ama: spencer christian has a look at the weekend weather. spencer: we are looking forward to award-winning weather. here's a look at live doppler 7. lots of green moisture showing up on the radar screen. most of this is not hitting the ground yet. we are not getting reports of measurable rain. santa rosa, some might be hitting the ground. at the moment, we don't have much rainfall. it's developing. we have a flood watch in effect despite the absence of rain right now. it's in effect until 10:00 sunday for the entire bay area because the ground is so saturated from recent rains and because more rain is on the way. let's take a look at current conditions. 24 hour temperature change. several degrees cooler across the area than it was last night. earlier in the evening, it was warmer than last night. this is a beautiful clear view over san francisco. 50 degrees. low 50's at oakland, palo alto, 45 at half moon bay. another nice view from the east bay hills camera. looking back toward san francisco. the shimmering bay bridge. 47 degrees in santa ro

let's get right to abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian spencer. okay. i'm a first i say bear with me. i have a persistent case of hiccups tonight. they won't go away. so please bear with it is here's locked up with seven. we have quiet conditions across the bay area right now the approaching storm which will be coming in early in the morning ranks level one on the abc 7 exclusive storm impact impact scale this weekend rain and gusty winds snow over the highest peaks in a slight chance of thunder as the atmosphere will be unstable. here's the forecast animations starting at i'm so sorry starting at 7:00 tonight and 7 o'clock tonight 7:00 tomorrow morning between 7 am and noon. we'll get our wettest period of weather the storm sweeps out of here in the early afternoon, but it'll be followed by scattered showers. then another wave of rain comes in tomorrow night into early sunday more scattered showers sunday and more rain on monday morning. we'll probably get oh about half an inch to three-quarters of an inch for most places out of this rain over the week

ama: spencer christian has a look at the weekend weather. are looking forward to award-winning weather. here's a look at live doppler 7. lots of green moisture showing up on the radar screen. most of this is not hitting the ground yet. we are not getting reports of measurable rain. santa rosa, some might be hitting the ground. at the moment, we don't have much rainfall. it's developing. we have a flood watch in effect despite the absence of rain right now. it's in effect until 10:00 sunday for the entire bay area because the ground is so saturated from recent rains and because more rain is on the way. let's take a look at current conditions. 24 hour temperature change. several degrees cooler across the area than it was last night. earlier in the evening, it was warmer than last night. this is a beautiful clear view over san francisco. 50 degrees. low 50's at oakland, palo alto, 45 at half moon bay. another nice view from the east bay hills camera. looking back toward san francisco. the shimmering bay bridge. 47 degrees in santa rosa right now

let's get right to abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian spencer. okay. a first i say bear with me. i have a persistent case of hiccups tonight. they won't go away. so please bear with it is here's locked up with seven. we have quiet conditions across the bay area right now the approaching storm which will be coming in early in the morning ranks level one on the abc 7 exclusive storm impact impact scale this weekend rain and gusty winds snow over the highest peaks in a slight chance of thunder as the atmosphere will be unstable. here's the forecast animations starting at i'm so sorry starting at 7:00 tonight and 7 o'clock tonight 7:00 tomorrow morning between 7 am and noon. we'll get our wettest period of weather the storm sweeps out of here in the early afternoon, but it'll be followed by scattered showers. then another wave of rain comes in tomorrow night into early sunday more scattered showers sunday and more rain on monday morning. we'll probably get oh about half an inch to three-quarters of an inch for most places out of this rain over the weekend

joined by spencer christian.uss warriors and oscars all night, but the weather is a main concern. spencer: it is. here's a look at live doppler 7. you can see right now, it looks kind of dreary outside we have spotty showers been nothing major is going on yet. here is the view on the top of mount tam, windy and wet, as you can see. upper 50's in san francisco and oakland. low to mid 60's in palo alto, san jose, 50 four half moon bay. it is a little damp but not pouring. mid-50's in santa rosa, -- novato, 61 livermore. our rooftop cam shows it is cloudy but only spotty showers. scattered showers through tomorrow with occasional downpours. the heaviest rain through this period will be in the north bay. we expect a stronger storm arriving late monday and tuesday. current storm on the exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale is a level 1 through tomorrow, we can expect more periods of showers and some downpour. it will be breezy at times. here's the forecast animation taking us through the evening hours. it will be until l

