first alert meteorologist paul heggen here now to explain >> it will come to an end soon. midday tomorrow, the last of the showers will be quieting down. not a lot showing up on the first alert doppler it is damp out there. the mist, the drizzle, the lie showers we are tracking. barely showing up on weather radar. that is why it does not look impressive. plenty of puddles. anticipating off and on showers, not add up to more than a few 1/100th of an inch. 22 1/2 inches of rain since things started last week. santa rosa picked up more than a baker's dozen inch of rain. 13. 05 inches. now that is where the intense rain will fall through this evening. more intense rain might add up to a quarter of an inch or so. 1 inch in the rain shadow of the san jose area. statewide, travel is looking good unless you are heading into the sierra. the snow will continue around tahoe for another day. adding up another 4 inches of lake level, more than that as you go up in elevation, u.s. 50, i-80, tricky. nationwide, travel, good but anything connecting to new york. rain will slow things down.

meteorologist paul heggen of cbs news bay area is tracking it all. , paul. >> reporter: nancy, good evening. the storm system that brought the rain and snow to the northeast on thanksgiving is moving out. but the lake effect is going to continue for a few more days. because what has moved in behind that storm system and that is an arctic air mask. cold air plunging to the south out of canada bringing an early taste of winter essentially to the eastern two-thirds of the united states. and that cold air is one component of the lake effect snow machine. the other is the relatively warmer waters of the great lakes. about a 20-degree difference, as that cold air blows out over the open water, it warms up slightly which makes it able to absorb a little bit more moisture. then at us it blows over land, it cools off and has to drop the moisture which it does in these bands of intense snowfall. it is going to add up in a hurry as we head through the rest of the weekend. forecast models indicating anywhere between 1-2 feet, total snowfall through sunday on a wi

getting ready for the storm, so let's get right to chief meteorologist, paul heggen, for the timing on this storm. all of our reporters have been saying get ready? >> reporter: yes, it will start tonight with the rain hitting the ground, spreading across more of the bay area. this is the first of several waves of rainfall. this first one will be concentrated from basically san francisco and oakland northward. i think everybody has a good chance of picking up some measurable rain tomorrow and tomorrow night, but the amounts will go down dramatically. there is more to come. we are just seeing the first showers trying to hit the ground. a lot of that evaporated before they hit the ground level. here is what you need to know as we head into the active weather pattern. they'll move in on wednesday. the heaviest rain will fall two to four inches. flooding will be possible, talking about more rain through the weekend, into early next week. all of that is associated with the atmospheric river that will rank high enough on the scale. it's the middle of the one to five scale. for the north bay,

. >>> but first let's get right to chief meteorologist paul heggen. >> jules, the rain continues to come down and we still have active warnings in effect. let's start with a recap of those warnings. we're down to one flash flood warning. this did include oakland and berkeley. that just expired at the top of the hour, still a flash flood warning for western alameda county until 7:45 this evening and flood warnings in effect for san francisco, much of sonoma county and a river flood county in effect for the russian river expected to crest at minor flooding stages in the next 24 hours or so. most of the region is under some kind of flood advisory, the lowest category. within the green-shaded areas it means the flooding may not be widespread, but there will be pockets where there's issues withstanding water. we'll start where the rain has tapered off for much of the north bay. there are light showers, but not heavy enough to exacerbate existing flooding problems. you need that break as long as you can get it. rain light to moderate now from vallejo towards fairfield, heavier downpours around

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chief meteorologist paul heggen has more on our first atmospheric river of the season. >> it's headed our way being directed toward us by a storm system that's going to rapidly intensify. when these storms intensify by a certain amount in 24 hours, we call them a bomb cyclone. the impacts will really be felt off the coasts of oregon and washington. the stream of moisture will be pointed right at the bay area, especially on wednesday. this will likely rank an ar-3 on the 1 to 5 scale which means a balance of beneficial rainfall and also the potential of hazardous weather, too much rain in a short amount of time, especially over the north bay where there is a flood watch in effect. winds pick up through the day wednesday, sustained winds 30 to 35 miles an hour and gusts up to 50 miles an hour. here's the flood watch for the north bay from late tuesday night through thursday night, may have to be extended through the weekend. you have to really watch for the road conditions and standing water. don't try to cross any water covered roads. there's a winter storm warning for part of the sier

