the national weather service facing cuts. why that could put millions of lives in danger when the next natural disaster strikes. all right. it is 6 a.m. here on the east coast. a live look at capitol hill on this thursday morning. good morning everyone. i'm kasie hunt, it's wonderful to have you with us day by day, department by department. president donald trump is empowering elon musk to slash and burn. >> he campaigned across this country with elon musk, vowing that elon was going to head up the department of government efficiency and the two of them with a great team around them, were going to look at the receipts of this federal government and ensure it's accountable to american taxpayers. that's all that is happening here. >> tonight is the deadline for federal workers to decide about the president's so-called buyout offer. the trump administration claiming that about 2% of the roughly 2 million federal civilian employees have accepted the buyout offer. sources tell cnn that after the deadline passes, federal workers wi

chp, caltrans and the national weather service urging folks to stay home and if they are going to be g the roads to wear chains. i spoke with several drivers today that told despite the weather conditions there still heading to their destinations. chain controls are once again in effect for some parts along i-80 east in the mountain communities. caltrans crews are working around the clock to keep highways open. but for some drivers, the heavy snow is not an issue for their commute. it's not bad at all. so and 4 wheel and you're right. the snow was coming down fast, covering roads and making travel dangerous. here on i-80 drivers heading into the mountains tonight are dealing with icy roads, chain controls and near whiteout conditions. the national weather service is warning drivers to stay off the roads saying conditions are dangerous and travel could become impossible in some areas. but for those who live up here, this kind of storm is just part of life in the sierra. i live in the during the summer than up in the land. is no ice. no word, obviously. so we live up here. >> get home.

remember the national weather service out of los angeles? some of the first individuals to warn the public that the santa ana winds will be strong and the fire threat would be high, well in advance of the los angeles fires a couple of weeks ago. so we've got this upcoming tornado season in the spring and the hurricane season in the summer and fall that we're concerned about this flash flood emergency prime example. this is from this morning and that was issued by a local human meteorologist, boris derek van dam. >> thanks so much for breaking that down for us. still ahead, another round of epa workers might soon be paid. might soon be on paid leave if the agency follows trump's order to get rid of dea programs, the office that would be affected and what it could mean for underserved communities. we'll be right back. >> ontario, canada your third largest trading partner and number one export destination for 17 states. our economic partnership keeps millions of americans working. we're here right by your side. >> like a relentless weed. modera

the usgs will communicate essentially to the national weather service. what? what kind of soil moisture levels or conditions we're seeing at these at these monitoring stations. and then the national weather service is responsible for essentially watches and warnings that would be associated with with possible landslide activity, but they can't check every single hillside. so experts say to stay tuned for those alerts. and if you have concerns, get away from your house. call authorities if you're concerned about a landslide in your backyard, for example, you hear more from those experts coming up at 530. okay. thank you ian. well, we're talking about two landslides causing traffic issues. the other one in san francisco. one lane and a bicycle lane in telegraph hill are still closed a week after a rockslide there. this is what the slide looks like today. and you can see the barriers blocking off part of the road. the slide happened last week on sansome street near union. luckily no one was hurt and all the homes at the top of this hill are safe. but public works

and this is why the national weather service has extended the flood watch until saturday evening. addition to that, look at the camera wavering. that's a live weather camera looking out towards the bay bridge. winds are currently up to 20 at sfo, but we have gusts up to 30. we also have some wind gusts around 22mph in novato. high wind warning in effect until 10 a.m. tomorrow. 70 mile per hour wind gusts, primarily around the peninsula's coastside san mateo coast. wind advisory in our inland areas. in addition to that, high surf warning in effect around the pacific coast line all the way to san diego. and now we go to the mountains where that winter storm warnings, in effect, 2 to 5ft of snow down to five and 6000ft tonight, temperatures 40 to 50 degrees. tomorrow's daytime highs up to 59 degrees. that will be our outside number. and, mike, once we get past the rain tomorrow morning. not a raindrop in sight through tuesday, except for the north bay on sunday morning. >> we'll take that. all right, roberta, thank you very much. have a great rest of the night. more than 20,000 healt

let's get right to meteorologist derek van dam, the national weather service. noah.ow, we and thousands depend on their forecasts for severe weather for hurricanes, things like that. >> yeah, absolutely. critical information that they create. john. and with the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, noaa and the national weather service, if we have this understaffed personnel, if we start cutting back more individuals, that means the potential for missing life saving and property saving information that these meteorologists and researchers are responsible for communicating to the public and causing action for saving life and property. right. but remember, these meteorologists are not only responsible for the weather forecast, they're also responsible for the delivery of the hardware. right. so people who protect this infrastructure, let's say the radars that we look at that cause and help with that life saving information. what about the weather balloons that actually create the data that goes into the weather forecast models that we as meteorologists look

