be collecting well wishes from the public and preparing what comes next. > >> let's take it to paul heggen. heggen. we are talking about thy skies, the fire going on in the tahoe area. >> and the tropical storm ending weather into southern california. it is tropical stor. it is falling apart, but has a chance to have some impact to our weekend. do not lose sight of the good news, the heat wave coming to an end. we will talk about what will happen over the next several days. the top weather headline, again, starting with the good news, really finally arriving in the bay area. temperatures will return to near normal as we head in the weekend. it has been a long time since i have been able able to say those words. cloud cover in the south, but very low very low chances associated with associated with the moisture of what will become the remnants of of tropical storm kay. the storm storm is really falling apart. the smoky haze will continue on on the weekend. here is where kay is off the coast of baja, california, sending that rank into southern california. showes for the most part and los ang

let's look at our forecast and with first alert chief meteorologist, paul heggen. we are down a bit but we are still hot. > >> temperatures aren't as insanely hot as what we saw labor day and yesterday, the heat had backed off today, because the heat dome temporarily weakened as this system is skirting by to the north. we will have to watch for some new fires to start there, unfortunately, in the heat dome will reassert itself as we head to the next 24 hours. tomorrow will be another exceptionally hot day. excessive heat warning continues through 8:00 p.m. around the bay and much of marin marin county, through 8:00 p.m. on thursday as well. even if you you have gotten through this heat wave to this point without ill effects, and you are otherwise a healthy person you may still expands heat related problems tomorrow. we have been dealing with this for several consecutive days. not to bed today, we've seen a mix of yellow and green dots throughout throughout the day on the map. the worst air quality has still been plenty of good air quality. [ inaudible ] previous th

first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen joins me now with a closer look at the the conditions out there. paul? >> yeah, and right now temperatures are warm to hot inland, but not bad for out of the ordinary for early september. extreme heat will build through the weekend. current temperatures, in the 80s 80s and 90s, inland. the excessive heat warning has been pushed back by one day. that heat dumb will be building in a little slower than anticipated. this excessive heat warning for parts of the bay area goes, send send a tuesday, but the heat is going to be just as intense. expect to upper 90s in the santa santa clara valley, 100 at parts parts of the bay, and it is still a heat advisory for sunday sunday and monday for some of the higher elevations, the xhosa xhosa elevations at marin county county and bay areas except the most inland bay. temperatures are above average, 15 to 20 degs 20 degrees above average for parts of the inland area, but monday and tuesday, temperatures temperatures will be 15 to 25 degrees above average further i. further inland. extreme heat is definitely

our first alert chief meteorologist, paul heggen, tracking that right now. this storm is cruel. >>> that's right, it has re- strengthened to hurricane status. it weakened to a tropical storm and made it way over the florida peninsula. now it's back over the open, warm waters of the atlantic, with the gulf stream running along the southeastern coast, so that provides favorable environment for this storm to regain some of its strength. it will not regain the category four strength gained in florida, but it will hold on to hurricane strength over the next 24-36 hours or so. likely 24 hours before it makes landfall, early afternoon to the north of charleston. the strongest impacts will be on the right side of the track where we are pushing that water on shore. that's where the strongest winds are generally located. it will still be a hefty rainmaker for parts of south carolina and north galena. in terms of the storm surge impact, it's likely to fall into the 5-8 foot range, but there purplearea di thpotential r eirge levels that makes its sh we will be forecast

here is chief meteorologist, paul heggen. >> storm clouds are trying to build from the salesforce tower at the top of the half hour, it is very scattered, but there are is developing, and a more substantial area of rain father off the coast. for the most part, we are talking about scattered showers, mainly in the the higher elevations of the north bay, valleys have been remaining asleep dry so far. that will remain the case as we head through the rest of this afternoon and evening. shower directly over vallejo, scattered scattered showers down the peninsula, and one shower right over the bay at the moment. is lifting to the north and they ridge in the next 20 to 30 minu. 30 minutes. everything in motion motion you can see, we have been been come for most of the day. showers have been popping up as we warm up in the afternoon. this area of substantial rain will not look that impressive once it's coming towards the co. the coast. at least through the first half of tomorrow, we will have more on that thing up in a few minutes. > >> san francisco school board will reconsider a decision to a

