the heavy rain mainly over the north bay. continue to push south of the golden gate at the 7:00 hour and down to the san mateo coastline also parts of the state will continue that southward push at the o'clock hour. bay area wide same moderate to heavy rain. rainfall rates to top an inch an hour we just saw that and else a broad tape. if the 9:00 hour content with moderate to heavy rain in the bay area by 10:00 it will be down to this out so north bay seeing a bit of a break. 11:00 to midnight continuing to push to the south and lange bring showers behind the heavy rain and all continue into early tomorrow morning. rainfall totals will be impressed with the storm. so far we've seen almost three- quarters of an inch in mount st. helena, santa rosa little over half an inch to just drops off after that an expert the rainfall totals to start picking up a special with the rain coming down a half an inch an hour in many spots out there now. rainfall totals look like this tonight to 4 in. in the north bay same in the santa cruz mount

now pockets of heavy rain are picking up in the north bay. a look on storm tracker 4 radar you see the yellow on your screen in the north bay. a lighter showers down south of the old gate. this will certainly change in the next couple of hours we have very heavy rain on the way. future cast for putting a heavy rain and to the north bay at 5:00 and about 6:00 to. this is a refined computer models will pick up all the little details the notice how widespread it puts a heavy rain. this will be a remarkable storm pushing through in the next several hours. in to the 7:00 hour were seeing moderate to heavy rain in the north bay. into the o'clock hour look all the red on your screen. san rafael, santa rosa, petaluma, not all of the coastline all seen downpour. rainfall rates could be as much as an inch an hour coming out over the north bay which is why we have a flash flood watch in the area. into the 9:00 hour the heavy rain rides the coastline else a san francisco down the san mateo coastline sing downpours. or say moderate for the rest of the bay

total rainfall in the north bay at of the storm. also, gusty winds in a wind advisory effect for the entire bay area, when speed from 20 to 30 mi. an hour with gusts up to 50 mi. an hour could cause down trees and power outages out there this evening. the same time frame 6:00 tonight into 4:00 early tomorrow morning. if you're in the sierra we are seeing a winter storm warning in effect for lake tahoe surprise there. that's until 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. it to be 3 ft. of new still about 7,000 ft. below elevations getting a little bit less about a foot of news out there. also going to be very windy and this year out with the gusts up to 100 mi. an hour. it would be wise to put off that trip at least it till thursday. the literature kron 47 day around the bay forecast. lange rainshowers possible out there tomorrow morning. the main part of the storm is coming through tonight and the next couple of hours actually. winds will continue at their tomorrow so will be blessed wrinkle out there tomorrow afternoon. increasing sunshine tomorrow

low to mid-40s in the north bay, east by valleys to the coast. mid-40s around the bay shore. s watch the storm move to the north and away from the south bay during the morning hours. going to see more continuing to develop with this moist flow during the afternoon and evening hours. looks like the evening hours more of us may see more around the bay and into the south bay. lose some instability. by tomorrow pretty quiet. most of tuesday looks pretty dry, albeit mostly cloudy and by 6:00 tuesday evening that's when the wall of water comes in. you can see the reds, the oranges. that's moderate to heavy rain. that's also where we can hear a few collapse of thunder, maybe even see some lightning. once that storm passes, looks like we'll clear for wednesday morning. look for thick fog and wednesday afternoon may even see a little sunshine during the afternoon hours. look at these impressive rainfall totals. around the bay three-quarters of an inch but the green in the south bay and north bay mountains, that's where we get an inch to an inch and a half of rain. on this saturated gro

from the north bay north there could be heavy duty totals. south of that there may not be too much. 50s and 60s on your temps

you can see a lot of the rain pushing to the peninsula into the north bay. heavier stuff saying north of the golden gate bridge closer, sure you, son said in downtown san from discussing some showers also we have ranged from palo alto to san mateo bridge, hayward, fremont up to the north bay seeing a real heavy sell sitting between santa rosa and petaluma. this is for the heavier downpours are. novato, a cell is pushing through, also moving towards the north bay on 101. current petaluma. we are expecting to see rain last for a good portion of the day. another cell is moving towards fairfield, along i 80. current temperatures, a little warmer than yesterday 50s your maximum bid. oakland is bringing us temperatures of 52 degrees below are expected to see this chance of showers last for good portion of the day today it looks like we'll see the bulk of the activities staying in the north bay but, the peninsula promise of becoming east bank everyone is expecting a good dose of what weather. 9:00, rainfall to the north bay kedging a bit of a break here and there. b

radar to show you what we experiencing the yellowish showing that heavier downpours continue to the north bay at this hour in have been through the morning but much of the bay is encompassed this morning. the mountain to san mateo as well as palo alto. continuing to see cells pushing through the north bay between san rosa, also down through napa really just one time. getting hammered. san rafael looks like we are having some heavy downpours as well. as we take it over to american king in we're getting a good dose of what weather along highway 37 also moving through light co. watching another saw at this hour starting to funnel in onshore along simpson beach we are getting heavier downpours right around point reyes that means places like san rafael, petaluma, are in for a year rain within the coming hour. storm tracker 4 worldwide and in and out all the moisture sitting off the pacific just waiting to moving to the bay area. continuing seeing what whether for good portion of the morning in fact keeping chances around for a good portion of the day you can see how bad the system as a center to t

