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so let's check back in with chief meteorologist paul heggen.ing seems to be going on. >> that sounds good for a couple of days. then of course, it's the weekend. it has to rain. those are the rules it seems like, but we'll get to that. let's talk about how much rain has accumulated today. when you look at just the raw numbers, you wouldn't think that we would have any flooding issues. on the high end of the spectrum, they would pick up .6 inches of rain. it's not the act, but the short amount of time and the thunderstorms for a while, they were largely just parked in place along with the cloud-to-ground lightning threats. so what happened? we expected the showers and a couple rumbles of thunder, the intensity of thunderstorms occurring today. the storm system, the swirl of clouds that is making their way through southern california is the storm system responsible for sending the moisture into the bay area? we expect it to send most of its energy and rainfall into southern california. which it did. but they sent in enough moisture to be the fuel
so let's check back in with chief meteorologist paul heggen.ing seems to be going on. >> that sounds good for a couple of days. then of course, it's the weekend. it has to rain. those are the rules it seems like, but we'll get to that. let's talk about how much rain has accumulated today. when you look at just the raw numbers, you wouldn't think that we would have any flooding issues. on the high end of the spectrum, they would pick up .6 inches of rain. it's not the act, but the short...
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paul heggen is here with details >> we had blustery conditions until around noon. since then, got into a little lull in terms of the strongest withstands t is definitely still breezy out there this evening. sustained winds in the 10-25 mile-an-hour range. sustained winds recorded at the top of the hour. gusts in excess of 25 mile-an-hour winds. the numbers were 40 miles an hour earlier today. a burst of wind energy will head in later tonight and tomorrow morning, but, for the most part. valleys around the bay area will have 25-30 mile-an-hour gusts, the wind advisory for valley locations closer to sea level. that was allowed to expire at 5:00 p.m. a wind advisory for the higher elevations through 11:00 perform tomorrow. that is where the winds are to exsed exceed 50 miles an hour. keeping the above average temperatures for the weekend. the weekend is looking the nicest we have seen in awhile. details coming up. >> we will take it. thank you, paul. >>> you may remember the massive protest five months ago that shutdown the bay bridge for hours leaving many drivers fr
paul heggen is here with details >> we had blustery conditions until around noon. since then, got into a little lull in terms of the strongest withstands t is definitely still breezy out there this evening. sustained winds in the 10-25 mile-an-hour range. sustained winds recorded at the top of the hour. gusts in excess of 25 mile-an-hour winds. the numbers were 40 miles an hour earlier today. a burst of wind energy will head in later tonight and tomorrow morning, but, for the most part....
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paul heggen is tracking everything. paul, what can we expect in the next few hours?> more bands of rain moving across the bay area. we'll track those momentarily. want to look at a different perspective from the high country. this is from i-80 at donner lake road. we've lost some of the feeds from the cameras at the highest elevations, including donner pass. but you can see i-80 is just deserted, the snow whipping past the camera lens. the wind gust exceptional with this storm system. the the blizzard warning continues through 10:00 a.m. sunday. wind gusts over 100 miles per hour. the strongest gusts so far, one of the peaks above palisades tahoe, 190 miles per hour. right now we have rain scatter across the bay area. not as widespread or heavy, but still locally heavy over the bay and extending into the east bay over the oakland hills into the neighborhood of danville. we have more showers in the north bay as well. little lighter. that's going to be the kind of activity that takes over. more heavy downpours, including some moving through the santa cruz mountains. th
paul heggen is tracking everything. paul, what can we expect in the next few hours?> more bands of rain moving across the bay area. we'll track those momentarily. want to look at a different perspective from the high country. this is from i-80 at donner lake road. we've lost some of the feeds from the cameras at the highest elevations, including donner pass. but you can see i-80 is just deserted, the snow whipping past the camera lens. the wind gust exceptional with this storm system. the...
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. >> first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen joining us now, knowing if we'll see more of the same for the weekend. i could use an ice cream cone right now, too. >> that sounds good. it will be even better as we head into the weekend because the windy conditions are in the process of relaxing as we speak. we'll keep the mild temperatures and get rid of the strong offshore wind. current wind speeds, there are still some pockets where it's a bit breezy, especially inland in the north bay and into solano county and a few pockets of gustier winds in the oakland hills and diablo range. the winds die down the rest of tonight. today low to mid-70s across the entire bay area and along the coast at half moon bay. we forecast a high in the upper 60s, which is aggressive for this time of year. you beat that getting into the low 70s. tomorrow we won't be quite as warm, but still nice. the onshore influence is going to try to return, but still 5 to 10 degrees above average by tomorrow afternoon, looking spectacular for all of the events happening across the bay area, including wings over solano
. >> first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen joining us now, knowing if we'll see more of the same for the weekend. i could use an ice cream cone right now, too. >> that sounds good. it will be even better as we head into the weekend because the windy conditions are in the process of relaxing as we speak. we'll keep the mild temperatures and get rid of the strong offshore wind. current wind speeds, there are still some pockets where it's a bit breezy, especially inland in the...
