Is off of 4 communities in the mountain regions of san mateo and santa cruz counties in the south bay, the power is out for People Living along east foot hill of san jose outage then runs up to the hills in alameda and contra costa counties. And finally large portions of the north bay are without power this afternoon as well. So lets check in on the bay area forecast right now the weather thats driving these shut offs with kron 4 meteorologist dave spahr today. Good afternoon sanaas everybody were still with our red flag warning thats been extended a little bit weve got some areas of the north bay this will expire by 5 oclock in some selected areas, but in other pieces of real estate were still going to see it world linger on until tomorrow. Afternoon live shot coming in from walnut creek air plenty of sunshine to dish out of course in the current check and winds while the direction is very clear its offshore whether it from the north of the northeast you can see numbers well double di
Well see those purple triangles finally disappear. About 10,000 customers are still in the dark this morning. At last check, electricity has been restored to 335,000 customers. Many of them lost electricity on sunday. We are still at risk of fires even if the red flag warning is over. A small wildfire broke out before 8 00 last night. This is in napa and sonoma counties. Crews were able to get that under control. In orange county, its quite a different story. The race to contain two fastmoving wildfires being pushed by the santa ana winds, nearly 70,000 people are under a mandatory evacuation this morning. Jobina is tracking that and these questions about how one of these fires started. Jobina . Thank you. Good morning. Fire crews say they could see a break later today when the winds start to die down. The fires started on monday. So far the silverado fire in the hills above irvine burned 13,000 acres. Its 5 contained. The blue ridge fire is about 15 miles away. It burned 15,000 acres
Just a bit. We definitely have a diminished fire threat. No red flag warning. No fire weather watch. Nothing like that today. We can breathe easily today and enjoy some really comfortable weather. Not only today but for the next several days. As you look from our roof camera, it is clear and kind of chilly. Wait until i show you those temperatures in the next hit. Heres what to expect this afternoon. 66 at half moon bay. Low to mid 70s around the bay and upper 70s to a few low 80s inland. Well have that accuweather sevenday forecast into november coming up. Reggie . Thanks. Pg e does expect everyone to get their power restored later today. This is the map showing the areas still in the dark. A lot fewer of those purple triangles this morning compared to last morning. About 10,000 customers. Electricity has been restored to 335 toush 335,000 customers. We are still at risk of fires even if the red flag warning is over. A small wildfire broke out before 8 00 last night. This is in napa a
A lot of these questions whats going on with red flag warning john yeah, robin is something weve seen a lot so far this season, its a pairing of the already hot temperatures that weve had that are only getting hotter dry conditions and the noticeable increase in wind speeds today these offshore winds will be pushing into the bay area consistently starting today lasting through tomorrow into early friday, too. And red flag warnings are officially in effect as of just a few minutes ago looking outside at our sutro tower right here skies are crystal clear. No fog. No cloud cover it is dry at least it is a beautiful start to the morning as i mentioned red flag warnings really just took effect from 05 00am this morning until 11 00am on friday and really lighting up the vast majority of the bay area here upper elevations of the Santa Cruz Mountains from the inland east bay all the way out to the hills right above oakland, san leandro down through fremont and then all across the north bay to
Higher fire danger yet again we may be. Well into fall now, but as we know in the bay area that doesnt mean youre out of the woods as far as the fire danger is concerned especially not this week. Us clear skies all across the bay, San Francisco east bay looking beautiful, it is a lovely start to the day. I hope you get out there enjoy the cooler temperatures. Well weve got them, we are already in the midst of red flag warnings those took effect 05 00am this morning for the Santa Cruz Mountains all of the inland east bay and pretty much all the north bay aside from the immediate coastline. Winds will begin to gust as high as 45 Miles Per Hour, especially into the evening tonight thats when these winds really going to start picking up even more so already breezy for spots in the north bay by the afternoon even breezier yet and then come the middle of the night vacaville outlets p calistoga winds 2030 even 40 Miles Per Hour. Regularly for your gusts peak, wind gusts could amount to 50 mil