you're live at the guadeloupe liver in downtown san jose. we hear the water levels rose there extremely quick this morning. >> reporter: very true. as we show you here live, just look over my shoulder and you can see the water is moving very fast. it looks kind of like the north bay rivers and streams but this is in the south bay. right here around the guadeloupe river, we did see the water levels rise. if you look towards the bottom, you can see the greenery forced down as the water level was running much higher this morning. too much volume of water over soil that's becoming more and more saturated. it's likely now as we see the potential for heavy rain, we could see more problems like we saw around the guadeloupe river. plus another thing we'll have to watch out for will be the wind speed starting to pick up too. the winds here in san jose, only 5 miles per hour. but with increasing rain and wind, that could lead to big-time power problems, perhaps in some of the foothill communities. >> great information, rob. not looking gad along the g

the biggest traffic trouble seemed to come from the guadeloupe parkway. all of the lanes were shut down southbound approaching taylor. there was a lot of flooding there and on the taylor street bridge. two of the lanes have reopened and the rest of the highway will open later on this afternoon, but be aware of that if you use the guadeloupe parkway. take a look allot these pictures. there were a couple of cars that got stuck downtown in flash flooding. the cars that were not moving, they had to go in and get the drivers out. they were saving people from a real mess. you heard it before, drive slowly and leave plenty of room between your own vehicle and the one in front of you. don't try to drive through a large amount of standing water. right now live in campbell, anne makovec, kpix5. >> thank you anne. in the north bay, it is better to be safe than sorry, roberta gonzales is in mill valley. >> reporter: michelle, it is flooding in the north bay. it is sternly flooding right here in marine county. this is what high tide looks like when you couple it up wi

in fact, we're at the same location yesterday at the guadeloupe river around san fernando, and the water levels early this afternoon dropped. i don't know if you can hear the raindrops hitting the microphone. the water levels are starting to come up again. that is one of the things we're watching at the river forecast center is expecting for the river levels to rise between now and 9:00 tomorrow morning, back up another 3 1/2 to 4 feet which would bring the water level up to where my knees are now, possibly up to bankful as you approach santa clara street as the rains continue to intensify. you pinpointed it a moment ago, heavy rain coming into san jose. its dumping now. as the rains continue the feed in to the santa cruz mountains and the creeks spill the water out to the guadeloupe we'll see these levels rise as we go through tonight into tomorrow morning, watching that rain fall heavy at times in the south bay. >> the other thing we're going to track is the snowfall up across the sierra. winter storm warning in place, we amped up the expected snow overall we could see from 2 to 4 feet

we're on highway 87 at guadeloupe heading through downtown san jose on northbound 280, you can see this is good, it's going to make for an easier commute but it's not good for our water supplies, the people in charge of our water tell us we need a lot more rain. yes, this storm was helpful but nowhere near enough. we're still at about 20 to 25% of normal rainfall levels for this time of the year. >> i think it would take a good you know, eight inches of rain, basically, to start seeing measurable runoff. the shattersheds are that dry. >> reporter: right now we're headed on northbound 280 toward woodside where there is a report after tree down on 84. our traffic anchor mike inouye has more on that. mike. >> good morning, bob. hey, you know, we'll catch up with him. we have the san mateo bridge. we're look at the high rise over the high rise you might get 1/4 a gust or two of wind. chp, they did get caught. so they issued wind advisories for the two spans. there is 92, the area we showed with the live camera. bob's heading out to highway 84 at 35, that's basically in portola valley. a tre

for now, live around the guadeloupe river. >> thank you very much, rob. >> let's bring in chase cane and we need this rain but we heard rob talking about it, it comes with flood concerns. >> reporter: it sure does raj and within the last hours, we had several strong gusts of wind. that means that the concern could be once the ground really gets soaked, the trees could come down. yes, there is a concern for flooding, even the possibility of mudslides but it will depend on how much rainfalls and how fast it falls. puddles aren't a problem but the potential of six inches of rain this weekend in moran county, the hope is what is subject to flooding does not. >> it's been the last two major floods and i don't think we're going to flood this year. we're also happy to have this rain and i think everybody is celebrating the rain. >> reporter: still, it's a flood prone place and so the pizza owner has a backup plan. >> i'm considering buying pizzas on a kayak, if needed. if people are stuck in their homes. >> reporter: that could be good for business. >> it could be. i could be the first pizz

we're going to see a ripple back all the way to curtner and maybe capital expressway so take guadeloupe parkway that's what you're dealing with. the blue on the map, the green means wet, we're seeing that but starting to move around get lighter. bob was reporting, laura told you, some of the closure by s and p center. out of the livermore valley but the spots i've circled early in the morning i have spots and i'm keeping them around there because of likely suspects. the commute direction heading south through livermore into sunol. we do have this, deadly crash west 24 at least one lane is open. as you travel west from highway 13 over to 580. and that connector. that's a major -- we're seeing a lighter flow of traffic so folks are able to take ash by, we saw a big burst or 13 which southbound we don't see flowing, we're seeing a good flowing and below 60 miles per hour and toward the upper 50s moving back west, the loop adding the mileage but thingses moving. over to the maze, pretty kiptal for a friday. on the right you have cash lanes that backed up. a smooth drive, the influences with

a car cleared from the road 101 merge around guadeloupe parkway. 87 shows slowing there as well.palo alto, 101 the tropical starting to build up a little bit. obviously not a concern. space for everybody traveling past university avenue. continuing up to san mateo and into the city. back to you. >> plenty of room. thanks. >> 6:36. still ahead, sentenced to four years but could one of bryan stow's beating suspects walk free much sooner? we'll have details next. >> and taking a live look outside, sun coming up over the bay area, making way for not only a beautiful day but a great weekend ahead. hope you get a chance to enjoy it. more rain in the works for next week. we'll tell you about it and the rest of the day's news coming up. dear future olympian, one day you will be standing on and here's exactly how you'll get there. you'll work hard and you'll fall hard. you'll lose sometimes when you really should have won. you'll win sometimes when no one thought you had a shot. and you'll never, ever stop. we know this. because you're one of us. at citi, we believe in everyone's potentia