Its just a little breezy. You can see some of the clouds rolling in behind me, and were dry, which is a nice thing. Tomorrow morning we are expecting a completely different story as this system is expected to make for a very dangerous commute, and possibly some Power Outages as well. People are getting ready for the wind and rain headed to the bay area. Danny velazquez of san jose got roped into changing the windshield wipers on his friends jeep. There is a huge difference when you have the new ones versus the old ones from last year. It doesnt clear as much and its not as nice, and they kind of squeak. Reporter changing the wipers, using rain repellent or deicing fluid can help, but the main thing you can do costs no money. The number one tip slow down. Number two, wear your seat belt. Reporter the officer says if you crash, drive off the freeway if you can. If you cant, stay in the car with your seat belt on. Stormy weather, there is going to be people losing control all over the pl
Topping 30 miles an hour. No doubt tomorrow morning winds will be materializing as the cold front gets closer. Over the next couple out of hours not looking for too much, but at 5, 6, 7 00, that is where its ramping up. And also the wind, watch the red zone pop up over the north, down in the south bay, turns to the purple color, look at the legend at the bottom of the screen, that is correlating with gusts that could be as high as 50 miles an hour for parts of the greater bay area, which could mean isolated Power Outages and trees down. We will have the timeline and how long it will last, all four symptotomach all four storms coming up later on. Not what people want to ear in parts of the bay area. Tonight, many are preparing and few are waiting. We are live where its still dry, but not for long. Jessica, right now, conditions are perfect for preparing for the incoming storms and tonight, that is what we found people doing. Reporter the storm warning had some home owners shoveling sand
Cant, stay in the car with your seat belt on. The best edadvice is to be safen the first place. Slow down and pay attention. Put your phones away. No texting and driving. No talking on the cell phone. Reporter we found drivers getting ready for the rain before a single drop fell, changing out windchill wipers. Leaving a little early because i know theres going to be more craziness on the road than usual. Now if you come across a downed power line in the roadway, pg e says assume its a live wire and therefore dangerous. Call in a professional. If you lose power at your home, you can report it. The outage line is 1800pgh5002. You can follow them on twitter. If you hit standing water, dont hit the brakes. Hold onto the Steering Wheel and let up on the gas. 1800pge5002. A lot of people will be using that number. Lets bring in nbc bay area cheryl hurd. We say this all the time, but most of us dont do it. Preparation is key. Whats happening in the east bay . If you live in or around Pleasant
It is showing some very heavy rainfall now just off the coastline. Look at the yellows and the oranges there. This is just about to move onshore in time for the commute this morning. It is going to be a wild commute outside. Some of the rain in the heavier bands coming into the north bay now. Expecting that rain to intensify throughout the Morning Hours and along with this cold front thats moving through, some very strong gusty winds. Purple along the coastline here is where we have a wind warning up along the coast as we are going to see some very strong gusty Winds Continuing all the way up into parts of the north bay, as well. Could see 55, maybe 65milean hour gusts along with this system and showers continuing into parts of the north bay now. That means the main focus now but rain going to be heavy at times this morning and as we head throughout the Morning Hours. Then it looks like well catch a break. But heres your cold front slamming the coastline right now. Just moving onshore.
Middle of town floods at about 13 feet. Youre looking at video from 2005. When that happened, damaging hundreds of buildings and causing millions of dollars of damage. Now the level is about 2 feet but you can bet that people will be keeping a very close eye on those levels as the series of storms roll in. Lets head to cate caugiran with more storm coverage. Reporter Elissa Harrington, now the rain is actually showed up, seeing a little bit of let up for a little bit but the wind is definitely here for sure. Take a look at those trees and the flag. High strong winds are here at the Richmond San Rafael bridge. The National Weather service says wind will pick up to 45 to gust of 65 miles an hour. The combination of wind and rain is dangerous especially with the cars on the road and officers say its best to drive slowly like youre in fog and ice. Trucks and highprofile vehicles should be careful on the bridges. The roads change with these conditions. We are expecting a large amount of wat