Businesses affected this morning. The second phase beginning now. Those of the counties in yellow. Pg e said 800,000 customers in the state, more than 2 Million People across 34 counties could be without power. We have Live Team Coverage other shutoffs across the bay area. Allie rasmus monitoring sausalito. Cristina rendon in alameda. First we start with meteorologist mark tamayo with an update on the conditions. Reporter thats right. We have a red flag warning. Extreme wind is not here yet but things will be ramping up as we head into wednesday. All the areas in red, red flag fire warning and gusts could top 60 Miles Per Hour potentially for the hills in the north and east bay. Santa cruz mountains could be above 45 Miles Per Hour and in the inland valley scum of the east bay in the north bay we could of gusts approaching 40 Miles Per Hour. The key factor here is that offshore wind. Northeast wind that is extremely dry. There is no moisture in the air in terms of fog. Any player that
Out to the delta. Konocti at 19 out of the west. And early breeson santa rosa 12. Atlas peaks west, southwest. 46 humidity. Notice how this picks up by this evening. Not so much at noon but by 4 00 at 5 00 thats when things start. Picking up. 31 in napa. Then they really crank up overnight wednesday into thursday. Fairfield, 43 Miles Per Hour. Napa, 44. Santa rosa, 44. Combine that with humidity maybe in the single digits. Thats why theyre shutting off the power. Anticipation of something of this sort if isand the forecast model say it will. Its not bad now. Altimont pass at gusts right now. There will be a tremendous difference in the pressure gradient. High pressure does not like the low and this is a big low. As the low settles in the high will go to the north and that will create the difference. 40s and 50s and 60s on the temperatures. East bay temperatures in for so 60s for others. El cerrito, 51. A big snow producer for some. Intermountain reason and the great basin but not for u
Commute. Giant generators were brought into the caldecott tunnel, a major traffic route in the east bay. Caltrans had to figure out how to keep the tunnel lights and fans on or face a traffic nightmare. The tunnels themselves have a very large fans that circulate to make sure that the exhaust from the cars are actually taken out of the tunnels. Caltrans first thought some of the four tunnels would need to be shut down but bringing in those generators may have fixed the problem. The lantos tunnel on highway one new pacifica is open. Caltrans brought in more generators there at double slide. Thousands of commuters use that tunnel on the san mateo coast every day. That is some good news. Sal, you have your hands full but great news about the caldecott and lantos tunnel. That is good news. The tunnels will stay open. We will keep reminding people of that even though the changeable signs out there say otherwise. That was before they change their mind apparently or got new resources. Westbou
We have breaking news coverage, san josis vice mayor and others updating the pg e shutoffs and how it will affect those in the bay. Lets listen in. Thank you all for being here today. In a moment well hear from city officials including the city manager and deputy city manager on the pg e outages. Vice mayor jones . We have been in close communication with pg e on the planned safety power shutoff. We learned late last night that they do not expect to perform any shutoffs. They did indicate they plan to do a shutoff today around noon. Adverse weather is in the area from 5 00 p. M. Tonight through tomorrow morning. It is important for our community, residents and businesses, to be prepared for a shutoff from noon today for possibly seven days out. Have flashlights, batteries and other devices that need to be powered, be sure theyre powered up. Avoid driving if possible. Traffic signals will be out. Use caution and avoid intersections and avoid driving. During the power shutoffs, we are go
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