for details on that, let's go to abc 7 whether anchor spencer christian. spencer: let's take a look at live doppler 7. there is moisture in the air. we have had a patch or two of drizzle in the air, but basically we have dry conditions nonetheless, a flood watch is in effect until 10:00 a.m. there is more rain on the way, which could, of course, bring us more. dry until later tonight when a couple of small waves of moisture move through, bringing us isolated showers. . tomorrow morning, we have a more active system developing for the weekend. that system a light level 1 on the exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale. scattered showers, later tomorrow, sunday. i will give you a at that plus your accuweather 7-day forecast in a minute. ama: thank you. as expected, the atmospheric river hammered santa cruz county, and now several homes are cut off after a road collapse. abc 7 news reporter zach fuentes is live with a look at the damage and how the community is coming together. zach: as bad as things are today in santa cruz county, officials tell us they are prepare

spencer christian says there is another storm rolling into the bay. >> will it looks like a lull for the most of the area the north bay is about to get some showers. you can see the moisture having moved on in parts of the north bay. what is more impressive is the line of showers that will be swinging through shortly. this storm is a level 1 one tonight and tomorrow. we will have periods of rain. some snow in the higher peaks and a slight chance of thunder. by 9:00 tonight, maybe later we will see the next wave of widespread and steady rain pushing on shore. it will have a few brief downpours. get a break until the beginning of the morning commute. this storm even though it is not well structured in nature is going to be with us through the day tomorrow. i will have all the details in my seven day forecast. >> we are getting reports of trees toppling across the bay area due to saturated soil with one falling and killing a woman. it happened while she was on a group hike in rancho -- in cupertino. j.r. stone is there with what happened and lots of questions still to be answered. >> th

yeah for the details go to abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian. he spencer larry more snow is definitely on the way to the sierra. he was a look at the winter storm warning in effect from 10 am tomorrow to 10 am monday for the sierra. we're talking about one to five feet of additional snow. above 3,000 feet on top of what they already have so we may very well approach the braking of that 40 year record for pack and for snow accumulation right now. we're looking at the breeze before the storm here in the bay area as coastal winds are picking up to about 20-22 miles per hour and here's a view from sutro tower looking out over san francisco under partly cloudy skies 50 degrees here in the city low 50s at oakland and palo alto mid 50, san jose and santa clara 48 at half moon bay beautiful view of the pre sunset sky from the east bay hills camera of the temperature readings right now low to mid 50s at santa rosa novato napa fairfield livermore concrete is above that 58 degrees and one more live view of the pre sunset guy from emeryville looking across t

we do have spencer christian tracking what we are seeing and talking about the timeline. spencer: it is a light, not very well organized storm, but if you happen to be in one of those wet spots, it feels like a storm nonetheless. we have scattered areas of showers and rain, but right now, the most significant area of brief downpours is actually pushing through san francisco and arlington bay and will be right over oakland in the coming minutes. through tomorrow, we expect more. of rain. they will be sort of widespread, but they will be rain. the forecast animation shows the next wave is likely to come in just before the morning weather heay we start to get more areas of rain and downpours and maybe some more snow. i'll have more in the seven-day forecast. the on: -- the sea are being wiped out by snow. the snowt h ofuscalurries.ed this was the view from highway 89 going from truckee into tahoe. eastbound highway 50 is closed west of carvers. i-80 is closed westbound at the state line. it was close for hours earlier today. officials in the sierra are warning to play it real

rir its.to turn to storm watchmc slight activity tonight, but as we bring in weather anchor spencer christian the real story the next couple of days spencer, that is correct our most take a look at what's happening right now and then i'll get to the the main event on live doppler 7 right now you can see we just have widely scattered light showers very few places or even reporting any precipitation at this hour. so this storm threw tomorrow is a level one on the exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale. we can expect more periods of scattered showers. the whitest areas will be in the north bay and it'll be breezy at times but it's this storm this level two storm on the exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale there were watching that'll be coming in tomorrow evening and intensifying and expanding overnight. 55 to 70 miles per hour flooding and debris froze or flows are likely here's our forecast animation starting at midnight tonight notice going through the day tomorrow. just those light scattered showers, but late tomorrow going into the evening hours. here comes that stronger storm tapping into that at

spencer christian has another series of storms coming in. spencer: true. a sharp contrast between what we had last night. patches of green, moisture in the atmosphere. check out the view from the east bay hills camera looking at the setting sun. right now 53 francisco, san jose, and san rivera. at the golden gate, mainly blue skies, 54 degrees. mid to upper 50's at napa, fairfield, concord and livermore. these are the forecast headlines, partly cloudy tonight, sprinkles possible. showers and brief downpours returning this weekend. a stronger storm late monday into tuesday. for tonight, some showers approaching. overnight lows in the mid to upper 40's and highs tomorrow generally in the mid to upper 50's. as we push southward, we will see upper to near 60. the approaching storm for the weekend is a level 1 storm. for both weekend days, we expect scattered showers, more rainy sunday than tomorrow. rainfall totals from one quarter of an inch to three quarters of an inch. most of the afternoon evening will be calm tomorrow but late tomorrow we get a wave of ra

