meteorologist rob mayeda is in. and you have a look at our microclimate forecast. >> it is chilly this morning. >> it is. san jose right now, close to 40 degrees. how about 30 in napa. it was 29 earlier. 31 in livermore. the valleys have dropped cold enough to have patchy frost this morning. here is a pretty view outside at&t park. mild near the water. another view of san jose, presunrise view there. as the many women's marches continue around the bay area today, we're going to see temperatures very chilly for the morning. jacket weather for the morning and in san jose, you'll see numbers eventually climbing into the upper 50s later on today. mostly sunny skies. no worries about rain today. however, quick check of the satellite view shows you the clearing isn't going to last for long. all those clouds off to the west will bring rain back for the second half of the weekend. coming up, we'll let you know how much rain to expect, when it will arrive and how much more snow we're expecting in the sierra. >> all the infor

rob mayeda is a busy man today. busy weather scene tonight into tomorrow. >> the weekend for the most part has been dry around the bay area. we could use the rain. it's like we're trying to catch up in 24 hours or 36 hours. here's what we're missing and what we've received so far. you see the seasonal totals on the left. we're missing more rain than we've received so far this year. for most of the bay area, that means 45%, about 37% of average and we're going to make up some of that ground, certainly, over the next day and a half or so. right now, clouds in san francisco. not much in the way of rain. san rafael, 50. san jose, overcast and 55 degrees. the radar picking up a few sprinkles, really nothing reaching the ground yet. but these clouds offshore will ensure that we see rain spreading back over the bay area during the day tomorrow. for the morning, it will be breezy, rain picking up. maybe not so much for the morning commute but midday into the evening commute, the temperatures will have a tough time climbing

meteorologist rob mayeda has a look what is coming. rob? >> the storms will help to clear up the fog. 59 degrees. and speaking of the fog, with strong high pressure and light winds, as the temperatures cool overnight, late night, last night into this morning we saw the fog getting pretty thick around the santa clara valley without a lot of wind to mix in dryer air to break it up. so air quality also suffers with the light winds and high pressure. spare the air day for tonight and also into monday for unhealthy air quality levels for smoke around the inland east bay and north bay. notice how the air quality improves as question go through the week. that's because of the three storms. the first coming in later tomorrow, along with cooler temperatures and progressively stronger storm systems that will be dropping snow levels and dropping a significant amount of snow in the sierra. and more rain back in the bay area. the timeline how this could impact your holiday plans tomorrow and the rest of the week coming up at 4:45. >> thank you. >>> the

rob mayeda. >> about to see a lot of rain coming in. closer view of the seven-day forecast shows monday stormy day, and at least the first half of tuesday the rain changing over to scattered showers, as i think most of the bay area will probably get one to two weeks' worth of rain all on monday into tuesday morning time frame. >> rob, thank you very much, and thank you for joining us. >> "saturday night live" is next. have a great night. >> may 17, 2017. robert mueller is appointed special counsel and tasked with the investigation into the firing of james comey and links between the trump campaign and the russian government, uncovering numerous attempts by wikileaks mastermind julian assange to influence the outcome of the american election via contact with jared kushner and other members of the trump inner circle. the targets pile up --

rob mayeda will show us how much and when. >> ahead of the first rain, the first of three storms. 54 in san jose. visibility starting to drop off around the east bay. the holiday morning begins with more patchy fogs. but as we go through the next few days dealing with not only changes in terms of rain but a spare the air day tomorrow for unhealthy air. arriving tomorrow cooling temperatures and progressively stronger storms. a colder storm due in thursday and another next week. and rain totals perhaps measured to an inch. highest peaks around the bay area could see some snow. full forecast coming up in about 12 minutes. >> sounds good. download our nbc bay area app. >>> the flight from san francisco to france was diverted to virginia because of a medical issues. the plane landed at dulles international airport about an hour ago. >>> people caught in the middle of this male it went on for two hours. nbc bay area thom jensen live with the new accounts and the crazy reason the fight started in the first place. thom? >> reporter: it started about 9:00 inside the arcade section when a gir

