Now. And this is the concern. The wind and heat a dangerous mix. Well show you this wildfire in just a moment. Its happening in the north bay. Its in geyserville, not star from the lake county line. Here it is. Sonoma county sheriffs just issued evacuations for northern haeldsburg and geyserville. Theyre telling people to leave immediately. You can see that glow on the hillside there. Were also getting new video from the santa rosa fire department. Crews clearing fallen trees. These trees along parker hill road in fountain grove. Pg e has already cut power to thousands of people in sonoma and napa counties. Our sky ranger overhead in santa rosa. Down below thousands of homes it is dark. Power could be out on and off for the next four days. Nbc bay areas cheryl hurd leads our coverage tonight in the darkness there in santa rosa. Cheryl. Reporter well, raj, its kind of weird because the wind has been picking up but its calm right now. As you can see, there are a lot of small businesses.
Voluntary evacuations. We have live team coverage. Amy hollyfield and Lauren Martinez are in Sonoma County. We start with lisa argen tracking that critical fire danger. The temperature in San Francisco at 70 degrees. Offshore winds have been blowing all night. At the surface, not too gusty. Right now looking at 20 to 40mileperhour winds. This will continue through the 8 00 and 9 00 hour. Offshore winds bringing down the relative humidity here into the Single Digits. Elsewhere in the east bay and south bay, not as dry. We are looking at the relative humidity. Very dry at Half Moon Bay. Look at the temperatures in the east bay valleys, near record warmth in the upper 80s today. Could see 90s in San Francisco. Looking at very warm weather throughout the bay and at the coast. Thank you very much. The kincaid fire started around 10 00 last night in geyserville and it exploded to 10,000 acres. This map gives you a better idea of where the fire started. Its northeast of geyserville near john
This area are dealing with because they have to evacuate. This is video that came into our newsroom of the kinkaide fire. You can see flames burning on both sides of the road. The smoke is so dense you cant see too far ahead of you. All of this is happening near guyserville. Evacuations are underway this morning. We have multiple crews in Sonoma County this morning to bring you the latest on where this is burning. Were going to start with lisa argen. She is watching the winds. What are we up to . We have winds over 40 miles an hour up in the upper elevations here and some of these winds are certainly drying out. All the winds are drying out the atmosphere. We have the red flag warning. As we look at the relative humidity, 12 and 11 . Elsewhere, not as bad. We continue to see the gusty winds as we go through the afternoon. Notice the colors, the reds, the yellows. Im going to stop this at 7 00. Were still up to 40mileanhour winds in cloverdale. As we go through the afternoon, the good n
7400 people will see their power turned off in calistoga, deer park, lakeberryessa, oakville, pope valley, rutherford, and st. Helena. Laura anthony is live in calistoga tonight with the impact of the shutoff there. Laura. Reporter hi, dan. Its really a tale of two cities here in calistoga. Im standing on lincoln avenue. This is the bridge that goes over the creek. Whats happened here is thanks to pg e generators, the power has been turned off on the west side but not on the east side. The east side went off for about an hour and a half and then it went back on just before 4 30 because just outside of town, pg e has some generators that are keeping the lights and the businesses running here in calistoga. Right on cue, the power in downtown calistoga went out at 3 00 p. M. , leaving the tourist town and many of its visitors at a loss. The businesses on the east side of lincoln avenue are supposed to be powered by a bank of generators located at a pg e substation just outside of town. Bu
County working to bring you the latest on the fire. We start with lisa who is watching the winds. Good morning. Were looking at temperatures in the 60s and 70s around the bay area. The relative humidity dangerously bone dry at 11 . It will continue to get drier as these winds continue to gust throughout the Morning Hours. Were not going to see them let up until after about 12 00. Theyre gusting to 37 Miles Per Hour. With the breezy winds, High Pressure, the heat from yesterday, 60s and 70s everywhere. 77 Half Moon Bay. Cooler in the east bay. We are looking at the relative humidity everywhere right now low. 11 in napa. 22 in vallejo. As we go through the next several hours, it gets lower. 1 00, 7 . Lake berryessa, cloverdale. But its not until late in the day where we continue to see not only the winds dial back but the relative humidity. It wont come up for another 24 hours. Here we are into early friday. Getting to 40 in oakland. Still dry in the north bay. Here is the fire danger in