our storm coverage continues here on kron4. live looks over in oakland where the rain is just starting near the bay bridge. you see the golden gate bridge on the top right already wet as the rains moving in there and san mateo will waiting for the

rain although we are seeing winds pick up and stronger gusts expected offshore. we're just getting started here with with this storm and the chp with some tips to help be out on the roadways a reminder to avoid outside lanes those are the ones that often flood near the roadway edges. never drive through standing water. you never know how deep it is or what's under the surface. chp officer reminding you to slowdown to prevent hydroplaining and keep a safe distance between cars and remember to keep those headlights on whenever your windshield wipers are on especially during daylight hours. new this morning we're getting reports of trees already coming down around the bay area. this is at badega avenue near north webster in petaluma. the tree blocked lanes for a bit but firefighters working hard and they had it cleared in about 20 minutes. >> it's just a sample of what's to come. more trees certainly will fall. take a look this system awfully intense, pounding the north bay at the moment and i'm seeing deep red in some of that rain just offshore. we'll be tracking it and

letting you know exactly where the intense showers are falling minute by minton kron 4. stay with us we'll be right back.

welcome back to the kron 4 morning news tracking the storm and let's go tote weather center and get an update from james fletcher. >> starting off with storm tracker 4 living us the live view in the north bay which is what started seeing rain since yesterday, in fact at 10:00 p.m. last night they already had an inch on the ground in northwest sonoma county and here we are getting a lot more and it will be like this for most of the morning. petaluma same story for you, look at some of that deep red offshore as that rain is really intense in spots. in fact let's zoom in here and take a closer look. i want to get a reading on what some of these rainfall rates actually are out there. let's click on that. 1.78 inches per hour so nearly two inches per hour in some of those more intense cells and that's kind of what we're seeing offshore, that's to come. let's zoom in and take a look

at the north bay. again for communities like clover dale you've ben seeing rain for quite a little while. still seeing it this morning rain coming down in clover dale at roughly quarter of an inch per hour, you're looking at just about the same clip as well and similar story for santa rosa just above that quarter of an inch per hour rainfall rate. that's what we are seeing in that part of the north bay. zooming in a little closer towards wine country with with sonoma and nap a, rain come down in sewn -oma at about 1700- inch per hour and down near petaluma looks like it's about just under a fifth of an inch per hour and again, that is intense and it looks like things will intensify over the course of the morning. the east bay relatively unscathed though we are seeing rainfalling in martinez where the rain at the moment is falling at about a tenth of an inch per hour so that's what you're seeing in martinez and that rain again will slide into the walnut creek and alamo area before too much longer.

taking a quick look at where we are seeing rain in the eastbay out near richmond. take a look at that. 15 hundredths of an inch per hour in berkeley, so things beginning to intensify and you see all that rain there heading across the bay toward richmond and berkeley so all that headed your way before too much longer. let's slide the maps even further. from oakland down to hayward union city we aren't seeing too much rain. just light rainfalling along alameda. san francisco, it's the northern bit of the city seeing more intense showers right now and as we take a wider look at the peninsula you'll see down near montera, you'll see rainfalling at the moment and off to the left side of your screen of course we with see all of that heavy rain. that is the rain that we're waiting for to slam into san francisco and the peninsula. south bay light showers at the moment in san jose, nothing much just yet and in the santa cruz mountains again just

scattered light showers for now but that will be changing as we head later on into the morning and the early afternoon. take a quick look here at satellite radar perspective and again that say em fairly large and cold air behind it. let's walk you through the timing and again at this point 5:00 a.m. we're still looking for mainly the north bay and san francisco peninsula to be impacted by the storm and then by 7:00 it gets more widespread with heavy showers really focusing on santa rosa, petaluma and then by 8:00 it looks like the cold front will slide down into the peninsula san francisco, san bruno, cutting across toward oakland. by 9:00 an hour later it moves down toward freemont, redwood city, mountain view and cutting out toward livermore, and by about 10:00 this mourn nog the 11:00 hour it will be the south bay, san jose dealing with the heaviest rain but the light showers behind it will still continue and be fairly widespread. through the noon hour, through 3:00 in the afternoon, and then 6:00 tonight for the evening commute expect it to still be wet out there in all directions. 10:00 p.m. finally starts to breakup and

we'll look forward to back off a little bit by even tomorrow morning could be a wet commute as well. just not as intense. here is a live look at the golden gate bridge things getting wetter since our last update. looks like the pavement has seen more in the way of standing water and you can see the spray coming off the tires of the cars so that's what you'll encounter as you head out this morning. as for the long term view we get a break over the weekend but rain returns come monday and tuesday of next week. speaking of the commute and the rain out there are you following any problems erica? >> it's already getting pretty bad out there james. we have several cases where we have down trees out on the roadway blocking lanes and that's very much evidence eastbound 80, so an alert has been issued. a downed tree cashed into a big rig on the freeway. it looks like the big rig has been pushed over to the shoulder but emergency crews trying to cut down this tree and get it out of the way so it looks like they hope to have the lanes reopened by about 5:15 this morning and again this is the non-commute direction but it certainly could be a visual hazard as you

make your way down to the bay bridge toll plaza. in orinda getting on, that on ramp to eastbound highway 24 we have a pretty large tree branch blocking the lanes there so certainly keep that in mind. it's pretty windy out there especially for parts of contra costa county and we do have several wind advisories in effect for bay area bridges. one in effect for the bay bridge right now at the toll plaza not so bad but mid span the wind really picks up and it has been knocking people around. wind advisory in effect for the san mateo bridge. looks like it's pretty good here. traffic doing all right with with a drive time of 12-13 minutes but keep a firm grip on the steering wheel and once it starts coming down at least the rain you've got to make sure your headlights are on as you work your way across the span. golden gate bridge getting wet, however we don't have any special traffic advisories for this span but not only is it raining but windy at the richmond bridge so the chp issued a wind advisory as you make your way into marin

