i'm abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel.undle up incoming day autos we'll be cold at the game, but victorious. thank you very much. tonight jimmy kimmel makes a big move to an earlier time airing after abc 7 news at 11:00. abc 7 news morning anchor interviewed jimmy by satellite he says he's excited to go up against his long time idols but just going to be him sex he's kicking things off with a new set and a who's who list of stars beginning with jennifer aniston, tonight she's never been on the show before. so it will be fun to have her, then first couple weeks we have a great line up of ryan gosling, dr. oz, ellen degenerous. rob lowe, ray romano, mark wahlberg, big boy. should be a good start. >> jimmy kimmel airs tonight at 11:35 after aabc 7 news at 11:00 followed by "night line". we were down there shooting a promo with him. what a nice guy. >> love the promos. >> yes. fun guy. >> i can't wait to see that change. >> still to come, a move inspiring a gay boy scout that he will earn ranks he's working towards. >> then at

. >> and i'm sandhya patel. skies are clearing out. the chill is moving in. ready for a freezing cold night. freeze warnings and frost advisories coming up. >> another live look at traffic and golden gate bridge moving smoothly and oncoming traffic coming into san francisco, slower northbound towards marin but not >> larry: a dog groomed to look like a lion is social media sensation. charlie the labra dood le after they were swamped. they saw him walking around and they thought a lion had escaped from the zoo. >> i'm driving down the street right before the zoo and there was a lion that ran across the street. a baby lion. >> it looked like a small lion. it had the mane and everything. [ laughter ] >> just relax, he was groomed like a lion and could be an unofficial mascot. charlie catches people by surprise. >> i've seen him dive through the window to get in the car think a lion is after them. >> it's pretty funny unless you are one of people that is scared to death. charlie's facebook page has blown up since these reports started coming in. things are gettin

. >> i'm sandhya patel. more of this and milder temperatures but when will rain return?ll answer that question when i come back. >>> house minority leader nans ease pelosi led a celebration marking the anniversary two of significant pieces of legislation. pelosi and george miller commemorated fourth anniversary of the lilly ledveter fair pay act. both lawmakers call the bills landmark pieces of legislation trance forming lives of families and women. miller offered the bill which was the first piece of legislation the president signed after taking office in 2009. >> some very important consumer news, did you know you've been having as much as $700,000 owd to you and not know bit? >> yes. what you need to know to clean that money. >> yes. we've done a ton of stories on this reminding people, well, you've likely heard my reports. and maybe, maybe this information will change your mind. officials say there are $58 billion sitting out there to claim. it's cash people left behind in abandoned accounts, unclaimed life insurance and forgoten pensions. near california state contr

. >> i'm sandhya patel.live from the roof of the broadcast center time to start searching for umbrellas. we have rain coming to town this weekend. i'll have timing coming up. >> it's the end of a football legacy. the coach putting down a clip board after three decades. >>> authorities respond to a call about a missing autistic child arrested the mother after the child was found in her messy apartment. the 30-year-old arrested on sacramento county officers responded and found coke roaches, dirty diapers and trash piled up and also found a 9-year-old child sitting in his bedroom wearing urine-soaked clothes. authorities have taken the child and his brother into protective custody. >> a berkeley grad convicted of stalking an ex-girlfriend will spend nearly 20 years in prison. investigators say in 2010, jose moreno broke into his former girlfriend's apartment and prulters say that didn't stop him. >> he was rejected and wasn't in control of the situation z that is what made him be manipulative, scary individual

sandhya patel is here. >> you will see wet pavement tomorrow morning. as you look at live doppler 7hd we still have some rain and some showers across the bay area. let's get first to the north bay. from ukiah to clear lake we are seeing rainfall. it is moderate in intensity. it is right around the clear lake area. you can see it here in the yellows. just keep that in mind. we do have a lighter return across the bay area. in the east bay, san leandro and hayward and castro valley and union city is getting some wet roadways right now and down the peninsula lighter showers from san mateo and across 92 and heading down toward belmont and san carlos. we have light to moderate rain in the san jose area. heading out toward alan rock, it is definitely on the wet side. the system will slowly wind down and we will see showers for the morning hours. in the sierra nevada they are starting to get some snow. it is coming up from the south, and you can see it is a mild storm. it is resulting in the possibility of a couple inches of snow. not expected to be a big snow