and so the national weather service is now extended. that flood watch for the entire bay area, expecting some heavy amounts of rain watching out for some of the usual suspects were talking about the russian river at guerneville. also to mark west creek and green valley creek. but some place else in the santa cruz mountains. that's probably going to see some of the heaviest amounts of rain. now watch out for the san lorenzo river. and so cal creek as well. but anywhere around the bay area could see some quick rise on your streams and creeks in the possibility of flooding, especially in 2 tomorrow morning. here's a look at some of the wind conditions around the bay area knows point raised there, seeing winds gusting over 40 miles per hour over the last 3 hours here. so pretty consistent there. and then we're beginning to see some of the winds pick up elsewhe. that's where we're headed now. we're going to see more of these are rain bands continuing to intensify as we head throughout the night tonight and early tomorrow morning. and it's be

was in ghana on the sixth and fire breaks out on the seventh and knew she was looking at national weather service and her staff is presumed to give to her and this particularly situation and red flag warning ands pbs. that's the highest level of national weather service's warning that you are about to have a hof riff ick fire. rachel: those warnings were coming out days before she left to ghana? griff: yes. because, rachel, you had all of the perfect storm conditions and known 80+ miles an hour winds and low humidity, high wind and dry vegetation. remember, it had not rained for months on end in these areas. to say she didn't know is like saying did governor desantis know a cat 5 storm was coming to florida. you see it out in the gulf. this was -- this is remarkable and really almost unthinkable that her line of defense in all this and i didn't have the warning and coming for gaza. rachel: she knew the fire hydrants weren't working and part of the reason so many lost insurance prior to the fire was that the insurance company knew this city was not operating in a way to defend itself properly from

weather service forecasted the storm to move up the atlantic coast. president trump tweeted that alabama was in the storm's path, but it wasn't. 20 minutes later the national weather service in alabama accurately tweeted alabama will not see any impacts from dorian. that contradicted the president. by wednesday with dorian still approaching, trump held up a seven-day old map altered with a black marker making it look like alabama was in the hurricane's path. the controversy became known as sharpiegate. >> that was the original chart. it was going to hit not only florida, but georgia, was going toward the gulf. >> reporter: by friday without mcclain's knowledge the leadership at noaa released a statement backing trump and criticizing the work of the weather forecasters. >> to have a political process unplug the public's trust, that got me stirred. that gave me a sense of rage. >> reporter: mcclain demanded investigations. they concluded that the statement was driven by external political pressure through a request from the white house, then acting chief of staff and that neil jacobs, the head of noaa who has been nominated again, violated noaa's scientific

again, the national weather service issuing this high surf warning. they are saying on some of the west facing beaches, some waves could be 30ft, possibly even 45ft high, is what they are saying. so the bottom line take no chances by the ocean tomorrow in particular. mike, that's the story here in santa cruz. i'll send it back to you. >> thank you. let's take a look now at the pg and e power outages in the bay area. at least 10,000 customers have no power right now. and as long as the strong, gusty winds continue, more outages are expected and many people are dealing with outages right there along the peninsula. that's where we find ktvu jana katsuyama live tonight in pacifica with the latest there, jenna. >> and mike, we've really seen these wind gusts pick up. it's actually it's so windy that you don't want to put an umbrella up because it will invert. here along the coast we are seeing big waves, just as mark said earlier. and we also are seeing power outages. there was one that wiped out power to some 500 people when a tree limb came down onto a p

remember there is a wind watch, a high wind watch that the national weather service put out.row night through thursday night. watch the wind speeds pick up. and i will bring us ahead to that same time frame. right now they don't look all that impressive. as we approach the 7:00, 8:00 time frame, the winds really do pick up. you can see the cold front is approaching and if i skip it ahead to the 8:00 hour, we will look at the time frame when the wind matches the strongest rain coming through. that gets us to here. i'll put the wind speeds on. and i'm looking at 50 miles an hour gusts along the coast. these two are happening at the same time. you have some of the strongest rain bands at the time you have the strongest winds. these are strong enough winds that we could get some trees blown over. that's the concern. the ground will be pretty water logged by the time we get to this point in the system. some trees could go down. pretty windy through thursday morning. that's probably the peak. the main event of this whole system. let's go back and pull out the detail in that and i w

