. >> meteorologist rob mayeda joins us now. we need the rain badly. >> we could see some showers. winds at 60 miles per hour and it track back across the gulf of california over the next 12 hours or so. but then as the moisture spills off into southern arizona, that is where we have the potential for some flooding rain. some rain being expected up in the mountains and deserts of southern california. there's another system here to the south, that as we get towards the weekend may impacted but notice the clouds here off to our west. this will bring showers north of north day. you'll see high clouds out of that system later on. near 70 in san francisco. it mid 80s for high and close to the low 80s for the north bay. notice those temperatures cooling. temperatures rea crash was here. let's look at the map. moving now as traffic dissipates, heading north in toward the sunnyvale area, we have the jam approaching oakland road. that's where bob redell just reported the fire. the overpass is open. it was closed for a few minutes this morning. the rest of the south bay moving very nicely. p

rob mayeda has a look at that. >> in the sierra hills they'll be battling the king fire today. coming up on thursday, we could see a chance of showers. some fog at times on the coast, some misty skies on the hill tops. increasing high clouds, not from tropical storm odile. this is a weather system that's off to our west here that is pulling in moisture north of hawaii. that will bring us a chance of seeing showers late tomorrow into thursday. today near 80 degrees again around san jose. mid 70s out toward oakland, santa rosa and out toward the tri-valley should see temperatures in the 80s and out toward the tri-valley thursday may see cold. >> fingers are crossed. it is 4:42 on your tuesday morning. he has been convicted of homicide but it may not stop hem from trying to qualify for the olympics. the curious twist in the story of the blade runner, oscar pistorius. >> and technology to keep an eye on the big cats. >> and the drinks are on the house. where you can score a free cup of coffee today. the nato-led coalition in that afghanistan has not released the nationality of the

for the latest on that, meteorologist rob mayeda. now the weather's going to work against those firefighters. >> it is. the rate and spread of this fire about to accelerate. tomorrow the winds pick up, things try out, temperatures begin to right. we saw the wind shift pushing that smoke out toward the tahoe basin where we have an air quality warning through tomorrow evening. dense smoke and a red flag warning issued for tomorrow afternoon through wednesday evening. this will be for increasingly windy and dry conditions. so the opposite that we saw this weekend as relative humidities dropped perhaps into the upper teens. polak pines around the king fire, mid to upper 80s. temperatures warming up. red flag warning ends wednesday at 8:00 because we will see the pattern reverse once again. as much-needed rain starts to approach northern california, some of that spilling towards the bay area, high surf headed towards the coast. our first rain of fall. and some of these rain totals may surprise you for parts of the north bay. >>> it's igni

been few and far between to get rainfall, perhaps there's something there now, let's check in with rob mayeda. >> pretty excited tonight and tomorrow morning. that'll be the window of opportunity we think maybe to get showers moving into the bay area. not a lot, but it's a little something that'll help especially one of the drier months of the year which typically is the month of september. right now we have 60s out, not much wind, not much mt. way of cloud. -- in the way of clouds. that's change tomorrow afternoon. the clouds will spill in generally out of the, out of the west just in the afternoon and eventually it'll see the chances of seeing rain showers on the increase. so low 60s outside right now, if we could switch over to the other weather computer, we can take a look at how things are shaping up through the morning. right now we just have the partly cloudy skies and our temperatures will be climbing eventually into the 70s and 80s inland. so, we'll try to get things cleared up here. the chances of rain obviously have frozen this morning. we'll get it cleaned up now for a check of th

. >>> meteorologist rob mayeda here to talk about your labor day forecast. are you going to keep it hot? >> things are warming up more tomorrow. today we did see temperatures in the 80s and almost to 90. lots of sunshine earlier today in san francisco and not much in the way of low clouds just yet. by tomorrow morning patchy low clouds expected on the coast with temperatures by the morning in the upper 50s to near 60. right now mostly mid 60s. our 24 hour temperature change as the sea breeze did pick up in strength late in the day looking at temperatures running cooler than 24 hours ago. we see the opposite. high pressure strengthening. afternoon temperatures going five to probably seven degrees warmer than the highs today. the winds still on shore at this hour which should push low clouds across the bay for tomorrow morning. look for a weaker sea breeze and a later start to the sea breeze tomorrow as high pressure compresses down the marine air which allows upper 80s of today to mid 90s in a few spots. patchy low clouds as we wrap up. waking up to mid 60s f

