let's move it over to rob mayeda meteorologist rob mayeda with more on the sierra. and rob, it was so slow going in january. more than lackluster. great to see some snow on the boards here. exactly. we had three weeks of dry weather, which took the statewide average last week down to 65%. but due to the weekend snow, mainly across the northern sierra, those numbers are now up to 69% and set to climb big time over the next couple of days. you'll notice here as we take you into the radar view, what we'll have is the snow now moving into the northern sierra, reaching the west side of lake tahoe. and as the wind and snow increases, that winter storm warning going into effect right now will carry all the way through 10 a.m. wednesday. so plan on some very gusty conditions, maybe some road closures along interstate 80 and highway 50. and now let's talk about how much snow could fall between those two storms. first one up coming in now through wednesday will drop about 1 to 2ft of snow. then on top of that, a colder storm system that could drop snow levels down to 3 to 4000

meteorologist rob mayeda joins us now. ob, you were talking just a minute ago about the wind and how that is impacting the flame here. yeah, we're watching the air quality closely. contra costa health also issuing the air quality alert. bay area air quality management district as well. the wind really hasn't changed much since the time that the fi did start early in the afternoon. when you look at this time lapse, this is going to take you back to about 330 in the afternoon to 5.30 notice looking west from aurora road. smoke plume generally in the same location throughout. strong gusty winds kind of keeping that smoke plume closer to the ground at times over 680 and the wind direction keeping more of the smoke actually moving up towards the north half of contra costa county into solano county. now, during the day tomorrow, depending on what's going on there, wind speeds generally in the same direction overnight, maybe a bit more of a westerly direction, but at least we're not really seeing a north wind, which would push a l

meteorologist rob mayeda is here. rob, how are things going to go?0s right now in the tri-valley parts of the north bay, and these are locations including dublin that will be under the freeze warning for tonight as we take you on a tour around the bay area. 30s around sonoma and napa and calistoga. 37 in danville. and it's these areas on the map over my shoulder here, the purple. san rafael, novato, santa rosa, napa, the tri-valley, and also areas down towards morgan hill that will have a chance of hitting the upper 20s to low 30s for tomorrow morning. so cold temperatures the headlines for now. but later in the 7-day forecast. look at what's returning here. a lot of rain and wind as we dial in the next opportunity of rain. some of those rain totals once again approaching midweek could be pretty hefty, especially along the coastal mountains. so coming up, we'll take a closer look at this chilly finish to the weekend and give you a better timeline on the return to rain. and in that seven-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. garvin thomas. thanks,

rob mayeda joins us now. ob, i know you were teasing ahead to some springlike temperatures next weekend, but i swear this morning there was a hint of spring in the air. yeah, 60. that's not too bad. it could be in the 70s by next weekend. so the temperatures starting to trend upward. but for now we still have a few sprinkles. also around the bay area. cloudy skies on sunday as we take you over to san jose. as gavin mentioned, not too chilly. it's 63 degrees with mostly cloudy conditions. will take a look at our storm ranger radar in a moment with the view over the south bay. you can see out towards the tri-valley. east bay, 61 degrees in dublin under those overcast skies. and more of thats you head up to walnut creek, 61 degrees and into san rafael. now a little bit cooler. 57 currently under those cloudy skies and san francisco seeing a few sprinkles west of downtown at 56 degrees. and this is a view from our storm ranger mobile doppler radar right there atop san bruno mountain, looking up into marin county a

meteorologist rob mayeda is here now. rob, how cold are we talking here? yeah. you know, typically this is one of the colder times of the year, with the average ls in the upper 30s to low 40s around the bay area. but tonight it will be running even colder than that. let's rewind back to this morning. you can see how the valley started out in the low to mid 30s. san francisco 43 this morning san francisco not likely to be under that freeze warning, but the north bay valleys you see a lot of purple on the map. this includes san rafael, novato, santa rosa and napa, the tri-valley and areas east of san jose into morgan hill could see temperatures tonight in the upper 20s and low 30s. so with clear skies and less wind tomorrow morning likely to see an even colder start to the day tomorrow. and these freeze warnings and frost advisories are likely to continue through about tuesday. now, later next week, some changes as we begin to see the return of an atmospheric, river boosted weather pattern that could lead to some high rain rates. at times we're watching these chan