let get to spencer christian to talk about that atmospheric river, another one, christian. spencer: it is not only knocking on the door, it is about to push the door down. you are looking at live doppler 7 right now. you can see we don't have much active weather going on. we have very high concerns about roadway flooding, stream and creek flooding, trees being blown down, power outages, mudslides, debris flows, and river flooding. let's get right to the storm on the exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale. it is a level 3. that is a strong storm. it is pushing around midnight tonight. during the morning tomorrow, we are expect moderate to heavy rainfall, strong wind gusts. mostly sunny. if the storm at 10:00 will be approaching, and after midnight, it will slam the entire bay area between midnight and 5:00 a.m. as the morning commute gets underway, the form will be quite intense, so commuters should bear that in mind. intense hours of the storm pushed out of the area, but there will be pockets of rain following the main body of the storm. rainfall totals by tomorrow night, just u

spencer: i'm spencer christian, looking at the arrival of some early morning rainfall. i will have the complete accuweather foreca ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you can beat it! ♪ visit youcanbeatit.org or call 833-422-4255 to ask for medication to treat covid-19. sma bunees to thrivetoe or call 833-422-4255 sma bunee fient.ile...been me t than it is right now. so for a limited time, comcast business is introducing small business savings. call now to get powerful internet for just $39 a month, with no contract, and a money back guarantee. all on the largest, fastest, reliable network. from the company that powers more businesses than anyone else. call and start saving today. comcast business. powering possibilities. j.r.: back to storm coverage tonight, yosemite national park is closed through thursday, march 16, possibly longer. a yosemites spokesperson says a partial reopening on march 17 is the best case scenario. record snowfall has buried much of the park, which has been closed for almost two weeks. the rain was not enough to stop an event designed to beautify and improve air quality in

spencer christian tells us about the sophisticated technology to track a key species that could be feelingimagine how emperor penguin's with everything going on around them. they were listed as endangered and new data suggests the marine heat event could further destabilize antarctica's massive ice shelves-- >> enter a team from san jose state who returned to monitor the penguins with an array of tracking devices. they described the threats to the penguins in an interview provided by the university. >> some of the ice is disappearing, so that is probably going to be one of their first challenges, as the ice becomes more unreliable, if the sea ice breaks out too soon, there could be reproductive failure. >> the tracking will help verify data gathered by satellites, which have been methodically scanning the continent. ryan is with nasa jpl in pasadena. they have been collaborating on a long-term observation project known as the internet of animals. >> it is the idea of tracking the animals and relaying their movement through a satellite back down to earth and understanding how they are movin

spencer christian is here. another pretty significant amount of rain. >> that is true. the current storm is weakening. have a storm coming in at the end of the week, a level two storm, that may produce widespread localized flooding and lots of rain. here is what we have on the doppler. scattered showers, although up in the north bay, parts of napa county have been getting a good drenching the last couple hours. most areas are quiet in terms of their rainfall. this storm is a we expect more periods of scattered showers, isolated hail. snow level down to 1500 feet. notice we will see the wave of moisture pushing on shore at that our. a new wave of moisture comes on shore in the north bay, then things quietly wind down overnight. very widely scattered light showers developing midday tomorrow. here is a live view, looking back toward san francisco. 50 degrees in the city. oakland, palo alto, santa clara, 48 at half moon bay. the skies are bright the presence of clouds. 49 degrees at santa rosa. 45 in napa. upper 40's in concord and livermore. we present this view looking to

i'm spencer christian. it's going to be a cold and frost united across the bay area.n that and the approaching storm in my accuweather forecast for abc 7 news at 11 continues. alex! mateo, hey how's business? great. you know that loan has really worked wonders. that's what u.s. bank is for. and you're growing in california? -yup, socal, norcal... -monterey? -all day. -a branch in ventura? that's for sure-ah. atms in fresno? fres-yes. encinitas? yes, indeed-us. anaheim? big time. more guacamole? i'm on a roll-ay. how about you? i'm just visiting. u.s. bank. ranked #1 in customer satisfaction with retail banking in california by j.d. power. to sweep through the bay area environmental groups are calling for closer monitoring of an industrial site on san francisco bay. abc 7 news anchor dan ashley has a look at what those groups want to do? from droneview 7 the cargill salt ponds in the southern reaches of san francisco bay looks something like a giant checkerboard a crisscross of levees turning evaporating sea water into mountains of high quality salt, but recently envir

