Is off of 4 communities in the mountain regions of san mateo and santa cruz counties in the south bay, the power is out for People Living along east foot hill of san jose outage then runs up to the hills in alameda and contra costa counties. And finally large portions of the north bay are without power this afternoon as well. So lets check in on the bay area forecast right now the weather thats driving these shut offs with kron 4 meteorologist dave spahr today. Good afternoon sanaas everybody were still with our red flag warning thats been extended a little bit weve got some areas of the north bay this will expire by 5 oclock in some selected areas, but in other pieces of real estate were still going to see it world linger on until tomorrow. Afternoon live shot coming in from walnut creek air plenty of sunshine to dish out of course in the current check and winds while the direction is very clear its offshore whether it from the north of the northeast you can see numbers well double di
That means critical fire weather conditions will be happening in parts of the north bay and east bay and south bay. Good evening. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. Right to Spencer Christian who is tracking the forecast for us tonight. Spencer . Dan and ama, we have a pattern of strong offshore winds developing. As the winds flow downslope they compress, the air compresses. It dries out, it warms up. That increases the risk for fire. Were looking at gusts under 20 Miles Per Hour in the Higher Elevations at the moment but they will get stronger overnight. As a result we have a red flag warning in the north and east bay hills and valleys and the Santa Cruz Mountains from 5 00 a. M. To 11 00 a. M. Friday, our strongest gusts up to 50 Miles Per Hour. High temperatures will be in the upper 90s the next few days and ill have more details and the complete accuweather sevenday forecast. Spencer, thank you. With the Red Flag Alert comes the threat of preemptive shutoffs that could affect 23,000
Frank somerville. And im julie haener. Fire danger is increasing around the bay area tonight as temperatures heat up. This afternoons fire broke out at a home on will a view toward in danville. It spread to rush and forced evacuations. Live coverage now from ktvus amber lee. She spoke with the family who lost their home and neighbors who tried to fight the vegetation fire. Reporter the family tells me the loss of their home very difficult to deal with, but they do plan to rebuild. There is also gratitude for their neighbors, fire crews and their 13yearold daughters quick action. Three children were inside their danville home when a fire broke out shortly after 3 30 thursday afternoon, causing severe damage. I looked out the window and there was smoke outside and flames outside about the render. Reporter 13yearold Madison Hoffman quickly got her younger sister and brother along with their pets outside to safety. She tells me they had just finished their first day of School Learning from
Dont think we get any rain. Sunday night into monday point be a better opportunity. It is really warm. 60s and 70s livermore and san jose 75 and 74. Very hot and muggy and dangerous heat for some. More likely the fire danger increases when it is warm. 103 in santa rosa. 108 and livermore. Palo alto 101 and 100 and san jose in the forecast track for today and the higher clouds make it feel muggy and that will continue today and tomorrow temperatures will be significantly above average for this time of year. I mean, really far over to sal now at 5 01 tyler friday. You are still pretty quiet out there. We had some earlier problems that cleared up in the last halfhour and right now we are back to 280 in san jose where traffic has been moving along well. At the bay bridge it is nice as well. We hope to get friday late especially, with this heat. 5 02 and lets get your headlines. The chp searching for driver involved in a highspeed produce in the east bay. It began in the hayward area just a
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