temperatures up in the north bay will be the coolest around ukiah and clear lake. e rest of us mid to upper 50s. the monterey bay where we can see the steadier rain, temperatures mid to upper 50s in your neighborhood. tonight mainly cloudy. patchy dense fog tomorrow. low to mid-40s the north bay, east bay valleys to the coast. mid-40s the bay shore. watching the low sitting here and spinning and retrograding and moving back as the slow went a little to the south during the overnight. steady rains over southern california today. tuesday storm coming around and it's going to pick up this moisture in the steady stream. bring it right back to our neighborhood. that's why we'll have heavy rain again tomorrow. let's focus in how we get there. the scattered showers this morning. kind of quiet for a little while. still scattered showers possible in the afternoon. could pick up a little around 6:00 or 7:00 and fade away into the nighttime hours. tomorrow morning there's your mostly cloudy conditions with the patchy fog. watch the yellow develop here on the left side of your

1.5" in the north bay. s inch in the east bay, quarter inch in the south bay, half inch in the peninsula as well as the santa cruz mountains. today is when we are expecting the heaviest rainfall. tomorrow and friday still a few leftover showers out there as temperatures warm up a bit. saturday and sunday, speaking of warm, temperatures moving up almost 10 degrees warmer than today for the weekend. pretty mild with plenty of sunshine. and then another round of showers will be back in the forecast by next tuesday. that's a look at your weather. for your traffic, here is elizabeth. affic, here is >> thank you, tracy. your doppler is blowing up, look at all that green and yellow, going crazy out there. all right. we were getting several spinout reports on southbound 101 in the north bay, they cleared one in santa rosa. now we have a new one in petaluma southbound 101 approaching highway 116. so watch out for that. we are told the right lane is blocked. two cars actually spun out one of which was facing the wrong

lights are showers through the north bay, but by 5:00 p.m. rea wide, all the yellow and orange indicating moderate to heavy rain. it will pick up through the evening hours. widespread moderate to heavy rain. all this morning indicating heavier rains. we will sue those conditions through the evening overnight hours. along with that wet whether there's a wind advisory from 4:00 p.m. today until 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. that's for the bay area. southerly winds again to 30 mi. an hour, 45 for the rest of the bay area. we might see fallen trees as well as power outages. severe conditions letter for us. 7 day around the bay shows rainy and windy conditions today sunshine thursday, the new year chance of showers us back in the forecast. >> we are in great shape for the bay area ride we have no problems to report. the westbound 80 toll plaza just a few cars the same volume of traffic we saw at 4:00 a.m.. those meter lights have been off all morning long. standard time i gave you seven hours ago of eight minutes. continuing on with a bridge check sa

this time tomorrow it should be raining in the north bay. and that will go across the entire bay wednesday. stay unsettled with the potential to be wet thursday and friday but the weekend sunny and warmer than average. good morning, frances. >> good morning, mike. right now i'm enjoying the very light commute and accident-free commute all around the bay area. no delays at the toll plaza. we'll check out the golden gate bridge for you. the fog will be moving in but so far none here but you see the bridge crews there changing the lane configuration right now so four lanes southbound very soon. if you're planning on driving across the san mateo bridge, it looks great in both directions. 880's fine in hayward. 101 looking great through san mateo. the south bay next and show you the 280 and 17 interchange. the road work from highway 87 to southbound 280 has been all picked up. all clear and all gone. but, of course, you can find out anytime by going to abc7news.com. eric, kristen. >> frances, thanks very much. it's 5:10. >> still ahead, the lawsui

throughout the north bay we have temperatures low to mid-50s. in already here, already locking some of the cold air into your valleys. mid to upper 50s throughout the east bay shore. pretty much the same thing into the east bay valleys and down around the monterey bay where the rain will take the better part of the day to get to you. your temperatures hit the upper 50s to low 60s. even inland. tonight some light rain will hang around. the intensity and the coverage will taper. and the temperatures will be cooler than this morning with mid to upper 40s. why don't we take a look how this system's going to play out. the first batch of rain, this is going to fall apart the next hour or two. more focussed in what's happening to our north and the moist flow out of the southwest sinks down to the heart of the bay by noon and into the south bay by 5:00. another wave develops and that's pushing another round of heavier rain into the north bay that hangs around for the better part of the overnight hours through tomorrow. waking up with drizzle. just a litt

from the north bay north there could be heavy duty totals. south of that there may not be too much. 50s and 60s on your temps today. cloudy skies with rain. cloudy showery pattern will take us. the coast will be gorgeous this weekend. i think will will be a lot of inland fog. >>> thank you steve. an american being held captive in afghanistan. what a new video image of the soldier shows. >>> wikileaks found illinoisans ray sang remains be-- julian assange remains behind bars. but he is found a hero. >>> welcome back to the morning news. a new video released by the taliban contains previously unseen footage of a u.s. soldier being held in afghanistan. bo was captured in june 2009 and was last seen in a hostage video released by the taliban in april. they say some of the footage -- in this latest video was shot shortly after he was captured. >>> in washington, d.c. some congressional democrats are fighting mad at president obama. alison burns joins us and tell us some of them are using pretty harsh language as they react to the tax cut deals. go