county. mark? speaking of the wind looking at this video coming into kron 4 causing problems . petaluma, firefighters on the scene just after midnight because of these arcing power lines near homes on 7th street in west petaluma. the wind causing the wires to touch and that's what's causing the sparks here. this happened earlier this morning. and in san francisco, people doing everything they can to prevent damage from this storm and the mission district businesses putting sand bags in place and online fashion company here called everlane flood during the storm last wednesday and just repped a few days ago. the company is using wood planks, sand bags and foam to prevent damage this time around from the more powerful storm. the city also contracting dozens of restoration workers to clean up last weeks flood damage and work on preventing more problems in the area with this storm. >> over the years this city has had to pay millions of dollars in damages to a number of businesses so a lot of these properties, so i think prevention is actually money well spent. >> city officials haven't said

exactly how much the work cost this time around. the guatalupe river and other creeks and streams in the south bay could see significant flooding at the height of the storm later today. a crane was brought in here at the river to clear potential trouble spot where several down trees were blocking the river which flows to the bay. city crews were also out clearing leaves and other debris from storm drains. and the national park service is announcing closures due to the storm for the next 48 hours. alkatraz is closed today. that means no tours will be taking people to the tourist hotspot, the national park service saying other sites such as mirror woods could also be closed depending on the weather conditions. visitors are being encouraged to avoid forested areas and to be extremely careful around streams in the park which is could flood. and a reminder we have weather updates all the time on air, online and on our website at kron 4.com and you can get the latest information on the go on our kron 4 mobile app forecast, check the radar, and a lot more information any time, also a great way to

quickly send us any storm photos that we will share on air. with with you tracking a storm we'll be here at least until 10:00 and possibly longer if necessary as the heart of the storm is still headed to the bay area and we'll be right back after this quick break as the kron 4 morning news continues. a live look outside right now to kron 4 who has a live look from san rafael where the rain is very heavy come down in sheets right now. for over 60,000 california foster children,

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continuing to track the storm on the kron 4 morning news, people have been flocking to grocery stores trying to get stocked up for todays storm. kron 4 jeff bush has more. >> reporter: take a look at this. all of the water in the safeway is gone. all of the fire logs too. the meat is running low and lines are longer than normal. some shoppers tell me it took more than half an hour just to get through the check outlines. people are getting provisions

to ride out the storm. >> it's crazy. there's no water, at all. and people are fighting and it's like you wouldn't know what was going on in there. it's pretty crazy. >> shoppers say they want to be prepared to ride out this storm and say that they are gearing up with several days worth of food and drinks to help get through the big storm. >> yes, it's definitely crazier when i went down the aisle to get my iced tea, the water section is empty. they are out of water, [laughter] so good thing i have some at home already. >> it's pretty ridiculous. i was in there for about 35 minutes to get ground beef and stuff and there's no water on the shelves, bread is is gone, all of the daily essentials is gone. people act like it's about to snow or something. it's pretty crazy. >> what do you think about that? >> i think it's really crazy. >> always better to be safe than sorry. stay with kron 4. look at the

very heavy rain in the north bay about to slide into san fran is cisco and over into the eastbay. we're expecting the potential for flooding as well as down trees and power lines with with heavy rain and strong gusty winds. things are going to get a lot worse over next few hours. stay with kron 4. we'll have team coverage for you all morning long.

welcome back to the kron 4 morning news we're tracking a very intense storm that's just starting to slam into parts of the bay area. live looks here at oakland where storms are starting to move in. look at the richmond san rafael bridge. not a car, just a few on the golden gate bridge. we're seeing very heavy rain to the north. let's go to the weather center james fletcher has been very busy tracking the storm which is just starting to slam us. james? >> lots to track this morning. take a lock at storm tracker 4.

we've got all of the yellow and red on the map indicating moderate to heavy rain and as you can see, it is at this point anyway hammering the north bay and that's exactly what we thought would happen as the system progresses from north to south with with the winds actually coming up to us from the south. when you actually see it in motion you'll understand why but in any event it's the north bay getting hit first and we'll expect parts of the bay area to start seeing this before too much longer but let's zoom in. so in the north bay we'll start off there and i'll just take a quick sample of what the rainfall rates are like near clover dale so about a third of an inch falling per hour, also quarter of an inch per hour falling in the areas around healsberg, so that's what the intensity is is like to the north. as we zoom closer to santa rosa, san own a looks like we've got rain falling right now better than half inch per hour in santa rosa, in roner park, quarter inch per hour just under a fifth of an inch per hour so we've got extreme rainfalling right now and of course don't forget high winds

associated with this system. i felt it as i was driving across the bay bridge this morning and mark felt it when he came in from the north bay so two hands-on the wheel for sure especially if you drive a high profile vehicle. in eastbay delta so far so good. no rain falling there but in areas like martinez let's zoom in here and take a look. you are seeing rain beginning to fall. you can see martinez, pleasant hill, concord, all seeing light rain falling and we've got lafayette along highway 24 also dealing with the rain at the moment. if you're down near dublin, nothing much yet and as we look out toward livermore, again things all clear for the moment but that will certainly change. take a quick look at what we're seeing here out near san rafael, with that heavy rainfalling and beginning to really impact the golden gate bridge. you see that there? let's get a sample reading here of the rainfall rates. we've got 32 hundredths of an in of per hour falling at the moment and let's pull out a

little bit. i want to show you portions of the eastbay. so we've got some moderate showers beginning to ender laces like alamedar and the oakland side of the bay bridge looks like things start getting more intense as we've got moderate rainfalling. san francisco downtown just light rain but still enough to begin to build our accumulations. the wider peninsula shot shows us rain, light still in nature from san francisco down through south san francisco to about the san mateo bridge and that's where the rain line ends. cuppertino, to your east, and sat aircrews mountains seeing scattered light showers but that will intensify as we head later on into the morning and early afternoon. now the worry is that in the north bay we could see these showers stall just a bit during these early morning hours and that would mean more accumulation and they are already getting upwards of three to possibly eight inches. we could see more of that higher end of the spectrum as

