A second consecutive day of scorching heat was on tap Monday around the Bay Area with record-breaking temperatures and unhealthy air expected all day. Repeating Sunday’s alert, the National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for the entire region as temperatures turn from uncomfortable to unhealthy.
“It’s going to be warmer today than it was yesterday,” said Anna Schneider, a meteorologist with the weather service. And on Sunday people were even sweating in the shade. Temperatures around the region broke records including at San Francisco International Airport where it hit 94 degrees, breaking the 1978 record of 91 degrees for the date.
But Monday’s heat was set to push into the 90s, threatening to fuel the fire’s activity. Unlike Sunday when the flames really took off, winds on Monday were expected to be mellower, forecasters said. Out on the coast where there’s usually some refuge during these sweltering days, temperatures will be in the 80s. From there, things only get hotter.
Temperatures in the inland East Bay will near or pass the century mark, Schneider said. And for the second day in a row, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued a Spare the Air Alert. Residents were asked to avoid driving due to unhealthy, stagnant air around the region. An intense system of high pressure that’s causing Monday’s hot spell was expected to weaken on Tuesday as temperatures begin to drop through the week, forecasters said.
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