rob mayeda is here tracking the storm. rob. there is more on the way, and it's by far the biggest impact, as you saw in that video up in the north bay, where if you go back to friday, we've had almost ten inches of rain up there near mount tam. we've had an average of 2 to 5in of rain across sonoma county. but look what's happened in san jose. virtually nothing out there. we're going to explain why that's the case coming up in a moment. right now, a view on our storm ranger shows scattered areas of rain, including around the santa cruz mountains, but not much rain in san jose. this is the santa clara valley rain shadow effect underway where you got rising air over here on the west side of the santa cruz mountains. as the air comes up, rain falls on that side. then as the air drops down towards san jose, it tends to dry out. that's the reason why we've had about three inches of rain around ben lomond, but almost nothing in san jose. this particular upper air pattern is not good for producing a lot of rain around the south bay, b

but before we get to that, i do want to check in with our own rob mayeda, who's been keeping a close eye on the watches and the wind. yeah, still in the middle of the flood watches bay area wide, as you did see during the day, as much as five inches of rain fell in san rafael and in the santa cruz mountains, now near ben lomond, we're approaching five inches. so these are the areas we're going to watch through 4 a.m. but this area in red at the top of the newscast, you saw that home in the mudslide slide into the russian river. well, now the russian river at guerneville is expected at 7 a.m. to rise just slightly above flood stage, reaching 32.87ft, just slightly below one foot above the minor flood stage there in guerneville. the other component of the story, obviously it's the wind. we've been having tree damage, some localized power issues from here. the peak winds should start to come down as the cold front passes will begin to see those wind speeds on the decrease, but pretty high impact here. and as you mentioned this, and i want to show you the winds up here at lake tahoe, 54m

rob mayeda here. now, rob, if you stepped outside, it's cold because of freeze warning in effect. it's like the freezer door opening up. it does get your attention as you step outside. and we're going to show you san jose, because this is one of the spots that's been added into the freeze warning tonight. portions of the santa clara valley. and at this hour, we're seeing 30s all around the tri-valley, north bay valley locations as well. boulder creek, by the way, 31 degrees up there in the santa cruz mountains. so notice these areas in purple, which includes san jose and the santa clara valley, the interior portion of the east bay and north bay through now through 9 a.m. see temperatures as cold as the upper 20s and low 30s. now, later this week, we're back into the rain. so not as cold, but certainly more soggy as we get into that thursday forecast could see a few inches of rain back in the forecast for the secondnd half of the week, o we transition from that freeze warning to rain on the way. the timing on that and the expected totals ahead and our forecast coming up in about te

rob mayeda is here. is that really what's happening? it is. make up for three dry weeks all in one week. it's going to feel that way by the time we get to the beginning of next weekend. right now, we still have some mainly light rain at times, and the ongoing flood watch is up around the bay area through 10:00 tomorrow night. but the big winner today in terms of regional rainfall has been the north bay. pretty big drop off as we head into the santa clara valley. not much at all. you know, the south bay is also in that flood watch zone, but there's not a lot there, thanks to the rain shadowing in the santa clara valley. different story though. mill valley more than three inches of rain over the last couple of days. mount tam to about 4.5in of rain and close to an inch of rain from san francisco to oakland. should see a similar spread for rainfall totals tomorrow. before we begin to see those bigger rain totals, head down to san francisco and san jose monday into tuesday. right now, 58 degrees in san francisco. light rain still falling in san ra

