High Pressure System Turns Up Heat On Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A strong high pressure system is keeping the heat turned up across most of Northern California.
Though the return of coastal fog to the San Francisco Bay area cooled things down a bit overnight, the National Weather Service says temperatures across the inland areas of the region on Sunday were expected to range between 80 to 100 degrees.
On Monday, forecasters expected temperatures to rise even higher, with readings between 90 to 105.
The heat has prompted the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to issue a "Spare the Air Smog Alert" for Monday, the third consecutive day the district has issued an alert.
Air quality officials say motor vehicle exhaust and other chemicals in the air, along with high temperatures, are combining to form an unhealthy level of ground-level ozone.
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