sutro tower has been calming down. we still have breezes today. the height rain showers taper and heavy rain and windy and thunder tonight and we will have scattered showers through saturday. we have a cold front moving through. that is moving away from us. you can see a break. we have a lot of cloud cover lining up against the next cold front. urban flooding is a possible with this. wind damage because the winds are faster and the grounds are saturated. scattered power outages. this evening you can see the clouds increasing between eight and 10:00 a wave of light rain will move in and the heavy showers and thunderstorms through 1:00 o'clock to 3:00 and we wick up tomorrow morning and scattered showers and a clap of thunder and the commute is the worst. by then we have scattered lighter showers hanging out throughout the evening so friday evening plans, be prepared to deal with wet weather. on saturday we will have half an inch to an inch in lower elevations and 2" to 4" in mountains and the fastest winds around 35 to 50 miles per hour at 1:00 o'c

from sutro tower we have a colorful mount diabolo push up through the wonderful colors, the increasing high clouds are bringing us bright and dry and warm friday through sunday and storms are possible next week. low 60's along the coast and mid-to-upper 60's in most neighbors and near 70 at cloverdale and antioch and morgan hill. tonight is cool if not slightly cooler than this morning. we will have temperatures in the mid-30's inland to 40 and low-to-mid 40's around the bay shore to half moon bay at 47. in san francisco. high pressure is dominating the weather and there are two of them, high clouds are streaming over that and they are called wear air clouds and the atmosphere is bringing in warmer air today creating the high clouds with high pressure dominating our pattern through the weekend and next week, on wednesday, look at swirling mass in the golf -- gulf of last that is the potential atmospheric river moving up and another storm coming in on friday. we have our fingers crossed so enjoy the dry weather in the sunshine and the warmer-than-average temperatures this weekend. low 6

in is a picture from sutro tower and it is looking dry.understorms. >> ukraine's acting interior minister has disbanded a riot police force accused of attacks that last dozens dead and hundreds injured. protesters were pushing for leaders to abehind withed west rather than russia. both signs an agreement to end the three month conflict. president yanukovich fled the capital for his power base in eastern ukraine. >> and joaquin "el chapo" guzman will remain in the highest security prison in mexico and not extradicted to the united states any time soon. two federal judges ruled guzman must stand trial on drugs and organized crime. they want to interrogate guzman and dismantle the drug cartel. experts warn mexico has failed to successfully prosecute high profile drug lords they have arrested. >>> today, two well-known actors testify on capitol hill. affleck will be before the senate foreign affairs committee discussing how to solve violence in the democratic republic of congo, considered an expert on the nation. affleck founded the eastern co

we have birds flying around shut to tower, and there you go, look at the beautiful colors from sutro to the east bay, that is diabolo on the right side with the blinking red light. we will be partly cloudy because of the high clouds and temperatures are close to average. light rain is possible through wednesday morning and not a big issue. warmer-than-average weather, and spring flavor to the back half of the seven-day forecast. today, it will feel like february, upper 50's along the coast and low-to-mid 60's with the high clouds and sunshine, and tonight, you can see the clouds are thicker with high clouds and the fog possible around the east bay, north bay, and in the central valley. most of our temperatures are in the 40's but napa and santa rosa are upper 30's. you can see right there we have two areas of high pressure pushing the storm track to the north and we have a couple areas of low pressure with one moving north and the other is coming in, tuesday, and because of that, it will bring us the slight chance of light rain. tuesday morning, you can see the extra cloud cover. as

except for the valleys, where it is clear from our sutro tower camera.at temperature temperatures with upper 40s. it's a little chilly out there but warmer than yesterday. 52 oakland. half moon bay, gray conditions at 50. and sfo its pretty gray, as well. with low 40s around the bay. livermore at 40. so the visibility has been restricted in the north bay. especially around novato and santa rosa. anywhere from less than a quarter mile to just about that. and san carlos airport doing better, but still gray for you. half moon bay looking at the overcast. perhaps some afternoon sunshine. but it will be cool around the san mateo county coast, despite the warmer start. 11 degrees warmer there. but with the clear sky, you have cooled over a few degrees in the livermore valley. and for mt. tam, look at that. nice-looking shot of the blanket of low clouds. is it summertime? no, it's winter time. feeling like springtime but going back to winter in a few days. the rain arrives right on cue. we've been talking about it and forecasting it for wednesday. it looks like

and here is a live look from our sutro cam. light showers overnight have dissipated.ut sunshine today. how long will all that last? lisa argen will be along with your accuweather forecast in just a few. hales corners, wisconsin. nice pass by alyson dudek. can she hang on to that spot? and she does! [ male announcer ] with the u-verse wireless receiver, your tv goes where you take it, allowing inspiration to follow. ♪ [ dad ] looks pretty good, right? [ girl ] yeah. [ male announcer ] switch to u-verse and add a wireless receiver today. ♪ >> new research suggests crocodiles can climb trees. university of tennessee's zoologist heard about the phenomenon and decided to investigate. they have taken reports from all over the world and have seen the crocs in the trees themselves. they never actually witnessed how the crocodiles got up there but believe they worked their way up through branches. the zoologist said the crocs like the height because it helps them find the sun above the shade and the trees can also help them keep an eye out for other predators. >> if you are lo