a enough, let's get to abc 7 weather anchor spencer christian. you say the round of stormy weather is not over yet. spencer: indeed. as you know, low elevation of snow, let's get you right to live doppler 7. you can see scattered areas of precipitation, a few areas of showers between san rafael and the storm on the inclusive -- exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale, snow levels below 1500 feet in some spots. here's our forecast initiative taking us into the evening hours which would be relatively quiet until 11:00 tonight when the stronger front peaks through, weather and rain, snow in the higher elevations. winds fairly quiet for the early evening hours tomorrow, but tomorrow night, another round of rain. i have the complete accuweather 7-day forecast in a few minutes, dion. dion: thanks. dangerous and impossible. those words used by the national weather service to describe conditions today in the tahoe area. here is a look at conditions on i-80, highway 50, and highway 89. a total white out there. chains are required on a stretch of 80 as well. tah

abc 7 weather anchor spencer christian says it is a disturbing problem affecting habitats across our ncer: it is a startling reminder often hidden from our collective view, our cargo hold full of debris and plastic, plucked from a flooding garbage patch in the pacific ocean, known as the north pacific gyre. the mission organized by the ocean blazers institute. mary crowley is executive director. mary: we started doing it to learn about what was out there and to figure out the best ways to collect it, and now we are doing it to kind of create change. spencer: the urgency of the institute's work is coming into sharper focus this month with a new report on the rapid increase of plastic pollution spreading across the world's oceans. 16 trillion pieces in 2005 to more than 170 one trillion pieces of plastic today, a tenfold plus increase. mary: our ocean, globally, has been used as a garbage pail. for hundreds of years, and, you know, plastics started about 60 years ago. it really has accumulated. spencer: all the classics are often collecting in distant oceans, the effects can reach bay a

maybe on the way, of course, of course, so let us check in with spencer christian for first look at the forecast spencer, of course, there's more the way we're building a wetter bay area, but first i want to start with a look at the sierra where there is a lot more snow on the way a winter storm warning will be in effect from ten o'clock tomorrow morning to 10 o'clock monday morning. we're talking about heavy snow once again, which may lead us to a record a 40 year breaking that 40 year record from 198283 one to five feet of snow expected about 3,000 feet up to two feet of snow down at the 1,000 foot level mean well back here in the bay area calm conditions right now, but a level one storm is coming our way for the weekend level one on the exclusive abc 7 storm impacts here. so for this weekend, we expect rain gusty wind snow over the highest peaks and a slight chance of thunder. here's a forecast animation by 6 o'clock tomorrow morning. we'll see that first wave of rain and snow moving in by about 132 in the it will be almost out of here that wave, but it'll be followed by another one

ama: spencer christian is here telling us why. sandhya too spencer: raindrops to see the moon. rain on doppler seven showing downpours for the last hour or so. the storm will not go away. the storm impact scale is a level one through tomorrow. there are periods -- scattered showers isley hail. here's the forecast animation starting at midday. a break in the action income whether going into the morning commute. by midday tomorrow, scattered showers come back. we will still have a level 1 storm into tomorrow. live over san francisco, 45, 44 degrees in the city. 45-47 just about everywhere. it is wet at the golden gate. showers just moved across the highway there, the bridge. 44 degrees in santa rosa. low to mid 40's in fairfield -- concorde and livermore. these are the forecast headlines, scattered showers, snow in the hills through midweek. atmospheric river takes aim at us late thursday into saturday. we can inspect heavy rain, melting snow, localized flooding is likely. tonight low temperatures to mid upper 30's. highs tomorrow and low 50's at the coast and mid 50's in the mil

we do have spencer christian up next with your forecast. dion: a special celebration parking the 120 for the anniversary of wong kim arc day in san francisco's chinatown. the event featured descendants of wong kim ark. elected leaders and prominent chinese-american community members spoke today. wong kim ark francisco in the 1870's, and after a trip outside the country, he was denied reentry to the u.s.. his case was taken all the way to the u.s. supreme court, which ruled the 14th amendment guarantees birthright citizenship to all born in the west -- in the u.s. i was so honored to bmc this morning. thank you so much. today, families celebrated national vietnam war veterans day in alameda. what a spectacular site. this afternoon, a memorial squadron conducted a flyover at the event on the uss hornet. organizers gave pins to the vietnam war vets to show appreciation for their service. there was also a ceremony remembering those who lost their lives. the event was held ahead of the actual vietnam war veterans day, which is on march 29. tonig