rob mayeda has the forecast. >> better than the nine degrees they had in chicago. you can see it pretty well. as we head towards midnight, visibility still 3.8 miles. great news. patchy fog. you might notice the smoke from fireworks shows might linger. we have the spare the air day tomorrow and then big changes ahead as the air quality might improve. rain coming back and tracking three storms. and the king tides returning with the full moon. coming up in ten minutes. >>> thanks. we have a list of events right now on our website nbcbayarea.com you have about 50 minutes to get one. >>> from dubai, and hong kong to new zealand and hungary. sidney harbor lit up bright. aif i h amid celebrations across the gloer globe. so far, a safe new year's eve. >>> at midnight, recreational marijuana will become legal. analyst predict a multimillion dollar industry. live at a dispensary in oakland. they have waited a long time for this. >> reporter: that's right. mixed emotion as we head into the new year. for some marijuana's new legal status may price people out. toasting to a ne

meteorologist rob mayeda is in.ast. >> it is chilly this morning. >> it is. san jose right now, close to 40 degree

our rob mayeda is up there with how much snow we actually got. rob?t the sierra, this is what the most recent storm left behind. a few more inches and fresh powder as we overlock south shore of lake tahoe. it's a gorgeous view near the south end of the lake. last year at this time it was a different view where the snowpack was on a pace for a rerd pace as 170% of average for e central sierra. this year, betwee22 and 27% of average. these colder storms are helping at 8 thourk fe,000 feet. so we're hoping with incoming holder storms, instead of adding up the snowfall in inches, we see one to two feet of snow coming in with our midweek storm and storms to follow later on in the week. reporting from the top of heavenly village, about 8,000 feet up, rob mayeda, nbc bay area news. back to you. >> tough assignment. >> oh, that looks so nice up there right now. >> you know he's on his feet right now. >> skiing all the way down. >> social media posts, he was skiing today. >> really? that's part of the weather conference. >> it's all research. >> research, rese

. >>> a live look at san francisco right now and meteorologist rob mayeda is joining us now. >> as we approach midnight, looks like we are going to see more clouds form up around the bay. we could see some patchy dense fogs. so stay tuned here. here is a look at the timeline as we head towards midnight. you don't want to see this, this is hazy skies and visibility starting to drop down. remains to be seen if the fog is going to set up at bay level. especially between midnight and 7:00 a.m. even in san jose visibility could be less than a mile at times. so fireworks time around san francisco close to 50 degrees. as we move forward, big changes ahead. spare the air day tomorrow. now it looks like we could see three storms starting wednesday through next weekend. the time line and how much rain and snow we are expecting coming up. >>> if you still are not committed to your new year's plans head to our website nbcbayarea.com for things to do in the bay area. >>> a plane crashed in costa rica killing 12 people. ten of the victims are americans. a family of five from new york is among the d

meteorologist rob mayeda joins us now with what to expect for the work week. and as always, you can get an up to date weather forecast for your and as always, you can get an up to date weather forecast for your neighborhood... by downloading our free nbc bay area )app ). here we are in january.. and southern california is in a red flag warning tonight because of fire danger concerns. keep in mind- ventura and santa barbara counties are still trying to recover from the "thomas fire" that tore through there last month. it was the largest fire in the history of california. the national weather service says southern california is already experiencing low humidity. and strong gusts of warm winds will be flowing through the area tonight. the red flag warning will be lifter tomorrow afternoon. police in san francisco are on the lookout for an suv used in a drive-by shooting overnight. investigators say someone fired a gun out of a honda suv around 1 a.m., near the corner of 22nd street and mission. a woman was found unconscious, but with non-life threatening gunshot

rob mayeda tracking the conditions, rob? >> watching wave heights through next week, six to eight feet offshore, but there is promise we'll see bigger wave heights over the next seven days. wave hikes in the central gulf of alaska close to 20 to 30 feet as that wave energy and the wind energy approaches the coast, wave heights on the increase tuesday and we think even higher on thursday. so we may begin to see beach hazard statements or high surf advisories posted later next week. the big surf is in addition to wind and rain potential as a series of three storms arrive. something setting these storms apart from their predecessors, it's the cold temperatures, which is going to be big news for sierra snow levels. we'll have the time line of the storms, how much rain and snow we're expecting in our forecast coming up in ten minutes. back to you. >> and you want to know when the rain is arriving? download our nbc bay area app. it is free, comes with a complete forecast for your community. >>> a man is dead after officers shot hi

