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A very good monday morning to you. Thanks for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Nbc bay area issuing a weather alert due to those conditions. Lets start right with kari this morning with a look at that for us. Kari . Yeah, a lot of us in the valleys are not feeling the high winds but i am monitoring the Mountain Wind gusts that have been up to about 58 Miles Per Hour in the last hour especially in the north bay. With the high fire danger, the low humidity and the high winds will make it very dangerous for any sparks that could spread rapidly and were going to continue to have this wind advisory, those high winds, through at least this evening. Were also watching some high waves along the coast, so well talk more about all of this in the forecast coming up. Mike, are you seeing any issues for the morning commute . Kari, one crash im concerned with. There ar ....
They were ready. We had under a 4 minute response time. What were learning about this fast moving fire. Also winds are dying down. Why firefighters say the danger isnt over yet and where the biggest threat will be overnight. But first tens of thousands of people across the bay area are still in the dark tonight. It is becoming all too familiar for this time of the year. Public safety power shutoffs because of high fire danger. Now, pg e says that this is a expected to be the largest shutoff of the year. Lets show you the outage map in realtimes. Those purple triangles show where the shutoffs began last night. In some areas the lights not expect today be back on until some time tomorrow. We have Live Team Coverage for you tonight. We begin with cheryl hurd and so much frustration there has to be. Weve done this so many times. Reporter it is. And right now were in the heart of the theater district, and this iconic sign you can u ....
Because of this red flag warning. Didnt need the alarm to go off this morning because we could hear the wind overnight and already seeing some vegetation fires out there. Yeah, unfortunately thats what we were expecting with this. Now that high fire danger will continue throughout. Much of the morning as were still looking at some gusty winds. That wind advisory will expire at 11 00. Were looking at the highest wind gusts mostly throughout this morning. What we already measured so far, mt. St. Helena has winds up to 89 miles per hour. A little bit more breezy elsewhere. Were going to continue to watch those numbers, bring you the latest updates all throughout the morning as we head over to you, mike, how is this impacting the morning drive . First of all, a lot of entries but a lot of them are because of that wind. Wind advisories. For the bridges across the water, the bridges tend to get gusty winds overnight. Its not prevalent for most of the areas. Earlier today, we dont have the sl ....
Its still going to be breezy but not as windy as this morning, and were looking at temperatures today that will be a little bit warmer than normal but fairly mild with palo alto reaching 75. 76 in oakland. And in San Francisco a high of 73 degrees. Well talk about some of the highest wind gust weve measured and whats ahead in the forecast in a few minutes. Mike, how is it looking for the morning commute . I want to show our friends behind me the light yellow highlighting that is not fog. Thats where the road weather index is going to be gusty for drivers in many places. You head up the hills throughout san jose, the south bay, looking to the north bay as well with the same highlighting. The antioch bridge and the benicia bridge, a concern but not a major problem for drivers. Thank you, mike. We are continuing our Team Coverage on the biggest wind event to hit the bay area so fa ....