Moisture towards the Bay Area and thats the source for these thunderstorms that are going to develop primarily late this evening and overnight. Take a look at the high Death Doppler as things stand coming up in the full forecast. Kpix 5 Wilson Walker is at Mount Hamilton with more on the lightning threat. Wilson . Reporter here where the Scu Lightning Complex fire burned through just over one year ago, you better believe the firefighters who patrol this area and the observatory here, they are all watching the weather tonight. We are at full staffing right now, we have a lot of resources on different incidents in the state of california. Right now we are where we are able to be. Reporter Hellfire Santa Clara unit still busy helping with the fires in the sierra, just as the threat of lightning returns to the Bay Area. This year our Vegetation And Weather patterns are unprecedented. Its like nothing weve seen before. That makes for fighting fires, it makes it difficult for our resources o
Clear the final hurdle. No candidate, no sitting politician or elected official wants to throw their weight behind a losing candidate. A lot of republicans, even if they are diehard gop members realize that this is an uphill battle. Reporter , red shift happens tuesday and the race tightens into the night, Newsoms Team can likely count on the final shift to be in their favor according to political experts. The ballots we know from our study after study if you want that, the blueshift, those ballots in california that will be counted after Election Night and come in in the days following will be strong. Reporter he makes a good point, these are not returns that we are talking about, these are ballots that are going in, we dont know what the count is for any candidate, including the governor right now. Im wondering, what is going to be the final messaging from some of these candidates who would like to be governor if Governor Newsom is recalled . Reporter when you take a look at the elec
Grant and overall, quiet weather here in Santa Rosa firefighters here. They just been responding to some quick calls throughout the night, but they hope it stays quiet. The lightning know that were anticipating the potential is a reminder of a lot of what weve been through here locally and this is the devastation. Santa Rosa Fire Department Assistant Fire Marshal Paul Lowenthal is talking about when the lightning complex fires towards several parts of the Bay Area and the Santa Cruz mountains. Almost a year ago. The Glass Fire destroyed homes in the Sky Hawk Area of Santa Rosa thursday afternoon. The national Weather Service issued a red Flag Warning for the North Bay mountains and valleys. East Bay Hills and the range that concern dry lightning. So with that. The Santa Rosa Fire Department has increased our staffing levels as well as numerous other Fire Departments throughout the region during Thursday Evening conditions were calm overall with the brief burst of rain. But that is expe
Alert tonight because a chance of thunderstorms could bring wildfire sparking lightning. Check out this map of the Bay Area behind us. And look at all that red all the North Bay down to the East Bay hills. All under red Flag Warning, meaning weather could result in extreme Fire Danger what we dont want. We are using calfires cameras to set up. They are set up throughout the areas of Concern Tonight to monitor anything that may pop up and this is a time Lapse View in sonomaicounty from sleepy mountain. We also have live kron 4 Team Coverage from the North Bay to the East Bay. All areas that are under that warning to see how fire crews are getting ready for any problems. But we start with chief Meteorologist Lawrence Karnow has been tracking the incoming system lawrence. Guys, this critical time of year. Were always worried about fires and you get some lightning in the mix and. Of course that can be a major issue outside tonight. So far dark skies. Weve had reports of some scattered show
Central Valley Line of showers to why a wildfire potential. Definitely not a significant out there. But we do have some lightning strikes up in the Sierra Nevada, which is even more concerning than the situation right here in the the Bay Area, a Fire Weather Watch is turned into a red flag warnings yesterday. And those are still in effect until 11 00am this morning. Current temperatures are in the 50s 60s. Even some 70s out towards brentwood. Definitely note, especially in the North Bay on the peninsula and in the East Bay that we do have a very active morning ahead of us. So venture out there with caution knowing that Theres Lightning in the vicinity and also venture out there. But that Rain Jacket in hand. If you are stepping outside these next few minutes reyna don, thank you for that. Lets get a look at our bridges, starting with the Bay Bridge. No major issues. As youre traveling into the city this morning. A little under 10 minutes for you to make it in the san mateo bridge headi