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Strikes. Look at that picture. Now, lets go back for 24 hours or so to sunday night, and look at this. Now, this is something ive never seen before in the bay area. Okay. Here comes the first wave. This is what woke you up, right . Strike, strike, strike, strike. A little bit of a break, and then a second wave, equally as strong in not stronger, 6 00 a. M. Wait, im not done. And then you keep going. 7 00 a. M. These are lined strikes, many cloudtoground, and then you get into sunday morning . Look at this. Okay. Then we get into the afternoon. It brakes off a little bit. Not bad. Get a little bit of a break. Thunderstorms die down, and then next wave comes through. That started late last night early this morning, and youll see this. Ive never seen backtoback storms like this. Here comes the next wave, next wave, and next wave. Look at this. So no wonder we have spot fires. No wonder cal fire is returning around just crazy out there. That has to do with all of the spot fires. Now, we ar
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High temperatures at 93, 103, 98 and so it is going down which is a constellation consolation. The clouds are to the north and some to the south and there has been a break in the cloud cover and some of that will drift across. It will be really hot with an excessive heat warning and heat advisories around. Anyway you look at it, it will be another hot day with 60s and 70s. The city was 81 yesterday and so , they are inching down word. If you are looking for relief, it is not there. We have a northwest breeze with activity to the north but overall it looks quiet for us. It does look hot with 100 across the board inland. At the bay, 70s and 80s. Now over to my good friend, sal castaneda. He does not complain, but i bet he is tired of this. Good morning. Good morning, steve, i would like it to be more seasonal but you say it is coming and i will wait. Right now the traffic is doing well. Lets look at what we have. It looks good at the bay bridge toll plaza and we dont see much going on ri
I am dave clark. Its august 18. I know where to find Steve Paulson. Even though i know we are in the middle of a heat wave, there is some good news to look forward to. Looks like it tomorrow. A little bit. It will be above average. Coming down it looks like 5 plus degrees. The higher clouds have drifted northward. If you are in santa rosa north, more high clouds. We are not expecting thunderstorm activity unless you were in mendocino county. Warm and hot. A little cooler toward the coastal bay. The city is a couple of 50s showing up. For firefighters, it will be a tough day. Napa, almost 70 degrees and a northerly breeze up there. Not strong but it is north and northwest. It is going to be mostly sunny. No thunderstorm activity. You can see cloud cover south and more to the north. Over us it will be mostly sunny and warm. 70s, 80s, 90s, 100s. Sal, the last concert i saw this year was tower of power at the fox. They are a good group. You did yourself well. They represent oakland in the