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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Bay Area and a wide swath of California are about to get a very wet, windy, cold reacquaintance with winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a season that’s featured little rain and long stretches of unseasonably warm weather, the National Weather Service says a storm rolling into the region Tuesday afternoon will bring periods of heavy rain and high winds to the entire Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm, fueled in part by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1935067/rivers-in-the-sky-what-you-need-to-know-about-atmospheric-river-storms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an atmospheric river\u003c/a> wafting across the Pacific, could bring a prolonged deluge to areas burned by last year’s epic wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The potential for massive debris flows in the fire zones led officials in Santa Cruz County to issue mandatory evacuation orders early Monday to about 5,000 people living in \u003ca href=\"https://community.zonehaven.com/?latlon=37.12814270368537,-122.17131763235852&z=11.511652110110276&selected=CRZ-E004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">flood-prone areas\u003c/a> near the CZU Lightning Complex burn scar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office in Monterey, said Monday that areas in the Santa Cruz Mountains could get a foot of rain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The message I want to really drive home for people is if you are in an area that is on or near a burn scar and your county has put you on an evacuation warning or an evacuation order, take that seriously,” Garcia said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Cruz County has set up temporary evacuation points at San Lorenzo Valley High School in Felton, Scotts Valley Community Center in Scotts Valley and Pacific Elementary School in Davenport. The county has also set up a call center at (831) 454-2181.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Garcia emphasized that residents of the southern Bay Area and Santa Cruz County, as well as areas of Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties, will need to remain vigilant through the end of the week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not just a Tuesday night into Wednesday event,” Garcia said. “This is an extended, prolonged event that will be with us well into Thursday and it probably won’t be until Thursday night that we see some relief from the rain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flash flood watches are also in place for other areas that burned during the summer, including: areas in an around the LNU Complex in Sonoma, Napa, Solano and Yolo counties; near the SCU Complex in eastern Alameda and Santa Clara counties and into neighboring San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Contra Costa counties; and the Glass Fire in Napa and Sonoma counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday night, additional evacuation warnings were issued for parts of San Mateo County.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to a big jolt of precipitation, the storm will hit the region with high winds for the second time in two weeks. This time, they will blow from the south, with many areas experiencing sustained wind speeds of 20 to 30 mph. Higher elevations could see gusts in the 50 mph to 70 mph range. Forecasters warn that could topple trees over a wide area and lead to extensive power outages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside the Bay Area, the storm is also expected to bring a thick blanket of snow to much of Northern California, from the upper Sacramento Valley through the Sierra foothills to the high country above Lake Tahoe. As much as two feet of snow is forecast in foothill areas, with up to three feet on the shore of Lake Tahoe and seven feet at the highest mountain elevations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weather system is forecast to begin moving across Sonoma County early Tuesday afternoon and then move steadily south through the Bay Area. Several hours of heavy rain and high winds are expected to accompany the passage of a cold front late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. At that point, the storm may ease in the northern and central Bay Area, with sunny periods possible during the day Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the onslaught is forecast to continue in areas to the south as the storm slows and the main plume of the atmospheric river moves slowly down the Monterey County coast to around San Luis Obispo, then shifts slowly back north to near Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with the welcome soaking expected through the end of the week, virtually all of California will remain in a serious seasonal precipitation deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jan Null, a consulting meteorologist and veteran of the National Weather Service, points out that San Francisco has gotten only about one-quarter of its “normal” rainfall to date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even if we double San Francisco’s rainfall this week, we’re going to go from 26% of normal to 50% of normal,” Null said. He added that even with this week’s storm, regional rainfall totals for the month of January will also wind up below average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27:\u003c/strong> PG&E reports that the process of restoring power to the wide area of Northern California that was blacked out during the high winds of the past 48-plus hours is nearing completion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement issued late Tuesday, the utility said that crews had gotten electricity flowing again to about 335,000 of the roughly 345,000 homes and businesses that had power shut off Sunday. The outages affected about 1 million people in 34 counties\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Quinlan, the PG&E executive who serves as the company’s incident commander during public safety power shutoffs, said during a 6 p.m. briefing that all but 8,000 of the blacked-out customers should have their lights back on by late Tuesday night. That last group would probably have their lights on by midday Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We anticipate having power restored to those customers right around noon,” Quinlan said. He said the delay in restoring electricity to those customers — located mostly in the central and northern Sierra Nevada foothills — was due to persistent high winds that had slowed the safety inspections the utility must complete before re-energizing its lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 2,700 Bay Area customers in the shutoff zone still appeared to be without power as of 9 p.m. Tuesday, including about 1,400 in Napa County and 1,100 in Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quinlan said that aerial and ground inspections of the thousands of miles of lines that had been shut off had found 130 instances of apparent wind damage, a number he said was certain to grow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week’s shutoff was PG&E’s fifth since early September and the biggest the utility has conducted this year. PG&E officials have emphasized during each of the 2020 wildfire safety outages that it has been focused on limiting the shutoffs’ scope. This season’s blackouts have been significantly smaller than those in late October 2019, when at one point nearly 1 million residences and commercial establishments — or about 3 million people — were left without power for an extended period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service is forecasting continued dry, warm weather over the next week — but without a recurrence of the extreme winds that triggered this week’s power shutoffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27:\u003c/strong> PG&E said it had restored power to more than 228,000 of the approximately 345,000 customers who lost power in the wildfire safety shutoff that started Sunday amid high winds and extremely dry conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As winds subsided, the utility said it gave the “all clear” Tuesday afternoon for crews to begin inspecting transmission and distribution lines in most areas still without power. PG&E officials said they expected to restore electricity to the roughly 117,000 customers still in the dark by late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By noon Tuesday, about 44,000 customers in the nine-county Bay Area still did not have power, PG&E said. That included roughly 9,560 customers in Alameda, 9,130 in Contra Costa, 970 in Marin, 10,900 in Napa, 697 in San Mateo, 1,045 in Santa Clara, 47 in Solano and 14,400 in Sonoma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843981\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/3lIFt-estimated-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-still-without-power-as-of-tuesday-afternoon-1.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11843981\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/3lIFt-estimated-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-still-without-power-as-of-tuesday-afternoon-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1123\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/3lIFt-estimated-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-still-without-power-as-of-tuesday-afternoon-1.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/3lIFt-estimated-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-still-without-power-as-of-tuesday-afternoon-1-800x468.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/3lIFt-estimated-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-still-without-power-as-of-tuesday-afternoon-1-1020x597.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/3lIFt-estimated-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-still-without-power-as-of-tuesday-afternoon-1-160x94.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/3lIFt-estimated-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-still-without-power-as-of-tuesday-afternoon-1-1536x898.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PG&E \u003ccite>(Matthew Green/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>PG&E crews have to inspect over 17,000 miles of power lines for damage or hazards before all customers have been restored, the utility said. That effort involves nearly 1,800 ground patrol units, 65 helicopters and one airplane. At least 36 instances of weather-related damage and hazards have so far been identified in the affected areas, the company said, including downed power lines and vegetation on lines that could have caused wildfire ignitions if the lines had not been de-energized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The threat of wildfires sparked by the utility’s equipment, however, was not over in many parts of PG&E’s vast service area. Although the red flag warnings for lower elevations in the Bay Area and Santa Cruz Mountains have expired, warnings were extended for the North Bay mountains and East Bay hills until 5 p.m. Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1321149912206041088\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bone-dry” humidity could dry out vegetation, which can contribute to “catastrophic” fires, PG&E meteorology chief Scott Strenfel said Monday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The conditions are very, very unsafe,” added Mark Quinlan, the utility’s incident commander.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, once the winds ease, the weather should remain calm through the weekend, Quinlan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 27:\u003c/strong> PG&E said it had restored power to more than 156,000 customers by late Monday night, and expected to also turn the lights back for the roughly 189,000 remaining impacted customers by Tuesday night after crews do inspections to make repairs and ensure equipment is safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly two dozen wildfires were reported in Northern California on Sunday night and Monday, but all were rapidly contained without serious damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8 p.m., Monday, Oct. 26: \u003c/strong>About 250,000 PG&E customers were still without power Monday evening following the worst fire weather event of the season in Northern and Central California, PG&E experts said at a virtual news briefing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of the 6 p.m. briefing, about 100,000 customers have had their power restored following the massive public safety power shutoff that started Sunday due to high winds forecasted for the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One gust Sunday was clocked at 89 mph on Mt. St. Helena.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shutoff impacted some 355,000 customers in 34 counties and 17 tribal areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As expected, this weather was quite extreme,” PG&E’s chief meteorologist Scott Strenfel said at the briefing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All but two affected counties have been given either a full or partial all-clear, which means it’s safe to turn on power, said Mark Quinlan, PG&E’s incident commander.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 100%;height: 700px;overflow: hidden\" align=\"center\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outages/map/?type=current\" width=\"1000\" height=\"800\" style=\"position: relative; top: -160px\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>But high winds are expected again Monday night into Tuesday, so many customers will likely not have power until after the winds subside Tuesday, Strenfel said, noting that even though the winds Monday night are not expected to be as strong as on Sunday, other conditions such as low humidity and dry fuels have increased fire danger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After this event, no offshore high-wind events are forecasted for the next five days, but no rain is in sight either, Strenfel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quinlan said this shutoff event is about 200,000 customers smaller than had been originally anticipated and about 50% smaller than it would have been last year, due to a variety of innovations, including improvements to the utility’s meteorology equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As power was restored to the roughly 100,000 customers Monday, crews identified 12 incidents of damage, at least one of which could have sparked a wildfire if power had been left on, Quinlan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 100 \u003ca href=\"https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/updates/psps-events/\">community resource centers\u003c/a> will be open Monday night until 10 p.m. for people affected by the power shutoff, where customers can charge electronics and receive blankets, water and snacks. The centers will be open again at 8 a.m. Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 26: \u003c/strong>As extremely windy conditions began to subside in much of the Bay Area late Monday afternoon, PG&E meteorologists issued the “all clear” for at least portions of the eight Bay Area counties impacted by power shutoffs, giving crews the go-ahead to inspect de-energized lines for any damage before restoring power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utility said it aims to restore power within 12 daylight hours to most of the more than 91,400 customers impacted in Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sonoma, Marin, Napa, Solano and Contra Costa counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843772\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1689px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/wU8rS-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-without-power-as-of-monday-a-m-oct-26-.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11843772\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/wU8rS-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-without-power-as-of-monday-a-m-oct-26-.