Heat Wave On the Way

If you thought the weekend was warm, Mother Nature isn't finished yet. 

Get ready for sweltering weather this week, in what the National Weather Service is calling "the most extensive period of hot weather for northern California experienced so far this summer."

Temperatures in the Sacramento area will break 100 starting today for the rest of the week, according to the NWS. Elk Grove's high is expected to reach 103 today with the agency predicting a weekly high of 104 degrees on Wednesday.

By Friday temperatures are expected to cool to 100 degrees. The Sacramento-area high for all of 2011 was 102 degrees, according to the NWS.

Make sure to drink plenty of water and keep pets inside during the late afternoon when temperatures peak, the NWS warns.