it will bring rain to the seattle area, portland, oregon, down into northwestern california through the day tomorrow and into the rest of the week it looks like. it's another big storm that moves in and sticks around for a while. the next expected rainfall for the next 48 hours, you can see it takes a day before the rain moves in but it looks like we'll pick up an inch from seattle to northwestern california. and then it will eventually start to spread eastward in the form of mountain snow. we could end up with some mountain regions picking up another foot oforegon, as well as, 33 degrees. fallon, nevada, high of 41. we broke record high temperatures yesterday in southern california, so a total opposite of what areas in northern plains are seeing. >> must be nice. thanks so much. >>> straight ahead, we'll take you to israel where benjamin netanyahu is hoping to be re-elected as prime minister today. >>> a woman faints and fails to the rescue. the dramatic rescue when "early today" returns in two minutes. >>> welcome back to "early today." elections are being held in israel today to dete

northwestern california will see a little bit of light rain but for the most part the trouble spots will be across the middle of the country. high temperatures today look fairly typical for this time of year. we should top out in the 50s down in san francisco. that's a look at fallon, nevada, 30 degrees with finally a break from some of that snow. we are going to see a break from the rain today in seattle but more rain will move in for the weekend. >> looks like it might and good ski weekend for a lot of folks there. >> that's the plus side for sure. great ski snow. >> thank you. >>> stocks rock as the s&p hits a five-year high. an update on stranded whales and thousands of white collar jobs coming to the u.s. >>> plus, the huge cruise liner that ran ashore. we go toitly lto italy to see costa concordia is one year later. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. some stories now making news this morning. california governor jerry brown may have done the impossible. in 2010 when he took office in california, it faced a $26 billion deficit. but by 2014, brown may enjoy a surplus of

although it's not raining too hard across northwestern california now. that will change.n as we go throughout the day as just a weak cold front makes its way onshore. heavier rain is falling across louisiana. and that will move east in the gulf coast states throughout the day. a little bit of light snow across chicago. less than an inc of snow expected. i'm sure they would hope for a lot more out that way. some of the snow will move into the >> we're seeing partly cloudy skies in san francisco right now, soon to become mostly cloudy. you can see we have a weather system approaching, not a particularly strong one but enough moisture and enough lift to give us rain getting into the afternoon and into the evening, and then shutting down as we go through the day on sunday. highs today will be in the mid-50s around the south bay, a bit cooler in the north bay, upper 40s to low 50s there. rain coming in later on this afternoon, some showers early tomorrow, clearing by evening and a dry start to the work week. >> that is your latest forecast. lester? >> thanks. >>> what is a pro

few showers off the northwestern california coastline there.s is expected to slide through on wednesday. this is the first chance in more than a week that the system brings a slight chance at rain. the models are a little bit going on. few sprinkles and remain mostly dry. high surf advisory peaking and on the mild side. 65 in san francisco. low 60 in pacifica. santa cruz 60 and mid-60s in napa valley. and it will continue one more day. great weekend. if this is your, enjoy it. we will see the pattern changes with increasing clouds. temperatures fall off just a bit and the big change comes wednesday with increasing clouds and possibility of few spring local -- sprinkles and our overnight lows with the clouds not as cold. back to you. >>> in the bay area, several events are planned in honor of dr. martin luther king junior. the memorial church will have a special selllation ahead of the holiday. poetry and music from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. tomorrow morning the annual freedom train will make the journey from san jose to san francis

area banging up against the pacific northwest light rain showers around the northwestern quadrant of the state of california as well. we're stuck in between these two areas of low pressure that are diverting to the east allowing high pressure to expand over the western states. and results even throw we do have the low to the north of us precipitation remains well offshore. here is your monday morning and it looks like we will be clearing out from a few scattered clouds around the peninsula. otherwise lots of sunshine and a couple of degrees warmer for monday if you want to compare it today. but stagnation will not be a problem as far as air quality is concerned. a northwest winds 10 to 20 during the afternoon will scrub up the atmosphere and keep us on the clear blue skies. 50s throughout the central valley. tomorrow a smattering of snow showers in the high sierra. 53 degrees. months ray bay through pebble beach. tomorrow's highs just a couple of degrees warmer than what we experienced today. low 60s from oakland through emeryville to el cerrito and including the berkeley area. 56 the peak mountain view and