right now, you can see it is clear at sutro tower. patchy fog in the east bay valley. the big story is four to seven degrees below average even with the sun. we have a wind, and canadian air. it is clean. it will yield a few clouds. temperatures are in the mid-to-upper 50's through the central valley. mid-60's to the south with lingering showers around san diego. in lake tahoe, snow showers today, and snow on thursday and more snow coming this weekend. winter is here. >> now leyla gulen and the commute. >> the remark is here if -- for a while. in san jose the crash has cleared northbound 101 blocking two lanes but traffic is very slow to recover. you are looking at nothing but brake lights leaving 280/680 split to the san jose airport it will take you in excess of 20 minutes to head in that seven mile stretch. the on-ramp is partly blocked and southbound 680 because of the accident we are looking at quite a bit of slowing leashing pleasanton and headed to highway 84th drive across the altamont pass is bumper-to-bumper traffic and citi

from our camera this is a gorgeous view looking towards sutro tower, cloudy tonight. sprinkles are possible. we've had light rain chances. what is looking promising is a weekend rain chance. that is where they're getting weather, rain, snow. we're not expecting much out of this. as a matter of fact 7:00 p.m tonight maybe spring yelz around through late thursday early friday morning so take a look at our weekend outlook. we'll see a chance of rain for the bay area going into sunday morning. rave from a third inch to perhaps an inch in wettest locations. tomorrow morning, yes, patchy fog out there. upper 40s to low 50s to start off. then, tomorrow afternoon we're going to see showers north, perhaps sprinkles around santa rosa. 61 san francisco. mid-60s oakland, livermore, 68. this is the important accu-weather forecast, why there is so much happening valentine's day, okay. it's going to be dry other than sprinkles possible in the north bay the weekend there is a chance of rain saturday. into sunday morning and another chance of rain tuesday, wednesday. chinese new year

our sutro camera, light rain throughout the day today.will look for sunshine to return tomorrow. here's a look at what you can expect throughout the next couple of hours through 8:00. notice the colder air into lake county. so temperatures will be hard-pressed to make it out of the 50s today. over into the east bay could see some heavier cells at times and then through the 10:00 hour everybody is wet. mt. hamilton, higher elevations, a rain-snow mix possibly and through the afternoon light to moderate rain. the activity pushing south into the mountain there. we will have scattered light showers throughout the north bay. but by the evening hours we are back to partly cloudy conditions, drying out as we head into the first part of the work week. but rainfall amounts not bad. in fact, anywhere from a tenth to a half-inch. down here the santa cruz mountains, maybe up to three quarters of an inch. so perhaps not making a big dent in the drought, but, you know what? not bad. we will take what we can get. high temperatures today just in the low

taking a look right now from our sutro tower camera. you can barely see the golden gate bridge.ou couldn't tell. the clouds are rolling in over the bay area, cooling things down. so now we have the onshore flow. not seeing any satellite returns and moisture coming into the bay year not just yet. that's just up ahead this next week. so, now what is happening, current temperatures, 50s in accept rosa, san francisco, 54. peninsula, 54, 68, los gatos, 71, antioch. so still a bit warmer in the east bay. now, for today, we did see clouds rolling in. come tomorrow you'll see them burn off by late afternoon and then just a little cooler by tomorrow afternoon. so, what we want to know is the rain ahead, it's all going to come on wednesday. that's when we'll see the first wave of this system coming in over the bay area, starting north bay, and it's going to be accompanied by gusty winds, about 30 to 40-mile-per-hour wepts, and then it's going do -- thursday evening, into friday, that is when we'll see another area of low pressure come in, bringing us lots of rain. so, with that rain and w

another live view from sutro to tower over san francisco.reaks in the clouds and sun shining in some parts of the bay area. upper 40s in concord and livermore and it's still wet and dreary looking up there and these are our forecast. showers ending this evening, cold night, especially inland, and a cool pattern to follow for the week ahead with temperatures not even breaking 60 degrees. the satellite image, the movement of the cold front that passed through this morning. most of the activity is centered near the coastline. this storm center is heading south and will take most of its moisture with it. so any showers developing after 7:00 p.m. will remain offshore. so tomorrow, mostly sunny skies, cool day, and looks like a dry one as well. looking ahead, the ten-day jut look shows our next chance of precipitation around mid-week but not much rainfall with that little system. then next sunday, looks like we might get some more widespread rainfall but could be confined to the north bay. then after that, fizzles out and not much of a chance of r

and taking a look from our sutro tower cam. lisa argen will have your forecast in a few minutes. that's right. pretty soon... you're going to have a baby brother. ♪ and... a puppy. ♪ [ chuckles ] deal. ♪ >> welcome back. a live look at the golden gate bridge. can you tell from the lighting there it's a little cloudy, a little hazy out there. lisa argen said the rain is coming this evening. it might hit the chinese new year's parade a little bit. but a great time out there. we will tell you where else and when the rain is supposed to come coming up in the full forecast in a little bit. >>> after months of public comment the national park service has issued new details on a plan to help protect yosemite national park. the park service that proposed banning rafting and bike rentals to guard against erosion against the merced river. thena plan allows it but moves rental facilities away from the rifer. and it proposes limited visitors to 19,000 visitors a day, which is about what they get on a busy day, and add more shuttle buses. >>> it's cleaned pup and reintroduced as a present to