that's why the national weather service has issued a flood watch.. the ground is exasperated. now. take a look at this. this is our live weather camera. christopher thor has pulled this up for us, so you can get a good feeling of how gusty the winds still are with the passage of this atmospheric river. we've seen wind gusts today anywhere from 32mph in san jose to 81mph in the santa cruz mountains. sfo with a 62 mile per hour wind gusts. and still right now, the winds are gusting up to 33mph along the peninsula. and throughout that san bruno gap. and then we look at concord at buchanan field, 24 mile per hour wind gusts, 23, in novato. and again, this is why the national weather service has extended this high wind warning for 70 mile per hour winds until 10 a.m. tomorrow. also wind advisory in place now the sierra nevada winter storm warning in place until 10 p.m. tomorrow night. up to five feet of snow in the highest elevation. and then we go to the ocean where we have a warning as well. this was a powerful storm, and it's ushered in anything aroun

the national weather service the national weather service cautions w in the city's poor drainage areas on friday. people stop by the city sandbag distribution center at kansas and warren streets. san francisco residents can pick up 10 free sandbags. the bay area is expecting anywhere between one to 3 inches of rain through and another post storm is expected next week. >> gordon gives this advice if you're >> a 10 under homeowner or business, take a broom and sweep up in front of your properties, try to get the leaves and litter up. so it doesn't go into the storm drain and that way we can help prevent localized flooding and the city's public works. department is asking the public to call 3, 1, 1, to report any flooding or downed trees. and if you see any downed power poles to call 9-1-1, reporting in san francisco, gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> stick with kron. 4 on air and online as this atmospheric river continues to move through over the next several days. you can always find the latest forecast on our website. kron 4 dot com. new at 10. a wild chase for police in the north bay after a

the national weather service is warning everybody to do the same. messy roadways continue to be a real challenge for commuters this afternoon. this was earlier today on westbound 580 in oakland. cars there forced to go through flooded lanes. this video taken near beaumont avenue at around four this morning. and in the north bay intersections also flooded. this is some video from near corby avenue in santa rosa at around two this morning. you can see how powerful those winds were at times overnight. taking a live look at sfo where travelers are dealing with weather delays this thursday, the website flightaware says there have already been more than 250 delays today, with 19 flight cancellations. airport officials say most delays are about 20 minutes right now, so check that out if you're heading to the airport. also, san francisco rec and park experiencing closures because of the weather. so stern grove, as well as all of the golf courses, the japanese tea garden and the botanical garden are closed as well. in golden gate park, heavy snow is coming t

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. >> the national weather service has issued a flood watch until wednesday and a wind advisory in till tuesday afternoon for the marine hills, san francisco in coastal north bay with wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. rachel gordon works with the city's public works department. she says they sent crews out to prepare. we've been out all day trying to keep the storm drains clear. so remove any leaves litter. so if there is a lot of water that's going down, it can go into the storm system. >> and really minimize the chance of localized flooding. tree crews also removed vulnerable branches from trees. story of some trees. but if there are high winds and heavy rains, some trees can come down. we see that a lot and storms says. if you see a clog storm drain causing flooding, you can call 3, 1, 1, or you can safely clear it out yourself. but we want people to do it safely if you're doing. and so you can use a rake and is the way to do it. we don't want people standing out in traffic. we don't want them to be in jeopardy. i really if you are able to just clear anything that's on the storm dr

the national weather service cautions we could see flooding in the city's poor drainage areas on friday. people stop by the city sandbag distribution center at kansas and warren streets. san francisco residents can pick up 10 free sandbags. the bay area is expecting anywhere between one to 3 inches of rain through and another post storm is expected next week. >> gordon gives this advice if you're >> a tenant or home owner of business, take a broom and sweep up in front of your properties, try to get the leaves and litter up. so it doesn't go into the storm drain and that way we can help prevent localized flooding. >> running. >> yeah. all basic tips. you can use the head of this and next storm system. meantime, the public works department is asking the public to call 3, 1, 1, to report any flooding or downed trees and to call 9-1-1. you see any downed a power polls. in the and more time for tomorrow morning. there some rain showers in the morning, but could. >> weekend, a little extra time to run some last minute errands reporting live here in san francisco. gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> t

the usgs will communicate essentially to the national weather service. what? what kind of soil moisture levels or conditions we're seeing at these at these monitoring stations. and then the national weather service is responsible for essentially watches and warnings that would be associated with with possible landslide activity, but they can't check every single hillside. so experts say to stay tuned for those alerts. and if you believe you or your home is in danger, evacuate and call authorities. ian cull nbc, bay area news. ian. thanks. the wet weather is impacting coastal communities. perhaps you remember back in 2023, capitola whard flooded businesses suffered. so before this storm rolled in, businesses boarded up in anticipation of 30 foot waves. public works crews have been building sand berms to keep as much stuff as possible out of the village. it breaks my heart when i see this kind of stuff because it's like, oh, my beautiful beach is gone. but these big piles of sand. yeah. they're trying. yeah. that wasn't that wasn't a thing a couple years ago. i d