wide range of temperatures from three-quarters from the north bay to an inch in your mountains. half inch in the peninsula, half inch east bay shore and mountains or hills and then east bay valleys less than that. in and around the south bay up to a quarter of an inch. accu-weather 7-day forecast, there you go, two dry days in this forecast wednesday and thursday. rain friday, stormy saturday, lesser chance of rain sunday but picks up in intensity again on monday. good morning, frances. >> good morning, mike. a new stall reported on the bay bridge. near treasure island. it may be blocking the middle lane. a live shot at the toll plaza. traffic is light. i think it will clear this cell quickly enough that we won't see an impact at the toll plaza. we'll keep you posted on this. but still following this crash westbound 580 at greenville. even though it's not supposed to be blocking any lanes, notice how traffic is slowing coming out of the altamont pass approaching the accident. westbound 580 at grand, that crash is cleared so no troubling through oakland. and we heard something fro

the stormtracker 4 radar is mostly up in the north bay., s shower along the san mateo coastline, with heavier rain fall into napa. this weather cell will be moving into napa and as i mentioned the golden gate is seen in drier conditions here at sun fell. through san francisco and a wider view at-sinophile, the heavier rainfall is in the south. that march to the plenum. and sinophile, through los angeles, and what begin expect between now and then is this evening, the possibility of shower activity to the north bay by 8:00 p.m.. pockets of heavy rainfall. by 11:00 p.m., many gone but that lingering rainfall and the north bay. isolated storms over night but not that much. 7:00 a.m., high, dry, and even until tuesday evening. and then by 6:00 p.m. tuesday evening, the san mateo coastline at this yellow indicated moderate/heavy. widespread. 9:00 p.m.. mostly to the north bay and by 10:00 p.m., 11:00 p.m., south to the golden gate. and also the possibility of embedded thunderstorms. and gusting winds, hail. towards midnight, oakland is going to

best radar returns showing up in the north bay. the bay, south bay or east bay valleys, not seeing radar returns but there is still some drizzle and a lot of fog as frances mentioned. this is all moving again just like it was yesterday from pretty much west to east. we're going to have this keeping rain mainly in the north bay during the morning commute and scattered showers in our afternoon forecast. i'll give you the details of the weekend in just a minute. here's jenelle and eric with your news. >> thank you very much. it's 5:02 now. delays and cost overruns have been a way of life. good news. caltran it is a it may be able to open the new span months ahead of schedule. terry mcsweeney is live at the toll plaza. terry, they say they can do it but it won't be easy. >> you know, it's not even easy to explain all the changes coming to the bay bridge. yeah, they're going to be opening up that new eastern span a few months ahead of schedule in 2013 instead of 2014 but some commuters are going to start noticing some changes as early as

timeline, said for 5:00 showing a simmering to the north bay, really strong enough in the north bay. everybody does stand a chance for some rain, a downtown san francisco, east bay picking operator around 10:00-eleven o'clock. keeping it in the afternoon into the evening as well the chance of rain continues into early thursday morning. more showers on thursday, a chance of rain on friday. this is the weekend that brings is present conditions drying out, warming up. temperatures in the '70s. erica. >> no slowdowns to tell you about still enjoying this has come easy driving conditions around the bay area westbound 80 note rooms, you can see traffic is flowing freely from aldrich's. the shore freeway, in the grain westbound 80 as is not bad 800. leading lights are still cycle of all lanes are open along the upper deck. san mateo, westbound, east bound good to go no proms to report easy roll into foster city or hayward not tracking any back up at the toll plaza drive times our standard 13-14 minutes between 80 and 101. live look from burlingame, north handsets headed toward san francisco

hour not the north bay but along the peninsula as well. this continues right in through your evening hours. into tomorrow morning as well along with that dusty winds. future cast 4 texas ridden shows us the gust expecting as we tickets for the day. by the afternoon it could get up to 21 mi. an hour by the 4:00 hour. by 7:00 p.m. upwards 30 mi. an hour in san francisco, aboard the 40 is in francisco by 8:00 p.m. along the coast we could get gassed up to 55 mi. an hour. strong winds along the coast this afternoon. 7 day around the bay what a today and tomorrow cadging a break thursday, friday but the cool temperatures that and getting down below freezing in some inland spots. as we break into the new year's 2011 and brings with it wet weather. george. >> we are looking at light traffic we can safely say we are having holiday light traffic again today almost as late as yesterday. there's very little traffic at the bridge as it. at the bay bridge not even enough to activate the meter lights. san mateo bridge the ride looks good but it's unusua

a better visual for the fog is all the orange right up through the north bay santa rosa, san rafael also through the napa valley and delta that's where we see the most problems with visibility. a bit of that through half moon bay off so pacifica as well seam dense fog along the peninsula some fog of visibility is ok. here's a look at storm tracker her along with fog we have wet weather in the north bay really socked in from san rosa southward. novato through highway 37 still getting rain this morning richmond san rafael bridge also down to sausalito. along the peninsula very light showers but you can see a cell sitting offshore waiting to move and we could see sprinkles picking up in the next hour or so. as we head in the north bay san rosa down to petaluma has been continuing with wet weather also i 80 quarterback bill fairfield napa valley as well. interest in the mud getting quite a bit of wet weather in you conceal the moisture continuing to channel right through the central valley. seeing some snowfall in the sierra plenty of moisture continuing to move into the area heading for the