sand yaw patel is here. >> carol lip and dan, a little is the key here.e are not expecting the weekend to be a washout. i want to show a beautiful time lapse from the east bay hills camera. sunset at 5:04. those clouds are adding to a little more moisture in the atmosphere. and so the temperatures tonight are running a good 1 to 5 degrees, actually higher than where they were yesterday. that's a good sign they are not going to be as cold as what we have seen in the last couple days. here is a look at live doppler 7hd. this one is combined with the weather service radar around money monterey bay. we will being traying a storm and keeping you ahead of the storm as we head into the weekend. i will show you the timing in a moment. some patchy fog has started to form around livermore and santa rosa. visibility has dropped to 5 miles, and i suspect fairfield right now is reporting the ature and the dew . of 34 degrees and that means the fog is ready to form there. watch out in the morning. if you have early plans, the rain arrives tomorrow. a few showers for yo

sand jaw patel is here with the forecast. >> you haven't seen cold yet.e of the coldest air of the season is about to arrive, and it will all arrive starting tomorrow. it will start to move in and settle in by thursday into friday. right now live doppler 7hd is showing you clouds overhead. we have high clouds and fog down below in patches. 40s, 50s, 39 in concord. today's high temperatures were anywhere from the 50s to the upper 60s. a real mild day in most areas except for the inland valleys where the fog is snow to lift. patchy valley fog tonight. tomorrow afternoon we will see a few showers and turning colder thursday into friday. tomorrow morning watch out for the fog. give yourself extra time for the morning chute. temperatures, most areas in the 40s will see a few upper 30s in the coldest inland valleys. and when you leave home, you might want to carry your umbrella with you. we do have a cold system coming out of the gulf of alaska that will bring scattered light showers, and it will be turning colder. let me show you a computer animation. 5:00 a.m

meteorologist sandhya patel is here with a look at live doppler hd. >> you will see why we are heading into another cold night. the clouds are off the coastline and a dry air mass. we have light winds and so the temperatures are falling. already down to 32 in fairfield. it is 2 degrees shy of freezing in napa. it is 42 in san jose. it is 39 in half moon bay. i will be back to show you exactly how cold it will get by morning. make sure you bundle up if you have early plans. and i will let you know when our live doppler 7hd radar will be tracking rain. >>> tonight the case of the deadly shooting in a san jose parking garage. police are considering charges against the man they say pullin, but was it a justified killing? alan wang is in the south bay with more on the homicide that happened earlier this week. alan? >> reporter: san jose police detectives met with the da to decide if an apartment custodian justifiably shot and killed an alleged burglar. this happened on monday morning around 9:30 at an apartment complex that has been a repeated target of crime. tenants at the summer breeze a

spencer christian is in for sandhya patel with our first look at doppler 7hd. >> all right, carolyn. we are precipitation free, and we actually don't have much cloud cover here tonight. the current readings are on the mild side and in the mid50s. here is what we can look forward to. there is a slight chance of an isolated shower or two mainly in the north bay. but for the most part, dry overnight and low temperatures in the midto upper 40s. it is not going to be a cold overnight, but a chilly weekend. the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. carolyn? >> spencer, thank you. >>> new at 11:00, berkeley police are warning against a hoax that plays on people's good nature and costs them their cell phones. officers tell us there have been a rash of recent thefts. someone comes up to you and asks to use your cell phone because a family member is sick. when you hand it over they take off on foot or in a car. >>> new at 11:00, japan airways canceled flights between san jose and tokyo because of on going problems with the boeing 787 dreamliner. sky 7hd captured the first flight between tokyo a

. >> sandhya patel is here with that. >> carolyn and dan, enjoy this weather while it lasts. it is going to last for awhile, and then changes are coming. we will be talking about rain. from the east bay hills camera this is a time lapse. sunset at 5:30. and you can see the high, thin, whispy clouds. we are checking out doppler 7hd and our radar is not tracking any rain. we just have some high clouds moving into the south of us. here is where we stand in terms of rainfall percent of normal. we are starting to fall behind in some areas. san jose 101%. 112% santa rosa and 102 in san francisco. you can still see above average rainfall totals, ukiah, sacramento. the statewide sierra snowpack is 93% of where you should be for this time of year. clear and cool tonight. sunny and mild into the weekend, and we are looking at a chance of rain next tuesday. tomorrow morning you will need to know one thing. you will need an extra layer. 39 vallejo and concord 37 for you in fairfield. antioch mid40s. 37 in livermore. the high clouds will keep you insulated. 41 for palo alto and low 40s oa

sandhya patel is here. >> you will see wet pavement tomorrow morning.u look at live doppler 7hd we still have some rain and some showers across the bay area. let's get first to the north bay. from ukiah to clear lake we are seeing rainfall. it is moderate in intensity. it is right around the clear lake area. you can see it here in the yellows. just keep that in mind. we do have a lighter return across the bay area. in the east bay, san leandro and hayward and castro valley and union city is getting some wet roadways right now and down the peninsula lighter showers from san mateo and across 92 and heading down toward belmont and san carlos. we have light to moderate rain in the san jose area. heading out toward alan rock, it is definitely on the wet side. the system will slowly wind down and we will see showers for the morning hours. in the sierra nevada they are starting to get some snow. it is coming up from the south, and you can see it is a mild storm. it is resulting in the possibility of a couple inches of snow. not expected to be a big snow maker.

. >>> abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with more on the high surf and the live doppler 7hd sandy? >> we will talk about the swells packing high energy. that's why there is a big concern here. right now on live doppler 7hd there are a few high clouds moving through. here is the storm out by the uh lieu sheens. that's generating the large swells and the big waves are expected this weekend. you might be tempted to head out to the beach and check out the competition or just to check out the waves. just be aware of the fact that we are expecting dangerous sneaker waves along the coastline. stay back from the water's edge. avoid slippery rocks. beach hazards in affect until saturday morning. it becomes a high surf advisory saturday 10:00 a.m. to sunday 4:00 p.m. the swells are expected to build up to 20 feet. watch out for the large breaking waves and the strong rip currents. i will be back with a look at your holiday weekend forecast to let you know exactly what the weather will look like. rain will be coming back in my forecast. >> thank you. >>> san francisco police want to kn

. >>> abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with more on the high surf and the live doppler 7hd. sandy? >> we will talk about the swells packing high energy. that's why there is a big concern here. right now on live doppler 7hd there are a few high clouds moving through. here is the storm out by the uh lieu sheens. that's generating the large swells and the big waves are expected this weekend. you might be tempted to head out to the beach and check out the competition or just to check out the waves. just be aware of the fact that we are expecting dangerous sneaker waves along the coastline. stay back from the water's edge. avoid slippery rocks. beach hazards in affect until saturday morning. it becomes a high surf advisory saturday 10:00 a.m. to sunday 4:00 p.m. the swells are expected to build up to 20 feet. watch out for the large breaking waves and the strong rip currents. i will be back with a look at your holiday weekend forecast to let you know exactly what the weather will look like. rain will be coming back in my forecast. >> thank you. >>> san francisco police want to k

sand jaw patel is here with the forecast. >> you haven't seen cold yet.e of the coldest air of the season is about to arrive, and it will all arrive starting tomorrow. it will start to move in and settle in by thursday into friday. right now live doppler 7hd is showing you clouds overhead. we have high clouds and fog down below in patches. 40s, 50s, 39 in concord. today's high temperatures were anywhere from the 50s to the upper 60s. a real mild day in most areas except for the inland valleys where the fog is snow to lift. patchy valley fog tonight. tomorrow afternoon we will see a few showers and turning colder thursday into friday. tomorrow morning watch out for the fog. give yourself extra time for the morning chute. temperatures, most areas in the 40s will see a few upper 30s in the coldest inland valleys. and when you leave home, you might want to carry your umbrella with you. we do have a cold system coming out of the gulf of alaska that will bring scattered light showers, and it will be turning colder. let me show you a computer animation. 5:00 a.m

. >> let's start with sand sash sash sandhya patel. >> we will check out live doppler 7hd.do have a few showers around the bay area. most of the showers have been skirting the coastline. but i am going to where we are seeing some rain reaching the ground over land. as we show you highway 101 heading up toward ukiah, we are seeing light returns. old stage road and north rock road and we are seeing some showers. as we look around the gilroy area, as we take you to san mar teen, very light showers. so far the rainfall amounts have been generally under a 10th of an inch and ben low man an 11th of an inch. the you rear caw -- the eureka national weather service is reporting west of ukiah. it has been snow flurries at 3500 feet for at least about a half an hour. you can clearly see it here in the hills just east of ukiah. we are talking about low snow levels, high tide combining with flooding possibility and the coldest air of the season is yet to arrive. i'll show you when you will be freezing coming up in just a few minutes. dan? >> thanks a lot. >>> the national weather servic

