i'm meteorologist sandy patel tracking the very dangerous hurricane ian and when it's expected to hitlook at the warmer weather that's heading our way here in the bay area coming up. alright, sandy. thanks a lot. all that's ahead. but first here's a look at what's coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live right after abc 7. at 11 jimmy. thanks dan. watch us tonight, or i'll sick brooklyn on you as you spend enough time talking to somebody about a wide variety of things and a closeness or a supposed closeness develops between the two. i don't think it'll happen with you and me. no, but hurricane ian is barreling toward florida this monster storm 400 miles across strengthened today as it turned in the gulf of mexico that warm water. fueling it as we take a live look from a block in key west, florida tonight all quiet right now, but that will change the western part of the state is already feeling the impact of torrential rain. cancer say life-threatening. storm surges are likely up to 12 feet in some areas. hurricane. ian is projected to make landfall tomorrow between sarasota and fort mye

i'm meteorologist sandy patel tracking the very dangerous hurricane ian and when it's expected to hit florida plus a look at the warmer weather that's heading our way here in the bay area coming up. alright, sandy. thanks a lot. all that's ahead. but first here's a look at what's coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live right after abc 7. at 11 jimmy. thanks dan. watch us tonight, or i'll sick brooklyn on you as you spend enough time talking to somebody about a wide variety of things and a closeness or a supposed closeness develops between the two. i don't think it'll happen with you and me. no, but did you know luxury hair repair doesn't have to cost $50? this pro-vitamin formula repairs by building new bonds. for softness, and resilience. if you know... you know it's pantene. listen, i'm done settling. because this is my secret. i put it on once, no more touch ups! secret had ph balancing minerals; and it helps eliminate odor, instead of just masking it. so pull it in close. secret works. what's it like having xfinity internet with supersonic wifi? it's fast... like beyond-gig-speed f

sandy patel is on top of it all.ffects and figures and on top of our building sandy any records today, no records today, dan and alma, but we do expect records tomorrow up here on the roof. it's actually quite refreshing and nice out here. let me show you the high temperature for today 81 in the city. that's down 17 degrees from yesterday's high in the upper 90s as you will notice 108 in fairfield 107 and livermore, san jose 97 degrees 88 in oakland triple digits in santa rosa compared to 24 hours ago 9 degrees cooler in the city seven degrees cooler in hayward. let me show you the excessive heat warning that remains up for a high to very high heat risk. this is for all inland areas and the hills until tomorrow night as you will notice solan

what the rain means for the rest of the fire season, but let's start with abc 7 news meteorologist sandy patelbeen a welcome sight to get the rain, but now i want to show you what is happening as we speak on live doppler 7 thunderstorm has just developed in the inland east bay. we're going to get you down to street level deer valley road right around the antioch highway 4 corridor. you are seeing some downpours at this hour as we take you in and show you the rainfall rates. it's actually showing over five inches per hour if it holds together. we're going to track that for you heading into collinsville at 406 into rio vista at 4:15. this is precisely why don't let your guards down because we are seeing development happening with the instability from the sun heating the landmass. you will notice some showers right around yountville across 29 at this hour. once again, we are seeing a thunderstorm developing as this low spins just off the coastline. it is just spinning up some moisture. it's an exclusive light level one storm on our storm impact scale waves of showers chance of thunder today tomor

sandy patel is tracking as it continues san diego to move across the state.right, dan and liz it is moving inland right now. it has weakened from a category 4 when it made landfall earlier this afternoon near caio, costa florida as a category 4 storm. so let's take a look at live doppler 7 right now you can see some heavy bands of rain moving across the central portion of the state tornado watch boxes on the eastern side. they've already had reports of tornadoes. look at the eye on the storm as it made landfall is now a category 2 wind gusts of 180 miles an hour. the biggest concern is it's moving to the north northeast at 8 miles an hour so slow so by tomorrow morning, it will weaken further to a cat one then a tropical storm as it approaches daytona beach eventually moving out over the warm waters of the atlantic ocean and curving back towards the carolinas over the weekend the slow nature of the storm means that the inundation they're dealing with is going to continue storm surge of 12 to 18 feet rainfall totals. i mean in areas up to 30 inches and you kno

