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Re: current weather
I was skeptical that such a forecast was legitimate and thought it was just some error picked up by the online weather reporting services, but it is repeated in a Sacramento Bee newspaper article. Pretty wild change in temps!!!
Short, sharp Sacramento heat wave to be chased by dramatic cooling - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee
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Short, sharp Sacramento heat wave to be chased by dramatic cooling
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By Bill Lindelof
blindelof@sacbee.com
Published: Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 - 1:52 pm
Today looks like it will live up to its billing as the hottest day of the year. At 1 p.m., it was 97 degrees in Sacramento, and the predicted high of 105 seemed well within sweaty reach.
Elsewhere in the region, the early afternoon temperatures were: 100 degrees in Elk Grove, 99 in Folsom, 97 in Davis and 97 degrees in Cool.
A strong high-pressure system built this morning, and the compressed atmosphere was cooking the Sacramento Valley, where highs were expected to range from 105 to 110 degrees.
The sudden-onset heat wave contrasts dramatically with the overall summer conditions, which have been relatively cool. Sacramento has had few 100-degree days and topped out with 103 degrees on July 16.
Today's predicted high is not a record for the date. That would be the 108 degrees that most recently caused the capital to sizzle in 1931.
High temperatures on Wednesday are expected to be about the same as today or a couple of degrees cooler, National Weather Service forecasters predict.
The hot spell will begin to wane Thursday, and highs will drop precipitously day by day until Sacramento is kissed by a high in the high 70s Saturday, NWS meteorologists say.
The updated Sacramento forecast:
This afternoon: Sunny and hot, with a high near 105. Northwest wind about 7 mph.
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 66. Northwest wind to 6 mph becoming calm.
Wednesday: Sunny and hot, high near 105. Calm wind becoming west/southwest to 6 mph.
Wednesday night: Clear, low about 61. South/southwest wind 8-11 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, high near 94. South wind to 9 mph.
Thursday night: Mostly clear, low about 56.
Friday: Sunny, high near 86.
Friday night: Clear, low about 53.
Saturday: Sunny, high near 77.
Saturday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 52.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, high near 74.
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