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When the wave broke it created a region of high pressure that remained stationary over the North American northwest for more than a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is where our innocuous rain event made waves again: The locked region of high pressure air set off one of the most extraordinary heat waves we have ever seen, smashing temperature records in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and in Western Canada as far north as the Arctic. 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As the air descends, the pressure increases, compressing the air and heating it up, just like in a bike pump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sinking air has a big warming effect: The temperature increases by 1 degree for every 100 meters the air is pushed downward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>High-pressure systems are an intrinsic part of an atmospheric Rossby wave, and they travel along with the wave. Heat waves occur when the high-pressure systems stop moving and affect a particular region for a considerable time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When this happens, the warming of the air by sinking alone can be further intensified by the ground heating the air — which is especially powerful if the ground was already dry. In the Northwestern U.S. and Western Canada, heat waves are compounded by the warming produced by air sinking after it crosses the Rocky Mountains.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How Rossby Waves Drive Weather\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"science_1975549\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2021/06/RS49952_056_MendocinoCounty_LakeMendocinoDrought_06112021-qut-1038x576.jpg\"]This leaves two questions: What makes a high-pressure system, and why does it stop moving?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we mentioned above, a high-pressure system is usually part of a specific type of wave in the atmosphere — a Rossby wave. These waves are very common, and they form when air is displaced north or south by mountains, other weather systems or large areas of rain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rossby waves are the main drivers of weather outside the tropics, including the changeable weather in the southern half of Australia. Occasionally, the waves grow so large that they overturn on themselves and break. 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Those conditions have prompted California ISO to issue its first \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878332\">Flex Alert\u003c/a> of the year — urging people to conserve energy between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Thursday to prevent a repeat of the 2020 blackouts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, the California Public Utilities Commission directed the state’s utility companies to line up more power supplies, including from natural gas plants. 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The report cited “convergence bidding,” a financial tool that energy traders use to bet on what the state’s power needs will be for the following day. Although intended to help keep electricity prices stable, the mechanism instead “masked tight supply conditions” during the August heat wave, the analysis concluded. California ISO \u003ca href=\"https://energycentral.com/news/trying-avoid-repeat-last-summers-blackouts\">later said\u003c/a> it had fixed the software flaw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Western states routinely exchange power. To keep up with its massive energy needs in real time, California \u003ca href=\"https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=46156\">imports\u003c/a> more power from its neighbors — mainly Nevada and Arizona — than any other state. It also returns the favor, exporting excess power when neighbors need it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But last summer’s rolling blackouts accelerated debate over California’s role in moving power across state lines when demand spikes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that they prioritized exports at the expense of [California’s] load is mind-boggling,” said Rick Humphreys, a retired engineer and power reliability expert. “Where’s the dividing line between being nice to your neighbors and being overly nice to your neighbors at the expense of California customers?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even after months of meetings, stakeholder calls and workshops aimed at ensuring the state’s grid operators and regulators are prepared for this summer, the debate is expected to continue well into next year. For now, California ISO has proposed temporary changes to market rules that aim to prioritize California’s needs, including some restrictions on trades that use California’s grid as a pathway to transport power from one state to another — known as “wheel-through transactions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is critical the CAISO have reasonable measures in place to address this situation more effectively,” the grid operator wrote in a \u003ca href=\"http://www.caiso.com/Documents/Apr28-2021-Tariff-Amendment-Load-Exports-and-Wheeling-Tariff-Amendment-ER21-1790.pdf\">proposal \u003c/a>it has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to approve by the end of this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Going into this summer, California ISO and the CPUC’s Energy Division have at times clashed over the specifics of the updated rules. While the CPUC has been generally supportive of the proposed changes, it has also questioned whether they go far enough, specifically raising concerns that they will still prioritize wheel-through transactions over the state’s needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If allowed to continue, [this] will seriously jeopardize reliability in the state and undermine the resource adequacy and transmission planning processes,” CPUC regulatory analyst Michele Kito wrote in \u003ca href=\"https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/Comments/AllComments/2baf326f-dddd-485d-b374-4a2695c1dce5\">recent comments\u003c/a> on California ISO’s market reform proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conditions in the run-up to last summer’s rolling blackouts — when California ISO allowed exports of more than 4,000 megawatts of electricity (enough to power approximately 3 million \u003ca href=\"http://www.caiso.com/about/Pages/OurBusiness/Understanding-electricity.aspx#:~:text=Megawatt,of%20day%20and%20other%20factors.