i never look at the forecast with first alert chief meteorologist, paul heggen. change is coming, and we've got to be prepared. > >> temperatures heated up already inland today, and you haven't seen anything yet. let's let's look at what you need to know. for your first alert weather day, it's a whole weekend worth. for parts of the bay, the hottest part will be on on labor day itself. near record record high temperatures are looking like you. likely. it is going to be flat out dangerously dangerously hot, all the purple in excessive heat warning, meaning the general population. especially with several consecutive days of this, there's no relief overnight. temperatures won't give us a chance to open up the windows and get relief from the heat. around the heat it is a heat advisory in the bay. for those who have existing health issues, issues, in those areas, and san francisco and the immediate bay area, not under a warning, because we don't typically lose that marine influence. i think we will remain below record high high temperatures, the real heat heat will be

time for look at our forecast with first alert chief meteorologist, paul heggen. favorite def leppard song, my f? my friend? >> you going to get word from me, sorry, buddy. taste goes a bit younger for me. heat warnings remain in effect all the way through thursday. i think they will have to be exted be extended through friday, because extreme heat will remain remain in the forecast at least that long. more record high temperatures, likely away from the coast. by thursday the temperatures are going to spike again. that's the hottest the refacing after today. relief finally arrives to the weekend. let's take a look at what's happening with the big picture patterns. this heat dome, we always look at the map from then the top-down perspective, but think of this in three dimensions. the atmosphere is a thin envelope of gas around the, the atmosphere, but it is like a a three-dimensional dome more air on top of us exerts higher pressure. the weight of the air is compressing the air at ground ground level, which is already hot, but it gets even hotter due due to the com

paul heggen tells me this is a red squirrel. squirrel. they are literally dropping from the start.mos has the story. >> reporter: last week when it was 110 degrees in the bay area, area, a shady tree was a welcome welcome sight, but at one point it got so hot that it created a different kind of storm for wildlife care hospitals. that is is when it started raining squirrels. things have cooled off a bit, so the local wildlife wildlife has a chance to chill . chill out. >> reporter: last week at the wildlife center of silicon valley, things started getting a a little crazy. >> this past monday, we had 14 squirrels coming in, and people were lined up outside the gate to get in when we opened. >> when that happened, you realized we were in for something? >> it's a tidal wave. yeah. >> reporter: this is what feeding time looks like, now. the center is inundated with the the juvenile squirrels, all found lying under trees by the public. the staff believes the babies were trying to get comfortable in triple digit heat heat and fell out of their nests. >> we have, actually, about 203 in ca

first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen, heggen, tracking ian. we are seeing wide-spread impact now. > >> and that will continue as the the remnants of ian make their way further inland. it has been downgraded to a post-tropical sm post-tropical storm. it was a hurricane at landfall though, and that happened a few hours ago. the third landfall for the system. it hit cuba, then southwest florida, then made landfall just up the coast from, from charleston, but plenty of rain associated with the system. system. we showed you pictures from charlotte, which is right about there. they are getting some of the heaviest rain now moving farther west. this entire entire system, even though it'st it's not hurricane anymore, is still going to bring the potential for tornadoes, always the threat with a new tropical system, and abundant rainfall, flooding rain when it moves in then. let's track the path of what's left of ian. the hurricane center on issuing advisories about this for another 24 hours. the sustained winds down to about 40 miles per per hour, even

