Valley. Everywhere in red there the potential for a high fire danger. Look at the winds. These are at the surface. 37 at fairfield, 32 in novato, 43 in santa rosa. Theyre even faster up in the hills. That means theyll get faster down in the surface once the sun comes up. Thats why we have that wind advisory through 11 00. Near record high temperatures today also from 66 in Half Moon Bay to about 74 in santa rosa. We have hazards at our beaches also and another potential red flag warning coming up in the accuweather 7day forecast. Thank you. Bay area firefighters were busy this weekend preparing for the potential fire danger that is stretching into today. Red flag warnings in december are rare. The last one happened in 2017. So with winds through tonight, firefighters are remaining vigilant. I dont think any of us thought we would be upstaffing and moving into a red flag and wind advisory for december. Its not typical for the bay area. The concern for winds like this, they will likely b
Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Covid curfew now in effect, affecting nearly every corner of california and the bay area as San Francisco may be right behind. Questions still linger over whether these silent streets do enough to stop the spread of covid19. Good morning, everyone, its sunday, november 22. Im liz kreutz. Thank you for joining us. Well get right to those curfews taking effect overnight and new Holiday Travel concerns this morning. But first, as always, lets start with a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. Liz, good morning to you. If you were with us early this morning, temperatures dropped below freezing. Were beginning to recover. If youre just weiaking up, it might be hard to believe. Its a chilly sky out there. Its 47 downtown, balmy 53 in oakland. As we look at the north bay, mt. Tam. Inland valleys, upper 30s from santa rosa to novato. The fog has cleared. Low 40s, youre below freezing in danville thi
Stay at home orders are now in effect for for bay area counties at San Francisco santa clara contra costa and alameda counties are in counties stay at home order will go into Effect Tomorrow at noon. The order will be in place until january 4th as of now Sonoma Napa Solano and san mateo counties are not planning to go into a stay at home order until their icu bed capacity falls below that 15 threshold that state home order does mean personal Services Like hair salons and barbershops can no longer operate restaurants can only offer takeout or delivery means Outdoor Dining is out of the picture. It also affects indoor gyms drivein gatherings outdoor playgrounds Entertainment Centers zoos and museums open airbuss and boat operators all of these businesses must now close we begin our coverage of these shutdowns in the south bay. The new more restrictive health order. In Santa Clara County will no doubt take some getting used to in terms of whats allowed and whats not were going to check in
You can see just around napa American Canyon and vallejo about a half mile visibility. This is going to drift maybe slightly south and slightly east and the winds are light and variable this morning. Definitely not going to be a big player like it was yesterday. Sunshine will be this afternoon and look at these temperatures 58 the cool spot at Half Moon Bay and 61 in San Francisco and oakland 64 along with san jose and san rafael and napa and 67 today in concord and santa rosa. Ill give you an update on the thanksgiving forecast. Heres reggie. Californias Health Secretary is warning that more counties could go into the purple tier, which is the most restrictive as soon as today. We anticipate some tier movement. A handful of counties moving to a more restribbive tier. Three counties in the red tier but could slide back to purple. San mateo and marin counties. Dr. Mark ghaly defended the restrictions in the counties in purple. It is necessary to help curve the spread. Watch at abc7news.
Start off cold this morning. But very sunny skies outside right now mostly Clear Conditions in fact our live camera showing east bay zone right now this are camera on top the east bay hills on berkeley and we can actually see a street to the bay, so its a nice clear morning. But it is very cold check out these that chilly temperatures 40s and 50s right now that im tracking but things are going to change into the afternoon because were going to start to heat up and actually get 70s on the board if you can believe that were going to be well above seasonal averages but then tomorrow, big changes are on the way because look at all that rain all that green on your screen that storm system is headed straight or direction in fact we could start seeing raindrops early tomorrow morning so your commute into work might be a little bit of a wet one so make sure that you grab the umbrellas get those ready tonight and your rain coats because were going to need those for a couple of days, ill let you