this rain continues to linger in the north bay even by 7:00 a.m. we're predicting heavy showers to still be impacting the north bay and by 8:00 that band of heavy rain begins to move down towards san francisco and oakland. by 9:00 we're talking mid peninsula and out toward the eastbay places like hayward, freemont, livermore, dublin getting hammered at that point and by looks like 10-11:00 today san jose and other portions of the santa clara valley to the south that we'll be seeing heaviest rain and then by about noon time the front moves off but we'll still be dealing with widespread light showers on of this system. again it will be light compared to the heavy rain that we'll see this morning but it will still be raining nonetheless impacting you at 3:00 this afternoon. 6:00 this evening, and even as late as 10:00 p.m. tonight we'll still have light rainfalling. it should breakup a little bit overnight but looks like maybe tomorrow morning we'll once again see a wet commute. here is the live look the golden gate bridge showing us wet conditions and our long range forecast calls for a brief break but again more rain

next week so we've got quite the unsettled weather pattern ahead. keep it tuned here to kron 4 we'll keep you updated and download our mobile app too. a great way to stay updated with weather and traffic speaking cough erica how is traffic? >> we have several incidents james. outhit wind is probably the biggest impact for bay area commuters. we have several wind advisories in effect right now the bay bridge, toll plaza looks good but once you make your way past the lights and head closer to mid span that's where it gets really windy. wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour so keep a safe grip, a firm grip on the steering wheel and allow a safe distance between you and the cars in front of you. so far so good. no accidents to report here. we do have a wind advisory in effect for the san mateo bridge, no issues or advisories at the golden gate bridge but looks like the rain is is starting to come down here. as we take a live look at the richmond bridge not only is it windy with with the wind advisory in effect but also raining as you work your way

closer to the toll plaza, here are a few accidents we are track on our traffic maps, eastbound 80 this is at panol valley road a down tree that slammed on to a big rig in the traffic lanes. it looks like one of the lane now open and keep in mind this is the non-commute direction but it could certainly be a visual hazard for people heading down to the bay bridge toll plaza. we also have a problem in orinda, eastbound highway 24 a down tree branch block something of the lanes there and we're starting to see back ups coming from the caldecott tunnel and we do have wind advisories for several bay area bridges, still looking at pretty good speeds but pretty windy conditions as you work your way across the span. mark? thank you, erica. continuing our coverage with the rain starting in san francisco. kron 4 has an update. will? >> reporter: i can absolutely

confirm that it was already breezy when i left my home in the eastbay and as i got closer to san francisco, definitely this is the most breezy i have felt all morning. i'm along the great highway and as you can see it is shutdown. they didn't even bother coming out a little bit later. they shut it down in the overnight hours so people unsuspecting drivers coming down here, they are seeing signs, turning left or making a u-turn, of course you can always take 19th avenue. how breezy is it, mark? well we'll move the camera straight up. here is the street sign. it is just back and forth. look at the handle that holds the street sign. we're a little bit worried about being underneath it as well and sure enough as soon as i say that a big strong gust comes along. might be a little too hard to tell with our camera but you might be able to see the water moving across your screen. we have not felt a hard rain yet, it's just hitting you but not too bad at this point. the biggest problem if you're heading the roadway especially here just the windy conditions

and let me just piggyback on what erica said a little bit earlier. i cross the san mateo bridge to get to this location and yes, at that time it was breezy. i can't even imagine how breezy it is is right now. back to you mark. >> we'll check back throughout the morning as things are going to get a lot worse and as a precaution schools closing all throughout the bay area. public schools are closed and most of marin county private schools, sonoma schools closed as well and over the golden gate bridge, city college of san francisco canceling classes and they will decide whether or not the closure will continue tomorrow. on the peninsula schools closed from south san francisco to pacifica to red wood city and in the eastbay seeing a lot of closures from berkeley to alameda, and we have a complete list of school closures, we have all that information as well as latest on the storm on our website at kron 4.com and remember, you have any picture "storm, be a part of our

coverage. send them into breaking news@kron 4.com and post them on our facebook page or twitter feed at kron 4 news and also the mobile app which will give you the latest information on the storm a really easy way to send in photos "storm just starting to ramp up around the bay area. as we go to break take a look at storm tracker 4 right now very heavy rain continuing on the redwood highway corridor from santa rosa down through san rafael. this line is moving southwest to northeast but sliding through the bay. a reminder we are under flash flood watches and high wind warnings around most of the bay area. if you are in the south bay you aren't seeing much but remember the storm is coming. expect very heavy rain starting about two to three hours in the south bend, mid peninsula and very heavy rain coming your way shortly.

welcome back to kron 4 morning news. not all area schools are shutting donated because of the weatherment in martinez the schools are opening riding out

the storm. workers at martinez adult education high school did prepare though, dump truck delivered sand to protect classrooms from flooding. the school is located along the edge of the creek, watershed. >> in about the past ten years, we've had an overflow of this bank area right here that came through and flooded this whole area so we want to preemptively have sand bags available and ready and we'll start building a berm in this area. >> this is one of three locations in the martinez unified school district being fortified in advance of the storm. teachers are also doing their part picking items up off the floor placing them on the desks to protect supplies from any potential water damage. james? watching the water here in the kron 4 weather center we have a lot coming down right now. in the north bay storm tracker 4 giving us the live lock. i'll be back with a complete break down of what we're seeing on this map and talking about where the rain will go next.

