Conditions continue were looking purple spots up and ran county look all around mount and then finally in the north bay. Weve got widespread areas in both napa and sonoma counties, particularly higher in the hills but anywhere where the winds pick up thats where p g news potentially going to be shutting off power if they havent done so already weve got Team Coverage kron fours will tran in the east bay Sarah Stinson in the north bay and john trouble in the Weather Center john lets go to you because this is forecast is very important. Yeah we are looking at a very windy next few hours ahead of us, especially although its going to remain breezy even into the afternoon ahead of us windy conditions noteworthy for areas that dont usually see the strongest of winds either this is pretty a substantial all across the region, lets get a look outside its it hurts our notice. Theres really no fog thats because these are dry offshore winds pushing mostly out of the north and out of the northeast.
It was for sure, strong winds in fact the most powerful offshore winds weve seen so far this wildfire season, pick wind gusts, mount st. Helena topic 89 Miles Per Hour. The Oakland Airport reporting wind gusts as high as 58 Miles Per Hour. Current wind speeds looking at 23 Miles Per Hour sustained out of the north, 10 in napa, 22 for santa rosa and looking at 15 for oakland, 14 in San Francisco and for hayward looking at when gus right now at 30 mileperhour. The red flag warning has now been extended all the way until 5 pm today for the entire bay area as we are looking at that extreme fire danger, dusty conditions, low relative humidity values and for the Higher Elevations, the east bay hills and diablo range, that red flag warning will continue until 5 pm on tuesday, so looking at low relative humidity values down to the Single Digits and teens we have record drive fuel and vegetation so we are looking at dangerous fire weather conditions today into tomorrow. Well talk more about wha
Good morning. Right now on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a live look from our exclusive Sales Force Tower camera at the city of San Francisco. Its already a hot one this morning and its only 4 30. Thanks for joining us. Its friday, october 16. I am anne makovec. I am michelle griego. I love when you say friday. Lets get on check of our weather with meteorologist mary lee. We are still in high fire danger. We are, thats right. We are looking at temperatures that are going to be heating up for sure, even hotter than yesterday, still tracking gusty offshore winds. In fact gusts this morning, especially in the higher elevations, mountain peaks, up to 30 to 50 Miles Per Hour. We are still looking at the red flag warning in effect for the areas in red until 11 00 a. M. North bay and east bay mountains, inland valleys, Santa Cruz Mountains under the red flag warning. Low relative humidity values, so looking at extreme fire danger. The heat is on for sure. The heat advisory for the bay
A heat advisory is in effect for today, likely record breaking high temperatures as we head through the afternoon. Mid to upper 90s to triple digit heat inland. Around the bay heating to the low 90s and even along the coast in the low to mid 80s. Because of this extreme heat, Santa Clara Cooling Centers will be open today starting at 10 00 a. M. Murphy Park Building at 11 00. Cupertino Senior Center and Mountain View Community Center at 1 00 to help folks beat the heat with the hot temperatures. Well talk about the weekend and some relief is coming. Details are coming up. Good morning. As we look at the throads, wev got a back up at the bay bridge. Metering lights are turned on and things are starting to stack up. Delays to the 880 over crossing, not beyond that yet but the morning drive is busier as you make the drive out of the east bargaining i to San Francisco. The Early Morning road work we had on the upper deck of the bay bridge, that is gone. Once you are passed this things look
You look to the end of our weekend. In the meantime we are dealing with extreme heat as well as dangerous fire conditions. In the mountain peaks, winds gusting 30 to 50 Miles Per Hour, a big concern with the critical fire weather conditions. Thats the reason why we have a red flag warning still in effect until 11 00 a. M. Due to the extreme fire danger. Also the heat. The heat advisory is still in effect for the bay area. We are going to see temperatures soar hotter than yesterday, mid to upper 90s to triple digit heat inland today, around the bay, low 90s, low to mid 80s for the coast. San jose is opening cooling centers at Camden Community center, vietnamese american cultural center, Joyce Ellington library today. Well talk more about the weekend forecast. Lets check with gianna and that bay bridge commute. The bridge commute is doing okay. We are not seeing brake lights. I am tracking slow and go conditions on the upper deck of the bay bridge. It looks like there could be some const