wednesday night, the rain is around the ukiah cloverdale area. it starts to slide southward.f the morning commute, heaviest rain is up around cloverdale with a chance of thunder. looks like thunderstorms are a pretty good possibility 7:00 a.m. on thursday. heavy rain, strong winds, stormy conditions. 9:00 a.m., as the cold front is coming through. by 3:00 p.m. thursday, still some pockets of light to moderate rain and then 5:00 p.m. thursday, we are still looking at a wet evening rush hour. 5:00 a.m. friday, rain switches over to showers and we even start to see sun breaking through. 7:00 a.m. it starts to wind down a little bit. we will see snow in the sierra. this does have a cold air component to it. blizzard warning wednesday, 10:00 p.m. until friday, 1:00 p.m. i would not try driving up there. extremely dangerous, whiteout conditions expected. the blizzard warning is for 6,000 feet with gusts 50 to 80 miles an hour, 10 to 20 inches of snow. passes may actually get closed down for several hours, two to three feet is expected at the crest. tomorrow afternoon, 50s, 60s for

in cloverdale, north of santa rosa, a few showers.ill notice that most of the activity is offshore. this could push on shore and bring you a light shower this morning. but as we go live, you will notice we are looking at the faine frontal band still offshore a couple lightning strikes, as well. the cold system is set to move in this evening. we have plenty of fog in santa rosa. currently a mixed bag in morning with some clouds and sun this afternoon. look for mainly dry conditions this afternoon but isolated showers and upper 50s to mid-60s. the main rain arrives tonight. we will time it out for you and talk about a rainy week ahead. chris. >> thank you, lisa. some news out of washington, d.c. it is official, the u.s. government will not be shutting down. >> with the 56 "yays" to 40 "nays", the motion to concur is passed. >> the senate voted yesterday in favor of the long-term funding bill. that was the main item left on congress's year-end agenda. the $1.1 trillion spending bill is on its way to president obama for signature. the mea

making tracks through cloverdale at the hour.cheming the windsor area also some very light precipitation. carry the umbrella to be on the safe side today but generally speaking rain north of the golden gate bridge. mostly cloudy skies. winds picking up out of the southeast to 15 later today. number-wise, upper 40s to right around the mid 50s out the door. okay, so we have the pockets of dense fog primarily around the industry valley this morning. also the santa rosa area. light showers as well but then a very heavy rain and wind that will be working its way into our forecast late wednesday. but primarily thursday and friday. the commutes will be virtually affected. this is the scene today. and you see the cloud cover throughout the bay area. tuesday, we get a little bit of a break with some hints of sunshine. and then we have some very light rain and advancement of some more powerful precipitation moving in on thursday and overnight hours. here is your thursday morning commute. by the time it all ends, by friday night, over six i

reaching toward cloverdale in northern sonoma county. we may have more showers coming our way tonight. last 24 hours, we have received quite a bit of much-needed rainfall. nearly two inches of rain in san francisco. well over 4 1/2 inches up at novato, over an inch and a half at one point, six inches to be precise in oakland. for the two-day total, we've seen almost six inches of rain in novato, and these totals will grow as there are more pockets of showers on the way. >> thank you, spencer. >>> in mill valley people were told to stay in your house. here's abc 7 news reporter elissa harrington. >> reporter: mill valley resident debra roberts was walking rather than driving. one appointment she had to make. >> i called to see if i could reschedule what i needed to reschedule, but he had just driven two hours to meet me. so the least i could do is drive 30 minutes to meet him. which would normally be a ten-minute drive. >> reporter: things were so bad the mill valley police department sent out this tweet. due to heavy traffic congestion a

cloverdale to windsor and lake county, as well. south of that not too much but a little around petaluma and parts of morin county seeing some moving in. in the past 24 hours quite the rainfall totals. take a look at these numbers. redwood shores had 7. vallejo 4. oakmont and kenwood 6.35 and cobb mountain 9.25. we are keeping an eye on the snow line there. it will be a chilly day. not too much in the way of sun breaks. showers and possible thundershowers. will it be a chilly day with highs in the 50s. i think the thunderstorms bear watching. they are already forming there and it is still very early. things are changing fast here. >> is there a difference between thunderstorms and thundershowers? if i want to know. >> well, no. >> good. good. i learned something. >> when you say a shower that sounds like it is not that bad. when you say a thunderstorm then you have lightning, thunder, possible hail, you can get more severe weather. >> thank you, steve. always an education working with that fellow there. >>> let's go out and take a l

from yucaipa into cloverdale and point arena a smattering of showers this morning as well. light showers likely for the northern portion of the bay area today. carry an umbrella but generally speaking mostly cloudy conditions. we have numbers of right now in 51 at peace and livermore and in san jose to the mid 50s in san francisco and boy do we have pockets of dense fog primarily in throughout the tri- valley this morning. 67 degrees today your daytime high in san jose. mid 60s in san francisco. okay, we'll have a break on tuesday. then wednesday night overnight, the storm begins to roll into the bay area. thursday and friday complete rainout. we're talking up to 10 inches of rain and the wettest locations generally speaking, two to three inches of rain in the urban areas easily. more about that as the week continues but meanwhile liz fog is this morning's problem. >>> you mentioned it through the apts autopsy and live love -- altamonte pass and livermore valley. be extra careful and use the fog lights if you're commuting into work right now. we have one accident out the do

