The evening sun begins to set as seen from Mount Diablo State Park in in Contra Costa County, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Hot temperatures are expected through Saturday according to the National Weather Service. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
Even after a sizzling Thursday which saw one beach community break a temperature record, a warmer, sweatier day was predicted for Friday ahead of what’s expected to be a toasty weekend throughout the Bay Area.
Thursday’s skyrocketing temperatures resulted in a record high in Half Moon Bay for Oct. 5, as the 90-degree day surpassed the previous high of 82 set in 2013, according to the National Weather Service.
Forecasters set a heat advisory that would run from 11 a.m. Friday to 11 p.m. Saturday, with most of the region set for days above 90 on Friday and Saturday. The advisory warns residents of the dangers of the high temperatures, reminding people to stay hydrated, limit outdoor activities and be on watch for signs of heat exhaustion.
Only official climate station to set a new record maximum temperature today was Half Moon Bay. Half Moon Bay reached 90°F, which breaks the old record of 82°F from 2013. #cawx #caheat pic.twitter.com/9TXZRguEcF
— NWS Bay Area
(@NWSBayArea) October 6, 2023
“Copy and paste from (Thursday),” said NWS meteorologist Dalton Behringer. “The locations that saw the highest temperatures will are going to continue that.”
Half Moon Bay’s forecasted high of 88 degrees on Friday could threaten another record, but the mark most likely to fall may be in the Bay Area’s largest city. San Jose’s projected high of 94 is only one degree off the city’s Oct. 6 record of 95 degrees, according to Behringer.
“It’s going to be a close one,” Behringer said.
Other forecast highs around the Bay Area on Friday include 87 in Oakland, 94 in Hayward, 97 in Livermore, 94 in Walnut Creek, 89 in Palo Alto, 94 in Santa Cruz and an atypically scorching 95 in downtown San Francisco.
In each of those areas, and most others throughout the region, the high is expected to be only a couple of degrees cooler on Saturday.
“(Saturday), a slight cool down, if you can call it that,” Behringer said. “It’s still going to be warm but maybe a couple of degrees cooler in the hottest spots.”
Originally published at Austin Turner