left with lightning that spark more wild fires. and that is extreme to exceptional droughts for many of the areas that are burning right now. and we look ahead to august and october. and hoping to get precipitation for parts of the southwest and california. and when you look at temperatures, we are dealing with above average for the west. eric, i think el nino, it might help but until then it is dry. and above average rain hopefully comes with the fall. out west, hits keep on coming. a small earthquake struck the san francisco bay this morning. it did rattle some nerves. this is the weatherman live on the air. oh, my gosh.
houston, if you are just joining us we re getting our first look in the dragon. that was 5:53 eastern time. the two spacecraft were flying together 253 miles above the earth, to the west of auckland, new zealand. that is pretty cool stuff happening live as we re watching it. spacex is the first commercial flight to the iss. really cool stuff there. well, it is about time to hit the road if you haven t already, triple a estimates nearly 35 million people will be traveling more than 50 miles this weekend a slight increase over last year. most of the travel will be in the car with the kids, maybe the dog, maybe cat, everybody packed in. for some of you the memorial day get away may involve a brush with wild weather. six states battling wild fires including michigan, where a blaze near lake superior burned 20,000 acres this week. officials in kansas say no reports of serious injuries or fatalities after tornadoes touched down in the north and central part of the state. bonn
idaho, including 300000 acre burned and california, red flag warning in affect for much of the state and meaning a simple spark could ignite a new wildfires. 19 burning here and that is affecting air quality and take a look at san francisco. residents think that everyone is cooking on the bar-b-que even when they are not. smoke came in and you could so it and smell it actually. reporter: 30000 firefighters deployed. last time it happen was 2013. we have burned 6.5 million acre. we still have two months to go for fire season. thank you. the wildfires are feeding off of the tender box. man, they need rain.
they do but they will not see rain. high pressure is anchored over the pacific and all of the moisture that we are seeing is well east of the regions that are burning right now. and hearts and prayers to the 30000 firefighters and families out battling the fires. 78 right now and keeps getting worse over 100 acre in the west that are burning right now. and what is not helping, we have very high temperatures in the southwest. a little relief for parts of the interior northwest as a cold front moves in but the rest of the region warm temperatures and fire index as we go in the afternoon and early evening and that s the poapproximate tential for more wildfires spreading. and no moisture in the forecast and look at the next seven days. we could have dry lightning and any of the moisture involved in the storms evaporates and we are