we have light rain showers right now in cloverdale as well as in clearlake. offshore this cell contains moderate rainfall and against it's taken aim over towards area towards healdsburg. up to a half inch of rain in the next 24 hours. mostly cloudy skies at sfo the winds out of the east at 6. east winds at 12 in san jose where we have rain moving in by the early afternoon hours easily. and then the rain will begin to shift on over to showers in the afternoon hours with a frontal boundary area sagging to the south. today's high temperatures in the 50s and 60s a couple of degrees above normal. winds out of the south up to 20 miles per hour. extended forecast, we'll have the showers tapering off towards the evening commute also in the overnight hours. a residual shower certainly possible on saturday morning, otherwise we have a dry weather pattern that gives saturday afternoon through christmas day. >>> happening today, san jose city crews head back out to the so-called jungle for another round of clean-up. kpix 5's keit do is live at the former encampment. what

we do have some cells right there over the cloverdale area also clearlake. rosa is currently reporting some light rain and areas of fog and temperature right now the at 54 degrees. we do have 55 in oakland and san francisco. currently to the mid-50s at sfo and we'll keep a watch out for that for any possibility of airport delays. we have the rain over the bay area impacting the commute. showers this afternoon. futurecast shows the front as it moves through the bay area. producing heavy rain. south bay rain in the afternoon. we have a cell of heavy rainfall going into redwood city by 5:00. in the evening, if you have plans, grab an umbrella. we'll have hit-and-miss scattered showers. drying out begins as the ridge of high pressure begins to nudge into the bay area on saturday. across most urban areas we could see anywhere between .25" of rain and nearly a half an inch of rain but again heftier amounts in the highest elevations of the bay area. around the central portion of the state today if you have traveling plans we do have rain from the state capital all

there is the chance around cloverdale and santa rosa. we could pick up an isolated shower. highs for the monday. 65 in san francisco. 66 for napa. 67 in concord. 70, the high in san jose and palo alto getting to a high of 69 degrees. fast forward the clock into wednesday evening where we watch this next stronger potential storm move in. early thursday morning, we do notice light rain from san francisco to the north. then thursday, it looks like the storm sbenls identifies off the coast. by thursday afternoon, into thursday evening, we could be dealing with heavy rain across the region and some strong winds. so concerns we had, especially on thursday. heavy rainfall. potentially two to four more additional inches of rain could lead to possible flooding. especially on the roadways and a chance of an increase in mud slides. with the storm intensifying, we could see some strong and potentially damaging winds. the combination of the soaking rain and the strong winds could down some trees and bring us a potential for power outages. still several days away from the storm so contin

live doppler 7hd and we will show you a few light showers well north of cloverdale.has developed. visibility in fairfield, concord and livermore right now has dropped to half a mile or less. i think this fog will stick around for parts of the morning rush. be aware of that. the midsection is sunny and snow around the great lakes and showers is developing off the coast of florida that will likely turn into a nor' easter for new england as we get into tuesday and wednesday. california will see some sunshine and southern california, 75 in l.a. northern california some showers around chico and eureka. temperatures in the mid60s. closer to home in the bay area, we will see a mild monday mid60s to low 70s. 64 for richmond and 70 the high in san jose. 69 in livermore and fairfield getting to a high of 67 degrees. so the accu-weather seven-day forecast calls for an isolated shower tomorrow in the north bay. then tuesday we are completely dry and mild with a south wind kicking in. wednesday we are tracking the beginnings of a strong storm late in the evening. rain picks up an

we are going to be in the 40's across the bay area as you can see we have 40 degrees in cloverdale and santa rosa and in the north bay and deliberation degrees in napa. very chilly conditions for us there. the next 12 hours, beautiful shot from the roof camera and day planner showing the wind subsiding and we will generally be chilly and breezy today. by noon, we are looking at temperatures at 56 degrees inland and 56 degrees an the bay and 56 along the coast. consistent around lunch time as we move into the afternoon hours it will be clear and dry. it will be a dry pattern up until the new year so we do not expect anymore prescription until then. overnight, we have forecast possible for inland valleys. very chilly there if you have any plants, you may want to cover them up. the seven-day forecast is ahead in a few minutes. first, the roads. we have a problem because of the wind. here is a look at san rafael. this is the drive along 101. there is a great commute if you are headed out to any of your family or friends for the christmas holiday. no delays. of course, it is still quite ear

coming ashore on the marin county coast and light rain already falling long 101 from novato up to cloverdale. this is a we will watch coming at us the next half hour to 45 minutes along the coast and peninsula is we are not out of the woods as far as wet weather. temperatures, though, headed out with the umbrella if happened, upper 40's to low 50's and look how much cooler those are than yesterday: ten to 17 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. walnut creek is quiet. 680, whether you are southbound with the tail lights or northbound with the headlights is still wet. mid-to-upper 50's with scattered showers and thunderstorms all the way through the afternoon and here is wet 101 at 880 where the wet weather just came through. dry saturdays sunday during the day, sunday night, monday, day, sunday night, monday, possibly tuesday, steady rain. toll plaza traffic is fine, and then the metering lights were turned on and back to normal from the east bay to san francisco. we do have the sig-alert and an updates one lane has re-opened and now we have one lane shut down southbound approaching grant avenue

cloverdale, highway 101, maybe even over into the delta through monday afternoon.ll see the south winds, the mild temperatures today, tomorrow. here's the system i talked about come wednesday and thursday. look at the rain line. we are talking wind wednesday night. 3 to 4 inches of rain through friday. you can see it right here in the orange. then it looks like we will have a little break over the weekend and then another system behind that one. an additional 2 inches of rain will put us up over 6 inches possible. we are looking at storms this time around. the one tonight just a weak weather system. the one wednesday and next week, a storm. 67 in fremont, 69 san jose and we will look for mostly cloudy to partly sunny conditions today. the seven-day forecast, the system bringing in light rain to the north, maybe into berkeley through monday and then we are dry with sun and clouds mixed tuesday, wind and rain wednesday, thursday and friday and partly sunny by saturday. the nice break has been good but we are already looking at a saturated ground. even though we need

