Much he is. To the south bay we go. More of the same. This is video shot this afternoon in san jose. It looked like heavy winter fog. But this is just more smoke wafting into the bay area. And this is the problem. Take a look at the satellite images from the National Oceanic and atmospheric administration, noaa. Well have more on the fires in just a moment. First lets head straight to Spencer Christian for a look at conditions and why today looks so different. The sky looked eerier yesterday. Take a look at the water vapor satellite image. You can see smoke not only moving through but the circulation to our north is pulling smoke from the oregon fires. Well show you how it is pulling directly down. Yesterday the smoke was locked above us in a higher level of the atmosphere. Today it is right down at the surface level. Mixing in, making our air dirtier and posing a greater threat to our health. As you can see, it is indicating poor to very poor air quality. The central part of the bay a
All the smoke looks like big bank of clouds. The smoke coming down in our direction from the oregon fires and the fires of california and it is just collecting in the upper levels of the atmosphere. And then the low clouds and fog, the marine layer, down at the surface level. A layer cake effect with the smoke layer above and the marin layer below. And we had a rather vigorous onshore flow with weaker winds aloft. Right now, theyre getting a little stronger but not enough to change the setup that ive just explained to you. Fog. Air quality right now, be nearly as red as you might think by looking at the ugly air. We have yellow dots indicating moderate air quality. We have poor air quality in ukiah and vacaville. Looking southward, oakland, San Francisco, fremont, livermore, san jose, we even have good air quality indicated by the green dots over parts of, well, parts of the santa cruz mountains. The marine layer will push locally inland. We might see some drizzle in the overnight hour
Honestly unlike anything ive ever experienced and i lived in Northern California for 36 years. Born and raised in oakland and everything before. Just so strange. I dont understand what is going on. I know there is fire but it doesnt smell super smokey, doesnt seem super ashy. Just really weird. Weird is the word of the day. This was the scene a short time ago driving along interstate 280 near stanford. The saying is red sky at night, well, not this time. And we could rephrase mark twain, too. The darkest night i ever spent was a day in San Francisco. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. That is a good take on the classic. Theres never been a day like this one. On the peninsula take a look. An orange haze in san mateo is one indication of the intensity of the wildfires and smoke in california. Another is the visible ash. You can see it. Cars are coated in it. The smoke layer makes it so dark. Sensor lights are staying on in the middle of the day and crickets were confused and chirpin
Alcatraz. And it even affected construction sites. Some crews had to use their lights in the middle of the day. And this is what travellers leaving or arriving at sfo were seeing. A passenger took these photos from a window seat as his plane was landing. You could smell smoke in the cabin. And we could he see outside, so it wasnt like engine fire smoke. It was just burning. You could just smell it. You could see the ground on that side, you couldnt see it on this side. And it was just dark, dark burnt orange. Crazy. Sfo says that air quality did not affect departures or arrivals. So the air quality hasnt taken a big hit with air readings painting a different picture. And chris nguyen has the story from the south bay. Reporter as wildfires burn, a combination of smoke and haze made for a rtli ow it feels like it is the end of the world or something is lurking. Something is in the making. It is a very eerie feeling. Reporter with ash falling from above, the darkness during the day could
Neighbor, there were long lines going out of the neighbor because of the mandatory evacuations. I want to go off into the distance. First you can see the homes right here. Then we look at the hillsides. We are at the western portion of i80. You go see the hill sides that are charred black from the flames that have torn through this area. They are under a mandatory evacuation. Some of them are still here. I want to pan back out. There are other things i want to show you. It is pretty quiet here. When we go on to above that roof and on to that hill top, you can see where some of those air tankers dropped that fire retardant. I want to throw it right now to some of the sound we have from some of the folks living in this area on what it has been like in the last 24 hours. At some point, if we feel its not safe, we will definitely depart. But like i am, we havell. Weve been saying all day, if the winds are on our side, we have a chance. With all the emotional tension, it was definitely chal