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Mother Nature Cranks Up The Heat; Records Tumble

SAN JOSE (CBS SF) – A high pressure system parked off the Northern California coast Monday triggered a second day of record heat.

Forecasters predicted temperatures would climb to 89 degrees in San Jose, eclipsing the record of 87 set back in 1950.

Oakland and Mountain View could also set new marks as the high temperatures were forecasted to be 80 and 87 degrees, respectively.

Monday's heat was a carryover from a sweltering Sunday that saw several records tumble.

Downtown San Francisco reached 81 degrees, two degrees higher than the record set in 1954. At the Oakland Museum of California, the high temperature was 83, breaking the record of 78 degrees set in 1977.

In Salinas, the temperature reached 85 degrees, which broke the record of 81 degrees set last year.

At Moffett Federal Airfield, the temperature peaked at 84 degrees, one degree higher than the record set in 1954.

A cooling trend was predicted to begin early Tuesday morning with temperatures dropping to normal ranges on Wednesday and Thursday and light showers forecasted for Friday.

As much as half an inch of rain could fall in some areas of Northern California on Friday.

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