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first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen standing by. where are the snow levels now? do we have any idea how bad it is at the sierra right now? >> just starting to get some snowfall act lakes reports. it's just adding up. the levels will drop down to around 2,000 feet through the weekend. around the bay area we'll get a little frosting of snow on some of the peaks. let's look how much rain has added up so far. almost an inch of rain already in the santa cruz mountains around ben lomond, almost three-quarters inch for kentfield in the north bay. safe to say this major winter storm has arrived and it's going to send ripples of energy across the bay area and picture them as spokes on a bicycle wheel. every time one of those rotates through the atmosphere, it squeezes the atmosphere and produces more rain and squeezes out more snow in the mountains. here's the first alert doppler loop the past couple hours. you can see that band of heavier rain moving west to east. moving is the keyword. think back to nine days ago tuesday when we had the downpour parked over san francisc
first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen standing by. where are the snow levels now? do we have any idea how bad it is at the sierra right now? >> just starting to get some snowfall act lakes reports. it's just adding up. the levels will drop down to around 2,000 feet through the weekend. around the bay area we'll get a little frosting of snow on some of the peaks. let's look how much rain has added up so far. almost an inch of rain already in the santa cruz mountains around ben...
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. >>> let's go to paul heggen with more. huge problems are in the sierra. this is the view from the summit on i-80 ibe. does not matter which way it is going. it is not going, all of these vehicles are not going anywhere. of course, the highway is closed. the vehicles in between the closure off of the roads. it will be very slow because of the amount of snow that has fallen. numerous spin outs prompted the closure. there is going to be plenty more snowfalling through the rest of tonight. the heaviest snowfall over the next 24 hours, wind gusts, 100 miles an hour. strongest above the peaks. 167 miles an hour earlier today. around the bay area, the winds are noticeable, not that strong. enough for a wind advisory in effect through 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. gusts over 50 miles an hour. possible through the evening. high surf advisory through 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. and, of course, we have the rain. still coming down at a good clip for much of the bay area. the band of rain that extends into the county. heavier downpours moving into vallejo. heavier rain moving into the
. >>> let's go to paul heggen with more. huge problems are in the sierra. this is the view from the summit on i-80 ibe. does not matter which way it is going. it is not going, all of these vehicles are not going anywhere. of course, the highway is closed. the vehicles in between the closure off of the roads. it will be very slow because of the amount of snow that has fallen. numerous spin outs prompted the closure. there is going to be plenty more snowfalling through the rest of...
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he did not win, paul heggen. he is here was. if he's not here tomorrow, hmm. >> i'm not going to be here tomorrow. >> oh. >> but that's not likely the reason why. there's about a 1 in 26 million chance that's the reason why. >> there's a chance, though. >> telling you there's a chance. statistically it is true, even if there are a lot of zeros before you get to your one little chance there. much better chance of rain in the forecast for tomorrow. let's take a look at what you need to know as we get back into an active weather pattern. still calm this evening. any outdoor plans in the works this evening, go ahead with those. light showers for most of the day on wednesday. not an all day washout. the wave of heavier rain is going to move in wednesday evening and early overnight. then we get back into off and on shower pattern on thursday before a stronger storm system moves in friday. gusty winds accompanying that one. let's take a look at the impact on solar electricity generation . clouds pretty thoik throughout the day. cracks
he did not win, paul heggen. he is here was. if he's not here tomorrow, hmm. >> i'm not going to be here tomorrow. >> oh. >> but that's not likely the reason why. there's about a 1 in 26 million chance that's the reason why. >> there's a chance, though. >> telling you there's a chance. statistically it is true, even if there are a lot of zeros before you get to your one little chance there. much better chance of rain in the forecast for tomorrow. let's take a look...