combine and give us a better chance of rain sunday. 7 day around the bay forecast, showers in the north bay. into the afternoon we will see sun breaks, especially in the south bay. saturday, a better chance of rain, especially closer to the coast line. sunday, the biggest rain of l more widespread, sunday morning through the evening. monday a slight chance of lingering rain and again on wednesday and thursday. temperatures staying mild throughout. >>> the warriors host the phoenix sun, and cleveland fans do their best to boo lebron james off the court, but guess [ male announcer ] welcome to the far reaches of the internet. when you go faster, you're free to go farther. at&t. rethink possible. get high-speed internet from at&t for only $14.95 a month. >>> all right good evening everybody the warriors played the national after party to lebron james cleveland return and steve nash the former bronco still hanging on, playing all star ball. you didn't see much of curry, he got cratched in both eyes. richardson the former warriors went off, he was great tonight. 16 assists for steve nash. richar

and in the north bay, perhaps one-inch-1/4. and to the valley, those will there baries three- quarters is a popular fau amount and kron 4 7 day around the bay the temperatures are going to stay cool out there for the rest of this week. that round of rain fall tuesday/wednesday with gusting winds and the potential for thunderstorms. things will dry out thursday and into friday but there rainfall will return on christmas eve. and even lasting through christmas and even the lasting into sunday. >> more weather problems trucks are being and in sections of europe the worst winter weather is seeing in a century! the brake. our break ♪ ♪ you can find your feet and you can find your way ♪ ♪ you can find yourself in bed at the end of the day ♪ ♪ you can find some fun on a tropical isthmus ♪ ♪but you'll never find my... ♪ you can find it in your heart to be patient with me ♪ ♪ you can find a new star for the top of the tree ♪ ♪ i don't mean to be coy and i don't mean to be vicious ♪ ♪ but you'll never find my christmas ♪ >> and world news

this is where we'll see the most haze besides the north bay. on the east bay shore we'll have mid to upper 50s with oakland, castro valley and fremont 58. campbell and san jose 60. trailing behind the peninsula with mid to upper 50s and mid-50s along the coast, the sunset about 55. 56 downtown to 57 in south san francisco. through the north bay a lot of mid to upper 50s including the shoreline there. a stray shower could get as far south as ukiah and probably not santa rosa but maybe a sprinkle there. upper 50 to near 60 the monterey bay and low 60s inland. tonight 39 in fairfield. everybody else in the 40s with increasing clouds but it looks like it will be dry. this storm system is having a real tough time moving to the south. it is nearly stalling right now as we have three areas of high pressure protecting the western united states. the jet stream's pointing more to the north where the bulk of the rain is going to be right now. here we go through the overnight hours and into today. you see just increasing high clouds. rain moves into the no

this was a north bay peninsula and inland based system. have seen little to nothing at this point. mainly dry throughout a good portion of the south bay. as we take you in closer, we loop this over the past few hours, you can see a few returns out here into portions of livermore. most of the consistent rainfall through san francisco and the north bay. it started raining 2:00, 3:00 p.m. this afternoon in the north bay. showers moderate. still raining here across highway 101. that is where the slickest commute will be for the morning. also expect showers to linger here through the morning with heavier pockets about to move in. dry from danville to livermore. we are looking at scattered showers. temperatures upper 40s to 50. feels mild after the low 30s we had on monday and tuesday. so for tomorrow we keep scattered showers in the forecast. unfortunately, we have weekend rain in the mix. that weekend rain coming from this storm system, 549 miles out. it is very finicky when it moves in. that timing is likely to change. sunday night looks like

we have a wind advisory that starts at 4:00 for the north bay and 6:00 p.m. around the bay. if i was to say the wind would pick up this evening gusts. everybody is in line. it could be stronger gust than 50s. so that is a wind advisory that starts later on today. and temperatures will stay in the 40s and also the 50s and i'm going to stay in the control room. can you go to the live storm tracker two? it looks like my computer is taking a break. appreciate it. you can seat light rain moving in. the heaviest part of the system is still well off the north coast and that will not come in until tonight. around 4:00 to 8:00 the rain will start to pick up. claudine and dave we have a flash flood watch out for the north bay. heavy rain comes in tonight. >>> all right. at 6:18 we do have breaking news from the housing industry and it is not good. the report from the 20 biggest u.s. markets show home prices dropped 1.3% in october. analysts had expected a very small decrease or slight increase. all 20 cities reported monthly price declines. the index remains 30% below. and home prices

in the north bay. and by 7:00 a.m., some areas of scattered showers for your morning commute but not very impressive. night is when we will release for to see things change. tomorrow night-a-released her to see things change. moderate-will start to see past change the orange on your screen is going to be potential thunderstorms imbedded. even beyond the golden gate, with gusting winds, even hill! and midnight, the rain through fairfield, oakland, hayward, and through the santa cruz mountains and the south bay. 4:00 a.m., by your wednesday morning commute. rainfall totals will be impressed with this next round. which one-1/4 in the north bay. and in that timeframe that ione quite a bit. and once again, the santa cruz mountains is getting the brunt of this with two-inch is expected. things will start turning out wednesday afternoon. and late friday night and into christmas morning. the rainfall will continue to return through christmas day with lingering shower activity. >> high surf and bay area beaches