here comes the chance of an isolated spotty shower around cloverdale and santa rosa, nothing widespread terms of wet weather for monday. 65 in san francisco, 66 in santa rosa, 70 in san jose. mild air over us once again for monday, a high of 66 in antioch, we'll track the stronger storm moving later in the week. the rains to the north will spread to the south, thursday morning by 4:00 a.m., san francisco and areas to the north seeing light rain. the storm looks to intensify thursday during the day if you notice heavier showers developing across the bay area. the concerns we have when it comes to the storm potentially on thursday, heavy rain between two and four inches likely. possible flooding on the roads once again. also an increased chance in landslidess -- mudslides, so yo can see the soaking rain and breezy conditions backing down the trees, and certainly it could lead to power outages. it is something we are tracking later in the week, of course we'll fine tune the timing and the details as the storm gets closer. isolated showers mainly in the north bay tomorrow. partly sunny skie

the only exception may be an isolated sprinkle near cloverdale overnight tonight. 54 the overght low in san francisco. we'll drop to about 52 in san jose. ke a look at what we have ahead, overovercast ski tonight, an isolated shower possible in the north bay. we are tracking a stronger storm late in the week. we'll talk about that, sflan it with the full seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. >> raiders fans are worried the team won't return to oakland nextear. the team's lease is up after the season. some fans were told because of the uncertainty, they couldn't renew their season tickets. >> katy, two members of the booster groupave oakland sports tried to place deposits for next yr's tickets but they were tned away. at today's game, raiders fans displayed signs urging the team to stay in oakland. the raid raiders haveeen in talks with officials in san antonio and losngeles is also being mentioned as a poibility. that combined with the ft people can't renew their season tickets have raiders fans feeling a bit uneasy. the coliseum authority says a meeting is scheduled for tomorrow

the only exception may be an isolated sprinkle near cloverdale overnight tonight. 54 the overnight low in san francisco. we'll drop to about 52 in san jose. take a look at what we have ahead, overovercast skies tonight, an isolated shower possible in the north bay. we are tracking a stronger storm late in the week. we'll talk about that, sflan it with the full seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. >> raiders fans are worried the team won't return to oakland next year. the team's lease is up after the season. some fans were told because of the uncertainty, they couldn't renew their season tickets. >> katy, two members of the booster group save oakland sports tried to place deposits for next year's tickets but they were turned away. at today's game, raiders fans displayed signs urging the team to stay in oakland. the raid raiders have been in talks with officials in san antonio and los angeles is also being mentioned as a possibility. that combined with the fact people can't renew their season tickets have raiders fans feeling a bit uneasy. the coliseum authority says a meeting is sc

in san francisco, 58 under sun and in cloverdale, 58.y is upper 50's and in the inland valleys, 56 in pittsburg. 56 if livermore. 57 in pleasanton. lows will be chilly because it is calming down and long are nights and 39 in richmond and we will get to the freezing mark in some areas, inland and napa and 38 in san rafael and 33 in cloverdale. we are dry and we could see a weak chance between monday and wednesday with possible showers and higher elevations between 2,000 and 4,000 feet but showers are not terribly likely. too early to predict but as we felt closer to the new year it will stay dry. now, traffic, if you are headed out, to the after christmas sales, it is locking clear and that is a look at the richmond-san rafael toll plaza, for traffic to speak of and we are quiet with the exception of lucas valley road we had high wind a couple of days ago bringing down a tree which tookç out power lines. it is a mess and detours are if place, drive time traffic 680, walnut creek to dublin is 15 minutes and 101 southbound, from santa rosa

but up towards santa rosa, north around cloverdale, we could be seeing a light shower around is sea ranch, not out of the question. but overall we are looking at less fog this morning. some high to mid-level clouds in advance of the weather front here that sits offshore. and that could bring this locally heavy downpours throughout the day tomorrow, and then a couple of systems behind it will keep the rain going. here's emeryville this morning. upper 40s to near 50 around emeryville and oakland. 43 in morgan hill. good morning half moon bay. 50 for you. and a look at sfo where the fog not as widespread but it's a cool morning once again. we should get used to this. usually you are waking up to numbers in the 40s. with a couple of clear spots, not out of the question to get upper 30s with the fog in the protected valleys. we have fog out by the delta, which, as i said that, it's clear. visibility pretty good right now. but a mile and three quarters santa rosa and concord at about 5-mile visibility. so as we take a look at our sutro tower camera, changes today are subtle. a few more high clo

few light showers off the marin county coast, and just to the north of santa rosa headed up to cloverdalet side of the screen is the next cold prompt and you can see a wall of water marching our way with yellow starting to develop in that which poops the moderate rain. as far as our winds, we are fast than this morning but 16 is as fast as we get in the oakland. over the water we are up to 20-25 miles per hour so we will see breezes ahead of the cold prompt and behind italitily. walnut creek is looking quiet as we look to the south into the city and same thing for san jose looking at 280 and 17. we will see what is moving our way, the darker and deeper clouds are over the marin headlands headed to sonoma and those the scatter showers best afternoon and evening heavy rain. rain and showers tomorrow and friday and winter begins on sunday and so does the extended period of dry weather and that should last through the holiday next week. those two systems moving away look at the cold front barreling down on us and we know it also has at the of wind. urban flooding, mud and rock slides and down

