St. Helena. A red flag warning for pre much all of the bay area. The big event is tonight. It is essentially going on right now the wind will peak, most likely. The model pushing forward, lets get to about now. This really tells the story. 11 00, 12 00. The contour is getting a little brighter. It starts, weeks, and comes back down. Between now, 4 00 and 5 00, the wind will be pretty robust. That is the main concern. A secondary event shows up on tuesday, but it is not as robust. Mount diablo, 67 Miles Per Hour, mount st. Helena, current numbers at 50 Miles Per Hour. Bill, thank you. Hundreds of thousands of homes are in the dark after pg e cut power. A total 6000 customers are expected to lose their power. So far this weather event is unfolding as they predicted. Because of the anticipated strong wind, the utility began to shut down power. Shes unsure if she can work on monday i work from home. If my wifi is out, if it is not on yet, that could be a big problem. Reporter even more of
It highlights the urgency with which supplies are needed to protect essential workers on the front lines treating those who have fallen victim. The governor said that higher numbers show that Health Care Workers are churning through supplies on hand. But when youre burning through 46 Million Masks monthly. Even having 100 million of the n95 masks and inventory you can go through those pretty quickly. Reporter going big is the name of the game. He announced the state is extending an agreement with a chinabased manufacturer to purchase 120 million n95 masks. In 300 million surgical masks. A big number for a big order which Governor Newsom says is far from over. We really get the price down significantly. We are in a different environment. And we will demand more competitive pricing. Not only in this environment going forward. Reporter is the name of the manufacturer sounds familiar be whitey. Thats because the governor inked a deal to pay the company 1 billion for masks. The federal gove
Airport. This time it was a flooded terminal. Take a look at this. The new York Port Authority is launching an investigation after a pipe broke sunday, flooded one of the terminals. They had to shut off the power. This mess adds to the weatherrelated chaos. Theyre still dealing with the delays when they had to close the airport. We just checked with flight aware. The airport seeing delays of 30 minutes. If youre flying in and out of jfk, check your airlines today. Eun, back to you. Looks like a big mess. Chris, thank you. Howard university has postponed classes for more than a week because of problems created by this long stretch of cold weather. The cold caused steam pipes to burst, filling two classroom buildings and the annex with moisture. Ceiling tiles had out in order to prevent mold. It also caused problems for the boiler system. Though some buildings dont have consistent heat. The most comfortable setting that our students will have right now is in their homes. It gives us an e
Im eun yang. Were going to get to more about the golden globes. Well talk more about the crazy weather. Because of a system headed our way, it could cause problems tonight. Well get to that in a second, as well as water main breaks. The temperatures causing School Delays and closings. Marlton Elementary School will be closed because the heating isnt working. In virginia, spotsylvania, page and Shenandoah County schools closed. Jefferson county schools in West Virginia are also closed. As for the delays, fredericksburg city and Stafford County schools will open two hours late. Right now, lets turn to meteorologist chuck bell for a look at the forecast this morning. 20 degrees right now outside the studios. It feels nowhere near as cold as it was. Dulles and bwi set record low temperatures. Bwi marshall fell to plus one yesterday morning. National airport, the record was 5 and we only made it to 8 degrees. So with the cold air in place, the ground is frozen solid. Have a Winter Weather a
Through 9 00 p. M. We are dry across the area. You can see a crayola effect of colors. The blue indicating the snow. Green indicating the rain. Ice. Ink indicating the temperatures are definitely cold. It is 1020 Degrees Higher than it was at this time yesterday. 17, manassas. Kids that are already going to be going to school this morning, if they are not already dry at thewill be bus stop. We will have some rain and it will be freezing rain falling and creating some icy road conditions, but we have a bigtime warmup coming our way later this week. When i join you in 10 minutes, i will take you through our futurecast coming out the precipitation in your neighborhood. Common this time of year. Crayolaou said it was a box of colors, was that a 64box . Or the 16 box . Eileen the 16 box. How about that . [laughter] main we have water breaks. We have crews out there working your red top road because of the water main breaks. Only the left lane is able to get by at this time. We also have the