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History and the lnu complex the third. Add in the czu complex and the fires burned nearly 732,000 acres combined. There are 560 wildfires burning throughout the state, many sparked by lightning. At least 965 structures destroyed, many of them homes. Heres a quk look at how widespread these fire zones are. The north bay, primarily in napa and sonoma counties and spread out among lake county. The scu complex aparts santa clara and costa con thtra counts and the possible threat of new thunderstorms is a main concern right now for firefighters. Good morning,l lisa. What can we expect . We have a red flag warning. The weather watch is elevated through 5 00. We have dense fog at the coast creating calm winds a. Layer of smoke among the fog at about 800 feet and looking still in the possibility of gusty winds and lightning threats as we go through the overnight hours tonight into monday morning. Air quality right now is poor, unhealthy. Perhaps having issues in livermore. You can see the red ....
That moved into the bay area from the south, the remnants of what was a tropical storm. So humidity is up, but we still have conditions that are not so great for firefighting. Let me give you a look at conditions near the czu lightning complex right now, going down to the Santa Cruz Mountains. Relative humidity is up. Thats good news. 74 . Dont mind that wind reading there. Our computers are not accurately recording the actual current steady wind right now. But the gusts are accurate. Gusts up to 17 miles an hour right now in the area of the czu lightning complex. Here in gaurnville, its 81 degrees. Relative humidity at 41 . Gusts only 4 miles per hour, so very light wind there. And near the hennessee temperature, relative humidity at 30 and the gusts at 8 miles per hour. So some improvement in the weather in the north bay. In the south bay we could use more help the wind and temperature. Ama . All right, spencer, thank you. ....
The wildfires continue to expand across the bay area with the level of destruction growing. Some firefighting crews are facing added danger with residents that are refusing to move. If youre in the area and dont need to be there, please leave. Tens of thousands of homes in danger in the north bay with one fire in particular posing the biggest threat. The fires in the area creating other setbacks for struggling bay area business. It is 6 00 on this saturday, august 22nd. Good morning. I am emily turner. I am devin fehely and lets get to our meteorologist darren peck. We have smoke and hazy skies. The colors are pretty but weki unhealthy air quality bay area wide. The te prettwarm for this time of the day. Typical 57 in San Francisco with marine layer along the coast. We have to shift the focus from talking about temperatures as we zero in on the airquality. Look at all the orange and red dots on your screen right now. That tells you ....
Santa cruz county. And any minute now were expecting an update from cal fire on the czu complex fires that are burning in santa cruz and san mateo counties and well have it for you live when it happens. Well meanwhile, lets start with the l in new complex fire. Thats burning in the north bay right now check out this map that shows you where the complex fires are burning which is in sonoma napa and solano counties so far at least 4 people have died and 4 others have been injured, lets check in with kron 4 Sarah Stinson who is in Sonoma County where the fire is threatening homes, sarah. They robin the on live here on West Dry Creek road just west of healdsburg where its still very dark outside a lot of times with these fires cal fire as the way till sunrise is to really see what theyre working with after a long day of battli ....