and meteorologist rob mayeda is joining us with a look at the conditions that the firefighters are facing>> we're seeing the temperatures tomorrow into the 90s, dry conditions, low humidity, breezy conditions. tough for firefighters as we wrap up the weekend. notice on monday the drop in temperatures and there's a chance we could see some thunder showers approaching from the south. right now the radar fairy dry. we've been watching some action in southern california with flash flood watches in part of the desert of california. this is courtesy of what will be former hurricane norbert at one point. notice how the moisture is streaming into southern california. there is a chance that some of that may head as far north as yosemite, perhaps briefly bringing showers there. and we'll see more moisture heading close tore the bay area. we'll show you how that will impact your sunday plans coming up. >>> coming up, stopping the ebola outbreak in west africa. the groups who say a new lockdown may hurt efforts to contain it. >>> and new details on immigration reform, the promise from the president a

rob mayeda joining us now and we're talking maybe some rain. >> watching showers off to our east and what's interesting as the upper level winds are shifting, we have been seeing smoke from san francisco to san jose, fresno to the south and chico to the north. the radar interesting tonight. here is the king fire, the pe perimeter there, but notice thundershowers nearby. but thundershowers that are producing rainfall. so some mudslides possible in some of those freshly burned areas and notice which way these thundershowers have been rotating around, weakening as they drift to the west. but overnight tonight, eastern solano county and contra costa counties, might see a few showers as the moisture pulls off to the west. so an area of low pressure to our south bringing in those sierra thundershowers and as we head towards tomorrow morning, we see a few misty skies for parts of the bay area. temperatures waking up in the 50s to low 60s outside. seven-day forecast, though, could have a lot more than just drizzle in the forecast. we're tracking some rain and much-needed rain for the middle

nbc bay area meteorologist rob mayeda is with us. my car thermometer today said 101. >> i believe it. you know, most places in the tri-valley getting close to 100 degrees. still in the upper 80s around the north bay. san jose mid 80s. here is the culprit. san francisco, it's really cloud free. this is like looking at the ocean air conditioning without the coolant. weak sea breeze, so our temperatures soaring around parts of downtown san francisco earlier in the upper 70s. still down the peninsula, seeing the numbers in the 80s. still 91 degrees there in redwood city. areas south of san jose well into the 90s, campbell, santa teresa, livermore, tri-valley, numbers at 97 at walnut creek and livermore, still in the 90s in the north bay. come up, we're going to start to see changes. the marine layer is going to thicken up and tomorrow morning, the return of the coastal mist and low clouds hints at a big drop in temperature. how quickly will we lose the heat? a full look in your forecast coming up in a few minutes. back to you. >> thanks,

meteorologist rob mayeda is watching that and more. good morning. >> kris, we're seeing tropical storm odile starting to weaken as the tropical storm is starting to move over the open waters of california, so weakening may slow down briefly. we'll see what's left of the tropical storm move into southern arizona as a tropical depression, where we'll see the potential for some flooding rains around the southern end of the state, mainly down towards tucson, the university of arizona, areas south of phoenix, perhaps picking up more than a half foot of rain and three to four hours' time. we're also watching a new tropical storm polo to the south. you can see off the southern coast of mexico, winds at 40 miles per hour, but watch the track here as we head through the weekend, turning to a category 1 hurricane and perhaps drifting a little further to the west of cabo san lucas sunday as a strong tropical storm, given that it's tuesday and we're looking well far out into the future, we could still very likely see a category 1 hurricane approac

. >>> time to check the forecast with the pro, meteorologist rob mayeda with the forecast, waiting for the sun's arrival, but nice start. >> dry for any walks or fund raisers this morning, good news, the weather will be fine -- >> or cell phone conversations. >> i remember my dad's was the plug in one with the card inside the car. >> old school. >> but right now, today if you're heading the roads, don't have to find any rain drops for now unless you're around the county. later on this morning, begin seeing some of the showers drifting to the south as they have an impressive looking system here offshore which managed to tap into tropical moisture north of hawaii, and that may help power up a slight chance of thunder showers. perhaps even overnight tonight. some of the moisture begins to come in across the north bay. now this morning, not too chilly outside, mostly 60s across the board, yesterday we're down to 51 in napa, right now 59 degrees, clouds helping to keep the temperatures up a little bit there. we will see increasing clouds during the day, and for the north bay, that'll be the

. >>> rob mayeda joins us right now. nice and toasty outside. >> and with the start of september now, we've moved officially, historically speaking out of the three driest months of the year, now through july, august, september, we slowly start to watch the rain totals make a return, hopefully. hopefully filling up places like fulsome lake over the next couple months. 90s in many spots around the bay area earlier today. and we don't have much of a sea breeze until late in the afternoon. so 94 in concord. livermore about 93 degrees. most locations 5 to 10 degrees hotter than this time yesterday. we should see the pattern begin to reverse as the wreez is out there now, without the low clouds there is not a lot of cooling to that air conditioning right now. but we will see the low clouds begin to make a come back. nothing showing up on the coast right now. but we will see a trough of low pressure which will begin to push that ocean air further inland and deepen up the marine layer. high pressure right in the afternoon. but