san francisco 44 and oakland finally out of the 30s from our sutro camera. chillest numbers north and the east bay valleys. livermore coming in at 34. petaluma freezing and below freezing napa and petaluma. after our chilly start we look for a seasonal afternoon. this is how cool it is compared to yesterday if you were up at this hour, anywhere from four to nine degrees colder. afternoon temperatures running similar to yesterday. east bay hills camera, we are looking at this beautiful shot today. enjoy the sun shin. if you want rain, we may have some tomorrow. look for the dry weather next week. but forecast models coming into agreement beyond next friday that is looks likes we could see a bigger storm into next weekend. hers a look at our pacific satellite picture. high pressure is sitting a little bit further off the coast. so as a result the onshore winds will keep us seasonal with 50s and 60s. it's the area of low pressure that continues to cue up and ride just a little closer to the coastline. so with that, we are looking at the possibility of rain. boy

at sutro tower and to the south bay, we will talk temperatures: east bay valley is where the sun is, in the low-to-mid 60's, and in los gatos and half moon bay and everyone else in the low-to-mid 50's. a now degrees warmer than this time yesterday. we can see the to which the bay bridge every once in a while. it will be tricky the next hour or so. mostly clouds and spring els are possible in the in the bay and more sun in the south, foggy tonight and rain likely saturday evening through sunday morning with temperatures today upper 50's to low 60's along the coast and san francisco and mid-to-upper 60's for the rest of us and mild with all of the soup waiting for you low-to-mid 50's. watch the top of the screen, where the future radar returns are dancing through tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon, through the evening hours and most of us will see more sunshine tomorrow. saturday morning, the drizzle is possible in most areas and the light-to-moderate rain moving into the north bay saturday evening becoming light rain through the rest of the bay and exiting at 4:00 or 5:00 in the mor

and looking out over san francisco from the suit -- sutro tower cam.ore view from our emeryville camera on the east bay, looking back across the bay. you can see an afterglow in the western sky. these are forecast features. showers ending as we speak. cold inland overnight, and we'll have a cool daytime pattern for the remainder of the week or the week ahead elm satellite animation shows the movement of the cold front that swept through this morning. storm center offshore is heading south and taking the moisture with is, which is why our showers are winding down. forecast animation shows the passage of a few clouds and maybe a spot or two of shower activity but nothing significant. mainly sunny skies tomorrow, and dry and cool day ahead. now, let's look at the ten-day animation to see where we might expect more rainfall. mid-week, we may gate spot or two of shower activity. doesn't look like it will amount to much. next sunday, maybe a better organized, more widespread area of rain. that may be confined to the north bay. after that a couple of dry days

from the west want we will have is a scene like this for the better part of the week as we look if sutro tower to a soggy downtown san francisco. and you not even see over to yerba buena island or treasure island because of the rain that is in the way. here is a look at what is going on, the warm front is the leading edge of the warm and moist air and we are getting we that. the break you see between the cold front and the warm front is where we are going to have sprinkles, some light rain overnight but notice on the left side of the screen some brighter and whiter clouds are develop asking that is the pineapple express getting geared up and that will be the heavy rain for tomorrow morning that will possibly bring some flooding. you can see a better picket of the soaker and at the top of the shore i wanted to show you this graphic we made to last night to give you an impact from the storm with the greatest is urban flooding, and creek flooding, as wealth, and mud and rock slides, and possibly in the not bay and santa cruz mountains. we have rain showing up as jell-o and moving through du

from the sutro cam you get a sense the fog is starting to move in.n, reduced visibility. the fog bank will continue to push into the bay overnight tonight so watch out for that for your monday morning commute. mostly sunny sky for your monday, and then the rain and wind will pick up wednesday and in particular on friday. lows tonight with the cloud cover, not as low as last night. low 40s in the north bay. season marin county, and we look for 49 for san francisco, 46, san jose. livermore, 43. here's the setup. high pressure will be with us for at least one, one and a half days. so expect more sunshine tomorrow. temperatures will cool a little bit and then get ready for rain and wind, storm number one, storm number two in the latter part of the work week. here's a look at storm number one. will move in on wednesday, a break on thursday. just a small break, and then the second storm will move in on friday. the second storm looks stronger and more wind with that second storm. so wednesday, 5:00 p.m., that's the timing of the first rain bands to hit the

from our sutro camera, here's the chillier numbers.eezing here and petaluma a little warmer. the winds are calm and we will look for the gusty on-shore winds to return today. so it's going to be cool at the coast with all the sunshine, though, and temperatures finally where they should be. we will look for the chance of rain tomorrow and we will time it out for you. dry and mild next week but the forecast models go beyond seven days. they have been consistent with bringing in some wet weather into next weekend. here's a look at what's going on right now. we are looking at a system offshore. it will continue to cue up and allow for the possibility of rain tomorrow. but with high pressure in control, it's a dry day today. the symptom stempniak starts off in the pacific and by about 8:00 tomorrow morning at point reyes you will notice we are looking at a little bit of green there. here's san francisco. by the time it heads south notice it still stays offshore but rainfall from the city down into the santa cruz mountains. so as it continue

a live look from our sutro tower camera.he low 40s in most neighborhoods, except right here in the city. 50 in the city. 45 in san jose. in the low 40s half moon bay and that's about 6 to 8 degrees cooler than it has been. things are changing slowly and we will see that throughout the next several days, as we head toward a wetter pattern throughout the middle of next week. napa, the chilly spot. 49 right now. petaluma down the road is pretty mild. mid-40s by the delta with low 40s concord and livermore. the visibility right now from novato to half moon bay, just a little bit in the way of low clouds and fog. elsewhere you are clear and you are chilly so the exploratorium camera shows it is a nice night out here or morning. we will look for the patchy low fog and clouds to continue at the coast over the weekend. more widespread tomorrow. that will bring a cooler day shore lane. but overall mild days with numbers above average. the wet pattern sets up by the middle of next week. so here's a look at our pacific satellite pictur

