the humidity in the 5 to 10% range. we've already seen fires growing and that's what we're expecting if any fires develop. take a look at the hill top winds. relative humid in those areas in the single digits. gusts of 42. record highs this afternoon. 74 oakland airport. moffit field it feewas 76 in sa jose. 69 in livemore. we have more warmth headed our way. i'll be back to tell you how long the records will continue and if there's any rain in sight. >>> in southern california gusty santa ana winds and single digit humidity has firefighters hopping from fire to fire today. again, mid-january. very strange. ten acres of brush burned close to multi-million mansions. the flames were put out before any damage was done. crews battled fires in river side county and in the santa monica mountains as well. get updates on our dry warm weather and more on twitter. >>> developing news tonight. the san jose police department has taken over the hunt for a serial arsonnist believed to have set more than a dozen fires since last week.

the humidity in the 5 to 10% range. we've already seen fires growing and that's what we're expecting if any fires develop. take a look at the hill top winds. relative humid in those areas in the single digits. gusts of 42. record highs this afternoon. 74 oakland airport. moffit field it feewas 76 in sa jose. 69 in livemore. we have more warmth headed our way. i'll be back to tell you how long the records will continue and if there's any rain in sight. >>> in southern california gusty santa ana winds and single digit humidity has firefighters hopping from fire to fire today. again, mid-january. very strange. ten acres of brush burned close to multi-million mansions. the flames were put out before any damage was done. crews battled fires in river side county and in the santa monica mountains as well. get updates on our dry warm weather and more on twitter. >>> developing news tonight. the san jose police department has taken over the hunt for a serial arsonnist believed to have set more than a dozen fires since last week.

the humidity in the 5 to 10% range. we've already seen fires growing and that's what we're expecting if any fires develop. take a look at the hill top winds. relative humid in those areas in the single digits. gusts of 42. record highs this afternoon. 74 oakland airport. moffit field it feewas 76 in sa jose. 69 in livemore. we have more warmth headed our way. i'll be back to tell you how long the records will continue and if there's any rain in sight. >>> in southern california gusty santa ana winds and single digit humidity has firefighters hopping from fire to fire today. again, mid-january. very strange. ten acres of brush burned close to multi-million mansions. the flames were put out before any damage was done. crews battled fires in river side county and in the santa monica mountains as well. get updates on our dry warm weather and more on twitter. >>> developing news tonight. the san jose police department has taken over the hunt for a serial arsonnist believed to have set more than a dozen fires since last week.

we can get low humidity in the wintertime. we can get gusty winds, 20 to 40 miles per hour as the storms move through. what we rarely see is the dry fuel. as we look live outside with chopper 5, when you combine all of those things, low humidity. >>> gusty winds which we have had for the past 24 hours and dry fuels, it shouldn't be this dry on the ground in january but it is because it hasn't started raining yet. this is a brush fire that has turned for significant. kimball island. this is the result of the lack of rainfall in november, december and the first half of january. fire danger is still going on. by the way, it hit 80 degrees in portions of the bay area. we'll talk about where and how long the exceptionally warm weather will stick around in a few minutes. >> for more on the team coverage of the bay area fire danger, let's go to ryan who is in berkeley hills with just how dry things are. >> this brush is bone dry. just listen to the sound of it. it snaps. it's something that you expect to see and hear in august, not r

/october because there has been no rainfall to green things up so yes, we have very low relative humidity, we have gusty winds in the higher elevations and no rainfall to speak of so the fire danger, that red flag warning will continue through the night tonight into tomorrow morning and here is the deal even when the winds calm down we'll have an elevated fire danger so the red flag warning through 8:00 tomorrow morning, the entire night tonight, north bay hills eastbay hills, we've got less than 10% relative humidity, very gusty winds, 40 miles per hour at the ridge tops and then dry weather. you know all about that. look at these highs for today. i'll rattle off some that aren't records, san jose and half moon bay 73, downtown san francisco 71. that 68 degrees in kentfield, that's a new record, 76 in downtown oakland, that is a new record, and 73 at sfo was not only a daily record high, that is the warmest january day ever at sfo airport so for the entire month, 73 degrees at sfo, it has never been warmer for the entire month and it may be warmer coming up tomorrow. we'll talk about how

in the way of rain so with that in mind gusty winds there, not too bad, 22 miles an hour, but the humidity is very very low so fire danger is elevated, temperatures around the bay area gorgeous, 66 oakland, 66 san francisco and bought 67 in redwood city. now let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> thank you lawrence. it has been pretty quiet out there, we have had a few accidents, in fact one accident there is already cleared. but first let's update you on this. there is a problem there on the span, a stalled truck there. they should be picking up the road work there. there had been an accident and there is a live look at the nimitz, no delay there and so far a good start there. >> all right. the big win there put them in the nfc title game for the third year in a row. mark has ticket information for the game there, but first we go out to kate where the fans gave them a big homecoming welcome there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we heard from some san francisco faithful they would be back again trying to sneak some autographs from them. and these were the same fans that were th