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sandhya patel is tracking it on live doppler 7hd. >> it is a reality check time. we are going to be seeing more winter-like weather than we have seen in days past. here is a look right now, and don't be panicked. none is reaching the ground. we have a lot of clouds here and some moisture getting picked up. the air is so dry that it is vab operating before -- it is evaporating before it hits the ground. the rain is not here yet. in case you are wondering how many rainy days we have had so far, san francisco .38 so far in january. we average about 4.5 inches. if you look at the days we have had four days of rain. we could use the moisture and it is coming as early as tomorrow. cloudy tonight. milder morning. rain arrives tomorrow and we are looking at showers for your thursday. here is a look at the satellite and radar. we do have a stream of subtropical moisture. now the computer models are starting to bump up the amount of rain we will receive over the next couple days. so let's start out first with this system that is going to produce it. it will develop tomorrow

. >> let's start with sand sash sash sandhya patel. >> we will check out live doppler 7hd. we do have a few showers around the bay area. most of the showers have been skirting the coastline. but i am going to take you in where we are seeing some rain reaching the ground over land. as we show you highway 101 heading up toward ukiah, we are seeing light returns. old stage road and north rock road and we are seeing some showers. as we look around the gilroy area, as we take you to san mar teen, very light showers. so far the rainfall amounts have been generally under a 10th of an inch and ben low man an 11th of an inch. the you rear caw -- the eureka national weather service is reporting west of ukiah. it has been snow flurries at 3500 feet for at least about a half an hour. you can clearly see it here in the hills just east of ukiah. we are talking about low snow levels, high tide combining with flooding possibility and the coldest air of the season is yet to arrive. i'll show you when you will be freezing coming up in just a few minutes. dan? >> thanks a lot. >>> the nationa

. >> sandhya patel is here with that. >> carolyn and dan, enjoy this weather while it lasts. it is going to last for awhile, and then changes are coming. we will be talking about rain. from the east bay hills camera this is a time lapse. sunset at 5:30. and you can see the high, thin, whispy clouds. we are checking out doppler 7hd and our radar is not tracking any rain. we just have some high clouds moving into the south of us. here is where we stand in terms of rainfall percent of normal. we are starting to fall behind in some areas. san jose 101%. 112% santa rosa and 102 in san francisco. you can still see above average rainfall totals, ukiah, sacramento. the statewide sierra snowpack is 93% of where you should be for this time of year. clear and cool tonight. sunny and mild into the weekend, and we are looking at a chance of rain next tuesday. tomorrow morning you will need to know one thing. you will need an extra layer. 39 vallejo and concord 37 for you in fairfield. antioch mid40s. 37 in livermore. the high clouds will keep you insulated. 41 for palo alto and low 40s oa

spencer christian is in for sandhya patel with our first look at doppler 7hd. >> all right, carolyn. are precipitation free, and we actually don't have much cloud cover here tonight. the current readings are on the mild side and in the mid50s. here is what we can look forward to. there is a slight chance of an isolated shower or two mainly in the north bay. but for the most part, dry overnight and low temperatures in the midto upper 40s. it is not going to be a cold overnight, but a chilly weekend. the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. carolyn? >> spencer, thank you. >>> new at 11:00, berkeley police are warning against a hoax that plays on people's good nature and costs them their cell phones. officers tell us there have been a rash of recent thefts. someone comes up to you and asks to use your cell phone because a family member is sick. when you hand it over they take off on foot or in a car. >>> new at 11:00, japan airways canceled flights between san jose and tokyo because of on going problems with the boeing 787 dreamliner. sky 7hd captured the first flight between tokyo and

