on the storm." >> we are going to stay on that. such a difference when the light starts to come out because then you can see the rain and the wind. storm is zeroing in on the y area this morning... and it's expected to cause a mar mess.... good morning. it's thursday december, 11th i'm michelle griego. and i'm frank mallicoat tha for joining us for this spe edition of kpix-5 morning n. good morning, everyone. >> what a storm. thank you for joining us for this special edition. the storm is here we have live team coverage of what you need to know to be prepared and be safe today. >> we're keeping an eye on the situation in the north bay. we have some cancellations

we begin with roberta. the weather has been deteriorating. it began with heavy rainfall. it wrapped up against the bay area. within the last 30 minutes, more areas have been affected. when you see the orange and red, it's moderate to heavy downpour. it's causing flooding this morning also around the golden gate bridge, we have heavy rain in the city of san francisco bay district, bay shore, mission district, you have been seeing some rain. check this out, down the bay area, it's been quiet there with only the gusty winds and now the rain is filling in as well. this is it. this is what we have been tracking since friday and this is the center of the core of

the area of low pressure well defined we're going to have unstable air mass through friday triggering showers. this plume of moisture is going to cause the heaviest rainfall. and then gradually into the peninsula and the south bay until 3 p.m. behind it, once that front passes, a lot of moderate to light rainfall behind it still. because this is subtropical in nature, we have very loud temperatures in the mid-60s and currently 68 degrees. it's 68 in livermore. the winds have been gusting at 17 miles per hour. 40 miles per hour in berkeley. gusty winds along the bridges

these are sustained winds. these are damaging winds. that's why we have a high-wind warning in effect today and we're talking about 80-mile-per-hour winds and plus that in the highest elevations of the bay area. you couple them with the rain amounts. 9-inches of rain in 24 hours. highest elevations of the north bay. 2-4-inches across the urban areas, one of the latest models suggests that we will see 2-inches of rain between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. that's on top of the 10-inches that fell last week we . we have a flash watch for today. today's numbers, into the 60s. scattered showers tomorrow. drying out, assess the damage on saturday and sunday before we introduce more rain showers into the forecast on monday through

wednesday. that's our eye on the storm. eye on traffic with elizabeth. >> it's a clogged storm drain causing the problems out in windsor. the lanes are still closed and shutting down traffic approaching the lane. minor delays at the scene. the heaviest traffic is southbound in the commute direction. here's a live look out the door. the cameras have been bouncing around. it's the heavy winds gusting near the airport. it's used as a buffer lane, they have the high-wind in affect. if you plan on running mass transit, bart is still a great

idea. if you're planning on riding ferries. alameda has been canceled, the runs until 7:30. then they're going to reevaluate and see what the weather's doing. it's not operating in san francisco. here's the san mateo bridge. between 880 and the peninsula. we're not seeing the usual delays at the toll plaza. the metering lights worked after 6:00. the only slowdowns, the drivers slowing down. once they hit a high wind, you need two hands on the steering wheel. you can see the updated list on the web site, go to kpix.com.

the storm dumped several inches of rain in the north. >> it's flooding in downtown, braving elements out there. >> it's been raining here in downtown nevada. i'm standing in about 5-inches of water. this is on the sidewalk. the roadway is even deeper behind me. this is in downtown nevada. they have put up signs letting drivers know that the roads are flooded. the roads are still open we're going to see a truck trying to traverse, maybe not. it's interesting to see how drivers react. some just gun it. you can see how deep the water is. some gun it and some turn

around like i just saw at this miniflood. you can see the sandbags in the doorway behind me. this is a hardware store they are some of the lucky people who have prepared for this storm early. in fact, the city has released an unpresidented number of sandbags in the past 24 hours 4,000 sandbags to homeowners here in the city and looks like they're going to need them because the rain is not letting up any time soon. >> thank you very much. the eye on the storm now. it's coming down good here. what it looks like, it gives you an idea on how hard the rain is falling. it's been like this for the past hour, hour and a half the rain coming in sideways.

i want to show you what it looks like. they're taking it slow into the 7:00 hour, now starting to pick up in terms of ground traffic as a result, they have canceled up to 170 flights incoming and outgoing and the airport has now instituted the flight delay program. that's all arriving flights in between 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. today are subject to delays on average of 220 minutes. that's up to 4 hours of a flight delay if you're coming in, please call your airlines, check your flight. there's a good chance you'll be waiting. we did catch up with the school kids, they're trying to head to washington d.c., catch an 8:00 a.m. flight this morning, good luck with that. >> we have an agenda, we have things to do. nothing keeps our school down. >> a scene that will likely

play out today. a lot of people sleeping at the airport they get here and try to figure out what is going on. they may have to come back tomorrow if the days are that bad. complicating things now, a thousand restaurant workers plan to strike at the airport. that means 80% of the restaurants will be closed here if you're stuck at the airport there may not be a lot to eat out here. it could be slow doing if you're trying to get a snack here at the airport. we're covering the storm from all corners of the bay area we're looking live at lucky drive. you can see 101, cars splashing through that in the north bay picking up the brunt of the storm we have you covered all over the bay area your morning commute, the works, stay with us. we'll be right back ,, ,, here's some news you may find surprising.

