All the smoke looks like big bank of clouds. The smoke coming down in our direction from the oregon fires and the fires of california and it is just collecting in the upper levels of the atmosphere. And then the low clouds and fog, the marine layer, down at the surface level. A layer cake effect with the smoke layer above and the marin layer below. And we had a rather vigorous onshore flow with weaker winds aloft. Right now, theyre getting a little stronger but not enough to change the setup that ive just explained to you. Fog. Air quality right now, be nearly as red as you might think by looking at the ugly air. We have yellow dots indicating moderate air quality. We have poor air quality in ukiah and vacaville. Looking southward, oakland, San Francisco, fremont, livermore, san jose, we even have good air quality indicated by the green dots over parts of, well, parts of the santa cruz mountains. The marine layer will push locally inland. We might see some drizzle in the overnight hour
Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from Solano County right now as you can see unfortunately, a house on fire. New evacuation orders just issued as numerous wildfires burn in several bay area counties this morning. Good morning everyone, its wednesday, august 19th. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese. This morning, wildfires rning in several locations across the area. Are forcing more evacuations. And blackening the bay area with unhealthy air. All the details on the fires in just a moment. But first straight to mary lee for all the latest on the heat and the air quality. Yeah, len and michelle, firefighters will be up against the heat once again. So extreme heat continues. We are not done yet with our heat wave. Looking at excessive heat warnings that remain in effect today due to the dangerous heat. Now lets show you our temperatures. So looking at mid 70s in San Francisco. 83 in oakland and mid 90s in san jose and 102 for concord. So 8 to 15 deg
Humidity values and we are looking at, with those winds picking up, it should mix up some of the smoke. It is still unhealthy and we have an alert in effect. You can see this morning, looking at unhealthy air proportions of the north bay and the peninsula and the south bay and the east bay. This morning, were looking at a spare the air alert that is in effect for us, not just today but for tomorrow as well. That will be the case into tomorrow. We are looking at the winds. Those winds are going to be increasing about 10 to 20 miles an hour as we go through the afternoon. So looking at those windup a bi about what you can expect for temperatures, above average for this time of year. Details on that are coming in a few minutes. The woodward fire has grown to nearly 3000 acres, prompting overnight evacuations for parts of olema. We are at the desk giving us the very latest on those evacuations. Evacuations have been ongoing throughout the night and we have a lot of Evacuation Orders and wa
Reporters in charlotte all the key moments and what to expect on day two. And postmaster dejoy defends the changes at the post office and an extra layer of safety with a long lasting disinfectant to protect travelers good morning. Im Frances Rivera im phillip mena. A crowd gathered overnight in downtown los angeles, one of the many cities where theres been a show of support for blake who was shot in wisconsin. Protests have escalated. The city where the shooting took place has seen a lot of destruction. And the outrage escalated again. Lets get an update. Reporter its been another long night here in wisconsin after protests turned violent. There are currently multiple fires including this one behind me this all comes after protesters and Law Enforcement got into a little back and forth at the courthouse earlier this evening. Protesters were throwing bottles at Law Enforcement and throwing fire crackers and fireworks at Law Enforcement. They started to use different tactics on the prote
Mountains, highway 101. There may be foggy areas. Back to you. Thanks so much, mike. Our breaking news that were covering, this week will be critical more than 14,000 firefighters battle 17 major fire complexes sparked by lightning storms burning mostly in Northern California. The wildfires caused at least seven deaths statewide and destroyed at least 1,200 homes. And in the bay area there is a lot of ground to cover. Our team once again covering every inch of it this morning. Today in the bays Cierra Johnson is live in wine country where workers were nervously hunkered down there. But we begin with kris sanchez in Santa Cruz County. Were actually hearing from an evacuee. Reporter yeah. Weve been hearing a lot of these harrowing stories of how fast people had to pick up and leave. Sheriffs deputies are still looking for four people who are missing, reported missing from the evacuation area. That means no one knows whether they made it out or not. Maybe theyre among the 77,000 evacuees.