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Heat Danger Persists at Stebbins Reserve

Dave Jones — August 16, 2019 - 12:31pm

Updated 5:30 a.m. Aug. 16: The National Weather Service has extended an excessive heat warning for the northern Central Valley and foothills until 10 o’clock tonight. The warning zone takes in Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve, where high temperatures are forecast at near 101 degrees today, 91 Saturday (Aug. 17), 83 Sunday (Aug. 18) and 88 Monday (Aug. 19). The reserve’s website cautions: “Hot summer conditions are dangerous for hiking in wildlands. High risk of fire and heat illness.”

Continued Caution Advised at Stebbins

Dave Jones — August 02, 2019 - 11:21am

High temperatures in the mid-90s are forecast this weekend at ��Ƶ’ Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve, down from last weekend’s 105 degrees, but still extreme and still warranting caution by would-be hikers.

Official Heat Advisory Takes in Stebbins

Dave Jones — July 26, 2019 - 8:53am

Earlier this week, it was a nearby wildfire that kept people off the trails at ��Ƶ’ Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve. This weekend it is high heat that should have people thinking twice before going.

The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory, 11 a.m. Saturday to 11 a.m. Sunday (July 27-28), for much of the Sacramento Valley and extending into the Coast Ranges, including Stebbins Cold Canyon at the south end of Lake Berryessa. The weather service is predicting high temperatures near 101 degrees at the reserve.