Bay Area Heat Wave To Come To An End By Sunday
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / AP / BCN) ― Forecasters said a massive high pressure ridge would continue to keep the heat turned up again across a wide area of Northern California through the weekend.

But the National Weather Service said there was some relief coming to the coastal areas on Saturday and the entire region should start cooling off on Sunday.

At least one Bay Area city was close to breaking a heat record again Friday following numerous record-setting temperatures Thursday.

Santa Rosa by late Friday afternoon had reached 95, putting it close to breaking its record of 96 degrees. On Thursday, Santa Rosa reached 100 degrees, topping the old record of 97, weather service meteorologist Steve Anderson said.

"There will be a few broken records (Friday), but not as many as (Thursday)," he said.

On Thursday, the Bay Area's three largest cities all set records: It hit 98 degrees in Oakland, breaking the previous record of 87 set in 1976; San Francisco's high of 97 and San Jose's 99 were also records for the day.

Residents along the coast can expect cooler weather Saturday, Anderson said. Inland temperatures will begin to drop Sunday when the heat wave ends.

Next week the Bay Area is expected be cooler but still warm.

"Temperatures will be above normal but not hot," Anderson said.

Beginning Monday, San Francisco is expected to be around 70 degrees. Inland areas should reach 90 degrees and along the coast temperatures are expected to be in the upper 60s to around 70, according to Anderson.

The weather service issued a heat advisory for the Bay Area inland areas which was expected to remain in effect until 8 p.m. Friday. Meantime, the Santa Clara Valley was still under an excessive heat warning until Friday night.

Residents were advised to drink fluids and stay out of the sun and various communities in the region opened public cooling centers.

Children, pets and those sensitive to heat should not be left unattended in enclosed vehicles even for a short time as temperatures can quickly rise to life-threatening levels, the weather service said.

Bay Area commuters also found public transit slower than usual in the heat.

A Caltrain spokesman explained that trains can usually run up to 79 mph, but were being kept under 60 mph in some cases to avoid additional stress on the tracks. The heat caused similar delays on the BART system.