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. >>> but first let's head to first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen tracking some nasty weather moving into the bay area. we can hear it hitting the roof of our studio, paul. >> yes. heavy downpours, a lightning strike over the bay bridge in the last 15 minutes or so. the statewide impact has been directed at the sierra. this is the live view from the central sierra snow lab's cameras looking every direction and seeing the snow piling up. they continue to be under a blizzard warning through 10:00 a.m. sunday. the most intense snowfall is going to happen this evening, overnight into the first half the saturday. wind gusts over 100 miles an hour, the strongest gusts recorded so far in the sierra, one of the peaks above palisades tahoe, 167 miles an hour. that is unbelievable. we are under a wind advisory through 10:00 a.m. saturday. we've had numerous gusts in the 30 to 40-mile-an-hour range and even 40 to 50-mile-an-hour gusts. there's a high surf advisory until 4:00 saturday along the coast and here is the rain making a mess of the evening commute. let's zoom in for a closer loo
. >>> but first let's head to first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen tracking some nasty weather moving into the bay area. we can hear it hitting the roof of our studio, paul. >> yes. heavy downpours, a lightning strike over the bay bridge in the last 15 minutes or so. the statewide impact has been directed at the sierra. this is the live view from the central sierra snow lab's cameras looking every direction and seeing the snow piling up. they continue to be under a...
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let's have paul heggen, the expert fill us in. take it away. >> right now, high clouds. high cloud cover at sunset means a pretty sunset. we are seeing that as we are looking to the west. those high clouds reflecting the last rays of tuesday's daylight. we will see an increase as we head to the rest of tonight, most of tomorrow, light, off and on showers, it will not be a wash out for most of the day. heavier rain is going to be moving in around this time tomorrow. it is not going to be enough to cause flooding issues, it will be followed by a stronger storm system on friday with heavier rain than that. and, gusty winds to go along with it as well. we have a lot to talk about. future cast, increase in cloud cover, the first showers moving into the north bay, the sun is coming up, lighter shade of green indicating very, very light shower activity. the first wave, likely, evaporating. keep the umbrella and the rain jacket handy. we will see the showers numerous, late afternoon, early evening, first for the north bay, dropping down towards the golden gate for the tail end o
let's have paul heggen, the expert fill us in. take it away. >> right now, high clouds. high cloud cover at sunset means a pretty sunset. we are seeing that as we are looking to the west. those high clouds reflecting the last rays of tuesday's daylight. we will see an increase as we head to the rest of tonight, most of tomorrow, light, off and on showers, it will not be a wash out for most of the day. heavier rain is going to be moving in around this time tomorrow. it is not going to be...
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let's get right to chief meteorologist paul heggen with how warm it will get. hey, paul. >> it's nice and warm now, but notice a change in the last hour or so. the half moon bay temperature was registering at 72 degrees at 5:00 and has dropped more than 10 degrees in the last hour because as the offshore winds have weakened, the marine influence has crept back in. we'll see more of that heading into the weekend, but most of our temperatures still running in the low to mid-60s across the bay area, tomorrow still a good 5 to 10 degrees above average, upper 60s around the bay with low to mid-70s farther inland, great weather for all the st. patrick's day festivities, including the parade tomorrow, low to mid-60s throughout the duration of the parade and a lot of festivities in dublin saturday and sunday, temperatures around or just above 70 degrees throughout the weekend. the nice weather doesn't last forever. a rain chance returns to the seven-day forecast. we'll look at that in a few minutes. >>> a judge has just appointed a special master to oversee the scandal
let's get right to chief meteorologist paul heggen with how warm it will get. hey, paul. >> it's nice and warm now, but notice a change in the last hour or so. the half moon bay temperature was registering at 72 degrees at 5:00 and has dropped more than 10 degrees in the last hour because as the offshore winds have weakened, the marine influence has crept back in. we'll see more of that heading into the weekend, but most of our temperatures still running in the low to mid-60s across the...
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if you are planning drive across our bridges hold on to those steering wheels, paul heggen has more on the wind advisory that just went into effect. >> extending all of the way through friday morning at 11:00. picking up at the higher elevations, the gusty donees will make their way down to sea level tonight, at the moment, strong sustained at sfo. always a windy spot as it gets funneled through the gap. mostly in the 10-15 mile-an-hour range. at sea level. on average, we will have 30 plus mile-an-hour wind gusts throughout much of the day tomorrow. the winds are picking up before the sun picks up tomorrow morning, it will be a blustery day. the greatest impact of the winds will be at the higher elevations above the bay area. that is where the winds could exceed 50 miles an hour. the population lives below 1,000 feet. the wind advisory is in effect all of the way through 11:00 p.m. on friday. the warmth sticks around, the winds calm down, the details in the weekend forecast coming up in just a few minutes >> all right, paul, thank you. >>> the popular app, tiktok could be not acceptabl
if you are planning drive across our bridges hold on to those steering wheels, paul heggen has more on the wind advisory that just went into effect. >> extending all of the way through friday morning at 11:00. picking up at the higher elevations, the gusty donees will make their way down to sea level tonight, at the moment, strong sustained at sfo. always a windy spot as it gets funneled through the gap. mostly in the 10-15 mile-an-hour range. at sea level. on average, we will have 30...
