Scorching Heat Should Evaporate By Thursday: NWS Officials

A high-pressure system over Nevada is expected to bring record or near-record high temperatures to parts of the San Francisco Bay Area Wednesday, National Weather Service officials said.

The high temperatures are expected in the North Bay valleys, coast and mountains, the San Francisco shoreline and Peninsula coast and the shoreline along Monterey Bay and Big Sur, as well as the East Bay valleys and hills, Santa Cruz Mountains and Santa Clara Valley, including San Jose.

Temperatures are expected in the 80s near the coast and 90s inland, weather service officials said. Cooler temperatures are forecast for Thursday.

"It's only going to be one day," forecaster Steve Anderson said.

At 10:15 a.m., it was already 80 in Half Moon Bay and at Stinson Beach in Marin County. In Santa Cruz, it was 78 degrees, Anderson said.

"There'll be a handful of places out there that will see record-breaking temperatures," Anderson said.

In Oakland, the temperature is expected to reach 92 degrees, which would break a record of 86 set on today's date in 1989. In Livermore, the temperature is expected to reach 90 degrees, one degree higher than the record set in 1939. The temperature at the San Francisco International Airport is forecast to tie the record of 89 degrees set in 1989. The temperature in Mountain View and Gilroy is forecast to reach 92 degrees.

Anderson said neighbors should look after people who are elderly and people without air conditioning.

Also, residents should be particularly careful about leaving small children and pets in vehicles where the temperature can quickly rise to dangerous or deadly levels.

-By Bay City News Service, image via ShutterStock