chief meteorologist paul heggen is here to fill us in on the wet start to the weekend. >> no rain inhe city yet, but it's starting to hit the ground in the north bay. this is the first really good rainmaker. the other night was kind of the preview. this is the main event in this little sequence of storm systems, quite a bit of rain moving into the north bay, heavier rain starting to hit the ground around santa rosa. we'll use the closest radar site to give you a more accurate view. there are heavier downpours especially north of downtown santa rosa. through the rest of this evening that rain will drop north to south across the bay area. it's not a guarantee of measurable rainfall, but at least sprinkles, if not periods of slightly heavier rain moving through the north bay over the next three or four hours. it's going to take a little longer for the rain to drop down towards san francisco. the rain chances will peak around 10:00 and 11:00. in san jose it will take a little longer for the rain to arrive. by midnight you'll see the showers starting to come down with a little more intens

our chief meteorologist paul heggen is here. how are things looking for the rest of the holiday week? >> the holiday weekend's looking good. we're in the midst of the last round of moisture in the bay area. things dry out just in time for thanksgiving travel and the holiday itself. let's look at what you need to know. a lot of clouds hanging out over san jose, but no moisture falling out of those clouds, at least now. off-and-on showers are prowling the bay area this evening, tonight and the first half of tuesday, but we dry out tuesday afternoon, clear out tuesday night and should see plenty of sunshine. the dry break begins wednesday and last a while, through the duration of the holiday weekend and well into the first week of december, a pleasant thanksgiving day in store for us, temperatures very close to average. here's a look at what futurecast has in store for us. we'll come back to that. look on the floor of what's on first alert doppler now. we still have some scattered showers out there. those are showing up primarily i

first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen joining us now with a look at current conditions. man, that radar is lit up. >> it's lit up. things are improving in the city. that was our view from the rooftop towards the bay bridge. as i was driving in, you could barely see the first tower of the bay bridge. let's check out first alert doppler and zoom in for a closer look at hopefully first alert doppler, if we can get the radar in this window here. we'll see. otherwise i can step back to the other one. we'll go back to the wall and zoom in for a closer look. there we go. magic of television. we'll zoom in for a closer look and just turn on one of the radars instead of the composite, clean up the view a bit. it's still coming down in san francisco, but not as heavy as it was even in the last 45 minutes to an hour. the heavier rain is pushing down the peninsula into the east bay. it's pouring for much of the tri valley now, same thing farther down the peninsula and san jose finally picking up some measurable rain the first time in the last few days. everything else has been stayi

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let's send it over to our chief meteorologist paul heggen to find out. >> the calm weather pattern weoyed for thanksgiving and black friday will continue for the weekend and likely into the first full week of december. a hill of air in the atmosphere that pushed the main storm track way up to the north. a parade of ripples in the atmosphere. it will tripe to undercut that. it will try to send light rain showers into southern california tonight and out to the pacific. all we will see, passing cloud cover. clouds, high up in the atmosphere. no chance for moisture. not just the seven-day forecast but looking beyond that. the first weekend in december and the rain chances are essentially 0 in that time frame. a dry start to what is usually the wettest month of the year for the bay area. now, in parts of the bay area we can withstand that stretch of dry weather. santa rosa will go 300% over the deluge we had. san francisco running well over 100% of average rainfall. the spots running a deficit where you did not get the rain. that deficit is going to continue to grow as we head through the

paul heggen has been tracking this storm, asking the question, will it be a wet weekend? >> no, the rain has been moving in across the bay area throughout the evening. you can see it underneath us. showers diminishing as they move across the region. but still, a nice amount of rain so far. the more traditional perspective on first alert doppler. seeing scattered showers. the shower activity has come to an end lately as we head through the rest of the night. metro showers making their way through, and a few showers in the marin headlands. more shower activity is where you would expect it, as we will continue longer. also in the higher terrain down the peninsula. throughout the rest of tonight, the shower activity will continue to push to the east. they should pleadly come to an end before the sun comes up tomorrow morning. amounts have been highly variable. just .02 inches for san francisco. elsewhere, more that night .10 for san rafael. and almost half an inch in both napa and in mill value le. a nice soaking rain for much of the bay area, which we need because as the sys