low hell tiff humidity. that is something we would typically recite in october or september in the peak of fire season. instead, this is all happening in the middle of january, but the calendar really doesn't matter. it's what's going on in the atmosphere. the ground is super dry. we were super warm today with very low relative humidity and the conditions that caused this particular fire. you're still looking live on kimble island, sacramento county. the fire conditions will persist for at least the next two days because we will stay warm. we will stay dry when it comes to relative humidity. and there is no rain in sight with gusty winds 20 or 30 or 40-miles per hour. we had a red flag warning which went into affect last night and will last until thursday morning. and even beyond that, the fire danger is going to stay high until we get a decent rainfall, and i don't see that happening for a high. high temperatures today. 82. san jose a record 76. oakland a record 74. san francisco at the airport. downtown 69

it is mild but it is humid. can you feel it.t tamalpais, even with the clouds we are under a mild air mass anywhere from 5- to 10-degrees warmer-than-average but a couple of degrees cooler than yesterday. light rain is possible around crescent city. 67 in san diego. 72 in los angeles. 82 in palm springs. low 70's in the central valley and a chance of rain turning to a heavy snow thursday and friday in the sierra. that is the same system bringing us rain but not so much as they will see. here is leyla gulen. >> good morning, everyone, at 6:41. remark is busy on the bay bridge. we have a problem over the altamont pass westbound 580 at livermore avenue a car crashed there and it is blocking one lane at 11 miles per hour for a top speed and slow. at highway 24 away from walnut creek through lafayette to orinda you are at top speeds headed through the tunnel you will see it slowing down a bit. we had an early accident on the bay bridge beyond treasure island is clear but it left 34 miles per hour speed and bumper to bumper and in exc

if it's windy with low relative humidity, more chance for rare january fires. temperatures above average today all the way up to the50. this is the driest period in the wet season they've had all the way back to 1850. with no rain in the forecast the next two weeks that puts us at february to save the season. >> i'm going to florida for the weekend to get warm. going to be hotter in california. >> you didn't choose wisely my friend. >> bill karins. >>> coming up, will police are serious about justin bieber's connection to a felony egging. details when we return. [ male announcer ] walgreens understands being at the corner of "looking for a good deal" and "sheesh, i should've looked some more." ♪ that's why walgreens makes it easy to save even more on your medicare part d prescriptions. ♪ just stop on by and leave all the legwork to us. switch to walgreens today where you could save with copays as low as zero dollars on select medicare part d plans. at the corner of happy and healthy. natural energy from tea packed with real juice from delicious fruits and veggi

at home, it will be humid.eping the temperatures up from the low 40's in the north bay valley to the rest of us in the upper 40's to near 50 degrees by 7:00. the fog and the mist will start drying between 9:00 and 10:00 and we will be mostly cloudy with temperatures in the low-to-mid 50's and cooler because of the moist start. we will have sprinkles possible this afternoon because of the moist flow coming off the ocean and mid-to-upper 50's at 4:00, and it will be mild during the evening hours and mostly cloudy and upper 40's to low 50's. our best chan for sprinkles, drizzle, tomorrow morning and it will become partly cloudy in the afternoon with temperatures around 60 degrees and a break on friday and another chance of rain on saturday. enjoy. >> we have a stalled vehicle on 505 traveling southbound at midway road blocking the slow lane with no delays. there are delays in trend at accident with two lanes blocked and it looks like a tow truck is on the way but it will be another 15 or 0 minutes before they are

we have low humidity and you combine that with the gusty winds. right now a red flag warning is going for wind gusts. it was just updated. north, northeast winds 30 to 40 miles an hour and humidity is 10 to 20%. the diablo range under the red flag warning until tomorrow morning. look at the gust. 38 at knoxville creek and 37 in the hills. here is the view from our camera which is bouncing around. i will be back with a look at the record we saw today. the high temperature record and many more to come in just a few minutes. carolyn? >> sandhya, thank you. governor jerry brown said he will not declare a drought in california, at least not yet. he met with water managers and farmers during a stop in fresno. they all urged the governor to call this year's lack of rainfall potentially catastrophic. the governor says he will work with the water districts and exchanges and the farmers to maximize the existing water supply befo calling a drought. >>> a san jose couple that lost everything is furious an arsonist burned down their homes. he is responsible fo

tonight winds not the strong ones we have seen, gusting to about 20 miles an hour but the humidity is low so a fire danger warning this morning and those are your temperatures, that is the forecast guys, back to you. >> thank you, lawrence. >>> neighbors are now getting involved in the search for a serial arsonist, since tuesday there have been more than a dozen fires there. kit is there and kid firefighters at that station were called out to a fire just a short time ago. >> reporter: yeah, it was a house fire about 5 and a half miles away from here in the foothills, it was an exterior of the home but everybody was okay. >>> all right. they are searching for a serial arsonist here, the sun is almost coming up so the period is almost over but the city took the unusual step of asking people to help out. >> there is a man seen walk in the several yards. >> they have that video and they have used that to come up with a description of the suspect, a white or hispanic male, 6'0" or 6'2," 160 or 180 pounds, now that fire forced two out of their homes, they were asleep at the time and they ha