and looking out over san francisco from the suit -- sutro tower cam. one more view from our emeryville camera on the east bay, looking back across the bay. you can see an afterglow in the western sky. these are forecast features. showers ending as we speak. cold inland overnight, and we'll have a cool daytime pattern for the remainder of the week or the week ahead elm satellite animation shows the movement of the cold front that swept through this morning. storm center offshore is heading south and taking the moisture with is, which is why our showers are winding down. forecast animation shows the passage of a few clouds and maybe a spot or two of shower activity but nothing significant. mainly sunny skies tomorrow, and dry and cool day ahead. now, let's look at the ten-day animation to see where we might expect more rainfall. mid-week, we may gate spot or two of shower activity. doesn't look like it will amount to much. next sunday, maybe a better organized, more widespread area of rain. that may be confined to the north bay. after that a couple of dr

sutro cam looking live down towards the city. santa rosa, 56. 60, concord. live moore, 58.hts. we'll look for clear sky tonight. cooler, all areas of dense fog overnight in those protected valley areas. slight chance of showers developing tuesday night, wednesday morning, very slight chance. of that we look for dry days and temperatures bill the enof the week will be well above where we should be this time of year. speaking of highs, cloverdale, 64 today. san rafael, 68. santa cruz, 70. overnight lows tonight, much colder, especially in the north bay, upper 30s, mid-to-upper 40s, and our pacific satellite showing you high pressure will die vert the storms between to north of the bay area. they will stay north of us. on monday, look for mixture of sunshine and high clouds. but tuesday, this is our chance of seeing the next chance of an isolated shower, tuesday 6:00 a.m., cloudy conditions. 5:00 commute time tuesday, santa rosa, start to see showers. the next system tuesday overnight into wednesday morning, very weak. by wednesday morning, the north bay is already clearing ou

sutro cam looking live down towards the city. santa rosa, 56. 60, concord. live moore, 58.t the forecast highlights. we'll look for clear sky tonight. cooler, all areas of dense fog overnight in those protected valley areas. slight chance of showers developing tuesday night, wednesday morning, very slight chance. of that we look for dry days and temperatures bill the enof the week will be well above where we should be this time of year. speaking of highs, cloverdale, 64 today. san rafael, 68. santa cruz, 70. overnight lows tonight, much colder, especially in the north bay, upper 30s, mid-to-upper 40s, and our pacific satellite showing you high pressure will die vert the storms between to north of the bay area. they will stay north of us. on monday, look for mixture of sunshine and high clouds. but tuesday, this is our chance of seeing the next chance of an isolated shower, tuesday 6:00 a.m., cloudy conditions. 5:00 commute time tuesday, santa rosa, start to see showers. the next system tuesday overnight into wednesday morning, very weak. by wednesday morning, the north bay

. >> it is the last friday of february 2014 and a look from sutro tower to san francisco. we still have rain but mike was saying the heaviest of the rain moved through. we will have showers all day long but mike is the expert. i will let him tell you. >> the last day of february is proving brutal all across the nation. heavy rains are taking aim on southern california where evacuations are underway over mud slide fears. >>> they have been praying nor rain. not this much. this morning. california is soaking wet. >> we need it. why like it. we need it. >> in the bay area the storms have snapped trees. trucks are sliding out-of-control. >> in los angeles county, 100 crashes. there is a love anxiety in the communities outside los angeles. the worry? mudslides. residents filled sandbags. >> a lot of rain if a short period could create mudslides. >> mandatory evacuations were ordered and continues in some places. >> no entry zone but for authorized personnel. >> everything in the suitcases: papers, special items. >> they hope to avoid landslides like this one nine years ago that

this is how it looks from mount sutro, looking down on a very very clean and dry air mass, increasing high clouds is it for today, with temperatures warmer than yesterday, and it will be bright, dry and warmer-than-average tomorrow through the weekend and there is at least one storm, maybe a series of storms possible next week. could an atmospheric be set up? well watch that. the net stream is to the north is the high pressure will steer the high clouds over us and it will steer the brunt of the storm to the north so it will be dry and warm. today we are in the upper 50's the to low 60's and mid-to-upper 60's until you get to cloverdale and morgan hill and you can make it up to 70 today of the tonight is cool again with mid-30's inland and mid-40's away the bay and 47 is the warm spot in san francisco. wednesday of next week you can see the storm is lining up and one coming in on wednesday, here is another one coming in on thursday and possibly hanging around on friday, hopefully that comes to if you wigs and we will fill up the reservoirs again and coat the sierra with more snow. the

from sutro tower. clouds in the air but from this point of view no appearance of rain drops yet.tures in the upper 50's at santa rosa, nap a-san rafael, 53 at fairfield, mid upper 50's at concord livermore one more live view at the beautiful sky line of downtown san francisco from exploring camera. these are forecast feature stormy overnight and stormy wet wind morning commute. if you out there rain showers continue into saturday morning. here's close close forecast animation beginning at 11:00 o'clock this evening watch the storm and the effect over the next day and a half or 2 day. wave after wave of heavy rain wind and even snow in the sierra inland over the next more than 24 hours into 8:00 o'clock tomorrow evening and then beyond that the storm dipping south ward into southern california stormy down around l.a. on saturday morning. we will see rain tapering off here saturday morning as storm begins to weaken and move away from us. but close close storm watch includes more than just rain. we have wind advice in effect until tomorrow morning at 10:00 o'clock winds gusting 45 t