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right no our storm coverage continues we're going to look live at san jose. you can see the camera shaking from the powerful winds right

now. we're extending our coverage for the next few hours. hundreds of schools all over the area are closed because of the weather. officials made the decision to close yesterday before the storm hit. they were worried about the timing of the storm and the damage it could cause. >> falling trees, power lines and it's going to hit in the time from children are coming or going from school . the winds with whipping how are they doing now? >> still gusty winds and heavy downpours for the last hour at the richmond bridge toll plaza.

let's look at the traffic here in the westbound direction. you can see traffic moving very smoothly now. not a lot of cars looks like a lot of folks are either staying home or working from home. this is the good parking lot part, the traffic moving. see how the strong winds are blowing the flags and the flag poles, that's been the case all morning long. in fact, there's a high-wind advisory on the richmond bridge. they're telling big rig drivers to avoid this bridge. even with that advisory, i notice big rigs using this bridge. there's one now about to get on the bridge as we speak. let's show you some video that was shot earlier around 3:00 this morning.

a large tree came down on to the eastbound direction of 80 and shut down all lanes in that eastbound direction. at one point, they re-opened and was able to chop the tree up, clear it to the shoulder and able to re-open all lanes by 5:45. let's come back live now. the advice for people at home watching this, if you can avoid this, avoid it. because it's miserable conditions here i have water in my mouth, pelted by rain drops in my eyes the good thing, a lot of folks taking the advise now, the freeway here pretty smooth traffic conditions here. for now live in richmond, kpix 5. >> he looks fabulous. >> hopefully he can run back into the live truck for a

while. noticing a huge difference at 4 a.m. we had rain concentrated on the bay area and it's becoming more widespread and it's becoming more moderate and heavy in nature and the winds continue to blow. good morning. it's our high-def doppler and when you see the areas of yellow, that's moderate rainfall. the orange indicates a heavy downpour and what concerns me now, we're picking up slices of red on the open waters it will skate over to the bay area and we have another cell offshore. everyone is getting hit from oakland to the bay bridge to the city of san francisco. you can hear the rain drops on

the rooftops, same story, here again, it's another slice of red immediately offshore monitoring this carefully for the potential of thunderstorm activity. i believe this is what they were alluding to, it suggested in the city of san francisco between 7:00 and 9:00, we'll see two full inches of rain this is the area of low pressure, this is the powerful storm out of the pacific that we're talking and tracking since last friday. we couldn't see that yesterday, it's wrapping around, it's tight, it's going to bang up against the state of california. behind it, unstable air mass will keep us into the scattered showers until friday. this is a plume of moisture. it's all the way back to hawaii. the wettest weather, it's in the north bay right now until about

9:00 this morning and the gustiest winds as well. peninsula, you're worst weather will range between 6:00 in morning until lunchtime. you still have a lot of rain coming. you will see it livermore. south bay, your heaviest was an inch-plus per hour. wait until we stack up the rain totals. the same one up to 40 in berkeley. the winds are dialing back because the front is now sagging to the south. behind it, less heavy rain, less gusty winds. now, as the winds continue to blow across the peninsula, we have this high-wind warning in effect. gusts up to 50 around the urban

areas. 80-plus gusts in the highest elevations. 9-inches of rain will fall over the next 24 hours. with the rain heavy at times, settling down in the evening hours leaving you with scattered showers and a chance of a thunderstorm we'll see some late-day clearing, drying of the skies, that leads to the potential of showers returning to the bay area on monday through wednesday. we're getting a good look at what is going on out there now. >> i know. we knew it was going to come down hard. we knew where to send our news

crews. it always tends to flood in this area, we're seeing the same things in the northbound lanes now. chp warning, there was up to 6" of water. let's hit the roads around the bay area, let's see what is going on. more flooding coming in. this is from a member, eastbound 80 at 7th, we have flooding blocking the two right lanes. and we'll take you back out to the north bay, the westbound ramp, flooding in that lane, calling for road closures. here's a live look at 880 in oakland. the camera dancing around.