sandy patel is on top of it all. yeah literally on top of the effects and figures and on top of our building sandy any records today, no records today, dan and alma, but we do expect records tomorrow up here on the roof. it's actually quite refreshing and nice out here. let me show you the high temperature for today 81 in the city. that's down 17 degrees from yesterday's high in the upper 90s as you will notice 108 in fairfield 107 and livermore, san jose 97 degrees 88 in oakland triple digits in santa rosa compared to 24 hours ago 9 degrees cooler in the city seven degrees cooler in hayward. let me show you the excessive heat warning that remains up for a high to very high heat risk. this is for all inland areas and the hills until tomorrow night as you will notice solano county until friday night and lake county until friday night as well. there's still this dangerous heat wave continuing today's day five tomorrow's day six heat advisory until 8 pm tomorrow for the bay shore line marin coastal areas the coastal rang

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let's go to abc 7 news meteorologist sandy patel tracking hurricane ian. very closely sandy sandy. give us a sense of the conditions right now. i know it was a four when it hit land started weakening right away. yeah, dan, so it has weakened considerably, but the damage is done and it has been catastrophic. let me show you live doppler 7 right now as you will notice the eye of the hurricane not so well defined this hurricane did make landfall as dan mentioned as a category four. you can see as we take you back in time. it was a monster storm. it packed 150 mile an hour winds now, it's a cat one winds of 75, so it's barely hanging on to hurricane status. it will continue to weak into a tropical storm moving over the atlantic and then veering back towards the carolinas over the weekend. so this is gonna be days of rain all the way up the carolina coast from florida to the carolinas numerous watches and warnings are in effect when you look at the wave heights, even though the hurricane is moving inland waves are still 10 14 14 feet as you will notice num. storm reports across the regi

no, they're not but meteorologist sandy patel is here to tell us what we can expect for the weekend sandy yeah, we're gonna have a nice looking weekend ahead. dan and dion i do want to touch upon the drought situation. so as we take a look here the latest monitor coming out today no change from last week exceptional droughts still covers a good part of the central valley and extreme drought but you will notice here in the bay area no change either from last week. we're still in a severe drought the inland areas are starting to kind of get into that extreme drought. so no situation. the situation has not changed. obviously. it's a complete opposite situation back east where hurricane ian has regained strength. you can see the outer bands a moving through parts of the caroline is just barely touching the carolinas. i should say. it's a category one now, so it went to a tropical storm and then re-strengthened over the warm waters of the atlantic 75 mile an hour winds barely holding on his historic storm. did some catastrophic damage in florida, i mean we're talking about record-breaking rain

let's go to abc 7 news meteorologist sandy patel tracking hurricane ian. very closely sandy sandy.us a sense of the conditions right now. i know it was a four when it hit land started weakening right away. yeah, dan, so it has weakened considerably, but the damage is done and it has been catastrophic. let me show you live doppler 7 right now as you will notice the eye of the hurricane not so well defined this hurricane did make landfall as dan mentioned as a category four. you can see as we take you back in time. it was a monster storm. it packed 150 mile an hour winds now, it's a cat one winds of 75, so it's barely hanging on to hurricane status. it will continue to weak into a tropical storm moving over the atlantic and then veering back towards the carolinas over the weekend. so this is gonna be days of rain all the way up the carolina coast from florida to the carolinas numerous watches and warnings are in effect when you look at the wave heights, even though the hurricane is moving inland waves are still 10 14 14 feet as you will notice num. storm reports across the region the

