ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING. MORGAN CHESKY, NBC NEWS, GALVESTON. >>> LET'S CHECK IN WITH METEOROLOGIST KARI HALL RIGHT NOW. IS IT KIND OF JUST SITTING THERE RIGHT NOW? >> IT'S JUST SITTING THERE, LAURA. IT'S NOT MOVING. IT MADE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE. AND IT'S REALLY MOVING VERY SLOWLY. THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF POSSIBLY UP TO 25 INCHES OF RAIN. THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY DEVASTATING IN THIS AREA THAT'S STILL CLEANING UP FROM IDA. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. HOPEFULLY IT BEGINS TO MOVE ON. HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT A MAINLY CLEAR SKY. AIR QUALITY NOT TOO BAD, EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT HAZY WITH OUR VIEWS AROUND THE BAY AREA. WE DO HAVE THE MODERATE AIR QUALITY FROM SOME OF THE FIRES THAT ARE BURNING JUST TO THE NORTH OF US. THAT'S WHAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE FOR TODAY. THERE SHOULD BE SOME IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR FORECAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS IS HOW IT LOOKS IN OUR NEAR-SURFACE SMOKE MODEL. WHERE YOU SEE THE LIGHT BLUES, THAT'S A HAZY SKY. BUT THEN WHEN YOU START TO SEE SOME GREENS AND YELLOWS, THAT INDICATES SOME MODERATE TO SLIGHTLY UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY. AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN THE NORTH BAY, MAINLY BECAUSE SOME OF THE FIRES BURNING IN PARTS OF THE LAKE AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES. SOME OF THE SMOKE MOVING TOWARD CLEAR LAKE, AND THEN MOST OF IT PUSHING OFF TOWARDS THE EAST OVER THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND AWAY FROM THE BAY AREA. IT'S MAINLY BECAUSE OF A STRONG WESTERLY WIND. IT'S HELPING TO CLEAR OUT SOME OF THE SMOKE. AND THAT WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SEVEN-DAY FORECAST IS ALREADY UP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN AS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR WARMEST DAY BEFORE WE HAVE OUR COOLDOWN. THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE'LL HAVE TEMPERATURES LIKE THIS FOR A WHILE, REACHING 90 DEGREES IN MORGAN HILL AND IN SAN JOSE REACHING 85 FOR TODAY. NOW, MOVING OVER TOWARD THE EAST BAY, WALNUT CREEK, 93 AND 96 IN ANTIOCH. IT'S GOING TO BE MILD NEAR THE BAY. OAKLAND REACHING 75 DEGREES. AND NEAR THE COAST WE HAVE SOME MID- TO UPPER 60s. HEAD OVER TO SAN MATEO, WE'RE LOOKING AT A HIGH OF 78 DEGREES AND SOME LOW 70s IN SAN FRANCISCO, UP TO 90 IN SANTA ROSA, AND 99 IN UKIAH. A LOT OF CHANGES AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE WEEKEND. THERE WILL BE A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, THAT COULD BRING SOME RAIN VERY CLOSE TO US. WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE ANY RAIN OUT OF THIS, BUT IT WILL MOVE OVER SOME OF THOSE FIRE ZONES. THAT'S GOING TO BE SOME REALLY GOOD NEWS AND HOPEFULLY WE GET MORE CONTAINMENT AS WE WILL SEE OUR TEMPERATURES COOLING DOWN HERE WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW
