CENTRAL COAST—The heat wave expected to bake the inland parts of the Bay Area with temperatures as high as 110 degrees will largely miss Monterey Bay, thanks to the marine layer for which Santa Cruz County is known.
National Weather Service meteorologist Gerry Diaz says that temperatures along the coast will hover from 60-70 degrees. Inland areas such as Salinas can expect temperatures into the 80s.
There is a heat advisory for south Monterey County, where thermometers could reach 100 degrees, Diaz said.
The rest of the Bay Area is bracing for 110-degree temperatures, prompting public safety officials and doctors to warn people to stay out of the heat, and stay hydrated.
The coming heat wave is expected to peak Thursday, but high temperatures will last for the foreseeable future.
In response, the California Independent System Operator, which oversees the state’s power grid, is asking residents to conserve energy whenever possible.
Although no outages or other power disruptions are anticipated right now, triple-digit heat is forecast to start spreading across California and the southwest through Friday, and the ISO is warning that it could call for rotating outages if demand becomes too great.
These steps could also include flex alerts, which are voluntary calls for consumers to conserve electricity between 4-9pm, when demand for electricity becomes the greatest.
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