Live from the bay area studios, this is kpix 5 this morning. Right now, on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area , we are looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera as we look out east. And new mandatory evacuations overnight in the north bay. We have more on that in a bed. Good morning, it is tuesday, september eighth. I am Michelle Griego. I am len keise. We are trusting gusty winds. Lets get a check of the weather with meteorologist mary lee. Wind gusts are up to 40 miles an hour in north bay mountains. Critical fire weather conditions and we are watching the winds take that turn out of the north and northeast. It is very dry air with that onshore flow. Red flag warnings are in effect for the north bay. Until 8 00 on wednesday, we are looking at low relative humidity values for the north bay mountains from 5 00 until 11 00 because of the possibility of downed trees and power lines and wind gusts up to 15 miles an hour in the north bay mountains. It is a big concern. Our
Hour in the Higher Elevations. We have a dry cold front pushing through, kicking up the winds. We have a red flag warning in effect now all the way until 8 00 on wednesday due to these a dry and gusty offshore winds. There is low relative humidity values for the north bay mountains and east bay hills and Santa Cruz Mountains today into tomorrow morning and we have a wind advisory that will be in effect for the north bay mountains for today, at a possible chance of downed trees and power lines. It will be hot but not quite as hot as yesterday. Were looking at mid 80s in San Francisco and low 90s in oakland and mid 90s in san jose and dealing with triple digit heat in concord. 103 for a high in concord and because of the extreme heat, still for inland locations, concord is opening up a cooling center at the Concord Senior Center from 1 00 until 6 00, to give some relief to people, so go out there if you need some safety from these hot temperatures. It is from 1 00 until 6 00 in concord.
Lightning sparked fires. Cal fire at this point has not yet given any specific information on the size or the containment of the fires. Evacuations are underway due to fires along Hennessy Ridge road. As we get more information, we will bring it to you. All of this is happening as a heat wave continues in the bay area. Governor newsom will give an update on the states response to the heat wave as well as the covid pandemic. He signed a proclamation to free up Energy Capacity and reduce the need for Service Disruptions which we saw through the weekend. We will bring you the governors News Conference as soon as it gets underway. We will bring in rosemary with how high the temperatures are going. Another bad day today. The northbay looks like its bullseye for the time being. Temperatures again are expected to be near record breaking. Lets take a look at stormtracker 2. We will zoom in over areas over the northbay. We watched it move from offshore to on shore. You can see all of those ligh
0 contained five another day of dangerous heat is on tap. Of flex alert is in effect. We are asked to conserve energy today and tomorrow. Mary has another check of the forecast in a couple of minutes. Back to fire watch, or keeping an eye on a wildfire burning in Santa Cruz County that has doubled in size. It broke out north of davenport and flames have gone through 120 acres and it is 20 contained. The river fire continues to burn in the hills of south of salina, at least six structures have been destroyed and 1500 others are being threatened. We are lucky that we have kept all the houses right here. My brother is across the canyon and it came through that brush yesterday. I have never seen anything like that. Cal fire says that area is not safe for people to come back to but they hope to have a timeline for returning in the next few hours. We have learned that hundreds of San Francisco School Bus Drivers are about to lose their jobs. Some after decades behind the wheel. The president
I am michelle griego. I am len keise. Lets get to meteorologist mary lee with the hot forecast. Here we go, we are looking at our extreme heat continuing for us today and with it, with those daytime highs, likely tying or breaking records. We have some cooling centers open. Santa rosa will have them from 11 00 to 7 00 four people trying to get some relief from the heat at Rincon Valley library and the Salvation Army senior center. If you do go out there, you will need to wear your mask as well as social distance. In santa rosa, highs are in the triple digits. It is 104 in concord and around the bay, low to mid 80s. 80 for San Francisco and 86 for oakland. Because of this extreme heat, excessive heat warnings remain in effect due to this persistent and dangerous heat and it remains in effect not just for today but actually through 9 00 wednesday. So we are still looking at the heat and going to cool down a little bit. Temperatures will be slightly erdeils up in just a bit firefighters a