we re shaping up. not many clouds in the skies tonight. it will be a nice new year s eve. this way? here we go last sunrise of 2019. absolutely beautiful start to this tuesday morning. it has been a cold start as well as we have temperatures in the bay area in the upper 30s to the mid to upper 40s. 47 degrees to get your morning started in san francisco. 42 degrees in livermore and in san jose. if you re heading out the door this morning you re going to need a jacket. it is chilly. mostly sunny though. partly cloudy later tonight with high clouds develop throughout the evening hours. but really nothing that will impede the way of your new year s eve celebrations. there is a chance for showers later on this week. i will give you more of a detailed forecast plus what exactly you could expect on your new year s eve, so you could make all your plans coming up. thanks. we are continuing to follow breaking news out of iraq where hundreds of shiite militia supporters have broken
bridge toll plaza. a little bit more crowded and 5:01. let s go to steve with today s weather. thank you, sir. a band of high pressure. how are you doing? good to see you? hope you had a good weekend? i did, indeed. i saw van morrison, very good. how about you? a good weekend, thank you, sir. warm to hot today with temperatures upper 80s to near 90s for some. cooling tomorrow and windy but cooler but high fire danger s and not nearly as warm as yesterday. the seabreeze kicks in and i m going 84 for presidio. 80s for many, near 90s with a low coming in. that might induce cooling but not much of a breeze. 50s and 60s and upper 40s for some. in the city, 64, 63, cimmaron, 62. oakland hills, 70 degrees with warm air aloft and a puff of easterly breeze coming through. not strong in the east but strong enough so look for high clouds in the morning, 70s, 80s and 90s for some. today is a spare the air day for the bay area, the 19th this season and it will be hot in many parts
by this evening. and overnight into wednesday morning will be our best opportunity. maybe if we pick up dry lightning. forecast highs will be above the average. santa rosa, oakland, livermore. and san jose, not as hot as yesterday. but still above. temperatures down 3 for santa rosa. down 5 for san francisco. livermore, down 3. very hot 91 yesterday. higher clouds associated with what was once a tropical system. now, still offshore. moving a little more north/northeast. will put us in the window. won t be until later on. dealing with fog. sunny. higher clouds look like they are on the way. not much of a delta breeze. 50s, 60s on the temps. a few 50s. but there s a lot more 60s. 67 by the conference. also by el cerrito. and 54 in pinole. fog will give way. and tonight, we ll start to see some of these clouds move in. and we ll get dry lightning out of that. napa county, solano county. 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s through the interior. 7:02. sal is here. he s looking at his computer. a
napa, 74. today, 79. 82. 64, 77. those are warmer. but they re also below average. the system will bring rain to northern california. by that, i mean, extreme northern california. and points north toward portland and seattle. if you have travel plans there. we will get ready for the rain. mostly sunny skies. there s still an onshore breeze now. 50s with the temps. a few 40s to the north. 40sto 50s. lima valley. 56. that s quite cool for this time of year the fog will peel back. and except for a few high clouds. golden gate. a nice day. upper 60s, low 80s. 6:01. sal is here. the bay bridge. people want to know what the bridge is like, coming into san francisco. i think for right now, it s pretty typical. we just say it s about a 20- minute wait. let s go to it now and look at the toll plaza. you can see traffic is going to be backed . it s not a lighter-than-usual day. this is a look at interstate 880 in oakland in front. coliseum. if you re driving down the peninsula, it lo
of water this morning at a time from agricultural retention ponds just north of calistoga s east side. it s been a day long rotation of chopper after chopper taking their huge bags of water from here to the west side of the napa river where mount st. helena rises above the valley. they were precision dumping their loads on a smoke over on a smoky fire that s rapidly climbing the mountain. at the top of the mountain, a large group of contract and inmate hand crews were taking positions near the summit. they come from cal fire. the u.s. forest service and the national park service. there s one reason and one reason only to have this much fire power here at the top of st. helena to keep it from getting over the top and should it get over the top, they can run right down the mountain into middletown. between the mountaintop crews and the water drop spot well below, we then happened upon inmate crews from a san diego correctional facility. we are in a strike team configuration