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1689\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/wU8rS-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-without-power-as-of-monday-a-m-oct-26-.png 1689w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/wU8rS-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-without-power-as-of-monday-a-m-oct-26--800x252.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/wU8rS-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-without-power-as-of-monday-a-m-oct-26--1020x321.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/wU8rS-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-without-power-as-of-monday-a-m-oct-26--160x50.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/wU8rS-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-without-power-as-of-monday-a-m-oct-26--1536x483.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1689px) 100vw, 1689px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PG&E \u003ccite>(Matthew Green/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, the majority of customers in Northern California affected by PG&E’s latest massive public safety power shutoff are not likely to have power restored until late Tuesday evening, after crews have completed inspections — by air and on foot — of more than 17,000 miles of power lines, the utility said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E began shutting off power late Sunday to about 1 million people in 34 counties — stretching from Fresno County in the south to Shasta County in the north. The move is an effort by the utility to minimize the chance its equipment might spark a catastrophic wildfire amid critical fire conditions, including winds gusting to nearly 90 mph in some locations and desert-like humidity falling into the single digits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By Monday evening, fears of catastrophic, wind-sparked fires in the region were largely averted, with no major new blazes reported. In the Bay Area, one fast-moving \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/SuisunCityFire/\">vegetation fire\u003c/a> ignited Monday afternoon in Solano County off of Petersen Road near Suisun City. Driven by winds of over 30 mph, the fire grew rapidly, spreading across more than 300 acres of mostly marshland within just a few hours and pumping plumes of thick black smoke into the air. But it was mostly contained by late afternoon and had not\u003ca href=\"https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/wildfire/wildfire-suisun-city/103-97203dd6-724a-4071-8503-f718df9b588c\"> threatened any structures\u003c/a> or prompted evacuations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With extremely low humidity and breezy conditions continuing at higher elevations, a National Weather Service red flag warning will remain in effect for the North Bay and East Bay hills and mountains through at least late Tuesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1320755774222602241\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The preemptive outages began Sunday morning in Shasta and Butte counties and slowly moved south as dangerous blustery, bone-dry weather spread down the Central Valley, Sierra Nevada and made its way into the Bay Area and down the coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E turned off power to North Bay locations between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday, and around 8 p.m. in East Bay locations and 10 p.m. in some areas of the Peninsula, South Bay and Santa Cruz mountains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the shutoffs started late Sunday, winds increased in intensity, especially at higher elevations, particularly in the peaks and high ridges of northern Sonoma County and adjacent highlands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A PG&E weather station atop Mount St. Helena, at the northern end of the Napa Valley, recorded sustained, hurricane-force winds of up to 76 mph and gusts as high as 89 mph. The crazy strength of those winds on the peak continued for hours, with gusts of 70 mph or more recorded every 10 minutes for more than five straight hours through midnight Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearby, winds gusted up to 79 mph at a PG&E weather station in the hills northeast of Healdsburg. Mount Hood, in the hills between Santa Rosa and the Napa Valley town of St. Helena, also recorded a 79 mph gust. Numerous locations throughout the region, including the East Bay hills and Santa Cruz Mountains, recorded gusts from the high 40s to 65 mph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fulfilling another part of the fire weather forecast that had developed in recent days, some lower elevation areas around the region also experienced high winds. Oakland International Airport recorded a 58 mph gust just before midnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Due to the high winds and fire danger, a significant number of parks in the East Bay hills operated by the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) that were closed on Sunday will remain shut down through Monday. They include: Anthony Chabot, Claremont Canyon, Huckleberry, Lake Chabot, Leona Canyon, Redwood, Roberts, Sibley, Tilden, Wildcat Canyon and Kennedy Grove. Closure and reopening updates are available \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Separately, the East Bay Municipal Utility District announced that the Lafayette and San Pablo Reservoir Recreation Areas and all the East Bay trails it operates would also remain closed Monday. EBMUD said it has deployed additional patrol rangers and is working with the EBRPD to post signs and close trail and recreation area entrances. Information on related closures and reopenings is available \u003ca href=\"http://ebmud.com/recreation\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, the Oakland Zoo will be closed Monday and possibly Tuesday. The zoo announced Monday morning that PG&E shut off its power, and advised visitors to check the \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandzoo.org\">zoo’s website\u003c/a> at 7 a.m. Tuesday to see if it will remain closed. Zoo officials said that anyone who purchased tickets for the annual “Boo at the Zoo” Halloween event at the park can use their existing tickets on Wednesday or Thursday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Backup generators are in place at the zoo to supply power to all animal-related habitats or facilities that require it, zoo officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One piece of good news amid the scary weather and blackouts: As of Monday morning, no major fires had ignited anywhere in Northern California, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/\">Cal Fire\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire engines and crews in Shasta County, aided by an aggressive air attack, contained a handful of small fires that started as the winds ramped up on Sunday morning. The blazes were largely contained by nightfall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire’s Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit reported that the Pope Fire, which started in the hills east of the Napa Valley late Friday afternoon, was 100% contained after burning 61 acres. The agency said crews would continue to monitor the perimeter during the current extreme fire weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere in the North Bay late Sunday night, Cal Fire crews responded to two flareups in the area burned during the Glass Fire. Neither incident appeared to have spread beyond the footprint of the fire, which was 100% contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:01 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25:\u003c/strong> More than 199,000 PG&E customers are without power as planned shutoffs to prevent wildfires continue, according to the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service is predicting strong and gusty winds across the San Francisco Bay Area starting Sunday evening and lasting through Monday morning, prompting red flag warnings and wind advisories throughout the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local authorities are taking extra precautions. Berkeley has increased police patrols in the hills, positioned additional fire staff and engines and deployed a Forestry Task Force to clear roads. Muir Woods and other parks will be closed on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some wildfires were reported just south of Redding on Sunday, according to Cal Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Point Fire, Dersch Fire, and Olinda Fire all were reported Sunday and have burned 275, 50, and 5 acres, respectively. The Point Fire is 70% contained as of about 4:55 p.m., the Olinda Fire is 60% contained, and the Dersch Fire is 0% contained, according to Cal Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:04 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25: \u003c/strong>Roughly 111,000 PG&E customers have lost power so far in planned shutoffs to prevent wildfires, according to the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the shutoffs are in Shasta County, with more than 25,000 PG&E customers affected, and Butte County, with 13,000 customers without power. The first Bay Area outages have also begun, with just over 11,000 PG&E customers in Sonoma County without power. \u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those planned power outages will continue throughout the Bay Area, PG&E confirmed, with parts of Napa, Solano and Contra Costa counties losing power after 3 p.m. Some PG&E customers in Marin will then lose power at roughly 6 p.m., followed by some in Alameda at 8 p.m. and parts of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties at 10 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A red flag warning for the North Bay mountains and East Bay hills has been extended through 5 p.m. Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service Bay Area. A red flag warning for the Santa Cruz mountains and some coastal regions runs through 11 a.m. Monday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1320482523982356480\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While power has been shut off out of fear the weekend’s high winds would create a fire danger, some wildfires have been reported just south of Redding, according to Cal Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Point Fire, Dersch Fire, and Olinda Fire all were reported Sunday and have burned 225, 50, and 20 acres, respectively. The Point Fire is 30% contained as of about 1 p.m., and the Dersch and Olinda Fires are 0% contained, according to Cal Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/weatheramsey/status/1320469304110964737\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 25: \u003c/strong>PG&E has started cutting off power to Northern California counties to prevent wildfires, as the region braces for dangerously high winds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parts of the town of Redding, as well as Shasta and Glenn counties are currently without some power, according to PG&E’s outage map, with a potential 361,000 customers in 36 counties awaiting similar power outages. That’s fewer people than PG&E’s initial estimates Saturday, as the utility responds to updated weather forecasts and tries methods like “islanding” and “microgrids” to preserve power in some communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Islanding is a method of preserving power in local generating stations for some counties, even if power lines are cut off from the rest of the state, PG&E incident commander Mark Quinlan said in a virtual town hall Saturday evening. Microgrids are small communities powered by generators at provided by PG&E, allowing shopping districts and gas stations to remain powered for communities, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can keep the local areas safe, and on, and energized, and take out and de-energize the lines that traverse through that rough country,” Quinlan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When PG&E meteorologists give the all-clear, he said, PG&E staff patrol its power lines to ensure they’re safe to turn back on. Service is expected to return between late Monday and midday Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Due to the fire danger, Mt. Tamalpais watershed has closed until 5 p.m. Tuesday. The East Bay Regional Park District announced the closures of parks from Sunday through Monday:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Anthony Chabot Regional Park (including Anthony Chabot campground)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Kennedy Grove Regional Recreation Area\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Lake Chabot Regional Park\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Leona Canyon Open Space Regional Preserve\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Roberts Regional Recreation Area\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tilden Regional Park\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Wildcat Canyon Regional Park (including Alvarado Park)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/PGE4Me/status/1320440101504229379\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:25 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24:\u003c/strong> PG&E is narrowing somewhat the footprint for a large-scale wildfire-safety power outage expected Sunday, when a strong, gusty winds and extremely low humidity are forecast over most of the northern half of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>National Weather Service offices across the North State have issued red flag warnings that take effect Sunday morning and last at least through Monday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSSacramento/status/1320069699606990849\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an updated list of potential outages posted Saturday evening, PG&E said that about 374,000 customers in parts of 38 counties — or more than 1.1 million people if one uses the U.S. Census Bureau estimate of about 3 people per California household — could lose power during the upcoming shutoffs. In its initial notice Friday night, the utility had put that number at 466,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company says shutoffs could begin in some Northern California counties as early as 8 a.m. Sunday. In the Bay Area, the utility anticipates starting shutoffs in early to mid-afternoon for North Bay and East Bay locations and Sunday evening on the Peninsula, in the South Bay and in Santa Cruz County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 97,000 Bay Area customers in eight counties could lose power in the blackout — the fifth that PG&E has used to minimize the danger of its equipment sparking wildfires during periods of dangerous fire weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/danbrekke/status/1320122164117319681\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasts from both the National Weather Service and PG&E suggest winds will be at their strongest Sunday night and will begin to subside early morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“PG&E will then patrol the de-energized lines to assess whether they were damaged during the wind event,” the utility said in a press release Saturday. The company estimates some customers could have their lights back on by Monday night. Outages in most areas are expected to last through late Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Berkeley, the city advised residents of neighborhoods in the hills they “should consider relocating to lower elevations before high winds begin Sunday at 4 p.m.” But the city’s message added that it was not a formal order to evacuate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Unified School District emailed parents saying at least 11 schools may be affected by the power shutoffs. It may also affect households where students are attending class online, remotely. OUSD