look at this view from our sutro tower camera. you can't even see san francisco. the fog is here and it is fluctuating the visibility. be careful for the morning commute. the fog will be replaced by a few showers. i'll be back to let you know who will need the umbrellas coming up. carolyn? >> sandhya, thank you. >>> the rain over the weekend helped, but we are still in the grips of drought. now east bay mud is asking its customers to reduce their water use by 10%. it is the latest district to call for voluntary restrictions. john alston is live in contra costa county for us. >> reporter: this is one of the several storage reservoirs. even though customers have cut use by 17% you the utility says with the drought it is not enough. >> many gardens and lawns are going unwatered. it is bringing back bad memories of the 1977 drought when robert stevenson lost several trees. now the east bay mud is asking customers to voluntarily cut back water used by another 10%. >> we are hoping that 10% would mean we cut back as opposed to cutting it off. >> they are already conserv

from our sutro tower camera you can see along the east bay shore the fog trying to form and it will beer in the morning. in the afternoon it will be cloudy with temperatures well below average and sures are possible wednesday into thursday and a chance of rain is possible on sunday. today, a very narrow range of 53 to 56 degrees and we could have lower 50's along the coast. we will have sunshine, mixing with clouds from time to time. as far as tonight, we will be even cooler than this morning so thicker frost inland and we will go 29 in napa, the cool spot, to 37 in antioch, the warm spot, inland, 35 at palo alto and 36 in fremont and san jose at 39 along with oakland and low-to-mid 40's around richmond and san mateo and san francisco and 37 at half moon bay. the heaters will be running. the low responsible for yesterday's weather is down south. it will exit the united states and head to baja the next hour if you are headed doug -- down south it will be dry. low-to-upper 50's tomorrow and clouds again with scattered showers developing on wednesday into thursday and notice another batch

we will get to the forecast as we look at sutro tower.k on temperatures that run in the upper 50's along the coast and low-to-mid 60's with the increase if high clouds making for a very bright day compared to over the weekend. enjoy. >>> if you are having to go to work, you are not in good company because there is no one out there. it is

look at this view from our sutro tower camera. you can't even see san francisco. the fog is here and it is fluctuating the visibility. be careful for the morning commute. the fog will be replaced by a few showers. i'll be back to let you know who will need the umbrellas coming up. carolyn? >> sandhya, thank you. >>> the rain over the weekend helped, but we are still in the grips of drought. now east bay mud is asking its customers to reduce their water use by 10%. it is the latest district to call for voluntary restrictions. john alston is live in contra costa county for us. >> reporter: this is one of the several storage reservoirs. even though customers have cut use by 17% you the utility says with the drought it is not enough. >> many gardens and lawns are going unwatered. it is bringing back bad memories of the 1977 drought when robert stevenson lost several trees. now the east bay mud is asking customers to voluntarily cut back water used by another 10%. >> we are hoping that 10% would mean we cut back as opposed to cutting it off. >> they are already conserv

from sutro tower. clouds in the air but from this point of view no appearance of rain drops yet. temperatures in the upper 50's at santa rosa, nap a-san rafael, 53 at fairfield, mid upper 50's at concord livermore one more live view at the beautiful sky line of downtown san francisco from exploring camera. these are forecast feature stormy overnight and stormy wet wind morning commute. if you out there rain showers continue into saturday morning. here's close close forecast animation beginning at 11:00 o'clock this evening watch the storm and the effect over the next day and a half or 2 day. wave after wave of heavy rain wind and even snow in the sierra inland over the next more than 24 hours into 8:00 o'clock tomorrow evening and then beyond that the storm dipping south ward into southern california stormy down around l.a. on saturday morning. we will see rain tapering off here saturday morning as storm begins to weaken and move away from us. but close close storm watch includes more than just rain. we have wind advice in effect until tomorrow morning at 10:00 o'clock winds gust

downtown san francisco from the sutro tower camera a great shot and a dry city but that will change soonmorrow morning it looks different with meteorologist, mike nicco, more ahead. >> in the last 30 minutes the largest drugstore chain announced an unpress determined move to snuff out tobacco products and will stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products october 1. the company c.e.o. says it is making the move to help the customers stay healthy and launching an antismoking cam page in stores in the spring. >> c.v.s. says it will cost the chain $2 billion a year the. >> girl scout cookie season and the treats are going to confident you more if if -- in the bay area. the san francisco business times reports the northern california group is raising the cost to $5 a box the only chapter in the country to increase prices. officials say the cost of business has gone up including baker fees and facility expenses the first time in five years the local girl scouts have raised the cost of cookies. they are introducing a gluten free chocolate chip shortbread cookie. >> neighbor in newark help

from sutro tower. clouds in the air but from this point of view no appearance of rain drops yet. temperatures in the upper 50's at santa rosa, nap a-san rafael, 53 at fairfield, mid upper 50's at concord livermore one more live view at the beautiful sky line of downtown san francisco from exploring camera. these are forecast feature stormy overnight and stormy wet wind morning commute. if you out there rain showers continue into saturday morning. here's close close forecast animation beginning at 11:00 o'clock this evening watch the storm and the effect over the next day and a half or 2 day. wave after wave of heavy rain wind and even snow in the sierra inland over the next more than 24 hours into 8:00 o'clock tomorrow evening and then beyond that the storm dipping south ward into southern california stormy down around l.a. on saturday morning. we will see rain tapering off here saturday morning as storm begins to weaken and move away from us. but close close storm watch includes more than just rain. we have wind advice in effect until tomorrow morning at 10:00 o'clock winds gust

