Well, the Holiday Weekend shaping up to be a nightmare for thousands of travelers impacted by the newest storm moving through the bay area. Abc 7 News Reporter Cornell Bernard joins us live at sfo. And give it to us, how bad is it . Well, really bad at this hour, dion. I just checked with airport managers and they say the number of flight delays have practically doubled in the past 90 minutes and now at 453 flight delays, 159 flight cancellations. Mostly due to weather here in the bay area and a snowstorm back east. Check it out. Sfo very busy place tonight here on the departure level, and travelers doing their best to cope. It could have been better if the flights on time. Reporter frustration was building at sfo. The rain caused flight delays, and dozens and dozens of cancellations. Its been a very, very intense day. Reporter Travis Preston and jen mercie their flight home was canceled due to a storm home back east. Were flying now to boston. Reporter theyre taking home tire chains a
Thats right just seen not really soaking rain that we saw earlier today out here over the past couple of hours. But we have seen some showers that have been moving through. But despite all this nasty weather people have been getting out and summer actually happy to do it. Holiday weekends when weather made for an easy excuse to stay indoors. That many people if the office while not creeks ice skating rink in civic park was the place to be sunday afternoon. Never mind the white whether the holiday spirit was not going to be dampened. You know its raining when they knew the open really. The wipers were needed on 6. 80 and this sign along pacheco boulevard in pacheco warned about potential flooding under this overpass. The big puddles filled up in some parking lots as cars splash through them. The rain didnt keep people from walking theyre all weather pops or visiting some local shops with umbrellas overhead. Its really not that bad, i mean i wish it was sunny, i wish it was sunny and 75
A mix of chilling temperatures, high winds, pelting rain, a recipe for misery both on the roads and for those at home. My mom and dad are scared. Theyre worried someones going to break in or something because theres no power. As people across the bay area head back to work, whats in store when the storm continues in the morning. Abc 7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Announcer now, news to build a better bay area from abc 7. Taking a live look outside, this is the bay bridge toll plaza. You can see the wind just whipping the flags around. The roads and the lens are w expect similar conditions during tomorrows condition. Lets get to abc 7 weather with more on the timeline. This evening the storm seemed to be weakening a bit in the central part of the bay area. Most of the activity was down south. Its raining steadily and heavily in the Santa Cruz Mountains. But all of a sudden in the last few minutes these pockets of downpours have popped up in the north bay and east bay. A little bit fu
Now, clearly the wind. The wind is a big part of the story and we think from 9 00 tonight to midmorning tomorrow it will be stronger and thats a look at san jose airport, winds out of the southeast at 26 Miles Per Hour which is changed the runway configuration and flights are taking off to the south into the headwind out of the southeast at 26 Miles Per Hour and generally speaking, sustained winds 20 to 30 and out near the coast near halfmoon bay and near the highwind warnings all of the way to 3 00 a. M. Monday from 40 to 60 Miles Per Hour. In terms of the rain right now weve seen threequarters of an inch of raine rn coming in and look at the stretch of moisture stretching offshore and that is the river we often talk about and it will stick around for a while and weefrng the rain rates may get intense enough and we could see some debris flows and thats yet Flash Flood Watch is in effect until 4 00 a. M. A different story for the sierra and rising snow levels tomorrow and another two t
I want you to pick out with me. Thats tonight at 9 00. Theres a t lot of red and orange here. This red line is the Atmospheric River, the fire hose pointed right in the middle of the bay. Now, it might be tough to pick it out, but that will be a near constant feature with us. There we are at 2 00 a. M. We have at least a branch of it up here, but there is a theme going into tomorrow which is very important. Look at sunday morning. Still pretty stationary for the bay area. The majority of the rain that will come in at a steady, pounding rate will be toward monterrey and santa cruz. Doesnt mean we wont get rain up here sunday. There is still good rain here. But if you want to focus on the most relentless, you follow the line an it will be a little to the south sunday. That is somewhat good news for the bay area getting more manageable rain amounts. I dont want to down play this. This will be a good rainmaker for us. It can lead to some minor localized street flooding. Maybe some of the w