temperatures in the 50s outside, cool toward the coastline, 54 degrees, 53 in the nap pa valley, anddegrees in livermore. more on your christmas forecast coming up in a few minutes. >>> and the rain from yesterday causing issues on the roads this morning, including stretches of highway 1 still closed. and we just got word from chp that the closure going to be there until about 7:00 this morning. a good hour or

nap pa. san francisco, 40 and how about the snow in the sierra? some of you heading to tahoe or your favorite ski destination. snow level low. 12 to 24 new inches of snow in the sierra by thursday night. and all of this proceeding winter. it was not officially start until friday at 3:12:00 a.m. we are checking the radar. our doppler is dry, but that will change later on this week. here is why. big low pressure area in the gulf of alaska affecting us thursday night. it's a northerly now of air giving us the cold air tonight. tonight we get cloudy. here comes the rain friday morning. the low pressure will not move three days an neither will the moisture, we will see it all the way through sunday. clouds get here tomorrow. rain gets here thursday and doesn't leave until sunday at the earliest. the final weekend of shopping will be soggy. oakland form, 55. 54 san jose. a couple of degrees milder by the afternoon. pleasant hill, 52. dry tomorrow, cloudy in the afternoon for san rafael. thursday, we stay mainly cloudy, but dry for much of the day, then

temperatures running up in the mid-50s in most spots, 53 in nap pa valley. 50s showing up toward the coastline. and 54 degrees in daily city. the next couple of days, the rain makes a return, maybe leftover showers on wednesday, and possibly a leftover shower on thursday. then dry weather come friday, but staying unsettled and pebbly wet again on saturday. >>> outside it is super quiet on the bay bridge. not expecting much of a commute on christmas eve. for the most part, the roads are drying out. a few problems from yesterday's flooding, highway 1 still shut down out in conoa county. for the next 15 minutes or so caltrans said highway 121 is going to be shut down between 116 and 37. both directions closed. flooding is the problem. a few rain drops on the lens across the bridge. traffic is slowing nicely there. wells 880 and 237. a quick look at the south bay. 280 moving at the limit. and out in the east bay, a quiet commute past the climb, up ward toward downtown. no service today, and muni and some ferries are on a holiday schedule. >>> a deadline looming to reach a settlement rega

nap pa forecast, 34 and we could have some patchy dense fog to start the day. so here we go, saturday morning, 7:00, showing you the 30s, and widespread 40s across the region. as we put this into motion, the temperature scale goes up with the readings back in the upper 50s but most areas making it to the 60s. we'll show you the forecast temperature in your neighborhood for saturday, the temperature change you can expect for sunday and when shower chances return. >> you could call them lay away santas. >> when i told her, she started crying. >> the secret army of people paying off lay away bills now packs up. >> a raiders fan falls 30 sfeet off the upper deck, new details are released today about this. (car horn) paying with your smartphone instead of cash... (phone rings) that's a step forward. with chase quickpay, you can send money directly to anyone's checking account. i guess he's a kicker... again, again! oh, no you don't! take a step forward and chase what matters. because we know how much you do to make the holidays just right. from ornaments to ottomans

in palo alto fans are gathering at the patio in nap pa. they are going to come pad rays rio grill.here are two parties in san francisco in the mission at cervecevia. and at the marina at the republic. good places to go. >> yes. and have a good time. >>> not such a good time on the roads. we're having problems. tara is saying with black ice. that can happen any time the temperatures is below 36 degrees. >> yes. there is still slick areas in the north bay in orinda. right now we will look at the bay bridge toll plaza we have no delays into san francisco at this hour. and 880 near the oakland coliseum same story. no problems to report. let's take a look at the maps. we'll show you that accident here at the san pablo reservoir. medevac is on the way. very icy conditions up there. let's go to steve. >>> thank you tara. a very cold morning. we'll start off mostly sunny and this afternoon we will get partly cloudy. it looks like it's all rain wise heading south or north of us. 40s on the highs or very low 50s. >>> time now 6:57. coming up on mornings on 2over night news in san francisco a