advised students to complete work and check-in at a later time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools potentially affected by the power shutdown include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>◦ Chabot Elementary\u003cbr>\n◦ Community Day\u003cbr>\n◦ Grass Valley Elementary\u003cbr>\n◦ Hillcrest K-8\u003cbr>\n◦ Joaquin Miller Elementary\u003cbr>\n◦ Laurel Elementary\u003cbr>\n◦ Montclair Elementary\u003cbr>\n◦ Montera Middle School\u003cbr>\n◦ Redwood Heights Elementary\u003cbr>\n◦ Skyline High School\u003cbr>\n◦ Thornhill Elementary\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weather outlook led at least two Bay Area park districts to close facilities during the red flag warning: East Bay Regional Parks said \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/civica/press/display.asp?layout=11&Entry=608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">it will close 11 parks in the East Bay hills\u003c/a> on Sunday and Monday because of the fire threat. The Napa County Open Space District \u003ca href=\"https://napaoutdoors.org/red-flag-10-25/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced\u003c/a> Moore Creek Park and the Oat Hill Mine Trail will be off-limits Sunday through Tuesday. Some other parks in the Napa district remain closed because of damage suffered in the Glass Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The East Bay Municipal Utility District also announced that trails on its lands and its Lafayette and San Pablo reservoir recreation areas will be closed Sunday and Monday because of the weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, Oct. 23: \u003c/strong>Firefighting agencies across the Bay Area and Northern California are preparing for a wind event late this weekend that forecasters say may be the most severe — and dangerous — so far this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The forecast for dangerously dry, windy weather prompted PG&E to issue a notice Friday evening of potential wildfire-safety outages covering \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_wpZPgiqOf6huOF4jqcaVwTwVusyqg5JvCKMYzvAhTQ/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">466,000 customers in 38 counties\u003c/a>. It’s by far the largest safety blackouts executed this year, and reminiscent of a shutoff exactly a year ago in which about one million customers had their lights turned off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utility said the outages, which could include about 140,000 in the Bay Area, could begin Sunday afternoon and last through at least Monday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>National Weather Service offices throughout the North State posted \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=mtr&wwa=red%20flag%20warning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">red flag warnings\u003c/a> for a period of strong, gusty winds and extremely low humidity that, combined with critically dry grasses, brush and timberlands, pose a critical fire threat throughout the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, what the NWS Bay Area office called a “damaging burst of winds” will arrive in the North Bay — especially in the mountains of Napa County — by late afternoon Sunday. High winds will then move south into the East Bay Hills and then the rest of the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike more typical wind events, forecasters say that the coming windstorm will also bring violent gusts to the region’s valleys and coastal locations at sea level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1319794795691143168\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The office’s statement warned that any new fire starts after winds pick up Sunday “will be very problematic” as winds are expected to increase in intensity during the evening and remain strong overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winds are forecast to begin to ease Monday, but red flag warnings in the Bay Area will be in force through late Tuesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire and local fire agencies are readying for the windstorm’s onset by mobilizing strike teams of engines, hand crews and other resources for deployment on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Friday, Cal Fire was preparing “additional ground resources and air assets and putting them in strategic locations around the state where we recognize there’s going to be elevated fire potential,” said Jonathan Cox, an agency spokesman and deputy chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that Cal Fire was also working with local fire departments to pre-position engines and personnel to help in the initial attack on any wildfires that start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If fires break out, that helps us get sufficient resources to them — and that’s really our priority this weekend, getting resources to the right location,” Cox said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weather outlook led at least two Bay Area park districts to close facilities during the red flag warning: East Bay Regional Parks said \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/civica/press/display.asp?layout=11&Entry=608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">it will close 11 parks in the East Bay hills\u003c/a> on Sunday and Monday because of the fire threat. The Napa County Open Space District \u003ca href=\"https://napaoutdoors.org/red-flag-10-25/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced\u003c/a> Moore Creek Park and the Oat Hill Mine Trail will be off-limits Sunday through Tuesday. Some other parks in the Napa district remain closed because of damage suffered in the Glass Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the local emergency agencies getting ready is the Napa County Fire Department, which has already fought two huge, challenging wildland blazes this year: the LNU Complex Fire and the Glass Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chief Geoff Belyea said the department, which includes 60 “career” firefighters, 170 volunteer personnel and seasonal Cal Fire crews, had already received increased staffing earlier this week with two five-engine strike teams from outside agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Belyea acknowledged it’s been a tough year, but says his crews are ready.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a really dedicated group of firefighters that really don’t have a lot of quit in ‘em,” Belyea said. “They take protecting their community very seriously. And while we’re all tired and looking forward to the end of fire season, whenever that is, they still want to be out there if we have another large fire. We hope we don’t, but they’re ready to rise up to the challenge if it presents itself again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As to the end of fire season, it’s still nowhere in sight, with dry weather forecast into early November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post includes additional reporting from KQED’s Matthew Green and Bay City News.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27:\u003c/strong> PG&E reports that the process of restoring power to the wide area of Northern California that was blacked out during the high winds of the past 48-plus hours is nearing completion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement issued late Tuesday, the utility said that crews had gotten electricity flowing again to about 335,000 of the roughly 345,000 homes and businesses that had power shut off Sunday. The outages affected about 1 million people in 34 counties\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Quinlan, the PG&E executive who serves as the company’s incident commander during public safety power shutoffs, said during a 6 p.m. briefing that all but 8,000 of the blacked-out customers should have their lights back on by late Tuesday night. That last group would probably have their lights on by midday Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We anticipate having power restored to those customers right around noon,” Quinlan said. He said the delay in restoring electricity to those customers — located mostly in the central and northern Sierra Nevada foothills — was due to persistent high winds that had slowed the safety inspections the utility must complete before re-energizing its lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 2,700 Bay Area customers in the shutoff zone still appeared to be without power as of 9 p.m. Tuesday, including about 1,400 in Napa County and 1,100 in Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quinlan said that aerial and ground inspections of the thousands of miles of lines that had been shut off had found 130 instances of apparent wind damage, a number he said was certain to grow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week’s shutoff was PG&E’s fifth since early September and the biggest the utility has conducted this year. PG&E officials have emphasized during each of the 2020 wildfire safety outages that it has been focused on limiting the shutoffs’ scope. This season’s blackouts have been significantly smaller than those in late October 2019, when at one point nearly 1 million residences and commercial establishments — or about 3 million people — were left without power for an extended period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service is forecasting continued dry, warm weather over the next week — but without a recurrence of the extreme winds that triggered this week’s power shutoffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27:\u003c/strong> PG&E said it had restored power to more than 228,000 of the approximately 345,000 customers who lost power in the wildfire safety shutoff that started Sunday amid high winds and extremely dry conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As winds subsided, the utility said it gave the “all clear” Tuesday afternoon for crews to begin inspecting transmission and distribution lines in most areas still without power. PG&E officials said they expected to restore electricity to the roughly 117,000 customers still in the dark by late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By noon Tuesday, about 44,000 customers in the nine-county Bay Area still did not have power, PG&E said. That included roughly 9,560 customers in Alameda, 9,130 in Contra Costa, 970 in Marin, 10,900 in Napa, 697 in San Mateo, 1,045 in Santa Clara, 47 in Solano and 14,400 in Sonoma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843981\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/3lIFt-estimated-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-still-without-power-as-of-tuesday-afternoon-1.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11843981\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/3lIFt-estimated-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-still-without-power-as-of-tuesday-afternoon-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1123\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/3lIFt-estimated-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-still-without-power-as-of-tuesday-afternoon-1.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/3lIFt-estimated-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-still-without-power-as-of-tuesday-afternoon-1-800x468.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/3lIFt-estimated-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-still-without-power-as-of-tuesday-afternoon-1-1020x597.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/3lIFt-estimated-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-still-without-power-as-of-tuesday-afternoon-1-160x94.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/3lIFt-estimated-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-still-without-power-as-of-tuesday-afternoon-1-1536x898.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PG&E \u003ccite>(Matthew Green/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>PG&E crews have to inspect over 17,000 miles of power lines for damage or hazards before all customers have been restored, the utility said. That effort involves nearly 1,800 ground patrol units, 65 helicopters and one airplane. At least 36 instances of weather-related damage and hazards have so far been identified in the affected areas, the company said, including downed power lines and vegetation on lines that could have caused wildfire ignitions if the lines had not been de-energized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The threat of wildfires sparked by the utility’s equipment, however, was not over in many parts of PG&E’s vast service area. Although the red flag warnings for lower elevations in the Bay Area and Santa Cruz Mountains have expired, warnings were extended for the North Bay mountains and East Bay hills until 5 p.m. Tuesday.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>“Bone-dry” humidity could dry out vegetation, which can contribute to “catastrophic” fires, PG&E meteorology chief Scott Strenfel said Monday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The conditions are very, very unsafe,” added Mark Quinlan, the utility’s incident commander.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, once the winds ease, the weather should remain calm through the weekend, Quinlan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 27:\u003c/strong> PG&E said it had restored power to more than 156,000 customers by late Monday night, and expected to also turn the lights back for the roughly 189,000 remaining impacted customers by Tuesday night after crews do inspections to make repairs and ensure equipment is safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly two dozen wildfires were reported in Northern California on Sunday night and Monday, but all were rapidly contained without serious damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8 p.m., Monday, Oct. 26: \u003c/strong>About 250,000 PG&E customers were still without power Monday evening following the worst fire weather event of the season in Northern and Central California, PG&E experts said at a virtual news briefing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of the 6 p.m. briefing, about 100,000 customers have had their power restored following the massive public safety power shutoff that started Sunday due to high winds forecasted for the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One gust Sunday was clocked at 89 mph on Mt. St. Helena.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shutoff impacted some 355,000 customers in 34 counties and 17 tribal areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As expected, this weather was quite extreme,” PG&E’s chief meteorologist Scott Strenfel said at the briefing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All but two affected counties have been given either a full or partial all-clear, which means it’s safe to turn on power, said Mark Quinlan, PG&E’s incident commander.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 100%;height: 700px;overflow: hidden\" align=\"center\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outages/map/?type=current\" width=\"1000\" height=\"800\" style=\"position: relative; top: -160px\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>But high winds are expected again Monday night into Tuesday, so many customers will likely not have power until after the winds subside Tuesday, Strenfel said, noting that even though the winds Monday night are not expected to be as strong as on Sunday, other conditions such as low humidity and dry fuels have increased fire danger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After this event, no offshore high-wind events are forecasted for the next five days, but no rain is in sight either, Strenfel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quinlan said this shutoff event is about 200,000 customers smaller than had been originally anticipated and about 50% smaller than it would have been last year, due to a variety of innovations, including improvements to the utility’s meteorology equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As power was restored to the roughly 100,000 customers Monday, crews identified 12 incidents of damage, at least one of which could have sparked a wildfire if power had been left on, Quinlan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 100 \u003ca href=\"https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/updates/psps-events/\">community resource centers\u003c/a> will be open Monday night until 10 p.m. for people affected by the power shutoff, where customers can charge electronics and receive blankets, water and snacks. The centers will be open again at 8 a.m. Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 26: \u003c/strong>As extremely windy conditions began to subside in much of the Bay Area late Monday afternoon, PG&E meteorologists issued the “all clear” for at least portions of the eight Bay Area counties impacted by power shutoffs, giving crews the go-ahead to inspect de-energized lines for any damage before restoring power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utility said it aims to restore power within 12 daylight hours to most of the more than 91,400 customers impacted in Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sonoma, Marin, Napa, Solano and Contra Costa counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843772\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1689px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/wU8rS-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-without-power-as-of-monday-a-m-oct-26-.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11843772\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/wU8rS-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-without-power-as-of-monday-a-m-oct-26-.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1689\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/wU8rS-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-without-power-as-of-monday-a-m-oct-26-.png 1689w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/wU8rS-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-without-power-as-of-monday-a-m-oct-26--800x252.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/wU8rS-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-without-power-as-of-monday-a-m-oct-26--1020x321.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/wU8rS-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-without-power-as-of-monday-a-m-oct-26--160x50.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/wU8rS-bay-area-pg-amp-e-customers-without-power-as-of-monday-a-m-oct-26--1536x483.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1689px) 100vw, 1689px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PG&E \u003ccite>(Matthew Green/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, the majority of customers in Northern California affected by PG&E’s latest massive public safety power shutoff are not likely to have power restored until late Tuesday evening, after crews have completed inspections — by air and on foot — of more than 17,000 miles of power lines, the utility said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E began shutting off power late Sunday to about 1 million people in 34 counties — stretching from Fresno County in the south to Shasta County in the north. The move is an effort by the utility to minimize the chance its equipment might spark a catastrophic wildfire amid critical fire conditions, including winds gusting to nearly 90 mph in some locations and desert-like humidity falling into the single digits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By Monday evening, fears of catastrophic, wind-sparked fires in the region were largely averted, with no major new blazes reported. In the Bay Area, one fast-moving \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/SuisunCityFire/\">vegetation fire\u003c/a> ignited Monday afternoon in Solano County off of Petersen Road near Suisun City. Driven by winds of over 30 mph, the fire grew rapidly, spreading across more than 300 acres of mostly marshland within just a few hours and pumping plumes of thick black smoke into the air. 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The crazy strength of those winds on the peak continued for hours, with gusts of 70 mph or more recorded every 10 minutes for more than five straight hours through midnight Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearby, winds gusted up to 79 mph at a PG&E weather station in the hills northeast of Healdsburg. Mount Hood, in the hills between Santa Rosa and the Napa Valley town of St. Helena, also recorded a 79 mph gust. Numerous locations throughout the region, including the East Bay hills and Santa Cruz Mountains, recorded gusts from the high 40s to 65 mph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fulfilling another part of the fire weather forecast that had developed in recent days, some lower elevation areas around the region also experienced high winds. Oakland International Airport recorded a 58 mph gust just before midnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Due to the high winds and fire danger, a significant number of parks in the East Bay hills operated by the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) that were closed on Sunday will remain shut down through Monday. They include: Anthony Chabot, Claremont Canyon, Huckleberry, Lake Chabot, Leona Canyon, Redwood, Roberts, Sibley, Tilden, Wildcat Canyon and Kennedy Grove. Closure and reopening updates are available \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Separately, the East Bay Municipal Utility District announced that the Lafayette and San Pablo Reservoir Recreation Areas and all the East Bay trails it operates would also remain closed Monday. EBMUD said it has deployed additional patrol rangers and is working with the EBRPD to post signs and close trail and recreation area entrances. Information on related closures and reopenings is available \u003ca href=\"http://ebmud.com/recreation\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, the Oakland Zoo will be closed Monday and possibly Tuesday. The zoo announced Monday morning that PG&E shut off its power, and advised visitors to check the \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandzoo.org\">zoo’s website\u003c/a> at 7 a.m. Tuesday to see if it will remain closed. Zoo officials said that anyone who purchased tickets for the annual “Boo at the Zoo” Halloween event at the park can use their existing tickets on Wednesday or Thursday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Backup generators are in place at the zoo to supply power to all animal-related habitats or facilities that require it, zoo officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One piece of good news amid the scary weather and blackouts: As of Monday morning, no major fires had ignited anywhere in Northern California, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/\">Cal Fire\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire engines and crews in Shasta County, aided by an aggressive air attack, contained a handful of small fires that started as the winds ramped up on Sunday morning. The blazes were largely contained by nightfall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire’s Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit reported that the Pope Fire, which started in the hills east of the Napa Valley late Friday afternoon, was 100% contained after burning 61 acres. The agency said crews would continue to monitor the perimeter during the current extreme fire weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere in the North Bay late Sunday night, Cal Fire crews responded to two flareups in the area burned during the Glass Fire. Neither incident appeared to have spread beyond the footprint of the fire, which was 100% contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:01 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25:\u003c/strong> More than 199,000 PG&E customers are without power as planned shutoffs to prevent wildfires continue, according to the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service is predicting strong and gusty winds across the San Francisco Bay Area starting Sunday evening and lasting through Monday morning, prompting red flag warnings and wind advisories throughout the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local authorities are taking extra precautions. Berkeley has increased police patrols in the hills, positioned additional fire staff and engines and deployed a Forestry Task Force to clear roads. Muir Woods and other parks will be closed on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some wildfires were reported just south of Redding on Sunday, according to Cal Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Point Fire, Dersch Fire, and Olinda Fire all were reported Sunday and have burned 275, 50, and 5 acres, respectively. The Point Fire is 70% contained as of about 4:55 p.m., the Olinda Fire is 60% contained, and the Dersch Fire is 0% contained, according to Cal Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:04 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25: \u003c/strong>Roughly 111,000 PG&E customers have lost power so far in planned shutoffs to prevent wildfires, according to the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the shutoffs are in Shasta County, with more than 25,000 PG&E customers affected, and Butte County, with 13,000 customers without power. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Forecasts from both the National Weather Service and PG&E suggest winds will be at their strongest Sunday night and will begin to subside early morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“PG&E will then patrol the de-energized lines to assess whether they were damaged during the wind event,” the utility said in a press release Saturday. The company estimates some customers could have their lights back on by Monday night. Outages in most areas are expected to last through late Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Berkeley, the city advised residents of neighborhoods in the hills they “should consider relocating to lower elevations before high winds begin Sunday at 4 p.m.” But the city’s message added that it was not a formal order to evacuate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Unified School District emailed parents saying at least 11 schools may be affected by the power shutoffs. It may also affect households where students are attending class online, remotely. OUSD advised students to complete work and check-in at a later time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools potentially affected by the power shutdown include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>◦ Chabot Elementary\u003cbr>\n◦ Community Day\u003cbr>\n◦ Grass Valley Elementary\u003cbr>\n◦ Hillcrest K-8\u003cbr>\n◦ Joaquin Miller Elementary\u003cbr>\n◦ Laurel Elementary\u003cbr>\n◦ Montclair Elementary\u003cbr>\n◦ Montera Middle School\u003cbr>\n◦ Redwood Heights Elementary\u003cbr>\n◦ Skyline High School\u003cbr>\n◦ Thornhill Elementary\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weather outlook led at least two Bay Area park districts to close facilities during the red flag warning: East Bay Regional Parks said \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/civica/press/display.asp?layout=11&Entry=608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">it will close 11 parks in the East Bay hills\u003c/a> on Sunday and Monday because of the fire threat. The Napa County Open Space District \u003ca href=\"https://napaoutdoors.org/red-flag-10-25/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced\u003c/a> Moore Creek Park and the Oat Hill Mine Trail will be off-limits Sunday through Tuesday. Some other parks in the Napa district remain closed because of damage suffered in the Glass Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The East Bay Municipal Utility District also announced that trails on its lands and its Lafayette and San Pablo reservoir recreation areas will be closed Sunday and Monday because of the weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, Oct. 23: \u003c/strong>Firefighting agencies across the Bay Area and Northern California are preparing for a wind event late this weekend that forecasters say may be the most severe — and dangerous — so far this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The forecast for dangerously dry, windy weather prompted PG&E to issue a notice Friday evening of potential wildfire-safety outages covering \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_wpZPgiqOf6huOF4jqcaVwTwVusyqg5JvCKMYzvAhTQ/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">466,000 customers in 38 counties\u003c/a>. It’s by far the largest safety blackouts executed this year, and reminiscent of a shutoff exactly a year ago in which about one million customers had their lights turned off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utility said the outages, which could include about 140,000 in the Bay Area, could begin Sunday afternoon and last through at least Monday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>National Weather Service offices throughout the North State posted \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=mtr&wwa=red%20flag%20warning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">red flag warnings\u003c/a> for a period of strong, gusty winds and extremely low humidity that, combined with critically dry grasses, brush and timberlands, pose a critical fire threat throughout the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, what the NWS Bay Area office called a “damaging burst of winds” will arrive in the North Bay — especially in the mountains of Napa County — by late afternoon Sunday. High winds will then move south into the East Bay Hills and then the rest of the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike more typical wind events, forecasters say that the coming windstorm will also bring violent gusts to the region’s valleys and coastal locations at sea level.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]S[/dropcap]o, we're almost at the point at which our current \"wet\" season — marked as it has been by prolonged periods of rainless, snowless weather punctuated by cold but rather feeble storms — is starting to look like a bust. By \"bust\" we mean: Precipitation just about anywhere you go in the northern two-thirds of California is well below normal, with little sign that storms are going to find their way to our coast, valleys and mountains any time soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a recap of the season so far and a look at what lies ahead. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Rain\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>We started out with a prolonged dry spell at the beginning of the season, with only the lightest of rains recorded through Thanksgiving week. Then came \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11788861/northern-california-bay-area-storm-bomb-cyclone-weekend-forecast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the season's first real storm\u003c/a>, driven by a powerful, rapidly deepening low pressure center — a phenomenon known as extreme cyclogenesis or bombogenesis and frequently called a \"bomb storm.\" That dramatic onset of winter weather was followed by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11789142/showers-to-continue-across-bay-area-and-another-storm-is-on-the-way\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">an atmospheric river-fed storm\u003c/a> that dropped 20 inches of rain in the mountains of Big Sur, nearly a foot in northern Sonoma County and 8 inches-plus in parts of Marin. So it looked like we were off and running. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"science_1956543,news_11788861\" label=\"A Not-So-Rainy California Winter\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It kept raining through much of December — in San Francisco, measurable precipitation was recorded on 19 days during the month. But on seven of those days, it rained .07 inches or less. And despite the frequency of weather systems moving over the coast, not one dropped as much of an inch of rain on the city. San Francisco's 4.91 inches of rain in December was just ahead of the normal for the month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the city and most of Northern California still lagged behind normal for the season going back to last Oct. 1. Then with January coming in below normal and no rain so far in February, San Francisco stands at just 60% of normal for the season. