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California is poised for chilly, showery and snowy weather this weekend as back-to-back cold fronts hit the state after months of scorching weather that fueled immense wildfires

Warm and dry conditions Thursday across California will give way to distinctly cooler and wet weather heading into the weekend, the National Weather Service said.

Winds forecasted to be the “strongest of the 2020 fire season” prompted the National Weather Service on Monday to extend a Red Flag Warning for parts of the Bay Area.

A Red Flag Warning has been issued for the North Bay mountains, East Bay hills and interior valleys and San Mateo coast.

A fire weather watch has been called for the North Bay mountains, according to the National Weather Service.

A Red Flag Warning for the North Bay valleys and mountains, East Bay valleys and hills, and the Santa Cruz Mountains has been extended through 6 p.m. Friday as gusty winds and dry conditions were expected to persist, according to the National Weather Service.

It could be a game changer for fire weather and smoke dispersion forecasting from large wildfires, and it comes at a time when California is enduring its worst fire season on record.

We follow up with Applied Climatologist Dan McEvoy with the Desert Research Institute, provider of the weekly drought monitor updates to see how our current expanding drought severity will change through the fall. McEvoy talks about how the current drought continues to lengthen and amplify our current fire season and what role climate change could ...

It was more than a simple shift in the wind that resulted in some of the cleanest air we’ve seen in a long time around the Bay Area, especially since the onset of the Glass Fire burning in the North Bay.

Smoke and haze are once again making it tougher to breathe around the Bay Area. Robert Handa reports.

Sunday evening update from Rob Mayeda addressing the critical fire danger across the region, smoke impacts and the outlook into Monday that shows ongoing weather concerns as temps rise and red flag warnings have been extended.

In late September as storms typically miss us to the north and strong high pressure builds afterwards, it sets the stage for what is typically our most extreme time of year for fire danger in the Bay Area and the rest of California.