A heat advisory will be in effect Thursday and Friday for the interior parts of the region.
The marine layer was beginning to compress. The cloud cover above the Bay Area was fading. And temperatures were expected to go up by another 3-5 degrees in most areas of the region.
A high-pressure ridge that was responsible for a record-breaking heat wave earlier this month is back over the region after reversing its course. Kennedy said the ridge is gaining strength and the Bay Area’s natural cooling mechanisms are losing theirs.A heat advisory for the inland areas of the region was in effect Thursday morning and will remain in effect through Friday, according to the weather service.
A two-day respite from the major heat is expected for the weekend, before the hottest part of this heat wave settles in next week, she said.
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