rob mayeda. now, let's bring you in here. you're tracking the wind here. how much of a problem is this for our downed trees and power outages? well, the good news. where the wind is concerned, the worst is over. san jose earlier had those gusts up to 41mph. and we did have damaging wind gusts. a lot of this tied into the severe thunderstorm warnings. those alerts you are probably getting on your phone during the day. you see the wind speeds up around the marin headlands, santa cruz mountains, more than 70mph. even downtown san francisco seeing 55 mile per hour gusts. and in the east bay hills, just outside on the east side of oakland, we had wind gusts up to 60. so right now, the good news is that front moves out taking the rain with it. we're beginning to see the wind speeds come down. wind advisories for now, still in effect until 7 a.m. we may see that expire sooner based on these wind speeds starting to throttle back. the worst of the wind is done, but widespread tree damage and still ongoing power outages around the bay area due to those damaging wind

let's bring in our meteorologist, rob mayeda, with more on rob. our snowpack on friday when they took the survey was not looking very good. are we making up for it over the weekend? and with more snow on the way, starting to make up some progress for the three dry weeks we saw over the sierra. if we go back to friday and that snow survey statewide average was 65% of average statewide. northern sierra at 89%. now you factor in what we saw just over the weekend. northern sierra now up to 101% of average. and the statewide average did go up 4% in just the last couple of days, up to 69% of average. now, the temperatures are too warm right now at south lake tahoe at 49 degrees to see that snow at lake level. but that is set to change over the next five days. we have daily opportunities of seeing snow at times and heavy snow at that. starting to move into areas along the interstate 80 corridor. and as we go through the next few days, through the end of the week, 4 to 5ft of snow expected to come down over the sierra. keep that in mind with this winter s

rob mayeda joins me now with a look at the numbers.nd, you know, at the beginning in january, it was so dry. we kept saying, oh, it's bad, it's bad, but it's not as bad as we thought, right? yeah. it's the boom or bust cycle of the rain season. we had big rain and snow totals back in november. january was relatively dry and now we're back into the boom cycle. in terms of the rain and sierra snow. i thought i'd compare where we were one year ago. sierra snowpack was about 78% of average, pretty consistent from north to south. now this year we're actually slightly ahead of that average from one year ago. but notice how it's the northern sierra that's seeing the majority of the snow. a lot less to the south. now in terms of the reservoirs, this also good news 84% of average. that's the state's four largest reservoirs. same time last year we were at 78%. the biggest gain. trinity ke, one of the state's two largest reservoirs, 66% of average, whereas trinity lake, whereas trinity lake. and it's right there, right up there in the northern pa

let's bring in meteorologist rob mayeda. rob, i know you've been tracking the wind and the conditions right now, but where that smoke is going and the bay area air quality management district just issuing now an air quality advisory for those living to the east northeast side of where that fire is burning. we have seen some strong wind in the area nearby to the south and walnut creek gusting to about 23mph. and look at the time lapse here on this refinery fire. a couple of things stand out. first, how low to the ground? that plume is an indicator of some pretty strong winds, the camera bouncing around in that environment. and it's along that corridor towards the east northeast side where we've been seeing some of these locally unhealthy levels of particulate matter fanning out on the north side of contra costa county, contra costa health also recommending folks stay indoors. this isn't your typical wood smoke. but again, with that petroleum products fire that continues to move off towards the east northeast. so it's the corri

let's bring in meteorologist rob mayeda for the timing of this next phase of the atmospheric river. yeah, and we did see some big rain totals across the north bay as we go back to last friday through the weekend. some areas 2 to 5in of rain. look at kentfield. up to just over five inches of rain. mount tam, by the way, more than 11in of rain since friday afternoon, but a lot less for areas south of san francisco. however, that's going to change right around this time tomorrow night as this atmospheric river pattern takes aim away from the north coast and heads down closer to the bay area. as we move forward into tomorrow afternoon, we'll see that rain intensifying again across the north bay, but this time heading south of san francisco and into the santa cruz mountains in the south bay, with the second wave riding up as we get into tuesday, that's likely when we'll see the heaviest rain arriving in the bay area. so, unlike the weekend now, the entire bay area, over the next two days, we'll have that chance of 1 to 3in of rain. and around the same time starting as early as tomorrow n

