jeff martinez will be along with your forecast in just a couple of minutes.got caught at the airport with an overweight bag, that can cost you but can you trust those airport scales? 7 on your side's michael finney has been looking into that. >> most airlines allow checked bags to weigh up to 50 pounds without additional charges. go above that and you'll pay. just one ounce over and you're looking at fees ranging from 25 to $125. the average is about $50 or $60. >> oh, i hope not. hopefully if it's like one or two pounds over, they'll be like all right, it's ok, you know, it depends. i hope they'll let you slide, you know? good luck with that. >> thank you. >> with that much money on the line, should you trust the airport scales? we went to the three bay area airports to test for ourselves. without letting anyone know what we were up to in advance. think of it as a pop quiz. we begin at the department of weights and measures in contra costa county. i bought a 50 pound bag of sand, put it in a carry-on, now we're taking away sand until the total weight is exac

meteorologist jeff martinez joins us with the details. >> that's right. good morning to you. very active weather day ahead. heavy rain going on in most areas. our live doppler 7 in high definition showing you what's happening out there. the darker green areas, moderate rain coming down right now. here in the city up to santa rosa and especially down towards the south, monterey bay, you are getting ready for heavy rain. look at this. the oranges and reds, extreme rainfall rates between an inch an hour at least. we could see maybe 2 to 3 inches of rain in the santa cruz mountains by tomorrow. slow moving storm and you can see monterey right here, moderate to heavy rain up through santa cruz, all of it slowly pushing off to the east. very wet saturday most areas. we may get a break in the action by this afternoon but more rain with some thunderstorms through tonight and tomorrow. accuweather seven day forecast, tell you when the rain will end in a few minutes. >> all right, jeff, thanks very much. a san francisco firefighter clings to life after being badly burned in a house fir

here is jeff martinez. >> very wet record-breaking june rainfall-wise. wow, this is incredible.on across the bay area. unusual for this time of the year. all the way from cloverdale stretching down to san jose, light to moderate showers, darker green areas, heavier showers and the yellow you see here, it is really coming down. we've seen more than an inch to two inches in the santa cruz mountains and this inland getting ready to move on shore. throughout the morning hours heaviest amounts of rain and a little bit of a break by this afternoon before another round hits tomorrow. monterey, heavy rain going on through santa cruz. you get the idea here. we'll be socked in throughout the day. heavy rain on and off, showers and thunderstorms possible through this right through tomorrow. we'll get a break by monday afternoon. temperatures in the 50s, should make it up to lower 60s and mid-60s. very impressive, very slow moving. we will be talking about this the next 24-48 hours. that is the latest forecast. try and stay dry. >> thanks very much. >> next a firefighter clings to life afte

jeff martinez joins us. >> since 1934 we broke the record for daily rainfall and also in oakland with more than half an inch of rain. many areas picking up three-quarters to an inch stretching all the way down to the south. so you can see light to moderate rain going on in most areas and heavy rain as we head further to the south. from salinas and down to the south, monterey bay we'll zoom in and coming down in santa cruz. we're expecting perhaps two to three inches of rain up in the higher mountains, santa cruz mountains and down in the lower valleys at least two inches of rain. slowly pushing to the east. now, here is the culprit. very unusual for this time of the year. we have a big ridge of high pressure but a huge storm system continues to push moisture into our area and it will be with us for the next 48 hours. we should get a little bit of break as the cold front moves through. hopefully the giants can get their game off today but showers will pick up once again tonight. >> san francisco firefighter clings to life after being badly burned in a house fire that killed his colleag