in the north bay. the santa cruz mountains of the same range of did 2 in. the central bay an inch and a half of these big, little french in the south bay. it's remarkable for the short time frame for the storm. eventually you will see the flood advisory for most of the bay area, also a flash flood watch for the north bay. it the rainfall rates exceeding an inch an hour at times. periods of heavy rain heading in the evening to early tomorrow morning. to before just total rainfall in the north bay. a look for heavenly ski resort pretty ominous looking picture here. expecting a couple feet of new stock as the bush into the evening into tomorrow. snow and very windy out there this evening into tomorrow. a: to thursday with a chance of lingering snow showers from sunday until friday. still in the cold side carried off locally will keep it cool and blustery tomorrow with lingering showers through the early morning hours. winds will continue to the evening as well, thursday and friday winds come down the sun here but very chilly over night. another storm approache

also the heavy rain pushing into 5:00 moving into the north bay and also to the east bay. were continuing to see the heavy rain to the north bay and down to the south bay by 7:00 it should taper off. sunday evening and early monday all the will ceiling or showers and when the morning. the look of the rainfall totals they are pretty impressive. through the weekend expecting an inch and a half of rain in north bay up to an inch in the central as bad, three- quarters of an inch in the i remember the majority this will fall on sunday. late saturday night into sunday and sunday evening into monday the majority of the rain will fall. here kron 4 here is a look at your 7 day around the bay around the bay forecast. the chance of showers tomorrow i think the morning will be dry could see a few light sprinkles. for the evening heavier rain to pick up especially as we head into sunday at especially sunday evening into monday morning. was he when the conditions along with the coast line wins. as a move into monday things will calm down, to stay even sunbreaks. once in thursday looks l

welcome back, guitarist and north bay nothing compared showers to the north bay nothing compared to whatwe're expecting. gusty winds expected. at the sprinkles in the north bay, elsewhere stay dry. calmer conditions for the start of your day. outside, storm tracker 4, give you an idea for getting out whether this morning mainly to the north bay along highway 80 from vallejo towards fairfield spotty showers to sonoma and did they get bay. just to the north of that, sierra, a little bit of snow falling 80. as we widen it out we have much more moisture streaming into the area towards the later part of your day, flash flood watch in effect for the north bay, periods of very heavy rain three-quarters of an inch to an inch per hour. of course we have this summer to bring, you are the potential for not to small string flooding but irvin. certainly a concern to the north bay. the north bay is really going to see the most in the papers as a patient. current temperatures 40's. as we take it to the day to day, a better idea of what you to expect the heavy step moving in the afternoon best chance to

what we are expected with me shower activity in the north bay. and into tomorrow. with mainly-shower activity in the north. we will see widespread rainfall bay-area wide in the next couple of days i will tell you when, coming up. >> a liberal judge has been assigned to consider the constitutionality of the ban of same-sex marriage. he says of the will not step down. he is one of three of the ninth circuit judges to hear arguments on monday of proposition 8. and to ask rinehart to step down, yesterday. he might appear to be partial because his wife is recently retired of the executive director of the aclu of southern california. >> and a live look a traffic, this is the bay bridge toll plaza. the right side with a lot of backups. cars are trying to get through an emeryville, oakland, and cars are going through san francisco on the other side. it is moving quite well. and at albany, interstate-80, headlights = east. and it does not matter in this particular sense the backup is in both directions. we will be back with much more, ahead. ["knock on wood" playing] every f

wet weather continues up to the north bay, ninth in driving this weekend. isibility, novato 0.2 and snapped up. as you hanapa. stor, show you the rain, sitting just to the north of santa rosa. to many of rain from the bay to inverness, petaluma in fact heavier downpours estelle pushing radon over 101, also in wine country is seen quite a bit of rain at the hillsboro, also sonoma seeing quite a bit of that wet weather. same for napa. wider view, showing it filling in reruns to the central valley, snowfall on 80. continuing with that moisture pumping in it will continue to be a wet day today. not as bad as we said yesterday, current temperatures 53 santa rosa, 57¢ is gone oakland. temperatures perhaps a much warmer than we have been seeing, 58 mountain view, hayward, fremont. temperatures as we head towards the afternoon, we could break into the low sixties in fairfield, concord, richmond. 59 san francisco, '60s around the bay, 63 in morgan hill. san jose's 62. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. shrine that today will parlay bring as the last chance

was the pockets of heavy rain packed off to the north bay, through the east bay, a continuing through00 hour. were pockets of heavy rain push again. as you go to bed tonight and the overnight hours to hear the rain pick up as it hits the roof. 1 a.m. on saturday heavy rains in the north bay continuing into the 3:00 hour. before we sealed vault until later saturday morning. it will still see light showers earlier than today. nothing to have the into about 8:00 we see pockets of heavy rain rotate to the south bay. sunday morning around of moderate to heavy rain very wide. 6:00 a.m. you see the rain picking up the north bay. the larger screen indicating heavier showers. concealable of lightning mixed in with that storm pushing through though wave sunday morning. it source still going to see steady light showers at least through the forecast for monday into next week as well. a look at those rainfall totals. it for the weekend to and a half inches in the north bay not as a lot of pockets of heavy rain. some places could see a to 3 in. of the very few places you should see that. trenches p

