let's get right to our meteorologist, rob mayeda. rob, the wind has really pushed this fire in directions where firefighters were hoping it wouldn't go. and it shows you just how dangerous conditions can be when the wind changes direction. we're not seeing those strong, damaging offshore santa ana winds, but wind out of the west for a time tonight. push that fire that palisades. fire off to the north and to the east. the new evacuation order zones south of encino. you see here. these are the hotspots where the area where the fire was the most active over the last few hours here on the north side. and another evacuation order. if you orient yourself here, here's 405 freeway. you've got westwood, ucla on the east side of the freeway and on the west side you have brentwood. the expectation is the fire may move into mandeville canyon. and if it drops down into this area ahead of the next wind shift, this could lead to a big problem, as we'reexpecting the return of these gusty offshore winds. so you can see here wind speeds starting to acc

rob mayeda is here. how's the wind today? because it had been whipping for days and days. well, this is the good news for air crews especially. and crews on the ground. we had these wind speeds when the fire started was about 40, 50, 60mph. but today, mostly wind gusts below 20mph. so they've been able to make up some ground there in terms of getting some back fire set and containment lines, trying to get some containment on the palisades fire. but it is still a very active fire. the satellite detected heat mostly on the north side here. so that's actually better news for places like brentwood and santa monica. have. the more active part of the fire has been in less populated areas. as we take you into the eaton fire as well, here's another location that has benefited from less wind over the last 24 hours. but here's the problem with the eaton fire. more of the activy is down around the altadena area and east of la canada flintridge, so with less wind, fire crews are able to make some ground up. but you saw the view from the mount wilson cam. all the unhealthy air across s

our rob mayeda joins us now with an explanation. rob, first i have to say, you weather people you love coming up with these names. a few years i'd never heard of the atmospheric river, the polar vortex, or the bomb cyclone. and now we have hydro climate whiplash. tell me about it. let's break down the term hydro water or climate. so short term or long range forecasts that involve changes, both involving more rain than you'd expect to see in a given time. or it's the all or nothing winter precipitation forecast. so when we take a closer look in a warmer climate, storms such as atmospheric rivers have the capacity to carry more moisture, so you can have wetter storms. and at the same time, in a warming climate, you can see more resilient ridges of high pressure which enhance drying. now, the whiplash part of the hydroclimate whiplash is within the same season. you can see both of these patterns setting up, and we've seen a prime example of that this year. when you think of santa rosa, you mentioned it, garvin. in november, in three day

let's get right to our meteorologist, rob mayeda. rob, the wind has really pushed this fire in directions where firefighters were hoping it wouldn't go. and it shows you just how dangerous conditions can be when the wind changes direction. we're not seeing those strong, damaging offshore santa ana winds, but wind out of the west for a time tonight. push that fire that palisades. fire off to the north and to the east. the new evacuation order zones south of encino. you see here. these are the hotspots where the area where the fire was the most active over the last few hours here on the north side. and another evacuation order. if you orient yourself here, here's 405 freeway. you've got westwood, ucla on the east side of the freeway and on the west side you have brentwood. the expectation is the fire may move into mandeville canyon. and if it drops down into this area ahead of the next wind shift, this could lead to a big problem, as we're expecting the return of these gusty offshore winds. so you can see here wind speeds starting to ac

and rob mayeda is here. ow, rob, let's talk about these fires in socal, because i think last week we looked at a drought map and up in northern california, we were doing way better than southern california. yeah, in both areas, seeing offshore wind obviously stronger in southern california, but really a tale of very two different areas when it comes to the rainfall we've seen to start this year, benefiting from the very active november and december in the bay area. look at this map. and it's just two sides of the same coin for zenni. you've got one area well above average. as you go north of san francisco, you've got 100 to 140% of average. but as you move down the central coast into los angeles, almost no rainfall. so the calendar essentially becomes irrelevant. it doesn't matter that it's january. you just haven't had any rain pretty much since october. in fact, for parts of southern california, that goes back to late spring. so the calendar says it's january. but in terms of fire danger for areas south of