let's get over to chief meteorologist paul heggen with how much more of this we can expect. that really tells it all because it was so cloudy today and off and on. >> right. real mixed bag of weather, clouds, sunshine, shower, temperatures cooled down and warmed back up. this is winding down through tonight. here's first alert doppler, still a little shower activity lurking on the eastern edge of the bay area. we'll zoom in. we have a few showers making their way through the altamont pass about to exit alameda county towards tracy, a few sprinkles and light showers possible through tonight. see some showers offshore, but gradually through the overnight hours the showers will become fewer and farther between. friday looks largely dry. technically there's about a 10% chance of a pop-up shower but mostly dry. saturday looks dry, but there is another rain chance farther down the line in the forecast by sunday afternoon. we're seeing amounts variable, but mostly on the low end of the spectrum, only 0.01-inch of rain in san francisco that fell yesterday. sebastopol picked up over

joining us now, first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen. >> this is associated with the storm system that's taking shape in the gulf of alaska. this is what's called a bomb cyclone meaning it's going to rapidly intensify over the course of 24 hours. that's going to happen off the coast of the northwest. this will be directed towards the northern coast of california and the bay area. the farther north you go, the stronger this atmospheric river will be. this will be an ar4 and the golden gate south an ar3, which is moderate, but still can bring hazards like too much rain in a short amount of time and we'll have sustained winds in the 30 to 35-mile-an-hour range from early morning wednesday through the afternoon, the winds out of the south pumping some of the moisture into the bay area which will be concentrated over the north bay where a flood watch will be in effect and could be extended over the weekend for marin, solano and likely extended to napa county as well. watch out for ponding on the roadways. a few showers in the north bay tomorrow afternoon, the heaviest rain tuesday nigh

. >>> first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen tracking the widespread rain, so everyone is getting it today. >> right. that's what we've been talking about the past couple of days when the north bay was getting inundated. if you haven't seen a lot of rain yet, it's on its way. let's look first at all of the flood warnings and advisories. the flash flood warning for northern san mateo county just expired the top of the hour, the one in san francisco expiring at 3:45 this afternoon and for the east bay going until 7:45 this evening. watch out for standing water on the roads, especially the highways if you're out and about. the easiest piece of advice is don't try to do that. flood warning is in effect for still much of the north bay and san francisco where the rain is still coming down. almost the entire bay area is under a flood advisory, the lowest category. it means widespread flooding may not be occurring, but there will be pockets of standing water and exercise caution. now the heaviest rain is falling over the southeastern half of the bay area. we'll zoom in and start with the

for more on our weather updates the person that knows more than i am delivering is paul heggen >> the first real rain. we had more. it will be substantial. hitting the ground to north bay. anything you want to do outside of the city get it done in the next half-hour. showers making their way closer and closer to san francisco and oakland. crossing over to the delta. take a closer look at where the rain is falling. north bay. including rainmaking its way through santa rosa. the showers are tapering off in santa rosa, plenty more rain in marin county in san francisco, the first sprinkles hitting the ground in the next 15-20 minutes showering in the next 35-40 minutes. all of this making its way north and south as we go through the rest of it this evening. if you have not had rain just yet it is so its way. rain chances are going to diminish. going to be between 8:00 and 11:00 this evening. diminishing after midnight tonight. it does not make it into the santa clara valley until around midnight. around there, we will see it moving out as the sun comes up tomorrow morning, a quick-hitting

let's get over to our first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen. >> a chilly start tomorrow morningith temperatures flirting with freezing in the north bay, which is probably more grounds for a frost advisory, but the national weather service issued a freeze warning. it's going to be 2 to 4 degrees below average. these are more of an agricultural concern and at this point not a huge deal. we've seen snow showers winding down over the past few hours. earlier today there was enough instability below the rain/snow line had a couple lightning strikes in the foothills of the sierra. conditions are starting to improve there, a winter weather advisory until 10:00 p.m. because the snow that has fallen is having an impact on road conditions, specifically u.s. 50 and i-80, as usual. there's another chance of showers headed towards the bay area late sunday into sunday evening, but i don't think it will have an impact on the 9ers game in santa clara sunday afternoon. there is a chance of a shower as the game winds down at 4:00. we'll keep an eye on it in case you need to plan ahead for it, 60s,