future cast 4 shows us we expected chance of rain looks like the best chance in the north bay. santa rosa, petaluma, napa valley we see a chance later this afternoon but it looks like the best dancing to the north of santa rosa. heading into saturday morning we could see some spotty showers through the morning hours by the afternoon it looks like the rain could pick up. by 3:00 p.m. their rain over san rafael over san francisco and the napa valley. by about the o'clock hour we continue to see the chance of rain. by sunday same story the afternoon brings us a good chance of that rain. watching phil and 3:00 p.m. all the yellow shows heavy downpours in santa rosa, san jose by the afternoon sunday. could stay the same in the 5:00 hour as well. early evening hours late afternoon quite a bit of wet weather for sunday. your 7 day around bay. the wet weather day after day of raindrops and overcast. we might get to a break on monday and another chance rosen tuesday. time right now is 5 03. traffic with arafat.erica the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza very few cars on the road frid

welcome mat, today and friday still there's a chance of rain in the north bay anywhere else pretty good especially in the morning commute. in looks like for sure saturday, sunday the rain is coming all over the bay area louisa will have a for a weather update in just a few minutes. world news, more snow in europe and more airports closed for the second day in a row you're looking at the snow in paris which is disrupting travel and several airports are closed including britain's busiest airport. real trouble as also encountering severe delays they are stranded on the road race. transport officials say they're launching a review on mounting criticism of their response to the snowstorm. if trouble regulators say engines on some qantas 838 some redress to have a serious manufacturing defect that could cause the engine to fail regulators say the fall is in an all out to connected to the engine it will kron over time allowing oil into the engine which could cause a fire. qantas stranded six super dome rose in november 16th more just last week. sweden's supreme court is the holding a court ord

through the north bay, the general vicinity, to 8:00 p.m., at most of the day, tomorrow. kron 4 7 day around the bay continuing with rainfall bay-area wide on/off on saturday. the best chance of the sunday morning. with moderate weather cells expected and the chance of rain fall persists into monday and wednesday, thursday. >> let us take a look the thursday traffic on the san mateo bridge. headlines = east and is at a crawl! barely moving. the right side is also just a little bit better. and the james bridge, with 80 traffic toward the lower deck of the bay bridge. also barely moving. the bottom = southbound 101 toward the peninsula is just a little bit better. we will be back with much more news, to come. come. findsa really big bone. we're talking huge. they dig it up, put it in the natural history museum and we get to name it. sethasauraus. really. your points from chase sapphire preferred are worth 25% more on travel? means better vacations. that's incredible. believe it...with chase sapphire preferred your points are worth 25% more on travel when booked through ultim

we're expecting this to say south we could bring light showers to the north bay. then possibly spreading south along the peninsula. at 11:00 or shores to the north of san rosa by the afternoon a better chance of seeing showers from san rosa all the way down even to use out of the cool the gate bridge on the peninsula. the light shade of green indicates really light showers if we see any at all. by the evening we can expect to see right pick-up and an inch here friday we will keep the best chance of showers to the north bay. south bay you could see a dry today and as we head through the weekend we are have a chance of scattered showers through much of the weekend saturday, and your day on sunday as well. you can see by 10:00 p.m. sunday night still seeing raindrops out there. 7 day around the bay shows us really unsettled weather its hit or miss showers overcast conditions. lasting through the weekend and into the beginning of next week as well. let's get a check your commute with arafat. >> immane counter an accident along 583 vehicles injury crash blocking the mid

the best chance would be in the north bay. re showers saturday and the heaviest and most wide-spread rain will be sunday. we'll get dry weather for monday in the afternoon through wednesday morning. today down in the south bay, cloudy conditions. upper 50s to low 60s. we'll see the same type of setup on the peninsula this afternoon with redwood city and palo alto near 60. upper 50s to mid-50s around the coast. same thing downtown and south san francisco through the north bay valleys and the beaches mid to upper 50s. maybe slightly cooler clear lake at 52. the east bay shore fremont 60. everybody else mid to upper 50s. mostly cloudy the east bay valleys. mid to upper 50s here and the warmest weather like it was yesterday around the monterey bay and inland low to mid-60s for you. look at tonight. temperatures mild once again under a mostly cloudy sky. drizzle possible again as you wake up saturday morning. mid to upper 40s around most of our neighborhoods. we'll only drop around 50 fremont, oakland and san francisco about 51. 7:0

sprinkles and the north bay then i tend we could see heavy downpours up and to the north bay. picking up along the peninsula as well down on the south bay. as we head toward the afternoon by 1:00 p.m. good portion of the bay area is under the threat for rain heavier than expected as well as continuing to see the heavy downpours right through the afternoon into the evening now should taper off. by late evening we will dry out as a store pushes for the central valley brings no fault. we have a wind advisory in effect for christmas day from 4:00 a.m. tomorrow until 10:00 p.m. really right around the bay north bay, peninsula, east bay and south bay could get southerly winds of 30 mi. so and hour. those are sustained winds. gust could get up to 45 mi. an hour. you with that you can see down trees and downed power lines as well. we could catch a break on monday may be a slight chance of showers or to put more stormy weather next week. >> no accidents to report which is good news in the traffic center. drivers are taking it easy out there. bridge check to get you out of the door and t

and with the north bay. root look at saturday, a better chances of shower activity through bay-area wide. near the golden gate, 30 percent the early saturday morning chance is perhaps heavier rainfall. and again, a slight chance is with temperatures about 60 degrees to the extended weekend and week. >> the fda is issuing a warning to a san jose based company that makes invisal ign must release more information about side effects. with swollen lips, mouth ulcers. the company says that it is going to comply with the fda to comply. >> and also the ban on same- sex marriages asking the judge to disqualify himself. supporters says stephen reinhardt to close qualify himself because of his wife's role with the aclu. that he's impartiality could be questioned because his wife is an opponent of proposition 8 and is taken part and legal precedents to overturn the ballot measure. use one of three judges to hear the arguments on monday and he refuses to step down. >> and live look to the albany camera along interstate-8

