The key is to attack fire relatively small. Strike teams were also in place. The Immediate Response was helpful for early evacuations. We knew the vent was coming. Abl a lot of notice. Reporter strike teams could be disbanded saturday but not likely with record winds expected to return sunday. Hot, dry wind is probably the biggest problem with wildfires. Clearly the temperatures have come down but the wind combined with the dry fuels that we still have could present a very big problem for us. Reporter the strike teams will have a lot of help from cal fire in covering all this territory. Cal fire has already got extra staffing and equipment ready for this windy weekend. Live in san jose, robert honda, nbc bay area news. Thank you, robert. Were getting our first look at the east bay yous have them to help on the front lines. The chopper became fully certified to battle flames from the sky. Its already helped crews fight several fires over the past few weeks. We have lots of questions for
It could be a very long weekend, and its already getting off to a busy start for firefighters in napa county. Thats where cheryl hurd is live tonight to begin our coverage. Reporter what youre looking at right now is a pg e base camp, an area where trucks are standing by if and when a wind event takes place. Tonight we got a preview of what could happen. Cal fire trucks lining up along the valley road in napa county after firefighters were able to stop a vegetation fire from jumping the roadway. The firefighters they got a lot of, you know, big dozers, theyre working on it really strong. Reporter working to control the fire that has salvador rios worried. We live on the same property, so hopefully, you know, it wont keep going. Reporter did you evacuate your family . Not yet. Reporter one witness tells me the fire started at around 3 00. It started out as a very small grass fire but quickly grew to over 30 acres. That acreage more than doubled tonight near the populated area of pope va
Be the strongest we have seen so far this fire season. Pg e not taking any chances. Its getting ready to cut power. In the last 15 minutes the Utility Company releetsed where the Public Safety power shut offs could happen. The area in yellow. On this map. You can see every bay area county with the exception of San Francisco could be affected. These areas include the north bay mountains, east bay. Also the Oakland Hills and communities in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It could start sunday morning and go through tuesday morning. We have Team Coverage tonight. Lets start with chief meteorologist of course keeping a close eye on the strong wind. Everything really is materializing for the wind to not only impact the mountains but whats different about this that we havent seen lately is the low elevations getting in on the wind. The large low pressure system. Its expansive. Disrupting the atmosphere. As that starts to drop down. Sunday, monday and tuesday. Its going to bring a cold blast to us.
Come. Thank you for starting your weekend with us. Im kira klapper. Vianey arana joins us with your microclimate forecast and you said today is the day to enjoy and to prepare for tomorrow. Absolutely. Its going to be a lovely afternoon. I mean, mostly sunny. Seasonable temperatures, but by tomorrow thats all going to change. So definitely take advantage today. Mostly Clear Conditions right now. Couple of straggling clouds here and there. 53 degrees in san jose. Current temperatures really in the 50s throughout a chilly 40 degrees in napa which is something that we really havent seen in a while. We have been seeing above seasonable temperatures and this is the reason why were under a microclimate weather alert. We want to make sure youre prepared and in anticipation of whats to come and thats headed into sunday afternoon two red flag warnings kicks in. First at 11 00 in the east bay hills and then a second one that kicks in for the Higher Elevations. Details in a minute. We look forwar
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