Mount diablo, 45. Its been up to 50. Some Higher Elevations in the north, 2025. With all these fires and that north and northwest breeze, it sends all that smoke all over the place including reports of ash falling. Very unhealthy air quality in the north. The red flag warning for the north bay and south bay but also the Santa Cruz Mountains and down to monterey and san benito county. 53 and Higher Elevations. 29 humidity near healdsburg. Windsor, northeast at 5. Santa rosa, northeast at 13. The wind is a direction that is very dry and humidity will continue to go down. Atlas peak, 19 from the north and 29 humidity. The fire where the warning goes all the way to the south. It is covering a wide area. There is a freeze warning to the north in parts of Mendocino County until 9 00 for temperatures in the low 30s. Higher clouds and fog yesterday. That is not the case today. 56 at napa airport. If you have a north wind, it is probably warm. If its called, its probably pretty cold. One more system will come from the north on friday and that will keep the wind going again. 60s and 70s on the temperatures today. We do have road closures and Sonoma County and napa county and a lot of them we cant mention all of them because there is a long list i do want to mention if youre driving to the area, highway 37, 101 and 20 not are open. Authorities are asking you to stay off the roads unless its necessary. You will see that the purple is where we have the closures. Highway 128 into calistoga from north to south and also 128 near Lake Berryessa is closed. Many of the off ramps are closed near the fire area. Hopper, mendocino and bicentennial those are off ramps where you cannot get off the freeway. Lets move along to the altamont pass. 580 westbound is slow. We do not have any more roadwork as you drive to livermore. It looks better to castro valley. 880 traffic in both directions looks good to the beaux bridge bay bridge toll plaza where traffic is getting more crowded heading west. The Northern California wildfires keep expanding. The cal fire chief warns the situation is going to get worse before it gets better. There are now 23 confirmed deaths from the fire and 180 people are hurt. Officials say more than 3500 homes, schools and businesses are damaged or completely destroyed. The fires have burned 265 square miles, an area bigger than the combination of san jose and San Francisco. The cal fire map shows where the fires are burning. Officials are concerned some buyers are moving towards each other and could merge into a bigger fire. There are 8000 firefighters on the fire lines in mendocino and through sonoma, napa and lake county. Crews from nevada, oregon, washington and arizona are heading this way. Many areas of napa county have been hardhit by the fires. People in the city of napa have been warned they may need to evacuate. Allie rasmus is a napa. What is the latest out there this morning . Reporter as we were driving on a highway 12 we looked east and we could see what were going to show us. Fire on the ridgeline of these hills. Our exact location, we turned onto napa vallejo highway, highway 221. We took the first exit and pulled into this vineyard to get a better look. Judging from the maps i believe this area burning behind us maybe part of the skyline Wilderness Park or some of the foothills around us. It is raining ash on us. In the last 30 minutes we have seen the fire moved downhill. When we first got here it appeared to be at the top of the hill but its now moving downhill. Its hard for us to see how far away this is because of the darkness. We can see an orange glow along the ridge line to our left. We saw something go up a short time ago. Im not sure what is in that area youre looking at right now. Its hard to get a frame of reference in the darkness. This is part of the atlas fire burning and napa county. This fire has burned 43,000 acres and is 3 contained as of last night. This is the skyfox video from yesterday evening showing the atlas fire burning toward Lake Berryessa. This is close to some of the areas where we are in the areas that cal fire included in its latest evacuation advisory. That was issued at 9 30 pm. This neighborhoods east of highway 221 between highway 29, north of jamison canyon road between highway 12 and the napa Solano County line. Some of those evacuation advisories are further north of where we are. Back at here live, we can see the fires and the flames coming over the ridge line. There is a lot of ash coming down. The evacuation advisory for those neighborhoods in east napa , that advisory means to have your stuff ready to go. Have your essentials packed up. Be ready to leave at a moments notice should the conditions change and should the fire come closer to those neighborhoods. Before you go. Give us a feel for how cold it feels out there, the air quality and if you are getting any wind . Reporter there is a slight breeze coming down from the hill which makes sense. Thats probably why the fire looks like its coming down the hill and getting closer to where we are. We are just off of highway 221 at anderson road. We pulled into a vineyard. Its definitely cold out here. I was shivering before the live shot began. We have seen the breeze pick up a little bit since weve been out here in the last 30 minutes. You can see that you can see which way the wind is blowing because we can see the ash in the air coming this direction. I guess this would be coming from the northeast. Steve is the expert on that thing. There is a slight breeze and its very chilly and dry. It does not feel that humid. Steve said