we have low humidity and you combine that with the gusty winds. right now a red flag warning is going for wind gusts. it was just updated. north, northeast winds 30 to 40 miles an hour and humidity is 10 to 20%. the diablo range under the red flag warning until tomorrow morning. look at the gust. 38 at knoxville creek and 37 in the hills. here is the view from our camera which is bouncing around. i will be back with a look at the record we saw today. the high temperature record and many more to come in just a few minutes. carolyn? >> sandhya, thank you. governor jerry brown said he will not declare a drought in california, at least not yet. he met with water managers and farmers during a stop in fresno. they all urged the governor to call this year's lack of rainfall potentially catastrophic. the governor says he will work with the water districts and exchanges and the farmers to maximize the existing water supply before calling a drought. >>> a san jose couple that lost everything is furious an arsonist burned down their homes. he is responsible

relative humidity will be really low. we'll continue to follow this. the other big story how warm we have been and what we expect for tomorrow. >>> the lake -- lack of rain has car dare -- dairy farmers scrambling. >>reporter: if years this farm has been producing milk. this year he wants to produce rain. >> this is the worse. >>reporter: you don't need too look far. the pasture the cows feed on are brown. so far this season bearly 2 inches of rain. last year these same hills told a different story. >> it was a foot and half. green and lush. >>reporter: now he has to feed his cows hay. he has some on hand. he like the other farmers have to buy feed from as far as way as or -- oregon. >> it's 10% more now and it's not even available in someplaces. >>reporter: they will need another supply in the next month. the farm burr -- beauru said that milk could go up by 20%. >> it's a very difficult time. we are praying for rain. >>reporter: so far those prayers have not been answered. in western county rob. >>> a judge today ordered an oakland manned to stand tr

most of us are headed out and it will be humid and low-to-mid 50's. the bulk of the rain falling overnight through tomorrow morning but thursday afternoon we will have scattered showers s and mid-50's to slow 60's and saturday, it will be brighter and more dry but mid-50's to low 60's and we will not have to deal with drive through the rain. here is leyla gulen speaking of driving. >> we have areas of construction but we are starting off with a solo crash southbound on 80 in daly city which is near 19th avenue with one lane blocked and no delays. if you are traveling loan in the nobody direction everything is quietful as we take you to san jose we have construction in the northbound and southbound direction along 680 and southbound on 680 from highway 237 to 280 is where we will have a few lanes blocked until approximately 5:00 this morning and northbound side from 280 we have another area of construction so slow for the cone zone and be careful. this is walnut creek southbound along 680 making it away from pleasant hill to walnut creek over to highwa

outdoor relative humidity 31%. it's just too dry. can never be too cold, but it takes a while for the atmosphere to become moist enough to let the snowfall and hit the ground. indoor relative humidity by the way, whopping 4%. winds northwest at 8. okay. this is on our website and i tweeted this out. trace to 2 inches from frederic through downtown. 2 to 4 inches into southern maryland. the bulls eye 4 to 6 inches. northern neck toward the beaches. yeah, they are in the bulls eye with this, because the arctic air is so far south. i like this map of all the computer models we have. i think it's a little low downtown, but you see the bulls eye is going to be georgetown and cambridge and down toward the river where you get 3, 4 inches of snow. maybe even 5. and here's the moisture. the area of low pressure is not going to be able to hook up the coast. that's why we get a glancing blow. it's snowing through atlanta and burmingham. you see, it looks like it's snowing to the south of us. it's not quite reaching the ground yet. some flakes a

we have low humidity and you combine that with the gusty winds.ht now a red flag warning is going for wind gusts. it was just updated. north, northeast winds 30 to 40 miles an hour and humidity is 10 to 20%. the diablo range under the red flag warning until tomorrow morning. look at the gust. 38 at knoxville creek and 37 in the hills. here is the view from our camera which is bouncing around. i will be back with a look at the record we saw today. the high temperature record and many more to come in just a few minutes. carolyn? >> sandhya, thank you. governor jerry brown said he will not declare a drought in california, at least not yet. he met with water managers and farmers during a stop in fresno. they all urged the governor to call this year's lack of rainfall potentially catastrophic. the governor says he will work with the water districts and exchanges and the farmers to maximize the existing water supply before calling a drought. >>> a san jose couple that lost everything is furious an arsonist burned down their homes. he is responsible for

relative humidity 33%. put humidity back into your house this time of year and winds light, north, northwest at 10. arctic blast is here, but the good news, it's on the way out. leave your cabinet doors open. those that face the exterior walls, they get some ambient heat from the room. if you had trouble before, leave the water running. bring pets inside, of course, and we stay below freezing until thursday afternoon. temperatures, 15 in college park. 15 in arlington. 16 down in alexandria and old town and 15 in college park and 15 in annapolis and 17 down in waldorf. factor in the wind. just a little bit of a breeze. enough to drive the windchill to 6 downtown and 1 in gaithersburg and 0 in frederic and 4 below in martinsburg. still remains 18 as a windchill in manassas. the winds are negligence. on the way out, that's good news. winds diminish tonight. and then bus stop temperes. those are going to be straight temperatures. no windchills tomorrow morning. and then temperatures above freezing by thursday a