let's get a check with spencer christian talking about how much rain we are in for and some areas could get up to three inches. >> especially in the higher elevations but even down low it will be a lot of rainfall. approaching storm is a level two storm which will begin as a light to moderate level one late tomorrow night in the north bay but it will quickly expand and intensify by early tuesday morning. it will bring rain heaviest in the morning hours. gusts exceeding 45 miles per hour at times. lower snow levels and isolated thunder. here's our forecast animation. between 8:00 and 11:00 light rain to moderate rain begins to push into the north bay. rapidly it will intensify and expand before the early morning commute gens on tuesday. heavy downpours. powerful gusty wind. that pattern continues into mid afternoon. then the storm eases up a little bit going into the later part of the day on tuesday. when for estimates from under an inch in the south bay to an inch and three quarters in san francisco to over two inches in the wettest north bay conditions could >> in the north bay it has

liz: but we begin right here with spencer christian. bout the terrible tuesdays. today is wacky wednesday. we have a variety of weather conditions, as you just showed. thunderstorms up and down the doppler image. numerous thunder strikes, that's where the severe weather is now. in the bay area, the storm is

let's get a check with weather anchor spencer christian. here we go again. another big storm on the horizon. spencer: we are suffering from storm fatigue even those of us who forecast the weather. current conditions, calm. we mainly sunny skies and the wind is calm with wind speeds at the surface under 15 miles per hour in most locations. that column will not lost very long -- last three long under blue skies right now. temperatures around a 60 to 60 five degrees. palo alto, santa farah, pool 52. we are looking northward. the storm will develop north and move southward. we see blue skies looking that direction. 63 in novato. low 60's in napa. live view from m -- emeryville. you can see no hit of a storm -- hint of a storm but it is closing around us. a level two storm will develop overnight and. through the day tomorrow we expect heavy rains and strong wind gusts. it will be a challenging morning commute. scattered showers on wednesday. a sunny and dry pattern later in the week. the approaching storm on the exclusive abc 7 storm is a level two but it will hav

first we get a check with spencer christian to give an idea of the timing and how much we will get this time. >> we will have quite a bit of rain falling in the bay area, let me start with live doppler 7 to show you how calm conditions are. there is no rainfall in the bay area, nothing strong yet, but the approaching storm on the storm impact scale will be a level two. i want to point out that late tomorrow night, when light rain begins to fall in the north bay, it will be a little one. but this will quickly intensify by about midnight and into early tuesday morning, with periods of heavy weight, heaviest in the morning hours, low snow levels and a chance of isolated thunderstorms. here is the cast starting at 8:00 tomorrow, notice by 11:00 there will be pushing out of the north bay, at that point just a level one but it will quickly intensify to a level to buy just after midnight through the want to commute to say, this is going to be a powerful storm all the way through most of the day, with periods of heavy rain, strong, gusty wind, and then late tuesday through early wednesday we wi

karina: spencer christian will map out the proper flooding and other weather related issues, plus wee the hardest hit communities in the bay area. we will dig into an idea eam exclusive, concerns over pamela price, raised by her own prosecutors. join us for those stories and more at 5:30 on abc 7 bay area streaming tv. ama: you can download abc 7 or join us on abc7news.com. dan: we appreciate your time here on dan ashley. ama: i'm ama daetz. we will see you here at 6:00. >> david: tonight, the chilling video inside that nashville school. the police takedown of the shooter. surveillance showing the suspect audrey hale shooting into that school firing through glass doors, stalking the halls armed with two assault-style rifles and a handgun. tonight, hear video showing officers racing into the school the moment they confront audrey hale on the second floor. two officers opening fire and new reporting here, what police have revealed about the suspect getting help for an emotional disorder and the seven guns legally purchased from five different gun stores. alex perez in nashville and pie

joining us live is spencer christian to talk about the latest storm. the good news, it is tapering off. spencer: it is. it helps our forecasting that we can predict every tuesday, we get a storm. it is remarkable that three consecutive tuesdays have produced similar weather. you can see we still have relatively widespread rainfall, but notice this really late -- or, not really raining at all in the bay. there's some widespread light rainfall from san francisco across the bay to the east bay. the heaviest and steadiest activity right now has shifted to the north bay and continues to move southeast. san jose, sunnyvale, all of those locations moving southward from the peninsula, are getting a good dose of rainfall. we still have occasional gusts, but the system is weakening. we are keeping this, for the moment, on the storm impact scale at a level two because it's impacts are going to be felt through the afternoon and the commute. the intensity of the storm is far lower than it was earlier in the day. this will shortly be a level one storm. for the aftern

