Said cant even tell those are trees thats the walnut creek am only reason he can make it out is because you can see the traffic making its want way along there just past walnut creek. I mean this air quality its got to be bad if were talking about it the way we are after 25 days of consecutively bad air. And it is indeed the worst with smoke having settled down from over the past few days. Number wednesday, we saw above us yesterday started to smell a little bit more now its really settled in and this is what were seeing the dark red the worst of air quality and were adding in smoke from wildfires burning up in the pacific northwest. This satellite imagery was taking on wednesday, you can see the wildfires up in oregon where is all that smoke heading well out into the pacific. Its had a few days to settle down work its way down coast and now with our light on shore flow this morning were seeing it pushing into the a combo of fact both are owned wildfires and then also fires burning to
John youve been calling it right all week long so we want to get a look at the weather patterns that are affecting the air quality, yeah guys because what weve seen already is obviously smoky skies for the past few days that existing smoke is just been sinking closer and closer down to us. And now has officially sunk into the bay itself. Plus some wildfire smoke thats making its way in from the coast. This morning, San Francisco cant see much it is another gray morning yet another day without much sunshine. Air quality as you mentioned the worst it can be the worst weve seen it in this 25 consecutive days of spare the air alerts so weve been saying how unhealthy areas. Today is the worst of that so even though you may have cut you still less than ideal conditions today is not one to stepping outside and doing much, especially avoid those workouts i know weve still been getting out there for jogs today, it is a rest day it needs to be if you care about your lungs and your health because
5 news. Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera as we look at east at the beautiful bay bridge. In the east bay there. Hey, everyone. It is tuesday, february 23rd, that tuesday. A little bit up. Im michelle griego. Tomorrow is ash wednesday. Good morning. Im kenny choi. 4 31. Lets get a look at that forecast. It looks like it is going to be a viavant warmer. Get ready for record highs this afternoon. As we look at those temps climbing into the 70s and even into the low 80s in some spots for our normal locations. Heres a live look with our roof cam tower shining brightly. 40s and the 50s with many clear skies. And as we head through the afternoon, looking at the upper 60s in San Francisco, low 70s in oakland, mid70s san jose as well as for concord. So highs about a to 12 degrees above average looking at 80 for a high in santa rosa. 82 in napa. We will talk about the rest of the week and the possibility of a few s
Later on this afternoon. Clear skies this morning. A live look with our Treasure Island camera. The temperatures are running in the 40s and in the 50s. So a cool start. Not as chilly as yesterday morning. And and as we head through the afternoon, San Francisco, upper 70s later on today. Oakland, 72. Looking at 70 for san jose and 75 for concord. So highs running about 8 to 12 degrees above average for this time of year and we will talk about the rest of the workweek and send changes for the weekend. Details on that coming up. Gianna . All right, take me out look at your roadways, so far, were off to a really good start. We have one snag to report in San Francisco. We have reports of a broken down vehicle. Looks like it is not causing a lot of delays right now, traffic is in the green as you work your way in and out of the city. South of there, if youre commuting out of san jose early this morning, now is a great time to be on the roadways. We are seeing a lot of green along the 101, wh
Upper 60s in San Francisco. We will talk about the rest of our work week and our next weather system that could bring a few showers. We have a couple of things to look out for her. We have been monitoring this accident. That is still in effect. Now admitted crash on oneto one. This one is still blocking is lowland. No delays to report. That is evolving it overturned vehicle. Us for this other lane still block. There is a lot of broken glass. Coming all the way from 205. We are seeing the backup ensued. Once you get past that trouble spot, things will go a lot better. Taking your drive time. 49 minutes. 15 minutes from 205 to 680. Eastshore freeway commute. Slow. In the green. On the hills of Indigenous Peoples day, a vandal takes aim at Christopher Columbus statue in San Francisco. Someone cover the monument in red paint. Messages on the base this and destroy all monuments of genocide and kill all colonizers. The message getting mixed reactions down the hill at the italian heritage spr