A major heat wave will be hitting California this weekend, complicating firefighting efforts and potentially bringing more challenges to the electrical grid.
for the weekend, beginning either Friday or Saturday and continuing through Sunday or Monday, depending on the region. Sunday is expected to be the hottest day, with temperatures potentially beginning to come down a bit starting Monday.that baked the state just weeks ago? According to National Weather Service meteorologist Kathy Hoxsie, it will be similar, and “in some locations even a little hotter.” But this go-round is at least expected to be shorter than the long swelter of mid-August.
And Northern California will be far from spared. “It’s going to be a regional event,” Hoxsie explained, adding that Nevada will also be affected. The San Francisco Bay Area office of the National Weather ServiceWill we see more blackouts?The short answer is it’s too soon to say. The California Independent System Operator, the organization that runs the electric grid for much of the state, said in a statement that “it is too early to assess the specific impacts of heat on grid conditions.
According to Gonzales, the duration of heavy demand affects equipment, bringing more possibility for equipment failures during a longer heatwave, so the fact that this coming heat wave is expected to be substantially shorter than the last one works in our favor. Cloud cover, which lowers solar output, was also a factor during the last heat wave, but it’s not currently forecast to be an issue this weekend.How police reform was derailed in California.
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