{"id":424737,"date":"2026-08-05T19:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T19:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/424737\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T19:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T19:36:11","slug":"northern-california-forecast-subtly-cooler-wednesday-hazy-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/424737\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern California forecast | Subtly cooler Wednesday, hazy skies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ophelia<\/p>\n

Northern California forecast: Subtly cooler Wednesday, with hazy skies from wildfire smoke<\/p>\n

A subtle Delta breeze will keep temperatures below 100 degrees Wednesday and Thursday. <\/p>\n

\"Ophelia<\/p>\n

A subtle Delta breeze will keep temperatures below 100 degrees on Wednesday and Thursday in Northern California.<\/p>\n

Smoke from the Gann Fire will create hazy skies, with the thickest smoke along and east of Highway 49 into the Tahoe area.<\/p>\n

Heat builds again Friday through the weekend, making Friday, Saturday and Sunday Impact Days due to triple-digit heat. Those with outdoor activities planned, work outside or are more vulnerable to heat-related illnesses should plan accordingly.<\/p>\n

Delta breeze impacts<\/p>\n

A cooler and comfortable morning is underway in Sacramento with a light Delta breeze. <\/p>\n

Thanks to a thickening marine later and the returning strength of our onshore winds, today is forecast to be a touch cooler with valley highs in the upper 90s. <\/p>\n

Number of 100 degree days are down<\/p>\n

Onshore flow will also keep Thursday\u2019s temperature below 100s as our ridge of high pressure flattens temporarily. <\/p>\n

Heat will scale back up<\/p>\n

However, heat will build again by Friday and continue through the weekend. <\/p>\n

Friday, Saturday and Sunday are Impact Days because of the expected heat.<\/p>\n

Air quality impacts<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, hazy conditions are possible due to wildfire smoke. The thickest smoke will be along and east of Highway 49, with plumes extending toward the Tahoe area on Wednesday. <\/p>\n

As winds shift, the smoke may also shift south on Thursday. <\/p>\n

Foothills & Sierra 7 day forecast<\/p>\n

This weekend may be an uncomfortable one for those in higher elevation as heat builds and smoke lingers. <\/p>\n

Those with respiratory sensitivities are advised to limit time outdoors. <\/p>\n

Valley 7 day forecast<\/p>\n

Air quality will also remain moderate in the valley where high temperatures will return to low 100s this weekend.<\/p>\n

A more meaningful cooldown is forecast to arrive next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Northern California forecast: Subtly cooler Wednesday, with hazy skies from wildfire smoke A subtle Delta breeze will keep…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2820,3421,163688,320,32129,350,129369,167727,157554,23615,35764,274,70723,168904,3896,19931,167726,1028,31142,31138,102620,473,168906,11638,479,151272,163690,19456,90438,484,1024,168905,162519,162521,24272,156536,10288,10617,47375,46338,121,123,122,9127,163689,273,160113,162520,160111,428,483,156535,24828,28457,75218,36898,1078,2429,315,88991,7891,123467,475,160112,10616,178,143068,157555,19,316,430,2695,9942,67967,11639,156537,72],"class_list":["post-424737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-app","tag-big-rig","tag-breezy-onshore-wind","tag-chance","tag-cloud","tag-crash","tag-delta-breeze","tag-delta-breeze-temp","tag-desert-heat","tag-download","tag-few-cloud","tag-foothills","tag-hazy-sky","tag-hazy-weekend","tag-heat","tag-heat-wave","tag-heat-wave-friday","tag-high","tag-i-80","tag-impact-day","tag-intense-heat","tag-kcra","tag-less-heat","tag-light-wind","tag-little-bit","tag-low-90","tag-low-to-mid-70","tag-mid","tag-mild-morning","tag-modesto","tag-monday","tag-more-heat","tag-more-storm-chance","tag-morning-cloud","tag-norcal-forecast","tag-norcal-monday","tag-placer-county","tag-pleasant-weekend","tag-relief","tag-ridge","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-several-hour","tag-sharp-cooldown-today-thank","tag-sierra","tag-sierra-storm","tag-sierra-storm-chance","tag-sierras-storm","tag-start","tag-stockton","tag-storm-chance","tag-sunny-sky","tag-tahoe","tag-temp","tag-temperature","tag-temperatures","tag-thursday","tag-time","tag-tropical-moisture","tag-upper","tag-upper-80","tag-valley","tag-valley-heat","tag-valley-high","tag-vehicle","tag-warm-afternoon","tag-warm-wednesday","tag-weather","tag-wednesday","tag-week","tag-weekend","tag-while","tag-wildfire-smoke","tag-work-week","tag-workweek-today","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424737","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=424737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}