Hot and breezy weekend ahead

A HEAT ADVISORY has been issued for Siskiyou County until 11 PM Saturday. Click the 'Alerts' tab above for more details.

Friday Night: Skies will be clear for much of the region tonight. Clouds and fog from the marine layer will continue to impact portions of the coast. Wildfire smoke from the Wrights Spring Fire will settle into most areas east of the Cascades. Low temperatures tonight will be mild with lows in the upper 50s to lower 60s in our westside valleys with upper 40s to lower 50s expected east of the Cascades. Along the coast, lows will be in the lower 50s.

Saturday: We'll see another sunny day in our region. Along the coast, any marine clouds will clear pretty quick in the morning. We'll see gusty winds for the coast with inland winds becoming pretty breezy to blustery in the afternoon. Inland gusts will range from 20-30 mph with some higher gusts along the coast. Smoke and air quality impacts will be most prevalent east of the Cascades, especially downwind of the Wrights Spring Fire. Most westside locations will see less smoke and better air quality. It'll still be quite hot again for inland areas. High temperatures will climb into the upper 80s to around 100 degrees in our westside valleys of Southern Oregon and Northern California. In the Klamath Basin, we'll see highs into the middle 90s. With winds picking up in the afternoon inland and still some pretty low humidity, fire weather conditions will be near-critical for much of our region.

Extended: We'll also see temperatures lowering gradually this weekend. We stay sunny and dry for this weekend, but plan on more smoke impacts downwind from fires burning in our region. Winds are going to pick up across Southern Oregon and Northern California. Gusty coastal winds will make for sunny skies and warmer temperatures. The Chetco Effect will likely warm the Brookings area up into the 80s this weekend and into next week. Meanwhile, inland areas will have to contend with critical fire weather conditions thanks to blustery winds Saturday and Sunday afternoon. We'll be tracking that closely.

Next week is looking more seasonal for temperatures with sunny and dry weather much of the week. However, some monsoonal moisture could sneak into the region late in the week. We could see a few showers and thunderstorms popping up Thursday or Friday in our region.

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Hot and breezy weekend ahead

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