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=RSA&product=RR4&format=CI&version=1&glossary=0\">daily National Weather Service summary of seasonal rainfall\u003c/a> throughout the state shows similarly dry numbers nearly everywhere in the state north of Monterey Bay. To the south, sites on the Central Coast and across most of Southern California were deluged early in the season with much higher totals than normal. So while it has been dry down south since the first of the year, seasonal totals are still close to or ahead of normal in places like San Diego (129% of normal), Long Beach (113%) and Paso Robles (90%). \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe title=\"2019-20 Bay Area Precipitation\" aria-label=\"Table\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-S5Mht\" src=\"//datawrapper.dwcdn.net/S5Mht/2/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"880\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Snow\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Late November and December saw heavy snow fall up and down the Sierra, the Coast Ranges, the Tehachapis and even into lower elevations as a series of very cold storms swept through the mountains. By New Year's Eve, the water equivalent of the California's \"frozen reservoir\" had reached about 95% of normal for the date. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Continuing cold temperatures have preserved much of that snowpack. But an atmospheric pattern that has persisted for weeks, shunting most storms into northern Oregon and Washington with only weak remnants sliding through the interior of California, has meant the snowpack has fallen far behind the seasonal norms. By Monday, the snowpack's water equivalent has fallen to 59%. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more, see \u003ca href=\"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/reportapp/javareports?name=DLYSWEQ.20200210\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a regional breakdown\u003c/a> of the snowpack's water content at the state Department of Water Resources California Data Exchange Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Northern Sierra Precipitation\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>The mountain snowpack figure is nearly identical to another closely watched bit of data: the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11408646/explainer-the-8-stations-in-the-northern-sierra-8-station-index\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Northern Sierra Eight-Station Index\u003c/a>. The index tracks precipitation at a series of typically very wet sites in three crucial watersheds — those of the Sacramento, the Feather and the American rivers. The index, which veteran Bay Area meteorologist Jan Null calls \"the most important number in the state\" when it comes to assessing rainfall and hydrologic conditions, stands at just 58% of normal for this part of February. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more, see \u003ca href=\"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/reportapp/javareports?name=DLYSWEQ.20200210\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a regional breakdown\u003c/a> of the snowpack's water content at the state Department of Water Resources California Data Exchange Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Reservoirs\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Here's the bright spot in the state's dry winter. Because two of the last three winters were very wet, the state's network of reservoirs are holding more water than usual for this time of year, and many still have plenty of room for runoff if the season turns rainy and snowy again. Shasta Lake, the state's largest reservoir, is at 112% of average for mid-February. Lake Oroville, the second-biggest reservoir, is at 95% of average. San Luis Reservoir, a key facility for water shipments to the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California, is at 93% of average for this point in the season. The rest of the state's largest reservoirs are at or above 100% of average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more, see the CDEC's \u003ca href=\"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/precipapp/get8SIPrecipIndex.action\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">interactive eight-station index page\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>The Outlook\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>What do the next days, weeks and month hold? Is there hope that the rain and snow will return? Maybe with a \"miracle March?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, there's always hope. There's the fabled miracle March of 1991, during which a series of storms started to break the grip of a six-year drought. The eight stations in the northern Sierra index averaged about 18 inches of rain during the month. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rainy season of 2017-18 was somewhat like the one we're in the middle of now. We arrived at the end of February 2018 with below-normal precipitation totals, but March storms made up much of the deficit even if they didn't bring the state back to normal for the season. (San Francisco rainfall finished at 74% of normal, and the eight-station Northern Sierra Index topped out at 76%. Southern California was bone dry, though, with most location getting just one-third of normal rainfall.) \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hope aside, what do the forecast models show?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now, they're pretty much in agreement that nowhere in California except the far northwest corner of the state will see anything more than a couple of episodes of light rain through the end of the month. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 4:39 p.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> A nightlong deluge drove several Bay Area rivers toward or past flood stage early Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rapidly rising water on the Guadalupe River triggered a flood warning at 4:21 a.m. and prompted San Jose city officials to issue an alert encouraging residents near the normally placid stream to evacuate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/CityofSanJose/status/1096035238705225728\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The evacuation advisory, which applied to a section of the city’s Willow Glen neighborhood, was canceled at 6:30 a.m. as rain slackened and the river receded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City spokeswoman Rosario Neaves said the city issued the advisory with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11612712/the-san-jose-flood-what-went-wrong-and-how-the-city-plans-to-fix-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2017’s disastrous flooding along Coyote Creek\u003c/a> in mind. About 14,000 residents were forced from their homes in 2017, many without receiving warnings that flooding was imminent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We committed with Valley Water and the county to not have an incident like (Coyote Creek) to take place again,” Neaves said. “This demonstration is proof of that. … We’ve been taking this incident very seriously.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Marin County, California Highway Patrol reported a levee breach near Highway 37 in Novato.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/MarinSheriff/status/1096124038659768321\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesman for the Marin County Department of Public Works said no homes are threatened, but it will be at least a couple of days before the water recedes enough for officials to begin examining the damage and making repairs. As the evening commute neared, CHP officers and Caltrans engineers were monitoring the rising water along the highway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farther north, the Napa and Russian rivers both continued to rise and are now expected to crest at 4 feet above flood stage overnight. As much as a foot of rain has fallen in the Russian River’s watershed since Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Rabbitt, chairman of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, says that’s better than expected. “There will be a little cleanup to do in some parking lots and some properties that are closer to the river, but we should do fine,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Guerneville School District announced, however, it would be closed on Friday due to flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Napa River is expected to top out just above flood stage at both St. Helena and the north side of the city of Napa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Sausalito, a duplex slid off its foundation and into another residence on Crescent Avenue, possibly because of a mudslide. One resident inside was rescued and hospitalized for minor injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/nbcbayarea/status/1096024867311403009\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Department of Public Works spokeswoman Rachel Gordon said approximately 65 trees and large limbs had fallen in the city during the storm but caused no injuries. Only a handful of vehicles were damaged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E reported 17,732 Bay Area customers were still without power as of about 3 p.m. — down from a high of over 31,000 around noon Thursday, as high winds raked much of the region. The regional breakdown at the peak of power outages: North Bay, 9,500; East Bay, 11,241; South Bay, 1,564; Peninsula, 6,409; San Francisco, 3,110.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weather also continues to cause delays and cancellations at Bay Area airports. A spokesman for San Francisco International Airport said 115 of its 1,250 flights have been canceled so far, mostly routes up and down the West Coast. And 315 flights at SFO have been delayed. Six flights were canceled at Oakland International Airport, due to weather conditions in Las Vegas, San Diego and Seattle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Totals for the previous 48 hours through 1:15 p.m. Thursday include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chart: Bay Area Rainfall Totals Over Last 48 Hours\" aria-describedby=\"Storm totals through 11:15 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 14.\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-dDvgp\" src=\"//datawrapper.dwcdn.net/dDvgp/2/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important;\" height=\"1049\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 6:55 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> More than 8,000 people in the Bay Area were without power Wednesday afternoon following the first wave of a potent atmospheric river storm that has drenched the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said 8,053 Bay Area customers were without electricity as of 5 p.m. Wednesday, down from nearly twice that many just a few hours earlier. The vast majority of those still without power — more than 5,000 customers — are in the South Bay, with another 1,665 in the North Bay and just fewer than 1,000 on the Peninsula.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A PG&E spokesman said that, with more stormy weather on the way, trees, tree limbs and other debris may fall on power lines, damaging equipment and interrupting service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm has also brought some impressive rainfall totals and the promise of serious flooding on the Russian River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, the National Weather Service reported that downtown San Francisco had already set a new daily record for rain on Feb. 13 with 2.13 inches, with more rain expected later in the afternoon and evening. The previous record was 2.08 inches in 2000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1095828399392735233\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California-Nevada River Forecast Center said in an updated forecast early Wednesday that extremely heavy rain in the river’s watershed — for instance, 7.72 inches at Venado, west of Healdsburg, through 6:45 p.m. — will trigger a rapid rise on the Russian River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The center forecast says the river at Guerneville will reach flood stage — 32 feet — on Thursday morning and crest at 39 feet early Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A flood of that magnitude — about a foot higher than the last storm crest seen on the river, in 2017 — typically inundates homes, businesses and resorts from Guerneville downstream through Monte Rio and closes Highway 116 near Duncans Mills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service issued a flood warning that for the Russian River at Guerneville starting 4 p.m. on Thursday and lasting until further notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the course of the day Wednesday, the dense plume of moisture-laden air shifted south from the North Bay and central Bay Area after daybreak, moving over the lower Peninsula, Santa Clara County and the Santa Cruz Mountains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The region saw on-and-off rain throughout the day, with a second impulse expected to bring another prolonged round of heavy rain Wednesday evening and early Thursday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service on Wednesday issued areal flood warnings for southeastern Marin County until 9 p.m. and southeastern Sonoma County until 10:45 p.m.. It also issued a flood warning for the area around the Napa River starting at 11 a.m. Thursday until further notice. Forecasters expect the river to rise above flood stage around noon on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/danbrekke/status/1095827181027057664\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm prompted 135 flight cancellations at San Francisco International Airport and 11 at Oakland International Airport on Wednesday, with most of the affected flights involving departures to and arrivals from Southern California and other West Coast locations. An SFO spokesman said about 300 of their 1,250 flights were experiencing average delays of about 80 to 90 minutes through the afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one school district, Two Rock Union in Sonoma County, closed early Wednesday due to flooding, and the Guerneville School District will be closed on Thursday, also due to flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area transit agencies also reported delays — 10 minutes on some BART lines and up to 20 minutes late on some Caltrain trips. Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District said Wednesday night that ferry service in Tiburon on Thursday could be affected due to high winds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1095860042446893057\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The North Bay, which had the heaviest rainfall by far, experienced the most serious effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scattered road closures were reported across Sonoma County, including roadways in or near Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, Petaluma, Bodega Bay, Sebastopol, Forestville and Valley Ford.