{"id":297060,"date":"2026-05-02T21:49:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T21:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/297060\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T21:49:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T21:49:47","slug":"high-pressure-ridge-keeps-saturday-warm-with-90-degree-highs-possible-in-the-south-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/297060\/","title":{"rendered":"High pressure ridge keeps Saturday warm, with 90-degree highs possible in the South Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The warmest day of the latest warmup is on tap for: Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The upper-level ridge of high pressure centered over the Rocky Mountains, with an expansive influence across our region, will help keep those temperatures warm for one more day.<\/p>\n<p>Afternoon highs on Saturday could get up to right around 90 for the South Valley, high 80s in the desert, mid 80s in the KRV and mid 70s across Tehachapi.<\/p>\n<p>Hikers and campers be aware, if you are planning on being out and about along the High Sierra, afternoon showers and thunderstorms will be increasingly likely as a result of building instability in response to a strengthening and approaching upper-level low west of San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KBAK\/KBFX\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2b3c840c-f4ea-4476-b628-6d527f8cd819-HIKINGFORECASTIN.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This system will be part of our forecast focus going forward with bigger changes heading Kern County&#8217;s way. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KBAK\/KBFX\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ad407bdb-6501-4aec-ad17-f62b047246a1-lookingahead.JPG\"\/>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Chief Meteorologist Ilya Neyman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The warmest day of the latest warmup is on tap for: Saturday. The upper-level&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-297060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}