the kron farm morning news, current temperatures as said this morning, sitting in the 47 to the north bay. 46 san rafael. 51 san francisco, south bay upper 40's. we're looking at little bit of fog as he headed to the north bay visibility less than a quarter of a mile. also in to the napa valley, the fog stretches up to the delta s c had a long i 80. looking at his abilities visibility is a quarter mile. clear skies and san francisco. acton and eyes open to the '50s, a 57% to rosa. east bay, at been the upper 50s. 59 oakland, hayward. overall april nice state is action going to be a dry day partly cloudy however, maureen and the forecast comes tuesday. the rain moves back again. showers wednesday. a little windy by midweek, cold temperatures start kicking and thursday, friday to a good thursday's overnight temperature down into the '20s. the weekend, starting off 2011 with a chance of showers. erica. >> good morning, a matter where you're headed monday we have your commute covered, no hot spots. quick bridge check, westbound 80, bay bridge toll plaza you can see just a few cars streaming o

combine and give us a better chance of rain sunday. 7 day around the bay forecast, showers in the north bay sun breaks, especially in the south bay. saturday, a better chance of rain, especially closer to the coast line. sunday, the biggest rain of l more widespread, sunday morning through the evening. monday a slight chance of lingering rain and again on wednesday and thursday. temperatures staying mild throughout. >>> the warriors host the phoenix sun, and cleveland fans do their best to boo lebron james off the court, but guess who gets the last laugh, gary has that story and all the sports, he is next. >ofox1é&0m÷pé[p& [ bell rings ] what are you doing, friending somebody? yeah. you got time for that? you got time to earn more on your savings, online at capitalone.com. that's new school banking, baby! instead of earning squatootski... your savings will be earning three times the national average. now, let's review. capital one interestplus savings... at three times more. go to capitalone.com. what's in your wallet? are you a pisces? >>> all right good evening everybody the warriors play

north bay low to mid-50s for you. upper 50s along the east bay shore.e east bay valleys with mid to upper 50s. the monterey bay we see more sunshine. we call it partly sunny. the clouds will keep us up again tonight in the 40s, even a 50 in san francisco. we may get to 38 fairfield and 39 morgan hill for the cool spot. notice the light rain that does develop did dissipate tonight in the north bay. let's take a look at our forecast. here we are at 7:00 this morning. the front to our north, the rain to our north. by lunch maybe light rain developing. a little more so during the afternoon and into the early evening hours. the front washes out overnight. light rain possible the north bay and the entire system shoved back to the north. that's why friday looks to be cloudy and pretty mild but a low comes in right behind it. scattered showers developing hanging around through the better part of saturday afternoon. by saturday evening they will be gone. only to possibly return again on sunday with another system. temperatures during this time frame will be the

>> we've seen clouds to the bay area on and off right now were seeing some streaming through the north bay. current conditions are on the cooler side, still pretty mild and santa rosa 57 degrees there, 57 half moon bay, 56 overnight hours temperatures will not cool nearly as much as i have a morning's pass. for this evening a mild into tomorrow temperatures being in the '40's. in the afternoon chances of rain picking up in the north bay. what time of the rain to the next couple of days coming up a bed. >> it is a daring escape by tortured starving teenager, this is a dramatic surveillance video of that young boy moments after he escaped from captivity in tracy. this is a jam you can see the then 16 year-old kyle ramirez running into the fitness gym, he is dirty and nbc did just wearing underwear he's those shackles around when a call. he was held against his will for more than one year. kate thompson sat down today with cal is and who shared her nephew story of survival and she joins us from the newsroom were she's working on that story. >> i just got back from sacramento were taught to ky

north bay temperatures low to mid-50s. east bay shore mostly cloudy. mid to upper 50s.e'll have 58 castro valley, union city. fremont the warm spot, 59. over into the east bay valleys, mostly cloudy. a sprinkle possible as you head up towards highway 4 from concord out towards antioch. i think for the most part it will be dry. notice how much more sunshine and temperatures warmer. around the state, the snow does make it into the sierra, 46. lake level at tahoe. the warmest weather continues to be in southern california. mid-70s for l.a. and palm springs. you can see the cloud cover as temperatures once again in the 40s except fairfield and morgan hill in the upper 30s and san francisco about 50. having trouble getting this front to move any farther to the south due to the blocking areas of high pressure. so when we look at the forecast last night, you see the clouds thicken, rain stays to the north all the way through about noon and then maybe light rain developing in the north bay by 5:00. that will dissipate leaving us with cloudy conditions for friday and mainly into

