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Auggie

(31,163 posts)
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 08:00 PM Oct 2020

Bay Area: Outages possible Sunday to Tuesday as winds of up to 100 mph bring extreme fire danger

San Francisco Chronicle / 10-22-20

The National Weather Service said Thursday that critical fire weather conditions return late Saturday night into Monday with the strongest winds peaking overnight Sunday.

Will Pi, a local meterologist with the National Weather Service, said the worst of it in the Bay Area will be at elevations of over 1,000 feet in the East and North Bay hills, where winds of 80 to 100 miles per hour are possible. In the valleys and along the coast, winds could reach between 30 to 50 miles per hour, he said.

LINK (probably paywall): https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/PG-E-says-outages-possible-Sunday-to-Tuesday-as-15668492.php

We've had days like this over the past several years. It's unnerving as hell even if you're not in the foothills or mountains.

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Bay Area: Outages possible Sunday to Tuesday as winds of up to 100 mph bring extreme fire danger (Original Post) Auggie Oct 2020 OP
80 to 100 mph winds? That's fierce! Laelth Oct 2020 #1
Sounds like just a forecast for now Auggie Oct 2020 #3
What about the temps and humidity? BigmanPigman Oct 2020 #2
Not sure Auggie Oct 2020 #4
wow, that's wild.... but we're also supposed to get some "weather" this weekend...? FirstLight Oct 2020 #5
Update and map (tweet) Auggie Oct 2020 #6

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
1. 80 to 100 mph winds? That's fierce!
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 08:08 PM
Oct 2020

Hang tight, my friends in the Bay Area.

2020 sux. What else can I say?



-Laelth

Auggie

(31,163 posts)
3. Sounds like just a forecast for now
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 08:13 PM
Oct 2020

We were supposed to have strong winds earlier this week but they never materialized. I guess we can assume we’re getting something.

FirstLight

(13,360 posts)
5. wow, that's wild.... but we're also supposed to get some "weather" this weekend...?
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 08:51 PM
Oct 2020

Im inland, in the Sierras and they are saying rain/snow possible sat-sunday

Grew up in the East Bay (oakland hills) and those windy days are crazy.... will have to check in with friends in the area who still live there
I think the firestorm in '92 happened in October too ...

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