this is a live look at the golden gate bridge from our sutro tower camera rob mayeda here now, rob.ar skies right now you can see the bridge so clearly. yeah, i know the super bowl. event planners are hoping we can copy and paste this weather. that would be. that would be sweet. chamber of commerce use all around the bay area. it was a cold this morning, but lots of sunshine to wrap up the weekend. and we're going to see a similar day tomorrow. first up tonight and tomorrow morning. more freeze warnings up across the bay area. actually, the areas impacted have expanded. we'll show you that on the map. coming up first sunshine and san jose 54 degrees. morning low. today was 35. and you can see out towards dublin. it was 30 this morning but a nice recovery in the sunshine. 54 degrees over towards walnut creek. more mid 50s more 30s for morning lows. and as you head over to san rafael, there's some of that winter sunshine at 54 degrees and san francisco looking pretty nice as well. 52 and temperatures even close to san francisco in the upper 30s and low 40s. so we've got another one of

rob mayeda here now, rob. yeah.there, that's what these skateboarders and snowboarders want to see. yeah. exactly what he said. yeah. what he said it was 66% of average just at the end of january. now, up to 95% of average statewide. so a picture perfect bluebird day today, saturday after that snow was flying on friday. and look at the sunset view does not get better than that. south lake tahoe currently 32 degrees. a little bit of snow tomorrow, but this will not cause problems on the roadways. just about an inch or so coming in with some flurries during the day sunday. so the travel forecast as folks head home from the sierra looks pretty good. a little bit of snow at times on sunday. not the several feet of snow we saw earlier in the week. and then skies turn clear and dry as we head into monday. right now, 58 degrees in san jose. overcast skieover the santa clara valley. more of that as you head up to walnut creek, where it's currently 60 degrees, and dry conditions continue in san rafael at 56 and into san fran

rob mayeda. rob, this storm is far from behind us. yeah. right now we've been seeing those impacts, most widespread in the north bay. and that's where we've seen the top rain totals going back to friday. more than ten inches of rain atop mount tam and across sonoma county, napa county. some of the hills there 2 to 5in of rain, but a lot less south of san francisco. san francisco about an inch of rain over the last three days. but san jose kind of a different story, even though it's been raining as much as three inches of rain around ben lomond. we get this when we have that upper air pattern over the santa clara valley, also known as the rain shadow effect, the rising air. the rain falls on the ocean facing side of f te santa cruz mountains. then, as that air descends down towards san jose. and fortunately, you don't get a lot of rain, but that is set to change big time tomorrow night into tuesday. look at these rain totals come up. wind speeds will be on the increase tomorrow night into tuesday. could see wind gusts up to 45mph and a colde

rob mayeda here now. and rob, can we look forward to maybe warmer nights? we'll get there. okay. it's going to involve some rain, but eventually we'll get those temperatures up. but tonight that is the big story. once again, we've got temperatures cold enough to reach the freeze warning criteria over a larger area. tonight we'll show you that updated map in a moment. recapping the lows we woke up to this morning at 30 in livermore. average low is closer to 40. so you know, it's cold in february, but usually not this cold. down to 30 as well in santa rosa. san francisco 42 this morning and 35 in san jose. now that the sun is set, we'll see temperatures quickly dropping back into the 40s here, approaching 8:00 around the bay area, 53 in walnut creek with the clear skies. more clear skies around san rafael. brisk 51 degrees and a beautiful view of downtown san francisco at 50. so the updated map for freeze warnings. you've been watching this over the last couple of nights. more purple on this map into napa county, most of sonoma county, the valley areas. larger area of the interior

joining me now is meteorologist rob mayeda, and we've seen these really extreme bouts of severe coldent parts of the united states, everywhere east of the rockies, really dealing with this weather. we're kind of in a bubble here in california. we got 60s, mild temperatures. but you mentioned those wind chill factors well below zero. let's take you on a tour of those subfreezing temperatures around the country. a lot to see here on the map as you look at bismarck, north dakota, -11. that's not the wind chill. that's the actual air temperature outside. wind chill factors 30 degrees below zero when you factor in the wind. but notice how cold it is farther south is you get into kansas city just three degrees and 26 degrees in dallas fort worth. so look at the progression here. if the national travel outlook, if you have travel plans to chicago or dallas tomorrow, highs in the 20s around the great lakes. you factor in the wind. it feels a lot colder than that. 32 in dallas fort worth and 25 degrees in nashvil. about 60% of the country dealing with these cold temperatures, but not here in

