. >>> it is time for look at the forecast with paul hagan. we hear about those fixed dividends in oakland. we hope that they at least get a little bit of rain. maybe not too much rain. >> we need to aim for that goldilocks zone. a little additional rain. not too much to put us into flood worries. we are in store for about a couple of times. partly cloudy skies tonight. a thin veil of clouds will not be very efficient. it will be chilly out there. the clouds will thicken throughout the day. dries out by friday afternoon. rain is in the forecast. let's check future cast. all we will see is the thin veil of clouds overnight. the more substantial cloud cover will roll our way gradually. mostly cloudy skies by tomorrow afternoon. the rain is hanging to the it looks like the most widespread or heaviest rain will fall before the sun comes up on friday. it means we will have to contend with wet roads. it is about mid to late morning on friday. the model dries us out and tries to break the sunshine. friday afternoon looks mostly dry. it will stay dry

let's bring in chief meteorologist paul hagan. we started the day with sunshine, but more to come. >> for parts of the area, it's a mixed bag of weather. let's look at the last 24-hour sz 4-hour as we look towards one of the showers. amounts varied from anywhere half an inch within the last 24 hours to inch and a half in the santa cruz mountains. first alert doppler, let's zoom in. the colors that look angry, possible not only heavier downpours, but small hail falling out of those storms, tracking its way through richmond and into portions of alameda and contra costa unthe higher elevations, this intermittent activity is with us the rest of this evening, not zero chance, but limited until the late night and early morning hours, which it will be widespread and impact on the commute. and higher elevations, it will be snow, snow not as low. above 2000 feet in elevation, but really the highest peaks are going to see the most significant accumulations. this should not be as much a factor as last thursday into early friday morning. taki