\">homes\u003c/a>) — serve as an example of what happens when exports and wheel-through trades are given priority during tight conditions, Kito wrote. “A durable solution will need to be developed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California ISO has expressed confidence that its changes will help California through this summer, despite reduced hydropower capacity due to drought conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are members of a vastly interwoven western electricity market, both importing and exporting energy. Our transmission system is built to accomplish that,” California ISO President and CEO Elliot Mainzer said on a media call Wednesday afternoon. But he also signaled that the status quo may be changing. “We are really moving into a mode where what we used to consider one-in-30-year events are becoming truly a new normal, which will force some level of rethinking of what that dependency could look like.”[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Loretta Lynch, former California Public Utilities Commission president\"]‘My biggest concern here is if California doesn’t get this right, not only does this cost us money, it hurts real people.’[/pullquote]More adjustments are on the horizon, according to Ben Hobbs, chair of California ISO’s Market Surveillance Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve never been as clear as we should have been about who has rights to use California’s grid,” Hobbs said, adding that California’s dependence on imports means it must play nice with other states. “If we just said to Arizona that they can’t use our grid for wheel-through power anymore, that would really upset how things have gone for decades. You can bet Arizona is going to be really ticked off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hobbs said California consumers must be willing to pay higher prices to secure power when competition with other states tightens during a crunch. He likens the state-to-state competition for energy to a game of musical chairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If prices here are $100 or $150 [per megawatt-hour], whereas Arizona is willing to pay $2,000 at a time that we’re curtailing load, we’re not going to get our fanny in the chair when the music stops. That’s a particular thing that needs to be fixed,” Hobbs said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others have blasted the idea of allowing higher prices, especially with so many lingering questions about last year’s rolling blackouts, including what they ultimately cost ratepayers — a price tag that California ISO says it has no plans to tally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why would California want to expose itself to a game of musical chairs when it comes to safety and our economy?” said Loretta Lynch, who was president of the CPUC during California’s 2000-2001 energy crisis. “We should require the CPUC and California ISO to use their regulatory and enforcement authority to lock in clean electricity at reasonable prices.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lynch has called on California’s attorney general to investigate California ISO’s role in last year’s rolling blackouts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My biggest concern here is if California doesn’t get this right, not only does this cost us money, it hurts real people,” Lynch said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Joanna Gardias and Dominic Moscatello are UC Berkeley undergraduate students. 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"content": "\u003cp>Rescuers in military helicopters airlifted 207 people to safety after an explosive wildfire trapped them in the Sierra National Forest, one of dozens of fires burning Sunday amid record-breaking temperatures that strained the state’s electrical grid and could lead to planned power outages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Office of Emergency Services said Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters were used for the rescues that began late Saturday and continued overnight. At least two people were severely injured and 10 more suffered moderate injuries. Two campers refused rescue and stayed behind, the Madera County Sheriff’s Office said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Weather_West/status/1302634100843372544\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A photo tweeted by the California National Guard showed at least 20 evacuees crammed inside one helicopter, crouched on the floor clutching their belongings. In another photo taken on the ground from a helicopter cockpit, the densely wooded hills surrounding the aircraft were in flames.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By Sunday afternoon, smoke had blocked the sun and fire threatened a marina and cabins along Shaver Lake. Jack Machado helped friends remove propane tanks from the lodge Cottages at the Point. Sheriff’s deputies went through the tiny town to make sure residents complied with evacuation orders. [aside postID=news_11834901]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The lake is totally engulfed with smoke. You can’t hardly see in front of you,” Machado said. “The sky’s turning red. It looks like Mars out there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While some campers were rescued by helicopters, others made a white-knuckle drive to safety. Juliana Park recorded video of flames on both sides of her car as she and others fled down a mountain road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A backpacking trip cut short by unforeseen thunder, ash rain, and having to drive through literal fire to evacuate #SierraNationalForest in time,” Park tweeted. “Grateful to the SNF ranger who led us down … wish we got her name.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wildfire, named the Creek Fire, started Friday and by Saturday afternoon exploded in size, jumped the San Joaquin River and cut off the only road into the Mammoth Pool Campground, national forest spokesman Dan Tune said. At least 2,000 structures were threatened in the area northeast of Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire had charred more than 71 square miles of timber with no containment and temperatures in the area topped 100 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The heat wave is expected to spread triple-digit temperatures over much of the state through Monday. Temperatures broke records in San Francisco as well as other parts of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1302700500253511680\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exceptionally high temperatures were driving the highest power use of the year and transmission losses due to wildfires have cut into supplies. Eric Schmitt of the California Independent System Operator that manages the state’s power grid said up to 3 million customers could lose power for up to four hours Sunday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said where those outages occur are up to local utilities. The Creek Fire forced the closure of a 915-megawatt hydropower station in Madera County and a wildfire in Southern California cut transmission lines carrying hundreds of additional kilowatts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal ISO was projecting a 4,000-megawatt shortfall and urged people to conserve electricity by not using appliances and keeping air conditioners at 78 degrees or above.