Moisture towards the Bay Area and thats the source for these thunderstorms that are going to develop primarily late this evening and overnight. Take a look at the high Death Doppler as things stand coming up in the full forecast. Kpix 5 Wilson Walker is at Mount Hamilton with more on the lightning threat. Wilson . Reporter here where the Scu Lightning Complex fire burned through just over one year ago, you better believe the firefighters who patrol this area and the observatory here, they are all watching the weather tonight. We are at full staffing right now, we have a lot of resources on different incidents in the state of california. Right now we are where we are able to be. Reporter Hellfire Santa Clara unit still busy helping with the fires in the sierra, just as the threat of lightning returns to the Bay Area. This year our Vegetation And Weather patterns are unprecedented. Its like nothing weve seen before. That makes for fighting fires, it makes it difficult for our resources o
Clear the final hurdle. No candidate, no sitting politician or elected official wants to throw their weight behind a losing candidate. A lot of republicans, even if they are diehard gop members realize that this is an uphill battle. Reporter , red shift happens tuesday and the race tightens into the night, Newsoms Team can likely count on the final shift to be in their favor according to political experts. The ballots we know from our study after study if you want that, the blueshift, those ballots in california that will be counted after Election Night and come in in the days following will be strong. Reporter he makes a good point, these are not returns that we are talking about, these are ballots that are going in, we dont know what the count is for any candidate, including the governor right now. Im wondering, what is going to be the final messaging from some of these candidates who would like to be governor if Governor Newsom is recalled . Reporter when you take a look at the elec
Everyone im Frank Somerville and im Heather Holmes in tonight for julie. The red Flag Warning went into effect at around five oclock this evening, and it will last until 11 oclock tomorrow morning. As you can see, it covers the North Bay mountains as well as valleys, along with the East Bay hills and diablo range. We have live Team Coverage of the red Flag Warning ktvu is Amber Lee is in Marin County. With how fire crews prepared for the Fire Weather first, though we begin with our chief meteorologist, Bill Martin, any sign so far of either Thunder Or Lightning . Oh absolutely. Yeah the North Bay. Frank and heather has been going off the last hour or so were seeing lightning, especially around Rohnert Park and santa rose up. The red Flag Warning. As you pointed out, is in effect. These are the areas. Lets go right to the radar. The radar is whats happening, right . Its not a model or anything. And you see that some tropical moisture pushing in and then you see the lightning bolts. Thos
Studios this is kpix5 news. Right now on Kpix5 Bay Area looking life from our exclusive Sales Tower Camera at the sparkling Bay Bridge. That morning. He would like to say it is friday evening. So yes, we do. We love to say that. Lets get a first check on your weather and traffic. It is another hot one in the statewide flex alert has been extended through the day. We also have a high Fire Danger with a Fire Weather Watch we are talking about gusty windS Possible so that is the potential as we go through the rest of the day and into tomorrow we are looking at some passing clouds but watch as we had three this evening and into Tomorrow Morning. You can see especially for the North Bay starting to see the Activity Lighting up our radar screen. Not looking at triple Digit Heat but still a hot day around the bay. Good morning. Lets start off with Railroad Avenue with one lane blocked but not a lot of backup. Just a heads up if youre commuting early this morning there is a trouble stop spot o
we have seen all year, blistering heat in fact. thank you for joining us. yes. it is hot everywhere in the bay area, sweltering. it is not going to cool down too much for several days. sandy, any records? yes. many records to speak of. this heat wave, day two. we have five more to go. take a look at the map right now. this is as it all. we are sweltering in the heat. most of you in the 90s in triple digits. as you check out the dangerous heat wave until wednesday night and we have a heat razery until 9:00. there is a risk of heat illnesses. 95 in san francisco, oakland 101. triple digits redwood city, richmond. many of the records are going back to last year. santa rosa, 106 today. 82 in half moon bay. that is not a typo. 105 degrees. i ll let you know how hot for the weekend and how long the trend will last. all right, we will check back. our intense heat wave is sending many of us in search of relief. one spot in the north bay is ready for an influx of visitors but wa