Summer is still in full swing across California this week as temperatures are set to climb further above average and heat advisories take effect.
High temps will hold in the 90s for most of the Sacramento Valley this week. Breezy onshore winds will keep the Delta breeze healthy for Sacramento, Modesto and the Delta region with plenty of sunshine to go around.
Sacramento will top out in the low 90s Monday before that Delta breeze arrives. The heat peaks Wednesday or the Sacramento Valley, when highs will reach into the mid- to upper 90s. Thanks to that strong Delta breeze, overnight low temperatures will again dip into the 50s and low 60s.
Similar to last week, the presence of lower pressure through the upper atmosphere will keep a steady stream wispy cirrus clouds flowing across Central California all week out of the southwest. These clouds higher in the sky won’t do much to cool down temps or even make for cloudy days — expect every day to still feel sunny — but it will add some extra color to these late August skies. Sunsets and sunrises should be particularly wonderful.
Further south, the San Joaquin Valley will be much hotter as a heat dome sits over Southern California and Arizona. High temps for Fresno and south through Bakersfield will soar into the triple digits through Thursday. A heat advisory is in effect through Wednesday for Fresno and the southern San Joaquin Valley…