that s because heavy winds and hot dry air are creating ideal fire conditions. just what we do not need. good evening. i m ama daetz. and i m dan ashley. thank you for joining us. once again our coverage begins with abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian for what s happening right now and in the days ahead. spencer? okay, dan. ama was right. we have ideal fire conditions. we have rising temperatures. very low relative humidity and gusty winds that are only getting stronger. right now as you look at current temperature readings you can see we have mid 90s, mid to upper 90s in many inland areas, even a couple 90s around the bay shoreline, and it s 80 degrees in san francisco. as we move along you can see that the wind gusts right now in the higher elevations are getting stronger and stronger. they will likely get even stronger in the nighttime hours. so as a result we have a red flag warning for high fire danger in effect until midday friday. this is not only for the h
oakmont and into annadale early this morning. but there was a vealiant firefight here on the east side of santa rosa to save as many homes as they could. and the statement i heard is they have saved far more than they lost. six shelters are set up across the counties, and officials are working to set up a seventh. one of the most famous resorts in the bay area has sustained heavy fire damage. let s go to reporter kate larson at the meadowwood resort in st. helena tonight. kate? reporter: hey, i ve been here for the better part of an hour now, watching this building here. this is a five-star resort and club in napa valley. this is a hotel room, a lodging room that has just been burning to the ground. i saw it in flames about 5:00, and we ve just watched disintegrate. i ve been speaking to the fire crews and they ve been here since 2:00 in the morning, fighting fires all over this property. they say a number of buildings have burned, including the building that houses a v
bay valleys and the east bay valleys. that puts hundreds of thousands of other people in play for the high fire danger now through 11:00 friday morning. let s look at the winds. we ll start up in the hills. that s where they ll begin, then they ll eventually spread down and accelerate through the valleys. 24 is not too bad in st. helena. 38 in dabo. we know we could get winds up to 34, 35 miles per hour. humidity levels back in the 30s and 40s. what does all of this mean for the rest of us and those of us in the red flag warning? near record high temperatures today from 80s around the bay, 90s inland. san rafael san rafawith the bes of a record high, 92 today. thank you. those critical fire conditions could force pg&e to shut off power to tens of thousands of customers today. here s a look at the impact on bay area counties. more than 22,000 customers could face preemptive electricity cuts because of the prevention of wildfires. anser hassan is live with more on this. g
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vaccine, which we will getlyso hehe capability by doing things that we ve been speaking about for so long, the simple public health things that are not universally being implemented, wearing masks, the attention to keep distance, the avoiding of crowds. here in the bay area we re nearing 102,000 confirmed cases. only two bay area counties remain in the purple tier. that s the most restrictive in the system. sonoma and contra costa are still purpose along with mendocino county. everything else is now red. let s get more from kate larson with what these kaleidoscopes of colors mean. out of the purple into the red. today, they moved into a lower risk covid gews a around bu st guard. california health and human services secretry says there are no early signs of transmission because of reopenings but the numbers could change. i will reserve final judgment a couple more weeks until we see how labor day data impacts those numbers across the state. despite that, alameda c