Strong winds could spread the flames from the glass fire and spark even more destruction. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 oclock im Justine Waldman the bay area is getting smacked with smoke intense heat, a red flag warning and a flex alert. This all happening on the first day of october what a of a day and october is usually are most intense months for fire. So lets get to it now as we start now with a look at our forecast Rebecca Strom us here now with a closer look at the wind speeds and the triple digit temperatures good afternoon. Rebecca. Afternoon justine yeah were actually under a heat advisory across the bay area as well because the temperatures are so hot were seeing anywhere from a 15 to 25 degree difference force what we normally see at this time for the year. And you can see outside right now this or live shot overlooking and the east bay in berkeley right now and very hazy very smoky that were seeing around the entire bay area and yes talking abo
Three major fires burning in than this time during lunchtime yesterday. Yesterday the northbay covered threatening homes is the in clouds and thunderstorms hennessey fire burning your the between 10 30 and 11 30. That really brought in the cooler air for at least the it is 2700 acres. Afternoon. It is 0 contained. Temperatures are backup. Look at the inner ea2 pm, san j the fire did destroy one structure overnight and two out buildings. Evacuation orders are in effect we have a watching that for some homes. Moisture stream from the south. Continues to stream in. 200 residents are under and an evacuation warning. Be ready to go if you have to. Reporter there is the gamble fire that also grew from it is not quite as robust as we 600 acres last night to 5000 have seen it over the bay area sunday into monday. Acres. It is 0 contained. That continues to move out of no evacuation orders are in the area. We continue with the heat at the advisory through tomorrow night. The winds coming out of
Get your usaa Auto Insurance quote today. Some bay area drivers are already paying 4 a gallon for gas. Well explain why this problem is specific for california and how likely gas prices are to stay up. After a day long shutoff by pg e the move has lots of critics. Im sandhya patel meteorologist with updates. Starts right now. Now, news to build a better bay area. From abc7. Soaring temperatures and falling records. Good news, bay area, we are co heat look from ak from that our kgo roof camera tonight. Right away lets get to meteorologist sandhya patel and see where records were broken. Yeah, lets take a look, San Francisco 94 barely passed the record of 93. Sfo, oakland, all records mid to upper 90s even places like Half Moon Bay 92 degrees. Three degrees above 96 set in 2016. Take a look at some of the other highs for today. 105 santa rosa airport. 94 in fremont. 99 in concord. 102 degrees in zbgilroy. Well go from hot to not. How much cooler . Ill let you know. Thanks. Happening righ
See estimated over an inch or two of rain has already fallen in this region. You can see why with rain coming down at 2. 74 inches an hour, lots of lightening as well, this is a dangerous situation, dont want to drive through flooded roadways in buckingham, tinicum township, plumstead an area hit hard with heavy rain and frequent lightening at the moment. Flash Flood Warning for this area, including the entire region from wyndmoor up toward abington, doylestown, buckingham, until 7 30. Flash Flood Warning means flooding is occurring, road are flooding as we speak and that means if you see a flooded roadway, dont try to drive through it, it doesnt take much to pose potentially life threatening situation, and flash Flood Warnings will still be an issue as we go through tonight and into thomas again, biggest threat with these storms is heavy rain. Upo 2 inches, poor drainage flooding keeping a close eye on the smaller creeks and streams as well and ill say it again dont drive through the
7 00 oclock. Lets send you over to kyla for more on the forecast. We had a nice day yesterday. You say more is on the way. Yesterday i think was pretty close to perfect. Pretty close today will be spot on for average temperatures in the mid 80s. We will see more humidity in there. It might feel warmer. We are ram pink up to a steamy monday. Okay. So some weather is on the way but still a gorgeous sunday. Lets enjoy it. This is a great day to do it. Certainly, were having a very nice week ahead of us too, everybody. Just a little bit of heat. Lets start with today and beautiful sunrise happening right now at middletown ship high school in the cape may courthouse. 62 degrees there. Look at that sun just peeking up and beautiful blue skies, just a few clouds but it is perfect. Temperatures right now in philadelphia about 66 degrees. Fiftyseven in reading. Sixty down in atlantic city. We are off to a good start. Taking a look at storm scan three you can see clear skies will be here. High c