spencer christian joins me to time the wind and rain, and the biggest concerns for damage and flooding in the bay area. plus, the bay bridge series continues tonight as the giants and a's battle it out. former giant and world series winner sergio romo will take the mound. join us for those stories and more at 5:30 on abc seven bay area streaming tv. ama: you can download the abc seven app or head to abc7news.com to join karina. dan: if you are watching us on tv, world news tonight is next. we appreciate your time. ama: we will see you again at 6:00. ♪ ♪ >> david: it tonight, breaking news. the deadly shooting at an elementary school in nashville. three school children and three staff members killed. also tonight, the awful thing of the deadly tornado emergency in mississippi. and the new storms now on top tonight. first tonight, that deadly school shooting in a christian grade school in nashville. three children and three staff members killed. the alleged shooter believe to be a student carrying two assault style rifles and a handgun. police hearing gunshots on the second four. the sus

joining us is meteorologist spencer christian. it was mind-boggling what happened here.xplain to people how it became such a monster. meteorologist: it is mind-boggling what happened here. it is uncommon, but not unheard of. before we get into talking about how the two low pressure sensors merged into one storm, we will start with a look at the satellite radar, over the past 24 hours, you can see at the beginning of this loop, this powerful storm that lasted through the bay area yesterday into last night now impact southern california. it is weakening as it does so. we have much, whether -- much calmer weather today than we had yesterday. here are some of the record-setting events from the storm, the strongest march storm on record. bear with me, i need backup my graphic sequence here. i want to show you what's happening now, not all this stuff popping up on the screen right now. ok. here's a look at live doppler 7. you can see that right now, we have scattered areas of precipitation. most of the bay area's beginning to dry out a little bit. dear fremont, we have got som

ama: spencer christian is here telling us why. sandhya too spencer: raindrops to see the moon. doppler seven showing downpours for the last hour or so. the storm will not go away. the storm impact scale is a level one through tomorrow. there are periods -- scattered showers isley hail. here's the forecast animation starting at midday. a break in the action income whether going into the morning commute. by midday tomorrow, scattered showers come back. we will still have a level 1 storm into tomorrow. live over san francisco, 45, 44 degrees in the city. 45-47 just about everywhere. it is wet at the golden gate. showers just moved across the highway there, the bridge. 44 degrees in santa rosa. low to mid 40's in fairfield -- concorde and livermore. these are the forecast headlines, scattered showers, snow in the hills through midweek. atmospheric river takes aim at us late thursday into saturday. we can inspect heavy rain, melting snow, localized flooding is likely. tonight low temperatures to mid upper 30's. highs tomorrow and low 50's at the coast and mid 50's in the mildest inl

let's get the latest from spencer christian. >> the arrival of the storm will not be until the end of the week. we are still dealing with a light storm that has been with us through the weekend. you can see scattered showers around the bay area. some of the showers are producing a little heavy downpours in localized areas. we have some downpours over to the east toward hercules. we are looking at a scattered pattern where most of the area is not receiving rainfall. where it is raining it can be wet for periods of time. let's give you a look at the storm impact scale. through tonight we expect more periods of scattered showers. possibly some hail, to 15,000 feet. any of our hills will see light snow and occasionally some cold breezes. we don't have powerful gusts right now. starting at 3:30 this afternoon we can expect to see and other surge of widespread concentrated rainfall. that is right in the heart of the evening commute. it can be a wet commute in many locations. about 10:00 tonight we will see another surge of showers moving on shore. just before midnight lots of snow developin

larry: but first, let's get to spencer christian. spencer: light rain is falling already.tter of hours. on your exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale, it is a level 2. storms are likely producing periods of heavy rainfall. some will arrive between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. tomorrow. windy, gusty, downed trees likely. here's your forecast animation, starting at 10:00 tonight. at this point, light rain will be moving into the north bay between 2:00 a.m. andy wee hours of the morning. as the morning commute gets underway, pretty intense rainfall and some strong, gusty winds reaching other parts of the bay area and extends a fine -- intensifying your morning commute, making it a challenging morning commute to and we have a wind advisory in effect for all of the bay area. anywhere between 45 and 55 miles an hour. let's talk anywhere from one inch to three inches of rain om

dan: spencer christian is here. spencer: the weekend is in front of us and the rain is almost upon us. here is a look at current conditions. we have common dry conditions. the wind speeds up per hour in san francisco. close to 20 in other locations. increase in over san francisco. -- increasingly cloudy skies looking out over san francisco. and fairfield. one more live view at emeryville. we will see wet and windy weather this weekend with a chance of thunder. the unsettled weather pattern continues into next week and more snow is headed for the sierra. the approaching storm is a level one this weekend. we can expect periods of rain and gusty winds, snow over the highest peaks tomorrow. a slight chance of thunder. 6:00 tomorrow morning, by 8 the first wave to the north bay. about noon we will see quite a bit of rain. by 1:00, the fresh wave will be out of the bay area. late tomorrow evening, we will see more rain. overnight tomorrow night into sunday morning. for most of the day we will see pockets of showers that wi

