LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL?

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In the past week both weather forecasters and their high tech models have been fooled by the refusal of high pressure to shift east away from the West Coast. Each new outlook seems to prolong our long, hot start to October as the heat dome is blocked from moving east.

Now, once again, forecasts show the high pressure ridge and its heat sticking around through Sunday or Monday before substantial relief arrives in the form of cooler weather. That means continued temperatures of from 90-100 across inland areas of the North Bay through Monday. So, another hot weekend in store.

For now, remnant tropical moisture moved over the Bay Area on Friday, giving us a brief break from the intense sun.

Meanwhile, storms have started to sweep into the Pacific Northwest, while we remain under an unusually persistent high pressure dome. And as you can see that dome will wobble but not really move much for the next few days.

That means heat advisories have been extended through Saturday for the region. The current thinking is that by Tuesday, the pattern will break down and begin to shift east, allowing cooler air and even (later in the week) an outside chance for a few showers to reach us. You can see pretty intense storms brewing up in the Gulf of Alaska. Some of that energy may push south toward California around Wednesday to Friday of next week.