Increase of fire danger keeping utility leaders on alert in case they need to take action to lessen the chance of a possible wildfire outbreak we have Team Coverage tonight noelle bellow has more on kauai essos announcement on not turning off the power today. Dan thorn has reaction from are in moran breathing a sigh of relief but first a red flag warning will go into effect at 11 oclock tonight and last until tomorrow morning at 11 across the bay area monterey and san benito counties are already in a red flag warning a major concern fastmoving storms that could lead to a risk of dry lightning which could start wildfire for more on the red flag warning in the continued heat wave want to check in with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow lauren yes certainly been hot enough around the bay area so weve had the record heat the last couple of really were primed. In fire conditions unfortunately now were start looking a little subtropical moisture begin to wrap around that big dome of Hig
That fire weather watch. And there is possibility, so we have to bring that too you. But for today were looking at the fog along the coast. High clouds to the south that will be moving up from the south. The golden gate number in the north bay rebounding. 75 with calm wind by the delta and as we look at the air quality. Pleasanton and san jose, very unhealth. Concord and oakland not far behind and as we look at the rest of the bay area. A wind shift today is going to bring some of the smoke from the south up to more of the north bay. The north bay, are calm. Temperatures in the 70s and over into the east bay. Were at degrees. And looking at relative humidity about temperatures by 10 00, some 70s, high clouds in the afternoon. More high clouds in the south bay. Mixed with smoke and highs in the 90s. Well talk about less wind and more potential for dry lining when we see you next. Liz . Lisa, thank you. The bay area wild fire emergency spreading really by the hour. Here look at where the
Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Overnight, lightning strikes off the coast as a Severe Thunderstorm Warning moves across the bay area. Were bracing for another day of intense recordbreaking heat after more rolling Power Outages affect hundreds of thousands of people. Good morning, everyone. It is sunday, august 16. Im liz kreutz. Thank you for joining us. Those thunderstorms were seen off the coast of santa cruz, on the peninsula, near pacifica, and all across the bay area overnight. From the lightning to the winds to the heat to now these brush fires were tracking, were following it all. Lets get over to meteorologist lisa argen with a look at whats happening right now. Lisa . Hey, liz. You know, when we had one of these thunderstorms around fairfield, the temperature went from the 80s to 100. That was a heat burst that came down from the upper levels of the atmosphere with a thunderstorm. Just amazing whether the around here. As we go in c
73 santa rosa, 82 by the delta and livermore and we talked about the dangerous heat wave throughout next week it is going to get even stronger. Heat advisory closer to the bay and the changes today come in as breezier on shore winds arrive in the afternoon. Few more clouds. Still a oppressively hot inland with 80s to 90s and near 100 around the bay but coming down at the coast and San Francisco. Power has been restored to the 220,000 pegme who lost power last night after a day of record breaking heat. Power grid operators declared a stage 3 electrical emergency last night due to increased electricity demand. It is if first time they have done this since 2011. The utility because of the emergency was unable to notify customers in advance of the wide spread outages and rolling blackouts. San mateo has 30,000 without power at one point and san rafael nearly 50,000 customers. Abc7 News Reporter spoke with businesses who arerad er tac f of communication. Reporter thousands were left in the
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