Getting ready to give us an update in just a few minut czu burning south of San Francisco, so we are waiting on that. And while we do were going to check in with meteorologist lisa argen. Whats happening right now, lisa . Good morning, liz. Yesterday we had a nice welldefined marine layer. This morning not the case. Its pretty diffuse and looking at a layer of smoke over the bay area. Decreasing visibility at the shore. That 4 to 5 mile visibility from the smoke over from livermore to san jose where the air quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups there. Elsewhere, moderate around the bay. And looking at that to change today as that smoke layer continues to shift as we get our windsg nrom t oday. Up ingaleis 7 a hennessy f 73 degrees with very light winds. As we to vacaville temperatures in the upper 60s, winds light and down over in la honda around 70 degrees and light wind. High pressure is Building Back in and with that weve got a high fire weather watch with critical fire danger f
Fight. Our marine layer is getting more and more diffuse. Yesterday it was setup right below the golden gate bridge. And this morning as the High Pressure ridge to the south of us builds back into the bay area were seeing less of a marine influence. We still have the haze, the smoke. 2 miles Half Moon Bay, thats with the fog. And as we look at the air quality we can see its not good for sensitive groups in the south bay, also around livermore and into oakland as well as walnut creek. But moderate air quality up in the north bay. So up towards santa rosa. Its better right now but you know how those winds shift and move that smoke around throughout the day. We can expect that oakland, San Francisco 56 on the coast, and by 9 00 weve got 60s. The fog is at the shoreline, but by the afternoon were warming up into the ening dttays offsho building across the region. Thats going to lead to a high disturbance list. These are the three fire zones spread across the bay area. The lnu complex to th
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