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/California_ISO/status/1302706909355470849\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s fair to say that without significant conservation and help from customers today we’ll have to have some rolling outages,” Cal ISO Vice President Eric Schmitt said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pacific Gas & Electric, the state’s largest utility, warned customers that it might cut power starting Tuesday because of expected high winds and heat that could create even greater fire danger. Some of the state’s largest and deadliest fires in recent years have been sparked by downed power lines and other utility equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Mammoth Pool Reservoir is about 35 miles northeast of Fresno. It’s surrounded by thick pine forests and is a popular destination for boating and fishing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bone-dry conditions and the hot weather fueled the flames once the fire started and it grew seven-fold to 55 square miles within a few hours Saturday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once the fire gets going, it creates its own weather, adding wind to increase the spread,” Tune said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lindsey Abbott and her family were guided to safety by a stranger they followed down from their campsite near Whisky Falls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was so hot, you could feel the flames going through the window,” she told ABC30 in Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"wildfire\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ashley Wagner was among those rescued, along with two relatives and a friend. They were trapped in Logan’s Meadow behind Wagner’s Store, a 63-year-old business run by her aunt that was destroyed. “My family’s history just went up in flames,” Wagner told the station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire said nearly 12,500 firefighters were battling more than 20 major fires in the state. Despite the heat, firefighters were able to contain two major fires in coastal Monterey County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has seen 900 wildfires since Aug. 15, many of them started by an intense series of thousands of lightning strikes. The blazes have burned more than 1.5 million acres. There have been eight fire deaths and nearly 3,300 structures destroyed.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Sunday's Spare the Air alert is the 35th issued so far this year, cautioning people to stay indoors if possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Extreme heat compounds ongoing threats from wildfires and the coronavirus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1309943722168082432\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We're at the center of an unfortunate Venn diagram with multiple overlapping emergencies,” says Dr. Rohan Radhakrishna, a deputy health officer in Contra Costa County. “We have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11836398/who-is-most-vulnerable-to-wildfire-smoke-poverty-and-racism-play-a-part\">racism, social inequity\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1968913/how-climate-change-is-contributing-to-californias-bad-fire-seasons\">climate change\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1969271/making-sense-of-purple-air-vs-airnow-and-a-new-map-to-rule-them-all\">poor air\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1967987/cracking-the-potentially-deadly-connection-between-air-quality-and-coronavirus\">a virus\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everyone should watch out for heat – and some of us really aren’t ready for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people are vulnerable physically, such as older adults, infants and children – all of whom don’t sweat as well as most people. Others are vulnerable because of underlying conditions: people with heart and lung conditions, asthma sufferers, people who are overweight, people with diabetes. (Yes, pets are vulnerable too.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Everyone Is at Risk From Extreme Weather, Climate Change and Other Conditions\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Your body isn’t prepared for sudden heat spikes. \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIt’s possible to get used to heat – but not overnight. “It takes almost two weeks for your body to acclimate to the heat,” says Dr. Naveena Bobba, who directs Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response for the San Francisco Department of Public Health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You don’t need triple-digit temperatures for heat to be a threat in the Bay Area. \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nEven 85 degrees can be dangerous; in San Francisco, health officials say they start keeping an eye out when temperatures get that high. People who live in cooler climates can get heat-sick at lower temperatures, partly because they can't adjust quickly. And nighttime temperatures are rising, depriving people of the ability to cool down overnight – before temperatures heat up their bodies again the next day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where you live can make you more vulnerable to extreme heat. \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe last time the Bay Area had a major heat wave in 2017, 79 percent of people killed by heat began to get sick at home. In Contra Costa and in Santa Clara counties, homes that had their temperature and humidity measured over a period of time became hotter inside than out, and held onto heat longer. 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So the key message is drink, drink, drink – nonalcoholic, please,” says Dr. Gina Solomon, with the Public Health Institute (PHI).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>DO: Check on your neighbors. \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n“During these unprecedented times, it's most important that we're neighborly and that we care for those who may be vulnerable to the impacts of smoke, heat and the virus,” Radhakrishna says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>DO: Take cool baths or showers. \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAn allover drench is great, but there are other ways to cool down quick, like freezing a bandanna and putting it around your neck (efficient), or sticking your head inside the freezer (inefficient).