rob mayeda is here. apparently, jon bon jovi and luke combs have march 2nd birthdays. that's that's good. so those two gentlemen should register and send a book. a kid, a kid, a book. there you go. how are you doing, robbie? pretty good. it's easy to get distracted by the weather that's coming our way when you see 70 or warming ahead. but let's not forget tomorrow we do have a chance of some rain returning to the bay area. as we take you into the microclimate forecast into tomorrow morning. rain starting off in the north bay early in the morning. commute 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. most of it should be north of san francisco, but that rain line is going to weaken as it marches southward from noon to about 3:00 in the afternoon. just a few scattered showers by the time it reaches san jose. highs tomorrow near 60 in san francisco and low to mid 60s around san jose into morgan hill. so compared to storms we've seen recently, not a lot out there. mainly scattered showers south of san francisco, but the north bay. pretty good coverage here. about a 10th of an inch of rain, maybe a qua

rob mayeda here. now, sunshine, while they're cleaning up. sunshine behind us by behind us.is a little chilly. it's misleading. you see the sun outside. you want to get outside your, you know, t shirt and shorts. as soon as you get outside. it's cold still. but, you know, we got the sunny skies, but temperatures today in the mid 50s. more of this to come and more cold nights ahead before we get those rain chances returning around the middle of next week. you can see san jose in the sunshine, but yet still jacket weather 55 degrees and those temperatures will drop quickly after sunset tonight. look at dublin this morning. we're down to 34 degrees. will be in that range again tomorrow morning. also seeing mid 50s in the sunshine and continuing the theme around san rafael 53 degrees earlier. 30s this morning we'll be back there again maybe as early as 11:00 tonight. and 54. nothing but sunshine from san francisco to the sierra. a view of south lake tahoe right now, 32 degrees. good time to go up to the sierra was this weekend. look at the dry conditions, chilly temperatures, co

we've got meteorologist rob mayeda with more details on the extended outlook. i'll send it back to you. looks like spring. okay, thanks, vianey. by the way, we are now streaming on pluto all the time. you can watch nbc bay area news whenever you want. scan this qr code for easy how to stream guide on your favorite streaming platform. you can watch our live newscasts, breaking news conferences, and other content. that's going to do it for us at 430. jessica aguirre is here working on the 5:00 newscast. she'll join you in two minutes. much and frayed nerves. the timeline of events. as police investigate what led to that shooting. also, u.s. and russian ofcials at the bargaining table to discuss an end to the war between ukraine and russia. the glaring omission from the talks and what president trump is saying this evening. and big changes coming to a longtime bay area mall. why the owner say something has to be different to keep the shopping center alive. the news at five starts right now. thanks for joining me. i'm jessica aguirre. terrifying morning for a san f

rob mayeda is here talking about our forecast. there could be some rain in the bay area right now, mostly for the morning and not a lot of rain, unlike what we had about a week ago. but there is the promise. if you've been waiting for spring like temperatures 70, we're going to have that just around the corner starting as early as friday. but as raj mentioned, we do have some rain chances returning tonight. moving from north to south in time for your wednesday morning commute. let's take you outside right now. show you san francisco and san jose around the bay area. overcast skies starting off in san jose 58 degrees. mostly cloudy, no rain around san jose or to the east and northeast up towards the tri-valley, 59 degrees in dublin. we had highs today in the low 60s around the tri-valley, 57 currently in san rafael and you've got cloudy skies. no fog around san francisco at 55 degrees. let's show you lake tahoe 38 degrees. the snow there looks great, and the results from the sierra snowpack updated today. also looking pretty good.