let's start with spencer christian and a look at what's happening with the storm.avy downpours but the rain is tapering off. look at the north bay where there are a few light, scattered showers. steady rain in the east bay where you have light to moderate

let's bring in weather anchor spencer christian. dan: windows the rain return and how much? t now, little patches of green are showing

we check back in with spencer christian. spencer: there's a lot more.rm concerns, looking at live doppler seven the leading edge of the storm is getting closer to the coast. we are concerned about roadway flooding. trees being blown down. power outages. river flooding. take a look at this exclusive scale, it is a level three. a strong storm. tomorrow morning through the commute and into the midday hours, moderate to heavy rainfall. potentially damaging wind gusts, flooding and mudslides. by 10:00 tonight, the storm will be already moving on shore but the more forceful element of the storm will arrive after midnight through the morning commute with drenching downpours and strong, gusty wind and flooding, ponding on roadways. there that in mind. the wind will be strong. we have a high wind warning in effect from 11:00 tonight till 5:00 a.m. wednesday. gusts will range from 50 to 70 miles an hour. the forecast shows a couple days of basin a break wednesday and thursday, but we need to be prepared for tomorrow. kristen: and rescues from severe flooding with

liz: but we begin right here with spencer christian. spencer: yesterday, we talked about the terrible tuesdays. today is wacky wednesday. we have a variety of weather conditions, as you just showed. thunderstorms up and down the doppler image. numerous thunder strikes, that's where the severe weather is now. in the bay area, the storm is winding down. a few isolated downpours. the wettest region is this area from marin county san rafael eastward across the bay down to richmond, emeryville, but this is mainly light rainfall. just a few isolated downpours, but again, just light rainfall. this storm is now a level 1 storm through tonight, basically through the evening hours. we can expect some periods of showers, brief downpours, small hail still possible, occasional lightning storm possible and snow over the higher peaks. forecast shows the storm winding down as we approach late-night hours. i will show you what is coming our way next. maybe a little drying out in my forecast. larry: dare you say sunshine perhaps? well, not yet. what weath

larry: first let's start our coverage with spencer christian.e strongest we have seen in the month of march? meteorologist: it is the lowest barometric pressure we have seen in the month of march in the bay area. the storm actually had an eye you could see from the radar and satellite that looked like a hurricane eye. what a difference a day makes. look how relatively calm the image of live doppler 7 is compared to yesterday at this time. we have just got her child was around the bay area. isolated, limited, brief downpours. over the east bay, to livermore, we have areas of light rain and showers. on the peninsula, moving onto the santa cruz mountains, we have scattered light showers. that is about it. this storm still however on the exclusive abc7 storm impact scale is a level one the next few hours. the rain will be moving to our south with isolated showers and slick roadways. even though the rain is not widespread. here is the animation into the evening hours, 8:00 p.m., 9 p.m. tonight, it should be all over. morning commuters tomorrow might

let's get a check with spencer christian talking about how much rain we are in for and some areas couldinches. >> especially in the higher elevations but even down low it will be a lot of rainfall. approaching storm is a level two storm which will begin as a light to moderate level one late tomorrow night in the north bay but it will quickly expand and intensify by early tuesday morning. it will bring rain heaviest in the morning hours. gusts exceeding 45 miles per hour at times. lower snow levels and isolated thunder.

let's start with spencer christian and a look at what's happening with the storm. you said has been downgraded? spencer: it was a level two all day with strong gusty winds. we have heavy downpours but the rain is tapering off. look at the north bay where there are a few light, scattered showers. steady rain in the east bay where you have light to moderate rain to oakland to hayward and all the major highways there. in the south bay, heavier rain fall in that region but the storm is beginning to weaken and push out of the bay area. look how the winds have been today. surface winds under 10 miles an hour with a gust at 22 miles an hour. even in the higher elevations, the wind gusts have diminished significantly. we are looking at the exclusive storm scale. showers come up possible thunder, occasional downpours and as you look at the forecast animation, although we will see some more downpours coming our way overnight and early tomorrow, the morning commute is not going to be an easy one. more details a little later. dion: moving on with her team coverage and liz kreut