let's go to our meteorologist, rob mayeda now. rob, the red flag warning, i think is set to expire there soon, but it could be dicey again this weekend. yeah, the overall offshore wind pattern continues right now. a bit of a lull in the action you saw from gina kim's live shot there. not a lot of wind. and this is the best news we've seen so far this week. those wind speeds have come down quite a bit, especially in the altadena area out to the east near sierra madre, and the most active parts of this fire, the last 24 hours. a lot more of it up in the mountains, a little less of it down towards the more densely populated areas around altadena and north pasadena. similar conditions actually out towards the palisades fire. wind speeds, which were about 40 to 60mph, generally below 20 to 30mph around the mountain areas. most of the activity with this palisades fire has been away from santa monica and brentwood. up in the mountains between topanga beach and woodland hills. this is an area, too that has benefited from less wind, but wat

rob mayeda is back with us. we're talking about a potential more evacuations in this area right now. just issued on the east side of that fire. to the north, you have encino in the san fernando valley, and you have 4 or 5 freeway. the other side is brentwood and beverly glen. so it's those areas between the freeway and the palisades fire which have new evacuation orders. of course, we'll keep you updated on our website throughout the night. our own weather concern is the gusty wind around the bay area. watch these do start to pick up across the mountains there, and the north bay and the east bay hills, you see those wind speeds increasing. a mostlyy saturday wind event there. sunday should see less wind and ongoing dry conditions. so here's a look at your forecast for tomorrow. saturday's highs climbing into the 60s saturday, the windier of the two days, and your weekend forecast as we head into sunday and monday, the next thing we're watching will be some chilly nights ahead. we're looking at likely frost advis

every year our very own meteorologist, rob mayeda, heads up to the sierra for the central sierra snow lab conference. and this week we got some insight on how 2024 went and some of the trends ahead for the month of february as we finalize the month of january. now, keep in mind, the sierra snowpack is critical for our ecosystems, but it also provides about one third of california's water supply. and here's rob's insight. well, this is a beautiful view on the shores of south lake tahoe. and we really haven't seen too much snow down at lake level so far for the sierra snowpack season. meantime, areas north of interstate 80, in the northern sierra, we've had above average snowfall. but here around the central sierra, near average or now below average. thanks to the relatively dry january we've had for rain and sierra snow. and south of highway 50, we've seen well below average snowfall. so the question is, nearly midway through the season, how might the rest of the sierra snowpack season look snowing when rob was out there? that's some good news. i know it was snowing like near mammoth a

organizers say they plan on leaving tomorrow and rob mayeda is here now. and rob, i know a lot of people are wondering, well, what's the weather going to be lik the next couple of days for these firefighters and for the folks who live down there? yeah, we had an improvement in conditions today which allowed some progress on those fires. unfortunately, strong, gusty offshore winds are going to be returning there. the time frame to watch will be like right around this time tomorrow night, probably through about wednesday morning. and we have our own dose of offshore winds. we're watching in the bay area tonight across some of the north bay hills. as you're about to see, gusts tonight could be above 50mph. we're seeing that right now close to mount saint helena, 49 degrees in san jose. not much wind. eventually, we'll see lows dropping closer to 40 around san jose. and it's already 40 degrees in dublin. this is one of the locations over the next few nights and mornings, could be waking up to some patchy frost and temperatures in the 30s. 48 degrees in san rafa

i'm here now with our meteorologist, rob mayeda, to take another look at our weather today. yeah, it's nice right? it really is. it was warm. we almost got to 70 and a few spots south of san jose today. but big changes later tonight. freeze warning up for parts of the north bay valleys. that's from midnight to 10 a.m. frost advisories elsewhere. and a large area actually affected by that frost advisory. then some other changes headed our way this weekend, which may include some showers. i'll have a look at that coming up in just about a minute. right now, we're still enjoying 50s and 60s outside, but moving forward tonight, the area you see here in purple in the north bay, that's where the freeze warning is. but look where the frost advisories are set up throughout the south bay. all of the east bay, essentially away from the water. down the peninsula as well. and up into the north bay. we'll zoom in on the areas that will see the coldest temperatures. the areas here in purple, much of the lower elevations of sonoma county, marin county and napa county will see temperatures

