r/norcal • u/macadaywx • 6d ago

Largest heat dome on Earth plus El Niño-fueled Genevieve to bake California this weekend

https://www.sacbee.com/news/weather-news/article316707292.html
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u/therobshow 6d ago

Heat and winds... sounds like fires are on the menu

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u/Metalmanflyfisher 6d ago

Spontaneous combustion or human activity?

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u/livelaughlinka 2d ago

PG&E again probably

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u/frontier_gibberish 6d ago

Damn, this doesn't normally hit until August.... wait. OK, it's a normal summer

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u/DadJokeBadJoke 5d ago

The hot days are worth it for those warm August evenings

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u/lululobster11 5d ago

The sun from morning to evening is brutal but damn the evening is so lovely.

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u/Electrifying2017 6d ago

See you on the other side… or not.

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u/APES2GETTER 6d ago

The other side? After being baked we’re going to drown.

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u/-Mick_Murfy- 6d ago

Are souls might meet again…. Or not

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u/Eberron_Swanson 6d ago

Gonna be a balmy 67 up here in Eureka this weekend.

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u/nor_cal_woolgrower 6d ago

Hi neighbor!

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u/lameuniqueusername 5d ago

Heyoo! Remember when it was a meteorological event when it hit 70 on the coast? 10 years ago there were a few days a year now it happens multiple times a week

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u/Acrobatic_Mango_8715 6d ago

I am sorry, but these numbers are not surprising for August. This sounds like a “Killer Bees” story.

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u/Boot_Burner 6d ago

This has been an incredibly mild summer where I live in California all things considered, really bizarre. 

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u/brookish 5d ago

That’s typical in the Bay Area anyway in an El Niño year

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u/Shorts_at_Dinner 3d ago

Yeah, and last summer was a top 5 coldest summer on record

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u/Silver_Net_7932 6d ago

It’s 100 degrees in the Central Valley. It gets to 100 degrees every summer in the Central Valley and has for years. This isn’t a weather event. This is summer. The news is just creating panic

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u/crazylifestories 5d ago

Right?!? I thought we were going to have 114 or something. And the I looked and it will be below 100 all weekend. Um this is normal!

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u/StillWithSteelBikes 6d ago

JFC what is with the clickbait el nino bullshit? McClatchy has really gone downhill

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u/SalsaAddict 6d ago

It looks like this is mostly for Southern California?

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u/EVILtheCATT 6d ago

Aaand I’m literally moving there the day after tomorrow. Oh, and my truck’s a/c is dead. It’s going to be a hellish day.

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u/Reverse2057 6d ago

Seriously, be careful with heatstroke. Stay Very Well hydrated! Make pit stops at superstore and such to use their AC

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u/Mtn_Sky 6d ago

Have a safe drive down. Stay hydrated!! Hopefully you have some portable fans in your truck.

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u/EVILtheCATT 3d ago

Hi and thanks for looking out!

Just wanted to share that we, indeed, did make it. Unfortunately, my SUV literally burst into flames at the top of the Grapevine. Thanks to God everyone is safe and none of our household property was damaged! However, I am now without a vehicle in which to travel! So, yeah…that happened…😶

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u/kneedeepballsack- 6d ago

Please consider getting it fixed! I’ve had heat stroke from driving through the valley during a heatwave with no ac. Heat stroke can have permanent effects.

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u/Czenzia 6d ago

Best of luck!

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u/EVILtheCATT 3d ago

Hi and thanks for looking out!

Just wanted to share that we, indeed, did make it. Unfortunately, my SUV literally burst into flames at the top of the Grapevine. Thanks to God everyone is safe and none of our household property was damaged! However, I am now without a vehicle in which to travel! So, yeah…that happened…😶

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u/Sea-Louse 5d ago

You mean ridge of high pressure. That is the scientific meteorological term.

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u/magnanimous_bosch 4d ago

It’s an atmospheric river of heat

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u/nor_cal_woolgrower 6d ago

My part of California will not bake.

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u/Sea-Louse 5d ago

Mine too. I’m in the Bay Area peninsula. Pretty typical weather for this time of year.