Yesterday and that is definitely a nice little shift look at this lightning up his first colors go on the map which is a very noticeable difference that deep deep red now right there clumped up on the eastern end of the Central Valley were worst of air quality of settle down ahead of the Sierra Nevada foothills deep here across the bay area indicating poor conditions which weve become familiar with for nearly 30 days to spare the air alerts now and then conditions up in portions of the north bay for the first time in multiple days, so these are some positive changes working your way in a good direction and will continue to slowly do that for out the rest of the week eventually setting us up for a better weekend air quality wise. And what we have this past weekend. Still winds light enough that we are seeing a light on shore breeze pushing in just a bit more of that smoke thats hovering out in the pacific and to light to be seeing much of our air quality just being pushed out of the reg
Get with especially some difference is noticeable in marine county where first sign of yellow is now showing up indicating moderate air quality the further inland you get and eventually closer to the sierra you go. Well thats the worst of it we still do have multiple fires burning in the Sierra Nevada certainly putting up a lot of smoke out that direction. 50s and 60s for our current temperatures, a cool start get outside with that light jacket ready to go and then maybe not spend too much time out there despite our increases in sunshine and less hayes we still do have poor air. So definitely stay inside more so the knot on this tuesday. 70s and 80s for todays daytime highs more in your forecast is still ahead. Robin. Thank you john were checking in on the bay bridge commute which actually looks a little bit better was never a bad drive into San Francisco. We just have a crowd at the toll plaza and its been off and on its still slow that be on west grand but thinning out a little bit a
Access 92, you dont have to wiggle your way through some slow traffic because of an earlier crash so 80 south close to 38 to 10 a son thats where a crash clear to the shoulder but that slowing you down if youre trying to access the san mateo bridge, the bay bridge looking good moving well no delays into San Francisco. This is what we like to see right 10 minutes off to fremont street back to you, thanks a lot now lets get to the big story that weve been following more businesses get to open outdoors in Contra Costa County. Yes, however there is still of course the bad air that john was talking about so its an head of a double edged sword crop of anti maybe not the best time they know will tran. Out of walnut creek this morning with the latest on the story will. They just cant catch a break rate theyve been waiting for so long to reopen get their customers back into their business unfortunately the bad air quality so if you are coming back to the businesses youll have to be outside. We
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