today high cirrus clouds with filtered sunshine at times. overall, a nice day with temperatures towards 70 degrees. at noon you are peeling off a layer. 60 in sunnyvale and gilroy by noon. then rounding out the day, 69 in oakland. 66 in san francisco. 70s throughout the south bay. we'll let you know how much warmer it is going to get. but hey, this is what i call barbecue weather. we'll see what's cooking on the roadways with mike. >>> so far nothing is cooking, but we had a tanker truck involved in an accident this morning. this is a water tanker. there's a small oil leak that has been confined, so now fire crews left the scene. one ramp of the connector is closed, and one lane is open. if you want to stay clear, go ahead and get off through san leandro streets and get back on to 238 there. looking at the maze and the approach to the bay bridge, not a problem. the san mateo bridge is equally smooth off 880. very light volume right now. we'll send it over to you with a steady camera shot, no winds. >>> coming up, volkswagon has a new bug, an

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when you look at this beautiful panoramic view of the bay area, you notice a few thin wispy cirrus cloudsyou have to ask yourself, where's the explain it that's when we fire up our pinpoint forecast and here you have your live high-def doppler radar. what do you see here? absolutely nothing. that's right. rain-free. rain is coming. there you have the green on the screen means rain coming. by 11:00, some of the heaviest precipitation north of the golden gate bridge in the overnight hours with that risk of a clap of thunder and lightning. there is your morning commute. plan on extra time. it's going to be wet, it's going to be windy, and the rain will continue throughout the afternoon hours, albeit lighter as far as the amount is concerned. we'll begin to see the rain showers dissipate by the 7:00 hour. but meanwhile this is a lot of rain in a short amount of time so we are forecasting up to 3" of rain, wettest spots north bay, inch and a half peninsula, 2" santa cruz mountains and an inch to 1.25" south and east bay. low pressure tapping into subtropical moisture in alignment with the coas

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. >> the surface fleet to 19 cirrus ships, getting away from aircraft carriers for 10 years, can you really say that our interests will not shrink as a result of these decisions? >> i think that depends on what we do in other areas. >> it is compensated for where? >> there are trends of the fences that we will have in the future, not withstanding that we will have to make painful decisions along the way. >> i recognize the painful decisions. is denial of a shrinkage of influence -- it strikes me as being a little unrealistic. >> my colleagues can speak on that. it does not just depend on the resources your dispensing. it depends on how you are using them. if the use of resources at whatever level in an effective way. the defense treaty with france is a good example with that, working together in many areas of our differences so that we get more value from the many that we put in. against, -- again, this is all relative. >> the contact you referred to, i think it is important to make clear that one of the reasons we have stood by our commitment on international development, increasing

of moisture into southern california, but today we are going to stay nice and dry, just a few high cirruslouds making their way into the bay area. then the next system arrives late saturday into sunday. looks like we'll see more rain, but this morning pretty clear out there. how are we doing on the roadways, mike? >>> good morning, christina. we have friday light. the bay bridge toll plaza, no meter lights yet. a mild backup in the left lane crash section, so stay over to the right if you can or fast track is better yet. once you get off the upper deck you may have an issue westbound 80 at 5th street with reports of a disabled vehicle at the off-ramp. but also the on-ramp for the eastbound. opposite sides of the roadway. this could cause a major problem, but so far no major backups through the area. slowing through union square because of construction near the stockton drive. the south bay, look at northbound 101 januarying up approaching tully road. chp is on the scene with the big rig blocking the lanes there. capitol expressway will get you back on track there. >>> are you ready or alr

we call it is a dirty ridge with the high cirrus clouds filtering through.ay we are talking about filtered sunshine, but we have a system of low pressure here to our north. and high pressure is building in. as a result, a tight pressure gradient. and windy conditions an 'tis put aed in some cities later today. we are watching for pretty gusty wnds this evening. same setup as yesterday when we pick up the daytime heating and the winds start to drive in. high pressure will be right over us heading through the midsection of this week, wednesday into thursday. we are talking about temperatures in the 90-degree range all across the bay area. temperatures will be in record territory. i do think that some cities will actually end up in the 90s. mostly sunny inland today. we are talking about the 70s. at the coast, these numbers right now in the 40s will turn over to the mid-60s. a pretty comfortable day on tap. at noon you are rolling down your window a bit to get some fresh air. 60 degrees. it will be a little toasty in your car today. then we'll end up in the 70s

high, cirrus clouds coming in, pushing to the south through a big strong ridge of high pressure thatarm and will be even warmer on your thursday. 81 in los galos today. 81 in gilroy. warmest location is 84 in santa rosa, possibly 90 degrees as we head into tomorrow. overall, warm conditions come to a close on friday. milder over the weekend. hey, mike, how is it looking on the roads? >> not so bad. a few issues to point out. slow coming into berkeley. no accident there, just slow approaching university avenue. involving a school bus, no one was injured. 880 still smooth past the coliseum. past high street, still bogged down to the right past the coliseum into downtown. that along the east shore freeway. lights are still on. folks have to head over to the area. almost none to speak of. >> nice and light on a wednesday. see you in half an hour. >>> you're not my boyfriend. you're some kid i took home because i felt sorry for you. you're 17. all you know about is book reports and dances at the gym and some stupid movies i did 30 years ago. that's fantasy. this is reality. >> wow. pretty