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several roads in and around Windsor, just north of Santa Rosa, experienced significant flooding. That prompted a road closure at Windsor Road and Skylane Boulevard, and local firefighters helped drivers whose vehicles had stalled in water that came up to the wheel wells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/kentphotos/status/1095701334794194944\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service Bay Area office also issued a flood warning for some North Bay creeks and a flood advisory for Bay Area locations with poor drainage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The NWS also issued a coastal flood advisory for parts of the coastline and bay shoreline from 4 to 8 a.m. Thursday, saying southerly winds and excessive rainfall combined with the high tide could result in coastal flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rossvalleyfire.org/services/creek-levels-weather\">Marin County creeks\u003c/a> also showed sharp rises early Wednesday, though all appeared to have crested before reaching flood stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And creeks surged elsewhere, too. For instance, this stream north of downtown Oakland:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/ClydeDon/status/1095726726393413633\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regional totals showed a sharp decline in recorded totals from north to south. 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The storm is expected to spread a daylong steady rain over the region on Wednesday, broken up by intermittent heavy downpours. For a finale, the weather system is forecast to unload a second wallop of atmospheric river-fed rain early Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those forecast conditions, on top of a landscape saturated by recent storms, have led the National Weather Service to issue a flash flood watch for the entire Bay Area from late Tuesday through late Thursday morning. 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Much of the North Bay is expected to receive 3 to 5 inches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Totals at lower elevations are projected to range from 2-plus inches in San Francisco and Oakland to between 1.5 inches and 2 inches along the bay shore and East Bay valleys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That heavy rainfall is expected to cause a rapid rise on the Russian River, which is forecast to crest about 2 feet above flood stage late Thursday. Flows are expected to spike on the Napa River, too, with the river cresting just below flood stage at St. Helena and downtown Napa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the rest of California is in for a thrashing, too. Of special concern are conditions in the Sierra Nevada and its western foothills, which have received extremely heavy snowfall in the past two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incoming storm is expected to cause snow levels to rise from 2,000 to 3,000 feet Tuesday night to 6,000 to 8,000 feet during the day Wednesday. That means that for some part of the storm, rain will fall on the snowpack. That, in turn, could enhance the runoff down streams and rivers toward reservoirs and valleys below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the reservoirs are near or at the level at which dam managers may be required to begin releasing water to maintain enough room to accommodate floodwaters and runoff later in the season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serious flooding is not forecast — yet — though the river forecast center outlook shows sharp rises on the Sacramento River with water cresting above flood stage at several locations. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>That’s expected to be just an opening act. The storm is expected to spread a daylong steady rain over the region on Wednesday, broken up by intermittent heavy downpours. For a finale, the weather system is forecast to unload a second wallop of atmospheric river-fed rain early Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those forecast conditions, on top of a landscape saturated by recent storms, have led the National Weather Service to issue a flash flood watch for the entire Bay Area from late Tuesday through late Thursday morning. A high-wind warning is in effect for higher terrain — elevations of 1,000 feet and up.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11723249/weather-geek-why-do-some-parts-of-the-bay-area-always-get-more-rain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\">Weather Geek, Why Do Some Parts of the Bay Area Always Get More Rain?\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11723249/weather-geek-why-do-some-parts-of-the-bay-area-always-get-more-rain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-631415386-e1549313950719.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Brian Garcia, the warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office in Monterey, said the combination of rain, soaked soil and high winds portends trouble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to put some decent gusts on top of the saturated soil — we’ll probably see a lot of trees down and power outages,” Garcia said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NOAA’s California-Nevada River Forecast Center’s Coastal forecast rain totals through Friday are ranging from nearly 9 inches in northern Sonoma County to 5 inches in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Much of the North Bay is expected to receive 3 to 5 inches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Totals at lower elevations are projected to range from 2-plus inches in San Francisco and Oakland to between 1.5 inches and 2 inches along the bay shore and East Bay valleys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That heavy rainfall is expected to cause a rapid rise on the Russian River, which is forecast to crest about 2 feet above flood stage late Thursday. Flows are expected to spike on the Napa River, too, with the river cresting just below flood stage at St. Helena and downtown Napa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the rest of California is in for a thrashing, too. Of special concern are conditions in the Sierra Nevada and its western foothills, which have received extremely heavy snowfall in the past two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incoming storm is expected to cause snow levels to rise from 2,000 to 3,000 feet Tuesday night to 6,000 to 8,000 feet during the day Wednesday. That means that for some part of the storm, rain will fall on the snowpack. That, in turn, could enhance the runoff down streams and rivers toward reservoirs and valleys below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the reservoirs are near or at the level at which dam managers may be required to begin releasing water to maintain enough room to accommodate floodwaters and runoff later in the season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serious flooding is not forecast — yet — though the river forecast center outlook shows sharp rises on the Sacramento River with water cresting above flood stage at several locations. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Feb. 5, 12 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area residents woke Tuesday morning to find snow dusting hilltops and mountains following a rare combination of cold temperatures and precipitation that hit the region Monday. Snow fell on Mount Hamilton, Mount Diablo, Mount Tamalpais, on hills surrounding San Jose, across the Santa Cruz Mountains and a portion of Upper Skyline Boulevard in San Mateo County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service even reported a slight dusting of snow on Twin Peaks in San Francisco at approximately 3 a.m. on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1092787665638957057\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The snow caused some road closures overnight. Highway 17 between Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties was closed for about an hour early Tuesday. Northbound lanes of U.S. Highway 101 in unincorporated Marin County were temporarily closed Monday night into early Tuesday morning due to icy conditions, according to the California Highway Patrol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Folks took to social media, posting their photos of the rare event. Philip Klotzbach posted to Twitter Tuesday morning that about 3 inches of snow had fallen on the summit of Mount Diablo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/KQED/status/1092867994839969792\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SarRavani/status/1092812346853011456\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newly installed cameras used to \u003ca href=\"http://www.firesafemarin.org/remote-fire-detection-cameras/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scan for wildfires in Marin County\u003c/a> allowed for online views of snow-dusted peaks, such as on Mt. Tamalpais.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/marincountyfire/status/1092621471157866497\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And enough snow fell in the Santa Cruz mountains to build a snowman, albeit a small one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service reports there will be a slight chance of showers Tuesday afternoon. Highs will be near 50 with winds gusting to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday night will be partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly clear. Lows will be in the upper 30s to mid 40s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday’s forecast calls for sunny skies with high temps the lower 50s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">❄️\u003cbr>❄️❄️\u003cbr>❄️❄️❄️\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s some \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/SantaCruz?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SantaCruz\u003c/a> kids playing in the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BayAreaSnow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BayAreaSnow\u003c/a> in \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BonnyDoon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BonnyDoon\u003c/a>!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> Acacia Kautz via Instagram \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>❄️❄️❄️\u003cbr>❄️❄️\u003cbr>❄️ \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/CQfvzuFNWa\">pic.twitter.com/CQfvzuFNWa\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— KQED (@KQED) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KQED/status/1093229227954954241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">❄️\u003cbr>❄️❄️\u003cbr>❄️❄️❄️\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ok, it’s not the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/PolarVortex?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PolarVortex\u003c/a>, but dusting of \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BayAreaSnow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BayAreaSnow\u003c/a> can still be beautiful. Here’s a shot up \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/Berkeley?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Berkeley\u003c/a>’s Grizzly Peak, from Noah Starr on Instagram \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>❄️❄️❄️\u003cbr>❄️❄️\u003cbr>❄️ \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/GgA7tEbM9d\">pic.twitter.com/GgA7tEbM9d\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— KQED (@KQED) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KQED/status/1093229240777039872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A winter wonderland on the summit of Mount Diablo (3849 feet) in the East Bay this morning. About 3 inches of snow at the summit. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/snow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#snow\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/MtDiablo?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MtDiablo\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/X4GQlnP1Ds\">pic.twitter.com/X4GQlnP1Ds\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Philip Klotzbach (@philklotzbach) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/1092828606907084801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Bay City News contributed to this update.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post Feb. 4:\u003c/strong> After the National Weather Service’s \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=mtr&wwa=winter%20weather%20advisory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prediction\u003c/a> of snow at its lowest levels \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/17464/snow-in-san-francisco-the-photos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">since 2011\u003c/a>, the flurry of tweets about #BayAreaSnow was thick enough to blanket Bay Area newsfeeds in two feet of weather-related hype.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1092552890626048000\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What \u003ca href=\"https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the report\u003c/a> itself actually predicts is the potential for snow accumulation at lower levels than usual in the Bay Area, starting Monday afternoon and lasting until Tuesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s break it down by region:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>North Bay: Snow mixed with rain could occur lower than 1,000 feet.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Santa Cruz and East Bay: Snow levels predicted at above 1,000 feet.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Santa Lucia Mountains and Southern Gabilan Range: Snow levels anticipated about 1,500 feet.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“It’s definitely rare, though not unprecedented,” said Ryan Walbrun, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area is experiencing a rare (for the area) combination of cold temperatures and precipitation and, as of Monday afternoon, there were already confirmed reports of snow in the hills. Walbrun said the lowest confirmed snow was in Lake County at 1,300 feet, while hills around Livermore also had reports of the white stuff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Walbrun said he wouldn’t be surprised if they got reports of snow at lower elevations, though San Francisco itself shouldn’t be as hopeful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s even harder to get it in the city just because it’s surrounded by water on all three sides,” Walbrun said. The only places in San Francisco with even the smallest potential for snow sightings would be Twin Peaks or Mount Davidson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The places with a much higher likelihood of accumulation are going to be the peaks in other parts of the Bay Area. Mount Tam, Mount Saint Helena, Mount Diablo and even Skyline Boulevard in the Santa Cruz mountains could see some snow. The best times for the combination of cold and wet weather to bring snow would be between 12 a.m. and 6 a.m Tuesday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Be smart in the morning if there’s ice or snow,” Walbrun warned. “Delay your time because it won’t take much to cause accidents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a handy map from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.weather.gov/mtr/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Weather Service\u003c/a> that highlights their Winter Weather Advisory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11723388\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/WeatherStory2-800x600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/WeatherStory2-800x600.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/WeatherStory2-160x120.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/WeatherStory2.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People took to social media to share photos and videos of the unusual Bay Area weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/MarinSheriff/status/1092510391836467201\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/chuckclifford/status/1092490797545472000\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/codeuncommenter/status/1092532867001798657\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While we eagerly await snowy photos in our newsfeeds tonight, let’s take a wintery stroll through the history of notable Bay Area snowfall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1962\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11723418\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 573px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11723418\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/1962.