cloverdale 7.25. cazadero 5.25. lake and somebody else up there, kelseyville over 4 inches of rain. east santa rosa 4 inches of rain. santa lena 3. forestville 3. novato and petaluma really good rain. south of that maybe not as much. the high wind warning is out. we have all sorts of issues with urban and small stream advisory from mar in. high surf. it goes to 10:00 tonight. 52 half moon bay and roaring winds for some areas in the east bay hills and that flash flood watch continues. some areas is where is it? it's on its way. not on that. looks like steady rain parts of western mendocino county. that's just non-stop. it it won't let up. and i can see why areas around cloverdale have had anywhere from 6 to 7 inches of rain. just tremendous enhancement taking place right there over parts of the river and bodega bay. it's letting up a little bit. santa rosa, glen allen, petaluma, that has been the source of very heavy rain. parts of marin county torrential rain. that is really heavy rain coming in. some has not been t

especially where the low temperates will drop in the upper 30s in cloverdale and napa. most locations will see lows in the low to mid40s. partly cloudy to mainly sunny skies. we haven't seen that in awle. temperatures in the upr 50s to perhaps around 60 in the miest locations. and here is the accu-weather seven-day forecast. we will see the rain moving in sunday night and raining on monday and tuesday and showers on wednesday. maybe a dry day on thursday. the rain is likely to develop on on friday. we are certainly in a wet and rainy pattern. no complaints. we need the rain badly. >> thank you,pencer. >>> i am in for dan ashley. rick quan is i for me. for the warrio, the question is who is in for andrew bogit. the warriors' best start ever may have hit a bump in the road. after kobe bryant rips his after kobe bryant rips his teammates, they come up i'm driving all over the place,f are atclimbing up ladders. accidents happen all the time. i need to take care of myself, as well as take care of my business. and now i can do both, with health coverage. i'm protected and i'm

back to live doppler hd, tracking our train as it now is coming in through cloverdale and a few spottyrs through santa rosa and a time-lapse here, and starting at 10:00 it was well into the north and now it is moving to santa rosa and by noon you will see most of the rain passing through by 1:00 o'clock people it will hit the north bay around san rafael and through san francisco by 2:00 p.m. as you continue through the afternoon hours at 3:00 or 4:00 in the peninsula, the east bay and the south bay. it will be followed by breezy conditions at 40-miles-per-hour gusts along the coast and 2,000 feet in the hills. here is a look at lake tahoe camera tracking snow already and we are under a winter advisory so snow is falling and that does mean that we will have travel restrictions, as well, with delays and chain requirements at 3-6" above 4,000' and a foot along the sierra crest and the advisory begins at unanimous through 8:00 people so poor visibility and blustery conditions. shear a look at home, mount tamalpais shows the clouds and the fog dissipated by the temperatures are 2-5 degrees

especially where the low temperatures will drop in the upper 30s in cloverdale and napa.t locations will see lows in the low to mid40s. partly cloudy to mainly sunny skies. we haven't seen that in awhile. temperatures in the upper 50s to perhaps around 60 in the mildest locations. and here is the accu-weather seven-day forecast. we will see the rain moving in sunday night and raining on monday and tuesday and showers on wednesday. maybe a dry day on thursday. the rain is likely to develop on on friday. we are certainly in a wet and rainy pattern. no complaints. we need the rain badly. >> thank you, spencer. >>> i am in for dan ashley. rick quan is in for me. for the warriors, the question is who is in for andrew bogit. the warriors' best start ever may have hit a bump in the road. after kobe bryant rips his after kobe bryant rips his teammates, they come up over a million californians have a gotten something that's beend. out of reach for far too long. health insurance. how? they enrolled through covered california. it's the health insurance marketplace where you'll find

and 55 your high in cloverdale. when we get dry, we stay dry.aturday through christmas of next week. next thursday, we are looking mainly dry. so a loft of rain. a big dent in the drought. frankly, we need a break. we need to let some of this drain off into the reservoirs. we will get it later this week. >> okay good. >>> okay, they call it 13 pounds of terror. this dog, this guy right here, may be the worst pet ever. >> no! >> the unusual adoption campaign that paid off tonight. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, society of silicon valley w caring for a trouble- makera dog -- >> well, there is no sugar coating this one. >> the humane society of silicon valley was caring for a troublemaker of a dog but came up for a clever campaign. instead of advertising his good side, they made a slasher themed video touting the reasons you don't want to adopt eddie the terrible. he attacks the other dogs, he hates sleeping in a crate and he requires a lot of work. and the campaign worked. he has since then been adopted. >> i don't bite. >>> straight ahead, a dazzling top

into the evening hours, beginning in cloverdale and the rest of the bay area by early monday and then monday looks wet. not a big rainmaker. it's just going to be, you know, a quarter to half an inch of rain in the north bay. lesser amounts in the south bay. future cast tomorrow shows a lot of clouds over the bay area and toward evening, it's a cloud sandwich. clouds in the central valley. clouds offshore. we'll be inbetween. it might be a beautiful sunset tomorrow. but, look at this. this is by 6:00 tomorrow night. you can see the showers just begin to advance into sanoma county at that moment. and then it will be in the overnight hours begin to pick up the rain. look at all those people waiting to come into san francisco. we get a brief break on sunday. showers again on monday and a strong storm in the bay area on thursday. we'll have strong winds. we're going to have pretty heavy rain from this. it will begin late wednesday up north and spread over the bay area. thursday will be a mess. if you haven't battened them out yet, pay attention. 70 degrees with fog in fresno in the early