the national weather service says parts of the bay area are expecting up to 4 inches of rain. fallen trees are a big concern. we had one that hit a parklet where, you know, and outside of a restaurant, we want to get to those quickly. certainly we look if there's a tree that is on a car. the trees on a live wire. we want to make sure that the area's kept safe. the north bay is looking at upwards of 3 inches. higher elevations could get up to 8 inches. this means an increased risk of flooding and mudslides. >> like this one on february 6 with a home crashed into the russian river. >> remote weather stations that here locally within the city are already well over 30 inches of rain. this this entire season and the rapid rise in streams and creeks that we've experienced with just house after the soils are which likely then leads to flooding ponding on roadways. >> remember? >> even small flooding can be dangerous. you seem to still deal with those that don't heed the warnings and attempt drive through it and find themselves getting stuck in the warnings and don't drive through flo

the national weather service has now extended of flood watches across the entire bay area, not just the north bay and part of the peninsula all the way across the bay area, including some of the spots. we're going to watch really closely that have a history so far this season of seeing some flooding to mark west creek in the north bay. also russian river guerneville watching that very closely. i think the heaviest rainfall may end up in the santa cruz mountains over talks. starting to talk about the san lorenzo river, possibly flooding. there may be socal creek, many other places around the bay area, going to see some rapid rise in many the creeks and the stream. so right now we haven't got into it just yet. just some light showers beginning to show up now. but there's plenty more on the way. in fact, this storm system not quite a bomb cyclone, but boy, it has intensified so much over the last 24 hours. and there it sits just off the coastline and on approach. we'll have more on that tracking that storm coming up in a few minutes. >> well, i worry about wind with the trees because we've

but as far as i can tell, the national weather service still has that thunderstorm chance in its alertsand of course, strong, powerful winds, the possibility of downed trees and power outages. let's take a look at the forecast animation notice over the next couple of hours. see these darker colors? the reds and oranges filling in there with the yellow. these areas indicate the most intense storm activity. the heaviest downpours, the strongest wind gusts. this will be swinging through the bay area over the next few hours, which means that during the evening commute, we will be receiving some of the most widespread storm activity we've had all day and some of the most intense. but the encouraging news is that later in the evening, by 8:00 or 9:00 or so, we expect most of this to have moved well to the east of the bay area, and we should be experiencing calmer conditions. but of course, the damage will already have been done in terms of saturated soil receiving so much rainfall. we're expecting additional rainfall amounts between now and about 11 p.m. of anywhere from a quarter of an inch

national weather service has issued flood watches for the entire bay area. not expecting the main rivers, our main creeks to rise above flood stage. but general flooding around the bay area's. that means if you're driving around, watch out for some of those underpasses, you can see ponding out there on the roadways. and of course, some of the drainage areas where you may get some of the leaves and maybe branches stuck in the drain. you'll watch some minor flooding in those locations. so watch out throughout the bay area as we've got a long way to go with this storm system. first about of the rain coming through right now. but you can see that long train of moisture just off the coastline. boy, you could draw a line all the way to the hawaiian islands with that system. that means we're tapping some tropical moisture and that warm air tend to hold more moisture. and when you get enough dynamics in the back side to help squeeze it out, get a whole lot of rain in a short amount of time. and that's where we're expecting to see right now. you see that rain kind of

a rare warning by national weather service. kentucky's governor saying there have been landslides in the state. this house in knox county, kentucky, surrounded by rushing flood waters. tennessee also under flash flood warnings, heavy rain causing the stream to surge over its banks, spilling onto roads. also a threat of tornadoes in mississippi, the region just recovering after a damaging ef-1 tornado tore through wayne county this week. the daytona 500 is starting the race an hour early tomorrow, anticipating impacts from severe weather. in the northeast, authorities are preparing for what they expect to be significant snowfall. snow causing treacherous road conditions in fulton county, pennsylvania, causing accidents on the road. back in the west, parts of california digging out of the muddy mess. some of the areas hit by the devastating eaton and palisades fire. >> we get fire and also this biblical 40 days and nights flood, and it's inundated any kind of system. >> reporter: rachel, there is an enhanced risk for tornados han

this information is then sent to the national weather service. the weather data collected here is used to update and improve weather models to forecast the storm . >> we are doing this for a bigger cause. it isalso like , just amazing to be part of it. but also, i'm so glad to be part of it. and i feel like i'm doing something that is so relevant. >> for me, it's just changing my whole outlook. you think of weather and you are like, is it raining or sunny today? it goes so much beyond that. >> for them, knowing that they are working to help forecast and understand atmospheric rivers that impact all of us, gives higher meaning to what they do . >> it is so interesting to learn what they are doing to research and get us better information . >> one thing i love about this is the national weather service has been doing that for decades , putting those drops through balloons. another cool thing , and we have done stories on this on the past, we have interviewed hurricane hunters. during the off-season, the hurricane hunters will come to our side of th

