sandy patel is here with more on when the fire weather watch will begin. >> it takes effect tomorrow. this is the time of year when incredibly dry fuels combining with potential for thunderstorms. that is why the weather watch goes into effect at 5:00 p.m. tomorrow until 11:00 a.m. friday. expecting gusts to 30, lighting, potential for rapidfire development and spread. it is in effect for solano county. let me show you the state. most of northern and central california under either a red flag warning or fire weather watch. it is really the the combination. low pressure right here. subtropical moisture moving in from the south that hooked together. we will see the threat for thunder. the best potential will be over the sierra nevada and southern california. there is a small chance it would be here, and if it develops, it could prove problematic. >> thank you so much for that update. firefighters battling the caldor fire south of lake tahoe are preparing for the potential for dry lightning. containment is up to 50%. despite the challenging conditions in the eastern zone of the fire near

sandy patel is here with more on when the fire weather watch will begin. >> it takes effect tomorrow. this is the time of year when incredibly dry fuels combining with potential for thunderstorms. that is why the weather watch goes into effect at 5:00 p.m. tomorrow until 11:00 a.m. friday. expecting gusts to 30, lighting, potential for rapidfire development and spread. it is in effect for solano county. let me show you the state. most of northern and central california under either a red flag warning or fire weather watch. it is really really really combination. low pressure right here. subtropical moisture moving in from the south that hooked together. we will see the threat for thunder. the best potential will be over the sierra nevada and southern california. there is a small chance it would be here, and if it develops, it could prove problematic. >> thank you so much for that update. firefighters battling the caldor fire south of lake tahoe are preparing for the potential for dry lightning. containment is up to 50%. despite the challenging conditions in the eastern zone of the fir

dan: sandy patel is here. sandy? sandy: let's take a look at a live picture from our camera.ke from the fire is visible here. fog is rolling in and that should help the firefighters although the gusty winds do not help when you have critically dry fuels good air quality in the bay area is good along the coast but moderate far inland communities. as we are starting to see a little bit of page entering the atmosphere and that is going to continue as we go into thursday. you will notice some of the yellows indicating medium levels of smoke across our region. near the surface and then it continues into friday. the concern here is that if you are sensitive to smoke, try to avoid exposure. air-quality advisory issued for tomorrow and friday for the wildfire smoke we are looking at moderate air-quality the next two days. saturday and sunday, some areas will see an improvement just-in-time for the weekend. if you want to step outside and enjoy better air, you will be able to. it is not good, that is for sure. in tahoe, a live look. you can see how smoky it is out there. red flag warn

meteorologist sandy patel is here. >> beautiful weather today for the celebration. n.t. i want to show you a time lapse. fog rolling in, sea breeze came in. temperatures came down as much as 20 degrees. such a beautiful view of our natural ac that we see around this time of year. we will see a change in the patterns. high-pressure building and behind the low that brought us cooler weather. winds will switch more offshore. we are already starting to see the change in the winds. down sloping wind is a very dry wind. it will pick up about 25, 30 miles an hour in the northbay hills. around this time of year, with record dry fuels, exceptional drought, the concern is fire danger. no warnings posted, but remain vigilant. the same wind will kick temperatures up. we will see them by lunch hour in the 80's, 90's. 60's co-sides the fog lingers. upper 90's into the afternoon. we will see hazy skies with the northeasterly wind dragging smoke from the northern california fires. if you are sensitive to smoke, limit your time outside. it will carry over into friday. the fog is in. vi

sandy patel is tracking this. and we have rising temperatures. >> let's talk about the fire danger and rising temperatures. red flag warning for the north bay hills begins at 11:00 p.m. it runs until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. dry fuels, north-north easterly winds. humidity will be dropping. the greatest concern will be the napa county mountains and interior portions of sonoma county, er expstrong our-byforecast, 20, 23 mile an r winds. they ramp up even more at 1:00 a.m. 30 miles an hour, continuing into thursday. down sloping, drying wind. it is concerning right now. wind gusts in the hills, not terribly strong. that will be changing at 11:00 p.m. a closer look at the forecast, coming up. >> as california faces extreme drought, high school students are making a difference to offset the negative effects of -- on our ecosystem. cohost sam and amid the drought. liz kreutz went to petaluma to find out how. >> sixth period likely looks a lot different than yours did. it certainly does for me. these students are part of a o

meteorologist sandy patel is here. >> beautiful weather today for the celebration. first day of autumn. a cooler start. i want to show you a time lapse. fog rolling in, sea breeze came in. temperatures came down as much as 20 degrees. such a beautiful view of our natural ac that we see around this time of year. we will see a change in the patterns. high-pressure building and behind the low that brought us cooler weather. winds will switch more offshore. we are already starting to see the change in the winds. down sloping wind is a very dry wind. it will pick up about 25, 30 miles an hour in the northbay hills. around this time of year, with record dry fuels, exceptional drought, the concern is fire danger. no warnings posted, but remain vigilant. the same wind will kick temperatures up. we will see them by lunch hour in the 80's, 90's. 60's co-side as the fog lingers. upper 90's into the afternoon. we will see hazy skies with the northeasterly wind dragging smoke from the northern california fires. if you are sensitive to smoke, limit your time outside. it will carr