working in high humidity or in sweaty clothes is sometimes enough to cause symptoms of dizziness and nausea. in the us children as young as 7 have been found to suffer from the sickness according to the department of labor. carlos is a 10-year-old boy who has come with his family to the field. he is still too small to do the cutting and stacking, but he helps out in other ways. he says he's tried it, but he can't push the tough stalks through the stakes. >> what's hard about it? >> sometimes it's too hard. >> to push it? yeah, you need strength to push it down. >> but he says that he does work on other parts of tobacco cultivation, like planting the seedlings, weeding. >> when it gets more taller, you have to cut the grass, and then you have to cut the flower. >> he says he also helps sort the leaves. >> and then the sticks we leave them, we're going to throw them. >> are you able to do that? that part? >> yeah. >> the association of schools of public health reports that on a humid day, a worker can absorb the equivalent of 36 cigarettes working with green tobacco. >> and when you do

relative humidity outside is 29%. your relative humidity indoors is like 5%, hydrate, moisturize. here is the next batch of snow showers. this is not going to be like tuesday's storm, but it will swing a cold front through tomorrow and it will generate flurries and snow showers. temperatures, 22 college park, 18 in white oak, 20 in reston, fairfax, 22 down toward springfield. factor in winds. it still feels like 9 in gaithersburg, 12 downtown, 14 in manassas. if you're going out tonight, dress for the single digits. not going to see any snow, but dress for the cold. wind chills 5 below to 5 above tonight. that actually is an improvement. yellow alert tomorrow for snow showers. time frame 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., less than an inch, colder again sunday, but the good news is with lots of sun. so tonight increasing cloudiness late, breezy and cold, wind chills again 5 below to 5 above, wind southwest at 10 to 15. let's break this down. 20 at 7:00, 22 at 9:00. think it will be dry. 26 at 11:00, maybe a snow shower, maybe a snow shower between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., temperatures only 29, city te

bringing us those dry offshore winds and also very low relative humidity. i do want to mention that tomorrow is another "spare the air" day. the 29th alert since november 1st. you can see for yours, poor air quality across much of the bay area. speaks of season to dade, how drier we? only 11% of normal rainfall for santa rosa, only 15% at sfo. 20% at oakland, and only 12% at livermore and worse than that is what's going on in the sierra. much of the bay area receives the water from the snowpack runoff in the spring. we're only at 17% of normal. remember, year ago, we were well over 100% of normal. then maybe some good news, maybe the rains will start to impact us as we head into february. we'll talk about that later. >>> thank you. because so little precipitation has reached the slopes in tahoe, resorts are making snow for their guests at north star ski resort they're using the snow to cheer on the niners who play in seattle tomorrow. today the resort build a seahawks statue that was 20 feet high. i couldn't hold up against the 15,000-pound snow kap. and mi

humidity is low, soil is parched you know all of the key words. we are starting off 29 in santa rosa to 61 in half-moon bay and san francisco 31, and my spread on the lows will be 28 to 62. 22 to 24, lake tahoe and sacramento, ukiah and it gets cold for some but we have a weekend system that gives us that hoe hum. patchy fog, warm 70s for many, it is clear. sunny and warm, a colder morning inland and we had wind in some of the higher elevations. 60s to 70s, 73 in santa rosa, 73 in morgan hill, 70 in mountain view, temperatures are warming up, lots of sunshine here, it looks quiet, a weak system will come in on saturday and give us more of a westerly breeze partly cloudy on sunday. >>> rolling into walnut creek, when and where you can find a restaurant on wheels. >>> it could be the shortest service from the montana minister, just in time to catch his favorite team kicking off. . >>> welcome back, a gun show is drawing the attention and anger of people more than 2,000 miles away. they held a rally of the national shooting foundation which is also i

the humidity dropping down to below 25%. around the bay area, the numbers as high as 69 degrees in morgan hill. 64 in pacifica. about 66 degrees in hayward. those east bay temperatures running well into the 60s in the afternoon. 67 in antioch. 66 in walnut creek, and 66 into vallejo. 69degrees in santa rosa. looking out over the next couple of days, plenty of sunshine coming our way. these temperatures moving up into the 70s in some spots. then slow cooling, but no rain in sight right through the weekend. fire alerts go into effect later tonight for some parts of the bay area, due to dry conditions. >> reporter: definitely some high fire danger. due to a very strong offshore flow. we drove mobile weather up to the oakland hills today. just outside of the oakland zoo. you want to see what an offshore flow looks like? take a look at this. from oakland to san francisco, you can see the beautiful skyline of the city. pristine conditions. all due to a northeast, and east wind up to 15 miles an hour. great visibility. but the air