so let's get started with abc 7 news meteorologist sandy patel with a look at the latest numbers out there sandy. yeah, dan and alma. these numbers are off the charts and over two decades. i haven't seen temperatures like this. so let me show you the record so far all-time record in san jose 109 degrees previous record was one away santa rosa 115. that's an all-time record redwood city a daily record of 109. 115 at the napa airport that is a new record. these are preliminary numbers weather service says they're working on those temperatures and will get the official highs shortly 112 right now in fairfield. it is really hot in livermore 107 degrees. meanwhile half moon bay is 75 degrees excessive heat warning is going until 8 pm thursday marin coastal range in the sf bay shoreline until 8pm tonight and for solano county. it's until 8 pm friday. he'd advisory is still in effect until 8:00 tonight for san francisco and the bay shore line until 8pm thursday. you will notice the temperatures are heading in the direction. we want to see for many areas, which is down. i'll let you know when

i'm meteorologist sandy patel a fall feel tonight and september showers coming your way this weekend.ow much we might see abc 7 news at 6:00 starts right now. building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. we laid out a vision. a marker and a dream and here we are. a dream realized and a bill signed into law right here in the bay area good evening. i'm amidates and i'm dan ashley. thank you for joining us care court is now california law it is designed to get unhoused people with serious mental health issues into both treatment and housing a proponents of the bill. say the services it will provide or long overdue but opponents believe it is forcing treatment on people will this help build a better bay area. here's abc 7 news reporter zach fuentes. that was the moment governor gavin newsom signed care court into law wednesday morning, the press conference held out of san jose nonprofit mental health services facility and here we are took us decades and decades to get here the care court program would start with someone like a family member first respon

i'm meteorologist sandy patel live on the roof record-setting. today hours may be next.ing up. abc7 live breaking news and that breaking news a shooting in uvalde, texas authority say multiple people were hurt when suspected gang members open fire in the city's memorial park to juveniles have been injured. the suspect has not yet been apprehended this afternoon shooting comes three months after the massacre at rob elementary school. we're 21 people were killed students in uvalde return to class just this week. good evening. i'm amidates. i'm larry beale. thanks for joining us. we have our own grizz. prime situation to talk about gruesome crime. in fact in san carlos a woman who was murdered right in the middle of laurel street, and the details are extremely disturbing. let's go live now to abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo amanda. what do we know right now? well, we know that in the last few minutes many residents are only beginning to arrive home only starting to learn about that horrific crime that took place just down the block from where we're standing right no

how people are preparing for the wet weather, let's touch base with abc seven news meteorologist sandy patel. sandy mama, this is a welcome storm for the bay area. let me show you the storm impact scale. it's exclusive as i just mentioned to the abc seven news as you will notice. it's a one for sunday, monday and tuesday, although the rain chances begin to increase tomorrow night in the north bay sunday through tuesday, expect brief heavy downpours a slight possibility of thunderstorms, gusty winds and slippery roadways. as you check out this storm, it's coming out of the gulf of alaska. it's early in the season. it's not going to be in a hurry to move, so it's going to park itself off the california coast and just spin there so that initial ban comes in saturday night to the north bay five a.m. sunday is when all areas will start to see widespread rain. there will be brief heavy downpours coming in at eight o'clock as well and then scattered showers into the early afternoon and even into the evening. so here's what you can expect with the weekend storm. hazardous travel downpours, strong wi

sandy. patel is here sandy. you actually have a chance at least of some rain in the forecast. absolutely dan, and amen. it's beneficial rain if it pans out right now, it's looking like a pretty good likelihood starting this weekend. so saturday, it's just a slight chance 20% at night sunday and monday is where we're looking at 80 to 85% with the lingering possibility on tuesday level one storm impact scale making a rare appearance in the middle of summer sunday monday. you're looking at a chance of rain showers gusty southerly winds and a slight chance of thunder going into monday. i'll be back to show you the timeline and potential rainfall right sandy. thanks very much the weather feels more like fall, but how about airfare 7 on your science? michael? finney says the summer travel hassle is finally easing up. michael has some advice for those looking ahead. plus. i wanted to be with my parents. as a nine year old boy. he left el salvador to join his parents in san rafael tonight, see how he's turned his experience into a story to help others. this is john. he hasn't worked t

