MORNING
MORNING TO YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. STILL ESCOVEDO. I'M KIND OF GLAD YOU
ARE WITH US HERE. WE HAVE TEAM
COVERAGE TODAY ON THE HEAT AND
THE FIRE THREATS NEWS AGE CHRIS
GROVES COVERING THE FIRE THREAT
AND THE FLEX ALERT IN EFFECT
TODAY. BUT WE BEGIN WITH THAT
RON PAUL, YOU'RE TRACKING THESE
HIGH TEMPERATURES NOW. YOU KNOW
WE'RE NOT NEAR THE PEAK HEAT
DAY YET AND LOOK AT HOW HOT IT
IS ALREADY OUT THERE AT 11
O'CLOCK. WE'RE AT 98 DEGREES IN
RAMONA. NINETY SIX IN POWER SAY
YOU'RE AT EIGHTY NINE AND
ALCOHOL AND LOOK AT DOWNTOWN
SAN DIEGO. NINETY TWO DEGREES
RIGHT NOW. CHULA VISTA UPPER
80S. SO YOU CAN CERTAINLY SEE
WIDESPREAD HEAT ALL THE WAY
FROM OUR BEACHES. LOOK AT
CARLSBAD AT NINETY THREE JULIAN
AT NINETY TWO. IT'S HOTTER IN
CARLSBAD THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW
IN JULIAN BORREGO AT 100
DEGREES. NOW SOME AREAS YOU'RE
SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN 24 HOURS
AGO. OTHER SPOTS LIKE ALCOHOL
AND ALPINE YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT
WARMER RIGHT NOW. SO HIT OR
MISS DEPENDING ON WHICH
NEIGHBORHOOD. OVERALL THOUGH
WHETHER YOU'RE WARMER OR COOLER
THAN YESTERDAY IT WAS HOT
YESTERDAY. IT'S HOT YET AGAIN
TODAY. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING
IN EFFECT THROUGH 8:00 TONIGHT
BECAUSE OF TEMPERATURES FOR
SOME INLAND COMMUNITIES
REACHING ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT
DEGREES BY THIS AFTERNOON. OUR
COASTLINE CONDITIONS AS YOU SEE
IN THE 90S ALREADY WE COULD HIT
TRIPLE DIGITS RIGHT NEAR OUR
BEACHES TODAY AS WELL. THERE'S
A HEAT ADVISORY THAT GOES INTO
EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW
NIGHT. ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT
HOW DRY IT IS OUT THERE BECAUSE
WE'VE HAD THESE CONTINUOUS
LIGHT OFFSHORE WINDS. WE'RE
STILL SEEING THINGS REALLY DRY
.SO EVEN THOUGH OUR WIND GUSTS
HAVEN'T BEEN TOO STRONG RIGHT
NOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY NUMBERS
10 PERCENT, MOUNT LAGUNA 10
PERCENT ALL BEHIND. THAT MEANS
THERE'S BARELY ANY MOISTURE IN
THE AIR WHICH MEANS SEVERAL
DAYS OF THIS AND IT'S HAD
THE VEGETATION HAS HAD A LOT OF
TIME NOW TO REALLY DRY UP. SO
DON'T BE SURPRISED YOU SEE A
LOT OF BROWN BRUSH ALL ACROSS
TOWN ESPECIALLY IN PLACES LIKE
RAMONA, EL CAJON, EVEN DOWN TO
17 PERCENT DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO
15 PERCENT RELATIVE HUMIDITY.
SO IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER IF
YOU'RE BY THE WATER. NOT MUCH
MOISTURE OUT. WIND SPEEDS FIVE
TO 10 MILES PER HOUR.
THANKFULLY WE'RE NOT SEEING
THESE STRONG WIND GUSTS. HERE'S
A LONG LIST OF POTENTIAL RECORD
BREAKERS FOR TODAY. DOWNTOWN
SAN DIEGO COULD REACH 98
DEGREES TODAY. CHULA VISTA 96
108 FOR ALCOHOL. WE'RE LOOKING
AT CAMPO 101. SO THESE
COMMUNITIES GET READY FOR
ANOTHER DAY IN MAKING HISTORY.
I GUESS IF YOU WANT TO
CELEBRATE THAT. I'M NOT SURE.