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head over to paul heggen for more on our weather. >> things are looking good. there are changing farther down-the-line. the weather pattern it is going to persist for the first couple of days for spring. spring equinox. and the area of high pressure, developing of anything other than our ground level fog that is going to linger for the next couple of days. a couple storm systems are going to make our way to the coast. and then the next one, a better chance of setting some moisture into the bay area by friday. that is the next rain chance we are tracking a little farther down-the-line. right now, beautiful sunset as we look down at san jose, temperatures, tracking back down. similar temperatures tomorrow, so, we are back into, more of a june pattern with the fog spreading inland, wide range in temperatures in the coast, farther inland and, we are talking about the temperatures in the lower to middle 70s for highs today, now backing down to the 60s for the inland temperatures as the sun goes down. the fog will be widespread and dense. most locations showing reduc
head over to paul heggen for more on our weather. >> things are looking good. there are changing farther down-the-line. the weather pattern it is going to persist for the first couple of days for spring. spring equinox. and the area of high pressure, developing of anything other than our ground level fog that is going to linger for the next couple of days. a couple storm systems are going to make our way to the coast. and then the next one, a better chance of setting some moisture into...
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for more on all of this wile weather and if is going to calm down, here is paul heggen. >> we expected the showers but not the number and intensity of the thundershowers. the funnel cloud likely what we call a cold air funnel and they rarely ever reach down close to touching down but startling if you were seeing that. now thing are calming down. we have an urban and small stream flood advisory in effect for alameda county until 7:15. i thought the weather service was going to cancel it 45 minutes ago because the rain quieted down in that part of the region. a few pinpoint showers one in santa rosa for the most. those will calm down now that the sun is down it takes a lot of the energy out of the atmosphere. the loop over the past couple hours, you see the showers diminishing minute by minute and that was the trend we expected to occur and it will be clearing out. locally dense fog on thursday. dry weather returns to the pay area on thursday and continues as we finish the workweek on friday. can we keep it going into the weekend? it is 2024, not many dry weekends to this point. details
for more on all of this wile weather and if is going to calm down, here is paul heggen. >> we expected the showers but not the number and intensity of the thundershowers. the funnel cloud likely what we call a cold air funnel and they rarely ever reach down close to touching down but startling if you were seeing that. now thing are calming down. we have an urban and small stream flood advisory in effect for alameda county until 7:15. i thought the weather service was going to cancel it 45...
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let's head over to chief meteorologist paul heggen for more. hi, paul. >> hey, jules. still a little sunshine peeking through the clouds. the snow showers are starting to dissipate. they haven't completely ended, but we are seeing the last gasp of this particular storm system still dropping a few light snow showers on i-80, not enough to cause significant additional accumulations. the accumulations we've seen have been significant enough, over 10 feet of snow. in fact, specifically 10 1/2 feet of snow at sugar bowl. soda springs almost that amount, but it was also the wind. one of the peaks above palisades picked up a wind gust of 190 miles an hour friday evening. now that is beginning to diminish and as juliette mentioned, we have seen a significant increase in the amount of snow that has fallen compared to what's normal for this time of year. for the sierra as a whole, 104% of the normal snowpack, the northern end a little higher, but everybody close to what's average for this time of year, really making up some ground over the past couple months. around the bay area
let's head over to chief meteorologist paul heggen for more. hi, paul. >> hey, jules. still a little sunshine peeking through the clouds. the snow showers are starting to dissipate. they haven't completely ended, but we are seeing the last gasp of this particular storm system still dropping a few light snow showers on i-80, not enough to cause significant additional accumulations. the accumulations we've seen have been significant enough, over 10 feet of snow. in fact, specifically 10 1/2...
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so, let's get straight to our first alert meteorologist paul heggen for some perspective on all of this snow, paul? >> reporter: it will be a long-lasting system. it is really starting to add up right now. this is the view as of a few minutes ago before we got the spinning internet wheel of death here from the camera on top of donner summit. you can see the snow covering i-80. traffic slowing down more and more and it is going to grind to a halt. the roads will be closed. the system coming together to maximize snow potential over the sierra. moisture surging in from the southwest. running into the mountains and as it travels uphill it squeezes out. the air mass it is cold. it maximizes the snow ratio, how much snow you can get out of the similar volume of water. it is just water around the bay area. we had the showers moving through. moderate to heavy downpours from eastern contra costa county. there are more showers in the north bay. the showers are moving, not parking in any place and leading to flooding. that will remain in place throughout the system. the breeze is going to pick up,
so, let's get straight to our first alert meteorologist paul heggen for some perspective on all of this snow, paul? >> reporter: it will be a long-lasting system. it is really starting to add up right now. this is the view as of a few minutes ago before we got the spinning internet wheel of death here from the camera on top of donner summit. you can see the snow covering i-80. traffic slowing down more and more and it is going to grind to a halt. the roads will be closed. the system...