meteorologist rob mayeda is tracking the hurricane. we're waiting to see if we'll get any of that moisture. >> we're seeing it down to a category 2, down to 110 miles per hour, down from 125 earlier. eventually this weakens to a remnant low in the gulf of california. notice southern california and southern arizona. tuesday into wednesday, we'll begin to see the ways heading into wednesday and or fre. >> take a look at this map. there are three wildfires already burning, at least ten homes. the largest of those blazes started yesterday at bass lake. more than a thousand people were initially evacuated. hundreds are still out of their homes this morning. this is in the same area where the juncture fire just burned eight homes last month. so far the fire has burned more than 300 acres. >> story lines abound now in the nfl. here's one of them. we're still waiting to find out when 49ers player ray mcdonald will appear in court on felony domestic violence charges. the santa clara county d.a. has postponed his arraignment. they say they want

rob mayeda joining us now. fire crews looking for relief. >> right now we have thunderstorms moving in from the south. while that could be good news in the form of rain of course that will bring lightning which could impact the fire crews there. they will have to take shelter. sudden wind shifts become likely and with the 80,000 plus acres that burned mudslide is another issue there. this is the short term forecast. we will see winds increasing as we head towards the middle part of the week. the radar very close to where the king fire is. most lightning south of highway 50. here is the perimeter of the fire. we think the showers will drift but some will try to drift into the central valley and perhaps make a run at the inner east bay valleys overnight tonight. as the storms continue to weaken you look out the window and you can see the moisture there from the san jose camera. that is the moisture there. there is the dublin camera. you can see the clouds from the east. we will let you know if the moisture means

let's bring in our meteorologist rob mayeda. and it is officially fall. correct, rob? >> it is.nd we have kind of an early fall forecast. as we head to the middle part of the week. right now, though, clear skies. in fact not much in the way of patchy low clouds yet around san francisco but by tomorrow morning we will see a few patches of low clouds out on the coast. satellite radar looks pretty tame right now. it should stay that way for tuesday, wednesday. then this rather large-looking system offshore, an area of low pressure which will continue to strengthen as he get into early thursday. while most of that energy's going to ride off to the north, the trailing edge of that cold front will be sweeping through the bay area as you go into thursday morning. in the meantime some big waves possibly headed toward the woeft late wednesday into friday wave heights five to ten feet. yore shove feet about 20 to 30 feet tonight. may get up to 30 offshore. that's not going to get us on the coast but the northwest swell will bring the waves up at least five to ten feet for the end of the w

i feel like i'm stepping on the toes of meteorologist rob mayeda. lets get to him right now. .was the maximum strength we saw the storm during the afternoon. it did get up to 1 with 15 miles per hour. now that it is moving into cooler water, it is dropping off big time in strength. still pushing swell towards the beaches of southern california with high surf still likely through monday. now the very latest on norbert shows the storm has weaken down to about 80 miles per hour sustained winds. still a hurricane. but as it continues to move into cooler waters, by this time tomorrow, transitioning from a tropical storm to a tropical depression, that at least what is left of it will cross over northern baja. but that moisture will stream away into central and southern california. that will bring some much needed rain perhaps for some parts of southern california out towards the mountains and deserts. and you might see some of the high clouds trying to make a run at the bay area tomorrow. more on that coming up in a moment. 50s and 60s outside right now. not much in the way of fog. b

for more let's bring in meteorologist rob mayeda. >> watching withins changing up right now, southwest winds pushing smoke into the tahoe basin. the iron man competition was canceled over the weekend because of that poor air quality. that's going to continue at least through tomorrow evening. the bigger concern will be the increasing winds. red flag warning up for the same area where the king fire us from 2:00 tomorrow afternoon through wednesday as things turn hotter and drier. winds 15 to 30 miles per hour. is now by wednesday evening and thursday, the sierra's going to catch a break. as we see a chance of rain coming in courtesy of the system over my shoulder. it's going to be the first rain of fall. higher surf heading towards our coast cooling temperatures and much-needed rain coming toward the bay area. >>> new at 5:00, a crisis averted. crews race to contain a fire in vallejo after a 30,000-gallon drum ruptured. it was filled with asphalt oil. this happened at syar industries on lake herman road. the rupture sparked a small fire but oil did not ignite. this happened this afterno