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sandy patel is tracking that force sandy. this is a music to our ears. absolutely. it's exciting to hear that we have september rain coming in one of our driest months. so dan, let's take a look at our rain chances going up to a level one for sunday monday and tuesday, but saturday, there's a 30% chance that the north bay will be seen some showers certainly need the rain drought monitors severe drought which is that a category there reduced from 98% to 94% because of the recent rains and then as you take a look at the bay area, unfortunately extreme drought expanded from 40 to 41% starting to see it in our and east bay so we need this light level one storm. it's not going to be a drought buster, but it will help saturday showers that timeline showing you the rain beginning to increase across the region sunday morning is when the main event is but we're not quite done with this system by sunday morning. i'll be back with a closer look at the rest of the timeline coming right up ama. all right, sandia. thank you in the north bay wine industry groups are joining forces

i'm larryville for sandy patel case. you proud all of us here at abc 7 news.fully we'll get a little bit of a cool down as we check out coit tower and the sun setting we will see you at 11:00. ♪♪♪ om the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy!" introducing today's contestants-- a community organizer from minneapolis, minnesota... an interpreter from columbia, maryland... and our returning champion-- an attorney from berkeley, california... ...whose 3-day cash winnings total... [applause] and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- mayim bialik. [applause] thank you, johnny gilbert, and welcome, everyone. yesterday was the type of game we love here at "jeopardy!" competitive gameplay, high scores, and an exciting finish where it all comes down to final jeopardy! in the end, it was megan wachspress who emerged as champion, securing her victory by just $2 for the second time this week. we're looking forward to another great game today as we welcome our new challengers-- sadie and molly. good luck to all three of you. here are the categories y

i'm meteorologist sandy patel if you like today's warm weather you're in luck this weekend. i'll have the forecast coming up when abc 7 news at 4:00 have you seen my new phone yet? it like, folds in half. i would never switch to samsung, i love my phone. what??? ♪♪ (...it folds in half.) you see i love my phone. i would never switch to samsuuu... (gasping) ♪♪ new astepro allergy. now available without a prescription. astepro is the first and only 24-hour steroid free spray. while other allergy sprays take hours astepro starts working in 30 minutes. so you can... astepro and go. exchange welcome san francisco based new day impact to ring the closing bell today as the market finished a week-long plunge didn't mess up their photo op though. the dow took a hard hit today on wall street. it dropped 486 points closing its lowest level since late 2020 the nasdaq also falling 198 points the s&p 500 lost 64 points with interest rates again this week the bay area rental market could be severely impacted from rising mortgage rates to rising rents. everybody may feel this abc 7 news rep

meteorologist sandy patel that rain.o was nice sandia it was and you know the good thing that it did was add more moisture to the fuels. so dan and dion that does help with our fire danger around this time of year with the offshore winds. the offshore winds are not that strong, but certainly look at the drought situation. that's not good. so no change from last week our drought monitors showing you much of california in the central part of the state under extreme to exceptional drought we of course have not seen any change here in the bay area. we're in a severe drought the eastern edges are starting to get into that extreme category now, so that is concerning hopefully next month or the month after we'll start to see some rain and things will change good air quality though right now with just absolutely beautiful weather santa cruz camera showing you some people are out running walking on the beach blue skies out there and we do have good to moderate air quality right on through the next three days. so if you have outdo

sandy patel is here sandia. yeah, dan and alma summer baby over but it's not gonna feel like it this weekend. let me show you a live view right now as we look from our emeryville camera. you will see beautiful clear skies at this hour looking back towards san francisco and sutro tower temperatures trending higher already up to eight degrees warmer and livermore 5 degrees warmer compared to this time in santa rosa and we're going to keep that going so tomorrow you will notice a quick warm-up today numbers are in the 80s inland for the warmest spots 60 east coast side as we check out the hourly forecast tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock fifties and 60s by the lunch hour. it's going to be nice enough to get outside and have your lunch you're gonna be in the 60s and 70s a few low 80s showing up and by four o'clock you're already the upper 80s to the low 90s. i'll show you how much warmer. hotter, shall i say it will get for the weekend coming right up mama. all right, sandia. thank you, and we do need some rain this fal