chief meteorologist, paul heggen here with what we could expect for the holiday. >> nice weather settling in with just a complete reversal for the past seven days or so. and just a couple showers left over out there this evening. we'll start with a look at the map here on the floor. now we're starting to see them dipping down to the horizon. some stripes of cloud cover here and there and to the south. trying to squeeze out a few showers, but the skies will clear throughout the rest of tonight, tracking the development of some locally dense fog the next couple of nights. weather graphics here, talk about the big weather changes in stored for us overall. we'll be seeing that completely shutting down with a long stretch of dry weather that's kicking in and no reign. and even if we look beyond that, it's going to mean zero rain in the next ten days. it will continue that trend into that second full week of december, so it seems like we're into an all or nothing pattern, getting back into a pattern that we're very familiar with, with a lack of rainfall. at least we would have all that soaking

first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen is tracking that threat. hey, paul. >> we had some gusty offshore winds yesterday, but fortunately, we had that rain friday evening and friday night. that wind event yesterday dried out the fire fuels and now we have the red flag warning going into effect tomorrow. from 11:00 tomorrow morning through 7:00 thursday morning a red flag warning for the entire bay area except the immediate coastline of the north bay. the winds will become strong even at sea level. a lot of times you're talking about a high elevation forecast, but this is the forecast gust for fairfield tomorrow night and very early wednesday morning looking at wind gusts in the 45 to 50-mile-an-hour strange. 50-mile-an-hour range. the numbers will continue to climb tomorrow night with the humidity not going up very much during the overnight hours. we'll be close to the top of the scale for that fire danger index much of wednesday morning, especially. the red-shaded areas standing out in some of the high elevations in the north bay basically at the

. >> and, you, paul heggen, r thankful for -- >> my wife. my new puppy. the puppy when he is well behaved. and you're thankful for your son. >> i got to spend my thanksgiving full of people of the same name so thank you to all the rays out there. i am thankful for you. >> it is good to spend with people that you can at least stand. >> most of the time. >>> take a look at what is happening weather-wise as we had to the rest of this holiday weekend. we look to the west from the mark hopkins hotel. tonight, temperatures are going to be cooling off. it will be a chilly night. some patchy fog. it will not be a huge factor if you're up and about early. temperatures will be a different story. chilly morning. mild afternoon. dry start of the month of december. and then slightly warmer temperatures kicking in as we head to next week. if you're traveling around the state tomorrow, the weather looks very cooperative. no trouble spots statewide and very few nationwide, which is good news for folks who are going to be flying some longer distances or driving some longe

getting new details from paul heggen now. >> this is the first one. to ramp into them but this is just get right to it. the pattern, we are talking about the first atmospheric river it is just a channel in the atmosphere coming to us, strong, off of the pacific northwest. you can see a stream of cloud cover and the associated moisture aimed towards the coast of pacific northwest and northern california and drifting to the bay area. coming at us with waves with the heaviest rainfall on wednesday and then friday and again on sunday. it will be adding up in the bursts of rain over the course of the next several days. let's take a look at the first one heading in our direction. that one will happen on wednesday. we are going to start the map at 2:00 tomorrow, 10:00 tomorrow morning as the rain is going to be starting to drift in the north bay during the afternoon. a few light rain showers through the north bay tuesday afternoon. not going to rain all day. not amount to a lot. grab the umbrella on the way out the door just in case. we will stop the map her

paul heggen joining us right now, where we are headed into thanksgiving before we could just stuff ourselvesdma's house or mom's house, it will be okay? >> right, busy travel day for air travel. a lot of people hitting the roads. be patient. >> stuck in traffic. >> but at least the weather will be cooperative. a look at what you need to know as we would head into the holiday. we'll see the patchy fog develop through the rest of tonight. but in general, it is a dry pattern that will dominate the forecast over the next several days. pleasant weather for thanksgiving. near normal temperatures continue through the duration of the four-day holiday weekend. it's a dry seven-day forecast and a dry forecast even beyond that point. the six to ten-day outlook, that is a strong signal towards drier than normal conditions. you'll see that strong signal that will mean zero rain expected into early december. but the 8 to 14-day outlook would show a similar story. even into the second full week of december. that means zero rain, but means that it is unlikely that we will see any weak atmospheric river head

