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Bay Area Heat Wave To Come To An End By Sunday

 CBS 5 Weather Center: Current Temps, Conditions & Forecast For Your Community

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / AP / BCN) ― Forecasters said a massive high pressure ridge would continue to keep the heat turned up again across a wide area of Northern California through the weekend.

But the National Weather Service said there was some relief coming to the coastal areas on Saturday and the entire region should start cooling off on Sunday. 

Several Bay Area citiies broke heat records again on Friday following numerous record-setting temperatures Thursday.

Among them was Santa Rosa, which reached 99 Friday, breaking its record of 96 degrees for the day. On Thursday, Santa Rosa had reached 100 degrees, topping their old record of 97, weather service meteorologist Steve Anderson said.

Residents along the coast can expect cooler weather Saturday, Anderson said. Inland temperatures will begin to drop Sunday when the heat wave ends.

Next week the Bay Area is expected be cooler but still warm.

"Temperatures will be above normal but not hot," Anderson said.

Beginning Monday, San Francisco is expected to be around 70 degrees. Inland areas should reach 90 degrees and along the coast temperatures are expected to be in the upper 60s to around 70, according to Anderson.

The weather service issued a heat advisory for the Bay Area inland areas which was expected to remain in effect until 8 p.m. Saturday.

Residents were advised to drink fluids and stay out of the sun and various communities in the region opened public cooling centers.

Children, pets and those sensitive to heat should not be left unattended in enclosed vehicles even for a short time as temperatures can quickly rise to life-threatening levels, the weather service said. 

Bay Area commuters also found public transit slower than usual at times in the heat.

A Caltrain spokesman explained that trains can usually run up to 79 mph, but were being kept under 60 mph in some cases to avoid additional stress on the tracks. The heat also caused some similar delays on the Bay Area Rapid Transit system.

(© CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. The Associated Press and Bay City News contributed to this report.)