Evening, everybody im pam moore and im Catherine Heenan in for ken wayne tonight, so lets get straight to it. Heres where power shutoffs stand right now this is a pg and e map for right now. And we have Team Coverage tonight we will begin with our Lawrence Karnow in the Weather Center with the latest on the wind event which is really the main concern when it comes to the fire danger tonight. Lawrence yeah, i certainly weve seen some tremendous winds. Well, the strongest wind events of the season so far in fact youre seeing latest image here weve got High Pressure out there in the pacific weve got a low pressure just to our east and really the difference between these 2 which is causing all the gusty winds not only here but around the state southern california. Theyve got the santa ana blowing too. Theyve got an active fire there causing some extremely dangerous conditions right now that ridge building in over the upset in northwest, great basin that low kick into these once these begin
Widespread of winds a lot of us are actually starting off the morning quite calm while others not just yet you look outside right now does show some continuously very dry skies. Marine layer, not very present across the bay because the predominant nature of these winds has been an offshore wind thats keeping fog and ocean cool theyre away from us even though temperatures have remained pretty mild calistoga snowman atlas peak vacaville, fairfield the napa all among our breezy us to spots petaluma youre at 22 Miles Per Hour for your winds right now well in the meantime, san jose oakland concord livermore in San Francisco are very calm by 06 15am a few hours from now still very breezy in the north bay pockets of heavier winds in areas like danville and then as we work our way into early afternoon eventually into the evening tonight. We do see winds generally beginning to calm down for the north bay area still breezy but not as much so and continuing to come down into tomorrow, red flag wa
Gusts even this morning and that red flag warning has been extended until 5 00 this evening. Warm temperatures will continue today as we will have some calmer weather by the end of the week. Well take a look at all of this in the forecast coming up. Mike, how is it looking for the morning commute . Its looking calmer as well. Observing, very calm in general. Green spencers around the bay, oakland toward 23rd a lot less slowing than before. We think those crews might be clearing earlier even though theyve been given permission later. Gusty winds across the benicia and antioch as well. Back to you. Those winds kari was talking about, the red flag warnings still in effect with high fire danger. And thats why thousands of people across the bay area are waking up without power. Today in the bays bob redell is live for us in downtown orinda. Bob, any word when the power will be restored there . Reporter pg e says places like orinda behind me will have their power back on by today, tonight at
Mount tam in marin county and then as we zoom even further to the north youll see that weve got a lot of areas to around napa and sonoma counties look at all that purple all these areas either currently without power or soon could have power shut off today kron fours will tran is in the east bay looking at the strong winds and the outages and Sarah Stinson in the north bay. With the conditions there first lets go into the Weather Center with john trouble as it is a very windy morning. One of the windiest that weve had so far this season and that really is saying something because it has been historically windy season thus far at least these are not hot and dry winds. Rather cool and very dry which is where that fire danger comes into play very Crystal Clear skies over San Francisco, these offshore winds have pushed any marine layer really out of the region and thats why were looking at such clear skies and such cool and dry weather along with the winds out lets speak Calistoga Napa son
Marine county. Weve got mount tam and all those Higher Elevation peaks around that area and then finally our last stop the north bay where once again the Higher Elevations for both napa and sonoma counties really being impacted by these Public Safety power shutoff kron fours will tran is in the east bay looking at the strong winds in the outages there Sarah Stinson doing the same in the north bay and john trouble. Is in the Weather Center where its all starting because it originates with the winds whats going to happen today. John yeah we are going to gradually see wind speeds coming down guys but what a windy overnight into morning that we are in the midst of. Winds substantial all across the bay area, not just in those areas that we usually see herb are easiest of conditions looking outside right now conditions are pretty clear over San Francisco as these are dry offshore winds that are pushing the lot of that marine layer out to sea. So even though it is cool and dry with these dry