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"573\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/1962.jpg 573w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/1962-160x112.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children playing in the snow at Westmore High School. \u003ccite>(SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1939\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11723427\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 449px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11723427\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/AAB-8572.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/AAB-8572.jpg 449w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/AAB-8572-160x143.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fisherman’s Wharf after a snow fall. (1939) \u003ccite>(SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1932\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11723432\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 544px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11723432\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/AAZ-0836.jpg\" alt=\"Cows in the snow on Twin Peaks, houses in background.\" width=\"544\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/AAZ-0836.jpg 544w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/AAZ-0836-160x118.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cows in the snow on Twin Peaks, houses in background. (1932) \u003ccite>(SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1882\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11723438\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 540px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11723438\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/AAA-7124.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/AAA-7124.jpg 540w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/AAA-7124-160x119.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Union Square, San Francisco, snow storm. (1882) \u003ccite>(SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tara Siler:\u003c/strong> Can you describe for me what morale is like in the office during this shutdown right now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Roger Gass:\u003c/strong> Morale is actually really low with respect to the unknown — especially this is going to be the first time in more than 11 years we haven't received paychecks, or myself hasn't received a paycheck. And so that leaves a lot of stress on us. And we're doing our best though to stick together and try to make each other cookies and try to keep the morale as high as we can, but at the end of the day we have to go home with all the unknowns of when we're going to see our next paycheck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Siler:\u003c/strong> And how is that affecting you personally? Are you are you going to have trouble making ends meet paying bills?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gass:\u003c/strong> Well, this is a rare weekend off for me. And I'm fortunate enough to have the weekend off. But now, when I would get paid this weekend, now I'm going to have to sit down and figure out which bills that I can pay or which ones I can hold off until we know when things are going to reopen and we can get paid again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Siler:\u003c/strong> And what are you hearing from your colleagues about what their experiences are?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gass:\u003c/strong> Well, just like any American, all of our stories and situations are different. In my agency, I'm fortunate enough to have a spouse who also works. But many of my colleagues are the single source of income for their entire family. And there are people who are worried about child care, worried about putting food on the table for their families. And in the meantime, they're still having to report to work to fulfill our mission of protecting life and property during this weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Siler:\u003c/strong> Have you worked during previous shutdowns like in 2013?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gass:\u003c/strong> I did work in the previous shutdowns. There was one last year that was a really brief one. And I worked over that weekend. And in 2013, as well. However, those all were resolved before we actually missed our major paychecks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Siler:\u003c/strong> So this feels different?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gass:\u003c/strong> Oh, this feels a lot different. And the overall climate is just so different. There's so many unknowns and it actually has caused a lot of my co-workers to lose sleep at night, including myself. It's something we talk about in the morning where we're getting ready for the day to start the forecast process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Siler:\u003c/strong> So Roger, we have a storm approaching Northern California like you said earlier. How might this shutdown and what's happening in your office going to impact your work in the office?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gass:\u003c/strong> Well, from a standpoint of the work that we do, we're going to do the best that we can to provide the best forecast to emergency managers and to the public and to the media that we do every day. However, our global forecast is the model which is run by the National Weather Service. There's nobody in the office maintaining that back at headquarters. So our forecast model that we have in the United States, that we produce, is actually becoming degraded because we don't have anybody to maintain that model. And that is going to impact people across the country as our forecasts are going to be more difficult to manage and more difficult to predict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Siler:\u003c/strong> So that means our forecasts may not be as accurate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gass:\u003c/strong> Exactly. The accuracy of our forecasts are going down and models across the world are doing a better job than our own models. And here we are supposed to be the leading country with forecasting models, and it's not looking that way right now.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Now: Enjoy two or three days of sunshine (or at least dry weather) before the next storm arrives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:35 a.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> Above: a map showing 24-hour rainfall totals through 8 a.m. this morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm is still dumping plenty of rain across the region, mostly from the Golden Gate south to the Santa Cruz Mountains, and by all appearances will be slow to exit. The North Bay and central Bay Area should see an end to rainfall by early afternoon. The South Bay and adjacent mountains could stay wet until late afternoon or early evening. Dry weather is expected Friday and through the weekend, with rain returning late Sunday and Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The highest rain amounts -- in northern Sonoma County, the East Bay Hills and Santa Cruz Mountains -- were around 3 inches over the past 24 hours. That's a little lower than expected -- though the wettest parts of the Santa Cruz range will pick up more during the day today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm passed without triggering flash flooding or other problems in the extensive North Bay burn zones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:20 a.m. Wednesday: \u003c/strong>The possibility of prolonged heavy rain arriving with the Bay Area's first major storm of the season has prompted the National Weather Service to issue \u003ca href=\"http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=mtr&wwa=flash%20flood%20watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a flash flood watch\u003c/a> for the extensive swaths of the North Bay burned in last month's wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As expected, light rain began falling overnight in the North Bay, with totals generally under a tenth of an inch by dawn Wednesday. The exceptions: Dillon Beach with .13 of an inch and Bodega Bay with .11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the storm intensifies later in the day, rain could fall at a rate of half an inch per hour in some spots, the weather service says. Flash floods could occur in the burn scars left behind by the Atlas (Napa County), Tubbs (Napa and Sonoma counties), Nuns (Sonoma and Napa) and Pocket (Sonoma) fires. Forecasters singled out the devastated Fountaingrove neighborhood in northeast Santa Rosa as an area of special concern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The watch is a notice that flash flooding could occur and touch off debris flows in the affected areas. The watch issued Tuesday night is in effect from 4 p.m. Wednesday through 3 a.m. Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters also issued a separate \u003ca href=\"http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=mtr&wwa=flood%20watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flood watch\u003c/a> for southeastern Mendocino County, again due to concern about the effect of heavy rain on areas that burned last month near the communities of Redwood Valley and Potter Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Sierra Nevada, meantime, a winter storm warning is in effect through Friday morning. The current forecast calls for 5 to 11 inches of snow at elevations above 7,000 feet, with as much as 30 inches at 9,000 feet and above.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> If \u003ca href=\"https://www.windy.com/?gfs,rain,37.992,-122.003,7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weather forecast models\u003c/a> are to be believed, the greater Bay Area is in for its first real regionwide soaking on Wednesday and Thursday. For bonus points, the storm is also forecast to bring high winds to hills and ridges around the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weather system, which will blend a cold storm moving south from the waters south of Alaska with a surge of warm, wet air flowing across the Pacific from the southwest, is also expected to bring a deluge to the Feather River watershed above Oroville Dam and unload heavy snow on the higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?afos=xxxafdmtr&wfo=mtr&font=120&new=1&version=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Weather Service's reading\u003c/a> of the forecast models as of Tuesday morning is that rain will start along the northern Sonoma County coast early Wednesday morning and move slowly south toward the Golden Gate. The central Bay Area and South Bay aren't expected to see significant rainfall until after the evening rush hour, with the highest rain rates late in the evening and early Thursday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rainfall amounts are expected to range from 3 to 5 inches in the North Bay hills and the Santa Cruz Mountains, with anywhere from a half-inch to 1.5 inches at lower elevations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rain will be accompanied by strong southerly winds -- 20 to 30 mph, gusting to 50 mph -- at higher elevations throughout the region. Those winds should pick up in the North Bay hills early Wednesday afternoon and sweep south across higher ridges and peaks through early Thursday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside the Bay Area, the storm is expected to bring as much as 3 feet of snow to the higher reaches of the Sierra and the state's northern mountains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And forecast maps show a heavy precipitation bull's-eye in the Feather River, with as much as 6 inches of rain in the rugged county above Oroville Dam. That's of note because the level of Lake Oroville, the immense reservoir behind the dam, will be closely monitored during the coming wet season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Construction crews recently \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/01/water-agency-meets-key-oroville-deadline-but-faces-skepticism-about-its-future-role/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrapped up the first season\u003c/a> of a massive project to rebuild the dam's main spillway, which failed dramatically last year, and are still working on strengthening an eroded hillside that serves as the facility's emergency spillway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Water Resources says the half-completed main spillway will be able to handle high flows this season, if necessary. At the insistence of federal regulators, DWR has also moved to lower the level of Lake Oroville to make plenty of room for any incoming runoff over the next seven months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday morning, the agency reported the lake's surface level at 689 feet -- 124 feet below the spillway inlet and about 160 feet below the level at which the managers would be required to begin releasing water to make room for heavy runoff from Feather River tributaries above the reservoir.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes a \u003ca href=\"#correction\">correction\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 5:20 p.m. Friday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]D[/dropcap]ay One of the Great Labor Day Heat Wave of 2017 is almost in the books. We're seeing several locations that did set or may have set all-time highs (and there are likely many others that have established new daily or monthly records):\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>San Francisco's official downtown recording station hit 106 degrees, according to \u003ca href=\"http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?new&wfo=mtr&sid=MTR&pil=RER\" target=\"_blank\">a record report\u003c/a> from the National Weather Service. That breaks the city's previous record of 103 -- going back to the creation of the federal weather service in the 1870s -- set July 17, 1988, and equaled on June 14, 2000. San Francisco International Airport also reported its highest reading on record, 104, which surpasses the 103 recorded on Sept. 14, 1971.\n\u003c/li>\u003cli>A Berkeley weather station close to Berkeley's official recording site, on the Cal campus near Hearst and Euclid avenues, reported (via Weather Underground) a temperature of 108.5. That would eclipse the record of 107 set June 15, 2000, and the September record of 106, set Sept. 16, 1913.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa reported a high of 109, apparently equaling its all-time high, set in 1944.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mountain View's Moffett Field recorded 106 degrees, equaling the set June 14, 2000.