still a wind advisory up in lake county that's issued by national weather service. sacramento. so there's still some wind gusts out there that have been cranked up a little bit, but we're almost done. a couple of, you know, lingering morning rain, a few showers could easily pop up here. you can see to the north, not that much, but there is a little bit most of it south, definitely around san francisco, oakland east and south peninsula 8080 corridor down towards santa clara valley, and of course a little bit in santa cruz mountains. still a decent wind or breeze depending on your location, but there's still gusts 32 miles an hour. oakland airport 25 to 30 all around, including anywhere from half moon bay, sfo, hayward to livermore. coming down a little bit there, 40s, 50s on the temps. don't think these will change. it's snow on the go up in the mountains there big time. i mean, we won't get totals till around 8 or 9:00. winter storm warning continues until 10:00 tonight. but again, if you're south still dealing with some rain north, not so much, but we start to get a break toda

national weather service has issued a flood watch. flood watch starts tomorrow night and it goes all the way until we get to saturday. largely because it's going to take a while for all this rain to work its way out of the landscape. we're going to get 2.5 inches of rain bay areawide. streams and creeks approaching their banks. go to the santa cruz mountains, slightly different story down here. this is santa cruz mountainswide, all the higher peaks in the watersheds. six inches of rain from this one. an issue on the san lorenzo river by the time we get to, like, thursday night. that's new. we haven't done a lot of that down here yet. it's been focused up in the north bay. this storm will be a little different in that way. look at the rest of it coming up in a bit. i'll show you the wind. that's an issue on thursday as well. >>> a family in marin county has very good listen to be nervous about the rain moving in that darren was just talking about. their house that they worked incredibly hard on flooded in the last storm. wilson walker

the national weather service has issued a flood watch until wednesday and a wind advisory in till tuesday afternoon for them are in hills, san francisco, in coastal north bay with wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. rachel gordon works with the city's public works department. she says they sent crews out to prepare. we've been out all day trying to keep the storm drains clear. so remove any leaves litter. so if there is a lot of water that's going down, they can go into the storm system. >> and really minimize the chance of localized flooding. tree crews also removed vulnerable branches from trees. story of some trees. but if there are high winds and heavy rains, some trees can come down. we see that a lot. and storms. gordon says if you see a clog storm drain causing flooding, you can call 3, 1, 1, or you can safely clear it out yourself. but we want people to do it safely. you're doing. and so you can use a rake and is the way to do it. we don't want people standing out in traffic. we don't want them to be in jeopardy. i really if you are able to just clear anything that's on the storm

preparations, largely thanks to the detailed forecasting done by the meteorologist at the national weather servicece president donald trump and elon musk hope to dismantle. purposeless destruction that would make the public less informed and drive up costs to families and businesses. having accurate, timely forecasts helps power companies prepare for outages and manage demand. it empowers governments to plan for disruptions, and it helps families prepare themselves in their homes for the possibility of severe weather. a key component of public safety, we know to prepare for near-record snowfall this week because the experienced and devoted public servants at the national weather service told us to. if trump and musk have their way, it would be the last such warning. and again, don't take it from me. this is the editorial page in a local paper in virginia, the virginian pilot. in virginia, where so many people work for federal agencies, including the national weather service. the threat to the economy and the relative inaction of the republican governor there have a made people mad, be ruined. a lo

the national weather service with some ad d advisories.hat tan color into solano county is aid wind advisory. we are dealing with windy conditions this afternoon matched with daytime highs mostly in the upper 50s and lower 60s throughout the bay area. it's a cool, wet day for us once again with gusty conditions pushing into the afternoon hours. another thing to mention, i want to dive into first alert doppler. it's mostly dry. misty conditions here and there. once we head into the afternoon hours it will look different. in the overnight hours we have a huge band of rain to the north of us. it will sweep in as we extend into the evening hours tonight. around 5:00 starting near santa rosa. it sweeps to the south bay and we'll see heavy showers. i'll break that up coming up. this is good news for those in the sierra. we'll have more on that in a bit. now over to you. >> thank you. let's talk about traffic this morning. bay bridge we go. you can see -- we'll head to sansan in a bit. as you work into san francisco. now we'll go to san jose. ove

