{"id":308327,"date":"2026-05-10T00:41:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T00:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/308327\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T00:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T00:41:14","slug":"high-pressure-ridge-settles-in-pushing-weekend-heat-toward-seasons-hottest-stretch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/308327\/","title":{"rendered":"High pressure ridge settles in, pushing weekend heat toward season\u2019s hottest stretch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Hot Times are arriving, and Saturday&#8217;s temperatures could be quite similar to Friday&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Our newest ridge of high pressure will settle into the area quite comfortably during the tail-end of the weekend into early next week, and that is when the highest readings of the year are set to begin. Over the next several days, highs will range from the low 90s to 100, or beyond!<\/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\/dd67dca9-c78a-44f1-8ba2-9081c0e1e7b9-HOT1.JPG\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s really important to practice hot weather safety, especially with thermometers climbing to the highest points so far this season. Make sure you try to stay out of the heat, stay hydrated, dress comfortably, stay out of the direct sunlight, check on the very young and elderly, as well as pets and watch children around bodies of water.<\/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\/6e638da2-0fa3-42f7-9a95-dd416ecd1306-HOT2.JPG\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The forecast looks even hotter for Sunday!<\/p>\n<p>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 Hot Times are arriving, and Saturday&#8217;s temperatures could be quite similar to Friday&#8217;s.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-308327","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\/308327","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=308327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}