paul heggen joining us now with more on what we'll see in the next round of rain. >> a little bit of everything today, clouds, sunshine, a little rain and the recipe for one of those bright rainbows. the showers this evening have been quieting down, the last moving through the east bay hills pushing further east. there's more shower activity farther offshore making a run towards the coast. most of that will move into the santa cruz mountains in the next several hours. overall the rain chances are diminishing through the rest of tonight. this hasn't been a huge rainmaker. we're seeing clearing skies over san francisco where only 0.01-inch technically, barely more than a trace added up downtown. more than that for santa clara and pacifica, some of the higher end amounts, over a quarter inch for san anselmo and over an inch around sebastopol. the snow showers won't end until tomorrow evening in the sierra. a winter weather advisory continues there through 10:00 friday evening. travel on u.s. 50 and i-80 is going to be tricky, not impossible. be prepared for delays. if you want to do ear

paul heggen, you have been busy with the forecast. >> that's right. the last one will expire at 7:45 as the heaviest rain makes its way out . and it's been a day across the entire region. here's the flash flood warning that continues for west central alameda county until 7:45. we also have flood warnings in sonoma county including the russian river, it will crest at minor to moderate flood stage by that mid-day tomorrow. most of the bay area still under flood advisories. this is the lowest category, it just means widespread flooding isn't occurring, but the amount of rain we've seen could lead to additional flooding problems. here's that heaviest rain making its way into santa clara valley, still raining in santa cruz mountains. light shelves across the bay including the north bay, but light showers, we can handle that , but at least it's not heavy enough to lead to additional flooding problems. moderate downpours happening right now up and down 580, the heaviest rain pushing further and further east. it will taper into light rainfall rates in marin c

. >>> our first alert weather now, paul heggen, you have been monitoring the chance of some rain next week. >> yes. for the bay area and unfortunately, not for southern california, but at least the winds have died down. that will help the fire crews try to boost containment levels around the mountain fire. let's look at what we need to know for the second weekend in november, looks pretty nice overall. the blustery offshore winds now firmly in the rear view mirror, more clouds drifting through the skies, but very low rain chances, high temperatures remaining near average and rain likely veterans day monday and the long range forecast keeps us in this unsettled weather pattern. let's focus on the monday rain chance and start with futurecast at 5:00 on sunday. showers try to approach the coast of the north bay, but the bulk of shower activity doesn't move in until the presunrise hours monday morning along the bay and coast. more intense rainfall moves across the rest of the bay area later in the day. late morning this is the main rain band moving in into the early afternoon hours. it wo

paul heggen is joining us now to fill us in on if we'll see more rain this week. >> it came down at a good clip for a while and the first significant fall rain always clogs up the gutters with the leaves. we'll look at the radar replay starting at 9:00 a.m. and through late morning and the afternoon the rain progressed quickly across the bay area and moved out by 2:30, 3:00. this is the first significant rainmaker of the season. the other ones have been more on the order of a few hundredths inch of rain to a quarter earn or so. the last of the snow showers are winding down in the sierra. i-80 closed a while because of the number of spinouts. here's the total rainfall across the bay area today, a little over a quarter inch in dublin to a third of an inch in san jose, about 0.4-inch in san francisco, over a half inch in oakland and pacifica and almost three-quarters earn of rain in mill valley earlier today. there's more rain in the forecast beginning wednesday, not as significant. it's not going to rain everywhere all the time wednesday, but increasing rain chances during the afternoon

let's check in with chief meteorologist paul heggen. >> we're getting a chance to dry out after that round of welcome rainfall. the radar loop over the past few hours shows the last of the showers exiting east. you can still see some of that shower activity making its way through the central valley in fresno and snow still falling in the high sierra. there's still a winter weather advisory around tahoe even though the snow has largely stopped in those locations. it's due to road conditions. it's not the amount of snow. it's the way the drivers reacted to it, not well, causing major issues on i-80 and u.s. 50 also sloppy. the drying trend continues the rest of tonight. we had from a quarter inch to three-quarters inch of rain across the bay and there is more on the way beginning on wednesday. hour-by-hour rain chances wednesday beginning to ramp up in the afternoon and we'll add up how much more we can expect down the line coming up in the full forecast. >>> in san francisco it's well known parking options can be very sparse and starting today it could get even tougher just to find a

let's check in with meteorologist paul heggen . >> some tuelle fog developing over the next couple of mornings. let's look at the national travel forecast. some people will be heading out and about over the next few days heading back home and the weather is looking pretty cooperative for all the major holiday. i do not think we will see too many problems developing so the weather, a lot more cooperative than it was today. this is what the radar looked like earlier when we had a major storm system making its way through the northeastern u.s. and it is still making its way through the northeastern u.s. north of the major travel hogs, boston, new york, philadelphia. it was a macy's thanksgiving day parade windy, as well. we will see cold air drain in from canada that the lake effect snow machine is going to get cranked up. potentially dropping feet of snow, including in orchard park, new york, where the niners take on the buffalo bills. possibly 20 inches of snow is a conservative estimate, even before kickoff. so that is going to be interesting. we will keep you updated. ryan? >>> table

