Highs today into the upper 80s. Above average. Lots of sunshine. The key here is low humidity. Metro riders, everything is running on schedule this morning. We had an earlier issue last night with single tracking on the redline. Thats been resolved so youre good to go there. Around the capital beltway still fairly quiet. Its been that way all day. I dont think we can complain about it. On the inner and outer loop no issues. 295 and 395 free and clear of any problems. Traveling north and southbound on the bw parkway as well as 95, everything is free and clear. From frederick toward the capital beltway, youre looking at a smooth and uneventful commute. Another update in ten minutes. Over you to. Over to you. Chinas main market plunged for a fourth straight day one day after stocks suffered the biggest tumble in eight years. The massive selloff was triggered by fears of an economic slowdown in the country. The turbulence in asia has sent Financial Markets around the world into a tailspin.
Temperatures. Baker beach where its normally mid 70s, hit 99 degrees today. Incredible. Across the bay, the thermometer tipped out at 100 degrees. And the real heat hit farther inland. Cant forget about the heat down in the south bay. Let get a look at the Current Conditions with a guy thats been busy this week. San francisco breaks its all time record of 104. Last time it hit 100 degrees in San Francisco was 18 years ago. Wow. But listen to this, 104 in downtown San Francisco. The alltime high, 106. The record it broke . 106 years old. When you break records by 3 degrees, alltime records falling. At least San Francisco now. The records are kept there. As it sinks, the further it sinks, the more it warms. Places that are the most low lying will typically get the highest heat because they have the most room for the air to sink. Air warms at 5 degrees per ,000 feet. It cools for 3 degrees at per thousand feet going up. Lets see what weve got out there. We do have your heat advisory and h
The last time San Francisco hit 100 degrees or near 100 or at 100 degrees was 18 years ago. And this is one of the since 1874, theres only been in San Francisco 10 days of 100 degree readings. That is amazing to me. I mean, thats how significant today is. And with that said, theres major heat. A heat warning for the entire bay area. Now, that extends to bakersfield in Southern California, los angeles, hence the flex alert. You also have a fire danger, a red flag warning and you also have a spare the air day. So it is baking out there. Here are some of the current numbers. My buddy mark tamayo is in livermore where we did an experiment. We looked at he has a very Accurate Temperature sensor. Its hot. 105. Put it down on the turf, it was a buck 21, right . Reporter yeah, topped out at about 120, bill. Yes, we have been in this heat. I have been Drinking Water for hours. Right now, this is an estimate of the air temperature now. 108 degrees according to this sensor. Im going to put this o
Off. They just came in. Records. Santa rosa, kentfield, san rafael, richmond a record, San Francisco, San Francisco airport, oakland airport, moffett field, livermore tied a record. Gilroy a record. Santa cruz a record. Salinas a record. All records. Lots of records around the bay area today. We got a heat advisory out there. We have a spare the air day that will last until tomorrow. We have the heat warning did not just cover the bay area but now it was for a while just the bay area minus San Francisco. They put San Francisco into a heat warning. Thats huge not only that, the flex alerts relating to the idea that we have heat warnings and advisories from redding to southern california. Over 35 Million People under some kind of heat advisory. Thats huge. So when i come back were going to talk about when its going to cool down because its not tomorrow. A little bit tomorrow but its going to be hot again tomorrow. Well talk about that and then about the cooling opportunities we have down
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