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
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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The area. Marin county fire crews say current temperature 65 degrees three fires ignited in the area in the area, winds are calm but fog is building around the above Indian Valley college. Coastline including in areas like santa cruz and monterey. They may have been intentionally set. This is the view from a wildfire camera. You can see helicopters circling santa cruz down to less than a half mile of visibility. Here is what were tracking, heading into this afternoon, yoefrn hea which is why that red flag overhead, you can see the warning is now in effect. Flights. The flames are under control but investigators are continuing to it might not look like much right now on satellite radar, look for someone suspected of but if you notice just starting the fires who is also approaching to our south is a considered to be armed and dangerous. Low pressure system. Now back to the massive fires burning across the bay thats whats going to kick you area. Weve broken down the numbers, want possibil