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let's check in with meteorologist rob mayeda. rob also cold? yeah, we're seeing the cloudy skies lingering around san jose, but we did break out of the clouds around san francisco. now, first up tonight as the skies clear, we do have a frost advisory that will go into effect for the santa clara valley, san jose, into morgan hill, the tri-valley interior portions of the east bay and the north bay valleys. but above those wind sheltered valleys up there in the north bay. this is the area tonight that will experience an increase in those gusty offshore winds. elevations above 1000 to 2000ft could have wind gusts over 50mph by tomorrow morning. and notice these wind gusts speeds even across some of the lower elevations. by noon tomorrow will be in the 20 to 30 mile per hour range, so dry and breezy around the bay area. but unfortunately for southern california, we're going to see the renewal of red flag warnings and high wind warnings back down towards los angeles. we'll have a closer look at that and when we might see some shower chances returning

meteorologist rob mayeda is here. rob, how is the rest of our weekend looking like in terms of rain? it's out of the picture for now. the one weather advisory we have is still the high surf advisory on the coast. wave heights off shore, still in the 10 to 13 foot range. but over the last few hours these wave heights continue to come down. so expect more tame conditions returning to the coast as we head into the new week. and then we're watching out for some patchy fog, hazy sunshine, no rain in the forecast, but the bigger story moving forward could be the wind, gusty offshore winds, which may result in wind advisories as we head into the new week. we'll have a closer look at that timeline, and when we do see any rain chances ahead in that 7 to 10 day forecast coming up in a few minutes. sounds good. rob, thank you very much. ahead of his inauguration, san francisco's mayor elect is taking part in a weekend of service. the events brought daniel lowry out to several neighborhood cleanups today, including this one at oce

meteorologist rob mayeda joins us. rob, sometimes you hate to be right. and you were right yesterday. we stood right here and you told me about those santa ana winds and how dry it's been and the risk for fire danger and the red flag warnings. and we're seeing that play out right now. unfortunately, all the conditions were there. we talked about an area that hasn't really seen any rain since october. then on top of it, one of the strongest santa ana wind patterns in many years. and you get what happens here around the palisades fire. this is around the time the fire started. you see the mountain wave action with the winds moving down towards the ocean. that allows the embers, once they get airborne, to move rather rapidly away from the fire, which leads to a rapid sprd. and when fire crews watch fires like this, the ones where the column plume is right on the ground like that, heading out over the ocean lets you know how strong and gusty those winds are at the same time, look at the chinooks there from cal fire still accessing those water drums at the top

rob mayeda is here. and rob, we have some winds also coming in. yeah, a combination of frost advisories and wind advisories depending on where you are. first up, the frost advisories. this includes san jose, santa clara valley, tri-valley interior, east bay, and the north bay wind sheltered valleys. but higher up in the north bay elevations above about 1000 to 2000ft. you see the wind advisories going into effect tonight. we will see the potential of wind gusts going above 45mph as early as 11:00 tonight. and those winds, those gusty, dry offshore winds reaching their peak as we head through about midday tomorrow. so a combination of the cold and dry and gusty across the hilltops. and speaking of dry and gusty, unfortunately southern california set to see high wind warnings and red flag warnings going back into effect. we'll give you the latest there. and when we're expecting the strongest winds to our south, and if we might see any rain chances lurking as we head towards the 7-day forecast and moving forward into next weekend. a closer look at th