the forecast today from sutro shows how clear it is and not much fog.ly sunny. increasing clouds today. not is bright as yesterday. temperatures are in the same ballpark, low-to-mid 50's along the coast and the rest of us are in the mid-to-upper 50's. now the commute. leyla gulen? >> good morning, everyone. good tuesday. we have a few construction projects. we have word of a stalled bus blocking a lane on 101 with more details on that will set coming up in a little bit but as we take you to the antioch bridge it is closed at this hour. you do have round about ways but it will re-open at 5:00 if you can wait it out that is the best bet. tracy to dublin is 23 minutes westbound on 580. 6 minutes from san rafael to san francisco southbound. this is the golden gate bridge away from sausalito there is residue on the camera but it looks to be clear into san francisco. >> thank you, leyla gulen. developing news from the east bay: police are investigating a shooting that left two injured in pittsburg before 1 1:00 last night. no word on suspects or motive. amy h

from sutro tower on to san francisco and the bay bridge, it will be partly cloudy this afternoon.pper 50's. now the commute. leyla gulen? >> good morning, everyone, so far we starting on a quiet note with lots of green on the map so we are at top speed and not seeing the fog forming in this area but in the north by we are starting to see pockets of it so be careful when you head out on the roads and use the low beams and not the high beams. drive time traffic shows 580 from tracy to dublin 25 minutes and westbound from antioch to concord is 14 minutes and 101 from san rafael to san francisco is just 16 minutes. the bay bridge toll plaza shows traffic moving smoothly away from the maze into san francisco. >>> break overnight, oakland firefighters are on the scene of a two alarm house fire in west oakland that spread to the adjacent home this morning. firefighters got reports someone may have been trapped snowed but they were unable to find anyone. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> a memorial is growing for murdered three-year-old napa girl. her mother and her mother'

look at this view from our sutro tower camera. you can't even see san francisco. the fog is here and it is fluctuating the visibility. be careful for the morning commute. the fog will be replaced by a few showers. i'll be back to let you know who will need the umbrellas coming up. carolyn? >> sandhya, thank you. >>> the rain over the weekend helped, but we are still in the grips of drought. now east bay mud is asking its customers to reduce their water use by 10%. it is the latest district to call for voluntary restrictions. john alston is live in contra costa county for us. >> reporter: this is one of the several storage reservoirs. even though customers have cut use by 17% you the utility says with the drought it is not enough. >> many gardens and lawns are going unwatered. it is bringing back bad memories of the 1977 drought when robert stevenson lost several trees. now the east bay mud is asking customers to voluntarily cut back water used by another 10%. >> we are hoping that 10% would mean we cut back as opposed to cutting it off. >> they are already conserv

looking at western sky behind sutro tower a beautiful view of the western sky there. it's 57 degrees now in san francisco. 59 in oakland low 60s in redwood city. 55 degrees in half moon bay. how about this view of the sky? 60s in san francisco. 60 in vacaville and 59 in livermore, one more live view, dramatic view of the western sky. arrives and we'll see mostly sunny skies on sunday and monday which, by the way is president's day. you can see a trail of clouds and moisture moving north at the moment we have assorted high clouds today. and this front is trailing behind that first wave of clouds bringing us rain late tomorrow. much of the bay area will be cloudy by 6:00 in the evening we'll see the first rainfall pushing threw the north bay. then through san francisco, then, late tomorrow night after midnight south bay and monterey bay getting wet. and starting to dry out. a tenth to three tenths. here is the three day forecast. snow arrives sunday. maybe 3 to 6 inches and then, sunny mild again monday. low to mid-60s near the bay and inland. cooler in the north bay. h

looking at western sky behind sutro tower a beautiful view of the western sky there. degrees now in san francisco. 59 in oakland low 60s in redwood city. 55 degrees in half moon bay. how about this view of the sky? 60s in san francisco. 60 in vacaville and 59 in livermore, one more live view, dramatic view of the western sky. rain arrives and we'll see mostly sunny skies on sunday and monday which, by the way is president's day. you can see a trail of clouds and moisture moving north at the moment we have assorted high clouds today. and this front is trailing behind that first wave of clouds bringing us rain late tomorrow. much of the bay area will be cloudy by 6:00 in the evening we'll see the first rainfall pushing threw the north bay. then through san francisco, then, late tomorrow night after midnight south bay and monterey bay getting wet. and starting to dry out. rainfall totals perhaps a tenth to three tenths. here is the three day forecast. snow arrives sunday. maybe 3 to 6 inches and then, sunny mild again monday. high temperatures low to mid-60s near the bay

and head peta luma mid-50s and concord and livermore, and on we go to live view from sutro tower lookingr san francisco we'll see sunny skies tomorrow. nice chance of rain sunday. and dry and milder all of next week. here is our satellite image. that shows us what is in control now, it's a dry ridge of high pressure giving us sunny skies tomorrow. but there is a system out to sea moving into our direction. it may graze the coastline on sunday. this is a system we expect to bring us rainfall. overnight tonight clear skies, low temperatures down below freezing in north bay valleys and mid to upper 30s in inland valleys and around the bay near the coast low 40s or around 43. tomorrow, sunny skies. and seasonal temperatures. not too mild or cool upper 50s to 60s around the way. low 60s inland. here is the accu-weather forecast. slight chance of rain sunday. not going to be a drought buster but there will be a little bit of rain. high temperatures by mid week back into mid-60s again. but there is another chance of rain coming in for following sunday. >> that is quite a ways off. >> i know. >>