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welcome back to the kron 4 morning news . we're really watching the storm and it's starting to slam into the bay area. james fletcher in the weather center. >> the north bay has been under the gun since late yesterday when the rain first started falling in advance of the cold front. now we with see it make being its way into the north bay. let take a closer look at storm tracker 4 and break down what we're seeing. first of all let's zoom into the north bay and again we've been seeing heavy showers in santa rosa, clover dale, all communities north of santa rosa along 101 seeing heavy rain. clear lake as well, let's take a quick sample of the rainfall rates we're seeing so about a fifth of an inch per hour falling clear lake and clover dale about half inch per hour falling, santa rosa looking at about a third of an inch falling per hour and that's a pretty healthy clip there so the rain fairly intense for you, petaluma same story. let's see that deeper red just to the left of petaluma. taking a look at some of the rainfall rates there. an inch and a quarter per hour. so that's the kind of variation

you can expect with this storm system. let's say you're driving along 101 in santa rosa and you have it coming down at half inch per hour and then you run into this stuff we're it comes down at an inch and a quarter and all of a sudden you can't make out what's in your windshield so be ready for pretty hairy driving conditions as you make your way through the north bay. as we pull out and show you the eastbay looks like more and more beginning to fall under light rain. the delta, brentwood, still fine but for places like martinez and concord as we zoom in you'll see across the straight there, we've got light rainfalling at the moment so that's what we're seeing right now. let's slide the maps a little more want to show you a little bit more of the eastbay shoreline. the wider view doesn't show up from oakland down to union city so we're doing okay there. san francisco not much falling maybe up along the golden gate bridge and just right along the marina but otherwise we're okay for downtown san francisco. the heavier stuff just to the left of your screen is coming

so brace yourself. we're going to get a little wet along the peninsula. in the south bay again just few light showers but nothing much to report just yet. things beginning to intensify a little bit in the santa cruz mountains looks like near bolder creek we've got moderate rainfalling right now. let's get a quick idea on what rainfall is like right there. light to moderate, nothing too impressive just yet. that's what we are seeing on storm tracker 4 as we switch gears and look at the wider view on satellite and radar you see how big that system is is in the pacific. now what we are worried about is this thing may stall just a little bit over the north bay dumping a little more rain than we would like to have in such a short period of time but eventually moves its way across the rest of the bay area, in fact here is how we expect it to develop so 5:00 a.m. still looking at mostly north bay peninsula rain and then as we head toward about 7:00 heavy showers continuing through santa rosa and by 8:00 though we'll expect those showers to drop down to san francisco and oakland heaviest band of them anyway and then that will move

down the peninsula a lock the eastbay to about 9:00 a.m. looking at livermore, dublin, pleasanton, freemont, mountain view areas like that and in the south bay area we get hit during the 10-11:00 hour and that's the this, noon time widespread light showers on the back side of the cold front will continue until 3:00 this afternoon as you pick up the kids from school. hopefully maybe catch a break and won't be raining right where you are as you pick up the kids but everywhere else it looks like light showers on tap. 6:00 p.m. tonight, a wet commute home and then by 10:00 tonight begins to breakup just a little bit. gets take a quick sample look outside. the golden gate bridge still keeping an eye on the camera, looking directly at the cold front as it approaches san francisco. the showers still on the light side as far as we make out from the traffic lights on the deck. long term view, break for the weekend more rain next week. that's the long and short out. winds are awfully strong too by the way and you'll feel that as you drive around. erica? >> we have several wind advisories in effect for bay area bridges james and now because the rain is picking up

we also have flooding now a concern. usual suspect northbound 101 at lucky drive, reports of flooding in all lanes right now so the rain really coming down right there. looks like the southbound side well it's starting to flood just a little bit. it's not as bad as the north bound direction but whenever you're in a situation where you come across standing water you're supposed to slowdown and keep in mind if it's raining, if your wipers are on headlights must be on too so the chp does advice you drive cautiously around the bay area this morning. we also have problems in orinda, the on ramp to eastbound highway 24 we have a downed tree branch blocking the lanes getting on to the freeway. fortunately this is in a non- commute direction so it's not affecting a lot of drivers and an update for eastbound 80, a downed tree on the big rig. well it looks like all lanes currently shutdown right now so the chp is escorting drivers off that road and getting back on the freeway past that point but it looks like they will have the lanes open within the

next 15 minutes so that certainly is is good news and this has been a visual hazard for traffic heading westbound down to the mcarthur maze. we do have wind with advisories in effect. the bay bridge included and that traffic really starting to build but we aren't seeing back ups in the traffic lanes. a message sign is active at the san mateo bridge warning drivers about gusty winds. the rain is come down for your trip into san francisco and keep in mind, we do have some reports of flooding in marin county itself and here at the richmond bridge not only is is it windy but rainy as you work your way into marin. it looks like public transit may be a better option. we aren't hearing any delays for ac transit, bart. mark? >> thank you, erica. we've been tracking the heaviest rain in the north bay so far this morning. let's get an update from kron 4 live in san raphael. >> good morning, the rain is falling and we are starting to see the wind pick up as james

and erica were just talking about. you can see the rain coming down right now. it's kind of a moderate rain. i started the day off in novado where the rain was significantly harder than it is here in san raphael. that's about 15 miles north so as it moves to the south obviously we'll see the rain pick up out here. conditions are rough out there, mark if you're somebody who has to get in a car and drive to work this morning slow it down. the water is pooling all over the place and winds are picking up. mark? >> jackie we'll check back for updates throughout the morning. we have wind advisories in effect throughout most bay area bridge and joining us on the phone is david clemons with the golden gate bridge authority. good morning, how are you? >> good morning. >> what are you watching? more concerned about wind or flooding rains this morning? >> wind is our biggest concern and actually we have just put into place a buffer so we'll be going one buffer lane which means it will be closed completely and two lanes north. the way that we're situated and

the way the wind is coming, we're going to be feeling whether it's pushing you back or against the front as you're driving across it, not crosswinds and that's helpful in a way. >> not as bad i guess as a cross wind would be coming across the bridge at least from a southerly wind direction. >> that's right. and we're reminding about 40 miles an hour at this point seeing 40-mile per hour winds right now what about buses? are you anticipating any delays to bus service this morning? >> buses will be running as scheduled, however if traffic is down to a crawl we'll be stuck behind all of that traffic and we also may not be able to go into some of the downtown areas if there's flooding in there, but we may have to focus on the 101 corridor and pick up people along the bus palong that 101 as we did last week during the rain. >> and what about your ferry service with the waterways a bit choppy and storm warnings out along the bay this morning. are you continuing your ferry service this morning?

