REQUIRED
REQUIRED DURING THE LENGTH OF THE PANDEMIC. >> WE ARE ALSO CHECKING THE
ALERTS OUT HERE.
>> SAN DIEGO REMAINS UNDER A
RED FLAG WARNING FOR EXTREME
FIRE DANGER TODAY WHEN IT COMES
TO OUR WEATHER IT HAS BEEN
BLOWING AROUND OUT THERE
ALREADY.
IT'S SO DRY IT KEEPS GETTING
DRIER AND DRIER BY THE MINUTE.
WE HAVE A RED FLAG WARNING A
HIGH AND A HIGH WIND WARNING
BECAUSE OF THESE GUSTY SANTA
ANAS LOW HUMIDITIES HEIGHTENING
THE RISK OF WILDFIRES.
IT'S TERESA SARDINA REPORTS
FROM ALPINE WITH THE LATEST.
>> WE'RE HERE OFF TABIN ROAD
AND YOU COULD JUST FEEL THE
WIND AND DRY CONDITIONS AND YOU
COULD JUST SEE THE BANNERS
BLOWING RIGHT BEHIND ME.
>> WE ARE TRACKING THE RED FLAG
WARNING HIGH WINDS AND POWER
OUTAGES.
SAN DIEGO FIRE INCREASES
STAFFING STARTING TODAY AND
THAT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL FRIDAY
.
THEY ADDED FIVE BRUSH ENGINES
TO WATER TENDERS AND TO
FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTERS DUE TO
THE HIGH FIRE DANGER.
THE STRONGEST WINDS OUT OF THE
EAST THIS MORNING WERE EXPECTED
TO BE 30 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR
WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY REACHING 60
MILES PER HOUR.
AND THE MOUNTAINS ACCORDING TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AND WHAT THE RED FLAG WARNING
OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE
AVOIDED BECAUSE OF THE FIRE
DANGER AND ANY FIRES THAT COULD
DEVELOP AND THAT WILL SPREAD
RAPIDLY AND WITH A HIGH WIND
WARNING, GUSTY CONDITIONS MAY
KNOCK DOWN TREES OR POWER
LINES.
ON SUNDAY SD JEANNIE WARNED
OVER 50000 CUSTOMERS IN AREAS
THAT THEY COULD FACE POWER SHUT
OFF FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY TO REDUCE WILDFIRE
RISK.
SEVERAL COMMUNITIES ARE
IMPACTED INCLUDING ALPINE.
AS CANDIDO HUMMELL JULIAN PAUL
OF OUR MOUNTAIN RAMONA SAID IT
IS A BALAM VALLEY CENTER IN
THOSE AREAS.
AS OF THIS MORNING CLOSE TO
16000 CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT
POWER WITH ANOTHER 35000 FACING
POTENTIAL POWER SHUTOFFS.
ALSO THE SCENE EAGLE COUNTY
OFFICE EDUCATION SENT OUT A
NOTIFICATION AND THEY TELL US
THAT THE ALPINE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS COULD ALSO FACE POWER
SHUT OFF AS WELL.
INSANIA OR YOU COULD JUST FEEL
THE WIND ACTUALLY PICKING UP.
ALSO SANDIGO FIRE HAS ALSO
URGING THOSE LIVING IN THE
INLAND AREAS TO HAVE AN
EMERGENCY PLAN AND WE WILL ALSO
HAVE RESOURCE INFORMATION AT
CBS H.
DOT COM.
THE RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10:00 THIS
EVENING.
FOR NOW, LET'S SEND IT OVER TO
NETTA RON PAUL.
AND SHE'S TRACKING THE LATEST
CONDITIONS.
TERESA, HOLD ON TIGHT.
I SEE THAT WIND BLOWING AND
YOUR HAIR OR THE FLAGS BEHIND
YOU.
IT'S JUST DIG.
OH YEAH.
YOU COULD DEFINITELY TELL.
SO LET'S SHOW YOU THOSE POWER
OUTAGES HERE ON OUR MAP, ALL
THE BLUE DOTS THAT YOU SEE
RIGHT THERE.
THESE ARE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES
THROUGHOUT TOWN FROM THE
MOUNTAINS DOWN INTO OUR
FOOTHILLS ALONG THE FIFTEEN
EVEN IN PLACES LIKE S CANDIDO
RAMONA.
WE ARE SEEING SOME THESE POWER
SHUTOFFS AND I SEE JEANIE DOES
THIS THEY SAY BECAUSE OF
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER WHENEVER
THE WINDS ARE AS GUSTY AS WHAT
YOU SAW IN THERESA'S LIVE SHOT,
IT COULD BRING DOWN TREE
BRANCHES ON POWER LINES.
AND IF THAT EVER HAPPENS, THAT
COULD LEAD TO SPARKS WHICH
WOULD THEN LEAD TO FIRES.
SO LET'S CHECK IN ON THOSE
GUSTS.
SO FAR THIS MORNING IT'S BEEN
PRETTY WINDY OUT THERE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT 75 MILE PER
HOUR GUSTS HELLHOLE CANYON THAT
WAS JUST AFTER 8:00 THIS
MORNING 715.
WE'VE GOT A BIG GUST AT BIG
BLACK MOUNTAIN AT SEVENTY ONE
THAT WAS KIND OF THE WINNER OF
THE MORNING SEEING GUST THERE
70, 75 MILES BROWER ALL MORNING
LONG STILL HILL AS WELL.
THESE ARE TYPICALLY SPOTS WHERE
WE GET THOSE STRONG WINDS I
MEAN TO SEE THEM THAT STRONG
THOUGH MEANS THAT A LOT OF
COMMUNITIES JUST WEST OF THE
MOUNTAINS THERE CERTAINLY
FEELING IT AS WELL.
SO RIGHT NOW OUR GUSTS IN THE
TWENTY NINE 30 PROPER RANGE FOR
RAMONA FOR PINE VALLEY, CAMPO
ALPINE IT'S A LITTLE BIT
STRONGER IF YOU DO PLAN TO HEAD
THROUGH EAST COUNTY AT ALL.
JUST KNOW THAT YOU MAY WANT TO
HOLD ON TIGHT TO THAT WHEEL.
I MEAN A LOT OF TREE BRANCHES,
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS, THINGS
LIKE THAT WILL GET WHIPPED
AROUND FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS
AS THESE WINDS STAY STRONG NOW
BY 3:00, 4:00 THIS AFTERNOON.
YOU SEE THIS AREA SHRINKING A
LITTLE BIT.
WE'LL SEE JUST THE MOUNTAINS
DEALING WITH THOSE STRONG WINDS
AND THEN BY TONIGHT, EARLY
TOMORROW A LOT OF THAT SHOULD
TAPER DOWN, WHICH IS WHY THAT
RED FLAG WARNING IS SET TO
EXPIRE AT 10 O'CLOCK TONIGHT.
THINGS SHOULD BE A LOT BETTER
AFTER THAT HIGH WIND WARNING
ENDS AT FOUR O'CLOCK TODAY.
AGAIN GUSTING UP TO 60 EVEN 70
MILES PER HOUR AS WE'VE SEEN.
WHAT WE'RE ALSO SEEING IS THESE
REMARKABLY WARM TEMPERATURES 76
AND POWER.
SAME WITH ESCOVEDO 77 IN
FALLBROOK AND OCEANSIDE.
THESE NUMBERS, THEY ARE NOT
NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR
NORMALLY WOULD BE AROUND 66 TO
68 DEGREES.
YEAH, COMPARING TO 24 HOURS
AGO.
THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT WARM UP