. >>> first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen is tracking the trouble spots and when the heaviestns will return. the south bay will probably get hit after this. >> still waiting, but it's going to be on its way as we head through tomorrow. you've been kind of anticipating this. it's still just raining buckets in the north bay. let's look at first alert doppler. the rain, like yesterday, largely consequence rated along and north of interstate 80. there are some heavy downpours in the north bay. we still have light to moderate to

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let's get over to first alert meteorologist paul heggen with what the next wave looks like. >> it's going to move across the bay area top. so those folks in san jose, fremont, pleasanton, livermore that haven't seen more than a couple sprinkles, it's going to move in tomorrow. now it's still concentrated over the north bay, mostly light to moderate rainfall, heavier downpours between windsor and guerneville. the white box is a flood advisory, the lowest category, then flood warning and then flash flood warning, which means life threatening flooding. fortunately, we don't have any of those warnings. watch out for any water-covered roads through tonight. things tapered off in the marin headlands, not more than a couple sprinkles in san francisco and light showers on the westward facing hills into the peninsula and santa cruz mountains. rain in the north bay will continue drifting, getting nudged a little farther north as we head through this evening, but the next couple hours you'll be adding up more rain on top of what has already been an incredible amount of moisture, over 17 inches of ra

what the radar is picking up more rain, chief meteorologist paul heggen is tracking the storm. the north bay has gotten the blunt of it but we all have to get ready for it >> heading through the day tomorrow, so, let's look at where the rain continues to fall this evening. looking at first alert doppler where the rain is concentrated over the north bay. i-80, the dividing line so far for this system with the heaviest rain north of that dividing line. right now, mostly light to moderate rain shower activity. the yellow box indicates a flood warning, the whole north bay is in a flood advisory. it is the lowest category, flood warning above that. the worst category is flash flood warning that means widespread and life-threatening flooding is happening. no flash flood warning in the north bay at this point. also good news, the rain is getting nudged to the north. slow process drying out for southern marine county. we are drive, inland, east bay, still dry. light rain showers adding up in the mountains, putting everything in motion you can see the rain is making very slow progress t

during the season's first atmospheric river, but the rain is not quite over for the bay area and paul heggens is going to clear up for thanksgiving. >> we are looking at a

first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen has been warning us about this.cking everything we need to know. >> they will get everybody's attention when all of a sudden a lot of rain and gusty winds will arrive. let's go over

. >>> to our first alert weather now, paul heggen joining us. luckily, that red flag warning is over. now you're tracking our next chance of rain. >> yeah. nice to get some moisture into the very dry fire fuels. fortunately, we got through the red flag warning without anything happening in the bay area, different story in southern california. tomorrow it's going to be a quieter end to the workweek as the storm system responsible for those gusty offshore winds is moving farther east, a relative hill of air overhead sliding farther to our south and set the stage for a parade of storm systems, only one of which has access to much moisture. the first one this weekend is going to send some clouds over the bay area, but we are tracking a better chance of rain moving in sunday night into monday, but the forecast models are still all over the place. looking at our two medium-range forecast models, the american and european model, showing different perspectives on what we'll see heading into the weekend. they do agree the first system has a chance to sen