>> we are just checked in with the boats a short time ago and all systems are a go right now for the first couple of ferry runs for sure and we're planning to run the rest. we may bring in a heavier vessel which is a little slower if the waters get extremely choppy later in the morning and so that may cause some service delays but we're going to be running the ferries through the morning. >> okay, golden gate bridge through so much for your time this morning and following the schools around the bay area, a lot of closures and we've seen the first schools announcing yesterday we're at oakland, san francisco and in the north bay with almost all private schools closed this morning and public schools closed as well, college of marin, sonoma county unified believe it is open, however some of the schools closer to the coast are closed, we have a complete list of all of the closures scrolling across the bottom of your screen. you'll also find them on our website at kron 4.com and get a link to them on our kron 4 mobile app. the mobile app the best way to get around today if you have to be out and about, you can look

at the latest radar, forecast, road conditions and get updates on the storm. also if you have any storm related photos you can upload them very easily through the app or e-mail them into breaking news@kron 4.com and post them on our facebook page or twitter using the twitter@kron 4 news. we'll be tracking the storm throughout the morning and we bring you the latest updates with teams all around the bay area as we continue to track the storm, the heaviest of the rain right now is showing up in the north bay as we keep tracking the rain in the north bay. here is a live look from san raphael 101, very heavy rain in the north bay right now.

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>> even then we are still looking at showers for friday morning's commute. here's that lifelong at the golden gate bridge. again, that will be our barometer. we are watching for that road service to see that rain coming down. seven-day forecast we get a break this weekend. and then rain returns again next week. lots to track here with this storm system. we have the rain of course but also the winds as well. we've got you covered. mark. >> some people in the south bay

and east bay are saying what storm? let's show you. it's been raining over an inch so far in the north bay. yak ky is live until -- jackie is live until san rafael. >> reporter: it's not just the rain that is causing havoc the wind is too. it started raining around 9:00 in the north bay. when i left my house at 3:15 this morning in novato which is 15 miles north of where i am right mow, the rain and wind is significantly harder. i just got a text from my wife preponderate power is out. that will not be the last power outage we see during the storm. not only are we experiencing high amount of rain but also the wind. branches will go down. we'll have all kinds of power outages. as far as driving along the 101 corridor, very difficult conditions out there right now. not only do you have the rain but you have the wind that is

kicking up spray. lots of pooling and ponding going on. obviously we have the notorious places like lucky drive that are already collecting water and flooding. if you don't have to, my suggestion is don't get in the car and drive. it will billion extreme conditions out there and it's only going to get worse from here on out. >> played well. already oaf an inch of rain where jackie is and over two inches of rain up in santa rosa. we are watching the roadways already. big problems where the rain is coming down. let's go to erika for an update. >> the wind is picking up. the chp has just issued an advisory. they are active warning big rigs and high profile trucks to stay off the richmond, san rafael bridge. depending on where you need to go, your options are highway 37. you can get across that way. or head down to the bay bridge. although wind advisory is in effect for the span there as well. as we take it over to the traffic maps, eastbound 80

atopy knoll valley road, we are experiencing a full freeway closure. down tree fell on a big rig that was passing by. chp hopes to have the lanes open around the next ten minutes. what is happening is traffic is being detoured off the freeway. and detoured back on. this is the noncommute direction. we do have looky lieus slowing down. so traffic a hair sluggish. over to the bay bridge toll plaza where we do have a wind advisory in effect. so far so good. we are not seeing any incidents. the message sign is on here at the san mateo bridge warning drivers of gusty conditions approaching the high-rise. drive time right now 13-14 minutes across the span. we are seeing some problems out there. we do have areas of roadway flooding. the chp just announced northbound 101 we do have flooding there in all the lanes. drive cautiously, slow down as

you approach standing water. >> thanks a lot. some of the lanes are blocked. and mike is there right now. what do you see? >> good morning. cal tran cruisers on the scene as is the chp. this happened at 3:00 this morning. the chp clarified what happened. a large tree fell and covered three lanes of eastbound 80 atopy knoll valley road and a big rig hit the tree after it had fallen down unfortunately the driver of that rig is okay. you are look at video of the tree since the past hour. cal tran crews have arrived on the scene. they have been chopping up this tree and working to clear all the lanes. the chp told us they hope to have all lanes reopen by 6:00 this morning. although it looks like they are going much more faster than

anticipated. they have all eastbound lanes of the 80 closed. they are detouring traffic. it does look like they will get this cleared sooner rather than later. >> and tell me about the wind and rain you have there. >> reporter: the wind -- the rain has stopped. the wind sun believable. i was wearing a hat and it blew my hat off across part of the freeway. fortunately this part is closed. the wind is rocking the vehicles we are in. almost difficult to walk back and forth. >> all right thanks a lot. that is why there are these high wind warnings. that is why a lot of schools have canceled too. school are closed across marine

with public schools and private schools. some of them closed. sonoma valley unified opened today. and the east bay we are seeing a lot of closures as well. west contra costa unified closed as well as berkeley, oakland unified. we have a complete list on our website at kron4.com. we will be scrolling all the school closures across the screen as well and on our website that is where you can get the latest information. >> and we want also to share your pictures on air this morning. and have you be part of our coverage with what you see around the bay today. so send those to breaking news

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we're tracking the storm that is sliding through the bay area. and the airports we are already seeing several flight delays and cancellations. sfo reporting 154 flights canceled. 81 departing. 73 arriving. most were scheduled between 6:00 and 9:00 this morning. oakland and san jose airports are not reporting any problems so far, but we will be watching closely. the strong gusty winds are the biggest danger for these flights landing and taking off. we'll bring you updates throughout the morning. stay with us here on kron 4 as we continue to track the storm with our team coverage all morning long. you are taking a look at storm tracker 4 right foul and the