spencer christian is in for sandhya patel with our first look at doppler 7hd. >> all right, carolyn. we are precipitation free, and we actually don't have much cloud cover here tonight. the current readings are on the mild side and in the the. here is what we can look forward to. there is a slight chance of an isolated shower or two mainly the most part, dry overnight and low temperatures in the midto upper 40s. it is not going to be a cold overnight, but a chilly weekend. the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. carolyn? >> spencer, thank you. >>> new at 11:00, berkeley police are warning against a hoax that plays on people's good nature and costs them their cell phones. officers tell us there have been a rash of recent thefts. someone comes up to you and asks to use your cell phone because a family member is sick. when you hand it over they take off on foot or in a car. >>> new at 11:00, japan airways canceled flights between san jose and tokyo because of on going problems with the boeing 787 dreamliner. sky 7hd captured the first flight between tokyo and silicon valley earlier thi

sandhya patel is tracking it on live doppler 7hd. >> it is a reality check time.e going to be seeing more winter-like weather than we have seen in days past. here is a look right now, and don't be panicked. none is reaching the ground. we have a lot of clouds here and some moisture getting picked up. the air is so dry that it is vab operating before -- it is evaporating before it hits the ground. the rain is not here yet. in case you are wondering how many rainy days we have had so far, san francisco .38 so far in january. we average about 4.5 inches. if you look at the days we have had four days of rain. we could use the moisture and it is coming as early as tomorrow. cloudy tonight. milder morning. rain arrives tomorrow and we are looking at showers for your thursday. here is a look at the satellite and radar. we do have a stream of subtropical moisture. now the computer models are starting to bump up the amount of rain we will receive over the next couple days. so let's start out first with this system that is going to produce it. it will develop tomorrow as th

meteorologist sandhya patel is here with a look at live doppler hd. >> you will see why we are heading into another cold night. the clouds are off the coastline and a dry air mass. we have light winds and so the temperatures are falling. already down to 32 in fairfield. it is 2 degrees shy of freezing in napa. it is 42 in san jose. it is 39 in half moon bay. i will be back to show you exactly how cold it will get by morning. make sure you bundle up if you have early plans. and i will let you know when our live doppler 7hd radar will be tracking rain. >>> tonight the case of the deadly shooting in a san jose parking garage. police are considering charges against the man they say admits to pulling the trigger, but was it a justified killing? alan wang is in the south bay with more on the homicide that happened earlier this week. alan? >> reporter: san jose police detectives met with the da to decide if an apartment custodian justifiably shot and killed an alleged burglar. this happened on monday morning around 9:30 at an apartment complex that has been a repeated target of crime. tenants

. >> let's start with sand sash sash sandhya patel. >> we will check out live doppler 7hd. a we do have a few showers around the bay area. most of the showers have been skirting the coastline. but i am going to take you in where we are seeing some rain reaching the ground over land. as we show you highway 101 heading up toward ukiah, we are seeing light returns. old stage road and north rock road and we are seeing some showers. as we look around the gilroy area, as we take you to san mar teen, very light showers. so far the rainfall amounteneraa 10th of an inch and ben low man an 11th of an inch. the you rear caw -- the eureka national weather service is reporting west of ukiah. it has been snow flurries at 3500 feet for at least about a half an hour. you can clearly see it here in the hills just east of ukiah. we are talking about low snow levels, high tide combining with flooding possibility and the coldest air of the season is yet to arrive. i'll show you when you will be freezing coming up in just a few minutes. dan? >> thanks a lot. >>> the national weather service iss

patel. he has gone through the two in the northern and the security promissions there will be similar to what we are going to do. we would just look at the next six months and if we determine that security is necessary, based on calls that is a discussion that we will have at a later date. >> great. okay. >> all right, any members of the public wish to comment on these three permit applications? >> >> my name is mike and i am the executive director of the alliance for a better district six and also the program director of the tent ants association and coalition and president of the central city democrats. and we have been a long time advocate of trying to get subways into the various parts of the city. we know that it is a former retail and because of land use problems, some of the locations have not gone through because of formerly retail and we try to get one in the mission and one on lumbard and market street and they didn't go in. because of formerly retail. but at the same time, we have

