Im liz kreutz. Today is the 20th straight spare the air alert for the bay area and lets get right to meteorologist lisa argen with a look at what we can expect today. Good morning, lisa. Good morning, liz. Hi, everyone. More sizzling temperatures, certainly records will be shattered. We look at live doppler 7, nothing to speak about here. As we widen the view, thats a Lightning Strike just north of shaver lake from the fire there, the creek fire. Those pyro cumulus clouds high in the atmosphere creating their own weather and you can see the smoke by reno there, looking at some very poor air quality in the mountains. Our air quality expected to go down as well. 67 san mateo. It is 78 in daly city. 55 Half Moon Bay with 70s in san rafael. 60s in the north bay. Low 70s in the south bay. 7 to 12 degrees warmer than yesterday at this our. Air quality in the moderate category for most and looking at some of that smoke to drift into the bay area on some lighter winds. Excessive heat warning u
Some paurtds of the marine layer will undercut a lot of smoke today and try to keep us in healthy air. And keep our temperatures in the 60s, 70s and 80s. Happening right now thousands of pg e customers are the dark thi might not be on until tonight. Look at the outage map. Pg e cut the power in nearly two dozen counties bause of the high fire danger. Purple k5i9indicates the Public Safety power shutoffs. Yoristoga say it was necessary because of the high winds. At one point, there were half a Million People in the dark stat restore power once the sun com high winds and dangerous heat flames. And listen to this number so far this year wildfires have burned about 2. And when we care to the same time last year we are looking at 118,000 acres. What a difference. Yesterday, Governor Newsom said he has had it with people who deny Climate Change. I have nopatience and i say this lovingly, as someone who prides himself being open to argument but i quite literally have no patience for Climate C
Happening right now, thousands of pg e customers are still in the dark this morning. And the power might not be back on until tonight. So here is a look at the outage map. Pg e cut the power in nearly two dozen counties across the state, august because of the high fire danger. The purple triangles indicate those Public Safety power shutoffs. Calistoga is one place that is impacted. The mayor says the shutoff was a necessary step because of the threat of high winds. At one point, there were half a Million People in the dark statewide. Crews will be working to restore power once the sun comes up. High winds and dangerous heat are making it difficult for firefighters battling dozens of fires across california right now. And i really want you to Pay Attention to this number. So far wildfires have burned about 2. 3 million acres in comparison to this same time last year. And this same time last year, just during a press conference yesterday, Governor Newsom said that he has had it with Clim
History and the lnu complex the third. Add in the czu complex and the fires burned nearly 732,000 acres combined. There are 560 wildfires burning throughout the state, many sparked by lightning. At least 965 structures destroyed, many of them homes. Heres a quk look at how widespread these fire zones are. The north bay, primarily in napa and sonoma counties and spread out among lake county. The scu complex aparts santa clara and costa con thtra counts and the possible threat of new thunderstorms is a main concern right now for firefighters. Good morning,l lisa. What can we expect . We have a red flag warning. The weather watch is elevated through 5 00. We have dense fog at the coast creating calm winds a. Layer of smoke among the fog at about 800 feet and looking still in the possibility of gusty winds and lightning threats as we go through the overnight hours tonight into monday morning. Air quality right now is poor, unhealthy. Perhaps having issues in livermore. You can see the red
State, many sparked by lightning that will become a concern again today. At least 965 structures destroyed, many of them homes. Heres a quick look at just how widespread these fire zones are. The lnu complex in the north bay, primarily in napa and sonoma counties and spread out among lake county. The czu in san mateo counties. The possible threat of new thunderstorms is a main concern right now for firefighters. Something we are tracking. Lisa, we can we expect this morning . We are looking at better possibility of that tonight into monday and under a red flag warning right now and we have fog dense along the coast but the view of mt. Tam shows the colors and the air quality is better for most of you this morning. That will be changing into those winds throughout the afternoon. 60 in mountain view. 57 in San Francisco. This is the east bay where you can see the gray sky here and some of the smoke and poor air quality with you. 53 santa rosa. 59 in napa. Cooler temperatures, higher rela