Oakland or san jose . All sworn officers days off are canceled. Those of you who live in the hills where we know theres challenges with challenges and ingress for First Responders. What officials are telling you to do with your car, if you live at the highest risk areas. It could be too late if you havent already purchased items. Youll be disappointed, unfortunately. Kpix news at 7 00 starts now. And we have a Survival Guide for you to these Public Safety good evening. Im ken bastida. Im veronica de la cruz. The countdown is on. Less than five hours away from the first stage of these power cuts. But do keep in mind, if your lights are still on after midnight, theres still a chance they could go dark later overnight and into tomorrow. A special pg e website that shows if your home is affected has been down. Its crashed all day long. Mary lee was able to log on earlier. The timing of all of this, the first counties impacted will be napa and sonoma at midnight. And parts of Alameda County
Now at 4 30 a live look at several bay area cities in the dark for high firewe have survival danger for you. Jackie ward joining us live on things you need to know. Generators, a double slide and tunnels before the shutdown, we have an update. The morning everyone, october 9, i am kenny choi, dangerous fire conditions and Power Outages this morning, lets check in with the forecast. I am checking the extreme fire danger across the bay area, the red flag warning goes into effect in about 30 minutes for almost all of the bay area and the immediate shoreline, the north bay hills, the the va Santa Cruz Mountains, dry and gusty northeasterly wind up to 55 les per hour. Critical fire weather conditions, a wind advisory will be in effect starting at 6 00 until 3 00 tomorrow for the North East Bay hills. Downed trees are possible as we watch strong offshore winds kick in for us. This wind event will also cool temperatures. Im not talking about the heat at all. Temperatures laxly be cooler compa
Of san jose. A lot of you felt this apparently. Twitter shows a lot of people were jolted out of bed this morning. Well go to mike nicco with this red flag warning that just went into effect seconds ago. 5 00, that was the time we were looking towards. Now were 5 01. Were a minute into this high fire danger for everywhere but the Santa Cruz Mountains. Yours starts at 5 00 this evening. Expect an increase in the winds, humidity to drop and fire conditions to deteriorate as we head throughout the day. We have the winds that will also be an issue, especially in the north bay and east bay hills. Thats what is precipitating this high fire danger. Theyre going to gust up around 45 to 55 Miles Per Hour that will down some trees which could also down power lines. When that happens on this dry vegetation we could have wildfires start easily and spread rapidly. Lets look at the current conditions. Right now we have 30 at spring valley. Thats as fast as it gets in the Higher Elevations above 1,00
Trees possible as we go through the next couple of days here. Futurecast walking through the next 40 hours when you see peak wind gusts. Cooler temperatures today, if you dont have power elise we are looking at temperatures a seasonal if not below average, 74 san jose, upper 60s San Francisco. Good morning, if you are waking up in the northbay and hitting the roadways be careful, there are areas where Traffic Signals are also definitely treated as a four way stop, we have a trouble spot on the 221, Traffic Signals out, trying to avoid the area, crews on scene trying to work on the problem, keeping a close eye in the northbay, so far no major incidents or accidents, highway 12 looking good, the 101 actually problems right now, the Golden Gate Bridge very quiet heading into San Francisco. Be advised pitch black through the Robin Williams tunnel, be careful as you head further, caltrans confirming it will be open between pacifica and montero. Thousands of pg e customers across the northba
But again, right now, about er 4 30 in the morning. All right. Were about a half hour away from the fire danger t reaamp u. Let me give you an idea of what happened while you were sleeping. Not much to this unfortunately. It remains the same. 5 00 this morning, all these areas in red, thats where the fire danger begins. 12 hours later for the santa cruz mountains. You end at noon tomorrow. We extend to 5 00 tomorrow evening for the other areas in red with a high fire danger. Let me show you the winds, coming out of the northeast, theyll ramp up after the 6 00 hour. Theyll be gusting 45 to 55 miles per hour, that means downed trees, power lines, that could spark a fire. Also anything that creates a spark like chains dragging behind your truck if youre tti easily fires can start today and spread. If you have to head out the s mhisilrde morning. H y. And well be in the 60s at noon. 60s and mid 70s at 4 00. Well look at the Current Conditions and more on the fire coming up. First i want to