silicon valley drive, it's been quiet for us. golden gate service operating, oakland ferry service canceled in and out of san francisco. they're going to be reevaluating any minute. cable cars not operating all day. they're offering bus shuttles instead. that's the latest traffic. a few driving tips, here is

some good advice, careful on the roads where the flood waters have resided, the roads could be weakened by the rain. open your window just a little bit, if you're caught in traffic, it will help you avoid any carbon monoxide poisoning if you're stuck in traffic. that's your latest traffic. more after the break. ,, ,, get to kohl's for big savings on premium electronic gifts this thursday through saturday. plus, everyone gets kohl's cash. find your yes.

with our eye on the storm, looking at the high-def warning. a warning for the north bay around sonoma, you can look at it here, you can see the heavy rain fall it's indicated by yellow and orange we have a huge batch of rainfall poised and positioned and ready to blast into the bay area

if you look offshore, we have some red specs, that's heavier rainfall, we'll keep an eye on kpix 5 traffic is way down now trying to get into san francisco. if you have to get somewhere, please be careful. the metering lights are on, it's the high winds across the span that are keeping traffic slow now approaching the tunnel and treasure island. looking at the roads and mass transit coming up pacific gas and electric has crews working all over the bay area. >> they were also busy with the storm working on power outages around the bay area this morning, busy trimming trees to prevent outages, extra crews on the job and they're warning people to be careful around downed power lines. >> customers see trees coming into contact with lines and most importantly, if they see a line down, assume that that line is

live and call 9-1-1. the storm has called positiver outages -- power outages for thousands across the bay. the peninsula has about 3,000 customers affected. all that heavy rain has been falling steadily in the north bay. you can finally get a little daylight now as folks run down the 101. santa rosa has strong winds and rainmaking conditions rough. we're seeing some significant damage .

around the ocean beach area, the great highway beach closed. high winds blowing. drivers headed to the mountains are warned they could face white conditions. caltrans has trucks loaded up with salt and on standby. waves up to 7 feet high are expected today. the kpix weather app will help you get through this. search in the store or google play. 7:27 is your time. stay with us for this specific edition of 5 morning news. you're looking at live pictures, san jose from up top, you can see the camera shaking. a lot of winds, take it slow and stay here. more coming up.

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thursday, december 11th. >> time now is 7:30. let's kick it over to roberta track degrees storm. >> the weather is getting worse. the national weather service has just issued a flash flood warning heavy rainfall, when you see the areas of red, that's a very heavy downpour and it could produce up to an inch of rain per hour we have heavy rainfall throughout the north bay since 3:00 this morning. it's now sliding to the south. san francisco, south san francisco hit with heavy rainfall. east bay, you've been hearing the wind now we have the rain

entering the 680 corridor. this is the big picture, this is a powerful pacific storm this was the core way back here what we're appearancing is here. it's tapping into the tropical moisture and it goes back into the hawaiian islands. right now, the main event in the north bay, it has been since 3:00 this morning. everything shifting into the central bay and east bay. it will worsen as the day progresses this front is powerful. look at the temperatures, it's 68 degrees in livermore, but boy, the rain is blowing sideways 40 in fremont, 44 in the bay after experiencing wind gusts

earlier. behind that slice, that frontal boundary, the winds dial back. now at 11, the winds lessen in the north and central bay up to 20 miles per hour meanwhile, we have the high wind warning in place we will see downed trees and over 80-mile-per-hour winds nine inches of rain in 24 hours. that's a lot of water all at once. there is flooding taking place in the north bay. there will continue to be flooding. 2-4-inches expected across the bay area. 7" in the santa cruz mountains. that's why we have a flash flood watch in effect before the

entire bay area. some sunshine that will be most welcomed over the weekend. increase in cloud cover on sunday will lead to the potential of a minor storm system bringing more showers monday through wednesday. >> the north bay is take degrees brunt of the big storm. >> braving the elements. >> reporter: it has not let up for a minute. i'm in downtown, i'm on the sidewalk and i'm standing now in about 4-5 inches of water. walking down the sidewalk, you can see varying levels

you don't know what's under you on the sidewalk. i'm not going on to the roadway where we saw a truck pass through. public works is letting people know this is flooded and some decide to gun it and go on through the water and everybody's made it so far, others decided to turn around. at the hardware store, they were prepared for this. another truck is going to make the attempt. you can see a little closer how deep the water is now. it's over the top of the wheel wells that's a powerful truck. it's swimming now. as i said, it's not let up for

a minute since about 3 3:00 p.m. here in downtown. if it continues, it's hard to tell how deep it could get. she said it got almost this bad last week. it shows no sign of flooding. check out the logs, these are no parking signs it looks like the huge lakes nobody should be parking in there. we'll watch the scene for you live in downtown, kpix 5. we're now watching some breaking news in san francisco we're getting word of a number of power outages near the bart station that has shut down the station. right now, trains are running through. if you're heading into san

