Its hot now looking at temperature readings of 106 fairfield, 103 concord and brentwood 101 and livermore and numerous other locations are still in the mid to upper 90s. Lets go to abc 7 meteorologist drew tuma on the roof for a further look at the heat. Reporter this heat can be taxing on the body especially several days in a row of it. Some tips again, drink plenty of clear fluids like water even before you get thirsty. Really want to limit that alcohol intake, as well. That can dehydrate you quickly. Seek out a. C. If you can. If youre outside for a long time, seek out shade. Wear lightweight clothing to keep your body heat down and dont leave kids or pets inside cars because the inside of your car can heat up very quickly. We still have a heat advisory in effect this lasting for another day until tomorrow night at 8 00 for all areas shaded in orange. A majority of the region for increased risk of heatrelated illness. The hottest temperatures will be found in lake county. Excessive
Creek near the town of byron. Right now the fires about 15, 20 acres. We are told that they do have it under control. No homes threatened. But you can see it is smoky and fiery out there. The crews will stay at that location to make sure it doesnt spread. We have super high temperatures of course. Well be keeping an eye on it throughout this newscast. Contra costa county where that fire is burning had the hottest temperature in the bay area today on a day of recordsetting heat. And more records may fall tomorrow. Lets check in with chief meteorologist jeff ranieri with more on that. Jeff. Concord did get up to 104 degrees. As you all mentioned, the old record was 100 set back in 2008. And with all of that heat today we are Still Holding on to some very warm temperatures outside. 79 in concord, 78 fremont, 75 san jose. And 76 in lake port. So the reality as you get up, you head out the door tomorrow, its some fast heating. You have to be thinking about this as you get up and get going t
Reaching the upper 90s. Up to 103 in gilroy. East bay temperatures up to 106 in antioch. Well talk more about this and whats ahead. Its a slow drive in the east bay. We are showing mostly green censorkre sensors, but right there is where the overnight construction crew is. Overnight we had down to one lane of traffic open. Thats the reason for this slow drive. For that one short segment of 880 north bound. 580 is still off limits for the big rigs. Larger trucks have to travel on the nimitz. 580 west is clear. Second day of triple digit temperatures. Theyre expected to cause a lot of problems as well. In Contra Costa County, schools will be shut down because of the heat. Today in the bays jou lays it out for us. The heat making the most mundane task even harder. At this chevron station in alamo, the lights went out for a few seconds causing confusion at the pump. I was having problems over at my house too. So it was turning on and off and its super hot. So it sucks. But youve got to dea
For that stretch of the nimitz. I believe theyre done with the construction. That traffic break will mean a little slowing out of Castro Valley and up through san leandro. Clearing from southbound 880 south of 980, an easy drive going towards the bay bridge. As the high heat Building Back into the bay area, we are under another spare the air alert. You are asked to cut down on Carbon Emissions but there will be dangerous air conditions for many of us. In the meantime thousands of students are heading back to school beginning the new school year in triple digit temperatures. Yesterday districts had their own challenges. Bob redell is in concord. Good morning. Temperatures are expected to hit 104 today in concord, which means it will be another hot one for the 30,000 plus students returning to class here at concord high behind me, the over 40 other campuses k through 12 campuses in the School District. At least these schools have air conditioning. Look at this video. This is highlands el
The body from heat exhaustion to heat stroke. Its for that fact the Weather Service issued a heat advisory for much of the entire bay area. This lasts till 8 00 tomorrow. Areas in orange triple digits. Lake county and solano county, the hottiest temperatures will be recell over 100 degrees. Its important to know the difference between heat stroke and exhaustion. Exhaustion, move insided to ac and drink cool water. When your body stops sweat, that is dangerous. That is heat stroke. Call 911 immediately. That means your body has a High Temperature and is shutting down under those conditions. Also look before you lock. Never leave children inside cars because in just 30 minutes with temperatures in the mid90s, the inside of your car can be 130 degrees. Were going to deal with the heat for another day. When Spencer Christian comes back, well know how hot well get tomorrow and thel acweatr foreca i aite bit. That wilbe welcoief. Its hottest look at conditions there. Couldf right now. This i