BUT NO. LIKE I SAID FOR EL
CAJON 103 FOR ALPINE THESE ARE
YOUR AFTERNOON HIGHS. SO IT'S
HOT RIGHT NOW BUT A FEW MORE
HOURS FROM NOW. THIS IS HOW HOT
YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET 1 0 6
RAMONA. 1 0 4 4 S CANDIDO AND
POWER WAY. WHERE DOES THAT PUT
US COMPARED TO WHERE WE SHOULD
BE? NORMALLY FOR THIS TIME OF
YEAR OUR DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO
FORECASTS SHOULD BE RIGHT
AROUND 74 DEGREES. THAT'S
NORMAL FOR THE FIRST OF
OCTOBER. RAMONA EIGHTY THREE IS
NORMAL. 104 IS WHAT YOU'RE
GOING TO GET THERE SO YOU CAN
CERTAINLY SEE HOW ABOVE AVERAGE
WE ARE UP FOR TODAY YET AGAIN
AS WE'RE NOW ENTERING DAY THREE
OF THIS HEAT WAVE. IS IT? NOTE
STAY FOR OF THIS HEAT WAVE.
LET'S SEND IT OVER TO CHRIS
GROH NOW TO TALK MORE ABOUT
THE HEAT. OF COURSE THAT
POTENTIAL FIRE DANGER THAT'S
OUT THERE AS WELL. CHRIS AND
IT'S NOT JUST THE FIRE DANGER
THAT WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT. WE
ALSO NEED TO DO OUR PART. AND
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FLEX
ALERT BECAUSE THIS IMPACTS
EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY THOSE
THAT MAYBE LIVE IN THAT
DOWNTOWN AREA. YOU'VE MAY SAY
YOU'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT
THE FIRE DANGER BUT YOU DO NEED
TO WORRY ABOUT CONSERVING
ENERGY BECAUSE ESPECIALLY RIGHT
NOW AS IT STARTS REALLY HOT
HERE IN RANCHO SAN DIEGO,
REALLY HOT IN DOWNTOWN SAN
DIEGO, YOU MIGHT BE THINKING
ABOUT REACHING FOR THAT
THERMOSTAT. GO AHEAD AND
CRANKING IT UP. THE FLEX ALERT
IS WARNING YOU TO NOT DO THAT
FROM 3:00 P.M. TO 10 P.M. IN
FACT, YOU SHOULD START PRE
COOLING YOUR HOME NOW. NOW
THE VIDEO YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT
NOW IS WHAT COULD HAPPEN. THIS
WAS YESTERDAY NEAR ALPINE, A
FIRE THAT BROKE OUT JUST EAST
OF V.A. CASINO. AND THIS IS
THE DANGER NOW THANKFULLY. THIS
IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WAS PUT
OUT QUICKLY. THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT CAL FIRE CAN RESPOND TO
QUICKLY. BUT AS WE SAW NOT TOO
LONG AGO, FIRES LIKE THIS ONE
IN CONDITIONS LIKE THIS CAN
GROW OUT OF HAND. WE SAW IT
FIRSTHAND HERE WITH THE VALLEY
FIRE. NOW THAT THANKFULLY
THAT'S BEEN PUT OUT THAT IS NO
LONGER A THREAT. BUT WHAT IS A
THREAT ARE THESE HIGH
TEMPERATURES, THESE DRY
CONDITIONS, ALL OF THAT A
PERFECT MIXTURE FOR A FIRE,
SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW UP NORTH
IS DEALING WITH. AND RIGHT NOW
WE DO HAVE RESOURCES FROM CAL
FIRE SAN DIEGO UP NORTH
BATTLING A LOT OF THESE FIRES.
ALL OF OUR GUYS. ANYBODY
FIGHTING FIRE RIGHT NOW IT'S
ALREADY BEEN UP AND DOWN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA A
COUPLE OF TIMES ALL THE WAY UP
TO THE OREGON BORDER AND BACK
AND WE'RE TOLD ALREADY MORE
THAN THREE MILLION ACRES HAVE
BURNED SO FAR THIS FIRE SEASON,
IF YOU WILL IN CALIFORNIA. AND
JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY
THAT WHILE WE DO HAVE RESOURCES
FROM CAL FIRE SAN DIEGO UP
ACROSS CALIFORNIA, WE ARE TOLD
THAT FIRE CREWS ARE WORKING
AROUND THE CLOCK HERE TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE PREPARED TO
ACT IF SOMETHING LIKE WE SAW
HAPPEN IN ALPINE IN RAMONA
YESTERDAY HAPPENS YET AGAIN
DURING THIS