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at what we are seeing. half an inch per hour. santa rosa seeing just under a half an inch per hour. i know we had decent rain total there is not too long ago. let's take another sample here. a third of an inch per hour falling near the sonoma valley. and in novato nearby we are looking at a third of an inch per hour. that is pretty good. that is coming down at a pretty healthy clip. it looks like it will stay that way for a couple of hour. in the east bay still mostly uneffected. we have the delta, martinez. but otherwise we are doing okay. zooming in here you can see san rafael anasazi lee toe. they are under the gun right now with rain coming down at about a half an inch per hour in both of those locations. so that is what we are seeing in the north bay. oakland seeing light showers.

it breaks up as you get toward the san mateo bridge. so we have ocean beach seeing rain falling at about a fifth of an inch per hour. even a little more than a quarter of an inch per hour at ocean beach. and the cliff house. that is what we are seeing across san francisco. the wider peninsula shows light rain beginning to -- month tore row you have moderate rain. south bay still seeingth light scattered showers. that has been the story all morning long. nothing too intense just yet. we are picking up intensity in the santa cruz mountains. let's take a look at these showers that have been coming down in the last 15 minutes. we have a quarter of an inch falling. so that is kind of what we are seeing on storm tracker 4. again keep it tuned here to kron 4. now for more on what we

can expect going forward be let's head it over to anne. as we take a broader look, you can see it's a pretty big storm system we will still have to deal with more rain. especially in the next couple of hours. and it will intensify for some spots. and we're still looking at pretty good rain total. by 6:00 this morning, we are still looking at moderate rainfall. and this here is showing you the cold front coming through. 8:00 this morning the orange and the yellow showing a more moderate to heavy rainfall. so oakland, san bruno, redwood city down through the peninsula we will see pretty heavy rainfall. by 9:00 heads farther south into fremont, mountain view, and into the san jose area by 10:00. and then you can see for the rest of the day today through lunchtime at noon, we are still holding on to light to pod rat shower activity. pretty much wet all day. at 6:00 still wet for antioch and liver mother. but you can see get a little

break potentially for san francisco. not a well love outbreaks at all. really over night still looking at a chance for showers. 5:00 tomorrow morning you may see wet conditions for napa and san rafael. the wind is a big story right now. we are definitely hearing those winds howl. so the wind warning in effect through 10:00 tonight. we are expecting gusts up to 40 miles an hour in the metro areas and up to 60 and 70 miles an hour for the higher elevations. we talk about the hills and mountains. what we have to watch out for already saw some of it this morning. more downed trees and also power lines. so more wide spread power outages are definitely a possibility for the rest of today. still today is the brunt of the storm. and mainly morning rain is what we are expecting. i think we will dry out a little bit by friday afternoon. and then the weekends are

really a chance to dry out and clean things out. and sunday looking at late afternoon rain. and unsettled for monday through wednesday. time now is 5:20. here's a look at traffic with erika. >> we have several wind advisories in effect. the rain picking up. as we take a live look at the richmond san rafael bridge. chp has issued an advisory. stay off the bridge due to gusty conditions. if that will be effecting you, depending on where you are headed, head up to highway 37 or down to the bay bridge. keep in mind the bay bridge has a wind advisory in effect. it's not as windy as you approach the toll plaza. wind advisory really in effect for all bay area bridges. fortunately we haven't seen any incidents here at the san mateo

bridge. but we do have our fair share of accidents. most of them weather related. we do have a down tree blocking some of the lanes. crashed on top of a big rig. it looks like the roadway is still shut down there. traffic being detoured off the pi knoll valley road. road. we are on the great highway. which is shut down until san francisco. >> the rain might be moderate now. let's show you how windy it is.

you can see the sign that says slow. and this is a good sign. we have seen it really rock back and forth. and then the barges it was rubber. it was back and forth swinging and then look at the middle light as well. so some parts, sometimes it's worse than others but you get the idea it's really picking up. we've been here since 4:30 in the morning. i can tell you in the past 45 minutes the rain has picked up. the winds pretty much constant. so don't come down here if you need to togue to the great highway. we will move to places throughout the bay area to show you the very latest. as you can see right now i wouldn't advise people to be on the roadway. >> thanks for the update. we'll check back throughout the morning. >> will providing our pictures and team coverage. we want you to be part of it as well. you can send in your videos and pictures to kron 4 and we will share them on air.

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without power. 3,000 on the peninsula. all of this wind and rain related. pg&e has been dispatching crews around the bay area. they are trying to work as quickly and safely as possible. but with so many individual outages, it will take some time to get the power back to everyone. >> stay with us as we continue to track the storm that is is going across the bay area right now hitting hard in the north bay. coming down see how it's yellow. that means it's green rain. it's heading next to concord and san mateo. we'll be back with more on the movement of the rain. thiss ji man o don'tstanstil but jihas ib, rialfibrlati an iegul heabeat not caus by hear vae prlem. that putjim a gaterriskf stke. for year jim medine ed m to a monthly tr to e clic t gehis ood sted

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good morning. we have live team coverage of the storm continuing now. and it's intensitying in spot. >> take a look at the roadways here with the rain picking up along the oakland side of the bridge. as we see the rain blowing across the bridge. there is the golden gate. san mateo bridge waiting for the rain here. it's the south and east bay that will get their woman lop over the next few hours. >> the north bay will really be the story today. because this system started impacting them and it's still overhead as the cold front stalls a little bit over the north bay giving them more rain than they all see around the bay today. let's zoom in and break it down. as we pub you to the north bay, we have places like clover lake. three lake and santa rosa under

the gun. hay have been under the gun all morning long. lake port seeing heavy showers. i want to look at rainfall rates. just see how heavy it's coming down. over a third of an inch falling in clover dale. it's just under a quarter of an inch per hour and a little more than that down near windsor. that is where we are seeing in that part of the north bay. santa rosa you are looking at .2200 of an inch per hour. roanoke seeing a third of an inch of rain. and we have a little more of a quarter of an inch per hour. what about the east bay? a lot of folks have been writing in saying where is the rain? we're not seeing it. no, you're not. you are still in the clear.