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hays stretching from san francisco to oakland very clear in those images abc 7 news meteorologist sandy patel keeping a very close eye on the air quality and whether it's going to improve sandia over the labor day weekend, dan it is not going to improve but let me just show you what it looks like right now moderate air quality here across most of the bay area. that's how it was today as you look at the smoke forecast. we're going to continued to see the impacts of those wildfires burning to our north with the air quality being impacted still some hays the good news is most of that will be in the upper layers of the atmosphere. so not exceeding federal health standards, but if you are sensitive to smoke limit your outdoor time a live look from our exploratorium camera. we do have an air quality advisory through monday through labor day. so moderate for the next four days, even though that advisory expires on monday. i want to show you a time lapse layers of fog and and smoke up above very clear here. i'll be back to tell you about the heat for the weekend coming right up amma. alright, thank y

hays stretching from san francisco to oakland very clear in those images abc 7 news meteorologist sandy pateleeping a very close eye on the air quality and whether it's going to improve sandia over the labor day weekend, dan it is not going to improve but let me just show you what it looks like right now moderate air quality here across most of the bay area. that's how it was today as you look at the smoke forecast. we're going to continued to see the impacts of those wildfires burning to our north with the air quality being impacted still some hays the good news is most of that will be in the upper layers of the atmosphere. so not exceeding federal health standards, but if you are sensitive to smoke limit your outdoor time a live look from our exploratorium camera. we do have an air quality advisory through monday through labor day. so moderate for the next four days, even though that advisory expires on monday. i want to show you a time lapse layers of fog and and smoke up above very clear here. i'll be back to tell you about the heat for the weekend coming right up amma. alright, thank you

quick sandy patel will talk about the possibility of wet weather this weekend. >> first we will hear from liz who gives us a first-hand look at the situation as well as some possible solutions. >> with 80% of california in extreme or exceptional drought, counties across the bay area are preparing for what could be several more dry years to come. the bay area council hosted a panel today to discuss the solutions. >> sadly almost 45% of the state is now in an exceptional drought. when we get to those circumstances, orchards are moved, the vegetable yields go down. fires become very expensive. >> reservoirs across the bay that supply millions of residents with water are increasingly depleting. the levels of the nick ochs your reservoir are shockingly low. >> we are at the edge of the reservoir and you can see it is pretty bad. scattered around us are shells that should be underwater. look at this bird's-eye view from sky seven. that is how you can see and get a sense of just how depleted this reservoir is. the reservoir is one of seven here. they are at just 36% capacity. that is nearly

so let's get right to abc 7 meteorologist sandy a patel. --meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya: this is not what you expect in the middle of summer. it looks like winter in the bay area. numerous lightning strikes thunderstorms have been developing from the south bay to the youth bay into the north bay right now. you will notice lightning strike spirit i will take you in to street-level radar where we are seeing some rain falling right around oakmont drive. enterprise road in the north bay and as we track this cell, it will be in calistoga at 11:15 tonight. hopefully, rain continues to accompany these cells because the concern is the lightning being dry around discovery bay. byron highway, seeing some thunderstorms as well. i want to pull out a little bit and show you what is triggering it. it is an area of low pressure off the coast, pulling up subtropical moisture. we are seeing statewide across the northern portion of the state, thunderstorms. it is a level 1 tonight and tomorrow. dry lightning chance, high fire danger. a red flag warning into 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. th

so let's get right to abc 7 meteorologist sandy a patel. --meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya: this is not what you expect in the middle of summer. it looks like winter in the bay area. numerous lightning strikes thunderstorms have been developing from the south bay to the youth bay into the north bay right now. you will notice lightning strike spirit i will take you in to street-level radar where we are seeing some rain falling right around oakmont drive. enterprise road in the north bay and as we track this cell, it will be in calistoga at 11:15 tonight. hopefully, rain continues to accompany these cells because the concern is the lightning being dry around discovery bay. byron highway, seeing some thunderstorms as well. i want to pull out a little bit and show you what is triggering it. it is an area of low pressure off the coast, pulling up subtropical moisture. we are seeing statewide across the northern portion of the state, thunderstorms. it is a level 1 tonight and tomorrow. dry lightning chance, high fire danger. a red flag warning into 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. th