how about this view from sutro tower looking north? finger of low clouds moving throughout the golden gate out over the bay. 62 now in santa rosa. 60 in napa. and ou tam camera, high-level clouds near the coast. sprinkles possible wednesday night. sheer will being at satellite image. you can see that we'll see high clouds tomorrow and wednesday. and storm track being deflected to the north. so taking a look ahead of it, week ahead starting today, rolling into weekend you can see saturday and sunday we'll see moisture that is giving us a chance of rain this coming weekend. tonight, partly cloudy skies. and low 40s inland. tomorrow's highs, low to mid-60s in the south bay. peninsula. low 60s. north bay highs into low 60s. low 60s east bay. 61 oakland. 62 fremont. inland east bay low to mid-60s. 63 walnut creek. and here is the accu-weather forecast. sprinkles possible wednesday into thursday. valentine's day looks like partly to mostly cloudy day and a chance of rain saturday into early sunday. mostly sunny skies on monday. notice how mi

. >> from our sutro camera, clouds in the sky. rain drops on the lens. flowing now, where it's headed in the accu-weather forecast. >> rain does not appear to be falling in san francisco now. in both directions left to right going into lower deck of the bay bridge towards 101 south slow okay, it's time to set covered california is how californians can take advantage. we can help you get quality health insurance right now. to sign up, call 800-890-7561 or go to coveredca.com. you can also use our website to find loca to find local, in-person help. there's not much time left - open enrollment ends soon. so call 800-890-7561, or go to coveredca.com, and get covered. >>> this party is in seattle. super bowl champion sea hawks and their head coach. look at the people. thousands of fans, a 12th man rounded streets to watch the parade. there is richard sherman celebrating first super bowl title. revellers crazy for marshaen shon lynch all about action, boss is his line. he says it deeper and better. so don't fall bus. >> all right college professor in texas giv

and head peta luma mid-50s and concord and livermore, and on we go to live view from sutro tower looking over san francisco we'll see sunny skies tomorrow. nice chance of rain sunday. and dry and milder all of next week. here is our satellite image. that shows us what is in control now, it's a dry ridge of high pressure giving us sunny skies tomorrow. but there is a system out to sea moving into our direction. it may graze the coastline on sunday. this is a system we expect to bring us rainfall. overnight tonight clear skies, low temperatures down below freezing in north bay valleys and mid to upper 30s in inland valleys and around the bay near the coast low 40s or around 43. tomorrow, sunny skies. and seasonal temperatures. not too mild or cool upper 50s to 60s around the way. low 60s inland. here is the accu-weather forecast. slight chance of rain sunday. not going to be a drought buster but there will be a little bit of rain. high temperatures by mid week back into mid-60s again. but there is another chance of rain coming in for following sunday. >> that is quite a ways off. >> i know

here is a live view from sutro tower camera looking over san francisco. it's 50 no in santa rosa. 40s in napa and livermore. partly cloudy skies tonight chilly. cold inland. tomorrow a chance of showers, i shouldn't say tomorrow, next chance of showers wednesday into thursday morning so we have two shots of rain coming at us into the week ahead we're going start at 1:00 wednesday afternoon. notice the rain moves in wednesday evening, and then continuing into thursday morning. with showers and now let's take a look at what we expect to receive from this in terms of rainfall totals by thursday morning at thursday afternoon, 1:00. maybe 5/100ths on the north bay. 15/100ths to 3-tenths over the remainder. resuming our forecast animation to give a look at ten days ahead. looks like next rainfall events arrives next weekend talking sunday the 9th. rain spreads, north bay and spreads south into monday. word south appears there that throws me a little bit. we're going to get rain next sunday and monday. then, next rain that have will approach, well, maybe not the bay area but moving into

san jess yeah, los gatos and half moon bachlt how about this live view perfect our sutro camera looking towards golden gate again, blue skies at the moment. we have 56 degrees in sanlta rosa. mid-50s napa and fairfield and livermore. one more beautiful view of the northwestern sky from our camera. over in the east bay this, is our first forecast. we'll see partly cloudy, chilly conditions during evening hours and it will be cold overnight. north bay valleys temperatures dropping down to about 30 degrees maybe upper 20s, then tomorrow afternoon a cool, mainly sunny day. high temperatures from low 50s to upper 50s inland and there may be more wayne reign coming our way. when we might expect that, coming up later. >> spencer, thank you. >> investigators have joined with members of an east bay family today trying to solve a 10-year-old murder mystery this, young man was shot and killed a decade ago. it's a case never solved but the family and police still have hope. abc7 news is live where a news conference is just getting under way. laura? >> actually the family now is out here on the stre