storm tracker 4 radar same as scattered showers in the north bay at this hour. ally we haven't seen much rain at of the steady stream of moisture through northern california and the bay area. that will change as it merges with the storm very well defined he concedes bidding to the north. these will come together and give a strong lead over the weekend. as for tomorrow morning, conditions we been seeing over the past 24 hours. it striate and the rain evaporates before it hits the ground. 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning the site with a heavier sullivan the north bay but very light rain will fall of that. by 11:00 a.m. it will still be dry. in to 7:00 p.m. saturdays that's when things will change will see heavier rain. the cells indicating it moderate rainfall will see that moderate rainfall on the cells including down in the santa cruz mountains. 10:00 hour on saturday also seeing heavy rain to the north bay showers of the golden gate sophia dinner plans on saturday he probably won't remember adjusting case. when o'clock our continued heavy rain by 9:00 sunday morning t

we're seeing very heavy rainfall right now in the north bay and south bay. let's look at what's going on right now. you can see a lot of yellow on your screen which indicates the heavier rainfall. let's zoom in. something bad at the radar at the south is it's at the top of a mountain so it isn't as accurate. that radar continues to paint more yellow on your screen. especially up near walnut creek and pinol. about half an inch of rain an hour. now, the entire california coastline is now seeing heavy rain. you can see up and down the coast we've got rain. look at all that yellow on your screen. we've got heavy rain. you can see specks of yellow here. also and especially over los angeles where they have been pounded the past few days. they're already at 70% of the seasonal average. a lot of rainfall down there. we're going to see more overnight. here's a look at what we'll see tomorrow. actually mostly dry in the 7:00 hour. pam is surprised it will clear out this quickly. it's a fast-moving storm. potential for a few light showers. we'll see decreasing cloud co

. >> looking up into the north bay season showers are ready starting to approach or area bringing some raindrops into the area. as you have a long eye-80 portions of vacaville as well. for the most part we're dry, north bay picking up a few sprinkles along 1013 heel spurs, wine country, a dose of wet weather. flash flood watch in effect in the afternoon and evening bring is the heaviest rain from 6:00 tonight until 4:00 a.m. on wednesday. of heavy rain from three-quarters of an inch to an inch per hour. the potential for small stream flooding is there. urban flooding, flash flooding is also a concern. future cast, a timeline of when you can expect a heavy stuff 3:00, the best chance the north bay, 5:00, evening

the north bay and the east bay and the south bay as well spect rain as well. this continues saturday the light green not expecting to see a washout just a light shower scattered passing showers through the weekend unstable conditions throughout the weekend and next week as well. you're afternoon highs for today finally going to break into the '60s in some spots 60 richmond, concord, 61 in oakland, hayward in and fremont is all 62 san jose. you're 7 day around the bay you can see today on to the last friday and then rain moves in thursday we will keep the chance of rain drops around as we wrap up the work week and headed to the weekend. just kind of unstable and the unsettled weather you have to have your rain jacket handy. 7:32 a.m. let's get a lookit your commute. >> slowdown hot spots we have followed through the morning southbound 880 the nimitz freeway look at all the red and yellow on your screen that is due to earlier accidents that have long been cleared. the damage already done a long stretch of bread making its way to sell land drill speeds dip down t

throughout the north bay valleys, you'll rebound this afternoon into the mid to upper 50s. y hit 60 santa rosa and around the monterey bay and inland we'll have low to mid-60s for you. if you're traveling the state today, the best chance of organized wet weather will be in the central valley and up into the foot hills and especially the sierra where the snow level's going to be rather high once again. fresno 62. warmest palm springs, low to mid-70s. back home temperatures mid to upper 40s north bay valleys. low to mid-50s for the rest of us. the cold front, talk about how it stalled over the bay area, that's what it's doing now. this area is the last chunk of energy that's coming through right now. because of this steady stream of moisture, we get any kind of sunshine and get the air buoyant, we could have scattered showers this afternoon. i made it drier for toll and sunny and warm throughout the weekend. good morning, frances. >> good morning, mike. or should i call you barry. i kind of like that deep voice. we've been following this accident for you this morning and this

and she will into the north bay. breaking apart later the evening 11:00 cymling graham sells mainly in land up to the northeast. as we head into a friday afternoon will continue to see rain pretty light streaming in through the north bay but again not making its way south of the golden gate. into saturday we could see a few cells that rotating cells of the cold kate and bush in their early morning. not expecting a whole lot of rain with the storm. here kron 47 day around the bay forecast temperatures will stay about the same over the next several days. upper 50s and low 60s tomorrow and then not only upper 50s through friday and saturday. a chance of rain tomorrow afternoon into early friday mainly in the north bay and the slight changes saturday into sunday. he will merely stay in the north bay, a chance of sprinkles south of the old gate saturday, things driving out monday and tuesday but potentially returning on wednesday. >> the weather service's confirming a tornado packing 130 mi. an hour winds click through su

tonight with the clearing low 40s in the north bay.id to upper 40s for the rest of us and probably pretty heavy dew on the car in the morning but no frost this go-around. while we were sleeping, you can see the storm get its act together and start to make that turn down the coast. that's why we're having rain by this morning. in fact, you can really see the rain roll in to the north bay during the overnight hours and then you can see the line right here developing by 7:00. even some scattered sprinkles outside of this line. heaviest of the rain, the steady moving into the north bay by noon through the bay during the afternoon into the evening hours and then overnight it's going to taper and we'll wake up to those cleaner and cooler conditions tomorrow morning. quite a wide range of -- excuse me -- rainfall totals from a tenth to a quarter inch in the south bay, a tenth in the east bay valley to half an inch in the east bay hills. half an inch in the peninsula. three-quarters in the north bay and up to an inch in your mountains. if you'