Here. Kron will keep you updated as we do see any sort of Thunderstorm Development traveling up into the sierra. Honestly, just a nogo. Stay put, stay safe. We are going to see 0 visibility in the mountains because its not just the feet of snow but 80 to 90 Miles Per Hour winds. Thats whats prompting these blizzard warnings that will remain in effect through the weekend. Once you head to the top of Donner Summit, most models are indicating we could have around 9 feet of snowfall piling up. Its going to take days for crews to get up there to shovel all that out. Current temperatures are in the 40s to 50s double in fairfax, sitting at 49 oakland, alameda, San Francisco. Each 53 right now later on today. Daytime highs rise into the upper 50s right now. I dont think that lets get you things are very slick and wet out there. If you are going to traveling into the city this morning. 13 minute ride down the bay bridge. 7, 2, words around 14 minutes there. Richmond center fell bridge 10 minute
News station. This is. 11. Now at 11, the wet weather has arrived plans to stick around along with chilly temps tonight across the bay area. Good evening. Thank you for joining us here on kron for news at 11. Im noelle bellow. Today is day one of an unsettled weather pattern set to deliver rain over the next few days. And even a chance of some snow along some of our bay area mountaintops kron. 4 s chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here. Hes a little excited about that snow, laura . Yeah. While boy yesterday were tshirts and flipflops around the bay area. Temperatures. In the 60s and 70s today we got slammed with a goal winter making returning out there right now. It is wet up toward the bay bridge right now. Weve got some scattered showers popping up outside and all around. Weve seen some of that rain moving through and the Doppler Radar showing you things getting very unsettled. The cold front has move south. Now behind that, youve got all this cold, unstable air and that is goin
Having to cancel, unfortunately, their travel plans on up into the Sierra Nevada all the way through sunday. We are looking at avoiding mounting travel at all costs, 0 visibility because of those strong winds. If you do plan on getting up to the sierra getting stuck, honestly because above 5,000 feet in elevation it 6 upwards of 12 feet of snowfall. Donner summit echo summit. Both i80 and highway 50 likely to see closures and anyone thats already up there. Make sure that they are all ready to go with the Food Supplies for multiple days. We dont just have whiteout conditions but likelihood of a lot of Power Outages up there as well here in the bay area are situation little less severe. We are seeing rainfall for sure. You may have to adjust your weekend plans accordingly. Right now its low 50s to midfifties later today it will be upper 50s with a chance of continue to give you the breakdown of the weekend forecast. Still ahead, right . All right. On the eve of that was morning. Drive ou
More of that orange and red popping up on the map indicating thunderstorm potential for a lot of us back here at home now. I know so many people have plans on getting up to the sierra this weekend where peak season now. But even if you cant get the refund on those reservations, stay put and stay safe. 0 visibility, multiple feet of snowfall. Blizzard warnings in effect as we make our way through the weekend, within particular going to be the day that everyone is digging out, really trying to clean things up because 6 to 10 plus feet of snowfall is not going to be an easy task to get out of the way whiteout conditions because of those strong winds, too. Where were sitting as far as our map goes with our current temperatures. Right now, were in the mid to upper 50s heyward sitting at 57 degrees. Oakland at 55 santa rosa at 50 degrees later on today. Daytime highs, upper 50s chance of a thunderstorm increasing for the 2nd half of the day. I got the rest of your forecast ahead, james. All
They stuck up here. Yeah, were tracking the snowstorm up in the sierra talking with drivers hoping not to get stuck in the snow. Another challenger to mayor london breed. Why the new highprofile candidate says San Franciscos mayors race need someone else . When fun time from the bay areas local news station. Youre watching kron. 4 news. Good evening, everybody. Thanks for being with us tonight on kron. 4 news at 10, im grant lotus and im vicki liviakis. Tonight the Oakland Community got a chance to hear from 4 candidates for police chief. A public form took place at city hall more than a year after the previous chief Leronne Armstrong was let go. Its been a while and these 4 candidates answered questions submitted by City Residents about why they should be the next person to lead the police department. Kron fours. Dan thorn reports from oakland. Virtual appearance thursday night by the 4 candidates vying to be oaklands next. Top cop. The Oakland Police commissions police chief Search A