That fire weather watch. And there is possibility, so we have to bring that too you. But for today were looking at the fog along the coast. High clouds to the south that will be moving up from the south. The golden gate number in the north bay rebounding. 75 with calm wind by the delta and as we look at the air quality. Pleasanton and san jose, very unhealth. Concord and oakland not far behind and as we look at the rest of the bay area. A wind shift today is going to bring some of the smoke from the south up to more of the north bay. The north bay, are calm. Temperatures in the 70s and over into the east bay. Were at degrees. And looking at relative humidity about temperatures by 10 00, some 70s, high clouds in the afternoon. More high clouds in the south bay. Mixed with smoke and highs in the 90s. Well talk about less wind and more potential for dry lining when we see you next. Liz . Lisa, thank you. The bay area wild fire emergency spreading really by the hour. Here look at where the
Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Overnight, lightning strikes off the coast as a Severe Thunderstorm Warning moves across the bay area. Were bracing for another day of intense recordbreaking heat after more rolling Power Outages affect hundreds of thousands of people. Good morning, everyone. It is sunday, august 16. Im liz kreutz. Thank you for joining us. Those thunderstorms were seen off the coast of santa cruz, on the peninsula, near pacifica, and all across the bay area overnight. From the lightning to the winds to the heat to now these brush fires were tracking, were following it all. Lets get over to meteorologist lisa argen with a look at whats happening right now. Lisa . Hey, liz. You know, when we had one of these thunderstorms around fairfield, the temperature went from the 80s to 100. That was a heat burst that came down from the upper levels of the atmosphere with a thunderstorm. Just amazing whether the around here. As we go in c
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