We also have late word tonight about damage. Cal fire says the bay areas three big fires have burned more than half 1 million acres and destroyed more than 500 structures. The lnu is the secondlargest wildfire in california history, it stretches across five counties and has burned more than 300,000 acres. The good news committed 15 contained. We also learned tonight 480 structures have been destroyed in this fire. The czu fires have burned more than 57,000 acres. Containment is up from 0 percent to 2 . 95 to structures have been destroyed and another 2000 are threatened. And the fire in alameda and santa clara has scorched 275,000 acres and firefighters is a it is 10 contained. Five structures have been destroyed. Team coverage of the fires, we have more on the progress being made in Sonoma County. We also have more on what is happening in santa cruz. First, we taketh our meteorologist with a look at the Current Conditions for firefighters. And fully the moisture levels have been comin
Fight. Our marine layer is getting more and more diffuse. Yesterday it was setup right below the golden gate bridge. And this morning as the High Pressure ridge to the south of us builds back into the bay area were seeing less of a marine influence. We still have the haze, the smoke. 2 miles Half Moon Bay, thats with the fog. And as we look at the air quality we can see its not good for sensitive groups in the south bay, also around livermore and into oakland as well as walnut creek. But moderate air quality up in the north bay. So up towards santa rosa. Its better right now but you know how those winds shift and move that smoke around throughout the day. We can expect that oakland, San Francisco 56 on the coast, and by 9 00 weve got 60s. The fog is at the shoreline, but by the afternoon were warming up into the ening dttays offsho building across the region. Thats going to lead to a high disturbance list. These are the three fire zones spread across the bay area. The lnu complex to th
Prosecute you to the full extent of the law. Thank you for joining us, three massive wildfires are burning across the bay area. They have scorched over 1100 square miles nearly 7 times the size of san jose. Flames are forcing new evacuation orders this evening. Right now firefighters are bracing for dry lightning and gusty winds that could ignite new fires. The biggest fire is the l and you lightning complex burning in the north bay. More than 500 square miles have been scorched, and containment is at 17 . Katie nielsen is in the Dry Creek Valley area and what are ns l this is actually the calm before the storm, literally and figuratively. The winds have not really picked up yet, we are not seeing any of those thunderheads but we are seeing a lot of these helicopters, this is the national guard, a blackhawk helicopter with what they call a bambi bucket. A 600 60 gallon bucket pulling water out of this pond in the dry creek area then taking off, headed back into the fire lines on the ot
Have been downgraded to warnings and while calm conditions helped firefighters make some progress overnight a red flag warning is in effect, bay area wide through tomorrow afternoon. We want to get to darren peck. The thunderstorm complex sitting off the coast right now, take a look at the High Definition doppler, its a complicated picture. You see a big mass of a thunderstorm of the coast of san mateo county, that is not actually there. The Weather Service has set this radar to its most sensitive so we can pick up the leading edge of the storms. That is clutter, not rain. But here is a Lightning Strike and it is moving, all of this stuff is stationary. The stuff that is moving is the wave of scattered thunderstorms that will get here later tonight. Over the next few hours, look down here. We have a few more coming up the coast so unfortunately we are still on schedule, the forecast is not changed a whole lot. Tonight through tomorrow morning is our highest concern, a 40 chance for iso
With the National Guard about providing reinforcements as an already devastating wildfire season. Threatens to get even worse. The scu fire complex is the second largest fire in state history. Scorching now more than 365,000 acres containment is up to 20 . Its followed closely in size historically and currently by the lnu complex fire which has burned more than 356,000 acres in the north bay that complex is 27 contained and then theres the czu complex in the Santa Cruz Mountains thats burned. But 80,000 acres and containment has grown to 19 altogether these local fires have burned about 800,000 acres in just over a week all right, lets get a closer look at each of those major we start off with the scu lightning complex and. Contra costa Alameda Santa clara, san joaquin and stanislaus counties more than 365,000 acres have been scorched in the fires are 20 contained tonight, 5 people have been injured 3 1st responders and 2 others more than 20,000 structures are threatened. Now that lnu