Active weather alerts: Coastal Flood Advisory. The National Weather Service has posted the following for the North Bay interior valleys, which cover Kenwood, Glen Ellen and Oakmont:
⚠️ Coastal Flood Advisory. Coastal Flood Advisory issued September 30 at 3:46PM PDT until October 1 at 5:00PM PDT by NWS San Francisco CA.
The week ahead
Today: Sunny. High near 92, with temperatures falling to around 87 in the afternoon. South southeast wind 0 to 6 mph.
- Tonight: Partly Cloudy, 55°F.
- Friday: Partly Sunny, 92°F.
- Friday Night: Partly Cloudy, 61°F.
- Saturday: Mostly Sunny, 97°F.
Air
The valley’s air measures AQI 49 — good, with fine particulate (PM2.5) at 15.4 µg/m³ — as of publication.
No Spare the Air alert is in effect from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
For open agricultural and land-management burning, the air district’s northern zone — which includes Sonoma Valley — posts: Wednesday is a permissive burn day; Thursday is a permissive burn day. Burn permits and local rules still apply; check with the Sonoma Valley Fire District before lighting.
Fire
No active wildfire incidents are burning in Sonoma County as of publication. In fire season, that can change within hours; sign up for SoCoAlert and follow CAL FIRE and Watch Duty for real-time notice.
Water
On Sonoma Creek this week: Sonoma Creek at Kenwood at 3.7 ft (below flood stage); Sonoma Creek at Agua Caliente at 8.72 ft (below flood stage).
The ground
1 earthquake(s) of magnitude 2.5 or greater were recorded near the valley in the past week; the largest was magnitude 2.58 — 6 km W of Yountville, CA.
The almanac
The sun rises about 7:05 a.m. and sets about 6:54 p.m., giving 11h 49m of daylight. The moon is a waning gibbous.
On this date the valley’s record (measured at Santa Rosa since 1902) is a high of 102°F, set in 1970, and a low of 32°F in 1914.
Sources: National Weather Service, CAL FIRE, U.S. Geological Survey, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Open-Meteo. Conditions and alerts can change quickly — in an emergency, always follow official channels.