our meteorologist, rob mayeda is here and he's going to tell us when we're expecting some 70 later this week. and a home in the bay area with an asking price under a half $1 million. yes, under a half a million. what's the catch? our velena jones fills us in on all the strings attached. but let's begin with breaking news. you might have just seen it on nightly news, but investigators just gave an update with new information. at least 17 people are hurt after a delta airlines plane flipped upside down upon landing in toronto, canada. you can see the plane on its top in this video taken by passenger john nelson. it happened earlier this afternoon, local time. amazingly no fatalities. and take a look at this video. another passenger, pico boulevard coco gauff, snapped this video while he was being helped out of the airplane by first responders. all 80 people on the flight were quickly accounted for. 76 passengers and four crew members. we do not know whether any of these passengers are critically injured, and we don't know exactly what caused the crash. but the delta plane landed in snowy

rob mayeda is here to talk about our weather. we know the giants rays are in spring training in arizona. we want to match arizona temperatures by the weekend. we might be close. yeah, and it's hard to get distracted. it's really going to warm up as we head towards the weekend. but before we get there, we do have one opportunity for some rain tomorrow. mainly light rain totals, but a little different than the weather we've had over the last couple of days. so let's take you outside right now. we've got the cloudy skies in san francisco. a little bit of a cool day to 55 degrees. this will likely be the coolest day of the week as things warm up approaching the weekend. also on the lookout for some light rain later tonight. right now, 57 degrees overcast in san rafael into the tri-valley, 63 degrees inland. east bay could also see 70 as we head towards the weekend. and right now san jose 62 degrees. the average highs, by the way, this time of year are in those low 60s, but we will exceed those numbers starting as early as friday. so

let's bring in rob mayeda now talking about the snow impact with all of this robbie. yeah, we've been seeing some improvement in that sierra snow pack. if you go back to this weekend, for example, the northern sierra saw an increase from 89% to about 101% of average as of today. but this is going to be a case of before and after when it comes to the sierra. the numbers we're seeing right now and the heavy snow at times set to move in as we head through the next 24 hours or so. we'll continue to see the snow, which is dropping now over the northern sierra, just reaching the west side of lake tahoe. this will continue to fill in as we head through tonight. very difficult driving conditions. jeff mentioned the wind for the sierra. it's going to be heavy snow at times, plus wind gusts up to 70mph near the summit. winter storm warning will be in effect through about 10 a.m. on wednesday. and look at these snow totals coming down. storm number one abobout 2 to 3ft of snow above 5000ft. then watch whwhat happens here on thursday. look how these totals come down the mountain

meteorologist rob mayeda moving the bay y area forward. this we, san francisco sees a burst of new back to the office workers. we'll talk with envoy ceo, who has an eye on the return to work data and the secrets of innovation at microsoft. that's this week on press here. good morning everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. there have really been three distinct periods at microsoft the early days of windows and office, where microsoft was such a powerhouse. the justice department got involved, and then a period of kind of not much. they created the zune. if you can't remember the zune, it's okay. how about the windows phone now a resurgence, the stock up 880% in the last ten years or so. azure, xbox, activision, and of course ai. our first guest today is microsoft's ai innovations director, dean carignan. he is the author of a new book, the insider's guide to the innovation at microsoft. it comes out on tuesday. dean, good morning. let me start with did you write your book using ai? did it help at all? it's a great question and timely. i would say we u

rob mayeda joins us. rob, you watched tonight? yes. favorite moment? all of them. really. you see all the different generations of that cast. i was telling gia the skit where eddie murphy is doing a tracy morgan impersonation next to tracy morgan. for some reason, that is hilarious. that that one. i love that skit. and you can tell some of the cast breaking character. there was a lot of breaking, a lot of breaking tonight. yeah. i enjoy breaking character. all right. let's talk about this weather. are we going to enjoy it? we're going to break character next weekend. okay. we're going to get 70 in the forecast. but before we get there, we've got a bit of patchy fog. now later this morning it's about to say tomorrow it is after midnight after all. and then some rain coming up as we head towards the middle part of the week. right now in san jose. no fog. partly cloudy skies, 53 degrees as we head over to walnut creek 50. a few clouds out there in the stance watching for some patches of fog showing up a little later this morning. 47 degrees in san rafael. and we did have fog

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