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>None of those readings are the hottest in the region. Unofficial highs we're seeing on various weather sites include 115 at Lake Sonoma, west of Healdsburg; 114 at the Livermore Fire Department, 111 in Walnut Creek and at Upper San Leandro Reservoir in the East Bay Hills; 110 at Concord's Buchanan Field and at Barnaby, a hillside spot between Mount Tamalpais and Point Reyes in Marin County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today's high at KQED News' work-at-home Berkeley bureau, 102.7, seems tame by comparison, though it was a challenge for the backyard chickens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The NWS says more of the same is in store for tomorrow, with a twist. Winds off the ocean -- onshore flow, in meteorological parlance -- moderated temperatures along the coast on Friday. Forecasters say that won't be the case tomorrow, and the excessive heat warning that's been in place for most of the region has been extended to the coast for Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a rundown of what you might expect this weekend and how to deal with it:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Hot, for How Long:\u003c/strong> The National Weather Service's \u003ca href=\"http://www.weather.gov/mtr/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Bay Area forecast office\u003c/a> in Monterey has issued an \u003ca href=\"http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=mtr&wwa=excessive%20heat%20warning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">excessive heat warning\u003c/a> that covers the entire region, except for areas adjacent to the Pacific Ocean. The warning -- which means \"a prolonged period of dangerously hot temperatures will occur\" -- will be in effect from 11 a.m. Friday through 9 p.m. Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bad Air:\u003c/strong> Most of us have noticed the hazy, crummy air quality the last couple of days -- or, if you're of a more lyrical bent, the coppery tinge to the evening and early morning light. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/communications-and-outreach/publications/news-releases/2017/smoke_170831-pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bay Area Air Quality Management District says\u003c/a> that's largely the result of wildfire smoke filtering into the region from blazes as far away as Oregon. The air district has issued \u003ca href=\"http://www.sparetheair.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a Spare the Air alert\u003c/a> urging people to curtail driving and other activities that add to pollution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district's \u003ca href=\"http://www.sparetheair.org/stay-informed/todays-air-quality/five-day-forecast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">air-quality forecast\u003c/a> shows unhealthy air for all groups in the Santa Clara and East Bay valleys and unhealthy for sensitive groups (those with respiratory illnesses, for instance) in the rest of the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where It Will Be Hottest:\u003c/strong> The forecast for interior areas of most counties on Friday and Saturday includes highs reaching 116 in Walnut Creek, 115 in Pleasanton, 114 in Novato and 113 in Livermore. If that forecast pans out, some locations may exceed their highest recorded temperatures ever. Walnut Creek's all-time high, for instance, is 115 -- set on July 14, 1972. San Francisco's weekend high is forecast to be 90 on Saturday; Oakland is expected to hit 95 and San Jose 101 the same day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The forecast prompted officials in Novato to declare a \"minimum day\" for students in the city's schools on Friday. Pupils in elementary schools will be sent home at noon, and high schools will let out at 12:45 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https://danbrekke.carto.com/builder/55ad052e-8f24-11e7-9e06-0e9ed59b32fa/embed\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where It Will Be Coolest:\u003c/strong> Most coastal areas will be warm -- with Pacifica and Half Moon Bay forecast to hit the mid-80s on Saturday -- but much, much cooler than inland regions. Most points along the coast in Sonoma and Marin counties are expected to remain in the 70s throughout the heat siege.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Staying Cool:\u003c/strong> The National Weather Service is emphasizing that the extreme heat on tap for most of the region poses a risk to everyone -- not just young children, older residents and other typically vulnerable groups. The National Weather Service's advice for coping with the torrid days to come:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Limit strenuous outdoor activities, especially during the hottest time of day.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Do not leave kids in vehicles.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Stay in air-conditioned areas if possible.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Drink plenty of fluids.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Check on relatives and neighbors.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County, where heat is forecast to be particularly intense, offers \u003ca href=\"http://cchealth.org/heat/tips-to-cope.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an expanded list\u003c/a> of steps to cope with high temperatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cooling Centers:\u003c/strong> Here are lists of cooling centers publicized by county health authorities across the region:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.achch.org/uploads/7/2/5/4/72547769/cooling_centers_locations_6-19-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alameda County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://cchealth.org/heat/pdf/cool_off_locations_aaa.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contra Costa County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://test.cityofsanrafael.org/Fire/Fire_Administration/Press_Releases/Cooling_Centers_July_1_2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=10689f726ea046b081b7b53dee8eabc7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco (map)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sccfd.org/images/documents/community_education/safety_education/CoolingCenters6-22-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Santa Clara County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/oes/cooling_centers.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Solano County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Staying Safe at the Beach:\u003c/strong> The hot weather is likely to prompt many people to visit Bay Area beaches. The National Weather Service says it's particularly important to know that ocean waters are very cold -- between 54 and 56 degrees -- and that rip currents make many beaches extremely dangerous. Visitors should also be aware that many inviting areas, such as San Francisco's Ocean Beach, have no lifeguards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Read more:\u003c/em> the NWS \u003ca href=\"http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=MTR&issuedby=MTR&product=SRF&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1&highlight=on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">surf zone forecast\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/ocean/rip_safety.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tips for avoiding rip currents\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hot Pets:\u003c/strong> Pet lovers are reminded to make sure their dogs and cats (or what have you) are protected from heat. Some basic advice during dangerously hot, sunny weather:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Make sure pets have plenty of water.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Never leave pets in cars.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Be mindful of hot pavement, which can burn dogs' paws and cause a rapid increase in their body temperature.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Know the signs of heat stroke in pets, which can include excessive panting, increased heart and respiratory rate, drooling, stupor or collapse.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Read more:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/general-pet-care/hot-weather-safety-tips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ASPCA's Hot Weather Safety Tips\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Power:\u003c/strong> The California Independent System Operator is forecasting record \u003ca href=\"http://www.caiso.com/Pages/TodaysOutlook.aspx#AWE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statewide power demand\u003c/a> on Friday. On Thursday, the grid operator issued \u003ca href=\"http://www.caiso.com/Documents/FlexAlert-aCallForEnergyConservation-InEffectToday.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a flex alert\u003c/a> -- a call for voluntary conservation -- through Friday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Transit Impacts:\u003c/strong> Both BART and Caltrain are slowing down because of the heat, a move that will cause delays on both systems. \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2017/news20170901\">BART says\u003c/a> it's reducing train speeds from the usual maximum of 80 mph in outdoor areas systemwide because of the possibility rails could shift in the extreme heat. The slowdown could increase travel times 10 to 20 minutes, BART says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrain informed passengers at midday Friday it was limiting trains to 60 mph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"correction\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Correction:\u003c/strong> The high temperature reported for Berkeley on Friday, Sept. 1, as well as its source and the city's all-time temperature record, were mis-stated in our original report and have been corrected. We regret the error.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Forecasters say that won't be the case tomorrow, and the excessive heat warning that's been in place for most of the region has been extended to the coast for Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a rundown of what you might expect this weekend and how to deal with it:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Hot, for How Long:\u003c/strong> The National Weather Service's \u003ca href=\"http://www.weather.gov/mtr/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Bay Area forecast office\u003c/a> in Monterey has issued an \u003ca href=\"http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=mtr&wwa=excessive%20heat%20warning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">excessive heat warning\u003c/a> that covers the entire region, except for areas adjacent to the Pacific Ocean. The warning -- which means \"a prolonged period of dangerously hot temperatures will occur\" -- will be in effect from 11 a.m. Friday through 9 p.m. Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bad Air:\u003c/strong> Most of us have noticed the hazy, crummy air quality the last couple of days -- or, if you're of a more lyrical bent, the coppery tinge to the evening and early morning light. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/communications-and-outreach/publications/news-releases/2017/smoke_170831-pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bay Area Air Quality Management District says\u003c/a> that's largely the result of wildfire smoke filtering into the region from blazes as far away as Oregon. The air district has issued \u003ca href=\"http://www.sparetheair.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a Spare the Air alert\u003c/a> urging people to curtail driving and other activities that add to pollution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district's \u003ca href=\"http://www.sparetheair.org/stay-informed/todays-air-quality/five-day-forecast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">air-quality forecast\u003c/a> shows unhealthy air for all groups in the Santa Clara and East Bay valleys and unhealthy for sensitive groups (those with respiratory illnesses, for instance) in the rest of the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where It Will Be Hottest:\u003c/strong> The forecast for interior areas of most counties on Friday and Saturday includes highs reaching 116 in Walnut Creek, 115 in Pleasanton, 114 in Novato and 113 in Livermore. If that forecast pans out, some locations may exceed their highest recorded temperatures ever. Walnut Creek's all-time high, for instance, is 115 -- set on July 14, 1972. San Francisco's weekend high is forecast to be 90 on Saturday; Oakland is expected to hit 95 and San Jose 101 the same day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The forecast prompted officials in Novato to declare a \"minimum day\" for students in the city's schools on Friday. Pupils in elementary schools will be sent home at noon, and high schools will let out at 12:45 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https://danbrekke.carto.com/builder/55ad052e-8f24-11e7-9e06-0e9ed59b32fa/embed\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where It Will Be Coolest:\u003c/strong> Most coastal areas will be warm -- with Pacifica and Half Moon Bay forecast to hit the mid-80s on Saturday -- but much, much cooler than inland regions. Most points along the coast in Sonoma and Marin counties are expected to remain in the 70s throughout the heat siege.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Staying Cool:\u003c/strong> The National Weather Service is emphasizing that the extreme heat on tap for most of the region poses a risk to everyone -- not just young children, older residents and other typically vulnerable groups. The National Weather Service's advice for coping with the torrid days to come:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Limit strenuous outdoor activities, especially during the hottest time of day.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Do not leave kids in vehicles.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Stay in air-conditioned areas if possible.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Drink plenty of fluids.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Check on relatives and neighbors.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County, where heat is forecast to be particularly intense, offers \u003ca href=\"http://cchealth.org/heat/tips-to-cope.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an expanded list\u003c/a> of steps to cope with high temperatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cooling Centers:\u003c/strong> Here are lists of cooling centers publicized by county health authorities across the region:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.achch.org/uploads/7/2/5/4/72547769/cooling_centers_locations_6-19-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alameda County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://cchealth.org/heat/pdf/cool_off_locations_aaa.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contra Costa County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://test.cityofsanrafael.org/Fire/Fire_Administration/Press_Releases/Cooling_Centers_July_1_2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=10689f726ea046b081b7b53dee8eabc7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco (map)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sccfd.org/images/documents/community_education/safety_education/CoolingCenters6-22-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Santa Clara County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/oes/cooling_centers.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Solano County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Staying Safe at the Beach:\u003c/strong> The hot weather is likely to prompt many people to visit Bay Area beaches. The National Weather Service says it's particularly important to know that ocean waters are very cold -- between 54 and 56 degrees -- and that rip currents make many beaches extremely dangerous. Visitors should also be aware that many inviting areas, such as San Francisco's Ocean Beach, have no lifeguards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Read more:\u003c/em> the NWS \u003ca href=\"http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=MTR&issuedby=MTR&product=SRF&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1&highlight=on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">surf zone forecast\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/ocean/rip_safety.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tips for avoiding rip currents\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hot Pets:\u003c/strong> Pet lovers are reminded to make sure their dogs and cats (or what have you) are protected from heat. 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