larry: let's begin with spencer christian. a look at the forecast how long is this wind going to last? spencer: the wind is still strong. potentially damaging, and want to diminish significantly until the evening. the heaviest rain has ended. here's a look at our peak wind gusts. so far today, 88 miles per hour. 79 miles per hour at mount diablo. 74 at sfo. you can see how incredibly strong the gusts have been. rainfall totals over the past 24 hours, just under an inch in san francisco. nearly two inches in canfield north. north bay receiving the highest total so far. you can see the heaviest and most concentrated widespread rain has moved out of the bay area. however, there are patches of rain following the main body of the storm. there is rain right now moving into the santa cruz mountains and onto the peninsula. this was a category 3 storm on the exclusive storm impact scale earlier today. into the evening, it will be a level 1 with scattered showers, isolated downpours, gusts will diminish. starting at 5:00, the scattered n

an utter disaster because on saturday if they actually do this, there's going to be like 12 spencer christian's all imposters. dion: giving the wrong forecast. larry: how do you plan to deal with this? [laughter] spencer: i'm going to going to hiding. it's hard for me to imagine elon musk as an egalitarian. i guess i am with liam sha on this one. >> i agree. i'm not paying for the blue check. dion: it's expensive. it's eight doll larry: that's not going to break you. >> that's a couple of lattes those who get coffee. >> more businesses are asking customers to leave a tip but the american -- the amount people are making is going down. a number of restaurants ask you'd like to leave a tip but the average amount is down. one of my pet peeves is that i once went to an establishment where they start the minimum suggested tip at 25%. bold? >> i agree. did it have the option to put in your own? >> yes but i can see so many people who just want to check out and hit the button. >> was that a restaurant or coffee shop? >> it was a fast casual restaurant. >> may be don't be so fancy. >> fancy at fast casu

>> perhaps tracking changes in one of the world's most unique species in their icy habitat, spencer christiann: just to underscore the urgency of this work, a recent study measured the ice around antarctica at a historic low. ama: alarming. well, we are waiting for the weather to arrive. dan: strong and intense. sandy: yeah, the next 48 hours will be rough, especially this time. let's look at a live picture from zephyr cove. there is a lot of snow. over 600 inches for the season for some of the resorts. the snow levels will be rising. the mountains around 7000 to 8000 feet, which means the highest elevations will be getting the two feet to 6 feet of heavy snow, then below that, rain falling on top of that, 102% -- 92% -- 19 impact. it will be difficult to travel at this time. take a look at the projections through sunday night. 62 inches at donner pass was so a lot expected. quiet locally, but a strong level 3 storm tapping into that atmospheric river that we are expecting in the morning. just ahead of the storm, light showers developing them up at the heavier stuff tomorrow afternoon and tom

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our own spencer christian says it has never recorded higher impact numbers than this year and that mayake the community see these as worse than what the records indicate. >> when we have heavy rains like we have had it causes more flooding, more mudslides, and all of those impacts that typically would not have happened in a normal winter season. dustin: extreme impacts during extreme weather, characteristics of climate change. the national weather service says that might be to blame for the winter season but explains we do not know for sure. for now. >> if we start to see more frequent occurrences of years like this one, more frequent occurrences of more extreme years, that would point to climate change. dustin: but for now, this year shows signs it is not quite over yet. dustin dorsey, abc7news. liz: let's get a check on the forecast. we have heard so many people saying, i have never seen it like this. there has never been snow here before. you would know better than anyone. lisa: i was thinking about 1997 when we had some of the roads out near the sierra nevada, 50 was one of them, a

our own spencer christian says our scale has never recorded higher impact numbers than this year and that may make the community see these storms as worse than what the records may indicate when we have a series of heavy rains that we've had. it causes more flooding more much flooding more down trees and all those impacts that typically would not have happened in a normal winter season extreme impacts during extreme weather characteristics of climate change warren blair with the national weather service says that might be what's to blame for this winter season, but explains we don't know for sure for now if we start to see more frequent occurrence of years like this one more frequent occurrence of more extreme years that would point to climate change but for now this extreme year show signs that it's not quite over yet dustin dorsey abc 7 news you keep track of weather conditions and access the same live doppler 7 that our weather team uses anytime you want. it's available on demand on the abc 7 bay area app download it wherever you stream. alright coming up next to three-story build

let's get right to abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian spencer. okay.lusive storm impact impact scale this weekend rain and gusty winds snow over the highest peaks in a slight chance of thunder as the atmosphere will be unstable. here'

ama: let's get a look with spencer christian. spencer: briefer and briefer by the moment.ke a look at the approaching storm on the exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale. level 1. we can expect showers, even downpours. the wettest area will be in the north bay. it will be breezy at times.

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