yes. Thank you so much. She will stay on top of that area. Napa has Evacuation Orders and everything could change. Police officers in the eastern Sonoma Valley have been going door to door, awarding people the fire could hit their neighborhood. This video was tweeted out by the chp and San Francisco. New Evacuation Orders were issued for Lovell Valley road. People are strongly encouraged to leave. Overnight new video from Alameda County fire teams from the partrick fire west of napa and east of sonoma. You can see the flames are intense on the front lines. Fire crews have been working around the clock since sunday night. The Evacuation Orders and geyserville continue to expand. Mandatory evacuations are in place for highway 128 east to the River Rock Casino and south on 128 from geysers road to kal pine. Authorities say 34 homes have been destroyed and about 5000 acres have burned. One woman described frantic moments as neighbors got the word it was time to get out. It was just neighbors calling neighbors. Were you scared . Yes. Was just feeling stunned and trying to decide what is important to me. I was in a daze putting stuff in the car and shaking, really, until it was time to leave. Firefighters say the flames are heading southeast in the direction of the River Rock Casino. The biggest worry they have right now is if the wind shifts to the west, that would put more homes in danger. Expect more cal fire planes over the wine country this morning. 37 helicopters and 36 planes including air tankers and spotter planes are now assigned to the Northern California fires. The helicopters have been flying but they cannot carry as much flame retardant or water as the planes. The planes could not fly because the pilots could not see through the thick smoke. The wind has helped clear the skies enough so more firefighting planes can fly and drop fire retardant during the daylight. The four Standard Tankers based in santa rosa have been flying since monday but are now being joined by bigger tankers operating out of mcallen airspace in sacramento. The larger tankers can carry three times more flame retardant than the smaller planes. Kaiser and sutter hospitals in santa rosa are teaming up to help reunite families with missing loved ones. Both hospitals had to be evacuated sunday night and monday morning when the fires first started. Now the hospitals have set up reunification phone lines to help family members find their loved ones who were transported from those facilities to other hospitals. Kaisers family reunification number is 8555990033. Sutter santa rosa family reunification is 7075434511. You are also being encouraged to continue to report missing persons to the Sonoma County hotline. That number is 7075653856. The Sonoma County department of Health Person told us yesterday that number is a catchall. You can get a lot of information there and on the county government website as well. We are following reports of power lines that were down around the same time the fires started. We have details of dispatch audio that 2 investigates listened to four hours. Arthur clues on those tapes about how several fires started . Its going to be mostly slow and some of these areas. Some areas have not bilden like highway 24. That was good heading over to the caldecott. The wind is picking up for some out of the north and northwest. I am seeing gusts up to 36 above the caldecott and mount diablo has gusts up to 46 out of the north or northeast. Throughout history, the one meal when we come together, break bread, share our day and connect as a family. [ bloop, clicking ] and connect, as a family. Just, uh one second voice guy. [ bloop ] huh . Hey . I paused it. Bam, family time. So how is everyone . Find your awesome with xfinity xfi and change the way you wifi. Grown right here in california, with absolutely no antibiotics ever. A better way to grow, a better way to eat. And it starts with foster farms simply raised chicken. California grown with no antibiotics ever. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Or California National guard crews arrived to Moffett Field to help battle the flames. The rescue wing and 146th airlift team arrived shortly before midnight. The teams consist of 100 guardsmen and women from the los alamitos area which is near long beach. They will provide support for shelters in napa and Solano County. The California National guard is helping on the front lines. Charles sholtz airport is serving as a hub for a blackhawk helicopter and its crew. Yesterday, they checked the fire zone from the air. Can wayne went along for the ride and from the sky you can see the massive devastation caused by the fire. The burn areas are barely recognizable. They flew over the coffey park neighborhood of santa rosa and Fountain Grove neighborhoods. Everywhere you look is devastated. It reminded me of those old world war ii documentaries of dresden when that german city was firebombed by the allies and left in ruins. Its what that neighborhood look like. It was wiped out. As the helicopter approached mount st. Helena, the smoke became so thick it blocked almost all visibility making it impossible to look down to see the damage below. The cause of the fire is still under investigation but there are questions about whether pg e equipment could have played a role. Candace nguyen has been listening to hours of dispatch audio and they revealed firefighters reported downed power lines and blown transformers in multiple locations the night the fires started. Reporter Radio Communication between dispatchers and firefighters. Power lines are down. Reporter