Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. If is to drive this morning expect White Knuckle driving. This is el ninofueled rain. The most powerful storms they have seen in months. Arriving as we speak. I am natasha zouves. I am reggie aqui. Now, mike nicco . All the thunderstorms are off the peninsula coast to santa cruz. You can see the lightning striking in white. This is headed up to Mountain View and possibly palo alto and east palo alto. Heavy written coming out of those. And moderatetoheavy rain from the bay bridge south to gilroy. This is how it looks at 101 and 880 in san jose. The bonding is on the roads. We have our heaviest rain this morning but more showers and thunderstorms through the afternoon. Sue . Busy in the Traffic Center with these of four major insurance continues. 80 westbound at 580, two lanes are blocked with an accident and 101 on the peninsula, northbound in the san mateo area a pole down in lane number four slowing traffic and novato southbound
Thank you for joining us here on mornings on fox 11. I hope you have a great start to your day so far. Roads not an issue today at all which is so nice. Also you know a good day ahead of us we have hump day here headed into that nice swoop into the weekend, behind that camera going, woot woot finally getting close to the weekend which is very nice, a big weekend ahead. Super bowl roads being clear hopefully it stays that way for the past over the weekend so a lot of people can get to reno or from reno. The question is whats the weather going to be like . Tim studebaker is here with that. Things will deteriorate but head into the weekend we have snow showers in the forecast later today into the afternoon hours especially north of i80 also into the sierra 1 to 3 inches of snow possible thats enough to make for travel concerns out there but not a large amount of snow. Well continue to keep an eye on that, especially north of i 80 in the sierra south of i80 south of the sierra. Accumulatio
And across 37 so the next 20 minutes sonoma and napa and as we look to the southwest moving through mill valley right now, headed to san quentin and fairfax, another batch and southwest which happens to be upstream you can see the heavy rain right off the peninsula coast that will head through the peninsula and into the north bay. Here is what i expect, waves of lighttomoderate showers through the evening and steady and moderate heavy rain tomorrow afternoon from another storm and a few left overshoulders and extended dry days until next week. That is in the sevenday forecast. The wet weather makes for a tough day on roads. Look out here at the san rafael and 101 with a lot of traffic coming with the headlights on. A look at the bay bridge toll plaza. It is hard to say through the rain. Cars are slowly creeping through to get on the bridge. A different scene in san jose where traffic is moving nicely on 101 and 880. You can seat roads are more dry here. Our traffic reporter is tracking
He couldnt respond. Reporter the man worked for century Window Cleaning in concord. Working on the 11th floor setting up the apparatus and there was some type of accident and one individual fell off the window washing apparatus. Reporter the victim may have slipped as he was adjusting the cables of this rig. He apparently had not clipped himself on to the safety line. We figured out who he was by the equipment he was wearing. He had a safety harness and whatnot on. Reporter he had the harness on . Yeah. He was wearing a harness. Reporter the window washer was taken to the hospital. Meanwhile, the drivers wife came to pick him up. They both cant believe he was not hurt. I couldnt believe he wasnt hurt. Because i saw the picture he texted me the car. I honestly think he wasnt okay until i got here. Im happy that i didnt get hurt and im happy that he is okay, hopefully he can make it. I pray for him that he can make it. Reporter in San Francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. A lot of peop
Whites and colors at the same time how does that sound without messing either up . Sounds like a College Students dream. Thank you for joining us on this tuesday. Good morning to you alongside so and meteorologist mike nicco has a look at the forecast. No more pink underwear . As far as visibility this morning, it is looking gray at half mile at santa rosa. The day planner the next 12 hours we are talking about a little bit of fog and spare the air with poor air quality. If you are step out upper 50s to mid60 and we are warmerthanaverage and 4 00, lowtomid 60s and enjoy the evening hours it is mile at 5 to 58. We have cooler weather for the weekend. We dont know about your underwear but your face is pink. Continuing on to traffic. Sue . We have better news in San Francisco an early sigalert is lifted south of 280 at 101 and it is reopen. In san jose, north 101 out san jose, it is becoming up. Headlights northbound 101 the traffic is flowing nicely right here. And in san rafael busy wit