sandhya patel is tracking it on live doppler 7hd. >> it is a reality check time.going to be seeing more winter-like weather than we have seen in days past. here is a look right now, and don't be panicked. none is reaching the ground. we have a lot of clouds here and some moisture getting picked up. the air is so dry that it is vab operating before -- it is evaporating before it hits the ground. the rain is not here yet. in case you are wondering how many rainy days we have had so far, san francisco .38 so far in january. we average about 4.5 inches. if you look at the days we have had four days of rain. we could use the moisture and it is coming as early as tomorrow. cloudy tonight. milder morning. rain arrives tomorrow and we are looking at showers for your thursday. here is a look at the satellite and radar. we do have a stream of subtropical moisture. now the computer models are starting to bump up the amount of rain we will receive over the next couple days. so let's start out first with this system that is going to produce it. it will develop tomorrow as this

sand yaw patel is here. >> carol lip and dan, a little is the key here. we are not expecting the weekend to be a washout. i want to show a beautiful time lapse from the east bay hills camera. sunset at 5:04. those clouds are adding to a little more moisture in the atmosphere. and so the temperatures tonight are running a good 1 to 5 degrees, actually higher than where they were yesterday. that's a good sign they are not going to be as cold as what we have seen in the last couple days. here is a look at live doppler 7hd. this one is combined with the weather service radar around money monterey bay. we will being traying a storm and keeping you ahead of the storm as we head into the weekend. i will show you the timing in a moment. some patchy fog has started to form around livermore and santa rosa. visibility has dropped to 5 miles, and i suspect fairfield right now is reporting the temperature and the dew . of 34 degrees and that means the fog is ready to form there. watch out in the morning. if you have early plans, the rain arrives tomorrow. a few shower

and it will be beautiful weather at home. >> it will, and meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast for the weekend. hi, sandhya. >> hi, dan and carolyn. you will want to take your plans outside and check out the beautiful weather we have coming for you. if you thought today was nice, wait until the weekend. here is a look at live doppler 7hd right now. we have high clouds moving overhead, but no now. our radar along with the monterey national radar service in the santa cruz mountains could be tracking rain as early as wednesday. right now it is watching for what is going on just off our coastline. just checking out some of the by by -- boues. the waves are expected to build and watch out for the dangerous sneaker waves and the high surf on sunday. of course with the temperature of 52 off the coast you can see why. some of the coast allocations like san francisco is pretty mild right now. 52 degrees. most other areas, the 30s and 40s and it is 34 in napa. it is getting cold in fairfield as well. down to 34 degrees. here are the highlights, ruer of surf this weekend -- rough

meteorologist sandhya patel is here with a look at live doppler hd. >> you will see why we are headingo another cold night. the clouds are off the coastline and a dry air mass. we have light winds and so the temperatures are falling. already down to 32 in fairfield. it is 2 degrees shy of freezing in napa. it is 42 in san jose. it is 39 in half moon bay. i will be back to show you exactly how cold it will get by morning. make sure you bundle up if you have early plans. and i will let you know when our live doppler 7hd radar will be tracking rain. >>> tonight the case of the deadly shooting in a san jose parking garage. police are considering charges against the man they say admits to pulling the trigger, but was it a justified killing? alan wang is in the south bay with more on the homicide that happened earlier this week. alan? >> reporter: san jose police detectives met with the da to decide if an apartment custodian justifiably shot and killed an alleged burglar. this happened on monday morning around 9:30 at an apartment complex that has been a repeated target of crime. tenants at

sand jaw patel is here with the forecast. >> you haven't seen cold yet.e of the coldest air of the season is about to arrive, and it will all arrive starting tomorrow. it will start to move in and settle in by thursday into friday. right now live doppler 7hd is showing you clouds overhead. we have high clouds and fog down below in patches. 40s, 50s, 39 in concord. today's high temperatures were anywhere from the 50s to the upper 60s. a real mild day in most areas except for the inland valleys where the fog is snow to lift. patchy valley fog tonight. tomorrow afternoon we will see a few showers and turning colder thursday into friday. tomorrow morning watch out for the fog. give yourself extra time for the morning chute. temperatures, most areas in the 40s will see a few upper 30s in the coldest inland valleys. and when you leave home, you might want to carry your umbrella with you. we do have a cold system coming out of the gulf of alaska that will bring scattered light showers, and it will be turning colder. let me show you a computer animation. 5:00 a.m

good evening, everyone. >> let's turn to sandhya patel.is what has just developed. you look here there is not a lot other than clouds, but look at this moisture just to the north of the bay area, isolated showers coming down there is a possibility of showers coming up. so if we do get anything it would be brief. just wanted to show you that quickly this, morning cold and 26 degrees in fairfield. 31 sonoma county airport. 29 degrees in livermore. but, temperatures held up around san rafael and half moon bay. oakland by wind around, tonight we're going to lose the breeze but gain clouds. mid-20s to low 30s, freeze damage is fobl. bay shore line, light purple is under a frost advisery. i'll let you know how long the cold snap will last next week. >> thank you. >> later tonight our wayne freedman talks to people who consider the weather down right balmy that. is coming up later on. >> cold temperatures

