live stormtracker 2, first that flash flood watch that was issued earlier today.ing to kick in at midnight and that is in place until 3:00 tomorrow afternoon for the north bay. already reds and yellows for santa rosa and out towards west college avenue and pioneer road and montgomery drive. to the south and more activity developing offshore near the golden gate breath and around san francisco towards the marina district. heavier downpours towards berkeley and university avenue as well. as we move the maps to the south, rain showers out to the santa cruz mountains. san josi not picking up much in the way of rainfall, but that will be changing tomorrow. we have been advertising this wet weather pattern and the heavy rain in the north bay -- that was the headline. more rain for your sunday. in terms of the activity for tomorrow, the forecast as you can see, there is that system just offshore. rainfall spreads south for tomorrow. heaviest will be up in the north bay. that is where they have the flash flood watch and more sierra snow expected. as far as the sierra suga

and that we can see on stormtracker 4.t in the south bay all morning, pretty dry conditions, spotty showers there as well as along the east bayshore but the further north end of the east bay shores we are seeing some light rain so san leandro, alameda, oakland all getting light showers along with the bay bridge also making its way into our east bay and interior valleys, walnut creek into san ramon seeing light rain, dry in livermore. peninsula quiet south of daly city but you can see san francisco, daly city getting some light showers, also in the north bay it has dried out from north of novato up to santa rosa but still dealing with light showers through san rafael, novato, millbrae, richmond area as well. we are expecting the rain to grow more widespread. we will track that for you on futurecast 4 coming up in my full forecast. >>> we want to continue with our coverage of the rain. want to turn now to kron4's mike pelton who is reporting live from sonoma county where flooding continues to cause roadways to be shut down.

on live stormtracker 2, that is coming up for you right now, you can see the coverage out. there the one change is developing is this southern portion of the system beginning to approach areas south of the golden gate bridge. you can see the greens and possibly some more heavier showerses approaching the coast. closer inspection towards pillar point around half moon bay, highway 1, this will be increased in coverage in the short-term, moving across the bay, just in the short-term for late tonight into tomorrow morning. coming up we'll continue track the rainshowerses and also a few more changes developing for the second half of the weekend. >> our taken coverage tcp/ips can john sasaki, who joins us from san rafael, where it's been raining on and off throughout the evening. >> reporter: ken a wet night in marin is common during winter, but this winter is anything, but average. a light rain started falling in marin late this afternoon. and is expected to continue into the early morning hours. >> i think it's great. >> reporter: but then this is the middle of winter, during o

so tuesday and weather will be filtered sunshine and stormtrack stays later. look at computer animation take you through time as we head towards the end of the work week into the weekend saturday afternoon sunday morning next chance of some rain and it doesn't look like as of right now doesn't look like a pineapple connection with heavy rain but stay tune it could change. tomorrow 56 half moon bay. 57 san francisco. low 60's santa rosa. napa 61 in oakland. 64 degrees life more palo alto, san jose, santa cruz all in the low 60's. partly cloudy as you look at the accu-weather 7 day forecast. watch out for dense follow tomorrow morning. few sprinkle wednesday night thursday morning but notice the temperatures continue to come up close to 70 degree force valentine's day. yes we see clouds around and then over the weekend if making plans already afternoon chance of rain on saturday going into early sunday morning you won't need the umbrella but will need patience. it's a slow going morning commute. live from the roof of the kg o tv broadcast center. this is sandhya

live stormtracker 2 is showing rain, and showers throughout the bay area. we've even had a few thunder showers reported. i'm tracking this area right now on near the richmond bridge. this is a nice looking cell moving through richmond, and toward hercules. we can stick a track on it. as they thing moves off, the going to move through the districts of crockett in the next 32 minutes. vallejo in the next 40 minutes or so. not going to see any thunder from this one, but definitely seeing heavy rain in these cells. you're going to see more rain in san francisco. as we work our way toward san bruno, more showers. this was just the first in a series of storms. number 2 is going to be here as well, and is going to play havoc on the commutes as well. we also have showers back in the forecast for tomorrow. so when i come back, i'll have all the complete details, we'll get you covered then. >>> our team coverage continues with amber lee, live in berkely, where the rain kept the chp pretty busy. >> reporter: we're overlooking interstate 80 here in berkely. the weather