against the pacific northwest, falling apart very rapidly as it swirls over the northwestern quadrant of the state of california. so it's breaking in half under the influence of high pressure. the abundance of sunshine and we have a weather pattern change here. lots of sunshine but keep in mind we have a lot of that cool, dry air mass in place. it's getting settled very close to the surface so therefore, it's our very first winter "spare the air" day of the season for tomorrow. if you keep track of such things, this time last year we already had 11 of those days so not too bad. heading to the mountains, the high sierra, can we say -- brian, is there ever such a thing as too much powder? > no! >> they have a lot of powder there. don't forget the goggles wednesday and thursday. tomorrow 48 degrees in fairfield and in concord. 51 degrees in san francisco. low 50s common from mountain view to san jose. mid-50s for the warm spot in san jose. and in fact, as you take a good look at the extended forecast, that outside number really is santa rosa, cotati and in penngrove. otherwise we are talking about a side into the

stuart: under northwestern or northeastern california there is a massive shale oil deposit, a new technologybillion barrels? any idea? what is the number? >> the shea oilfield is thought to be fifteen billion barrels which is close to the conventional oil reserves of the united states. california was founded largely on oil money. many forgot this. hollywood was funded by oil wells and the technology then was a new in the 19 -- in 1899-1910. now it is new again because of information technology. smart drilling techniques. stuart: the obvious question is we got the oil, tens of billions of barrels. they have got it. will they go and get it? we are talking california where the environmentalists rule the roost. >> california is an interesting place. it often surprises people. 11 tax revolt right before reagan got elected. i suspect with this kind of money and what california needs for money and modern technology is much safer and cleaner and easier to extract oil than ever in history i think the sheer money will cause them to eventually do that. stuart: hold on a second. we put california on fan

california covered in white is now moving across the country. heavy snow is coming down for salt lake city and the dakotas and northwestern minnesota. >>> and thenow. freezing rain from minneapolis to duluth. thunderstorms across the south. showers from knoxville to pittsburgh. shifting to the eastern seaboard by this afternoon. >>> and finally this morning, the campaigning is already under way, campaigning for oscar, that is. >> the academy awards are handed out six weeks from sunday. and if the winners are as surprising as some of the nominations, it should be a very exciting night. abc's david wright is in hollywood. >> reporter: directors, voting on this year's oscar nominations for best director, may not have appreciated this line from "argo." >> you teach somebody to be a director in a day? >> you could teach a rhesus monkey how to be a director in a day. >> reporter: they snubbed kathryn bigelow's "zero dark thirty." >> the director category was a shock to, i think, everybody in hollywood. the fact that both of them were off the list is shocking. and you have tom hooper, who directed "les miserables," which a lot of people loved. >> repo

northwestern 67-59. indiana could become number one this week because louisville lost to syracuse saturday. >>> check out this video. surfers rode waves between 20 and 30 feet high in californiad mavericks invitational surf contest in half moon bay south of san francisco. the winner, 43-year-old peter mel from santa cruz. congratulations. >>> and now for another look at the weather, here is dylan dwyer. somebody was up watching football. >> yeah, up late and woke up way too early and for a disappointment. as a pats fan, a little upset this morning. >> i'm sorry. >> there is always next year. we're going to see some pretty chilly temperatures in the foxboro boston area at 24 degrees right now. 27 in new york city. but it's all about the arctic air moving into the northern plains. we're starting off the day at six below in minneapolis. it's only going to top out around 4 below this afternoon. ten in chicago later on today. lighter snow showers will start to work in to new england as we go into tonight and tomorrow morning. we could end up with four to six inch as cross portions of southeastern massachusetts. new york we should see less than an inch. tomorrow, the cold air surge