Much for springlike weather with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. The polar express. Now, hours away forecast coming up next. When fun time from the bay areas local news station. Youre watching kron. 4 news. Thank you for joining us tonight on kron. 4 news at 10. Im grant lotus and im vicki liviakis. So lets go ahead and take a live look right now at downtown San Francisco. Things are quiet for the moment. It has been lovely outside the past several days. But all good things must come to an end. Lawrence is with us now. Well, its the storm looks pretty yeah. Its going to be a large storm. Its going to be a long period storm to a boy in the sierra nevada. Were talking about tremendous amounts of snow, maybe even some snow in our peaks to out the door. Now youve seen some changes begin. Clouds are starting to move into the bay area and now the rain has not started yet, but it is not that far away. Doppler radar showing you a couple raindrops, far Northern California beginning to sneak in
And your saturday, this is going to be the most significant snow of the season thus far. Snow kicked off this morning already, but our heaviest of it is friday through saturday. Now this is going to pile up above 5,000 feet. 5 to 12 feet of snow. That includes Donner Summit. Roadways are going to be impassable. If you had plans on gelting to the sierra, cancel those plans, it is just a nogo. And if youre already up in the sierra, make sure to have emergency kit with you in several days worth of food. In the case, the power goes out to its not just the heavy snow, but strong winds gusting as high as 80 to 90 Miles Per Hour. As for the bay area are impact is going to be a little less severe, but it is going to impact us. Nonetheless 50s for our current temperatures and thats where well land for a daytime highs later today. Weve already seen a lot of cancellations and delays out of sfo and with rainfall intensity only increasing later today, expect more of those delays as we go. James, th
Take a look at latest conditions and see how long this one will last. Also, the man charged in connection to the Half Moon Bay mass shooting appeared before a judge this morning. We have a live report. Plus the final 4 candidates for oaklands police chief will appear at a public forum tonight. But the person deciding whether or not they will get higher. Hes not going prime air show taos choosing not to attempt. Station. Hes calling for news 2. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 2. Im justine waltman. The storm has started some light. Rain already started today. The heavier rain expected to move in throughout the weekend and we have Live Team Coverage going over the storm for you, including coverage from kron. 4 to call. He is live in the north bay checking in with pg e and keeping an eye on the conditions there. But first, a check in with our meteorologist kyla grogan with what it looks like across the bay area right now. I hey, theyre here we go. Weve got some wet roads
City charter does not require a public form to select the Oakland Police chief hosting a public forum is detrimental to attracting the best candidates. I will not participate in the forum for these reasons. Chief election help. That we had the right. Im from we dont have a public. There was a public from civil rights attorney. John burris is closely watching the process. Mayors position on this, although theres some legitimacy to i just dont know that overrides the Public Interest to know where these people are before they selected. I think thats the overriding consideration. Former San Francisco police chief tony rivera says the current list lacks any internal candidates. He says oakland could benefit from someone who knows the department and the Community Problems are always going to come up with your teeth. Look at a problem in in a specific community and its nice to to know a couple of leaders in that community, but you can call up on a personal basis and saying i have a problem he
Bit breezy out there so far. But as far as rain goes, most of us have just seen light showers, really heavy mist at this point. Coastal areas in north bay. You are seeing wet conditions on the roads. So take it a little slower in these areas. You can clearly see the where the rainfall is. A already is up along the north coast and you see all that speckled cloud cover offshore. These are called cellular clouds right here. And oftentimes for when its cold and unsettled, this is a sure sign of some Thunderstorm Development thats likely to work its way on into the bay area later today and on into tomorrow, too. You can actually see some of those thunderstorms developing later on today. And future cast those deeper areas of green and notice that blue becomes a lot more widespread leading into tomorrow and saturday. Thats because cold air rushes in to the bay area and in particular, the sierra resulting in very heavy snowfall. Blizzard warnings in effect the next several days. Roadways going