humidity is low. about 30%. vegetation is dry.aking it easy for fire to spread winds only six miles per hour. gusts up to eight miles per hour. wind it allows fire to spread and it's a location that makes it difficult for firefighters. state wide, mild to warm conditions once again. monterey, 76 degrees, bay area, another bay of record warmth. we're going to see high temperatures once again like today. 73 projected high for napa.. let's take a look at what we've expected conditions to be like in seattle on sunday. game time is at 3:30 so should be mainly dry. temperatures in the 40s. but niners will be playing in hostile environments. >> thank you. >> checking healthy living news not just teen-aged girls have a rough time with body image. a study finds boy who's think they're under weight are at higher risk of depression. a study found boys that thought we were under weight were most likely to be depressed. >> also, systems proper predicting of heart disease by measuring volume of calcium in arteries but researchers found if the c

hopefully raise the humidities as we head into the weekend. back to you. >>> the last few hours some new information about the man police believe set a series of fires in san jose. cate has more. >> so far the suspect has been charged with two counts of arson but police think he's responsible for 12 different fires and plan on charging him for all of them. police are assuring the public the san jose arsonist is now behind bars. >> at this point we are extremely certain that we have the individual responsible for all the arsons that have occurred in the city. >> reporter: he was identified as 48-year-old patrick william brennan of san jose. he was arrested just after 8:00 last night. officers had been watching brennan for 24 hours leading up to the arrest. they say it was a police sergeant looking through a database who made the connection. >> a hard-working midnight sergeant who wanted to help out, basically identified people in the area that had a propensity for this. >> reporter: brennan lived in the neighborhood where police say he set the

indoor relative humidity is about 8 to 9%, winds north, northwest at 23. that's driving wind chills down to around 0. satellite picture radar combined, i'm going to zoom into the gulf coast, doesn't look ominous now, but there's moisture gathering from texas through the southeast up into the eastern sections of the carolinas. the cold air is driving south. they're looking at a pretty good ice and snowstorm. a few leftover clouds are lingering east of 95. they will clear ugg later tonight. we will go clear to -- clear us later tonight. we will go clear to partly cloudy. see the white shaded here? that is winter storm warnings. when is the last time you've seen winter storm warnings from the houston, galveston area through new orleans, through mobile, through the panhandle of florida all the way up into norfolk? in fact, the delmarva, the va is under a winter storm warning. that's unusual. that's the system we're watching for tomorrow night. tomorrow dress for the single digits for the kids. cover their faces, hats, whole bit. bus stop temperatures 8 to 18,

dew point in the single digits, the dry air mass, relative humidity 40%, outdoors relative humidity about 11% indoors, winds south at 8. satellite picture radar combined, you sort of see some clouds and a little bit of snow and rain pushing through chicago back into st. louis, very weak system, but strong enough to produce a few clouds later tonight which will actually do us a favor, keep temperatures up somewhat. we'll start out clear and these clouds will roll in after midnight. that will keep temperatures from falling to the single digits yet again across the metro area. temperatures right now in the 20s, just about everywhere, 28 in rockville, 26 reston and fairfax, 27 in college park, 208 in waldorf, even annapolis -- 28 in waldorf, even annapolis 26. clouds coming in late tonight, not as cold. bus stop temperatures between 16 and 34, an improvement. everyone makes it to at least 40 tomorrow and milder friday -- over the weekend rather with a few showers. here's the jet stream. friday it's kind of on top of us. so we're getting back to about average weather. then it goes north of us

very low humidity less than 10% so red flag warnings until then. high pressure in control now looks like it will stay that way. temperatures are going to be warm. 70 san jose. 68 milpitas. 67 pacifica. 60s and 70s into the east bay. inside the bay record-breaking numbers 72 in oakland, a record. 69 also a record in san francisco. next couple of days we'll see more records fall. then cooling down but staying above average through the weekend. and staying dry right through monday. by the way, sunrise time 7:24. sunset time 5:14. >> stinson beach is 69 today. >> yeah. >> that's crazy. >> they could get into the 70s with a good down slope wind. good surfing weather. >> surf's up. >> thank you. >>> 49ers play-off fever is in full effect. coming up the san francisco staple taking football shape in honor of this weekend's big game. >> i'm dennis o'donnell. coming up, what is in jim harbaugh's ipod? and serena williams begins her quest for australian open title number 5. tell you about it coming up. >> what's cool about your school? you can email your nomi

you can see some gusts that high and humidity down to about 25%. out the door we have mostly clear skies out over the bay couple of passing clouds and patchy fog at the coastline but temperatures a little more mild this morning. 39 degrees in livermore. 49 in san francisco. and 41 in san jose. this afternoon, we are looking at a possibility of more record temperatures up into the 60s some low 70s. what about the weekend? we'll have more on that in a moment. right now let's check on the roads with liza battalones. >> "friday light" for all silicon valley freeways including 101 as it rolls through the santa clara area, san jose, sunnyvale, no big problems to report to you. 280 is fine approaching downtown san jose. and the 880/237 interchange leaving the fremont area bound for milpitas that is trouble- free with no roadwork either. the 580/680 commute that's also looking good right here our sensors are picking up a very quick trip so far for west 580 leaving the altamont pass bound for the dublin interchange. that's a look at "kcbs traffic." guys? >>

