..HOT WEATHER CONTINUES... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE WEST AND WILL BRING ANOTHER VERY HOT DAY TO THE INTERIOR OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SLIGHT COOLING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DELTA REGION TODAY...BUT TEMPERATURES ELSEWHERE ARE EXPECTED TO BE SIMILAR TO MONDAY/S READINGS. PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY ARE EXPECTED TO SEE HIGH TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN EXCEED THE 110 DEGREE MARK AND MUCH OF THE REST OF THE VALLEY WILL SEE HIGHS ABOVE 105 DEGREES TODAY. THE HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WORK WEEK THOUGH READINGS WILL LIKELY COOL SLIGHTLY BEGINNING ON WEDNESDAY. REMEMBER YOUR HOT WEATHER SAFETY TIPS: 1. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. 2. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS UNATTENDED IN A VEHICLE. 3. AVOID STRENUOUS ACTIVITY DURING THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY. 4. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING. ...AND AN INCREASING CHANCE OF MOUNTAIN THUNDERSTORMS... MOISTURE CONTINUES TO SPREAD INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH AND ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHERN SIERRA AND COAST RANGE. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL LIKELY EXTEND FURTHER NORTH TODAY TO AROUND MT LASSEN...AND POSSIBLY INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING FROM THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. PEOPLE ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS INCLUDING BACKPACKERS...CAMPERS AND BOATERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MORE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE WEEK.