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let's get right to our first look at the forecast from our chief meteorologist paul heggen to see what the rest of the weekend has in store. >> lighter winds, after a blustery couple of days, the winds died down. at the moment, all of the sustained winds from the automated sensors below 10 miles an hour. still, that light off shore wind is present for most of us. see the blue triangle at the right? it means your temperatures dropped significantly. you are at 72 degrees just a couple hours ago, now down to 59 degrees, otherwise, most of the bay area, still in the middle to upper 60s and 70s as of 7:00 p.m. tomorrow, not as warm as that onshore influence gets stronger and knocks the temperatures around the bay back to the upper 60s. lower to middle 70s farther inland, a good 5-10 degrees above normal. including fairfield. the blue angels will be performing, saturday, sunday, high temperatures, in the 70s, plenty of sunshine as well. looking farther down-the-line with the seven-day forecast in a few minutes >> paul, thank you. >>> we are continuing to follow the search and rescue operatio
let's get right to our first look at the forecast from our chief meteorologist paul heggen to see what the rest of the weekend has in store. >> lighter winds, after a blustery couple of days, the winds died down. at the moment, all of the sustained winds from the automated sensors below 10 miles an hour. still, that light off shore wind is present for most of us. see the blue triangle at the right? it means your temperatures dropped significantly. you are at 72 degrees just a couple hours...
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first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen joins us with a closer look. >> i've been waiting on a drier and warmer pattern. it's right around the corner, but we have to get through this one last batch of showers that are beginning to try to move into the north bay. it looks impressive on first alert doppler, especially for northern sonoma county. a lot of this first wave of shower activity is evaporating before it reaches the ground level. we'll switch from the radar loop the past couple hours to futurecast and track the rain that will hit the ground. it's going to move in through this evening and into tonight, light to moderate rainfall. this won't amount to a lot. the heaviest rain will fall after midnight and before sunrise tuesday morning. still showery the first half of the day tuesday, but showers become very few and far between by late morning and we should see breaks in the cloud cover by tuesday afternoon. the dry stretch of weather settles in wednesday. we'll look at that in a few minutes. >>> jewish students held a demonstration on campus at uc berkeley. they say they are fig
first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen joins us with a closer look. >> i've been waiting on a drier and warmer pattern. it's right around the corner, but we have to get through this one last batch of showers that are beginning to try to move into the north bay. it looks impressive on first alert doppler, especially for northern sonoma county. a lot of this first wave of shower activity is evaporating before it reaches the ground level. we'll switch from the radar loop the past couple...
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. >> that is paul heggen joining us. look at him wearing the swag. >> my god, paul. >> representing texas a&m. >> got the sneakers too. >> the maroon. >> i wonder who's going to be in the final four. >> no, i'm not that brave. in fact, i'm terrified like over other aggie in every other sport we're just always terrified of. went with the six seeds, texas tech and carolina, on the other side, everybody's got yukon. but baylor, coach drew, i went heavy on the big 12 in the finals with baylor beating texas tech. we'll see how it kind of plays out glichlt you get all those four, i think you'd be alone in terms of picks. >> might be. >> i think you could enter some kind of a pool and you would win it. >>> might go for it. >> coach is so nice no matter what. >> i've changed two of those. >> if that comes up like that, advertisers are going to go, oh no. >> i changed that right side to marquette and creighton, because i just couldn't -- yeah. >> i didn't see any expert brackets like yours, but what did you pick? >> i've got marq
. >> that is paul heggen joining us. look at him wearing the swag. >> my god, paul. >> representing texas a&m. >> got the sneakers too. >> the maroon. >> i wonder who's going to be in the final four. >> no, i'm not that brave. in fact, i'm terrified like over other aggie in every other sport we're just always terrified of. went with the six seeds, texas tech and carolina, on the other side, everybody's got yukon. but baylor, coach drew, i went heavy...