. >> first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen is here with an update on conditi.>> it is unfortunate. you have to be ready for it. have some method to stay cool. have a bacp cool. have a backup source of c. source of cooling. dangerously hot on wednesday. near record ty for thursday. it will still be hot friday but gradually we will will slowly drop as we go through the weekend. back to near average end by monday of next week. we talked about the t domes. you have to think about it in three dimensions because the atmosphere does have depth. the troposphere is only about sx miles deep. amount of air sitting over the western u.s.. the atmosphere on top of us is compressing the air at ground level. there is thinking here od is thinking here overhead. the compression once the atmosphere. once the atmosphere of. it is already hot time of year in early september across most of the western u.s. adding additional source of heating on top of that boosts temperatures up. that is when we get extreme heat waves. it is also a stagnant air mass because the sg air trapping pollu

let's get over to first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen with more on the record-breaking he. on the record-breaking heat. >> temperatures still in the 9s still in the 90s or at 100 degrs 100 degrees. 97 degrees in sant. that is 18 degrees below where you topped out today. this afternoon, up to 115 degrees ina rosa. san jose still at 100 deg. still at 100 degrees. 109 woulde the all-time record for san jose jose if the number is verified. we should here in the next two s or so. temperatures inland and the east bay, still 106 in concord, 1 to 12 degrees in their field. excessive heat warning for most of the bay area, including the san franciso bay sure. the excessive heat wag continues for in one to the bay area through thursday. i think it will have to be extended through friday because he triplt friday because he triple-digit afternoon heat will continue toe work week. temperatures are starting to back down at the coast, at least some good news. still very warm outside. high ts tomorrow. the good news is, they they are not going to be as hot, hot, but still 10 to 20 degrees a

. > >> let's get to chief meteorologist paul heggen. >> it is that combination of intense heat and the fact that if there are blackouts, people t going to be able to escape that. that heat. plan ahead. have your your device is charged up. over, up. overall, despite the high temperatures putting stress on the grid, the winds are going to to be that strong. if we had this heat, combined with strong, strong, offshore winds, we would we would be in the moderate or h risk of more widespread blackouts. slight risk overall, but still have those devices charged up and be ready to find otherwise to beat the heat. excess of watch has been upgraded to excessive heat warning. high temperatures beginning saturday will range from the mid to upper 90s in the in the santa clara valley, to above 100 degrees in parts of the north a and 105 to 110 in the east bay. still an excessive excessive heat watch along the coast and. on the coast, i don't i don't think you will need to be upgraded to a heat advisory, still possible around the bay, l the temperatures will not be as hot. forget the specific numbers,

. > >> paul heggen tracking the con. the conditions. >> a few lightning strikes. as heavy as the rain looks, it was less than 1/10 of an inch overa. inch overall. we are not done wh rain chances yet. the unsettled pattern will continue further. 2 to 18 hours or so. the center oe system is anchored off the coas. it is beginning to move. as it swings through, one more chancer scattered showers. maybe even t. even thunderstorms. north is whn rain chances will shut down. around midday as late as late a. late afternoon. looking at the , here are the showers. some of tm of them grazing along the coast. as the system moves in and passes overhead, some of the activity is going to move through the area. the showers od will be more miss than hit. we t rule that out as we head into te drivetime of tomorrow. most of s will still be dry even with shor starting the radar. the patterns into morning and showers poppinp over higher elevations. the resf us are going to stay dry. once the shower shut down, the forect stays dry. right now, dry downtown. temperatures in the 60s except

paul heggen s joining us. that is really pretty. >> we get the sunset on the clo. the clouds. the rain clouds are tall. there is still some rain. the sun is out in other parts of of the area. it is a mixed bag right now. let's look at first t doppler. we have storms on the edges of the bay area. we have a have a closer look at napa couny that is starting to dry out. one out. one storms in the mountainf northern napa. locally heavy ral and widespread activity in eastn contra costa county. this is ben dropping clouds and lightning a, to the east of the county line. there is still heavier rain arod discovery bay extending toward brentwood and oakley. a few shos moving into southern santa clar. not as heavy but right along the header between gilroy and morgan and morgan hill. everything is g south to north. this is the patn we will be in. the rainfall amounts so far, they haven't ben bad. over two inches in the mou. the mountains. 1.5 inches for nn napa county. otherwise talking n one quarter inch and one inch depending on where you are. an opportunity to add rain. the bet rain ch

