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...HEAT WAVE OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK... * IMPACTS: CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY...AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS ARE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS. PETS AND LIVESTOCK ARE VULNERABLE TO HEAT ILLNESS AND SHOULD BE CARED FOR PROPERLY. * TEMPERATURES: IN THE VALLEY...HIGH TEMPERATURES OVER 100 DEGREES FROM FRIDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. HOTTEST DAYS MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH HIGHS FROM 105 TO 112. OVERNIGHT LOWS MOSTLY IN THE MID 60S TO MID 70S. IN THE MOUNTAINS...WIDESPREAD 80S AND 90S. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 60S TO MID 70S. * HUMIDITY: MOISTURE MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTH WILL MAKE IT FEEL SOMEWHAT MUGGY AND MORE UNCOMFORTABLE THAN NORMAL. * THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL: AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA AND SOUTHERN CASCADES MAINLY EARLY NEXT WEEK.