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let's get over to chief meteorologist paul heggen. >> we have already recorded 145 miles per hour wind gusts at the peak of the winds last night. i had a camera full screen here and the caltrans camera decided to minimize itself. this is the view of donner summit. this is a little bit of traffic trying to sneak through. we are seeing the snow become more intense. you can see there is more heavy snow making its way up i-80 as we speak and it will continue like this through this evening and into tonight. futurecast with the snowball accumulation announce -- amounts on top of it shows that between now and 11:00 this evening, we could be adding up to a foot of snow in the highest elevations with close to a foot of snow at lake level just over the course of the next eight hours and then there is more on top of that. most intense snowball will be from now until tomorrow morning but there will be plenty more snow adding up through the day on saturday. finally, starting to taper off a little bit by sunday morning but the blizzard warning does not expire until 10:00 a.m. on sunday. we will have
let's get over to chief meteorologist paul heggen. >> we have already recorded 145 miles per hour wind gusts at the peak of the winds last night. i had a camera full screen here and the caltrans camera decided to minimize itself. this is the view of donner summit. this is a little bit of traffic trying to sneak through. we are seeing the snow become more intense. you can see there is more heavy snow making its way up i-80 as we speak and it will continue like this through this evening and...
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let's get to chief meteorologist paul heggen with what's going on. >> reporter: juliette, some leftover showers is what's happening at the moment. the heaviest downpours have been quieting down over the past couple of hours with a couple dozen lightning strikes across the bay area and the number of urban and small stream flood advisories issued as well. one of those just in the process of being canceled by the national weather service i believe. suppose to go until 7:15, but the rain has diminished with a couple of sprinkles, so that should be canceled early. a few leftover showers in the north bay and a few locally heavy downpours reporting around heelsburg and higher elevations of the mountains of northern napa county. a few leftover showers further south as well. but basically down to a couple of leftover sprinkles. as we look back in time, a couple hours ago, you can see on the loop how impressive the downpours were especially the east bay into the south bay at the peak of the storm's intensity this afternoon. but now the sun has been dipping lower in the sky, about to go down. take
let's get to chief meteorologist paul heggen with what's going on. >> reporter: juliette, some leftover showers is what's happening at the moment. the heaviest downpours have been quieting down over the past couple of hours with a couple dozen lightning strikes across the bay area and the number of urban and small stream flood advisories issued as well. one of those just in the process of being canceled by the national weather service i believe. suppose to go until 7:15, but the rain has...
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. >>> let's get right to chief meteorologist paul heggen for the latest on our weather. hey, paul. >> jules, we've had some ponding and water on the roads in the bay area, but that's a far cry from the issues in the mountains. this is the view of the four webcams from the central sierra snow lab and the snow continues to fly, winds whipping, wind gusts reported over 160 miles an hour at some of the peaks over palisades tahoe. the snow is really going to intensely fall at least for the next 12 hours or so. the blizzard warning continues until 10:00 sunday, but the maj majority of the snow will fall the next 12 hours. many inland parts of the bay area the wind advisory is in effect through 10:00 saturday with the strongest gusts up to 55 miles an hour. the high surf advisory is through 4:00 saturday afternoon, waves 15 to 20 feet and plenty of rain this evening, locally heavy downpours, another batch through marin and sonoma counties and the batch in san francisco resulted in another cloud-to-ground lightning strike south of hercules and east of richmond in contra costa co
. >>> let's get right to chief meteorologist paul heggen for the latest on our weather. hey, paul. >> jules, we've had some ponding and water on the roads in the bay area, but that's a far cry from the issues in the mountains. this is the view of the four webcams from the central sierra snow lab and the snow continues to fly, winds whipping, wind gusts reported over 160 miles an hour at some of the peaks over palisades tahoe. the snow is really going to intensely fall at least...
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. >>> let's check in with chief meteorologist paul heggen who still has his hair. >> yes. was not blown out, still attached. >> i'm like what am i saying? >> always good to check. let's look where the winds stand now. we're in a relative lull, but it's breezy, 15 to 20-mile-an-hour sustained winds. numerous locations are reporting gusts over 20 miles an hour, some over 30 miles an hour. we had a lot of gusts over 40 miles an hour earlier today. it doesn't mean the lull will continue. another burst of energy is likely late tonight and early tomorrow in the 20 to 30-mile-an-hour range for valley locations, closer to sea level. it's the higher elevations that are still under a wind advisory until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. that's where the winds could still gust over 50 miles an hour. gradually heading farther into tomorrow afternoon, the winds will relax and the weekend is looking fantastic. the weekend forecast is coming up in a few minutes. >>> more than a week after election day two candidates vying for congresswoman anna eshoo's seat remain locked in a tight race. that distric
. >>> let's check in with chief meteorologist paul heggen who still has his hair. >> yes. was not blown out, still attached. >> i'm like what am i saying? >> always good to check. let's look where the winds stand now. we're in a relative lull, but it's breezy, 15 to 20-mile-an-hour sustained winds. numerous locations are reporting gusts over 20 miles an hour, some over 30 miles an hour. we had a lot of gusts over 40 miles an hour earlier today. it doesn't mean the...