francisco and planning on using bart, you have to get off at the powell street station. look at this latest tweet, there's also a major power outage affecting the marina district at the safeway f. you come to a four-way stop, treat it as a normal intersection with a four-way stop. we're not sure how big the power outages are. looking live, we see the bay bridge, it's quiet out there. they turned the metering lighting off. some folks are trying to get into the city. it's the high winds that may slow you down once you're on the bridge itself, it's heavy now once you try to get through treasure island through the

tunnel area. here's a live look at the golden gate bridge getting pounded. north bay, you saw ann, if you need to get into san francisco, golden gate ferries are operating. they're offering normal service. they've been tweeting that since early this morning. 580 to golden gate is down to about 16 minutes. we still have the travel advisory for the richmond bridge, they're asking people who drive high profile vehicles, big rigs, not to use the richmond bridge. traffic is light now at the toll plaza. a number of flooding reports continue to come in including this one in nevado. you saw that ponding in the roadway earlier they're trying to clear an accident at 880 at

broadway. one lane remains blocked. wind has been moving the camera around. there's some flight delays. that's your latest, a busy drive to work. >> very busy. the great highway is closed between highway 35, high winds is blowing sand on to the highway. there are many schools in the bay area that decided to close today because of the weather. you can see the updated list on our web site. we have more live team coverage of the storm.

getting the rain out here, as you can see, it's coming down? sheets. able to run an airport operation with winds at 25 miles per hour. as the winds pick up, that's when you get problems and massive delays they're up to 175 flight cancellations, that's departures and arrivals. more significantically, the faa instituted a flight delay program they're holding flights inbound and assigning them, that means delays up to 220 minutes, that's also impacting a lot of the departing flights we met a lot of people out here

that have delays up to two hours we met the school kids heading out to d.c. on an 8:00 a.m. flight, trying to get out on time. >> we're happy we got here to the airport, so far, the flight is not canceled. all right, back here live at sfo, we're seeing a lot of people sleeping at the airport trying to get a new flight, maybe booking for tomorrow morning, complicated things, restaurant workers are on strike, four out of five restaurants are closed down, bring yourself a snack if you're coming out. there will not be a lot of food to purchase check your flight before you come out here. that's the best advice. we're live, kpix 5. >> a good day to stay home. here at the richmond toll

plaza. in the westbound direction, traffic is extremely light. looks like a lot of folks are staying home or working at home you can see it is coming down in sheets right now and it is very gusty. look at the two flag poles now you can see they're being blown around by heavy rain and winds. there's a high-wind advisory. the chp advising drivers and high profile drivers to avoid this bridge. even with that advisory, we see a lot of big rigs coming through. let's show you some video that

we shot earlier, a large tree came down on the highway. they had to shut down all lanes at one point. it wasn't until around 5:45 they were able to re-open the eastbound direction. all lanes re-opened around that time. let's come back now and look at the storm drain now. the rain is coming down so fast, you can see all four directions, that's where all of that rainwater is coming from. there are four streams coming from four directions. the good news, the storm drain is not clogged so not causing flooding that's the good news. it's extremely heavy rain now and very gusty winds. a kpik weather app, you can check conditions in the area,

it's kpix in the app store or go to google play and check it out. the bay area getting drenched. let us know what's happening in your neighborhood. a live look at lucky drive and highway 101. we're extending our local coverage this morning. more storm coverage after the break. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ po ind right now. we are extending our local we're going to san jose now, the camera shaking a somewhere in there is levi stadium that's in the fog and the rain. we're extending our local coverage of the storm in place -- thousands of people are waking up without power this morning. >> let's chat, we have jd on the phone now. i know you have your hands full today including a big outage in san francisco. what's the latest?

>> we're still compiling numbers on san francisco to get the most accurate numbers at this point. the peninsula, we have 5700 without power. north bay, 2900 customers without power. 900 out in the east bay. from the south bay, 2800 customers out and for santa cruz county and the mountains, we have a combined about 5100 customers out at this point. >> what are you doing now to make sure that the power gets restored to them? >> we have crews working and working as safely as possible. at this point, it's due to the conditions the crews are working through they're working and will work around the clock as quickly as they can. we do have extra crews and resources working to restore outages we prestaged personnel at base camps located throughout the area to quickly respond to trouble as it comes as the storm passes through,

we'll dispatch from the less impacted region to assist. we have mutual agreements and contract crews as well. we have all crews on our standby and responding as they occur and working as safely as that can with the number of outages and the conditions. again, we can't set those firm estimate this is morning. >> what about advice for those who don't have power and might be using a flash flight, what can you tell them? >> we would like to remind folks, safety first. safety is a priority. we would like to remind folks, if you experience an outage, try not to use candles for a light source if possible. use battery-operated flashlights. if you have to use candles, keep them away from christmas trees,

anything that could start a fire. also, one helpful tool, if you have not experienced an outage, try to freeze gallon containers like a milk jug or container of water which has moved through and that can help keep your food safe from spoiling at least a little bit longer. one thing that is important, we always remind folks, if you come across a downed power line, treat it as if it is live. never come in contact with the lines. keep children, pets and others away. contact 9-1-1 immediately. 800-pge-5002. if you have generators out there, maybe sure they're installed by a licensed electrician.