an update on live "stormtracker." you can you see what is happening. final phase of this system pushing across northern california and across the bay area. rainfall rates have increased. up in the north bay, nothing too significant. at least nothing too extreme. it looks like the steadier rain outside 0 the east of santa rose could. toward again allen. around the coast, half moon bay, san francisco's ocean beach, around the bay itself. look at the yellows and reds towards the east. there you go for south san francisco. and downtown, sliding the maps to the south, more rainshowers to record. right around san jose, rain developing there. toward livermore, moderate and heavier cells around discovery bay. you can pick out toward brentwood and discovery bay picking up the most intense rainfall at last check. for tonight, we have this, periods of rain. there is a chance of a thunderstorm, unstable air moving in with this piece of energy that could trigger a thunderstorm. here's our live camera, all of the cloud cover out there and raindrops have been moving

live stormtracker 2 is showing rain, and showers throughout the bay area. we've even had a few thunder showers reported. i'm tracking this area right now on near the richmond bridge. this is a nice looking cell moving through richmond, and toward hercules. we can stick a track on it. as they thing moves off, the going to move through the districts of crockett in the next 32 minutes. vallejo in the next 40 minutes or so. not going to see any thunder from this one, but definitely seeing heavy rain in these cells. you're going to see more rain in san francisco. as we work our way toward san bruno, more showers. this was just the first in a series of storms. number 2 is going to be here as well, and is going to play havoc on the commutes as well. we also have showers back in the forecast for tomorrow. so when i come back, i'll have all the complete details, we'll get you covered then. >>> our team coverage continues with amber lee, live in berkely, where the rain kept the chp pretty busy. >> reporter: we're overlooking interstate 80 here in berkely. the weather

so tuesday and weather will be filtered sunshine and stormtrack stays later.ion take you through time as we head towards the end of the work week into the weekend saturday afternoon sunday morning next chance of some rain and it doesn't look like as of right now doesn't look like a pineapple connection with heavy rain but stay tune it could change. tomorrow 56 half moon bay. 57 san francisco. low 60's santa rosa. napa 61 in oakland. 64 degrees life more palo alto, san jose, santa cruz all in the low 60's. partly cloudy as you look at the accu-weather 7 day forecast. watch out for dense follow tomorrow morning. few sprinkle wednesday night thursday morning but notice the temperatures continue to come up close to 70 degree force valentine's day. yes we see clouds around and then over the weekend if making plans already afternoon chance of rain on saturday going into early sunday morning you won't need the umbrella but will need patience. it's a slow going morning commute. live from the roof of the kg o tv broadcast center. this is sandhya back to you in the warm

so tuesday and weather will be filtered sunshine and stormtrack stays later. look at computer animation take you through time as we head towards the end of the work week into the weekend saturday afternoon sunday morning next chance of some rain and it doesn't look like as of right now doesn't look like a pineapple connection with heavy rain but stay tune it could change. tomorrow 56 half moon bay. 57 san francisco. low 60's santa rosa. napa 61 in oakland. 64lm degrees life more palo alto, san jose, santa cruz all in the low 60's. partly cloudy as you look at the accu-weather 7 forecast. watch out for dense follow tomorrow morning. few sprinkle wednesday night thursday morning but notice the temperatures continue to come up close to 70 degree force valentine's day. yes we see clouds around and then over the weekend if making plans already afternoon chance of rain on saturday go into early sunday morning you won't need the umbrella but will need patience. it's a slow going morning commute. live from the roof of the kg o tv broadcast center. this is sandhya back

live look at stormtracker four. we'll have more on what areas are seeing the most rainfall. >> and we're already seeing the impact of the wet roads. as one driver crashed overnight in san francisco. >> and new overnight. investigators are on scene of san jose's 5th homicide. details on what happened coming up. >> we're here in the weather this morning. more now to our rain coverage. four. you can see where the rain is falling in the bay area. >> there was a big rig that was traveling and ended up in the westbound lane. >> this is the only vehicle involved? >> i am not sure yet. there are multiple vehicles involved impossibly head on because they believe that it struck one of the vehicles. >> it makes me wonder about the rain. maybe he just lost control. >> sometimes you hear this when people cut in front of the men that have to swerve. >> this will be at least 2 hours and they're saying now two hours, that could mean more than two hours to clear this. there are reports the there is concrete debris from the center di