humidity less than 10%. so the mountains are extremely dry because of drought and now we have dangerous fire conditions. be careful through thursday. this afternoon down below these temperatures will be something else. near 70 toward the coastline. clear and breezy in spots especially in toward half moon bay. sunny inside the bay. temperatures up in the 70s and some record heat in the valleys, too. low to mid-70s. beautiful out there now. clear skies. you have the winds calm down below but up in the mountaintops again getting gusty and the temperatures running in the 20s into santa rosa a little chilly there 40 degrees in san jose and 46 in san francisco. as we look out over the next couple of days, temperatures are going to be staying very similar to today. you're going to see near record- breaking heat, widespread across the bay area, no rain insights, unfortunately. >> thank you. >>> governor brown is facing pressure to declare a drought emergency now, as well. the issue came up when the governor was in f

we will see 35 and low humidity as well. look for that. north and east bay hills, red flag warning late tonight. back here in 15 minutes the strongest wind gusts and tuesday's warmest cities. today we had a record high at the oakland airport, 70 degrees. all those details in 15. >>> fire season ended a month ago but we are still in the middle of it. ktvu's noelle walker is here where a fire burned late in november during a red flag warning as well. how 92 uncial is this for this time of year? >> reporter: very unusual. a captain never seen a fire season like this. take a look. we are looking at middle of summer, dry conditions and here we are in the middle of winter. hot ashes and dry grass and wind is all it took to start a brush fire when rain should be keeping the fire threat low, the threat level is high. >> i do not remember anything like this happening in january. >> reporter: she says it is summer all over again. cal fire has planes that ready as well as helicopters. as of today they are firing 125 seasonal workers to help battle wi

we have low humidity 5 to 10%. it will be windy. fire danger has been elevated for thursday morning. you should keep that in mind. >> the temperatures today, have moon bay is a 61 degrees. it is still cold for santa rosa they have cool down to 29 degrees. antioch has a high of 34 degrees. san jose s.f. 40 degrees under clear conditions. the temperature change compared to 24 hours ago where most locations were corporate santa rosa at 17 in half moon bay is as 16 degrees. if your headed out the door and it will feel a lot milder. the bridge of high pressure is sitting over. this is giving us offshore wind and the next couple of days it means that warmer conditions will develop. >> we have the potential of the rest of this month to be dry. this will make the driest month on record. half moon bay will have a high of 72 degrees. 69 degrees for livermore and low 70's for oakland. downtown sampras's go be pretty mild. 65 degrees for concord and upper 60s for antioch. your kron 47 day around the bay shows warmer weather is here for the next

humidity at 40%. winds not overly gusty.nd that's likely helping firefighters to get a better handle on this. our own red flag warning in effect through 8:00 on thursday. now let's get a look at what we experienced for today. it was all about that warm weather pushing temperatures to record-setting levels. 75 in san jose, half moon bay, reminder here, that's at the coastline. 73 and san francisco airport at 72. that record there in san jose, the old one was back in 2009. and that was at 73. so let's take you outside of that sky camera network. clear skies right now. temperatures still hovering in the south bay at 74 degrees. again, 71 here across the peninsula and beginning to drop in the north bay, 57 degrees. we'll likely have some patchy frost. the reason why they're so much cooler, the winds are not as offshore as in the east bay. we'll take you to san francisco. 65 degrees. relatively calm. our fire danger is not because we've had winds that have topped 60 miles per hour repeatedly, it's because it's so dry. high pressu

that's outdoor, indoor, down in the single percent range, so hope you have a humid near.look, after alaska, it's 47 degrees in homer you have to go to the north shore, so the arctic air has been displaced, and the jet is in alaska. it went down into the u.s., the core of the cold is in quebec, but there's november cold along the deep south, like in houston, just outside of new orleans, the gulf coast areas not that far away saw winter weather. we're still watching the northwesterly flow that will bring a couple disturbances. ahead of it, a brief warm up as temperatures shoot for the low to mid-30s. might get above freezing, but we're going to get a few snow showers. i'm not expecting problems in dc. >>> butch in the mountains, we will pick up several inches. liberty may get snow showers, the 23 today, 19, tomorrow, 34, with snow showers, by sunday, dry and 30. monday, another disturbance with a miami regime, 35, but snow showers, around back in the deep treatment by tuesday, highs then own -- freeze by tuesday, high then in the 20s. >>> super bowl is coming up, and we hav

storm number one, we get a cloud cover and also an increase in humidity. it will take until storm number two. that will get here late in the day on wednesday. if you're wondering when it will rain, wednesday evening showers begin around here. that one will hit us as the ridge of high pressure moves out. there's a small chance of a few sprinkles. north sonoma county. many far as santa rosa and windsor. otherwise, we hold off until wednesday night for our rain chance and showers around wednesday night. all day thursday, even through friday morning, showers will be around. average, quarter of an inch of rainfall. it's a start, nowhere close to what we need. well above normal. mid to upper 60s in the south bay. walnut creek tomorrow is 67. cloudy day in dublin. 61 in san francisco. still above average though. kentfield, 64. cloudy day tomorrow, high of 63 degrees. still cloudy wednesday. waiting for the rain on wednesday night. now the timing is pushed back to wednesday night through friday morning. that's a good 36 hour chunk with a chance of rain. will it be