in fact, the national weather service has now extended the flood watch across the entire bay area member, the creeks, the stream, the flooded the last time. you may see some issues there again, like mark west creek. you've got the russian river near guerneville and now we're watching the santa cruz mountains very closely. the san lorenzo river could come into play along with socal creek. some of those creeks are likely to see some rapid rise with heavy rainfall overnight. that rain so far, very light that is now moving in. you see some heavier bands off the coastline. but this is a massive storm that is really just strengthening off the coast. that will be pushing a little bit later on. we're going to time out that storm for you and talk more about those winds. they're going to excessive. more on that coming up in a few minutes. all right. thanks. alerts. cruise along the coast today have certainly been busy getting ready for the big storm and kron four's lezla gooden has the latest from pacifica. >> here, the blazers start to really move in here. it's getting louder and much colder and

the words life threatening have been used by the national weather service. to us. >> the wharf is a major tourist attraction and valentine's day is sure to be a busy time. but these visitors from the redding area say they do understand why the wharf would need to be closed. >> yeah, of course, public safety reasons are a top priority. i think that definitely would outweigh the tourist attraction appeal. >> and back to a live picture here at lighthouse beach in santa cruz. you can see the ocean is already kicking up. there are no surfers out here right now. the national weather service says the biggest waves could reach up to 45ft on some of these west facing beaches, but a majority of the big waves are worried about in the 15 to 30 foot size range. reporting in santa cruz, i'm mark sayer, ktvu, fox two news. >> the storm has knocked out power to about 4800 customers in the bay area. a live look for you here at the outage map. the peninsula and the south bay have the most outages, with close to 1800 each. the heavy rainfall caused problems for some commuters

the words life threatening have been used by the national weather service. to us. >> the wharf is a major tourist attraction and valentine's day is sure to be a busy time. but these visitors from the redding area say they do understand why the wharf would need to be closed. >> yeah, of course, public safety reasons are a top priority. i think that definitely would outweigh the tourist attraction appeal. >> back to a live picture here at the lighthouse in santa cruz. you can see the ocean is already kicking up. the national weather service says the biggest waves on the west facing beaches could actually reach 45ft. they say more than will probably be in the 15 to 30 foot range. nevertheless dangerous. nevertheless, this high surf warning goes all the way through early saturday morning. so again, as you heard in the story day, anywhere along the coast, san mateo county, all the way up to marin county, sonoma county, they're advising anyone on west facing beaches simply stay away because these waves could be really big coming in over the next few days. that's t

this is weather related and we just got off the phone with our partners at the national weather service. and they are indicating that we will be seeing some increased rain and wind and the coming hours here in san francisco. so this is a reminder that if you don't need to be out, consider some ulterior motives of working traveling, stay indoors. if you are outside traveling, be aware of your surroundings in san francisco. if you see a tree down. and it's not affecting a potential or imminent threat to property or life. please call 3, 1, 1, our non-emergency line here in san francisco. if you're not sure or you do believe it's imminent threat to property or life in san francisco called 9-1-1. >> and kept a baxter here. where was this person? are they on the sidewalk on the street, in their car, in their home, their backyard? where were they when the tree came on them? >> we don't have that information. but we do know is this person was treated fall down, striking this individual resulting in minor injuries again. luckily, and that person was transported to a local hospital for observatio

in the meantime, the national weather service has upgraded the high wind watch to a warning along the coastline. that means really expecting that to kick in, starting to see some of those winds begin the whip out there along the coastline. you look place like point raise. they've got winds gusting now to 45 miles per hour. not very strong elsewhere around the bay area, but those winds begin wrapping up as we head through the night tonight. rain already picking up outside just the first really a bunch of rain coming in overnight tonight. it's only intense fighting a really become in waves wave after wave after wave going through the night into early tomorrow morning. and so if you've got to travel out on the roads tomorrow morning, just got to slow down and take it easy again. this is a storm that is left on the subtropical moisture. it is an intense area of low pressure, not quite a bomb cyclone. very close rapidly intensifying in the last 24 hours is going to pack a punch as comes onshore. the main cold front still off the coastline. and that's where you're going to see that real hea

if this week, doge also sent the national weather service so-called "buyout offers."ns, it pours. i think. there's no way to know anymore. [laughter] this is a difficult time to start. it's not the best time to be kicking people out of the weather service since they are already suffering their lowest staffing in decades. everyone there is at the end of the row. that's why in every forecast the sun is wearing sunglasses, because she's been drinking. [laughter] the weather service -- it's a critical function. they are in charge of ensuring americans have sufficient time to evacuate before a hurricane or tornado. but under the regime of elon's pubescent net rangers, tornado warnings are going to be a little different. "kids, kids, get in the house, the government just sent me a meme that says "skibidi basement?" i don't know what it -- okay." elon and the crypto chipmunks are also getting their hands for some reason on our aviation safety thanks to a decision by trump's transportation secretary and lumberjack-ass sean duffy. yesterday secretary duffy tweeted "big news. t