. >>> we want to bring in first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen. >> we'll hope we can get throughhe next couple days without any new fires getting started because anything that gets going will spread quickly. we have a red flag warning going into effect at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow to 7:00 a.m. thursday for almost all of the bay area, the only exception, the immediate coastline of the north bay. the overlap between very gusty offshore winds and low humidity levels, as low as 15%, has us concerned. you can see on the grid here the shaded-in area is tomorrow night into early wednesday morning. at some of the higher peaks the gusts could easily exceed 55 miles an hour. humidity is not recovering monday overnight. that combination definitely boosts the fire threat. our fire danger index goes up significantly later tomorrow night into early wednesday morning. that's when we start to see some eights and means showing up on our scale. don't be the spark that starts a fire and be prepared to deal with power outages, whether it's a public safety power shutoff or the potential for lines to come d

during the season's first atmospheric river, but the rain is not quite over for the bay area and paul heggen, our chief meteorologist, joining us now. a lot of people want to know if this is going to clear up for thanksgiving. >> we are looking at a nice thanksgiving holiday forecast, good travel weather ahead of the holiday, but it's still wet now. a lot of the moisture barely shows up on first alert doppler because it's a lot of mist and drizzle instead of actual rain. it doesn't reflect as much of the radar boom back to the site for us to see it, but it's definitely out there and adding up to a little bit more on top of what we've seen. this is how much has accumulated since this entire unsettled pattern began the middle of last week, approaching 2 feet of rain in occidental and sonoma county, over a foot of rain for santa rosa, 13 inches to this point in the system, over 10 1/2 inches for san rafael and over 8 inches of rain now in ben lomond. the santa cruz mountains will probably pick up the most substantial additional rain tonight and tomorrow, downtown san francisco almost 4 inches o

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let's check in with first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen. we had a nice little weekend break. >> and then another round of lighter rain, but at least it's not the intense rain that we had last week, especially for the north bay. they've had enough at this point. let's look at first alert doppler. the majority of the moisture with this atmospheric river, the bulk of it missed us to the south. we're on the very northern fringe of it, inform for some scattered showers that barely show up on first alert doppler. a lot of this is mist, drizzle. those droplets kind of hang in the air and they're very small, so they don't show up well on weather radar. it's going to remain through the evening, adding up a few hundredths of an inch of rain on top of what we've picked up, which is approaching 2 feet on the high end of this parade of systems in occidental, over 10 inches of rain for san rafael, ben lomond over 8 inches in the santa cruz mountains, almost 4 inches of rain in san francisco, the san jose valley almost 1 inch of rain. the weather will imp

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. >>> first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen is tracking the trouble spots and when the heaviest rains will return. the south bay will probably get hit after this. >> still waiting, but it's going to be on its way as we head through tomorrow. you've been kind of anticipating this. it's still just raining buckets in the north bay. let's look at first alert doppler. the rain, like yesterday, largely consequence rated along and north of interstate 80. there are some heavy downpours in the north bay. we still have light to moderate to heavy rain falling. the white box is a flood advisory. the hierarchy is a flood advisory is the lowest threshold, then flood warning and then flash flood warning. flood warning means there is flooding occurring but not widespread. flash flood warning is when widespread and potentially life threatening flooding is occurring. it's something we'll continue to watch through the rest of this evening as the rain continues to fall. a break in the action now from the golden gate south, south of i-80 very little action until you get into the higher elevations do

. >>> first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen is tracking when we can expect this weekend. >> a nice start to the weekend. showers are winding down in the sierra. we had snow falling above 5,500 feet. below that there's enough instability in the tat there were a couple lightning strikes in the foothills of the sierra. now everything is kind of quieting down as the storm system pulls farther to the east. there is still a winter weather advisory for the sierra until 10:00 p.m., total snowfall amounts of 4 to 10 inches, some of the peaks picking up a foot of snow. it's still having an impact on road conditions along u.s. 50 and i-80. i'd wait until tomorrow morning to head up that direction. it's going to be chilly early, especially in the north bay where a freeze warning is in effect which sounds ominous. it's really a big deal if you're a plant. at this point in the growing soon, not much of a concern. temperatures bottom out in the low to mid-30s, the rest of the bay area upper 30s and low 40s. we'll warm up and things will stay nice the second half of the weekend as well, a chance o

first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen tracking the system that should bring us on and off rain within the next few weeks. >> right, we'll see the rain continuing off and on throughout the rest of the evening, but they're becoming more sparse over the course of the past few hours. still a couple of them on first alert doppler issuings basically the intense sprinkles. the kind of activity that we'll see for the rest of the evening. a couple of those could develop into actual thunderstorms. more on that momentarily. and it has not been a lot. on the high end of things, just under that amount in kentfield. but just preponderate 01 .01 inch of rain downtown san jose. i do want to take a look at what is going to happen as we would head through the day tomorrow, because we do have the potential for not only showers, but a few thunderstorms to develop. green shaded area that will stretch up into oregon and washington and indicates what they call a general thunderstorm risk, which just means a couple showers could develop into a storm. no severe risk like they would see in other parts o