relative humidity has been creeping up. the wind is calm and this area is in a rugged part of the bay air. that will make it tough to fight the fire and the fire creates the winds and that is why it may be gusty. red flag warning for our hills until thursday morning. that's tomorrow morning. still gusty in the hills and the humidity is running low. it has been extremely dry and we had another record setting day. this is the second time record for sfo, 73 there. look at some of the other records here. all time record also for the entire month of january in salinas where it was 83 degrees. 82 in santa cruz and monterey and we are not done with the records, but i do have a glimmer of hope. the latest computer models hinting with rain. i will be back in a few minutes. carolyn? >> thank you. >>> a severe water shortage is forcing severe action. they are well below normal levels because of the drought so tomorrow water officials will tap one of their stand by reservoirs, phoenix lake. it is something that hasn't been done for yea

low humidities and an off-shore wind. the off-shore wind is drying and will help to get humidity levels 15 to 25%. speaking of offshore winds, take a look at where the warmest temperature was today. that was at the coastline at 75. that's because you have the coastal mountains and offshore wind. that wind pushes down those mountains and you get down sloping heating and again, that's where we had 75, the average high 58. also a record-setting high of 72 in san francisco. let's take you to the sky camera network outside right now. clear skies and you will still find some slightly warmer weather in the south bay with 68 and currently 58 where the winds are not as strong. once again, temperatures are slightly cooler. our trend tomorrow will keep this heat in the forecast. you'll be able to see we are going to average at this point through tomorrow more low to mid 70s. 74 in the south bay and 73 in the peninsula and 74 expected in the north bay. a quick look at the 24-hour forecast. low 40s, by the afternoon, temperatures push

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temperature in the fire zone is in the low 60s and humidity 32% and again without wind firefighters will get a handle on this thing. an unusual fire to say the least. the footprint of the fire is unique and allie will make more sense. i'll talk about the red flag warning that stays in effect for the hills of the east and north bay through thursday now. the weather service extended that and could see more fires like this. we'll be talking about that and i'll see you back here right after the break. >> a lot of smoke and flames. firefighters battling this fire that broke out at 4:30 this afternoon. we'll continue to tornado watch this fire. our allie rasmus is just getting to the scene and she'll be up with us with a live report bringing us more information from the ground and the cal fire choppers trying to knock down the flames. as soon as we get more information from the firefighters battling the flames we'll bring it to you. >>> only on 2 tonight, this is the clearest picture yet of that arsonist in the south bay who police are desperately trying to track down. take a look as he tries

relative humidity has been creeping up.n a rugged part of the bay air. that will make it tough to fight the fire and the fire creates the winds and that is why it may be gusty. red flag warning for our hills until thursday morning. that's tomorrow morning. still gusty in the hills and the humidity is running low. it has been extremely dry and we had another record setting day. this is the second time record for sfo, 73 there. look at some of the other records here. all time record also for the entire month of january in salinas where it was 83 degrees. 82 in santa cruz and monterey and we are not done with the records, but i do have a glimmer of hope. the latest computer models hinting with rain. i will be back in a few minutes. carolyn? >> thank you. >>> a severe water shortage is forcing severe action. they are well below normal levels because of the drought so tomorrow water officials will tap one of their stand by reservoirs, phoenix lake. it is something that hasn't been done for years. john alston is live with more. >

we were more humid today. that's the first change and then the ridge gets weaker and moves farther away. the next storm that rumbles through here will make it to the bay area and we see 0.25 inches to 0.50 inches of much- needed rainfall. cloudy, yes, but dry and mild. concord, 67. it will feel cooler but still about 10 degrees above average. 66 and san francisco for your tuesday. wednesday, mostly cloudy again. late wednesday, the rain moves many thursday and a soggy day. find the umbrella soon. where is it? i don't know. low 60s. friday, a couple of showers around. we will dry out for the weekend. i had a number of people ask, okay, is this the change? is this going to be where we get storm after storm after storm? is it going to flip from this to this? probably not but had to start somewhere and get some rain and that is what we got this week. the high out of the way and let's get going. that ridge needs to go to combo. >> we like it. >>> violent crime that led to the arrest of twin brothers. >> how bart ch

haze and humidity and more pollution, a lot morulation than -- a lot more pollution than yesterday so visibility is down to four miles in novato and livermore and eight at sfo. so far, not causing issues. in the south bay, upper 30's in santa theresa and cupertino and low 40's in san jose and santa clara and sunnyvale. mid-40's around alum rock. 49 in los gatos. we have a lot of 40's around the bay shore and alameda is 48. 42 in novato. 50 in san pablo. 35 in danville. now a look from sutro tower it is hard to see beyond downtown san francisco because of the extra haze in the air this morning and we will see an increase in clouds and call it partly cloudy and breezy through the early afternoon with high fire danger and rough surf condition, warmer, brighter, calmer, and dry. accident in morgan hill, forward, napa, the warm spots and everyone else is in the mid-to-upper 60's. the clouds will clear. it will be cool we, lower to upper 30's inland. low-to-mid 40's from san jose to the bay similar to the coast and san francisco is mild at 48. the area of low pressure is backing its way acr