we turn to meteorologist rob mayeda. >> there's no tropical storm to the south of the southwestern coast of mexico, tropical storm polo we think by the weekend could make a run at cabo san lucas by saturday or sunday. it's this system here to the west which interestingly enough could bring the bay area a chance of some showers. it will try to head toward the bay area as we head toward thursday morning. low 70s around san francisco, low 80s for the tri-valley. we'll have a closer look at the timeline of these potential summer showers. now it's time for a check of your commute. >> first of all, san jose, we have your typical road crews, 85 and 880. but over here just off 101, that's where the fire was located, at the lumberyard, commercial and oakland are the two major roadways. so if you're planning to head to burger king in that area, can you get off at southbound of 101 and take oakland road away from the area. just a note for now, you'll have to loop around. now let look at oakland. traffic pulls nightly from san leandro into and vice versa. >> thank you very much. dreefrs have always

rob mayeda? >> we're going to see some drizzle in a few spots around san francisco.ime frame to watch, late wednesday into thursday. i think areas like san jose, it will be thursday with the best chance of seeing some measurable rainfall. clearing and drying for next weekend. >> i was asking about our area. when will we get the rain? >> thursday. >> thanks for joining us. i hope you have a great week. >>> perhaps public pressure is getting to the nfl or maybe it is the loss of sponsors. we will debate the nfl mess and the future of the man in charge. >>> earthquake. >>> quake warning technology exists but the money to take it statewide apparently doesn't at least not yet. we will find out why. >> you don't fatten a hog by weighing it more often. >>> colorful comments on common core. "the mix" starts now. >>> hello and welcome to "the mix." never has the nfl had such a bad run. four of the starye

rob mayeda is tracking the system and another storm headed to the bay area. are they related? >> no, they are two separate storms, but odile, again, caused the damage, category 3 hurricane, winds at 125 miles per hour. now this is a tropical depression, 35 mile per hour winds, but still dangerous for how much rain that's going to be spilling into arizona. big flooding threat today across arizona as we're going to be tracking rainfall, several inches likely south of tucson, down towards the arizona-mexico border. locally higher amounts. see how the moisture with odile there, now off to our west is the system here, which has tapped into tropical moisture north of hawaii. this is going to be aiming in on the bay area. for us this is a bit of good news. today, unfortunately, breezy conditions with the fires in northern california, but during tomorrow you're starting to see the rain reach the bay area and some of that perhaps getting up to that big fire north of redding. we'll let you know how much rain we're expecting and how long it will stick around in your full microclimate for

we'll bring in rob mayeda with more on the details of how those folks are going to deal. >> what we're seeing right now is still a category one hurricane. winds at landfall were up to 125 miles per hour. as it continues to interact with land, it continues to weaken now it's been taken away from the energy source there over the warm waters there on the western area of just off the southern tip of baja california. winds at 90 miles per hour. still expected to track right over baja california as a tropical storm into tuesday. and then notice where it's headed next, you can see the low back out across the gulf of california. a lot of that moisture spins off the storm into southern california. and the areas you see here in purple, red and orange, could see more than 6 inches of rain, even higher amounts. they could see another round of flooding there east of palm springs and southern arizona. some of this moisture may try to get redirected back to the north. we're not seeing any of it here right now, but we do have a system offshore tossing showers up on the north coast. and for the bay are

. >>> let's check the forecast now, meteorologist rob mayeda in for christina. >> good morning, lookscross the bay. here's where it's different this morning, we have rain offshore, that'll be moving in north into the afternoon and pushing towards the bayer area. the form of scattered showers later tonight and tomorrow morning. still near 70 in san francisco overall cooler than we saw yesterday now towards the tri-valley "today." highs in the low 80s and cooler temperatures tomorrow at the chance of seeing showers. mike. >> hey rob, i was concerned about reports of a wrong way driver here at 880 and 66. i scanned it, but that cleared without incident. that's better news, but still slow here. slow down on the maps, approaching the bridge, fire on the side of the road still has one lane blocked as you're watching magazine street. take sonoma boulevard, get around that and join us just before you get to the bridge. there's the rest of the build. typical there looking at the san mateo bridge. it continues to slow on the flat section, but still moving over to the peninsula. back to you. >>

meteorologist rob mayeda is here with a look at your forecast. >> close to 80 in san jose, upper 60s0s out toward the tri-valley. and the numbers actually staying mild through about wednesday and a slight chance. we could see a few showers, especially for the north bay. come thursday before those numbers rebound approaching the weekend. we'll have another local news update coming your way in 30 minutes. here's an idea. start shopping a new way. start maximizing. at the place where you always get more than you pay for. t.j.maxx. brands you love, prices that work for you. maxx style. maxx savings. keep you standards high and your spending low. fashion, family, home. maxx what matters most to you. maxx life at t.j.maxx. >> announcer: from nbc >>> from nbc news this is "today's" take with al roker, natalie moralous, willie geist and tamron hall. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> good crowd outside. welcome to "today" on this monday morning, september 15th, 2014. i'm natalie moralous along with tamron hall, al roker. we had alicia keys in here. >> she's going to be coming up.