let's get right over to meteorologist rob mayeda for a look at those conditions. rob. yeah, gia. we've been watching these winds shift on schedule, as we expected today, the return of the gusty offshore wind. you can see how it's impacting the upper air. smoke moving away from the palisades. fire and wind speeds in the santa cruz mountains. santa monica mountains. excuse me. up to about 45 mile per hour gusts there. notice the wind direction out of the north. so that is making the fire the most active part of the fire here on the north and east side start to march southward to areas north of brentwood that is mandeville canyon, right there on the north side of brentwood. the hot spots today, really on the eastern flank of that palisades fire. now, unfortunately, this whole zone is under that red flag warning to the east. the eaton fire under a high wind warning as those wind speeds accelerate heading into tonight, you can see the fire weather outlook for the region remains critical through tonight and on into sunday, as we're expecting currently, the speed of those offshore winds

rob mayeda san francisco. chili, i'm going to say a little bit cold. not too bad though. we're looking at 40s and near 50 around san francisco, and we've got a dry start to the weekend. pretty dry for now and a pretty evening as well, thanks to some high clouds. this was the view a little bit earlier around san francisco. perhaps you notice this if you're traveling across the bay. gorgeous view. one thing that high clouds are good for pretty sunrises. pretty sunsets. we'll have another round of it as we head into your sunday forecast. and right now, speaking of 50 degrees, that's where we are in san francisco. no issues of fog around the bay, but by tomorrow morning we might see a little bit of patchy fog. right now, 48 degrees in san rafael over towards walnut creek, 46 visibility still looking pretty good across contra costa county and into san jose. 49 degrees. now we still have some high surf on the coast. the advisory should drop later on sunday morning, but exercise caution there along the beaches as you head out to wrap up the weekend. hazy skies, mix of high cloud

meteorologist rob mayeda. moving the bay area forward. today on asian pacific america.ay area and south bay. today we welcome betty yoon, the first vietnamese american and woman on the santa clara county board of supervisors who takes over a very diverse district in

this video just sent in to us by our meteorologist, rob mayeda from lake tahoe.what's the timeline and how much? those are the big questions. you see jeff right there tracking it all. he's going to join us in just a few minutes. also this evening, city leaders in oakland confirming layoff notices were sent out today to help balance oakland's budget. yet we're talking about layoffs. the city is facing nearly $130 million deficit. in december, it unveiled a plan to address the shortfall. the layoffs are part of the second phase of this plan. the city tells us around 70 workers were impacted. the police department and public works lost the largest number of employees. the city says there will be more layoffs next week, but the impact will be smaller in terms of numbers of layoffs, well, we might be on the verge of major changes in san francisco. three weeks on the job and the new mayor, daniel lurie, says the drug and homeless crisis is about to get cleaned up. his emergency ordinance to deal with the fentanyl crisis is on the fast track to get approved, or so we be

let's bring in meteorologist rob mayeda, who's keeping an eye on that. high surf warning. yet? high enough that we're still seeing some wave heights off shore. about 12 to 14ft at times. but this is less than half the heights we saw just two weeks ago. and we had the coastal flood warnings and the high surf warnings. so from here, this current high surf advisory will end at 3 a.m. tomorrow morning. you can see how the wave heights drop down. calmer conditions headed to our shoreline. in fact, not much in the way of any storms ahead in the 7-day forecast. areas of fog. hazy sunshine like you're seeing right now in san jose. but ahead, we could be dealing with some dry, gusty offshore wind. how strong those winds will be and how long the rain stays out of the forecast. coming up in a few minutes. rob thank you. the countdown to inauguration day in san francisco next week. it is on and mayor elect daniel lurie is getting a jump start on his new job. he was out taking part in neighborhood cleanups today. nbc bay area's christie smith caught up w with the incoming mayor jut days bef

