Usaa. What youre made of, were made for. Usaa total darkness and dishes that arent done. The power shut off came early in some areas. And ta are not happy about it. Firefighters and pilots are ready to respond to any potential fires. Strong gusty winds peaking over night. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Right away we have Team Coverage for you tonight. Up in the north bay. One of the first places in the bay area where residents had power cut. In the east bay where residents have been told they should be thinking about evacuating because of the fire danger. We start with the meteorologist monitoring those winds and they are picking up. They are. I want to show you current winds. They are strongest through parts of north bay. Napa gusting to 35 Miles Per Hour. Fair field 38 Miles Per Hour. We see strong gusts in the east bay. Oakland and hayward and concord. Over 35 Miles Per Hour. If we go to the Higher Elevation its stronger than that. Check out mount hood. Gusts up to 60 Miles
Impact of the latest planned outage. It now says about 4,200 customers in four bay area counties are expected to have their power cut due to the high fire danger over the next couple of days, beginning at 8 00 tonight. Solano county has been removed from the list altogether. But you know, between the past shutoffs and this looming outage thats coming homeowners in napa county are really reaching the breaking point. Abc 7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard has that story. Im not even a whining type, but its gotten to the point where theres nothing else to do but complain. Reporter we found bill fletcher filling up a gas can. Its fuel for a generator. To power his east napa county home. Fletcher just got this alert. His power would likely be shut off. Its not the first time hes been impacted by a psps, or as bill calls it psbs. Thats what i think of. Reporter this napa valley mini mart has lost power twice this season. Managers dont want it to happen again because no power, no freezers. Were
Good thursday morning. We have live look at the u it is thursday, one step closer to the weekend. Lets a check of the ladder. Good morning. Tracking the heat, and our fire danger, already in the Higher Elevation here athe 50 to 60 miles per hour. This is until 11 00 a. M. Tomorrow. This is highlighted in red. We have extreme fire danger with the gusty offshore wind. The wind advisory until 11 00 a. M. We have powerlines because of the strong winds. Also talking about possible record heat. Heat advisory for the entire bay area. Looking at dangerous heat with temperatures soaring about 20 degrees above average. We will talk about that in time it out. I will let you know how hot its going to get. Out of their waking up without power. Here is a look at where they pulled the plug. In calistoga at least 9000 people in the dark. But thats not helping those who are turning those evacuations. Actually came home on friday. I havent even been home a full week yet. We had been living out of suitca
Highlighted in red until 11 00 friday for north bay and east bay mountains, inland valleys, santa cruz mountains. I have been watching gusts 50 to 60 Miles Per Hour in the Higher Elevations, a bigger concern for us today into tomorrow with low relative humidity values. Wind advisory until 11 00 a. M. Due to gusty winds, possible downed trees and power lines. A heat advisory for the entire bay area due to possible record breaking highs, daytime highs about 20 degrees above average for this time of year. I will let you know what you can expect and how hot it will get where you live. I will also show you futurecast coming up in just a few minutes. Lets check with gianna. It is windy through the altamont. It is. Chp has issued wind advisory for the Altamont Pass about 3 30 this morning. If you are traveling towards 580, headed in the direction of the Altamont Pass, you will deal with gusty conditions. Be extra careful especially if in a high profile vehicle. We are seeing brake lights out
Tracking the strong winds, the peak wind gust with the offshore went 50 to 60 miles an hour earlier this morning, mount st. Helena, mount diablo gusting wind gusts of 63 miles an hour. Mount hood 39 and 38 milean hour wind gusts at the oakland hills. Because of the dusty offshore winds, low relative humidity values, a big concern with the red flag warning that remains in effect now through 11 00 a. M. Tomorrow for all the areas highlighted in red. The northbay and east bay mountains, Santa Cruz Mountains under the red flag morning. We continue to watch humidity levels drop throughout the day today into tomorrow. That is why we are talking about the extreme fire danger. Also looking at dangerously hot temperatures. Likely record breaking highs today into tomorrow which is why the heat advisory for the bay area in effect today and tomorrow. We look at daytimes highs 20 degrees above average this time of year. I can let you know what to expect in your neighborhood coming up in a few minut