helena giving the most up to date coverage in healdsburg and cloverdale and lake port and clear lake and hidden valley with scattered light showers. they will dip further to the south as we head through the morning into the mid-afternoon hours as a weak cold front rolls law. the other big story is the fog and how it has not made it into the bay yet but it will because look where our winds are blowing: directly to the west in oakland and hayward and half moon bay. that will draw the fog out of the valley and across the bay headed through the only mute. do not be surprised you could have more interesting trip getting around the fog. it is mild. we are in the mid-to-upper fists and we shoulden in the low-to-mid 40's. portrero hill is 56. crissy field across the golden gate bridge is 59. through the ferry building and headed downtown, it is 58. our cool spot is 49 in saratoga and santa clara and palo alto is 50 because those are the areas that have less cloud cover. you can see right here sutro tower look at the fog and it is taking over san francisco. mostly clouds, light showers across

little closer here and, whoops i will go in closer here and you will notice around clear lake and cloverdale , we are seeing rain falling right now. lightening up around windsor and santa rosa. that's a lull in the activity. close to an inch has fallen. over an inch and a half in the far end of sonoma county. napa .15 and sfo a trace of an inch. looking at the wind gusts, thisy are just starting to pick up gusting to 38 miles an hour in half moon bay. and i do want to show you this live picture from our sutro tower camera. gusts in the hills are 45 miles an hour. this storm is going to be the strongest in over six years so far. that's the way it is looking with the high risk of urban flooding and mud rockslides and power outages. there is a slight to moderate risk of river flooding. they are coming up to 10 inches of rain. you can see it is right over the north bay. 4:00 a.m. and the north bay is getting pounded by heavy rains, g's a winds and 5:00 a.m. the shift begins during the heart of the morning rush hour. 6:00 a.m. heavy rain and potentially stronger and strong, gusty winds and as you

and cloverdale, your high on a saturday, 54 degrees. the weekend is going to be chilly with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s . next week, low 50s for highs and overnight lows will be in the upper 20s away from the water. so i say this a lot. but other parts of the country would say no big deal, but for us, pretty big deal. >> this is spring here in new jersey. where you are from. >> know what i mean? >> in april? yeah, they are asking for stuff like this. >> thank you paul. >>> all right, well baby on board. two cops help a mom give birth in an unusual place. that is coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, culture.. with a theme for day. today >> it is the first night of kwanzaa, the celebration of african culture. today's theme is unity. >>> a woman was riding a subway train last night when her water broke. a couple of transit police officers rushed in and helped her deliver her son on the train. >> i have three kids. my wife is pregnant again. so it was just getting there and help. that is what we do. >> we delivered a baby for her. it

healdsburg, cloverdale, middletown, you may have light rain falling. the heavier rain is expected for the afternoon. i think it will hit us in time for the evening drive. as i mentioned at the top of the hour, picking up on lightning there. for today, in addition to the widespread rain for the afternoon, you can expect some minor flooding, slick roads for the second hatch of the day. thunderstorm chance inspect forecast. high elevation and i don't see advisories issued by the national weather service for the sierra at this point. as we get into the afternoon, we're now 2:00, 3,:00, 4:00, there goes the rain. by tomorrow, this is what i do expect we'll have in the next 24 hours, anywhere from .25, to .50, maybe an inch. we are gonna get a break for part of the weekend. i will show you this. we'll pick it up at this hour. noontime here still mainly dry, as we get into 2:00, notice it's moving up along the coastline. we get into 3:00, it's now crossing over the bay. it's well into the north bay. it's just now approaching areas like san jose. by 4:00, it's

south, we get showers that will spread with us by late sunday night, late tomorrow afternoon around cloverdale and spread south into the north bay into the evening hours and over the rest of the bay area, early monday. again, it's a fairly mild system. future cast is just showing variable clouds for tomorrow. here's sunrise and then you can see lots of clouds over the bay area. looks like a mattress exploded. look at the top left hand corner of your screen. that's the next system that is on its way from up north and it will spread rain south over the bay area late sunday, early monday. and so in the headlines, we get a little bit of a break tomorrow. showers again come in on monday. that's not a big rainmaker, but this one is on late wednesday and thursday. in fact, extending into friday. this is going to have powerful winds, lots of rain. the potential for downed power lines and down tree limbs and a mess. keep that in mind with a well- needed head's up on that. it doesn't look bad except central valley. that fog can be treacherous. up north, some rain, down south, partly cloudy skies. overni

especially where the low temperatures will drop in the upper 30s in cloverdale and napa.t locations will see lows in the low to mid40s. partly cloudy to mainly sunny skies. we haven't seen that in awhile. temperatures in the upper 50s to perhaps around 60 in the mildest locations. and here is the accu-weather seven-day forecast. we will see the rain moving in sunday night and raining on monday and tuesday and showers on wednesday. maybe a dry day on thursday. the rain is likely to develop on on friday. we are certainly in a wet and rainy pattern. no complaints. we need the rain badly. >> thank you, spencer. >>> i am in for dan ashley. rick quan is in for me. for the warriors, the question is who is in for andrew bogit. the warriors' best start ever may have hit a bump in the road. after kobe bryant rips his teammates, they come up (vo)rescued.ed. protected. given new hope. during the subaru "share the love" event, subaru owners feel it, too. because when you take home a new subaru, we donate 250 dollars to helping those in need. we'll have given 50 million dollars over se

