Weather ive been in. Back in 1997, i started as a reporter in yuma, arizona. And 114 was nothing strange. Cake walk, right. It was difficult because i was not accustomed to the heat and i was a onewoman band. Shot my own video and carried my own tripod. The tiny news car had no ac. It was treacherous. Makeup would slide off my face. It was it was very, very difficult. It wasnt just uncomfortable. Difficult. I worked in arizona too. We have this stretch that were going through here. Arizona, it was two months of 100plus. That got you. What happens here in San Francisco and on the peninsula, is a lot of people dont have airconditioning. Right. A lot of people there have it. Right. Here, youre not really as prepared as you could be. Right. I live in the east bay. We dont have airconditioning. Were making plans. Ice cream parlor after school and straight to the library. If you have to do Something Different to stay safe that, is the recommendation today. It is the heat were talking about.
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
Out in the peak of the heat in San Francisco. He joins us live from the newsroom. gabe on camera live lead if you were in san francsico today you were apart of history. The hottest its ever been. Since they started keeping track. The previous record was set 17 years ago in the summer of 2000. And it only reached 103 thats nothingtoday San Francisco got to 106so how did the fog dwellers hold up . . . Not so good. Rapid continues sound from San Francisco people out in the heat its muggy it is so hot its like the desert out here i cant believe how warm it is really long and i lost money now. Its actually the hottest day ive ever experienced in San Franciscothere was some miserable people walking through the scorching heat of San Francisco today these were the people in pants. Rapid continues sound from San Francisco people out in the heat its really hot. Wish i had a short sleeve shirt right now the san franciscans is summer attire were in slightly better moods rapid continues sound from
Region today with a high to very high risk of heat related illnesses. A regionwide cool down is then forecast to begin on sunday, especially near the coast. Meanwhile, very warm to hot inland conditions will persist into labor day. An increase in moisture will work northward from the south late sunday into early next week and will result in a slight chance of thunderstorms across the central coast. Additional cooling is then expected through the first half of the upcoming workweek. marty as we mentioned. Several records were broken all across the bay area. Kron 4s Hermela Aregawi was in San Francisco where temperatures hit 106 degrees. A scorching day in San Francisco. A recordbreaking 106 degrees. Bernie bersmina San Franciscoits very extreme for San Francisco at least. We just stopped in muir woods, spent the day there and on our way home, this is the place to be in the heat. Health officials urge people to find cool places during the day. Brent andrew spokesman, ca dept of public he
Along the coast and around the bay compared to yesterday. For example, yesterday in San Francisco was 102, today 84. Youll notice theres still lots of triple dental in the inland area, santa rosa hitted 100, concord 106. The reason for cooling, clouds moving in. Temperatures are finally dropping into the 60s and that is quite a change compared to yesterday. Well finally be able to get some good sleep tonight for those who dont have airconditioning. More coming up. Labor day weekend has been no holiday in the area coping with this heat wave. Reporter we recognize theres a lot of heat going on right now. Its been a tough weekend for firefighters. Emts have responded to some calls for heat related injuries by fire danger remain as big threat. Should we get something that is grass fire related its a big concern for us. In fact, during high heat days the county wram. Sup the response. Reporter some firefighters have been sent to fight fires in south carolina. Members of the rescue team are