paul heggen isg a chance of pop-up showers, eve. even thunderstorms. the clouds e spectacular today. >> it looked like a midwestern . midwestern sky. even a couple of of thunderstorms. we have that on first alert doppler. a lot oe of estate dry. it is the scattered nature of showers and. this is what we will see for a couple of days. heavy rain in the higher alla patients -- ele. -- elevations. the are sparsely populated areas but heavy rain g in the mountains of napa county. also showers in the east bay. a county and livermore picked up r in the past 30 minutes. heavy rn in the higher elevations. the activity is moving south to nor. there has been a lot of activity of activity through the central valley including thunderstorms there. overall, we picked up varying amounts. over two inches two inches of rain in the mount. the mountains. close to 1 inch of rain in santa rosa. almost 1/2 inch of rain in livermore. n jose picked up over half an inch an inch in san francisco one third of an inch. we are not done with the rain chances yet. it is not a guaran

fit alert meteorologist paul heggen joins us now. paul, we had record highs today. we are just hoping for some relief tomorrow. tomorrow. >> we are going to get some relief. temperatures are not going to be as hot tomorrow. it will be hot, just not the extreme heat we had today. the records stand, but just barely.n jose got up to 109. concord, 112, santa rosa, 115. 116 degrees in livermore. those are records. some all time. livermo, that's the hottest the temperature has ever been. downn santa rosa, 115 there. 114 in napa. downtown redwood city, 110. 109 in san jose. the hottet temperature recorded in san jose san jose in recordkeeping in san san jose goes back to the early 1900s. we are talking some significant records being broken broken today. temperatures tomorrow are still going to be . but instead of being 20 to 30 degrees above average, they wile 10 to 20 degrees above average.u have to take it easy. temperatus go right back up thursday. we will take a look at when this all might come to an end in terms of the heat wave, not everything else. coming up in a fe

let's bring in in paul heggen. i haven't seen e in decades. >> a couple of years ago we had one of the hottest days on recod in the bay area. it happened to be two years ago tomorrow. thiss that in terms of intensity. it will last for several days. it will still be dangerously hot. let's look at records in your record temperatures across the area. downtown did not set a re. a record. 91 degrees downtown. 5 downtown. 5 degrees short of the of the record. oakland, san jose, santa rosa and livermore all set new record high temperatures. fairfield did as . travis air force base got up to 117. that is the hottest day on record for any day of the year at that site. current temperatures are still hot. it s still 86 downtown. inland, over 100 degrees. 112 in fairfield. still 110 in concord. we will se similar temperatures again tomorrow. the warning has been d all the way through thursday for thursday for all inland parts oe bay area. temperatures ranging m 100 to 115 degrees. this might have to be extended through fri. th

paul heggen is here following the path. we still hae a section to go. >> it is one of those storms gog into the record books. the name will likely be retired from the list of names once the storm is in the books. let's look where it is now. it doesn't even look that much like a hurricane. and has found enough organizations. is back up to 85 mile-per-hour sustained wind. not likely to get much stronger. the landfall is likely to occur by early aft. early afternoon. just a the coast from charleston, south caa south carolina as the system makes its way inland, it will weaken to a depression to become to become post-tropical as we go the weekend. it will bring thatt that threat further inland intoh carolina and north carolina and. and virginia. there is a concern a concern about storm surge. nos dramatic as what happened in fla in florida but the model indicates a lot of orange which is a potential for an eight foot eight foot surge, along the coast. this will be another dayf hazardous conditions, especially conditions, especia

we begin with meteorologist paul heggen. >> one bit of good news is thate timing of the onset of the dangerous teat has been pushed back by one bay. tomorrow is still going to be a hot date in. a hot date inland. the excessive heat warning is in effect through tuesday for him parts of of the bay area. high temperatus will range from the mid to uppes in the santa clara valley to around 100 degrees in the northy to 100 to 110 degrees in the eat bay. marin county has a heat ad. people in these areas don't have air conditioning. try to limitr exertion outside. find some air conditioning when you can. havea backup plan. make sure you are g hydrated. as a dangerous he kics in, 5 to 10 degrees above avera. 10 degrees above average. 15 to 20 degrees above average furthe. monday, look how far above normal temperatures will be. that is where we are concerned about dangerous heat. this is ay heat. this is already hot time f year. monday will be the hottest day. tuesday is going to be rit at its heels. dangerous heat continuing for several days. tht is cumulative. the heat wears you down. >> no

