Today in the bay starts right now. And a good Tuesday Morning to you. Im marcus washington. And im laura garcia. Well check in with mike in just a moment, but first changing weather conditions with kari. Good morning. Good morning. We are seeing some changes in our air quality in parts of the bay area. Take a look at the numbers were seeing right now. Still unhealthy as you head to san francisco, the east bay down to the south bay. We are now seeing moderate air quality for parts of the north bay and even air quality that has improved to the point its unhealthy for sensitive groups but for most other people it is fairly healthy. As we lookality where were heading for the day our temperatures will reach into the mid80s. San francisco will see those 67. Ill be tracking that air quality. What will change it ahead coming up. Mike, how is it looking for the morning commute . Kari, well give folks the big view starting out with a lot of green sensors. Thats what we like to see. What we dont
Air especially with the air quality. Yes, its nice to at least see something in the forecast that shows we will be improving. Lets talk about air quality still unhealthy so still limit your time outside as these numbers have been well over 100 and weve also seen just a very light wind this morning not really helping mix out the smoke. Well talk about whats ahead in the forecast coming up. Mike, how is it looking for the commute . Kari, well show you with some live looks, the bay bridge toll plaza, for example, was just fine right now, an easy drive. A light volume heading over from berkeley down the east shore freeway. You get here with no problems. It is tuesday. We will see more traffic than yesterday. Getting from here down to the san mateo bridge well take a look. Things are moving smoothly on 92 as well. In between we have that construction crew on the nimitz so the southbound side still slow down to one lane, i believe, overnight for the next hour. Back to you. Thanks so much, mi
Lotus and im Vicki Liviakis some gusty winds mean that any fire that has sparked a can spread rapidly chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow here tracking those winds for us tonight want various he has some breaking down guys down below me the urban areas where most of us live not much in the way of wind 5 mile an hour winds in oakland youve got 6 right now in the nevada 6 in the petaluma but certainly up above. Its a completely different story in fact those winds getting very gusty across some of the mountain tops and thats what were concerned about thats red flag warnings have been posted weve seen winds over 30 almost 40 Miles Per Hour across some of the peaks in the north bay expected to pick up here as we head through the next few hours and probably top out about one 32 oclock in the morning. Before we watch the winds begin to subside so red flag warnings are posted of course we just had a record heat wave things very dry out there now weve got the gusty winds above a 1000 feet also
More progress bay area leaders headline in the l. A. Times. Try to fast track new help for west coast cities leading the the victims of recent fires. World in the worst air quality. Details on that plus todays San Francisco is number three. Visit to the fire zone by portland taking the top spot. Senator Kamala Harris. And all new for you that morning that smoke is not just and cover up or pay up. Bad for your lungs but may be berkeley considering fines for covid rule breakers. A look at who the rules are meant to target the most as the bad for the pinot. Third hour of today in the bay continues right now. Wine growers in the middle of the harvest. Bob . Reporter marcus, the threat thats right, were here for you of socalled smoke taint on the starting at 4 30 in the morning. Grapes here behind me is a real 6 00 right now. Thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. Concern for wine makers in napa and im marcus washington. Mike is keeping his eye on the and sonoma and livermore. Comm
Burning in the Angeles National forest near pasadena. The mountains continue to glow from the flames. So far more than 26,000 acres burned, and this is just 6 finding clean air to breathe contained. We have our own problems here. Has become a struggle. Air purifiers are hard to find. The smoke and the ash. Our air quality is the worst this is coal hardware north beach in San Francisco. Its been in weeks. They tell us they only had one you can see all that red on the air purifier in stock this aqi map. That means unhealthy air. Morning, and then their supplier this is a Staggering Amount of is nearly sold out. But an employee says you can smoke covering the west coast. This satellite image taken this actually make your own. Afternoon, you can see if you have a box fan at blanketing california and up to home, theyre relatively oregon and washington. Lets get right to our chief inexpensive. Meteorologist jeff ranieri. You can buy a filter, a 20 by 20 jeff, we know this is challenging beca