bill will bring us updates with live stormtracker 2. you can also get weather information anytime on your mobile device. follow ktvu meteorologists on the ktvu app, on twitter, and facebook. >>> a two month investigation of an auto theft ring. officers say what they found at a warehouse just scratches the surface. ktvu's amber lee is live now at the scene on 36th avenue and east 9th in the fruitvale district, and tells us why officers say it's a gold mine. >> reporter: the raid took place behind me in this storage yard. the task force will be interviewing people arrested here and figuring out where this investigation will go next. with their hands tied, these people on the sidewalk are among the 23 chp removed from the property, that officers say is a storage facility for stolen goods. the highway patrol, as part of the alameda county regional auto theft task force arrested 11 people. some face charges of outstanding felony warrants for auto theft and drugs. others face weapons and stolen property charges. also removed from the property

bill will bring us updates with live stormtracker 2. you can also get weather information anytime on your mobile device. follow ktvu meteorologists on the ktvu app, on twitter, and facebook. >>> a two month investigation of an auto theft ring. officers say what they found at a warehouse just scratches the surface. ktvu's amber lee is live now at the scene on 36th avenue and east 9th in the fruitvale district, and tells us why officers say it's a gold mine. >> reporter: the raid took place behind me in this storage yard. the task force will be interviewing people arrested here and figuring out where this investigation will go next. with their hands tied, these people on the sidewalk are among the 23 chp removed from the property, that officers say is a storage facility for stolen goods. the highway patrol, as part of the alameda county regional auto theft task force arrested 11 people. some face charges of outstanding felony warrants for auto theft and drugs. others face weapons and stolen property charges. also removed from the property

here is the live stormtracker 4 and conditions are relatively quiet to the south and east of san francisco but things have been picking up to the north of the golden gate, heavy rains north of santa rosa and another batch of rain in the east bay, around concord and antioch. the yellow somehows moderate to heavy and green, light rain. we have another batch to the north of santa rosa along highway 101. this is the same area where we have seen very heavy rain the past two days and where it's been flooding today. it won't take much more rain to aggravate the flooding problems, and that's what we're seeing right now, so a flash flood watch is in effect for the north bay counties starting at midnight and tipping through tomorrow afternoon. this is a live few of san francisco, rain for tonight. flash flood watch in effect and with an additional 2 to 4 inches of rain forecasted for the north bay tonight and tomorrow, it's a pretty good chance, i think bear we'll see floor flooding on streams and creeks and highways as well. we'll add to the totals we have already seen the past 48 hours, up and ove

stormtrack to the north of us but that is changing as we look at the extended computer model.is going to take us beginning wednesday of next week. first wave of rain arrives on wednesday. everyone is getting wet here. get another little break thursday night into friday stronger storm arrives. another one comes in for that weekend. one to three inches of rain expected for the lower elevation 3 to 5 inches in the hills by the end of next week so we get pretty significant rain if the computer model pan out. let's keep our fingers crossed tomorrow morning. one thing for sure chill in the air mid upper 30's and coldest wind protected valley. 40's elsewhere. make sure you have a coat or jack it as you head out the door and leave for work but short sleeve weather for the afternoon. look at the temperatures. this is more like in the spring. 68 sunnyvale cupertino. mountain view 65 in millbrae. mid 60's half moon bay downtown san francisco sunset district. nothing but sunshine in the north bay. 70 degrees. 69 virginia hay oh. east bay free mont as well 68 in oak land. inland spots well

stormtrack to the north of us but that is changing as we look at the extended computer model.oing to take us beginning wednesday of next week. first wave of rain arrives on wednesday. everyone is getting wet here. get another little break thursday night into friday stronger storm arrives. another one comes in for that weekend. one to three inches of rain expected for the lower elevation 3 to 5 inches in the hills by the end of next week so we get pretty significant rain if the computer model pan out. let's keep our fingers crossed tomorrow morning. one thing for sure chill in the air mid upper 30's and coldest wind protected valley. 40's elsewhere. make sure you have a coat or jack it as you head out the door and leave for work but short sleeve weather for the afternoon. look at the temperatures. this is more like in the spring. 68 sunnyvale cupertino. mountain view 65 in millbrae. mid 60's half moon bay downtown san francisco sunset district. nothing but sunshine in the north bay. 70 degrees. 69 virginia hay oh. east bay free mont as well 68 in oak land. inland spots well abo