. >> let's get to chief meteorologist paul heggen for a look at the rain here. >> we got to enjoy a break from the rainfall today. the next storm system is sending some moisture towards far northern california and the pacific northwest. our rain chances are going to increase throughout the day tomorrow, but this will be a less organized system compared to what we had yesterday. they won't have the same impact across the entire bay area. the best rain chances will be in the north bay. the you'll see the rain chances in santa rosa sparking by late morning and continuing on and off throughout the afternoon. but the rain chances will be lower around san francisco and oakland. closer to the 50-50 level. so measurable rainfall is one of those things where they will not had impact everyone. the best chance for a good rain will be north. and san jose, looking at a 10% to 20% chance. a trace of moisture. this is going to be another snow maker, in fact a series of them for the sierra because we're going to have follow-up rain shower possible on thursday and friday for the bay area. they will see mo

let's check in with first alert meteorologist paul heggen joining us now. it's a good thing the kids will have the costumes. >> right. as temperatures drop through the evening, i don't think anyone will stop them and eventually they'll ingest enough sugar they'll be vibrating keeping warm that way. we're looking at mostly 60s as of 5 p.m. one of the cool spots is downtown san francisco, 59 degrees and 59 degrees in half moon bay. otherwise everybody is in the low to mid-60s. let's go hour by hour north to south across the bay area and take you through the rest of this halloween evening. go to santa rosa first in the north bay where temperatures are in the low 60s. they'll cool off quickly down into the low 50s by 9:00 this evening, dipping well into the 40s by early tomorrow morning. temperatures in san francisco, more leisurely cooldown, but the cool spot now dipping down to the mid-50s by 9:00, concord 65 now dropping down to the upper 50s by 9:00 p.m. and san jose is one of the warm spots on the map including for all the folks on church street, mid-60s d

. >>> let's bring in first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen. just a reminder it is november now and the fire season is basically a year-round season now. >> this time of year we're just waiting on the first significant rain which has not made its way into southern california at all. let's look at the conditions that they were facing in southern california today. the storm prediction center outlined a broad area with an elevated wildfire threat with that area just north of los angeles, parts of los angeles and ventura counties in a critical wildfire threat which was one step lower than yesterday when it was extremely critical, just the top of the scale. there are still a number of locations between los angeles and santa clarita still in red flag warning conditions right now. all of the red-filled dots on the map indicate the sites that are automatically reporting weather conditions that are still in red flag conditions now it. the winds will gradually die down. in santa clarita itself the winds aren't that strong at the moment. the winds will pi

paul heggen here to fill us all in. >> a lot of this is directed farther to our north. i-5 has been closed for much of the last 24 hours because of the wintry conditions up north. let's take a look at what's happening on first alert doppler. widespread rain in the north bay or no rain in the south bay. it is all or nothing, and the dividing line between all or nothing has essentially been i-80. shower activity down the peninsula and east bay, but the farther south you go, the less and less rain you have seen. the rain has been falling steadily and heavily in the north bay throughout the day. the white outlines are a couple of urban and small stream flood advisories that extend past midnight. and that stripe of heaviest rain from saint helena to windsor has remained parked in place. that boosts the flooding threat when the heaviest rain continues to fall in the same place over and over again. shower activity around san francisco and across the bay into oakland, some locally heavy downpours here and there in the east bay, but not lasting nearly as long as the rain in the

chief meteorologist paul heggen is tracking the storm for us right now on the first alert weather day. and so it will depend on where you were in the bay area. >> several inches of rain for parts of the north bay or nothing. and eventually everybody is going to get rain. it will be several days worth. here is a look at doppler radar. the next wave off the coast, it is still raining heavily for the north way. the closest radar site, you can see the heaviest downpours in between santa rosa, calistoga, and st. helena. and the flood advisories that are in effect for sonoma county, napa county, which means watch out for standing water if you will be making your way out and about. now the sun is going down. try to minimize your travel. road conditions will be hazardous in the north bay. it is more light to moderate rain. some pockets of heavier rain in the oakland hills. and the tunnel along california 24, moving towards lafayette. light showers in san francisco, further down the peninsula, light to moderate rain showers. same thing in the santa cruz mountains. so far, nothing at all in san