From extreme heat to rain and wind
getting ready for a big change in the
forecast as a hurricane approaches Baja.
Thanks so much for being here at 6:00 AM on
this Thursday. I'm Eric connard.
And I'm Carrie Lane, interneta.
Let's get right to Evan for a
check of the forecast because
changes are on the way.
Rain is included in that.
Yeah, absolutely.
We have rain in the forecast.
Thunderstorms, plenty of
easterly winds that will pick up.
We have the possibility of gusts
moving to the 60 and 70 mile per
hour range across the mountains.
That's where gusts will be most intense.
And two to four inches of rain.
Across the mountains and
deserts along the coast,
things will be lighter.
It will likely be about half an
inch to an inch of accumulating
rain from Friday into Saturday.
But for your Thursday today,
we are staying hot and we are staying dry.
Clouds are gonna start to
build across the county.
We'll see those virtually county wide,
but temperatures are going to remain hot.
Excessive heat will continue for today
and we'll see that excessive heat warning
that expire as we head into tonight.
So coming up,
we'll talk about Hurricane Kate
churning off the coast of Baja.
We'll talk about how it's going to
be affecting us, bringing that rain.
Wind and then of course,
cooler temperatures finally breaking
up this heat wave that has been many,
many days long.
So details on all of the changes that
we're going to see over the next
several days coming up in just a bit.
That cooldown will be welcome,
but in the meantime we still have
the heat to deal with the state
now issuing a 9th Flex alert.
And it's even longer.
You were being asked to conserve
energy from 3:00 to 10:00 PM today.
Yesterday, power demand came dangerously
close to overtaking the supply,
but we have managed to avoid
rolling blackouts so far.
Meantime, because of the incoming rain,
the county is offering free sandbags to
sandbags, I should say, to property.
This is for people living
in unincorporated areas.
They will be offered at fire
stations from Bonita.
All the way to Fallbrook.
And we do have that full list at cbs8.com.
Just click on the help button.
Now, as we deal with these
scorching temperatures here,
experts believe this unprecedented heat
wave could be a sign of what's to come.
CBS's dinner McNicholas live in
Coronado now with the impact of these
extreme conditions. Good morning.
Well, good morning, Carrie and Eric.
Let me tell you, scientists say
that these heat waves could be
more common in San Diego,
lasting for a longer period of
time and become even warmer.
We spoke to a scientist at the Scripps
Institute of Oceanography for answers.
We have all these hot, muggy nights
that that make it more difficult for
people who either don't have air
conditioning or can't afford to run.
It makes it much harder to.
Live through a heat wave like that.
Another resource we reached out to
is Alex Tardy, a warming coordinator
and meteorologist with the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.
He says even after the sun goes down,
the temperatures will stay high and humid.
That's something we're seeing and I'm
even feeling right now here in Coronado.
Over the past 10 years,
six of those years have been record warm,
not only in the summer,
but the entire year, he says.
If we break down this heat
wave over the past two weeks.
It's been the top warmest
in almost every location,
from San Diego to Salt Lake
City and Sacramento.
A lot of those areas are seeing
their warmest one week period on
record with their projections.
Interior areas of California,
like mountains and deserts will warm faster,
and it's already happening.
For example,
we're experiencing more days where it's
115 degrees out in areas like Palm Springs.
Longer heat waves are also
coming into their data,
and the pace is fast, he says.
Major changes are coming closer to 2030.
In 2050 now,
with these warm overnight
temperatures and prolonged heat waves,
they're concerning that summer
is dragging well into fall.
They're seeing shoulder seasons
like spring and fall being
much warmer than average,
something that they're worried about.
Now, Tardy says that this is all due
to climate change and really does
encourage people to make changes in
their daily habits because these
warmer temperatures are going to be
hard for not only people to live,
but businesses and our way
of life here in San Diego.
For further information,
cbs8.com is a great resource.
I'm Dana Marie Mcnicholl live in Coronado.
Thanks Dana Marie.
This morning four people are
dead and three others are hurt.
After police say a man drove around Memphis,
TN shooting at random.
The suspect reportedly
streamed it live on Facebook.
This started early yesterday morning
and continued late into the evening.
Now people were told to shelter in place
as police tracked down the shooter.
The suspect was arrested
after a high speed chase.
This morning at San Diego man here now on the
FBI's list of the 10 Most Wanted fugitives.
So this is Michael Pratt.
He's been on the run since he was charged
with sex trafficking and other felonies.
Please take a good look at your screen here.
Authorities say Pratt coerced
hundreds of women into making
adult videos for his website,
including at least one underage girl.
There is a $100,000 reward for
information leading to his arrest.
This morning, we have new pictures
from neighbors showing cars parked
outside the Tory Highlands home of
the man who escaped house arrest,
Leonard Francis.
Nicknamed.
Matt Leonard was waiting for sentencing
for masterminding a Navy corruption scandal.
We're waiting to hear back from
US Marshals about the cars that
we're seeing outside of his house.
This morning.