on the stormtracker, you can see the rainline heading up to the north. crescent city over the next five to seven days could have 14 inches of rainfall at least around the northwestern part of california. in the north bay, we could be dodging a few light sprinkles out there. as far as temperatures, 50s beginning to recover out there. 59 in san jose. lower 60s out towards walnut creek and livermore. and san francisco. last check downtown, 54 degrees. for today, increasing clouds. tomorrow, mostly cloudy skies. a chance of a shower, mainly north and then this weekend, more clouds and we could be tracking more rain showers. here's our live camera looking out towards san francisco and the bay bridge. forecast time line at 3:00 in the upper 50s. by 6:00, down to 54. back down to the lower 50s by 9:00 this evening. here's the overall weather pattern. >> the storm track is moving into the west coast like last week but the key difference it's pointed in a different direction. the main rain is up to the north, up towards cape mendocino and the california oregon bo

stormtrack to the north of us but that is changing as we look at the extended computer model. this is going to take us beginning wednesday of next week. first wave of rain arrives on wednesday. everyone is getting wet here. get another little break thursday night into friday stronger storm arrives. another one comes in for that weekend. one to three inches of rain expected for the lower elevation 3 to 5 inches in the hills by the end of next week so we get pretty significant rain if the computer model pan out. let's keep our fingers crossed tomorrow morning. one thing for sure chill in the air mid upper 30's and coldest wind protected valley. 40's elsewhere. make sure you have a coat or jack it as you head out the door and leave for work but short sleeve weather for the afternoon. look at the temperatures. this is more like in g. spring. 68 sunnyvale cupertino. mountain view 65 in millbrae. mid 60's half moon bay downtown san francisco sunset district. nothing but sunshine in the north bay. 70 degrees. 69 virginia hay oh. east bay free mont as well 68 in oak land. inland spots

sonoma county coastline, 10 miles to the north and west of the sonoma county coastlinept once live stormtracker 2 we have dry conditions, some rain showers to the west of cape mendicino. in terms of rainfall totals, here is our forecast model showing that we're dry. look at what happens first thing tomorrow morning. at 6:00, 8:00, you see the rain coverage on the increase, coastside and up in the north bay coming up at 10:35 we'll ran the forecast models through the entire day on sunday and  more projected rainfall total and the areas that could pick up .5" and the long-range outlook and let you know if we have more rain chances on long- range weather s. >>> thank you, mark a group of faithful gathered to try to end the drought by following their age-old tradition to ask for divine intervention. several hundred muslims gathered at the fairgrounds to offer a special prayer for the blessing of rain. those who organized the event say that the prayer was written centuries ago. >> in case of extreme drought, the prophet muhammad had taught the muslim community about 1400 years ago in arabia. >> th

tuesday increasing clouds, all setting up this rain returns of a stormtrack being pushed closer to theate not only northern california, but southern california as well. so the rainfall that we need is making a comeback. in gusty winds. friday will be the strongest storm and we could have strong winds gust to possibly over 50 miles per hour with the possibility of thunderstorms and possibly more rain on saturday. storm totals conservative estimates, but in general we're talking about 1-4". so a lot to track over the next few days. tomorrow fairly quiet out. there cooler with san francisco 61. santa rosa, 67 and san josi 66 and san mateo 63 degrees. here is a look ahead. your five-day forecast, with your weekend always in view. partly cloudy on monday, more clouds on tuesday and you can count how many times you can hear a weather person say "you can count," rain making a comeback on wednesday. by friday, that will be the storm to watch with heavy rain and strong gusty winds. i saw a weather service tweet that set sedit won't be a drought-buster, but will make a dent. >> thank you, mark.

live "stormtracker" 2, basically, the entire state is dry.hwest, a few high clouds. as you can see over the pacifics and south from the west, the high cloud also continue to filter into the bay area. with partly cloudy, even a few mostly cloudy observations out there. current temperatures, it's 63 degrees in santa rosa. san francisco in the upper 50s, san jose 61. now, the rainfall calendar begins in july. just for reference, last year, compared to this year, on february 16th. 2013, take a look at the numbers. very, very well out there. santa rosa over 12 inches of rain for the season. san francisco nearing 14 inches. by contrast, it has been a bad start. not even half of where they were this time. san jose, only 2.66. i wish i had more significant rain in the forecast short term, but nothing is showing up yet. for tonight, we have a few high clouds, tomorrow, partly sunny skies. our live camera looking out toward san francisco. forecast at 7:00, 48 degrees. by lunchtime, 58, afternoon high around 60 degrees. there is a chance of a light show

