Mike is keeping his eye on the commute. First, meteorologist kari hall and the beautiful shot behind you. Whats that, kari . Well, just a fake background of san jose. Lets talk about whats going on for the bay area for today. Now we will have some hot weather in the valleys and also the north bay wind gusts will be pretty high today. Were worried about the high fire danger as well for today and the next several days as our winds could pick up. Hotter as we take a look at our high temperatures for this afternoon. 83 today in palo alto. Mike, whats the update on the commute . I have real monitors behind me with real Speed Sensors showing you actually changes for oakland. Lets take that up. Well zoom in to the nimitz. The northbound side got the all clear saying they are clear. The southbound side the last two minutes have speeds back to the green level. That construction is cleared heading to 23rd away from the bay bridge. In a couple minutes well show you what things are like and why th
Going to have that high fire danger for the north bay. Were continuing to monitor that as well as whats going to happen the next few days with a few more bursts of high winds that could affect more of the rest of the bay area. Today were up to 85 in san jose. 86 in martinez and San Francisco will reach 70 degrees. Were going to once again have some warm weather but a cooldown in the forecast and ill have more on that in a few minimum. Heading over to you, mike, how is it looking for the commute . Well, kari, not as bad as we sometimes see on a tuesday. And by bad im talking about the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. The middle lanes very slow but the outer lanes, you can transition off the berkeley curve but off the 880 overcrossing we do have to stick it out for the middle lanes that are coming off the overcrossing. A look at the map, a smooth drive. Ive circled the traffic break that has now cleared 880 south down to 66 should improve quickly over the next few and san jose slowin
Because of the prevention of wildfires. Anser hassan is live with more on this. Good morning. The town of danville says the combination of dry conditions and high winds increases the threat of wildfires, so pg e says they will cut off power starting tonight. Town Officials Say the psps event will begin 6 00 and 8 00 p. M. This will affect residents along parts of diablo road in east danville. The power outage cant be avoided but the town wants residents to be prepared. That includes fueling up vehicles, charging mobile devices and have an emergency kit ready which includes batteries, flashlights, cash and a firstaid kit. Also plan for your pets and pg e advises to unplug all electronics. Now, this power outage wont just impact danville but many cities around the bay area. In oakland people have been through this before. Its just more frustration for businesses already struggling because of covid19. I dont know what to do because my flowers need cooler especially with such hot weather.
Livermore will reach 89 degrees and san jose 85. We are going to also see that fire danger continuing so a red flag warning has been posted for all of the hills and elevations above 1,000 feet. We have seen a red flag warning go up for parts of the east bay, Santa Cruz Mountains that has just been issued and that goes into effect for tomorrow night through friday. So we have a couple of time frames where we are expecting high winds. We are going to talk more about that as well as what we are expecting golden gate into the weekend in a few minutes. Pg e customers could be at risk once again at losing power. Several bay area counties are included in this weeks Public Safety power shutoff event. Cierra johnson is in downtown nappa county. All too familiar with that event here and starting tomorrow, there is another one that could impact as many as 50,000 people in 19 counties but lets start by getting specific and focusing how the bay area is impacted. Look at the nap map. Yellow areas ar
Warm day, no doubt about it. We have three things coming together, which is heat, wind and low relative humidity levels than combines to cause fire danger. Thats where we are today, october. The winds will be picking up as we get through the night tonight. Its the north bay and east bay and santa cruz mountains. Its valleys as well. Were expecting to see the gusts at the peaks at 50 Miles Per Hour. Well see breezy conditions anywhere else. Were on the red flag warning at 11 00 a. M. There are two different pushes of rain coming our way. This is futurecast for wind were showing right now. Ill put this forward, showing you 11 00 tonight p napa is 29 hour. And thins calm down a little bit and we get the second push going into our overnight into thursday and friday. You see some of the wind again before it finally starts to relent and pull back. Looking at our current wind and peaks right now. You see were seeing the north, northeasterly flow. Rows peak at 27 Miles Per Hour. This is a text