if i shift a little bit in areas around cordelia. 680 that stretch between benetia and cordelia. into the south bay. our bridges are wet picking up moderate rain over areas along the south bay. we shift in along the palo alto area. you can see moderate rainfalling there. so sliding back showing you the rain continues over the bay area. this is going to move through. once the steady band moves through we will be left with scattered showers and the possibility of thunderstorms for your evening hours before we finally begin to dry out. i'll show you the futurecast model, show you when i expect to see that drier weather. >>> the final snow pack survey of the season shows our rain only amounted to a drop in the bucket. the totals are one of the lowest recorded since officials began collecting the data more than 70 years ago. >> we had a depth of snow of 23.7. water con -- content of 8.1. >>> surveyors from the department of water resours says the snow pack is far below normal as the spring melt approaches. today's measurement was critical, the measurement confirmed the grim drought di

along i-80 could be a little bit dicey in and around areas along the american canyon heading towards cordelia. we're going to continue with this. we've got snow in the sierra up to a foot of snow possible so if you are thinking about heading this way for the weekend, there is a winter weather advisory. it lasts until tomorrow morning for treacherous driving. we'll have snow on the roadways there blowing snow definitely a possibility for the west slope and the tahoe area. so take it very easy as you get out that way. it will be hazardous. i want to point you to the center of the circulation. this is moving close to the bay area. as it does, it's going to bring with it the possibility of thunderstorms. we will continue tracking this route. when i come back, we'll take a look at how much rainfall has fallen so bad. we'll pinpoint this system when i expect it move out of the way and in the weekend froost we have another one coming. i will time it out. >>> the rain is making it very dangerous on bay area roadways. the chp reports double the number of accidents and fender- bender during rainy days.

it was backed up at last point all the way up to almost the cordelia junction and 780 is a big mess.t you want to do, you want to use the alternate 80 to highway 4 to get into concord instead of using 680. 680 is a huge mess in this area. northbound one is slow from blossom hill road jill past the scene -- just past the scene of a deadly crash. that has not affected southbound traffic so much. it's more of a rubbernecker delay. 85, there was word of a motorcycle crash near 101. but it's not causing a big delay. but 85 is slow after 87. and we do want to say that the traffic at the toll plaza is backed up for a 20-minute delay. >>> a family of nine escaped their burning home this morning in san jose. firefighters say those smoke alarms save their lives. ktvu's janine de la vega has been out there all morning and janine, you just talked to the mother. she gets the credit for waking up her family and getting everybody out safe. >> reporter: the woman said she works in a daycare they do fire drills. and she knows it's important to save the batteries. firefighters say this fire spread qui