it can hurt and cause harm to crews who are working to restore outages this morning. >> good advice. thank you with pg & e. >> hundredses of school kids over the bay area, they're home because the schools are closed because of foul weather. officials making that decision to close yesterday before the big storm hit they were worried about the timing of the storm and the damage. >> it's going to hit during the time when students are coming or going from school. >> we're updating the list of closures on the bottom of the screen all morning long and as they come in. elizabeth was reported on 100 incidents and this morning, we still have heavy rainfall to

report and it will continue to worsen in many neighborhoods. according to radar, the heaviest rain is spilling out of the north bay but the damage is done. the weather service issued a flash flood warning for sonoma county. that means that the flooding is happening now. -- 3 hour and 40 minute delays reported. the bay is pounded with heavy downpours and some of these contain an inch to an inch half of rainfall per hour you couple that with the gusty winds we see the rain beginning to lighten up in portions of the light bay. moderate to heavy rainfall. but it's good news here where

you can see the shades of green. the front has passed the area and now sagging to the south. that will be the scenario, this is the frontal boundary. we couldn't see that 24 hours ago. it's well defined now. behind it, a lot of unstable air mass we have the wrap around moisture in the form of showers tomorrow we're dealing with that and it goes back to the hawaiian islands and as it does, the worst weather is moving out of the north bay. the timing places over the central bay now moving more into the eastern portion of the bay area with some winds in excess of 50 miles per hour. the worst weather around the lunch area, same story around the santa cruz and gustier winds in the higher elevations now because of the air mass,

it's 68 degrees in livermore. meanwhile, looking at the wind speeds, it's the chapter 2 in this story. 37-mile-per-hour winds in vallejo, those will increase as the front approaches. the winds are dying down in nevada we have the high-wind warning in effect. these are damaging winds we will see downed trees and downed power lines in addition to the copious amounts of rainfall we're forecasting nine inches of rainfall in the north bay mountains and coastal range. 7 in the santa cruz mountains. that's on top of what accumulated. basically speaking, 2-4-inches across the urban areas we're looking at 2 1/2 inches between now and 9:00 in morning for the bay area.

sonoma county, you have have flash flood warning. all beaches have a high surf in play. a chance of thunderstorms throughout the day. scattered showers tonight. scattered showers on friday, mostly cloudy skies over the weekend for the most part by sunday evening, some sunshine on saturday, sunday there could be the potential of more showers for monday through wednesday. we're getting a few more details about the power outage in san francisco. it sounds pretty widespread affecting thousands from the northeast part of the city to the marina district. it's now affecting bart. if montgomery station is

closed. again, it's affecting several neighborhoods around the city, we're hearing it. we're getting more flooding reports. 280, chp is warning puddling in lanes there. here's a live look outside. coming down in oakland, there is near oakland airport. hopefully you don't have a flight to catch today. it's closer to downtown oakland where we have been hit with a couple of different accidents and slowdowns. traffic is way down today. people are staying home and riding mass transit. livermore is clear. no delays. we have a high-wind advisory in effect. it's in effect for all of the bridges including the san mateo bridge, now name it. i want to show you the tweet, a traffic alert that closed the

freeway, northbound 101 at windsor for a while is now open. look what drivers have to go through. a small river in the northbound lanes. hopefully, people can just stay calm and not drive in some areas. >> the live shot in nevado, a truck went through the water and you can see how high the water is. >> now we have some form of daylight, we like to have people come on and send us pictures of damage in their area. we have reporters all over the bay area and we are extending our local coverage of the storm. we'll be right back ant damage if you're like me, there's nothing you enjoy more than hopping up on a couch, destroying a few pillows and chewing on a good shoe.

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storm is pounding the bay aa .. we are is cpix 5. good morning. we take a live look at high-def doppler now about we're keep evening -- keeping an eye on the storm. it's thursday, december 11th, a stormy thursday, hi, everyone. thank you for joining us this morning. we're going to kick it right over to the storm, light

rainfall, the yellow shows moderate precipitation. it's downright hard rain falling through the bay area we have seen these slices of red coming in off of the ocean on shore we're seeing around the oakland area, so many areas are getting just pounded, it's hard to detect everyone or note everyone. it's making tracks towards woodside and redwood city. you're going to have some pretty heavy downpours to the next 10-15 minutes high-def indicating some good news, this is the tail end of the front that has been pounding the north bay, when you see the lighter shades of green, that is the case, a more moderate to light rainfall.