my meteorologist rob mayeda has that. >> rain is piling up around the north bay as a few spots are closingin on close to three inches of rain. kentfield, just under three inches of rain. mill valley, 2.33. san francisco now, the wettest day since february 20th, well over an inch of rain. oakland there, too, and check out san jose, closing in on an inch of rain there. and near orinda, we're not quite done. >> that is impressive. ben lomond, over 2.5 inches. we take you down to southern california and storm ranger is there and there is a high flooding threat with all of the wildfires over the past couple of months and in the low elevations, three-quarters of an inch to 1 1/2 and in the mountains, 2 to 5 inches. that's over the next 12 hours through southern california. what about the rest of the bay area for tonight? i think the heaviest rainfall we'll undergo is from the current moment through 8:30 at night and then continuing into about 11:00 p.m. this evening. after 11:00 it starts to slowly break up so by 6:00 a.m. tomorrow, it's a scattered rainfall situation that we continue into tuesd

meteorologist rob mayeda is breaking down the storm strength. >> it strengthened as it dropped in southern california where they get the thunderstorms and rain rates of almost of an inches per hour. lingering showers around san jose, skying finally clearing. dhek out rain totals, in some cases these are monthly totals in just 24 hours. you can see san francisco almost 3.5 inches. san jose 2 inches. and mill valley to the santa cruz mountsens almost six inches coming down with this storm. giving you spreskt, january is the wettest month of the year. but in this month the last 24 hours 50 to 75% of what you'd expect to get for the entire month fell just in this one storm. and for the rainfall season perspective this one storm was 30% of the rainfall season we've seen so far in san francisco. and about 25% of the average in the san jose. that was a lot of water. now moving ahead, showers coming to an end breezy tonight. we're tracking more rain chances ahead in the 7-day forecast. the timing of the next chance of rain in 12 months. >> see you shortly, rob. if you were out on the roads hopeful

we're going to turn now to rob mayeda, you saw that poor man had a blanket on, so cold. >> 30s. can't complain. >> temperatures as the same color as the dress you're wearing now, blue, purple and the windchill factors are just pretty incredible. we'll show you temperatures. could be nearing records for new year's eve in parts of the country. these are the current thermometer temperatures outside. you see it's 11 degrees in york and 10 degrees below zero in minneapolis and factser in winds of 10 to 20 miles per hour. look at the windchill indexes. minus 30 in minneapolis. minus 2 in new york city. chicago minus 11. see how that cold air pulling down east of the rockies heading down to the gulf coast where it actually feels like 33 degrees in new orleans and 14 in dallas, texas. this will be the year of the polar start to the new year for most of the country. right now nothing polar about san francisco. 56 degrees. that's warm compared to every place east of the rockies right now. 52 degrees in san rafael. extra cloud cover may keep low temperatures up. more to the 40s in a few sp

. >>> rob mayeda here. and some people probably spending the three-day weekend up in the sierra, wishing there might be a little more snow. >> they're going to get their wish. they just have to wait the next weekend. >> but the totals we're looking at are going to be very impressive. by the time we get through all three storms, first let's take you out, speak of the sierra, the resort at squaw creek. 43 degrees. maybe a bit mild by january's standards. but other places so far in this last week look more like this. our weather watcher bill miller showing us the view now or this year versus how it looked around the same time last year. and you see how high that snow has stacked up around that lightpost. and there it is in the background there. a very dry looking driveway. let's fast forward and show the sierra about 25% of average. three storms come in. and the potential for snowfall quite frankly is off the charts, literally. off my collar guide. snow totals of 3 to 4 feet possible built. the time we get to

sergio quintana is in the fire zone and rob mayeda. >> the burn zones, flash flood watches will be inarea, a wind advisory with gusts of 45 to 65 miles per hour in some of the hills. unlike previous storms we will see periods of heavy rains. gusty winds, power issues and tree damage increasingly likely. there is that added chance of isolated thunder. the first outer fringe of it now bringing light rain into the north bay. pretty surprising rain totals that can be expected coming up in our full forecast. >> thank you. this incoming storm is expected to be the most powerful to hit since the north bay fire storm which is causing concerns. sergio quintana is in santa rosa. >> reporter: you come across these, they are called waddles. they are supposed to soak up some material that potentially washes into the streams. with the coming storm, the miles and miles of waddles are going to be put to the test. dozens of destroyed homes like these in the fountain grove neighborhoods are being cleared up. lots of work ahead of the storm. >> the big concern now versus a month or so ago when we receiv