Afternoon. Theyre in santa clara. Today the team did practice in the midst of the smoke. They say they can practice and be out there if the air quality is below 200. Right now as a point of reference its 199. The nfl says it will make a decision by tomorrow. Its been quite a week and likely going to be quite a weekend. Heres what it looked like today across the bay area. The smoke so thick it looks like really heavy fog but as we know its not. For comparison heres what it looked like yesterday on all these same cameras. A lot more yellow, a lot more orange before were seeing all that gray today. And we all remember wednesday the orange skies that felt like we were simply on another planet. Lets bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. I know its hard to forecast this with the smoke, but what are you seeing in the next 48 hours . Were seeing that unhealthy to very unhealthy air is going to remain with us based on all the information i have right now. There are some changes ahead t
Days in aruba the last two days have been just in many cases unprecedented in the bay area, check out knappe, 111 degrees, that record goes back to 1904, same with livermore, 112 that record goes back to 1904. San francisco, yesterday, broke the record that went back to 19, or 04 and was 100 degrees. This is a story that red flag warning is in effect tonight, through tomorrow morning, and into the morning evening, i wanted to share this model, this is about now, this is the model, look at the color, see the colors coming from the east and building toward the west . Right there, that is about six or seven, 8 00. Sonoma county up there in the valley area, that area will see the strongest went about 1000 feet. Also, down the Santa Cruz Mountains when you see the orange area, and the east bay hills for the focus tonight will be in the northbay, the wind, look how quickly they die down. I wish tomorrow, not much. And frankly if youre not at thousand feet even in the northbay you will not no
The wind. The brutal cold is keeping the snow and ice around. Hard to imagine that the temperatures are going to plunge further, thats whats going to happen. So get ready. As you head out for new years test activities you better bundle up. Gray hall is off, Alicia Vitarelli joins us. Chris sowers is outside. Cold enough for you chris. Knowledge this is really, really cold. Yesterday was cold, this is ten times worse. We have a windchill advisory for the entire viewing area it will remain in effect until 10 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. Windchill values as low as 5 above for the jersey shore. 5 below for the i95 corridor and 20 below for the poconos. If youre going to the eagles cowboys game. Bundle up. You need a base, long johns, its better to have three or four or five thinner layers as opposed to two thicker layers, each layer insulates, i traps the body heat. Cover the extremity, cats, gloves and socks, frost spite can set in in 20 minutes. 17 below in the poconos, 4 below in rrd, and
Years eve in new yorks times square. Happy new year security tight on the street. In the subways. And up in the air. As excitement grows for a rockin new years eve. It truly is so much fun. The starstudded lineup. Just walk me now. And the take two for mariah carey as we get ready to ring in 2018. Good morning, everyone. Happy new years eve morning. Thank you for being with us on this thats morning of 2017. Dont say it like that. Are you sad about it . No, not at all. If theres one thing i know, paula loves trivia. We have fun facts about the ball drop that happens tonight in times square. Fun fact number one. This is a tradition that dates back to 1907. During that time, seven versions of the ball itself. Until 1995, the ball was lowered manually by six guys with ropes and another guy with a stopwatch. Can you imagine that . It weighs almost 12,000 pounds. Now. The original inception, it was 700 pounds. By the way lovely necklace. Thank you. I was inspished by the times square ball. T
Snow and ice around. The good news as i w driving in, the roads are better than yesterday. Gray hall is off, Alicia Vitarelli joi us. Chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Reporter we have a new nightmare on our hands, not the snow or the ice, but dangerous windchill. 1 below in allentown. 3 in millville. Feels like 8 degrees in cape may. Forecast for today, its going to be a nice looking day, lots of snow on the ground in parts of the area obviously with the temperatures this cold none of that will melt, bitter cold, 20 degrees is the forecasted high. When you factor in the winds it will be whipping around from time to time. Out of the northwest 10 to 20 miles per hour. This is what it feels like in philadelphia all day long. Lunchtime, 7 degrees, 2 00 p. M. , 8. The numbers start tanking into the evening hours as we ring in the new year. As a matter of fact the National Weather service issued a windchill advisory this goes into effect 9 00 p. M. Until 10 00 a.