Heat is on, Monday March 16th forecast

Our Sunday turned out beautiful with plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures once again. The wild card was the persistent fog that developed overnight and lingered along the coast through the day. Our moderate offshore flow weakened just enough and that allowed for a very weak onshore flow to push in the fog. We could see another round of very patchy and for some areas, dense fog through the night and in to early Monday. However, whatever fog that does develop will likely burn off quickly Monday as a return of strong high pressure and moderate offshore northerly winds which sets us up for a very warm work week ahead.

A region wide Heat Advisory is in effect through much of next week. In fact, we could even see temperatures possibly warming to above 100 degrees and that means we also have warning level alerts for areas just inland of the coast. The culprit for the expected heat is strong high pressure building with light northerly winds that in turn create what is called compressional heating. This is where air moving downslope toward the ocean and lower elevations will warm up from the increasing weight or pressure from the deepening atmosphere. This could all be very dangerous for people working or playing outside as well as anyone with a lack of air conditioning. We will update the forecast as needed right here and for our on air broadcasts to let you know how each day is shaping up heat detail wise. It is looking like this could be historical for more than few reasons, including daily records being shattered, highest ever temperatures recorded for March, number of days above 80 degrees and lastly, no significant rainfall seen through the end of the month.

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