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Continuing to see those strong winds this morning to gusting regularly into a 40 mile per hour range for parts of the bay area. So thats something that you are definitely going to need to know as youre getting out of bed this morning youre driving to work going to be accompanied by a very noticeable breeze. This morning rc church our view is Crystal Clear and dry these are offshore winds so its keeping any sort of marine layer fog pushed out of the region where we at with winds right now will sonoma Calistoga Napa some of our notably more breezy areas well into a 20 mile per hour range for your wind speeds currently sandra fell Petaluma Santa Rosa also notably windy and will remain fairly windy throughout the morning too we ease off wind speeds gradually through the rest of the day and by the evening tonight were done with the stronger winds but we are definitely in the midst of him right now and paired with dry conditions we do have heightened fire danger does red flag warnings for al
Now. A very good now thursday morning to you, thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. Were starting out with fog in some parts of the bay area. Kari hall is tracking that for us. Kari, i saw a little bit coming in this morning. The visibility cut down in some spots down to zero. Looking good here in downtown san jose and that fog will cause a lot of problems for the morning commute, especially in the north bay and then the sunshine returns this afternoon and there is no rain in the forecast. Lets get to that visibility right now as we look at livermore down to zero and only a quarter mile visibility in novato and half mile visibility in santa rosa. Well talk more about this coming up. Mike, how is it looking for the commute . Kari, that advisory those numbers well show with that camera. The Golden Gate Bridge an easy drive as far as the volume of traffic but the fog advisory from chp as we talk about fog impeding the view of the bridge itself. There goes a
At just west of the cal Berkeley Campus police say that this fire started at about 5. 30 this Evening University still shut down firefighters actively still working to control the fire right now. Lets go right now to kron fours dan thorn has been live on the scene all night long bringing us the very latest details. Dan any new information you want. Jonathan and just seen i can tell you that its a huge response as you can see out here happening right over my shoulder crews just continue to trench this construction site theyre really trying to make sure that there isnt any potential for any more flames to break out we do know that earlier today the report first came in at 5. 46 alarm blaze several crews having to show up here this burning in 2016 University Avenue in right now crews remain on scene on university between milby a street and shattuck avenue pg and e crews were out here earlier they have shut power down to the street there are several shops and restaurants that are in this a
Good wednesday morning to you. Thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Well get to the commute in just a bit. First lets start with the forecast. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking those temps for us. Were starting out cool this morning in the trivalley, checking out whats going on in dublin, and we are seeing some clear visibility for now. We will see some light, patchy fog drifting by, but it will be slightly cooler today. And by tomorrow well have a very cold morning. Some of us may be starting out near freezing. Our dry weather does continue at least throughout the weekend. Well talk about whats ahead coming up. Mike, how is it looking right now for the commute . Kari, its looking really great right now as we look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Very light volume now and i expect for the earlier morning commute maybe 6 00, 6 15 well see slowing. Well watch that. The maps show no major issues around the bay. Maybe a little fog in the north bay.