let's get a a first track of our forecast with first alert weather meteorologist paul heggen. > >> temperatures in the inland and east bay are still flat out. 96 in concord, 105 in livermore, livermore, and 109 in fairfieldd fairfield. fairfield has been on on one throughout the week. temperatures in northbay mostly run 90, but closer to reasonabl. to reasonable. lower 90s in the santa clara valley. 60s along the coast. those numbers are gog to be much closer to average across the bay area tomorrow. bay area ground level quality has been good to mostly moderate category. we have a few orange dots showing up in parts of the east bay indicating that unhealthy for sensitive groups . groups range. most of what we are seeing will be elevated in the atmosphere. you will see the the haze on the horizon, but not not as much smoke at ground level to cause significant health concerns. we'll track that further with a look at futurecast smokes munition coming up in just a few minutes. minutes. >> thanks, paul. > >> the new king of england, king king charles iii, made his firss first address today. evenly o

first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen is tracking what's left of the sy. of the system. >> we are still in the unsettled unsettled weather pattern. as i mentioned before the commercial, commercial, most of us stays dry today. very few of us saw this downpour that only happened for a few minutes. you think of thet of rain, they had to have at let a couple of an inch of rain. thank you to michael @livermorebreeze. showers stille tonight and into at least the first half of the day tomorrow.w afternoon, we are going to be taking the last of the shower chances. dry and warmer later this week. flat out hot inland o the weekend. it will not return to the extreme heat we had a few few weeks ago, but it will be a good 10 degrees above average. t much shower activity over the bay area. we have showers further off the coast. we have what was a thunderstorm over the the far eastern part of alameda county. that is lifting up to the north. discovery basin still still getting a few sprinkles. that is what is left of that par storm. you can see this intermittent showers t

and first alert meteorologist paul heggen is here now. can i ask you this, when do we get a break? a significant break? >> the weekend. >> there is light, but still a y still a fairly long tunnel. the worst of the heat we'll get thh get through will be tomorrow where we saw record high temperatures downtown. san francisco did not set a record high, but got above 90 degreesn 90 degrees. san jose 104, and redwood city broke a high temperature by 10 degrees. sana degresantosa g t 112 degrees at the so moe ma county airport. that's the hottest temperature on record at the airport. it's the second hottest temperature on record for downtown santa rosa. the hottest temperature on record for that reporting site. tempes site. temperatures tomorrow will be exceptional and now it is very warm out there in the 70st the 70s. it is still warm in the 70s on the coast. we all want to be you. the heat warning continues through thursday. and for ill a inhand parts of the area ranging from 115 tomorrow, including san francisco again tomorrow. temperatures elsewhere around the bay, some spots approach

first alert meteorologist paul heggen is tracking those extreme temperats for us tonight. paul? >> as if today wasn't hot enougr inland parts of the bay area, we're really into it heading into the weekend. a heat advisory goes into effect satury for all inland parts of the bay area. the heat is definitely going to be oppressive on saturday, but the hottest days will be sunday and monday. thats when high temperatures around san jose will approach 100 degrees. we'll have a lot of 100 100 plus degree readings north f the golden gate and 105 to 110 degrees for sunday and monday inland in the east bay. the excessive heat warning goes thrh tuesday and there's a heat advisory for those hottest days, hottest days, just sunday and monday, for the bayshore excluding san francisco. this is is where temperatures reach the 80s and 90s and that means it's the same advice. limit outdoor exposure. make sure you stay hydrated. if you don't have air, which is more common in these areas, find a source of air conditioning. find a way to stay stay cool. in terms of the heat risk, we'll get to the nu