. >> sandhya patel is here with that. >> carolyn and dan, enjoy this weather while it lasts. it is going to last for awhile, and then changes are coming. we will be talking about rain. from the east bay hills camera this is a time lapse. sunset at 5:30. and you can see the high, thin, whispy clouds. we are checking out doppler 7hd and our radar is not tracking any rain. we just have some high clouds moving into the south of us. here is where we stand in terms of rainfall percent of normal. we are starting to fall behind in some areas. san jose 101%. 112% santa rosa and 102 in san francisco. you can still see above average rainfall totals, ukiah, sacramento. the statewide sierra snowpack is 93% of where you should be for this time of year.clear andl clear and cool tonight. sunny and mild into the weekend, and we are looking at a chance of rain next tuesday. tomorrow morning you will need to know one thing. you will need an extra layer. 39 vallejo and concord 37 for you in fairfield. antioch mid40s. 37 in livermore. the high clouds will keep you insulated. 41 for palo alto and

. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel.ay hills, temperatures will fall and how frosty cold it will get by morning. >> a man leads police to the body of his mother and confesses to her murder. family of another victim wonders why he was need from prison. >> what happened to the gator that was guarding an east bay pot garden. the owner now facing drug charges in court. >> we wanted the boys to see the snow for the first time. we drove up here and kept our fingers crossed and we found it. >> they sure did. a thin layer of snow that has coated the hills along the bay area coastline. a bill chicago that could bring another day or two of frigid weather. i'm dan ashley. >> carolyn: i'm carolyn johnson. it doesn't happen very often in the bay area. this is video from sky7hd. it's mount hamilton. it look like snow but shasta is closer to the lick observatory it's actually a layer of frost here. karina rusk and heather ishimaru let's begin with sandhya patel. you'll see there are very few clouds and rain and snow is gone. santa cruz

sand yaw patel is here. >> carol lip and dan, a little is the key here.are not expecting the weekend to be a washout. i want to show a beautiful time lapse from the east bay hills camera. sunset at 5:04. those clouds are adding to a little more moisture in the atmosphere. and so the temperatures tonight are running a good 1 to 5 degrees, actually higher than where they were yesterday. that's a good sign they are not going to be as cold as what we have seen in the last couple days. here is a look at live doppler 7hd. this one is combined with the weather service radar around money monterey bay. we will being traying a storm and keeping you ahead of the storm as we head into the weekend. i will show you the timing in a moment. some patchy fog has started to form around livermore and santa rosa. visibility has dropped to 5 miles, and i suspect fairfield right now is reporting the temperature and the dew . of 34 degrees and that means the fog is ready to form there. watch out in the morning. if you have early plans, the rain arrives tomorrow. a few showers fo

. >> i'm sandhya patel.g a look at the east bay hills camera, we can see clouds out there. the role they'll play in keeping up tonight, coming up. >> and another view of those clouds from the bridge. things moving along nicely here for travelers making their way, taillights you can see are heading >>> these toll collectors have a new uniform, 49ers provided the golden gate bridge with apparel for their toll collectors to wear. they get a chance to make i huge impression on drivers. they're the first people drivers see when yernting san francisco. they'll wear the gear through tomorrow, and presumably if niners beat packers saturday, then, they can wear them again, next week. >> would be nice. fans showing us their team pride head of the playoff game. we've saved number of photos of young fans like little alex here dressed up in niners gear. >> and gary lee sent thus picture, everybody knows he's a big fan, where goes in that humvee. wow. nice paint job there. us. and that is a vehicle that is gorgeous. >> je

