID 70S AND END IN THE UPPER 90S. SONORA ANGELS CAMP BOTH VERY CLOSE TO 100 DEGREES. AUBURN NOT TOO FAR OFF THAT MARK EITHER. THERE WILL BE A BETTER ONSHORE BREEZE TOMORROW EVENING THAT SHOULD HOLD FAIRFIELD INTO THE MID 90S. AFTER TRIPLE DIGITS TODAY, BUT STILL UPPER 90S THERE IN LAKEPORT, AND NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CLOUD COVER TO START THE DAY. EVEN AT THE IMMEDIATE COAST FOR THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, WE’LL TAKE OFF A DEGREE OR TWO FROM WHERE WE WERE TODAY. HIGH OF 104 EXPECTED IN MANTECA SACRAMENTO VALLEY, AROUND 103 DEGREES DOWNTOWN, 104 FOR FOLSOM. YOU NOTICE YUBA CITY THERE AT 106 SEVEN DAY FORECAST YEAR HAS TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 ALL THE WAY THROUGH SATURDAY. BUT THERE YOU SEE SUNDAY STILL ON TRACK FOR THE NUMBERS TO COME BACK DOWN TO AVERAGE. LOOK AT THAT LITTLE GENTLE NUMBER FOR FRIDAY. SEE A LITTLE DIP AND ON FRIDAY.

Northern California forecast: Mild morning, hot afternoon Wednesday

Valley temperatures will climb back above 100 degrees Wednesday and Thursday.

Updated: 6:33 PM PDT Aug 6, 2024

Meteorologist/Climate Reporter

Widespread triple digits temperatures returned to the Valley Tuesday. Similar heat is in the forecast Wednesday and Thursday. In between the hot afternoons, many Valley spots will cool off nicely at night. Wednesday morning temperatures will start in the mid 60s. Thursday and Friday mornings will start slightly cooler. High temperatures will climb to around 101 to 104 degrees across the Valley Wednesday. Foothills communities will be in the upper 90s to around 100 degrees. The Sierra will be cool to start and then very warm in the afternoon with highs around lake Tahoe in the upper 80s. Thunderstorm activity is not expected for the next few days.

Widespread triple digits temperatures returned to the Valley Tuesday. Similar heat is in the forecast Wednesday and Thursday.

In between the hot afternoons, many Valley spots will cool off nicely at night. Wednesday morning temperatures will start in the mid 60s. Thursday and Friday mornings will start slightly cooler.

High temperatures will climb to around 101 to 104 degrees across the Valley Wednesday. Foothills communities will be in the upper 90s to around 100 degrees.

The Sierra will be cool to start and then very warm in the afternoon with highs around lake Tahoe in the upper 80s. Thunderstorm activity is not expected for the next few days.