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so let's get started with abc 7 news meteorologist sandy patel with a look at the latest numbers out

sandia patel's tracking it very closely. sandy had strengthened to a four before landfold. almost reach a five? it was close to a five, but it made it as a category four, dan and liz right now. i want to show you live doppler 7 tracking hurricane ian the slow movement of this storm is going to mean devastation for days. it is a powerful storm moving on shore you can see the heavy downpours across the western portion of the state. it did make landfall as dan mention kaya costa, florida just after noon as a category 4 we do have tornado watch boxes on the east side of florida. look at the eye on this monster storm. it is now a category 3, but gus are about 180 miles an hour. now the thing is it's moving north northeast at 8. so the catastrophic damage wins rain storm surge are going to be the biggest problems and we've already seen that so as you look at the path tomorrow morning it weakens to a category one as it continues inland winds will continue to die down as well. but as it weakens through a tropical storm coming out over the atlantic ocean it will then make a sharp or

sandia patel's tracking that and of course keeping a close eye on ian sandy.that's right, dan and liz a serious situation hurricane ian outer bands already beginning to move on shore in florida and according to the national weather service. noah is reporting tornadoes across the region. so let's get to live doppler 7 right now you can see the large eye of this hurricane radar is tracking some heavy bands of rainfall moving across fort myers area right now and there is a tornado watch in effect at this hour warnings are in effect hurricane warnings on the west side tropical storm warnings on the east side. it is a major category 3 hurricane winds of 120 miles an hour. it is moving slow north northeast at 10 miles an hour expecting catastrophic flooding and winds and they are expecting a storm surge of up to 12 feet, which will just inundate this area. so here's a look at the forecast track it intensifies into a category 4 as we head into tomorrow night. it's a category 4 approaching fort myers tampa category one by thursday morning. it becomes a tropical storm

maybe she said a news meteorologist andy patel, is here with the details for what we can expect this weekend. sandy, it is very exciting. indeed amma and dan we're looking at our storm impact scale exclusive to abc seven. we rank our storms from 1 to 51 being a light storm of five is a severe storm. this is a one as we take a look at what we can expect sunday through tuesday. brief heavy downpours. slight chance of thunder, gusty winds and certainly slippery roadways you'll need to watch out for it is coming in from the gulf of alaska. this early season storm will park itself just off our coast and hang around for a few days. so as early as saturday night. some showers moving to the north bay sunday morning is the main event. that's when everyone will start to see the wet weather. brief downpours are expected between five and eight a.m. we're still going to see scattered showers throughout the day, but there will be some sun breaks which leads to the potential for instability. and the possibility of thunderstorms . i'll be back to let you know how much rain we will receive and how long the storm is

let's turn now to abc seven news meteorologist sending a patel with a look at the timeline of the storm, and exactly what we could be expecting. sandy larry, we're going to be seeing a good soaking come sunday morning. i do want to show you our storm impact scale. it is a one sunday , monday and tuesday. you're going to see the most widespread rain sunday morning, abc. exclusive storm impact scale ranks are storms from 1 to 51 is light five is severe. this is the one sunday through tuesday. elto tf aska. it'y in season,s really going to bring us some pretty good rain, especially come sunday morning, so sad. today night. it is starting to move in late into the far northern end of our viewing area, but we'll have to wait until early sunday. when you start to see the widespread rain five o'clock in the morning. going into eight a.m. we will see some pockets of moderate, even brief heavy rain. this continues as we go into one o'clock in the afternoon, and by the time we had into three p.m. it is still in the form of scattered showers. i'll be back to let you know exactly how much rain we will get. and how long this storm is sticking aro