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Fuel to an already historic fire season. We do have Team Coverage. Of the fire danger and also the potential for power shutoffs for so many pg e customers across the bay area, well start now with our meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez shes in the Weather Center were tracking. The latest weather conditions for us for sunday. Were really worried about the a presa yeah and we definitely should be just stayed in jonathan, especially when we see sustained winds 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour our valleys could actually see gusts upwards of 55 Miles Per Hour even throughout the coast as well with the strongest gusty as winds. No surprise our highest peaks, north bay mountains east bay hills and diablo range. Could see near category one Hurricane Force winds at around 70 Miles Per Hour on the eve of the oneyear anniversary of the kincade fire. So prime fire season, a peak of high fire season here in the bay area. Thats when the wind advisory going into effect for everyone in the bay area sunday afternoo
Just a few moments. And, of course, air quality still a huge concern. Here is a live look at the air quality tracker on our website abc7news. Com. You can see the air is unhealthy and in the south and east bays. Good morning, everybody. It is tuesday, august 25th. A lot to get to. But, first, we want to check in with you, mike, to see what our forecast has in store today. We know that will have a big impact on how theyre able to fight these fires. Exactly. We have a mixture of fog and smoke this morning. And the fog the closer you are to the coast, that is where the marine layer is the deepest around 1,100 to 1,200 feet and visibility down to less than a quarter of a mile on the peninsula coast and with the winds blowing ashore lightly some of that fog is making it all the way into napa. Now, i want to wrap it up right here and send it back to you guys because we have a press conference on the fires. Okay. The czu lightning complex fire burning were hoping to get some updated numbers.
Today. So much smoke and haze. A lot of fire shop on the infrared satellite and a lot will continue. My satellite may not move. I will have to toss it. The system is stuck. Cordelia junction and 238 and bay bridge, where would you like to start . The Cordelia Junction because we have a truck accident on interstate 80 at 680 and that has made a slow traffic coming from fairfield and vacaville mostly fairfield and the backup is not that long and not quite into vacaville pick a big back up there. Slow traffic on highway 4 this morning because of earlier wrecks from pittsburgh into concord. The big 80 at industry pick look at all this slow traffic. This is not typical because of an injury crash there clear at industry. You may want to consider using an alternate route. Get on the freeway in union city and avoid heyward on 880 s. We will begin with breaking news where fastmoving flames near vacaville have burned homes or loose money. There is some injuries as well. The fire vacaville is par
The people who do not have air conditioning and suffer from the Power Outages. The longer it extends, it becomes a bigger issue. No pressure there, thank you claudine. Tomorrow does look better. There will not be thunderstorms today which is a consolation but it will be hot for many. We lose cloud cover and temperatures that were held in check yesterday will bump back up. The city act 61. Napa is almost 70 degrees. Very warm air in the Higher Elevations and they will be sitting in the 100s, no doubt about it. It is not a strong breeze, but it is northwest or north. It is a north wind and that along with the hot temperatures will not help today. The cloud cover has lifted north and a little to the south is heading to the valley. The highs today come down a little bit. The bay will be hot with 100s again or upper 90s. It is quiet and i would hope so at this hour. Good morning. Good morning. It is quiet when it comes to the commute. If you are approaching the bay bridge, right now it look