To 80s across the bay area. And tomorrow morning its a warm start to another very hot day. Well have the latest on how hot we get tomorrow, how long this heat wave will last, and also a red flag warning that will go into effect. All the details in the acuweather forecast in a few minutes. We will see you then, drew, thank you. The heat is putting a serious strain on our states power grid. Cornell barnard joins us from the north bay. What do we know about the possibility of more Power Outages, cornell . Reporter well, eric,ges are possibility tonight through wednesday and customers should be prepared. Well, its super hot outside. There is relief, though, here at this new cooling center at the marin center in san rafael. Take a look. There is water. Theres lots of snacks. Best of all, airconditioning. And after last night with no power a lot of folks around here could really use it. Were going to survive it. Reporter Richard Evans was braving the heat on the vallejo waterfront saturday,
It will be hot and muggy today. Did your seat for those well inland. Fire dentures go up and possible showers sunday night into monday. We are just getting a lot of high clouds. 60s and 70s. 74 in san jose. Thats very warm. Record highs likely today for many including San Francisco. Heat advisory from the bayside location starts at 11 am. Inland areas heat watch starts at 8 am. Temperatures are soaring above average highs for this time of year with livermore penciling in 108 and should be 88. And now we are seeing things picking up at the bridges. Lets start at the bay improved, actually. We had a bigger crowd at 6 30 am and now its 7 00, it seems to have disappeared. Traffic is moving along very nicely here. Looking at your screen, not a lot going on. Also, as you see, interstate 880 in oakland with traffic moving along okay in both directions. Because of the hot weather today, the organization that manages our states power grid is urging people to conserve energy. Demand for energy i
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
With in addition to the pandemic so yeah get right to it john trouble in the Weather Center will start their jobs. Yeah guys definitely was not a fun night for those of us that did lose power, especially for those of you that were trying to cool off a little bit. Temperatures today will likely again be shattering records areas like San Francisco full 10 degrees above the former record reaching into the 90s for a few spots in the city says you look at the Golden Gate Bridge right here Crystal Clear skies we are off to a warm start already with 60s 70s for most of our current temperatures did cool off enough last night to let it cool breeze into your house, but as we make our way through the day today we are going to be seeing temperatures just as hot as yesterday in some areas despite a one to 2 degree cool down and others think areas on the map still under that excessive heat warning and thats all the way through wednesday. So this is an extended round of heat ahead of us not really lo
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