. >> we're going to have a beautiful day around the bay area and another mild one from our sutro camera high today. i'll tell but that and give you the accu-weather forecast coming up in just a moment. so yso you can happily let the grlife get in the way, while planning for tomorrow. so you can finish the great american novel banking for the life you have investing for the life you want chase. so you can >>> a new spin on pizza delivery in england do you notice something unusual? he had a trunk open and another man leaning out of a window. right there the delivery guy threw the pizza in the air. and it but a pretty good throw >> great video. take a look. this stuntman attempted to run through a vertical loop. no one accomplished it like this. expert was moving even while upside down to keep from falling he finally got it right >> we know that technical difficulties are a part of live tv but this video takes the case. >> wgn lost audio during the morning newscast only a reporter in the field able to be heard. >> this is the only audio that works we're frantically working on this situatio

here is a live view of our sutro tower camera. you can see a lot just a moment ago. temperatures upper 50s in san francisco, oakland, redwood city. and how about this view? rain drops keep falling on my lens. and another live view looking over san francisco international airport. lots of clouds in the sky there. forecast features, rainy, gusty winds tonight. scattered showers tomorrow, then more wind, rain tomorrow night into friday morning with that next big storm. so here is our first storm which has arrived. second storm, it's not far behind. some storm risks with this second storm are ponding on roadways, wind damage is likely with a second storm. slight chance of flooding and thunderstorms. starting tomorrow night at 10:00 a second storm swings in. it will be stormy by 3:00 a.m hours before beginning of the rush mour, more wide spread stormy weather. it's going to be messy with lots of rain behind that front. giving way to showers taper into friday night and saturday morning. winds gusting strongly again. starting wind gust forecast animation, at 10:00 in the ev

here is a live view from sutro tower camera looking over san francisco. it's 50 no in santa rosa. upper 40s in napa and livermore. partly cloudy skies tonight chilly. cold inland. tomorrow a chance of showers, i shouldn't say tomorrow, next chance of showers wednesday into thursday morning so we have two shots of rain coming at us into the week ahead we're going start at 1:00 wednesday afternoon. notice the rain moves in wednesday evening, and then continuing into thursday morning. with showers and now let's take a look at what we expect to receive from this in terms of rainfall totals by thursday morning at thursday afternoon, 1:00. maybe 5/100ths on the north bay. 15/100ths to 3-tenths over the remainder. resuming our forecast animation to give a look at ten days ahead. looks like next rainfall events arrives next weekend talking sunday the 9th. rain spreads, north bay and spreads south into monday. word south appears there that throws me a little bit. we're going to get rain next sunday and monday. then, next rain that have will approach, well, maybe not the bay area but moving

check out blue skies over the bay area from our sutro camera. over the bay, over san francisco, current readings 64 here in san francisco. we've got 70s in oakland, redwood city and loss gat yoechls a cool 59 in half moon bay. how about this view of blue skies from mount tam looking towards ocean beach. temperatures low to mid-70s right now in santa rosa and this is our first forecast as we look over san francisco international airport. mainly clear skies in the evening hours, partly cloudy skies developing overnight and into early morning then, tomorrow afternoon, partly cloudy and mild, high temperatures from about 60 to near 70 inland by wednesday, this first of a series of storms will be moving into the bay area. it's going to be rainy, windy and raw just what we need i'll have more on that a little bit later. >> you sound excited. >> yes. >> work resumed at the site where two carpenters were injured, falling 40 feet from a collapsed scaffolding at the site on mission and fremont streets a spokesperson says that scaffolding being lifted into

. >> good morning, a look from the sutro tower camera we have a beautiful day ahead of us. big changes coming for the middle of the week with the forecast coming up. >> the winter olympic games are over. but not before some poked fun at itself. five groups of dancers performed at the closing ceremony yesterday in sochi in a nod to the malfunction when one of rings failed to change completely from a star to the ring the dancers paused before completing forming a ring. >> that is good. >> despite concerns over security, weather, and lack of preparation, sochi games are called a "success." >> p.d. is on the way back to alabama -- p.d. p.d. is back home to san jose, from sochi, and says she is flying home. she came in ninth place in lady's figure skating. >> the final count from the games: russia won 13 gold medals and 33 total medals, and the united states with nine gold, and 28 total. norway has 11 gold and 26 total. >> a controversial bill punishing people in uganda with prison for being gay is now law. this is video from december when the parliament was debating the measure

from sutro tower you can see the low clouds spilling in to san francisco. they are ill defined and will not last. we will see an increase in high and mid-level clouds to keep the temperatures below average. wet weather tomorrow in the evening through thursday morning and another chance this weekend especially up north the today, temperatures falling short of normal which is around 60 to 62 degrees and around 55 to 58 for the bay shore and 51 to 55 along the coast. tonight, we have cool temperatures again and we will be near freezing inland low-to-mid 30's and mid-to-upper 30's fremont and palo alto and the south bay and low-to-mid 40's around oakland and richmond and san mateo and san francisco and half moon bay. tomorrow morning, can you see the cloud cover from the northwest our next system 5:00 or 6:00 coming ashore and we will see an increase in the rain intensity headed through the evening through midnight and it becomes more scattered in nature headed through 7:00 on thursday morning but all of us will dole with residual moisture on the roads and scat

sutro tower looking down over market street in san francisco, santa rosa 45 and 44 in napa. concord 49. and here is a look at some of our forecast highlights. things will change rapidly for us this week. we'll start off tomorrow morning with areas of dense fog tonight and tomorrow morning and then break out into sunshine. it will be mostly sunny on monday. thickening clouds on tuesday. and the first wave of rain will move in on wednesday. secondary wave will move in on friday. in fact, here is a look at our lows tonight, generally in the 40s. don't forget the fog will be sitting right near the coast. the paw sesk satellite showing you the high pressure will be in command for at least one more day. monday will be mostly sunny. they cannenning clouds on tuesday. and there are the two storm makers that will make their way across the bay area this week. the first one look likes it -- looks like it will move in by wednesday afternoon and be with us on wednesday night and then out of here on thursday morning. so thursday right now looks to be the dry day between storms. then by fr