. > >> time for look at our forecast, first alert chief meterologist paul heggen, you can't lose your voice on a day like this. >> is always something to talk about as we head through this hot weather pattern and unfortunately, not much change in the overall big picture over the next several days, the heat dome that has set up over the western u.s. is going to dominate our weather for the rest of this week. some ups and downs to the temperatures but overall, the dangerously hot weather pattern is going to continue for the next several days so the heat advisories and heat warnings, those have been extended, all the way through thursday, it's a heat advisory along the santa cruz county coast, all in the bay area undee under the excessive heat warning warning which means that people who are ordinarily healthy may have heat related health problems especially as the heat continues to wear on. and on and and on. how close to record territory would be on third tuesday? we hit records already, already, tomorrow, the records are hotter, these were set just two years ago in 2020 . we will be cl

meteorologist paul heggen is tracking this for us. >> it was hot once again today but not quite record-setting. ts well short of records in san francisco and oakland and even further inland. temperatures fell short of record territory for today. the closest we came was five degrees below a recordh in livermore. inland temperaturs in the upper 90s in san jose above 100 degrees in santa rosa, rosa, concorde, and livermore. still dangerously hot even if we we aren't setting new records. one more hot day to go tomorrow. even hotter than today. then, things improve as we had to the end of the work week and the we. over the weekend, we keep an eye an eye on this system. hurricane hurricane kay, just off the southern tip of the coast of baja california. it's going to k paralegal to the coast, and brush land before it curves awam the coast. that is close enougho send tropical moisture into soun california and that leads to tht of southern storms and the potential for flooding right after a record-setting heatwavee of that was up towards the bay a but not enough to give us a significant dry lightning s

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. > >> time for look at our forecash forecast with chief meteorologist paul heggen. you e people dancing, despite the rain , and you are saying, they may be dancing in the rain again? >> >> this unsettled weather pattern is unusual, to say the least for the middle of september. it is usually our third driest month of the year, but we have picked up more raino far. more opportunities to knocn the fire threat even more. this will be swirling away tomorrow and wednesday where we will get a kick to the north. that is when our rain chances will and d hotter weather will take over. let's talk about the rain first. rain first. we go north to south, a couple of showers in the higher elevations of northen napa county. further to the eas, the east, that has been one of the spots that picked up moistu. up moisture. around napa county, an inch or so. scattered activity showing up for southern southern napa county, more for northern contra costa county, but that has been fading off the the radar quickly. this is a hey downpour, making its way off the the ultimate past, but heavy

first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen is tracking the timing of the hottest temperatures. >> we had pushed the timing baca little bit. it looks like incene it looks like incentive arrivin, arriving tomorrow, the real extreme heat will arrive on suny will arrive on sunday. it's going to last just as long, all the way through tuesday for thee tuesday for the excessive heat warning for all inland parts of the bay area. temperatures will reach well into the 90s, some ls over 100 degrees. heat advisoris heat advisories around the bay d around the bay and marion count. marion county. temperatures will will not be dangerously hot, but but so many places like air con. places like air conditioning. i want to show you the heat risk,h will be in the high category ony high category on sunday. that expands for labor day on monday to most inland parts of the bay area, even some purple showing . some purple showing up. that is a very high heat rates that means the people who ordinarily would be at risk could be. somee may have heat-related issues. the longer it stays hot, the moe stays hot, th

the rain moving out on this last full day of some of your chief meteorologist paul heggen is here with a closer look. that year went fast. >> a full year goes by faster than you realize it. we are looking at the last of the showers on first alert doppler. we've got a six hour loop here. showers are still scattered across the bay area this morning. the last of those over the santa cruz mountains diminishing within the past few. few hours. the bulk of that activity is up over mendocino and lake cotill start start tomorrow, so we turn the c the atmospheric thermostat to fall mode, which are in the bay area means, it will likely be warm for a while. but our sunrises and sunsets are close to 12 hours apart. not quite unl quite until next week, because of how the sunrises and sunsets are measured. but we are going to lose more light to now i'm not winter solstice. temperatures are close to normal, inland and the east bay we will see highs on 90 on friday, into the 90s for the first week of autumn, and it looks like the warmth will stick stick around for a little while. while. i have the full

