Triple Digits Remain Into August

HEATWAVE #3
Don't expect this heatwave to end anytime soon. Today marks Day 19. Highs range 99-105 degrees today through Friday. One day at 98 or 99 degrees will not end the heatwave, just prolong it. Thursday may near the upper 90s, but I do not forecast Heatwave #3 to end.
Heatwave #3 has seen 17 triple digit days (as of this post), 11 heat stress days, 8 days of morning lows at 80-degrees or higher, plus 8 days of 109 degrees or higher. This keeps us at a Category 5 Heatwave. The last time we were at these heights were back in 1933. Today Heatwave #3 becomes the tenth strongest heatwave on record. That beats the heatwave set back in 2005, when we peaked at 107°. Our current heatwave has topped out at 114° twice. Heatwave #3 started on June 28th. Expect triple digits to remain well into the next fifteen days. Aka... August!
EXCESSIVE HEAT RETURNING
The Excessive Heat Warning we previously had over the last two weeks ended Sunday. However, more excessive heat is set to return Sunday of next week, into the entirety of next week. Highs forecast 107-114 degrees, again. Please, respect the heat. Stay in the shade. Keep hydrated. Wear light and light colored clothing.
SMOKY SKIES
Several wildfires in and around Kern County will keep our skyline very hazy. The Lost Hills Fire near Lost Hills will affect areas of Taft into Bakersfield. The White Fire one hour south of Tehachapi in Twin Lakes should be the biggest impact to the region. It affects areas of the Kern County mountain and desert areas. Finally, the Laura Fire in the Kern River Valley affects that zone into Porterville. Air quality will be in the poor to bad range through Wednesday.