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. >>> let's check in with first alert meteorologist paul heggen.r good day on top, another sunny day. >> the first day of spring. >> i know. >> it felt like spring for the first time in a long time. i celebrate the first day of spring. i've been looking forward to it. >> is it lavender? >> lavender and hot pink. >> purple. >> it is a shade of purple. >> we are still technically three hours away from spring. the equinox is at 6:00 this evening. time your rituals for that. >> thank you for that. >> you are welcome. i offer multiple services here. let's look at what you need to know for the next several days. blue skies overhead as we check out salesforce tower. weather headlines and what you need to know, and once again, the computer seems to be stuck. let's see if i can get it to react here. okay. there we go. i thought it would be two days in a row. areas of fog developing tonight, a mix of fog and sunshine in the forecast, rain chances return on friday. friday at 7:00 looks like the wettest times but an unsettled pattern will persist into early ne
. >>> let's check in with first alert meteorologist paul heggen.r good day on top, another sunny day. >> the first day of spring. >> i know. >> it felt like spring for the first time in a long time. i celebrate the first day of spring. i've been looking forward to it. >> is it lavender? >> lavender and hot pink. >> purple. >> it is a shade of purple. >> we are still technically three hours away from spring. the equinox is at 6:00 this...
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. >> and i'm paul heggen. we're tracking the storm bringing rain and windy conditions to the bay area and flat out blizzard conditions to the sierra. >> yes, this is truckee tonight. the storm has really ramped up in the past couple of hours. it really is only getting started. obviously snow on the ground. >> right. >> freezing cold. >> and it's just going to intensify tomorrow. the heaviest snow will actually fall 24 hours from now, and it will just be adding up between now and then. >> this is clear why everyone is told to stay off the roads. that should be no surprise to anyone. >> right, and if you see this and think oh, it looks like the start of a great ski weekend! no, no, no! near whiteout conditions at kirkwood today. already reports of 145 miles per hour gusts at the top. >> i don't think that's conducive to carving down the hill. >> no, stop the lifts early. other resorts are doing the same. sierra tahoe has already said they'll be closed tomorrow. so let's talk about what's going on with the system
. >> and i'm paul heggen. we're tracking the storm bringing rain and windy conditions to the bay area and flat out blizzard conditions to the sierra. >> yes, this is truckee tonight. the storm has really ramped up in the past couple of hours. it really is only getting started. obviously snow on the ground. >> right. >> freezing cold. >> and it's just going to intensify tomorrow. the heaviest snow will actually fall 24 hours from now, and it will just be adding up...
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let's bring in paul heggen with how much snow they did get. >> reporter: as anticipated several feet of snow. there still a little bit flying up there just towards the tail end of the loop over the last couple of hours, you see the snow showers dissipating. there are a few flurries around donner summit at the moment. minimal accumulations on what has added up. here is what added up. 10.5 feet of snow at sugar bowl. just under that amount for soda springses and palisades tahoe, 7.5 for boreal. picking up 6 feet of snow through the duration of this system. just a couple months ago that snow levels were running at 25% average to that point in the season. we cut up in the last couple of months now, for the entire sierra, 104% of the snowfall. amounts vary depending on which part of the sierra you look at. everybody pretty much made it back to what is normal for early march. showers lingering on first alert doppler. light, they are out there. damp for the north bay. taking a look at if they are going to stick around for tomorrow in just a couple of minutes. >>> for first alert weather upd
let's bring in paul heggen with how much snow they did get. >> reporter: as anticipated several feet of snow. there still a little bit flying up there just towards the tail end of the loop over the last couple of hours, you see the snow showers dissipating. there are a few flurries around donner summit at the moment. minimal accumulations on what has added up. here is what added up. 10.5 feet of snow at sugar bowl. just under that amount for soda springses and palisades tahoe, 7.5 for...
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. >>> let's check in with first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen, hoping he's back from the matrix. >> back from the shadow realm. >> you did a great job reporting from the matrix, well done. >> see if the little remote works this time. >> if not, we know you can handle anything life throws at you. >> we'll find out. let's look at what's happening weatherwise and talk about really nice weather today, some fog this morning, backed up to the coast. we've seen plenty of sunshine since. the sam pattern will repeat itself over the next few days, morning fog, afternoon sunshine. the fog will be widespread, pretty dense to start each morning. we'll be dry through thursday and the wet weather pattern returns beginning friday and then continuing through the weekend. it will snap our streak of dry weekends at one. here's a look outside now from salesforce tower. temperatures today topped out with a wide variety, the microclimates back in full effect, upper 50s for half moon bay, 60 in san francisco, almost 70 in fremont, 75 degrees for a high today in livermore. the fog is going to be widesp
. >>> let's check in with first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen, hoping he's back from the matrix. >> back from the shadow realm. >> you did a great job reporting from the matrix, well done. >> see if the little remote works this time. >> if not, we know you can handle anything life throws at you. >> we'll find out. let's look at what's happening weatherwise and talk about really nice weather today, some fog this morning, backed up to the coast....