stormtrack still flowing well to the north but won't stay there very long because look ahead to nextain approaching bale bay area then arrive the first wave on wednesday of next week. break on thursday but the second storm arrives on frichltd look like stronger better organized and probably bring us measurable rain that of course we desperately need. overnight tonight low 40's to upper 30's in the inland valley. then tomorrow sunny mild with high up around 70 degrees in the south bay upper 60's on the peninsula mid 60's on the coast and in downtown san francisco high of 64 tomorrow north bay high at 70 degrees over on the east bay mainly upper sdpris oakland down to fremont inland east baylow 70's at fairfield, pittsburgh, antioch and livermore and here's the accu-weather 7 day forecast. this mild dry pattern remains in place through monday. partly cloudy skies on tuesday. rain on wednesday showers thursday and perhaps even stronger dose of written on friday and we welcome it. lack forward to it. plan our days around it dan. >> we will indeed spencer. >> still so far behind i know th

tomorrow and wednesday before we get a little bit of sprinkle activity overnight wednesday night but stormtrackerill remain mainly to the north so we won't get any significant rain until much later here's our forecast animation for the next 5 days or.so notice rain stays to our north until the weekend then it drops farther south ward and next chance of measurable rain will be late saturday into sunday. not quite the big rainfall drenching rain last weekend but more rain nonetheless. overnight tonight again some patchy fog low clouds low temperature mainly in the low mid 40's inland. mid upper 40's around the bay and near the coast. then tomorrow partly mainly sunny. high in the south bay. low to mid 60's. 63 at san jose. on peninsula low 60's. 62 at redwood city palo altoment mid 50's pacifica and a half moon bay on the coast and 57 degrees will be the high downtown san francisco. up in the north bay tomorrow. mainly sunny on the coast a little bit low cloud. stinson beach inland nice and sunny 63 santa rosa 63 at napa. east bay high low 60's all across the board. 61 from richmond to oakland to u

just a click away from from the stormtracker-4 radar.current traffic conditions.also download our >> pam: trouble at an oakland our evening newscast last fruitvale elementary school. >> reporter: the team arrived at the oakland airport today to begin planning for their appearnace at fleet week in october. the flyers say they were disappointed they couldn't come last year because funds were eliminated in the federal sequester. so this year is special. >>the team loves coming to san francisco, that?s one of the reason we come back every year. we enjoy the city, we enjoy the people and fleet week's a big thing, a very big thing. >> reporter:being in san francisco is especially significant to the lt. commander who you just saw speaking. michael cheng first saw the blue angels when he was a fifth grader at saint peter and paul's school in san francisco's north beach. >> pam: coming up. >> pam: a controversial bill in arizona. supporters say, it protects religious freedom. while opponents say, its discrimation to gays. >> pam: governor jan brewer weighs in. on the issue

just a click away from the stormtracker-4 radar. current traffic conditions. and snow forecasts. you can also download our mobile app. if you have a lot of heavy rain or wind. or storm damage in your area, we'd love to see it. here are just a few sent to us from across the bay area. e-mail your video or pics to breaking news at kron four dot com. or you can post them online on our facebook and twitter pages. coming up: an s-u-v. carrying a man and a little girl. scarred with bullet holes after shots were fired on a busy bay area freeway. shutting down rush hour traffic. a group of san francisco police officers are off the job and expected in federal court this morning. what they're accused of doing. welcome back. a frightening scene on interstate 580. as a driver shoots at an s-u-v with a man and a young girl inside. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. it happened during yesterday evening's commute in the castro valley area. the freeway was shut down for about an hour but there. look at the bottom part of the windshield on the driver's side and you can

live look at stormtracker four. the rain isn't over yet as the bay area gets soaked with the first of two storms arrived this week. and on the peninsula last night. the wet roads are believed to be a factor in this chain reaction crash involving a google delivery worker. the driver admitted to taking her eyes off the road on soutbound highway 101 near millbrae exit. the c- h-p was busy responding to several accidents during the evening commute. for those of you who want to protect your homes during the storms, but don't know where to go to find sandbags, there are some free options. in san francisco, the department of public works offers them with proper i-d. you can pick them up at 2323 cesar chavez street. there is a ten sandbag limit per address. in oakland, you can get up to 20- free sandbags and 50- feet of plastic sheeting. at the municipal service center at 7101 edgewater drive. between 8 a-m and 9 p-m monday through friday. in san jose, there are three locations: the city service yard on mabury road. the cit