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let's turn now to sandhya patel for more on the conditions at this time. >> there was a patch of dense fog right over the west7rdwue of the bay. let's check out what makes it difficult is we have high clouds that were obscuring the fog down below. you'll notice here from the high resolution imagery from m this morning there are high clouds overhead, but below patches of dense fog and that is including the bay bridge.(÷ when you look at visibility around 11:00, you'll notice that most areas were starting to see improving visibility at the time. i'll be back with a look at a dense fog advisory, what parts of the bay will be affected and what the morning commute will look like. >> i want to show a great resource. it locates ships in san francisco bay and pacific ocean. sheer look at what's happening during the collision. the little red dot fl after it slammed the bridge, you can see it hit the bridge, keeps going a little bit later on, you can see other ships head together overseas. into here. responding quickly to investigate. we have a link for you at abc 7 news.com. we learned about th

. >> sandhya patel. >> we're going would w.mostly clear skies for that game. it's going to be cold.d dropping into mid-40sc#o for 49ers games so just bundle up. here is a liveykykycy g look frn jose. light drizzle now and people need to drive slower, great advice. here is a look right now. i'll show you we're seeing moisture.a# it's very light and has been scattered in nature. tennessee street we're seeing wilson avenue, some very light showers. some rain now. very light. berkeley, drizzle. and damey city, you can sigh light rain haegd towards highway 35. down towards south bay, that viewer just tweeted it's pretty much drizzle. it's going to be slick on roadways. the difference between this storm and other storms, this one is cold. snow starting to approach moving into n.right now. no chain controls now. i expect they will pult up chain controls shortly here. temperatures a good two to 10 degrees cooler than yesterday, it's breezy out there now. winds picking up. showers and snow levels 1500 to 2000 feet and freezing nights. you're going to feel the chill. the system coming out of

. >> sandhya patel, meteorologist. >> we'll really the bay area has many microclimates and it's a challengeo nail it down. in summertime you can have a 40-degree spread between the coast and inland valleys. fog comes in and pacifica may be socked in but you get inland and livermore is 102. we are really talking about a wide range of conditions. every day to nail it down to the exacted temperature that you are forecasting is always challenging. >> mike nicco, "abc 7 news" meteorologist. >> our microclimates are changing. our warmest months of the year andhs, itst months, it has to do with the microclimates. >> spencer christian, "abc 7 news" weather. >> a typical winter scene would be several consecutive days of heavy rain that would produce flooding, mudslides, road closures outapower outages. ♪ ♪ >> one of the most recent lightning storms, we had over 200 lightning strikes showing up. over the last two decades i've covered weather, i don't remember the lightning storms being that intense. >> the extremity of the weather takes an upturn. we had four storms in seven days, that is unprecedent

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. >> sandhya patel is back and surf's up. >> mavericks going on this weekend. check out surf now.re talking about it from our camera. waves still small but will be building this, weekend you'll want to watch out for sneaker waves from our camera. beautiful view. i want to show you what it looks like. we do have high clouds moving through. but it's nice outside. our radar along with national weather service radar could with tracking rain drops. the weekend is looking fabulous. highs for today, a mild 68 degree day in oakland. up to 72 in santa cruz. if you're planning to head to the beach we do have a beach hazard statement. watch out for sneaker waves this weekend. and here are the temperatures, they're starting to fall. as was under clear skies, 51 in fairfield now. 59, san jose. highlights we're looking at rough surf this weekend. and mild afternoons going into next week.ckwell who with the committee , napa.italians abroad and dropping down to freezing in concord. 38, san jose. as you look at your air quality. poor air quality north bay. looking at moderate air quality, once get

sandhya patel return was an accu-weather forecast, and meet people having fun with what we consider cold also, what are the odds? two car parts ordered and both left out in the cold. find out how michael finney sorted it out. and the twist involving two quarterbacks in tomorrow's niners game, we couldn't make this up. those stories and more coming up at 6:00. now back to cheryl and dan. >> thank you. see you then. brought out gambler autos if 49ers win, green bay will provide free preview tours of the exploratorium for san francisco school children. >> if they lose, san francisco will sponsor a free day at the new childrens museum at green bay. >> other including sour dough bread and cheese from wisconsin. >> can't lose with those items right? sounds great. go, niners huh? world news is coming up next. >> from all of us here >>> this is "world news" tonight. turning point? a new sign that the flu epidemic may be starting to peak. what about the herbs and special vitamins at the drugstore? which ones really work? >>> winter gridlock, the punishing new storm leaving drivers stranded in the

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