we're seeing a break throughout the area. this is the frontal boundary. this is what is impacting us now. it's all the way back to the islands, tapping into the moisture. we have some much rain falling at once. by 9:00, you see a lot of people just breathing a sigh of relief we'll have some light rainfall but the heaviest across the central portion of the bay and the eastern portion. so, with the rain showers, we have a lot of air mass that has the subtropical influence with it. 67 degrees in livermore, that's typically a daytime high temperature running 7 degrees above average. winds are the other story. winds up to 36 miles per hour. 29 in oakland.

meanwhile, we had 13-mile-per-hour winds in napa. they're on the tail end of the front. but these gusty winds have prompted a high-wind warning to be hoisted across the bay area. some winds in excess of 80 miles per hour, at least the gusts in the highest elevations of the bay area. rainfall, that's another story. 9-inchings inches of rain will accumulate. 7-inches santa cruz mountains that's why we have a flash flood warning in effect. we have a break over the weekend before we introduce a new storm. if there's any good news in this, we have not seen any major accidents or slowdowns this

morning. there are far fewer cars on the roads. that's helping a lot. the rain really coming down now in san francisco it's causing a pretty massive widespread power outage from the marina district to the financial district. the bart station is closed. trains are just running straight through if you need to get off through there, you can use the powell street station instead. here's a look at the golden gate bridge, ferries are on schedule right now. if you're hitting the road on 101, the reports of flooding, overall, looks okay. travel advisories in affect for the high winds. avoid the richmond santa fe bridge. they're saying to use 37 or the

101 even though it's a long way around. here's a quick live look at the livermore commute. the commute is way down, travel times falling, no delays. you can see the list on the web site. click the link near to top of the page. it's already flooding in downtown novato. ann is braving the elements there. >> reporter: the people here say they have not seen the water this deep here in novato since the mid-'90s. it doesn't look that bad when you look at the middle there. down the intersection, things get nasty.

we were parked down there but the water was coming above our tires we had to move our live van to a safer location. you can see the sandbags in front of the coffee shop, that's going to be key as the water continues to rise. it's been raining nonstop since about 3:00 a.m. the city of novato says it's given out an unprecedented number of sandbags over the past 36 hours as people were prepping for the storm they gave out about 4,000 sandbags they ran out of sand for a little while, they now have more, but hopefully you're prepared at this point. you can see how deep the water is getting. you can see it on this block and one block up, the main drag here in downtown novato, you would have no idea how shady things are getting in some of the other neighborhoods.

that's live right now. >> reporter: live, i got this push alert on my phone that says flash flood warning in this area until 9:00 this morning. this is the scene now at fso. it's been raining like this for the better part of two hours coming down in sheets. the winds are sustained at 25 miles per hour on the runway. not enough to shut the airport down but enough to slow things down. the number of cancellations up to 212 flights canceled. that's inbound and out-going flights they have instituted a flight delay program that means flights coming in until 11:00 tonight are subject to delay up to 220 minutes now we see what is a flight delay program. >> you think of a freeway that

might have 4 lanes normally and now it's reduced down to 2 lanes that reduces the accessibility. >> they are saying now that if your flight is canceled, your best bet is to stay home and enjoy it from the comfort of your own home we're not running into a lot of people with canceled flights, but delayed flights, from 45 minutes up to 3 hours here. again, call your airline, save yourself heart ache and enjoy the warmth of your own home while you can. >> just a reminder, we are extending our local coverage of the storm on kpix 5 this morning. pacific gas and electric has crews out all over the bay area this morning. they were busy the last few

days, trim a tree to prevent outages they're warning people around the bay area to be careful around power lines assume it's energized. call 9-1-1. there's about 9000 9000

without power. now we have a flash flood warning for san francisco county, the cities of south san francisco, san mateo, foster city, and belmont as everybody is going to start seeing the warnings going into effect.

through san francisco, and that's when you saw the flash flood warning go into effect. sonoma county, with the front impacting the area. you can see the 586 corridor now starting to see the leading edge of the frontal boundary and that continues to sag in a southerly direction. some has asked has this slowed down, that is good news because if it's stalls over the bay area, that's when you start to see even additional rainfall. ahead of that front, the wind speeds this morning, excess of

55 miles per hour throughout the urban areas, above 80-mile-per-hour wind gusts, we have seen 100 >> 100 in the sierra. >> i received one unconfirmed report of 162-mile-per-hour winds. >> we have a live look at san jose, levi stadium somewhere there. >> we have a beautiful shot. right now, it's a mess. it did rise with the one day storm that blue through the area. what we're experiencing today is a one-day storm which is scattered showers moving through on the backside of the front, this area of low pressure is going to produce up to 9-inch

of rain in the mountainous areas, easily, 2-4-inches across most urban areas. it's developing now. >> you mentioned and jose has light to moderate rain. >> they will get hit the. a lot of people have warnings and kids at home. a lot of people stayed home because it's ugly out there. >> we would like to see some pictures we will see pictures from folks taking shots. but let's go over to liz now and find out how we're doing.