headed for the heart of the north bay just north of the golden gate bridge all the way up to about cloverdale. the next hour, moderate to heavy rain. we could see localized urban flooding out of that. windy here. windy through the central valley, up into the mountains where today we are going to have snow in tahoe and we are going to have blizzard and whiteout conditions starting at 247 morning through 4:00 tomorrow morning. leila? >> yes. i could say, bring the chains. you really are not advised to travel during those conditions. let's start by taking a look at the san mateo bridge. i want to show you the bay bridge where it is looking pretty damp there as you make your drive in from the east bay and towards san francisco. it is not terribly drenched. we are already experiencing flooding here. a little bit farther to the east. 128. farther to the south where it is quite dry in san jose. we see some areas spotted with green. heavy, gusty winds as well as some damp winds. so far, no accidents in this area but we will certainly keep you posted. >> there is a live picture of the golden gate brid

mid 60s for san francisco and mill valley and a high tomorrow of 61 in cloverdale.very stormy on thursday. friday, the rain continues. we get a break over the weekend. more rain coming up next week. the peak of the storm will be right around the morning commute. i cannot implore to everybody out there, get extra sleep tonight and tomorrow night because you have to leave early on thursday if you want to get to work anywhere close to on time. you may want to consider working from home. >> and be really careful out on the roads. >> the potential is there for it to be very dangerous. >> thanks paul. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, food on the table got quite holiday gift tonight on our o-clock news here on k-p-i- >> this one blew us away. they got quite a holiday gift tonight on our 6:00 news right here on kpix5. >> google presented a check for $1.3 million to food for bay area families. we have been involved with this organization about 13 years now. this is the largest donation we have ever received, ever seen. and tomorrow, whole foods will be helping food

midnight still nice rain, and there you go, 7:00 and tomorrow morning, look at all of the red, cloverdaleeville and the heaviest rain and fastest rains coincide with each other, so 6:00 to 10:00 through the north bay and look at that wall of red moving right across the heart of the bay, at 10:00 to 1:00 o'clock and inland in the south bay 1:00 o'clock to 3:00 and behind the cold front there is still more moderate showers and even some thunderstorms with the brief heavy rain and that is why the understood watch is out until 4:00 friday morning. we will take a look at the other showers on friday afternoon and they will add just a little bit to the total and most of the rain is going to fall tomorrow 6" in santa cruz mountains and up to 4" for the lower elevation and 8" in the north bay mountains and possibly 10" to 112" in the coastal mountains across the north bay. the winds are picking up headed to the overnight and the fastest wind is 60 miles per hour at point reyes to 45 for the rest of us tomorrow morning. by 2:00 the winds will taper and friday scattered light showers and after the 4

the cold prompt is at cloverdale is we will see increase of steady rain and possibly in the intensity the next couple of hours. this is the warm front. warm front usually gets rain. gradual rain. nice rain. the rain that soaks and does not run off. when the cold front comes this afternoon we get showers and we get the brief heavier rain and the possible of flooding. storm track will take this storm across us but notice the storm track across the northern part of the state so the front is going to come down and stall. it will stall in the south bay so the south pay is going to have a lingering chance of showers and the rest of us have a dry evening. san jose and 101 at 880, it is dry if the commute. looking to walnut creek it is dry. when i came through 680 and 24, it was wet from time to time. steady rain to afternoon showers rain mostly north of the golden gate bridge and dry and. er for the extended period. the wet weather increases along the present as we head to 7:00 in the north bay and happen is the front will come down, stall across the south bay. the south bay has the best cha

and cloverdale, 56. monday will be the wettest day of the week. continue tuesday and wednesday. the dry day is thursday. that is just one day. because friday, showers are back again. i have received e-mails of folks saying when is the rain going to stop. >> really? oh! >> i think people got a little greedy over the past couple of years. this is exactly what we need. not the flooding like we had last week. this is wonderful news and i hope it continues all winter long. >> yeah. i think a lot of people do. >> we need it. >> thank you very much paul. all right, gary gelfand in the house again. and we have college hoops and we have the warriors who are hot, hot, hot. >> we have a lot of stuff. before it was like basketball. now everybody wants to watch basketball. now they want wait. it is a lot of fun. a great team. all right, college basketball, we will start first. stanford and cal on the court. and the gails did something creighton fans haven't seen in a long time. the warriors put their win streak on the line in dallas. highlights coming up after

santa rosa you hit 56 and cloverdale sunshine 54. so a chilly weekend. we'll have overnight lows around freezing, highs close to 60. monday we're little bit cooler and the big change where i think everybody will notice this is cooler than normal starts tuesday. low 50s for highs, upper 20s away from the water for lows. stow it's not anything that folks in nebraska or maybe indiana would call cold. but for us, it's going to be chilly. >> we're so soft. i know. >> we haven't -- this is it, the first one. >> this is rare for us. it's been about a year since we have been this chilly. find your heavy coat. >> thank you. >>> everything is coming up roses. we are less than a week away from the 126th tournament of the roses parade in pasadena and they are getting those floats ready. each float takes 7,000 hours to build and decorate. >> it's really fun. i really like, um, seeing it, you know, on the actual parade day. you get to see what you've been working on and it's really cool. >> up to a million people are expected to line up along the 5.5-mile parade route

and 55 your high in cloverdale. when we get dry, we stay dry.aturday through christmas of next week. next thursday, we are looking mainly dry. so a loft of rain. a big dent in the drought. frankly, we need a break. we need to let some of this drain off into the reservoirs. we will get it later this week. >> okay good. >>> okay, they call it 13 pounds of . or this dog, this guy right here, may be the worst pet ever. >> no! >> the unusual adoption ,,,, this is the time of the year when the flu starts to spread. before the first sneeze, help protect with a spray. before the first tissue, help defend with a wipe. and help prevent with lysol. to get ten times more protection and kill 99.9% of germs around the house. this season, help protect your family with lysol. start healthing. the sleepless night. (cough). (baby crying). sorry. robitussin dm max nighttime's dual action liquid instantly soothes your throat and delivers fast, powerful cough relief. robitussin. don't suffer the coughequences. society of silicon valley w caring for a trouble- makera

