this fire is and the impact it s have-h on areas nowhere near here. ivan. nick valencia, thanks so much. we ll check back with later in the morning. but let s check the weather there in yosemite how it s going to impact the firefight. that s right, cnn meteorologist are alexandra steele joins us. what s the news there? the news isn t good. obviously, the weather has exacerbated this fire. it doubled in size because of two factors, the winds and as the terrain, the topography there. what there are, tunnels and ridges. it gets funneled through the canyons, let s say you re in new york city, and you re walking through the buildings, the air blows through the narrow spaces what happens, the air gets squeezed and accelerating. we call that the canyon effect and that is essentially what s happening and exacerbating this fire. here s a look at the current conditions. right now, 41 the winds are pretty calm. for the most part, the winds are
seeing moving to the gulf coast. so a lot drier than we ve been, but temperatures a little cooler. meteorologist alexandra steele, thank you very much. it sounds like the firemen have the dangerous work cut out for them around yosemite and elsewhere. they sure do. the weather is not good news for them. in addition to that terrain, firefighters are battling against their own resources. that s right, tom foreman is here to break down the massive price tags of all the fires raging along the west coast. good morning, tom. reporter: hey, brianna, hey, ivan. two words to think about when you think about the western fire season. time and money. because the time is marching on too slowly, while the money is burning up too fast. take a look at the numbers here and it will give you an idea of what i m talking about. so far, they ve dealt with about 33,000 fires. 3 million acres burned. the budget for all of this, $1.7 billion from the feds, cut back back from sequestration.
coming from the south-southwest but they have been erratic and for the most part blowing in disparate directions. we talk about the wind and talk about the direction from which it comes, meaning coming from the south-southeast, blowing this fire and that s blowing the fire into yosemite national park. sustained winds, gusts strong. and the problem, you can see no rain in sight. the air is so incredibly dry. the humidity is low and the dew points are low. and the irony with this, there s a tropical storm west of baja bringing in flooding rain and moisture just not gets, guys, as far north and as far west as we need it. so there will be flooding in the south and dpierg rain in the north. just take that monsoonal moisture and push it up there where we need it. that would be nice. alexandra, thank you.
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