Steve Bannon is expected to surrender
to authorities in New York.
This is for charges related to a
fundraising effort to build a border wall.
Bannon called the pending indictment phony.
He was once former President Trump's
White House chief strategist and was
pardoned by Trump on the federal level.
But the Manhattan District Attorney
then opened a separate probe
and this morning, doctors.
Queen Elizabeth say they are
concerned for her health.
The 96 year old British monarch is
under medical supervision right now.
The announcement comes a day after she
cancelled the meeting and was told to rest.
Buckingham Palace says the queen is
comfortable and remains in Scotland,
where she's been spending this summer.
We wish her well this morning.
Two kids from Spring Valley who
were reported missing are now safe.
We told you yesterday an Amber Alert
was issued in Baja after their mother
was killed in Mexico over the weekend.
Last night the San Diego
Sheriff's Department told us that.
The kids were located.
No other details have been released and
this morning a proposal to redevelop
the Sports Arena site is up for review.
A City Council committee will
discuss the Midway rising project,
which has been recommended by
Mayor Todd Gloria.
This proposal includes a new arena,
affordable housing, a hotel,
retail and park space.
If approved,
it could go to the full City
Council next week.
Now the project is facing a legal challenge.
The group could called save our access,
recently filed a second.
Lawsuit against raising the
height limit in the arena area.
They say it would take away public land,
which would negatively impact the
future of coastal communities.
While the deadly Fairview Fire in
Riverside County continues to grow here,
this morning it is now 19,000 acres,
still only 5% contained.
Sadly, 2 people were killed by this fire.
Evacuation orders are in effect for
parts of the South side of Hemet
down into the San Jacinto Mountains.
Fire danger very high here after
this 8-9 day stretch of incredibly
hot temps that we've had here.
record-breaking in some parts.
Exactly. And the big factor that
we're going to consider too,
is the increase in wind gusts.
Wind is going to pick up ahead of all of the.
That weather that we're looking
into in the forecast as we go into
your Friday night and Saturday,
that wind is gonna start
up tonight into tomorrow.
So Friday, tomorrow is going to be
a very windy day overall before we
see any of that wet weather arrive.
That means that that is of prime fire
concern because of how hot it's been.
The plus side though is that we do
have rain and widespread rain at
that expected in the forecast very
quickly following that wind event.
It will remain windy throughout the weekend.
Rain is going to start Friday
night and continue into Saturday.
As we wake up today on our Thursday morning,
we're dry out there.
Clouds are starting to increase,
but we are going to see another hot
day outside with excessive heat and
that excessive heat warning remaining.
Walking out the door right now.
72 degrees in Oceanside,
71 in Encinitas, 76 in El Cajon.
Right now we were seeing some of
your overnight temperatures in the
4:30 half hour closer to 80 degrees.
So still very, very warm out there.
Today is the final day of that excessive
heat before we start to see the wet weather,
wind, thunderstorms roll in and
in turn cooler temperatures.
Hurricane Kay is who we have
to thank for that Hurricane K,
currently churning,
churning off of the Baja coast.
And as we start to see that system
move farther N it's gonna break apart.
It's gonna decay,
turn into a post tropical cyclone
just off of the eastern Pacific,
but it will send residual showers our way.
And that's what we're going to
see for Friday and Saturday.
Chance of picking up on maybe 2
to 4 inches of accumulating rain
across your mountains and deserts,
your coastline expecting more in the
realm of about half an inch or so.
So here's what we see on satellite
radar as we speak.
Clouds starting to move in,
a few showers surrounding us.
Afternoon highs are gonna mostly
be in the 80s and 90s,
a high of 83 in Pacific Beach,
90 in San Diego, 97 in Santee and El Cajon.
Moving up the coastline,
we see Oceanside making it to a high
of 91 degrees, 96 for Fallbrook,
97 for Escondido this afternoon.
So excessive heat remains.
And then we start a gradual cool down
into the rest of the week before
we see that wet weather roll in
tomorrow night all the way through.
Your Saturday.
Some of those showers are gonna start
up as early as tomorrow afternoon.
Let's transition to traffic.
It is 610 on the clock right now.
We gotta talk about what's going on
the roads to kick off the morning.
Pretty quiet.
Start to the 6:00 o'clock hour so far.
Just a couple things to take you
to want to
First off show you what is causing plenty
of congestion on the Coronado Bridge.
So we see the right hand shoulder blocked
with a crash on the five southbound.
This is as you get on to the Coronado Bridge,
also known as the 75 there.
All that red that we see spanning the
entirety of the bridge is thanks to
this crash that is leading up to it.
So we see the entirety of.
Of the five southbound getting on to
the 75 or onto the Coronado Bridge with
plenty of congestion further up north.
The number 3 lane blocked right now with
the stalled vehicle on the 8:05 northbound.
This is at Miramar Rd not
causing any major backups.
Looks like they are working
to get that #3 lane cleared.
Push this over to the right
hand shoulder and get that towed
vehicle out of the way back to you.