In place today at 1 oclock goes into effect take a look at your map now you can see the most of the bay area is in pain which means the red flag warning going into one this afternoon is for these areas, the glass fire region where that fire is burning in the north bay east bay hills Santa Cruz Mountains the last time we saw a red flag warning was when that glass fire erupted over the weekend. So this is time to have that go bag ready and take it seriously theyre going to be northwest winds of 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour with gusts of 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour. We also will have those dry conditions that are just showed you across the bay area and that was low humidity. Thats whats bad thats what causes a fire of a power alert is going in effect at 3 this afternoon theyre asking people to conserve electricity. So we can avoid a power outage. Heres some tips on your screen turn your thermostat to 78 degrees turn off unnecessary lights close blinds and drapes keep your home cool and dont use ma
Im liz kreutz. Today is the 20th straight spare the air alert for the bay area and lets get right to meteorologist lisa argen with a look at what we can expect today. Good morning, lisa. Good morning, liz. Hi, everyone. More sizzling temperatures, certainly records will be shattered. We look at live doppler 7, nothing to speak about here. As we widen the view, thats a Lightning Strike just north of shaver lake from the fire there, the creek fire. Those pyro cumulus clouds high in the atmosphere creating their own weather and you can see the smoke by reno there, looking at some very poor air quality in the mountains. Our air quality expected to go down as well. 67 san mateo. It is 78 in daly city. 55 Half Moon Bay with 70s in san rafael. 60s in the north bay. Low 70s in the south bay. 7 to 12 degrees warmer than yesterday at this our. Air quality in the moderate category for most and looking at some of that smoke to drift into the bay area on some lighter winds. Excessive heat warning u
Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from our rooftop camera out at the beautiful bay bridge this morning. Good morning everyone, it is friday, we made it to friday. Thank goodness. Its august 28th. Im michelle griego. We did it. Good morning, im len kiese. A check of the weather now with mary lee and a spare the air alert has been extended through the weekend. Thats right. Still watching that haze and smoke. Len and michelle, on this friday morning and checking current air quality conditions, not as great as yesterday morning. Ange and reds and that does indicate that unhealthy air for the bay area. So because of that, we have a spare the air alert. That remains in effect today as well as through the weekend. So looking at that spare the air over the next few days and likely even beyond that. Now we are looking at that smoke forecast as we take you through the day, and you can see that is red and purple colors and that indicates that smoke. So still
Time of year. But we are tracking that haze and that smoke, this is our smoke forecast and those red and purple colors indicate that intense smoke coming from those fires burning across our region. Well talk about what you can expect, taking you through our weekend and details on that coming up. But its a foggy start along the coast and right around the bay. And even across the Golden Gate Bridge. Gianna . Yes it is mary and thats where we start this around. Good morning. If you plan on taking the Golden Gate Bridge this morning you can see in the live shot its a little murky out there. So limited visibility might be an issue and in fact, chp issued a fog advisory overnight for the portion of marin city down to the Golden Gate Bridge there. So far, things are moving at the limit for the most part. You might see some slightly slower speeds as you head through the waldo grade and on the span itself. But taking a quick look at the Altamont Pass, here westbound 580. You know, things build
Francisco and mid 70s for oakland. So that smoke forecast still showing that smoke pushing across our region. Well talk more about the weekend forecast coming up. Gianna . Good morning, taking a look at the roadways right now, metering lights are on at the bay bridge toll plaza. So things are getting busy there. Also looking at another bridge here the Golden Gate Bridge, it is a foggy start to your commute out of marin county. So just a headsup if you are traveling from marin city to the Golden Gate Bridge. Limited visibility might be an issue this morning. Elsewhere the Altamont Pass also one of the busy spots westbound 580. Its a slow and go ride out of tracy getting on the 580 connector from 205. No accidents thats the good news but the drive time still right around 30 minutes to go from 205 over to 680. New crash reported on the nimitz freeway. Ill have that coming up in my next report. Len . Happening today, positive trends in slowing the spread of covid19 add up to good news for