not bad today. >> the roads have been relatively okay. a quick note, the ferries have been canceled out of alameda. here's a live look at flooded roadway, northbound 101 at lucky drive, you can see cars get through okay. they're making big slashes as you get through when the rain is coming down. san francisco is getting pounded by rain. let's get a check of the bay bridge. you can see how light traffic is if you clear your way through the rain drops. the only thing to deal with, it's very gusty and drivers are saying they have to hang onto their steering wheels we are seeing drivers slowing down. even though traffic is light, sensors are picking up delays

between oakland and san francisco also more flooding northbound at john daly boulevard causing a delay into the san francisco area. here's a live look, obviously, it's pounding here at well. they cleared a couple of earlier accidents near downtown, traffic is just a light drive and taking it slow. we haven't seen too many delays or incidents or major hot spots. a power outage in san francisco affecting a number of streets and the montgomery station, they're running straight through. bart gave us an update. there's still delays, they're running at slower speeds they can accommodate the passengers. kpix five reporter da lin is

at the richmond- san rafael bridge. and da, it looks like the wd there is very strong right check out downtown novato. has been pouring there for . it's been extremely light

this morning. it looks like a lot of folks have decided to stay home and that's the good news. traffic is going through very smoothly. we understand there is still a high wind advisory in effect for the richmond san raphael bridge. they're asking big rigs and high profile vehicles not to use these bridges. they're asking them not to drive on the san raphael bridge. it's an advisory not a mandate. you still have big rigs and high profile vehicles using this bridge as we speak. let's show you video we shot this morning. this was around 3:00 in the morning, a large eucalyptus tree actually fell down on highway 180. they had to shut down all lanes in the eastbound direction. they were able to move the downed tree out quickly. they were able to reopen

traffic to the eastbound direction around 5:45. that's the good news. let's come on back now live. we have a couple of systems, last week and with this strong storm system, we do expect quite a few downed trees throughout the east bay and perhaps throughout the bay area. but, again, i mean this is actually pretty light compared to what we saw about 30 minutes ago. now, it's okay. just because the wind gusts basically died down. >> we're going it take you across that bridge now, over to downtown novato. it's hard to tell where the sidewalk is and where the roadway starts. it was a difficult time for this woman to get into her car. watch how she checks out how deep the flooding is there. she made it inside her car. if you're planning to head out, it's wet and lots of rain and noding to deal without --

flooding to deal without there. if you're planning to go northbound on highway 101 check out lucky drive and remarks bother, there's a lot of storms. they'll keep getting rain coming down on the row ways. the -- roadways. hears what the drive looks like on the golden gate bridge heading into san francisco. it's a constant downpour, but it's the wind that's making things much much worse. you can hear the wind slamming against the car there. slow down and take it easy if you plan to go across the golden gate bridge or any of the bridges today. traffic is not adding to the list of problems on this very wet day. >> there is a big list of problems. it's 8:19 right now. check out the bay bridge. a lot of people are staying home because not much traffic out there. we have reporters covering the

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. welcome back to the perfect lineup. >> week 151 upon us. right now. w . welcome back. a live look. we're going to take to you san jose. and you can see our camera there getting a little shaken up by all the powerful wind right now. we're extending our local coverage of the storm here on

kpix5 this morning instead of cbs news this morning. the storm has having a big impact on bart service. there are several service disruptions in san francisco. >> jim joins us with the latest. >> reporter: the latest is that two of our 44 stations have now closed. san bruin know station -- san bruno station closed due to flooding. >> trains are not stopping in montgomery. you have to get off at 'em bar codare owe. >> that's right. >> did a lot of folks just stay home today. >> we haven't had a chance to look at the ridership just yet. we're focusing on keeping the trains moving. >> what should people know who may be heading out to work right now and they want to take bart, what should they know? >> the absolute thing to keep in mind is to build in extra time for your commute so when

you get to the bart station you're not running in there and potentially trying to catch a train and slip. the trains are delayed because of the rain and it will take longer to get your destination. >> tell us about the two stations san bruno and montgomery station, when will they be running again? >> one is electricity, pg&e is trying to restore power, but we've got our own crews trying to get a generator that will provide emergency lighting. as far as san bruno is concerned, we have pumps that are loaded on vehicles that we can send to try to pump out areas. it's difficult to predict when flooding has been mitigated. >> okay. jim allison with bart, thank you for that information. we know you're having a busy day. >> people want to take mass transit or it's better to stay

at home. >> they're going to have to close the embarcadaro, from at&t park out to pier 39 because of flooding issues and stuff. we're getting word of that within the last few seconds here. it's going to have to be closed awhile. bart you heard from as well. they have their own issues. the two stations that are closed once again, maybe we can put that on the screen for you are montgomery and san bruno. they're running through those stations radio it, now, to try to get in the financial district is embarcadero. trains are running at lower speeds because of the wet weather. san francisco bay ferry service out of alameda and oakland, there will be no service until 2:00 this afternoon. they'll give another update then. cable cars you're out of luck. they're offering bus shuttles instead.

