Karnow standing by. With the scorching forecast lawrence, this is a doozy looks like some real dangers heat for the bay area especially for the elderly some of the young people susceptible to the hot temperatures. Lets take a look at the numbers breaking down all around the bay area along the coastline, you see the area shaded in the orange here were going to see those places fairly cool near the coastline but still well above the average 70s and 80s in the pacifica Half Moon Bay over not a daly city then you get inside the bay temperature going to run lot warmer in fact you may hit a 100 degrees in redwood city south bay you start to get in the red and thats where we get really hot. Those numbers soaring in the midnineties to a 104 degrees. And then we really crank up the heat into the east bay look at these numbers almost unbelievable youll see 90s inside the bay in union city new work into Hayward Family san lorenzo valley, Castro Valley and then you get to livermore and pleasanton
landing tonight acaliforniaa is under a state of emergency as wildfires continue to scorch thousands of acres across the state. Many of the firessparked by lightning from severe storms sunday morning. The fires are being fuled by winds record last 30 minutes Evacuation Orders were santa cruz county. Thats in addition to the orders already in place in sonoma san mateo napa alameda and contra costa counties we have a full list of Evacuation Centers is all on our website kron 4 dot com grown for has Live Team Coverage for you this tuesday night, michelle kingston is in Contra Costa County as crews try to get a handle on the deers on fire tale of the sec use in napa county has the hennessy fire continues to grow. Chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is tracking the threat of smoke moving into the bay area and also the money in his keeping is monitoring the threat of rolling blackouts across our area. Here is a map breaking down the major fires throughout the bay area tonight, the s see you
Of rolling blackouts to ease demand on the states electrical grid. Its all happening amid days of long heat wave that is also fueling a number of wildfires more than a dozen active wildfires are currently burning across the golden state, including several in here right here in the bay area that have prompted evacuation warnings. Tonight we have Live Team Coverage of the ongoing heat wave in the impacts from it Ashley Zavala is live in sacramento with the governor with what the governor is now demanding in light of those blackouts kron fours dan kerman though joins us live from the east bay on the deers own fires but first kron 4 meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez is tracking the dangerous conditions now fueling these blazes or so. Hi there. Jonathan yeah lets take a look at stormtracker 4 plenty of thunderstorms rolling through parts of ukiah in clear lake right now we do have a red flag warning so high fire danger in effect right now for lake and mendocino counties but for us here in the
Are choosing to stay. Cornell bernard is in napa county tonight. Reporter a fastmoving wildfire in wine country, igniting acres of dry brush in the hills above st. Helenhelena. Sky 7 was over the hennessey fire late monday as the blaze exploded in size, burning through rugged terrain. Cal fire attacking the fire from all sides, including precise air drops of flame retardant. Hundreds of firefighters staging near Hennessey Ridge road. This fire possibly started by lightning strikes. Mondays weather certainly didnt help firefighters. When you have these hot conditions, its not favorable for fighting fire. And then with the little storm fronts we had coming in throughout the day, that brings a little wind in the front of those which gets fire pretty active. We know the fire son our property and its moving towards us. Reporter mandatory evacuations have been ordered in the area, but jeff is staying, ready to save the winery thats been in his family for 130 years. Were a little winery, but
Near hey ridge road. This fire possibly started by lightning strikes. Mondays weather certainly didnt help firefighters. When you have these hot conditions, its not favorable for fighting fire. And then with the little storm fronts we had coming in throughout the day, that brings a little wind in the front of those which gets fire pretty active. We know the fire son our property and its moving towards us. Reporter mandatory evacuations have been ordered in the area, but jeff is staying, ready to save the winery thats been in his family for 130 years. Were a little winery, but we have a big family, and there are about a half dozen of my cousins around right now, and were kind of at the ready if the fire gets a little closer. We have the hoses out and ready to make a stand. Reporter right now the fire is burning at the top of this ridge. Lots of smoke here. It is too close for comfort for the folks who live in this house. Im here to protect my house and my property. Reporter phillips is