rob mayeda is with us now to talk about what we're seeing across the u.s. here. and of course, down in southern california. it's a mess, really, east of the rockies, a lot of deicing airports impacted. and that's going to continue as we go through the weekend. the national weather forecast will show you that here we've got it pretty good of temperatures in the 60s in the sunshine. but look at the big travel hubs to the east. we're talking chicago, atlanta, the northeast. snow at times temperatures below freezing. and that's going to slow things down on those airports. denver to dealing with the snow down towards texas. we're seeing some clearing after we did have some active weather there. but again, if your travel plans include the northeast, the great lakes or the rockies this weekend, plan on seeing some delays now closer to home. no active weather at all. we've got mostly clear skies. still 63 degrees in san jose, 61 in dublin. not much wind for the moment, but that will be changing by tomorrow morning. 55 in san rafael and patchy low clouds moving across san

let's bring in our meteorologist, rob mayeda. you've been tracking those conditions. that red flag warning that's been in effect all week just expired. but they say the winds could pick back up this weekend. yeah. next 36 hours will be critical for that region. we did make the gains on those fires burning around the los angeles area. here is the key reason why calm light winds across the fire lines. there you can see the fire footprint. how far down into altadena this eaton fire did get. but there is the big change. wind speeds right now. relatively quiet there. similar conditions to the west out around the palisades fire up around the santa monica mountains. still some wind speeds up to 20mph, but that's a lot different than the 50 to 60 mile per hour sustained winds we had just a couple of days ago. so conditions have settled down and we'll start the weekend with similar conditions. but watch what happens here as we head into sunday night. you saw the area there around the palisades fire just to the north, which is thousand oaks, ventura county. wind gusts getting b

yeah, and rob mayeda is joining us now. some pretty potentially scary conditions on the coast.h, we're watching the beach hazards for sneaker waves there on the coast. and eventually some dry winds will be watching here, both in the bay area and in southern california. but the dry weather continues here as we wrap up the weekend. the one part of the forecast that might still seem like january is the overnight temperatures dropping into the 40s and 30s. right now, san francisco 48 degrees might see some patchy low clouds by the morning as we head up towards san rafael. you see the visibility now down to six miles farther north around santa rosa. visibility at a quarter mile as that patchy fog sets up 46 degrees in san rafael, 42 in walnut creek and back into san jose. you can kind of see a few of those low clouds east of downtown at 47 degrees. look at danville down to 37. we're seeing similar temperatures at boulder creek, 39 in sonoma, 38 in santa rosa. and look at the visibility now down to that quarter mile in sonoma county. and that's sort of a sneak preview of tomorrow mor

and our rob mayeda sent this video to us. you can see those large snowflakes floating on down. so rob is in south lake tahoe. so then of course we have cinthia pimentel here to tell us even more about what's going on up there and here. yeah, he's up there doing some learning for us. we'll bring it back. and of course, we love all the knowledge he shares with us. and up there right now. yeah. some snow continuing for tonight and into tomorrow. it's been a while since we got some of those flurries up there. 23 degrees right now as we look over palisades there looks gorgeous. that winter weather advisory continuing on until tomorrow afternoon. not very exciting, but 1 to 2in is something that will take continuing to build that snow pack up there in the central sierra. we had our own little flurries for the south bay foothills there inhe mount hamilton range,nd of course some rain mixed in here in the picture we're seeing, some light returns through the immediate bay here through the middle and then up there towards the north bay. but it is very light amounts, just enough to get the

i like that rob mayeda he's sticking around too. he is sticking around, man, and he is doing a great job and so easy to work with you too. just absolutely delightful people behind the scenes. you don't know them, but my gosh, we're not even on the air right now without them. so thank you to everybody at the station, you know, and thanks. thank management too. they've been so nice. you know, staceyy owens hs been great. stephanie adrian who i've known for 20 years. these people are just doing incredible work in a very changing environment. you know, more people are going online for their news. fewer people here. but we're going online more. so we're making anyway. you've been doing this for 44 years. 44 years. i'm going to take tomorrow off. and for a long time, long time. welcome back anytime, by the way. ehh... hmm. oh, that's very, uh... - right? - mmm... this store doesn't have agentforce, so an ai agent didn't tip off the stylist as to what i might actually wear. - yes. - oh. that's a commitment. [glass knocked] hey bud! whadday