here is a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. i put up a tweet moments ago from kcbs, there are major flooding in market, mission, freemont and howard streets. obviously, the embarcadero as well. a joke is made over the waterfront property. you have to be careful through parts of the city. we have flooding on southbound 280, apparently all lanes are under a lot of ponding. you can see the delays now heading into that area, backed up all the way along that corridor. 101 is not a lot better. i'm getting word of flooding at oyster point and again closer to candlestick park. we'll continue to watch it all for you. in the meantime roberta is tracking the storm where it is

next. here she is. the storm was poised and positioned to move into the bay area. it began to peculiar up steam and slice through the north bay. look at our doppler radar. we'll see a break-in the northern portions of the bay area. look at all the yellow and orange, that's moderate to heavy rain. when you see red, that's an inch to an inch and a half falling per hour. and 880, you have treacherous travel and all this continues to dig that southerly fashion. look at this extend all the way across the peninsula from redwood city and all this is dipping towards the palo alto area, and mountain view area you'll get smacked hard in the next 15 to 20 minutes. this is the north bay. this is an improving situation. we have pockets of moderate to heavy rainfall. petaluma, novato, napa, i'm

talking with the weather service, they're going to issue a support whether we expect the napa river to reach flood stage. you see this area of green, this is the backside of the frontal boundary that continues to slice in a southerly direction. we're seeing a bit of a break with the north side of the bay. however, this is a mammoth situation as far as this area of low pressure is concerned. we're taking up a lot of real estate. this is the koran center of the area of low pressure. it looks like a big giant comma. we could not see that yesterday. we see a cotton ball effect. that leaves unstable air mass. that will trigger showers on friday. right now what we're dealing with this is right here. that's that frontal boundary right here in windsor. this is moving in the bay area and continues in the southerly direction. as it does, the heaviest rainfall in the north bay is

moving towards san francisco. it's moving across the peninsula and the a portion of the bay area. you're experiencing your worse weather right now, up to the lunch hour with gusty winds up to 50 miles per hour in the urban areas. south bay you're experiencing the worst weather until 1:00 this afternoon. when i say worse weather, you'll have light rain showers at the back end and at times heavy rain. right now the air mass is so juicy with tropical moisture, but where the rain is moving into the city of san francisco, we have 59 degrees. the other side of this story happens to be the very gusty winds and sustained winds as well. 39 miles per hour in redwood city, 36 in san ramon, 36 in sonoma and american canyon area. and novato down to 3 now.

santa rosa again, kind of a flat wind at 11 miles per hour. berkeley has winds up to 37. these are damaging winds. down come the trees, down come the power lines and we have the high wind warning in effect for tonight. futurecast clearly illustrates as we tally up the rainfall totals we should see 9 inches of rain in the highest areas, the north bay and the coastal range. 2 to 4 inches of rain in our urban areas. we could see two inches of rain between 7:00 and up to 9:00 minutes from now. we'll wait to see those rainfall totals. 7 inches of rain in the santa cruz mountains. we have a flash flood warning in effect for many of our local counties as well as a flash flood watch. there's flooding taking place just about everywhere. a advisory in place today. it's breaking up to 25 feet.

that's why there are closures at the embarcadero. heavy rain taking off to showers tonight. the wind will decrease from 10 to 20. we'll have a dry day on saturday and sunday before we introduce increasing clouds sunday night from monday through wednesday. >> not a sun ball in there. >> a little peek-a-boo sunshine. >> it's the first time ever i've been using our cbs 5, kpix weather alert it, gave me the flash flood warning. >> it does work, you have to download the app. a lot of kids staying at home today. a number of bay areas are closed. storms are making a decision to close yesterday because of the storm. they were worried about the timing of the storm and the damage it could cause.

>> following trees and power lines and it's going to hit where students are either coming and going from school. >> we're updating the list of school closures at the bottom of our screen and we're doing that all morning long and you can go to our website and click the link at the top of the page. crews are working on power outages all over the bay area this morning. they're trimming trees to prevent outages. extra crews were on the job all day long. pg&e is telling people to be careful around power lines. >> they're concerned, and most importantly if they see a line down, employees assume that that line is energized. call 911. >> several thousand customers are without po