Experiencing of the week conditions that were bracing for on sunday and so that is obviously in our favor right now. I know that if this fire started on sunday night things would be vastly different we talk all the time daniel give us some perspective i know all red flag warnings are not created equal how bad it is this one thats coming sunday night monday. Well we definitely dont want to sound like a broken record as we have been in and out of red flag for the last several last several weeks and really the last several months this wind event that we are expecting to see on sunday will bring a extremely strong winds winds that we have not really experience this fire season in fact the last time we saw winds this magnitude and this widespread really in the 2017 and north bay fires so when the tubbs fire yeah was fires burning in sonoma and napa counties and we know how destructive those result so yeah, definitely its been a destructive year definitely bracing for what could be the stron
6 00 friday, critical fire conditions. Well have gusty winds blowing to the southeast. We already have dry fuels that will get dryer and this will become a red flag warning. So be prepared to advantage being eight. And it will be extremely hot tomorrow everywhere but the coast risk of heat illness. In the north bay, an area that was previously under evacuation warning is now an Evacuation Order. Cal fires latest update says that the glass fire has now burned more than 46,000 acres and is just 2 contained. So take a look at this new video that has come into our newsroom of the wildfire raging in calistoga overnight. The area west of 29 and highway 8 is upgraded to an Evacuation Order. Here is time lapse footage from yesterday. Firefighters on the scene tried to keep the fire from spreading, but you can see that the fire line kept moving forward over time. Fire conditions are expected to worsen in the coming days and Amy Hollyfield is up in napa county and well hear more from her coming
The bay itself and fire danger has increased due to that especially across the north bay and for inland east bay areas, were winds overnight have been gusting consistently on up to a range of 45 Miles Per Hour at times winds this morning in calistoga snowman vacaville have regularly beget been gusting into that 30 mile per hour range. Fairfield in danville also quite on the breezy side so these are windiest of areas as of right now as we work our way through the day youll continue to see strong winds on through the morning, a bit of a calmer afternoon and then wind speeds picking back up again into evening hours tonight with the vacaville atlas peak calistoga in sonoma. All seeing yet another breezy evening from thursday night into friday morning friday midday winds begin to back off and after that we are in for a much less higher fire risk weekend. And still a toasty one but not as high of that fire danger for sure. Now right now temperatures are mostly in the 60s to 70s, although a c
Extra time into San Francisco. As you can see traffic is still recovering were busy at the Richmond Sandra fell but this is completely normal no incidents here slowing go from richmond parkway to the toll plaza and 92 is standing out not bad at all under 15 minutes from hayward to send the tail darya back to you thanks a lot robin lets get back to the breaking news, our Team Coverage of the wildfires that are devastating sonoma and napa counties you can see neighborhoods have been flattened homes and businesses lost. This is what standing on some of them along highway 29 on Greenwood Avenue in calistoga the glass fire has so far burned this is a new number. 48,440 acres. 2 containment at this hour there are still evacuations because 22,000 structures or threaten. The fire has already destroyed 80 homes and other buildings in napa and sonoma counties and heres a map showing once again. How widespread the fire is across those counties roughly 70,000 residents forced from their homes sant
Fours will tran in napa county and reyna harvey is in the east bay, but first want to start in the weather center. With the forecast john travel has that yeah guys its already nice and sunny out there conditions, calm and cool for the time being but thats not going to last the beautiful start to the morning. Sets us up for more fire danger ahead of us right now were in the midst of continued red flag warnings in the north bay adding to that list though in addition to it red flag warnings taking effect tonight for upper elevations in coastal peninsula areas and inland east bay areas. Daytime highs will be warm enough combined with those winds gusting as high as 40 Miles Per Hour and continued dry conditions that yes fire danger does remain of concern we may be calm right now, but winds pick up this afternoon. Tomorrow a little bit cooler, but winds even breezier come the afternoon. Thats why these red flag warnings extend not just through today, but on into tomorrow and even into friday