heading down to danville and then the rain line stops just about there. the east bay shoreline the upper east bay. we are looking at pinole and richmond and points like berkeley. it looks like it's a little more intense for places like richmond. as we take a look at sampling. it's about a half an inch per hour falling in the area of richmond. that is kind of an indication of what is to come for places like berkeley and ultimately martinez to the east. oakland, alameda, and zillion zillion -- and san leandro. light rain being con pined to mainly down near oyster point.

that is what we are tracking at the moment. seeing heavier showers right now. the light rain becoming a little more wide spread in the south bay. we have san jose and mil pietas. that is what we are seeing on radar at moment. and again we will be back in our next update in 15 minutes andy will have a break down on what we can expect going forward with future cast. not only is the rain coming down here at the richmond san rafael bridge but it's pretty gusty out there. the chp is advising that all. big rigs and high profile trucks avoid the bridge completely. depending on where you are heading, you may have to take highway 37. if you are heading down to the bay bridge, somewhere a wind advisory in effect there.

as well. so pretty gusty conditions. so far so good here. usuallily we see a backup to the end of the parking lot. just a couple of cars are lining up. i guess a lot of folks are staying home with this big storm rolling through. pretty windy conditions over the san mateo bridge. we did see wind gusts up to 60 miles an hour. traffic seeing lots of space. drive time about 14 minutes. and over on our traffic maps, we do have reports of flooding northbound 101. chp advises that you avoid standing water. if you go through it tap on your breaks. don't hit them hard. just a little tap on the breaks as you work your way past the scene of the flooding. only one lane open due to a downed tree limb.

it fell on a big rig that wastrifing by. the worst of the storm it has been in the north bay. >> reporter: the rain is is coming down and it's coming down harder than it has in the last hour or so here in san rafael. you can see how much rain is coming down here right now in san rafael. i started the day off in novato. it was extremely hard up there. the north bay really getting socked by this rain right now. novato is 15 miles north of where i'm at right now. we are starting to see that weather move this way. and starting to see the wind roll in. that will be a big concern as we move forward. i talked to my wife in novato. she said there is no power at the house right now. we are already starting to see the wind and the rain take its effects. as far as commuters, people on the roadway. it is treacherous conditions out there right now. you're dealing with not only the pooling water that erika just talked about along the 101

corridor up here in the north by, but also that wind. it's a cross wind. it's a head wind. it's coming from all directions. so if you have to or you don't have to i should say, best bet is to stay out of the car. stay home. a lot of people will have to get in their cars and go to work. i know there is a lot of schools closed, that is good. but if you have to get in your car, be safe because the rain is coming down and getting harder. >> the worst is yet to come. we are seeing the heavy rain in the north bay over night. we have picked up over two inches in spots. it's starting to make its way on the san mateo coastline and into san francisco. if you are in san jose and only seeing a fortiors in the east bay, get get ready there is a lot of heavy rain coming your way. >> and if you are in that area saying why would hay they cancel for this? trust me, it will be raining hard in your area if it isn't right few. that is why so many a slew of schools and a majority of schools have closed. this is just a few of them here. the complete list son our website but the north bay all of marine county's public and

private schools for the most part. college of marine some sonoma schools. between 7:00 and 10:00 that is when san francisco will get hammered. down to the south. south san francisco unified. , pacifica they are all closed. all of those have canceled adds well. and san lorenzo, hayward. the list goes on. we have a list for all of the closures and it's easy to see. you can pick out your area and see a school is closed. they probably already told you and they are letting the kids sleep in. again this creates a lot of problems for a lot of people that have do go to work today. and it also keeps everybody off the roads which was the main

point of this. because of the power outages and flooding. they thought better safe and better keep as many people off the roads as possible. >> and then we are following the latest up in the sierra. this is a blizzard warning issued for the western slope. up to 50 and 80. with as much as two feet of snow. and wind gusts up to 100 miles an hour. we are talking about white out conditions. the ski resorts, they closed the lifts because of strong winds and expecting the same today. operators expecting 2-3 feet of snow over all. that blizzard warning starts just a few hours from now at 7:00 this morning. and runs through 4:00 in the morning tomorrow. >> yeah pip think you hear about all of this great fresh snow and you can't make the trek. and second of all when it comes to wind like that, they shut it down. >> that will probably be the case through tomorrow as well. we can see a lot of the upper lifts closing. and when the snow stops, we

could see white out conditions. stay with us. we will keep you covered here with the storm. and we have part of our coverage by sending in your pictures and joining the coverage. and tracking the storm. >> you know what this is? this is good tv watching weather. that's what i say. stay inside and watch us. because we are on until 10:00 and longer if the situation warrants. we will be tracking the storm for you. continuing here on the catherine heenan 4 morning news with -- here on the cnn cron -- here on kron 4 morning news. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ my baby drove up in a brand new cadillac. ♪

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ly focus on what is happening right now. for that we will turn to storm tracker 4. we have heavy rain falling in the north bay. it's been falling all morning long. i just took a look back in time. santa rosa just saw light showers. so rain has been falling in one form or another since noon yesterday in the north bay. this is what we seeing right now on storm tracker 4. so it looks like the heaviest rain although still over places like clover dale is beginning to move out. clear lake though it's a different story. we have rain there falling better than a half inch per hour. in clover dale it's a fifth of an inch per hour. it looks like it's still showing the same rainfall rate. so pretty decent rainfall rates there and again it's all about the rates right? the faster the rain comes down the harder it comes down in a shorter period of time that is