humidity levels less than 10%. so dangerous fire conditions. high pressure will stick around and bring sunshine and some unusually warm temperatures all around the state. bay area numbers going to be soaring today. 70 degrees in san jose. 69 in los altos. 68 degrees in half moon bay. 70s into much of the east bay, as well. and as you get inside the bay plenty of sunshine about 72 degrees in oakland. that could be a record. 69 in san francisco. that would tie a record if we hit that number. next couple of days going to see similar temperatures and then slow cooling over the weekend but staying above average. no rain in sight. >> a lot of sunshine there. >>> let's go out to our cameras and with the dry weather conditions no problems the past couple of weeks on the roads. here's a live look at the nimitz. there has been roadwork still out there. seems like they should be in the clearing stages now, but it's mainly in both directions and the davis street exit. north of there near the coliseum and airport, everything is flowing smoothly. overnight r

we are seeing low relative humidity and high fire danger.r than average temperatures and spare the air, awful that. low 50s san francisco but upper 20s and low 30s in some of our valleys. we will talk about our high temperatures, maybe some records and the look ahead next. >> thank you, lisa. also ahead, the warriors find their team defense against the pelicans, a missing ingredient in their last two losses, but did it lead to a win? collin resch has the highlights ♪ [ female announcer ] wherever morning brings you, bring the energy you need. nature valley soft-baked oatmeal squares. softly baked, made with hearty oatmeal and a drizzle of cinnamon. they're nature valley's take on a morning classic. because when you keep going, the morning can bring you to brand-new places. ♪ nature valley. nature at its most delicious. but add some sauce, pepperoni and cheese and fold up the crescent dough and presto, tuesday night just became crescent pizza pocket-tastic pillsbury crescents. make dinner pop. [ angelic music plays ] ♪ toaster strudel! best m

you can see some gusts that high and humidity down to about 25%. out the door we have mostly clear skies out over the bay couple of passing clouds and patchy fog at the coastline but temperatures a little more mild this morning. 39 degrees in livermore. 49 in san francisco. and 41 in san jose. this afternoon, we are looking at a possibility of more

relative humidity has been creeping up.n a rugged part of the bay air. that will make it tough to fight the fire and the fire creates the winds and that is why it may be gusty. red flag warning for our hills until thursday morning. that's tomorrow morning. still gusty in the hills and the humidity is running low. it has been extremely dry and we had another record setting day. this is the second time record for sfo, 73 there. look at some of the other records here. all time record also for the entire month of january in salinas where it was 83 degrees. 82 in santa cruz and monterey and we are not done with the records, but i do have a glimmer the hope. the latest computer models hinting with rain. i will be back in a few minutes. carolyn? >> thank you. >>> a severe water short forcing severe action. they are well below normal levels because of the drought so tomorrow water officials will tap one of their stand by reservoirs, phoenix lake. it is something that hasn't been done for years. john alston is live with more. >> som

the humidity, less than 25%. so be very careful. that red flag warning has now been extended until friday at 1:00. out over the bay right now, mostly clear, although we have had reports of some patchy fog and some thick fog toward the coastline. temperatures going to be a little cooler today. we are looking at 60s inside the bay. 60s and maybe a couple of low 70s inland and then some low 60s a couple of patches of fog out toward the coastline. let's check on the roads now with liza battalones. >> we have our first accident of the morning, lawrence. good morning, everybody. we are going to start off with the 580 commute in oakland. if you normally take 580, watch out for this accident. it happened in eastbound direction so it's counter- commute near golf links. at least one lane of traffic shut down. fortunately our sensors are still picking up very light traffic approaching the scene. and the chp has issued an advisory for the east bay. so this is just off of highway 4 in the brentwood area. brentwood boulevard at balfour has been s

looks like humidity levels less than 10% for the morning. all right. we are looking at mostly clear skies, although santa rosa is reporting a little bit of fog out there and 30 degrees below freezing, 42 in san jose, and 52 into san francisco. by the afternoon again we are up in the upper 60s, even some mid-70s. likely to see more recordings fall across the bay area today but we have some changes on the way for the weekend. is there any rain on the way? wouldn't that be night. we'll talk about that coming up. let's check your "kcbs traffic" with elizabeth. >>> and we're looking pretty nice on the roads right now as far as accidents go. not seeing anything huge out there. overnight roadwork in lanes for the next 20 minutes or so but overall the commute looks good off to a great start. here's a live look at the golden gate bridge. they are doing some lane changes now so they are getting more lanes, four lanes open in the commute direction here coming up. in the meantime, there is some overnight roadwork up and down the nimitz freeway. seems to be a hotsp