in the late hours of sunday evening. Investigators say the north bay fire started around this time. Not long after, it burned tens of thousands of acres, destroyed thousands of homes and claimed lives. Although the cause of the fires has not been determined, 2 investigates listened to hours of dispatch audio between fire and Law Enforcement agencies after the first fires broke out on sunday night. They reveal more than a dozen reports of downed power lines, blown transformers and flames. Less than 24 hours after those initial reports, flames spread, for the crippling pg e infrastructure around santa rosa. All these power poles are down. In a statement, pg e says it maintains an unwavering focus on delivering safe and reliable electric and gas services. The Company Acknowledges heavy wind and weakened trees contributed to brush falling on its electrical lines throughout the north bay but pg e did not comment on whether they were the source of any of the fires. Sal is over there watching our morning commute. We do have a lot of closures in the fire area and authorities are advising you in sonoma and napa county to say off the roads unless necessary and to heed all closures. There are staffed and unstaffed closures and the are to be treated the same. You can see brodie tors. Highway 101 through santa rosa is open but many of the exit ramps are closed. We have not seen much of a commute in the last few days from santa rosa to petaluma and into novato. That is very understandable as people are probably not thinking about work at the moment. This is a look at some of the major closures. Highway 128 into calistoga is closed coming from north to south. Highway 128 near Lake Berryessa is closed because of fire activity. Highway what 29 is open although its been crowded. Many people had been on interstate many people had been on interstate 80. Weve seen signs that say big rigs should use a different route to free this up. Many people are evacuating this way. I imagine they want the roads as clear as possible. People on 580 may see more big rigs getting out of the bay area that way. This is a look at gilroy to san jose. North bay 101, that looks fine into morgan hill and into san jose with no major issues into the silicon valley. 280 also looks good as you drive through. If you are driving to the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic is moving along okay into San Francisco. Coming up we will look at 101 in San Francisco. We will get to current conditions, wind directions and speeds but first, can wants to know, do you see any rain coming to Northern California to help . Yes. A week from today. Next thursday. It looks like mendocino, lake, sonoma and napa. That is a week away so a lot can change but the model has been consistent. Until then people are saying will the smoke continued . Yes. I do not see any change for this. I agree with the gentleman from cal fire. I do not see any break for about a week. I dont see how you can get around to. Very unhealthy for many to the north and its not that good for anybody else. Windspeed will be the strongest this morning and then taper off. Gusts up to 30 Miles Per Hour. Ive seen some in Higher Elevations that have been higher than 2530 Miles Per Hour. Humidity is low. Nothing compared to sunday and monday. That was a much stronger wind pattern than what we are seeing here. We are getting a northern or northeasterly breeze. Red flag warning continues in not just the north or east bay, it goes down into san benito county. Lets look at lake county. A west, southwest and 35 degrees in lakeport. Lower lake has a west wind. A north wind at knoxville creek. In Higher Elevations, 28 in hawkeye observation. Santa rosa, northeast at 13. The offshore breeze is there. Its not strong. Atlas peak, 19 Miles Per Hour with 29 humidity. Fairfield with a west southwest. North in Sonoma Valley at 6 Miles Per Hour. I did see gusts up to 36 in the oakland hills. 27 . Mount diablo, 39 with gusts up to 46 Miles Per Hour. In fairfield and vacaville , 13 with gusts up to 24. Davis, gusts up to 26. 30s, 40s and 50s on the thames. There is some very cold air in thames in place. 35 in lakeport. 56, napa. 19, truckee. Ukiah, 39. Northeast wind and willits. 31 degrees. Some locations are in the low to mid 30s. There is a freeze warning until 9 am. Isnt that amazing . With the high fire danger you get a freeze warning for some because its so cold in certain areas to the north. We will have hazy and smoky skies today. Another system will rotate down that will pick up the wind on friday. It will be breezy in the morning and then decreasing with highs in the 60s and 70s. After friday things calm down but it gets warmer sunday through tuesday. We may see some rain a week from today. Also think about the homeless breathing all of this. Absolutely. My 85yearold father and little ones. Someone in fairfield just had a baby. She moved because of the green valley fire. Its not going to be better for a while. In the middle of this fire disaster, Governor Brown has a message. Why the governor puts some of the blame on Climate Change. Welcome back. The Sonoma CountySheriffs Office issued more Evacuation Orders, mandatory evacuations were ordered in the eastern Sonoma Valley. People who live on kelso road north of Lovell Valley road or along seventh street east, north of Lovell Valley road, you are being told to leave immediately. They are also there are also advisory evacuations. People do not have to leave but you should be prepared to get out quickly. Those orders affect the area starting at mendocino avenue and lomitas ave