As it has been theres a look at the current particulate matter levels they particulate matter levels in the air much of the bay now in the yellow and orange which is much better than the dark purple and reds weve been seeing this past week and heres a look at the current air quality in the bay area as you can see. Much better tonight than the past few days the whole country theres feeling some sort of the bay area obviously. Producing a lot of it california producing a lot of it oregon washington, the whole west coast really for the most part. An incredible change from yesterdays air quality and that is good good news. No doubt about it. All right want to check in with our chief meteorologist right now. Lawrence karnow please tell me this trend will continue yeah going to get better to was certainly nice to see the skies begin to turn a little blue outside of weve been looking at this shot over the past few days we have been able to see the Golden Gate Bridge. How about that the Golden
There seems to be little or maybe no progress in sight for another covid19 relief bill House Speaker nancy pelosi, she said in a Conference Call with the House Democratic caucus, shes not budging until a new bill is signed saying the house is going to stay in session. The problem most americans dont care about details of this continued fighting they oimply understand nothing good is happening for them in the meantime and not surprisingly i got 2 very different viewpoints from our political analysts. In a normal world, the deal could and would be reached the president would families businesses and the economy are falling off a cliff. As federal funds dry up. They move closer to speaker pelosis number and you have a deal but covid relief doesnt fit in with the Trump Campaign theme that the economy is roaring back. It doesnt fit in with his Campaign Theme that the virus is going to magically disappear. So you have a campaign thats under cutting the need for a deal and in november while th
Tonight, the air quality in the bay area night yet great but dramatically better than the past few days. You can see just how much clearer was in sausalito today we have been living in some of the most unhealthy air on earth over the past week but people are slowly getting back outside as we start to see and to smell a difference in the air. Our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here with details yeah guys finally getting those winds to start to clear things out still got some haze in the atmosphere and you can boy needs shot from the Berkeley Hills here lot going on to get some haze out there from some of the smoke some high clouds all some patchy fog. Begin to move in along the coastline. But certainly the air quality much better around the bay area today looking out toward the Golden Gate Bridge you can see it again we have some thick fog moving a little early on but that will be back again pushing into the bay and certainly overnight tonight kind of filling in around the bay a
Joining us on a wednesday, im darya folsom and im James Fletcher weve got lots to cover for you this morning air quality still right there at the top of the list because thats whats impacting all of us once again today, although i have to tell you john yesterday did feel a little bit better outside yeah today even better yet guys if you liked yesterday today going to feel like a dream because its been a long time since weve seen air quality is good as were about to today walnut creek am well its a little bit foggy but its definitely not near as easy as it once was fog is pushed in across the bay and a very welcome sight because this fog is steered in some clean air from the pacific that has really done a number on the poor air quality. If youre not seeing a yellow or orange in your area on this map its because youre good or very close to normal. Those areas that are in yellow light conquered san jose in Mountain View Still Holding on to moderate conditions but a lot better than the ora
Now offer that same improvement in air quality to all of us across the bay. There are going to be some visibility issues this morning as we do see fog pushing it past the day most of it sitting right above us so bridges should be better that our upper elevations like our east bay hills will be although the golden gate is pretty socked in this morning from that dense fog as for air quality look at this improvement if youre not seeing a shade of yellow orange or red on the map its because youre good or very close to good which is something that you will want to step outside and enjoy of moderate conditions do remain in just a couple of pockets in yellow, but even that a huge step up from where we have been a good day to get outside and enjoy a nice brisk morning walk with steady winds from the coast you will want to put a light jacket on as you venture out there 50s and 60s for your current temperatures. Robin. Thank you john were checking in on the bay bridge as traffic is recovering fr