From homewood, where the snow is piling up. The winds are blowing that snow sideways. It is really treacherous to get up there right now on live doppler seven, you can see that snow falling across the region tonight. Blizzard warning in effect until 10 a. M. Sunday. Were expecting up to 12ft or higher at the highest peaks. You combine that with wind gusts of 75 miles an hour or higher, and thats extremely dangerous to impossible travel. Theres an avalanche watch until friday at 8 a. M. For the back country of the central sierra, and the eastern portion of the sierra. Right now here locally, we are tracking some light to moderate showers. Were going to get you into street level radar in the north bay around woodacre lucas valley road. We are seeing some of that wet weather there in the east bay as well. From oakland across five 880 into piedmont, orinda, moraga street level radar from San Francisco down the peninsula into south city, showing you some lighter showers. This is all in asso
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That door tried to keep it close. But it long line its first wide open than a job doors stay open now to its not getting closed anytime soon. So we are looking at big storm system on its way. A good dose of rain for the bay. But really what im focused on mostly its just how heavy that snow is in the sierra and dont be taking it lightly. What i say do not be heading up there the next several days. Roadways will be impossible to travel on its 5 to 12 feet of snowfall will be piling up. Baring everything up there in the upper elevations looking outside the bay area, a much calmer predicament for us. We will be looking at showers but our Flooding Risk is actually pretty nonexistent. Small streams have actually really lowered a lot the past few weeks, which has been good news. So any rainfall just going to drain right into those rivers and streams as it should. We are looking out there at that rain and snow really pushed in on the Northern California at this point. Nothing here locally just
Soon. Ski resorts, Emergency Responders and locals are bracing for whats expected to be the biggest snowstorm of the year so far in the sierra ktvu erasmus here in studio to explain the warnings and advice from emergency officials, and we can see these these conditions changing minute by minute. Yeah. And you just showed that live picture of highway 50. Were going to show you how different it is over on interstate 80. You know, those are the two main ways to get up to the sierra from the bay area and interstate 80 at Donner Summit is closed. This is showing the eastbound direction. The closures on the westbound direction, and they are turning traffic around at kingsville. And thats because of a big rig that flipped over. That happened in 9 00 this morning. The chp does not expect to open this part of interstate 80 until 1 00 or later. This afternoon. Its the kind of thing the chp is worried about with this major storm now underway in the sierra , the wind coming in with this storm is a
Theyre coming for our jobs. Theyre coming for us. Good morning. On this friday, march 1st, get that check deposited because rent is due and youre going to want to pay it because youre going to want to spend some time indoors. Yeah, today is just one of those days where its just kind of nasty. Outside. Its rainy, its chilly, its a level two, a moderate storm on the storm impact scale. Today. We have showers and downpours that will pick up later today. Winds could go as high as 50mph. Even the chance of a thunderstorm. Heres live doppler seven this morning. The showers are scattered. Theyre pretty light in nature. We are tracking that snow picking up in intensity live doppler seven in winter mode, showing you these deep blues and purples. Thats some heavy snow. Were just at the start of this blizzard for the sierra. That snow really ramps up this afternoon and into the evening. Back here at home, temperatures right now were in the 40s and in the 50s. So today, the morning lighter scatter