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. >>> let's check in with first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen. >> we've got a system heading towards us by wednesday, but we have one more dry day ahead of us tuesday. kind of soak it up. there will be gaps in between the waves of rain later in the week. wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, and sunday is at least a chance of showers in the forecast every day. the first best chance arrives wednesday. this storm system will send a lot of energy to our north. it will be close enough to send rain into the bay area and pick up the wind gusts as well. we've had the sunshine today. our solar electricity generation numbers have been doing pretty well once the morning cloud cover and fog broke up. we'll see more sunshine tomorrow and the numbers drop wednesday as clouds and showers arrive back in the forecast. a look outside now, not sure which camera this even is, just pointed at the sky, 50s and low 60s, a little cool for late march, but tomorrow looks like we return to almost exactly normal high temperatures, a little fog to start the day tomorrow. futurecast doesn't indicate it
. >>> let's check in with first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen. >> we've got a system heading towards us by wednesday, but we have one more dry day ahead of us tuesday. kind of soak it up. there will be gaps in between the waves of rain later in the week. wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, and sunday is at least a chance of showers in the forecast every day. the first best chance arrives wednesday. this storm system will send a lot of energy to our north. it will be...
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so, let's get straight to our first alert meteorologist paul heggen for some perspective on all of thisstem. it is really starting to add up right now. this is the view as of a few minutes ago before we got the spinning internet wheel of death here from the camera on top of donner summit. you
so, let's get straight to our first alert meteorologist paul heggen for some perspective on all of thisstem. it is really starting to add up right now. this is the view as of a few minutes ago before we got the spinning internet wheel of death here from the camera on top of donner summit. you
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. >>> let's check in with first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen joining us with a closer look. quite the weekend, quite the monday morning. we aren't out of the woods yet. >> no. a little bit more snow tonight. it won't force the interstate to close again or result in any significant additional accumulation, but just a little bit more on top of what's fallen. you can see snow on the loop the past couple hours shrinking in on itself and lifting north of i-80. that's going to be the trend heading through the rest of tonight. let's add up the amount that has accumulated and this is that amount. hopefully we get the map to go. pop-up showers tonight and tomorrow, scattered showers in the forecast wednesday and a dry break late in the week with another rain chance saturday. the total accumulations are still in the process of being updated. we're talking about 8 feet plus at some of the resorts. run down those amounts and talk about the additional rain chances coming up. >>> some resorts in tahoe remain closed today because of all this, crews working to clear all that snow. this is v
. >>> let's check in with first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen joining us with a closer look. quite the weekend, quite the monday morning. we aren't out of the woods yet. >> no. a little bit more snow tonight. it won't force the interstate to close again or result in any significant additional accumulation, but just a little bit more on top of what's fallen. you can see snow on the loop the past couple hours shrinking in on itself and lifting north of i-80. that's going to...
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let's get right to chief meteorologist paul heggen. >>> we knew it was coming and it's here. this winter storm has squeezed out almost an inch of rain in the santa cruz mountains around ben lomond while the rest of the bay area has seen more light to moderate rain in general. the snow is picking up in intensity. the next four hours or so they'll see snowfall rates in the sierra, especially above 6,000 feet in elevation, 2 to 3 inches per hour. the heaviest snow occurs late tomorrow into top night. let's talk about the bay area. we have a band of heavier rain moving farther east. the fact it's moving is part of why we aren't concerned about flooding on a widespread basis. localized flooding we always have to watch out for, some heavier downpours around fremont up towards livermore and back across the santa cruz mountains and off the coast, even a marine warning in effect for coastal parts of santa cruz county. there's another batch of showers moving into the north bay, but there are gaps in between these waves of mostly light to moderate rain. that remains the trend. the gaps
let's get right to chief meteorologist paul heggen. >>> we knew it was coming and it's here. this winter storm has squeezed out almost an inch of rain in the santa cruz mountains around ben lomond while the rest of the bay area has seen more light to moderate rain in general. the snow is picking up in intensity. the next four hours or so they'll see snowfall rates in the sierra, especially above 6,000 feet in elevation, 2 to 3 inches per hour. the heaviest snow occurs late tomorrow...