For the Santa Cruz Mountains and ben lomond is up to two inches of rain. Starting to come down now as this warmer airmass which sits down here is starting to push the air to the east. We will notice increased rainfall. The afternoon commute is wet and standing waters. Snow levels represent the purple line in the grass valley up around cheek opposing. Snow levels are low and lake tahoe could see by sunday maybe five feet of new snow and i think thats an underestimate. It will snow and the snow levels coming up, not as much on the bay area peaks but more rain in the forecasts. The wet weather is causing headaches for drivers and homeowners in the south bay. Maureen naylor is in a neighborhood in san jose. They have been route power for most of the day. Reporter frank, it is cold and damp especially when the breeze picks up, it cuts through you. We have a light rain falling, the dark clouds and gray and expecting to bring more rain and you have a light breeze going here and as you mention
I am hoping the rain comes slower and more measured rather than these big downpours. Julie with the morin county of public works says crews are prepped for a rainy week and storm drains are clean and employees on stand by for problems or flooding. We are ready. We prepare all year for this and the rainy season happens every year so we have been here before and while we cant predict what the rain will do we can prepare accordingly and plan for the worse and handle the situation. Pg e crews are cutting branches and all of this rain is good for the Water District. Being in the Water District this is our business. This is the spill way and we went to one of the rain gauges. 1. 63inches. In the past 24 hours. Reporter the agencys current reservoir storage at 93 percent capacity. Well above average for this date. We get 75 of our water from our own water shed land at 25 of our water comes from sonoma county. Having these rain isis key to supply our customers with water. Reporter if the rain