To sunday. Today, looking at 64 in San Francisco, 70 oakland, 76 in san jose, 79 concord. So it is cooler compared to yesterday. Fire weather watch will be back into effect as we look to 11 00 am sunday to 11 00 am tuesday for the areas in yellow. That will likely be upgraded to a red flag warning. Well talk about that and high wind watch for the bay area sunday into monday with the strong offshore winds returning for us. Details in a few minutes. Lets check with gianna for the latest on a crash through the altamont. West bound 580 at north flynn, its one of our busy spots. With the folks making the ride out of tracy to 580, we have a crash. It doesnt seem like it is blocking lanes. It is to the right shoulder. We have brake lights in the area and chp is on scene. Expect a busy ride for your friday morning at least to where this trouble spot is. Once you pass that, things look better. Drive times are in the yellow, slow speeds, 29 minutes 205 to 680. I am getting first reports of a new
Reporter meanwhile people are trying to adapt to a day without power. Most stores here are closed but not all of them. This couple says they managed to buy what they needed. We shopped by flashlight, and we paid cash. We were due two cents change, but we all forgot about that. Reporter people here understand they need to make sacrifices to stay safe. Were surviving. It could be much, much, much worse. Reporter in oakland, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. I want to give you a more detailed look at exactly where those outages are happening. First lets talk about the east bay. Most of the outages are in the oakland hills, which is right here. This is that whole montclair area that she was talking about. Some people without power on the Southeast Side of walnut creek, so were talking about this area right here, and then all along danville, which is right down here. So lets look at the north bay. 9,000 customers without power. Thats just in napa alone. So were talking about this region ri
We will see gusts as high especially up in the Higher Elevations above a thousand feet. 35 to 55 miles an hour. Ly show you on future cast taking you hour by hour when we will see the peak winds with this wind event. Its also going to be a hot day today. We will be in the 80s to 90s across the bay area. 83 in San Francisco for a high, 92 in san jose and looking at 95 for concord. 13 to 17 degrees above average for this time of year. It gets hotter as we look to the rest of the week. I will show you future cast wind gusts taking you through the next few days in just a few minutes. Thank you. Thousands of pg e customers in seven bay area count yips could start to loose power around six this evening because of wildfire risks. The only counties not on the watch list are San Francisco and marin. Going dark isnt the only concern for many communities in the north bay. Many residents just returned to their homes after evacuating because of the glass fire. Now there is a feeling of here we go a
Into the weekend. Gusty offshore winds will be back by sunday. In fact, we just got word that regional parks in east bay hills will close on sunday due to dangerous fire weather conditions. Likely some of the strongest offshore winds we have seen so far. Fire season a big concern we are watching this closely. A fire weather watch in effect from 11 am sunday through 11 am tuesday for the areas in yellow. East bay hills, diablo range and Santa Cruz Mountains are all under a fire weather watch which will be upgraded into a red flag warning. We are talking gust 60, 70 Miles Per Hour especially in the Higher Elevations with humidity values down to the Single Digits and the teens. We also have a high wind watch sunday 4 pm until monday at 10 am for the entire bay area because of the strong winds, possible downed trees and power lines. We will talk more about this in detail coming up. Pg e is warning more power shutoffs are possible sunday through tuesday because of the high fire danger. So f
This wildfire season. Details on that are coming up in a few minutes. Gianna. Thanks. I am getting reports of fire activity and chp is also on scene. This is near North Livermore as you head out of the Altamont Pass. Its on the east bound side. They have livermore avenue ramp blocked from east 580, so you cant access that now. Fire crews are blocking the ramp. There were flames on the scene. As far as the impact to traffic, it is friday. Less cars are on the road way anyway. We have slight slowing building west bound 580 into altamont but things are fairly quiet out of tracy with no delays from 205. Improving Coronavirus Infection rates around the bay area are opening the door to new reopenings. Alameda is loosening restrictions as it moves to the orange tier. Kiet do is live in pleasanton with the businesses ready for this next phase. Kiet. Reporter good morning. Alameda county has spent the past two weeks preparing for this day. Yes, beginning today the following businesses can reope