. >> let's get to first alert wear alert weather and paul heggen. said what is the word of the day? i won't take it away, what is it? >> it is nice. it doesn't need to be gloom and doom all the ti. the time. you should know when there is something to worry about, but let's enjoy a nice, late summer day. the last full day of summer. fall will be here here in 24 hours, so plan -- >> accordingly. >> accordingly. >> let's take a look at what to expect in the last hours of summer time into early autumn. patchy fog redeveloping tonight. how widespread it is going to be, that is up in the air. along along the coast you will see some of it. probably will not make a push in the inland valle. inland valleys. sunny and mild conditions. warmer on friday, but just a little. it is the day day to get used to the temperatures, because the inland inland heat will be back. not a return to the heat wave, but it will be noticeable. 65 degrees . degrees downtown. everybody else else is between 70 and 74. ideal ideal late summer weather. blue skies for most of the bay ar

paul heggen is here. > >> i know it will gradually ease gradually ease up on us, right? >> it will get hotter inland and inland and stay in that same realm on friday and the real heat arrives on saturday. right as everyone is trying to do labor day weekend stuff. it seems like this happens a lot around labor day. the overall letter weather pattern favors that. our weather pattern, normal, nice marine layer for the past 10 days, even two weeks. that is coming to an end. end. an excessive heat warning r warning for inland parts of the bay area. this goes into effect 11:00 on saturday. inland temperatures will arrange from the upper 90s to over 100 in thh bay to 105 to 110 range on the high in inland east bay. still an excessive heat watch along the bay and coast. weather service still making up their minds in terms of whether they want to issue a heat advisory there. i don't think it will be necessary along the coast. temperatures are likely to tap out into the low 70s, but around around the bay, low 70s with so many homes lacking air conditioning in that part of the the b

paul heggen joining us now. take now. take a look behind us, we have two versions, you explain. the left and right are two different things. >> it looks like fog in san francisco, but the fog is on the the left-hand side rolling to the golden gate, that is good news because it is the harbingef the end of the heat wave. the rest of it is hayes. some of the the smoke from the mosquito fire fire backing up toward the bay area, the bulk of it has not been at ground level. but we are are not going to be able to really get rid of it over the weekend. otherwise the weekend forecast is looking pretty good. good. let's take a look -- got to watch out for the desk there. relief from the heat is on the way as we head into the weekend, weekend, there will be cloud cover drifting toward us because because of the eventual remnants remnants of tropical storm kay. the heat down is increasing his his grip on the bay area and markland cover drifting toward us from the south. the system ig rain to southern california picture activity in los angeles and san diego, heavier and furtr inland. the land

first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen standing by with where we are out right now and where e are headed. >> temperatures have started >> temperatures have started to break down a little bit for hot temperatures across the bay area. fell short of record terry in san francisco and oakland. some places shattered records. that's not all. take a look at the with the places that set all-time record high temperaturs all-time record high temperaturs all-time record high temperaturs all-time record high temperaturs all-time record high temperaturs all-time record high temperaturs all-time record high temperaturs all-time record high temperaturs all-time record high temperaturs all-time record high temperaturs all-time , not just the record for septer 6th. not just record for the month of september. any day of the year, these are the hottests are the hottest days recorded. 115 for downtown santa rosa. 11s santa rosa. 110 degrees. 109 in san jose is the hottest temperae is the hottest temperature recorded since record keeping began in the early 1900s. it is still hot out of there. you still

. >> let's bring it first alert meteorologist, paul heggen, tracking the timing of all of this. when will it really get h? get hot? >> temperatures would get hot as as we head into the weekend. saturday, sunday, monday, all te days of labor day weekend will be hot. we are concerned about the potential of power outages. let's take a look at the overall overall threat that remains in the slight risk category in any one particular spot. while we will have height temperatures, that will put a stress on the grid overall, what we will not have is strong winds to go alonh that and boost fire danger and calls those outages. winds will be about 5 to 15 miles per hour. plan ahead, make sure your devices are charged. the real story will be the temperatures g up in the 90s and at the clara valley, at or above 100 in the east bay. excessive heat warnins in effect, still excessive heat watch, where temperatures will t be as far above average, but look at these numbers. 10 to 25 degrees above normal on saturday. that is not even the t the hot date of the holiday weekend forecast. we will have