and cloverdale, your high on a saturday, 54 degrees. the weekend is going to be chilly with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s . next week, low 50s for highs and overnight lows will be in the upper 20s away from the water. so i say this a lot. but other parts of the country would say no big deal, but for us, pretty big deal. >> this is spring here in new jersey. where you are from. >> know what i mean? >> in april? yeah, they are asking for stuff like this. >> thank you paul. >>> all right, well baby on board. board. two cops help a ,,,, start a revolution a revolution in coffee quality with the finest nespresso coffee blends. a revolution in technology with unique centrifusion. a revolution in taste with a naturally formed crema on both coffee and espresso. nespresso vertuoline. experience the revolution of coffee. eh, yea, actually i do. one. it's mucinex fast-max night time and it's got a nasal decongestant. is that really a thing? it sounds made up. i can't sleep when i'm all stuffy. i take offense to that. i'm not going to argue wit

little closer here and, whoops i will go in closer here and you will notice around clear lake and cloverdale , we are seeing rain falling right now. lightening up around windsor and santa rosa. that's a lull in the activity. close to an inch has fallen. over an inch and a half in the far end of sonoma county. napa .15 and sfo a trace of an inch. looking at the wind gusts, thisy are just starting to pick up gusting to 38 miles an hour in half moon bay. and i do want to show you this live picture from our sutro tower camera. gusts in the hills are 45 miles an hour. this storm is going to be the strongest in over six years so far. that's the way it is looking with the high risk of urban flooding and mud rockslides and power outages. there is a slight to moderate risk of river flooding. they are coming up to 10 inches of rain. you can see it is right over the north bay. 4:00 a.m. and the north bay is getting pounded by heavy rains, g's a winds and 5:00 a.m. the shift begins during the heart of the morning rush hour. 6:00 a.m. heavy rain and potentially stronger and strong, gusty winds and as you

little closer here and, whoops i will go in closer here and you will notice around clear lake and cloverdale , we are seeing rain falling right now. lightening up around windsor and santa rosa. that's a lull in the activity. close to an inch has fallen. over an inch and a half in the far end of sonoma county. napa .15 and sfo a trace of an inch. looking at the wind gusts, thisy are just starting to pick up gusting to 38 miles an hour in half moon bay. and i do want to show you this live picture from our sutro tower camera. gusts in the hills are 45 miles an hour. this storm is going to be the strongest in over six years so far. that's the way it is looking with the high risk of urban flooding and mud rockslides and power outages. there is a slight to moderate risk of river flooding. they are coming up to 10 inches of rain. you can see it is right over the north bay. 4:00 a.m. and the north bay is getting pounded by heavy rains, g's a winds and 5:00 a.m. the shift begins during the heart of the morning rush hour. 6:00 a.m. heavy rain and potentially stronger and strong, gusty winds and as you

mid 60s for san francisco and mill valley and a high tomorrow of 61 in cloverdale.ery stormy on thursday. friday, the rain continues. we get a break over the weekend. more rain coming up next week. the peak of the storm will be right around the morning commute. i cannot implore to everybody out there, get extra sleep tonight and tomorrow night because you have to leave early on thursday if you want to get to work anywhere close to on time. you may want to consider working from home. >> and be really careful out on the roads. >> the potential is there for fact. when you take advil you get relief right at the site of pain. wherever it is. advil stops pain right where it starts. relief doesn't get any better than this. over a million californians have out of reach for far too long. health insurance. how? they enrolled through covered california. it's the health insurance marketplace where you'll find a range of plans from leading health insurance companies that offer you the best combination of quality, rates and benefits. and, through covered california, you may get f

windy in the city tomorrow, 59 degrees for christmas and 55 your high tomorrow in cloverdale.o no rain in this forecast. but look at the highs. gone are the 60s to near 70. now we're talking more 50s than not overnight lows in the 30s. so it felt like winter with the rain. now it's going to feel like winter with the cold. >> santa can handle the turns. >> if it gets windy enough santa's gps will recalculate. >> as long as he finds the house i don't think anybody cares. >> when possible make legal turns. >>> there's a christmas tree that puts the merry in holiday. it sings, it talks, it even dances. but not everyone likes it at first. jasmine beale with the tree made in southern california that caused a bit of a stir. >> ho ho ho, merry christmas! ho ho ho! merry christmas! >> reporter: steve's company specializes in animated characters. his work caught the eye of a small community called lower sackville located outside halifax nova scotia canada. city leader brad johns wanted to bring in some holiday cheer for his 21,000 or so residents. >> we thought it would be a great idea

a lot of folks are saying hey, it's raining in santa rosa, cloverdale, ukiah. that's the rain way ahead of the wind and rain. we have a front that's coming through. usually when we talk about the storm system in the bay area it's the pineapple express that floods us by giving us rainfall for a day or two continuously. that's not the case this time. this will be a thin band of very intense rainfall and wind that's going to get us throughout the day tomorrow. so it's not your typical bay area storm. it's going to be stronger and shaped kind of differently. wind gusts already way ahead i'm talking 12 hours ahead of the worst of the wind gusts close to 40 miles per hour. point reyes and also sea ranch, mount tam 32-mile-per-hour wind gust, sfo 28, half moon bay 26, hayward 23. if that was it, we would say okay, no big deal. that's your average wednesday. but it's going to get much more intense, the rainfall and the wind later on. way ahead of the storm we have rain impacting you in marin county, sonoma county, getting a few emails from vallejo where the rain has be