where we have flooding. especially in the north bay. and the russian river. those two rivers getting fed by quite a bit of run off coming down the hill. santa rosa your rainfall rate in the neighborhood of 1700. petaluma a little stronger. a little more than a third of an inch per there. and napa valley we have a half an inch. let me slide the maps. we have a little more than a half an inch falling in the napa valley. intense showers and it looks like it will stay that way at least for the rest of the early morning hours. the east bay we will keep checking on it. the rain hasn't quite arrives there yet. walnut creek you are seeing some light showers. nothing into intense. but the picture is getting more intense along the east bay shoreline. the intense showers now againing to roll in. let's just check with richmond and see what your rainfall rate is. it's about a third of an inch per hour. we expect that to continue and

get more and more intense. the rest of the shoreline oakland beginning to intensify. the anchor where the bay bridge meets up with oakland, it looks like we have decent showers falling at the moment. and there you are fifth of an inch per hour too. that is the way it will be here for a little bit longer as the cold front begins to envelop more and more. we've got the moderate rains falling down to about sfo and lightens up a little bit as you make your way toward the san mateo bridge. you have all of that yellow offshore. we are looking at quite a bit of wet weather inbound. there it is. as i pull the map out a little bit, you will see we've got even more intense showers offshore.

all of this is streaming in the direction of half-moon bay, the peninsula, san francisco and it's going to be a wet morning. we've been warning you about this and the potential for flooding is there. south bay not too bad. that is where the rain is falling. where will it go? we hinted about it a moment ago. let's get more details with anne. >> we will get to the future cast in a minute. we are definitely looking at the wind. this is what everyone is talking about this morning on facebook and twitter. even is saying boy, we can hear the winds howling outside. it's rattling our windows and our doors. let's take a look at your wind speeds. sustained wednesday strongest right foul at half-moon bay at 36 miles an hour. oakland at 33. 23 in fairfield. and 26 miles an hour in san jose. and take a look at the gusts. we are seeing gusts nearly up to 50 miles an hour in half- moon bay right now. 43 at sfo. 41 in oakland. around 22 in novato. san jose also very strong winds

for you. 35 miles an hour. so right now the winds are really active. we're also looking at the rain to come through. here's a look at your future cast. you can see by 7:00, the cold front impacting santa rosa and petaluma. i think the heart of the bay will really see heavy rain starting at 8:00 as the front makes its way through oakland, san bruno and redwood city and see more heavy rain developing for the south bay. and that continues farther south at 10:00 and then we are still dealing with some moderate rainfall for the rest of your afternoon. 3:00 today we are still looking at wide spread rain. it will be a very wet day. we will talk about lots of rain falling for the evening. 10:00 that is where we see things break up a little bit. still pockets of rain for san francisco. potentially for the delta. looks like it will be drawing up for the south bay at times. but we are still holding on to

still more showers tomorrow morning at 5:00. we will still see wet weather to start off your friday. how much rain are we expecting through tonight? here's a look at our totals. highest rainfall amounts will be for the north bay, mountains, and hills. 5-7 inches. maybe up to 10 for the highest elevations. santa cruz mountains looking at 4-6 inches. bay side 2-4. for the rest of the metro areas including the east bay and south bay looking at 1-2 inches. we have the flood watch in effect for the entire bay area and we expect the heavy rain to be generally 3-8 inches over the next couple of days. a wind warning for the entire bay area in effect until 10:00 p.m. tonight. that is one of the bigger headlines of today's stories. wind up to 40 miles an hour. including san francisco, san jose. gusts up to 60. even 70 miles an hour for the highest elevations. look for down trees and power

lines. our winter weather also we're watching up in the sierra blizzard warning in effect right now until early tomorrow morning. we're talking more than over a foot potentially. about 6500 feet. 2-3 fee at the crest. we will -- 2-3 feet at the crest. here's a look at your around the bay forecast. we will still deal with lingering showers tomorrow morning. and then we have a chance to dry out over the weekend. and then more unsettled weather potentially. maybe late sunday into monday and part of next week. time now is 5:52. here's erika tracking your commute this morning. how is it looking? >> right thousand we are dealing with a lot of downed trees and areas of flooding. but i think a lot of pokes decided to stay home this morning. we have the closures of several schools around the bay area and maybe a lot of parents decided not to head into work. eastbound 80 at pinole valley road in the wrapping up stages within the next few minutes. cal tran says the down tree and

big rig associated with this incident should be pushed off the freeway. right now it is a visual hazard. traffic starts to slow down approaching the scene of the crash on the other side of the freeway. that is where speeds drop down to 25 miles an hour. we're also following some flooding northbound 101 at lucky drive up to 6 inches of standing water. whenever you approach standing water, you're supposed to avoid it. if you can't, really slow down. not too fast. just a tap on the breaks. keep tapping on the breaks as you wake your way past the flooding. the southbound side looks okay right now but the rain is still coming down. so perhaps treacherous driving conditions as you make your way to san francisco. let's take a look at the bay area bridges. we have a wind advisory in effect for all bay area bridges. by this time the metering lights are usually on. we see big backups at the toll plaza. actually not the case today. traffic is flowing freely. you will want to watch your

speeds as you wake make your way through mid span. still good at the san mateo bridge. you can kind of see the cameras shaking around a bit. golden gate bridge right now a wet deck awaits you. and if you are heading over to the richmond san rafael bridge, boy is that rain coming down. high profile trucks should stay off the bridge. if you need to make your place across the bridge, you need to head to the bay bridge. the time right now is 5:54. we'll be back. female announcer: get three years interest-free financing on brand name mattress sets. plus, get free delivery, and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. sleep train's interest free for 3 event is ending soon.

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. thanks for joining us for this special edition of news. >> tracking the intense storm that's moving through the bay area now. high wind warnings posted for the bay area and everyone under a flood watch. we're seeing localized flooding and trees down. let's track with james fletcher. he's watching this, now, for us. >> reporter: the rain is coming down good in spots particularly in the north bay. that's what we're seeing on storm tracker 4 right now. let's look at this and see where the rain is falling and how hard it's falling. we'll begin the tour in the north bay. we've been doing that all morning because the north bay has been hit the longest. we're starting to see the back edge of the cold front coming