paul heggen is here. ever send a text you wish to contact back? >> no, never. do you?e. >> her to tell us about it? >> no. >> okay. the onshore wind has returned, temperatures much more over the last couple of days, and that's a trend that's going to continue. not only helping out our temperatures, but also helping out our air quality. below normal temperatures are gg to continue for the next couple of days for a modest warming trend that kicks in before the end of the week and into the we. this is the smoke in the whole death of the atmosphere, not just the ground-level smoke. you you can see the hayes out there, but air quality is in the moderate category across the area. that's what describe a lot lot of the smoke out tomorrow, and push even more out as we had had to the rest of the week. some of the smoke from oregon and washington gets blown out over the pacific and then takes this and run back towards the bay area as we head toward thursday and friday. i think we will see some of that drifting toward us, while the majority of majority of it is going to be elevate

. >> paul heggen is here, we will see a dramatic shift in our weather but luckily it is a good good thing>> right, the dome is finally going to let go of the bay area. area. we will see a return to close to normal temperatures as we head into the weekend. this is the news we have been waiting waiting to deliver, finally a weakening trend, the big area of of high pressure has been pressing down on us and hitting up this temperatures near ground-level. it is hot inland right now but relief is right around the corner. there is tropical storm kay toward the bottom of the map. it is still a tropical storm, just barely, 40 mallon are sustained winds around the center of circulation circulation but it has been squeezing the atmosphere over southern california resulting in gusty offshore downslope winds. winds. they went from excessive heat warnings to high wind watcs and warnings across the southern southern california counties today and now the flooding potential, especially further inland and in some of the areas where fires have been burning, it is good to get some moisture but too much cause

let's get to first alert meteorologist meteorologist paul heggen. he is is tracking the timing of this. >> the real heat will build in over the weekend. no surprise that our power usage wasn't out of control. because temperatures temperatures were within 5-degree of average around the bay area. as we head into the weekend, that is when power outages become more likely. ovel in one particular spot around the bay area, we are talking about a slight risk of the power of the power going out this weekend. it is not any higher than that because we will not be be facing gusty winds to go along with the heat. that would really escalate the fire danger and force pg&e into those rollig psps blackouts. 10 to 15 miles per hour winds is all we will see. but the heat will be extreme. 100 to 110 degrees inland. that puts wide stress on on the electric grid as a wholet of the state will be cooking. we cooking. we have inland excessive heat warnings in effect for saturday all the wayh tuesday. mid to upper 90s in the san santa clara valley. 105 to 110 inland in the

first t chief meteorologist paul heggen is checking the latest traces of of our wet weather. we have our cuts out, saving every last drop. >> we will take every drop we cn get. some people, this interfers with harvest time. for most of us, just bonus september rainfall. there are a few showers, even a thunderstorm. eastern solano county, edging into for easter napa county. a few sprinkles in napa. most of the rain is pa and fairfield, right over 680 at the peak of rush hour. here is a thunderstorm. that is over alameda county for the most for the most part, drifting further to the north. a few spotty showers elsewhere in contra costa county. let's zoom in for a closer look. a couple of cloud-to-ground lightning strikes. it is possible this is dropping small hail wrong 580 at at the peak of rush hour. very y rain. few and far between. most of it is dry. showers and storms storms are out there are moving from south to north. here is what the storm looks like as we look towards it from dublin looking towards livermore. we cl these scary looking clouds. thas the extent of the dam

>> paul heggen joins us now with with a look at what we can expect as we head into a cooler. er part in a a second, but orange sky day, everybody is concerned about a t a repeat of that. the worst air quality is through the central valley and closer to the mosquito fire itself, and direction has been pushing the bulk of the smoke away from us but unf has drifted back for the the moderate air quality and that is what we will see again tomorrow across the entire bay area. ground-level smoke densitl not be enough to send us into the unhealthy categories in all likelihood. we will keep an eye on the latest trends as we head into the "we will not be able to to avoid any really bad air quality across the area. tempers area. temperatures are going to drop as we head into the weekend weekend but it is another hot day inland. 100 in concord, livermore, one of three in fairfield, and your normal temps normal temperatures starting already tomorrow. you have seen a significant drop in temperatures in the north bay and santa clara valley. forecast forecast highs for the weekend along with