Warming trend begins today

Good day everyone. It's been a nice week. A little taste of fall to start our week. Now today we're going to see numbers tick up a bit. Tomorrow, Friday, well you'll see. Summer is returning. Gorgeous shot though. We're talking Santa Cruz. Sun is officially with us as of about four minutes ago. Looking to set at 6:34. Beautiful. Not a cloud in the sky everyone. Alright, time to get ready. We are going to see some incredible heat move into the region folks. We're talking temperatures 10, potentially 15 degrees above seasonal average and numbers ticking up about two to three degrees today but tomorrow Friday Saturday looking to peak all right it's important stuff here we are looking at an increase as far as fire danger is concerned all thanks to this uptick as far as numbers are concerned as well as gusty conditions you can see this right here we're anticipating 40 mile per hour potentially stronger now next this relative humidity a bone dry out there we'll be seeing single digits as far as relative humidity is concerned as we move through Friday and Saturday. So if you see smoke or fire, you already know the drill. Just make sure to report it. No controlled burns, no cigarette butts out of the windows, all the things. All right, let's go ahead and look at the coast, right? So a little bit of cloud-covered areas north of us, short-lived I mean, very quiet for us in regards to marine layer, fog, or really even any rain until we hit, as you can see, Monday. Monday, we're going to welcome in some rain chances and this will stick around until parts of Tuesday. Sizable cell, You saw that right there, but looking at colors, right, light green indicates light rain. I'm going to pick up trace amounts, and you can see that in this shot right here. Southern California, they are getting it. They'll be picking up copious amounts of rain as well as 70-plus mile-per-hour Santa Ana winds, red flag warnings. So we are sitting pretty up here. We just have to make sure we do our job and just stay vigilant. So wind, you can see the interior picking up. And again, as far as gusts, 35 to 40 with sustained winds upwards of 20 miles per hour. Here are your forecasted highs, 60s, 70s, 80s. As you can see, 67 for Pacifica, 80 for Antioch as well as Livermore, and 79 for San Jose. Incredible. 96 degrees, folks. Just make sure you are aware of cooling centers. Make sure that you just are keeping an eye on each other, kids, pets. And remember, rain coming Monday. All right, we've got more for you. Stick with us. We'll see you in just a minute. you