very light showers could develop around cloverdale but really, we have to wait until late wednesday night going into thursday morning's commute before the heaviest of the rain starts to move in. unfortunately, the timing with this one is pretty bad. 5:00 a.m., it's pretty heavy rain, wind. the wind continues to kick up. could see thunderstorms around 8:00 a.m. thursday. the thunderstorm continues 10:00 a.m. with the strong winds and heavy rain. now i will take you beyond 10:00 a.m. thursday. this is a different computer model. i will show you what's going to happen with the same storm, still very heavy rain 5:00 p.m. evening rush on thursday, potentially some thunderstorms and then we continue into 5:00 a.m. friday, rain switches over to showers for that morning commute and lets up friday night at 11:00 p.m., we start to get a break. this storm between wednesday night and friday night is going to dump on the higher elevations here in the bay area four to six inches of rain. lower elevations, one to three inches. keep in mind we have had a lot of rain recently and even though it doesn't ge

cloverdale 56. so sunny and chilly tomorrow. weekend looks nice highs around 60. next week cooler mid-50s for highs. and away from the water, lows will be around freezing. say hello to winter! it is now here. >> it's officially here. >> i left new york to escape the 20s. i don't understand what they are doing back here. >> we're talking way away from the water. there's going to be a big temperature spread. 45 degrees in san francisco. perhaps 25 degrees in the far north bay. so we get a big temperature spread. near the water we're still talking 40s. >> okay. that's okay. >> thanks. >> kinda. >>> all right. so you got the gift card. you're the one who got the gift card for christmas from a store you just don't shop at. you have options. if you would like to return that, walmart is one retailer that will allow people to exchange gift cards but you are not going to get full face value on it. if you have an amazon card and want to exchange it walmart will give you up to 95%. that's not bad. other retailers may be more like 70%. not great but it's something. >>> well,

only 39 in cloverdale. 40 in santa rosa. and look for 41 in morgan hill.row's temperatures will be similar to today's. maybe a degree or two warmer. in the upper 50s for most everyone to near 60. look for 59 in san francisco. 60 in san jose. 55 in antioch. and here's where the model runs. it shows how it plays out through the week. monday night, some rain. tuesday, another system moves in. tuesday night, into wednesday morning. we have leftover showers. wednesday afternoon, to thursday, looking pretty dry, until another system heads our way friday, possibly into saturday. here's that very wet accuweather seven-day forecast. take advantage of the dry break because it's not going to last. we might not see one for a while, wednesday into thursday. heaviest rain on monday, up to two inches. this isn't as strong as last week. we can still see mudslides and rockslides. the ground is saturated. downed trees, a possibility. >>> over to shu with the sports. and on the ice. >> the sharks a test tonight at the tank. a first for the oregon ducks, as >>> the shake shar

cloverdale, 66 degrees. it will be foggy to start and sunny to finish.christmas eve there will be showers. it will be cool and highs in the upper 50s to 60s from christmas through the beginning of next week. highs between 58 and 62, but a lot of sunshine and the wet pattern for right now is just about finished. great part of the newscast. it is time for food for bay area families. local companies for the most part doing their part to fight hunger. joining us tonight, alex peterson and other members of the c510 cycling team. alex, we'll start with you. you raised a lot of money, you raised almost as much as some businesses and it is a cycling team. how did you get to nearly $10,000? >> we come up with this idea to do a, a super cat event, bike ride. where participants raised money through family and friends, and then they participate in a ride where they go all over the east bay, going to various checkpoints. the objective being is first guy to get all five checkpoints and back to the start line. >> and raising money along the way, getting donations? >> t

lows will consist of 30's and 37 degrees in cloverdale, and 35 in santa rosa and 38 in livermore, and 40's for the rest us. my seven-day forecast shows we the temperatures continue to go down right into the new year with dry trend continuing into 2015 >>> all of us love the excitement in our kids' eyes when they open the presents. but we christians trying to be true to the deeper meaning today. i spoke about that with cardinal donald who. >> merry christmas. what's inspiring you this christmas season? >> i think of all the things this surface, this christmas is really a time of spiritual renewal. and i think a lot of it has to do with pope francis. this is a christmas in which people around the world have already had a touch of francis. and we talk about -- >> for the second year now. >> yes. but they've experienced him now for some time. we talk about the francis effect, i think this christmas we're seeing a little bit more of that. an openness of people to the realizization that things really can be better. that it is possible to be kind. it is possible to be compassionate. >> could

they have been sitting here over highway one and 101 north toward santa rosa and cloverdale, and it hasyou, as well, in guerneville so we are still anticipating more sunshine and a break in the action before the next big system headed our way. maybe a sure but wet pavement around 280 is the storm system that will impact us at 3:00 in the only overnight tonight. it will be a two-day event with rain and very heavy wind, possible flooding. today we are looking at upper 60's to nearly 70's and under partly cloudy skies and maybe isolated shower. >>> right now we have a traffic check, leyla gulen is off but we have all the commute information you need in the santa clara area southbound 101 you need to be aware there is an accident at the expressway with solo vehicle spinout so watch out. in walnut creek traffic is fine on 680 but getting slower and you can see the tail lights stacked up so wet roads and the fog lisa has been talking about so the visibility is not too great. remember, there is still the sig-alert on the dumbarton westbound headed into east palo alto at the high-rise so one la