\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[aside tag='heatwave' label='Related Coverage']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senior science editor Kat Snow recommends putting your feet in icy water, or, when you head off to bed, wrapping some ice cubes in a kitchen towel or two and putting them on the soles of your feet. \"In hostile environment training, they teach that cooling your body’s pulse-points, including behind your neck, inside your elbows, and behind your knees, can bring quick relief.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>DO: Become familiar with the signs of heat illness.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nHeat exhaustion happens when your body has lost too much water and salt. 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That’s because they’re both potent diuretics: that is, they cause you to go to the bathroom. “That reduces your body water,” Solomon points out. “You might think that drinking alcohol or drinking a lot of coffee would be helpful, but it's less helpful than you think.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AND: If you’re choosing between a stuffy house and smoke pollution...\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nFirst keep the windows closed. That’s advice from Mary Griffin, a nurse who leads the home care division for the non-profit Institute on Aging. 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Blackouts occurred several times from January to May, including one that affected more than 1.5 million customers in March. The cause was a combination of energy shortages and market manipulation by energy wholesalers, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11779330/newsom-pge-and-the-perils-of-power-politics\">including Enron Corp., which infamously drove up prices by withholding energy supplies\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counties up and down the state reported scattered outages, although the city of Los Angeles, which has its own power generating system, wasn’t affected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police departments warned people to watch out on roads where stoplights were out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Sonoma County, the Santa Rosa Police Department received a flood of calls and pleaded with residents: “Please do not call 911 unless you have an emergency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Heat wave continues\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The heat surpassed historical records in several cities Friday. 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"content": "\u003cp>The National Weather Service is expecting the current Bay Area heat wave to peak on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency issued a heat advisory on Friday for 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. throughout the Bay Area. Residents can expect temperatures from the 80s to the low 90s at the coast and about 10 degrees hotter inland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re planning on hitting the beach or otherwise enjoying the sun, go soon. Things are supposed to start cooling down on Sunday and Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1172128978569547776\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area residents are handling the extreme heat in a number of ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/bz1meo/pro_tips_for_staying_cool_in_a_bay_area_heatwave/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED asked Reddit\u003c/a> for pro tips on dealing with the scorching temperatures in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One Reddit user suggested buying a “bare-bones window AC unit” for extreme heat days, which may be of relief for those under a budget. Another user said taking a “mid-day cold bath/shower” works wonders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area also shared heat advisories and heat safety advice on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It encourages people to drink plenty of water, limit strenuous activity outdoors, seek out air conditioning and beware of rip currents at the coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep your furry friends safe by providing plenty of shade and water, limiting exercise, watching their paws on hot pavement and never leaving them in a parked car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1172510016873455617\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As high temperatures continue, air quality regulators warned that the weather could cause air pollution problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued smog \u003ca 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Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"science_1926793\" label=\"Air quality protection\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Environmental Protection Agency has an air quality \u003ca href=\"https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/FM3VCPNYRAuKpJWMSj4twI?domain=airnow.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">index\u003c/a> for many California cities, and the private company PurpleAir maintains an \u003ca href=\"https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/POAMCQWOVBTk0JOrCrRCSu?domain=purpleair.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interactive, crowdsourced air quality map\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials across the Bay Area are urging people to check on neighbors, and are publishing lists of libraries and other shelters for those looking to cool down:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>San Francisco\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department is \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/sf-rec-and-parks-offers-free-admission-at-city-pools-september-13/\" target=\"_blank\" 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Five local community centers will extend their hours of operation until 9 p.m. to provide indoor buildings to beat the heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The centers listed by the Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services are the following:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayfair Community Center\u003cbr>\n2039 Kammerer Ave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roosevelt Community Center\u003cbr>\n901 E. 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