Morning. We want to start the day off right with meteorologist mike nicco with a look at that forecast. Finally a couple days of cooling down before another warmup . Yeah. I think well have some temperatures that will be cooler than what we dealt with last week and over the weekend. Just a touch above average before we can start to get more falllike weather. Fortunately the fire threat returned but mainly to the north bay mountains. This is a very big area, but thankfully not the greatest of Population Centers as it affects about 12,000 to 13,000 people. Im not minimizing you, believe me, but it was much more broad i guess is my point last week when it covered more area. So fire weather watch at 11 00 this evening through 8 00 wednesday. At some point this morning the Weather Service usually updates around 9 30 or 10 00, it will probably be boosted to a red flag warning. Heres a look at our winds up there, up to 17 miles per hour. Pretty quiet as are all of our neighborhoods this morni
Know, the spare the air continues through at least friday. Since we talked yesterday, north bay and inland east bay have been bumpedf and here i what im talking about conditions getting more extreme, more intense. It will be rather hot from 11 00 tomorrow morning to 8 00 thursday, even hotter than today, which will be hotter than yesterday. So we have a risk of heat illness giill nheatillness everywhere except the coast. From 1 00 thursday to 6 00 friday evening, weve got more than 24 hours of critical fire conditions across areas that are already burning. As far as our forecast today, it will be cool at the coast, 60s and 70s the rest of us going to be 80s and 90s with smoky sunshine. In the north bay, an area previously under an evacuation warning has now been up graded to an Evacuation Order. Jobina has the details on this. Cal fires latest update says the glass fire has now burned more than 46,000 acres and it is just 2 contained. This is new video coming into our newsroom that wer
6 00 friday, critical fire conditions. Well have gusty winds blowing to the southeast. We already have dry fuels that will get dryer and this will become a red flag warning. So be prepared to advantage being eight. And it will be extremely hot tomorrow everywhere but the coast risk of heat illness. In the north bay, an area that was previously under evacuation warning is now an Evacuation Order. Cal fires latest update says that the glass fire has now burned more than 46,000 acres and is just 2 contained. So take a look at this new video that has come into our newsroom of the wildfire raging in calistoga overnight. The area west of 29 and highway 8 is upgraded to an Evacuation Order. Here is time lapse footage from yesterday. Firefighters on the scene tried to keep the fire from spreading, but you can see that the fire line kept moving forward over time. Fire conditions are expected to worsen in the coming days and Amy Hollyfield is up in napa county and well hear more from her coming
And wont be wearing jackets then. 70s, 80s and 90s at 4 00. More on the clean air coming up, kumasi. Thank you, mike. Happening today, free covid19 testing begins at the oakland airport. Its going to be available for employees and the public. Abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield live at the airport with what we need to know. Amy . Hi, kumasi. If youre flying to hawaii this could impact which airport you choose because you can get a rapid test at sfo, united is offering them for 250 a person. Oakland is going to start offering them here today for free. That is for employees and travelers. A rapid covid test. You do need an appointment. Its open from 9 00 to 6 00 every day. Thanks to this testing, employees can come to work with a Greater Peace of mind. Travelers we talk to, they like the idea, too. One of those things that as covid19 evolves we have to stay on top of getting everyone tested. And getting everyone tested is what were looking for when it comes to that. For those traveling to
Yesterday the al got started. Today the nl. Eight games, eight playoff games for the first time. Our postseason bracket coming up tonight, you got cardinals padres, brewers and dodgers. Its gone final in 13. The braves, freddie freeman, they walk it off in 13. How many times the braves strike out today . Chipper 21 strike outs. Jon wow. Chipper i want to know the last time somebody has won a playoff game striking out 21 times. 2020. Jon im going to say never. Thats another one, though, thao rmally rreles rsed the majorsstkeout rate. They s highest rcentagef b thats one of those things you always say power pitching in the postseason. The reds have it. Today they came up a run short. Chipper they struck out 16 times themselves. Bauer and max freed werherea wee advertised. The bullpens deserve credit as well. Jon bryant fouls one back. The marlins back in the playoffs for the First Time Since 2003. Two of the longest droughts active were ended with the padres and the marlins. The longest