the national weather service has issued a flood watch until wednesday and a wind advisory in till tuesday afternoon for the marine hills, san francisco in coastal north bay with wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. rachel gordon works with the city's public works department. she says they sent crews out to prepare. we've been out all day trying to keep the storm drains clear. so remove any leaves litter. so if there is a lot of water that's going down, it can go into the storm system. >> and really minimize the chance of localized flooding. tree crews also removed vulnerable branches from trees. story of some trees. but if there are high winds and heavy rains, some trees can come down. we see that a lot and storms. gordon says if you see a clog storm drain causing flooding, you can call 3, 1, 1, or you can safely clear it out yourself. but we want people to do it safely. you're doing. and so you can use a rake and is the way to do it. we don't want people standing out in traffic. we don't want them to be in jeopardy. i really if you are able to just clear anything that's on the storm drain

now, noaa is the agency in charge of the national weather service, and d.o.g.e.access to their i.t. systems where they are searching high and low for dei. oh, yeah. everyone knows the weather is full of dei. okay? snowflakes are girls... tornadoes are boys... and sleet is bisexual. is it rain? is it snow? it could go both ways! [laughter and applause] and good for it! i'm not judging you, sleet. this week, d.o.g.e. also sent the national weather service so-called "buyout offers." more buyout offers? man, when it rains, it pours. i think. there's no way to know anymore. [laughter] this is a difficult time to start. it's not the best time to be kicking more people out of the weather service, since they are already suffering their lowest staffing in decades. everyone there is at the end of their rope. that's why in every forecast the sun is wearing sunglasses, because she's been drinking. [laughter] the weather service -- it's a critical function. they are in charge of ensuring americans have sufficient time to evacuate before a hurricane or tornado. but under the r

it was a particularly dangerous situation, the national weather service's highest alert for fire windad modes without rain, it was dry, there was no humidity. exceptional winds. it's like predicting a category five hurricane is coming and saying "i didn't have enough information because what's. not buying that. >> unto this. president trump has made taking back the panama canal one of his priorities for the second term. griff jenkins is the host of a brand-new show on fox nation called "showdown at the panama canal." it is for streaming. tell us about it. >> it's a must watch if you are paying attention -- you will know that president trump is, some would say obsessed with taking back the panama canal. the question is can he do it? he's not obsessed with that entirely: he is worried about china. you could see -- the chinese courts where they control in the canal. you go into the history, you could download it on fox nation right now, check it out and educate yourselves. you can find out whether he will take it. >> i can't wait to find out -- can't wait. fox nation and chill. coming up

the national weather service tells us this is national weather person day. >> maurice: which brings usy winter storm in the northeast. happy day to you, lonnie. >> well, thank you very much for the shout-out there, maurice. i will tell you this much, the winter storm i'm watching, the most dangerous and treacherous element would be freezing rain. and for places like chicago tonight, i do think you are going to see some freezing rain develop anytime from now until about 2:00 a.m. it could be as little as a trace, just a little glazing out there, maybe a tenth of an inch perhaps, but it doesn't take a lot to give your car some problems. look at this, though. in pennsylvania, bedford, pennsylvania, right during the morning commute, has a quarter of an inch of freezing rain out there. that's a problem. how does mother nature make freezing rain? well, it is all about the different layers in the atmosphere. it's like a layer cake. right? if it is cold enough from top to bottom, you're going to get snow. if, however, that middle layer of cake has some warm air in it, the snowflakes hit the wa

i'll have the national weather service chime in on that one, but we may be tying a record this morninge the freeze warning in place for the north bay valley locations, as well as parts of our inner east bay, lasting until 9 a.m, and then the frost advisory for everybody else, excluding san francisco and the coastline. but again, temperatures are just as cold as yesterday, maybe even a little bit colder. you can see novato, you are down by nine. we have palo alto down by nine, half moon bay, a little bit of a breeze there helping you out. half moon bay sank into the 30s this morning, but now 48 degrees outside for you there. although if you have the wind, you have to consider the wind chill factor. even if it says 48 degrees, it may feel like 38 degrees. the inner east bay, we have 32 in walnut creek. we're also freezing in livermore in the north bay, 31 reported in santa rosa, 31 fairfax, 30 degrees right now in sonoma. so we again, yes, winter in full effect at this time, even below the 30s in areas like orinda and lafayette in the upper 20s, we have dublin reporting below freezing at

so we'll keep you updated all the advisories at the national weather service is issuing.ing, is a good time to prepare for what's to come tonight and tomorrow. more on that coming up in a bit. for now over to you, g. >>> jessica thanks. let's talk about roadways and public transit this morning. if you're getting ready to head out the door we are at berkeley b.a.r.t. station this morning. everything is on time with no delays. and things are moving pretty well when it comes to public transit. might be something food to use especially for tomorrow. if you want to consider skipping the roadway with all that wet weather coming into the bay area. okay. jumping to the maps right now as we take a look at conditions over the san mateo bridge. westbound it's getting a little crowded for those folks making their way over towards 101. not too bad just yet. if you are headed over on the foster city side, things look okay on 101 itself. 880 though we've got a lot of brake lights coming out of hayward already on that southbound side. brake lights building at the bay bridge toll plaza. i

this information is then sent to the national weather service. act, the weather data collected here is used to update and improve weather models to forecast this storm. >> we're doing this for a bigger cause. so it is, yeah, also like, you know, it's amazing that i can be part of it, but it's also i'm so glad to be part of it, you know, and that i feel like i'm doing something that's so relevant. >> for me it's just changed my whole outlook. you think of weather and you're like is it raining today or is it sunny today? it goes so much beyond that. >> reporter: knowing they're working to help forecast and understand atmospheric rivers that impact all of us gives higher meaning to what they do. >> don't blow away, mary lee. the uc san diego team has also been launching weather balloons today in marysville about 40 miles north of sacramento. they're hoping to study the storm's snow impact in the sierra. >>> when we come back, we'll look at how much of that snow is already starting to come down >>> rain coming down in mill valley you saw there and we

we're also being told by the national weather service that there's a >> greater risk today of trees ands falling. >> because of the saturated soil, we have and these winds we're experiencing this morning. back to you. >> all right. thanks a lot joe. yeah. we can see the umbrella flying around >> a 30 40 times continue talking about the weather because when we have weather like this, there's always the risk of trees coming down. we see it. every storms. yes, some already have in santa rosa. the rain is soaking the soil and that could be the cause of a big tree that came down on an elementary kron four's. rob nesbitt takes a look. >> you can see the damage and as crews have been here working with chainsaws and shippers. >> that chip away at this big oak tree that came down in front of steel elementary school around 11:30am, monday taking out part of the roof with it. >> crews from santa rosa public work spent most of monday chipping away at the giant oak tree that came down in front of stealing elementary school was quite loud. yeah, we all heard it. we were in the office and it was a big

the national weather service is warning beachgoers to stay out of the water, and the conditions today prompted officials to close the santa cruz wharf. you'll remember that a portion of that pier collapsed back in december because of high surf. >> obviously, they're feeling a bit anxious now. ktvu and rubin joining us live from santa cruz with more for us. >> and yeah, officials say they are still dealing with damage from prior storms. and so when they saw trouble in the forecast, they decided they weren't taking any chances. for some in santa cruz, today's high surf warning was more like a siren song. >> oh yeah, i always get excited on these days. i want to come out like real early. >> but while surfers took to the water, beaches up and down the coast remained empty, closed for safety. it was part of a new regional response, with predicted waves up to 45ft. high winds and the potential for damage to infrastructure. local officials say something needed to be done. >> to respond proactively ensure that incidents are responded to progressively and that things don't happen out there. an

our flooding threat will be very low sunday, even though the flood watch from the national weather servicethrough 10:00 p.m. sunday. they put it in effect at noon today through 10:00 p.m. on sunday. the greatest area of concern within that will be tomorrow. that's when from the weather prediction center we have a slight risk of excessive rainfall. it evaluates the overall flooding potential. slight risk sounds reassuring. this means an elevated threat of at least localized flooding, especially for tomorrow morning, and the second peak of that atmospheric river will head our way late monday into tuesday. add up all the rain between now and next wednesday we'll see and we're talking 2 to 6 plus inches of rain, just over 2 inches of rain in san jose. actually, this goes through next thursday. 7 1/2 inches around ben lomond and the santa cruz mountains, for most of us 2 1/2 to 4 inches of total rainfall. for the north bay 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 inches of rain over the next seven days. we've got a lot to track. this first one is in its building stage, the first peak of the atmospheric river, doesn't re

the national weather service is warning beachgoers to stay off the water. stay out of the water.he conditions have prompted authorities to close the santa cruz wharf. a portion of the pier collapsed back in december because of high surf. visitors we talked with said they enjoyed watching the surf, but at a safe distance. >> i could see for an out of towner, though, being a little disappointed on the wharf because if you've got a couple of kids and you want somewhere to eat, i could kind of see that. but we're more surf people anyway, so we want to come see, like these crazy breaks, right? >> fortunately, today the waves put on a great show but appeared to cause no damage to infrastructure. drying out in time for tomorrow's lunar new year parade, let's bring in our meteorologist, mark tamayo, for a look at the conditions you can expect on that parade route and through the holiday weekend. >> mark. hi there heather. yeah. lucking out this year with no rain threat for tomorrow evening across the bay area. so just some clouds paying us a visit. but the storm clouds that were really a