The area. As it does it is bringing in plenty of fog, as well and the moist pavement. Very little wind. We are looking at just halfmile visibility in concord with a little over better than a mile santa rosa, two miles by the delta and just a couple miles from the coast to san jose. So for the rest of the day we will have light showers around. Notice this time stamp goes just for the Morning Hours. We are looking at kind of the humid conditions. And we are looking at a dryer second half of the weekend. So it is upper 50s to low 60s today. Ill be back in a few minutes to talk about how much rain and what tomorrow looks like and Christmas Day coming up. Chris. Lisa, thank you very much. The Christmas Travel season is officially underway at sfo but between cancellations and delays, things were off to a rough start at the bay areas busiest airport, thanks to the weather. Katie marzullo has the story. Waiting in line for over four hours, thats kind of ridiculous. Hes trying to get to nashvil
And down the north bay, the 101 corridor. On urbina way to the Golden Gate Bridge. The Richmond San Rafael bridge. We are looking at plenty of time you will have to give yourself this morning. By 9 00 the fog is still there. It does begin to lift by the 10 00 hour, but we still have a chance of showers throughout the day today. Ill detail a drier outlook for you coming up. The Christmas Travel season is he officially under way at f sfo. Between cancellations and delays things are off to a pretty rough start at the bay areas Busiest Airport thanks to the weather. Abc 7 News Reporter Katie Marzullo has thor story. Reporter his southwest flight was delayed three hours and then missed it because of the long line at the ticket counter. Everybody was rebooking and having to reschedule and people were missing. I was standing in line with somebody. He missed his flight hours previous. Reporter booked on a flight sunday out of oakland. Im kind of frustrated. I wish i could have been on time and
Crews are cleaning up two downed trees at highlands park. Trees are also a problem in San Francisco. Thats where abc 7 News Reporter lillian kim joins us live with details. Reporter its no longer raining where we are but from falling trees to clogged storm drains, city crews were busy. This is what a clogged catch basin looks like. Workers with the San Francisco Public Utilities commission have been clearing one after another in hopes of preventing the street from flooding. In most cases they find leaves and litter but this time it was just plain dirt. [ inaudible ] you do the best you can. Reporter at lombard street and buchanan, workers cut up a large ficus that crashed on top of a parked prius and blocked all southbound lanes. The roots were up in the air as it rocked over the car. But it just went right across all lanes of traffic. Reporter ficus trees have been problematic in San Francisco this rainy season. The weight of all the water on the already topheavy trees causes them to
Up the spray from the rain that rolled through there. The next 12 hours we have rain. Rain at noon. It chains to showers at 4 00. The showers will be best across the south bay at 7 00. Most of us are hopefully dry by then. Sue, better news in south San Francisco. Southbound 101 was entirely shut down because of an accident an hour ago. C. H. P. Just now informing us of the two left lanes having been reopened and they have a sigalert in effect. Two lanes, one and two, they now are reopened in south San Francisco. Still a lost wet weather so take extra caution. Two lanes beat no lanes. So true. The wet weather continues. Now another storm arriving this morning with bay area residents making preparations to keep themselves and their property safe. Nick is in the north by. How wet is it . Kristen, it is. Coming down. My mission was to find the rain. High photographer and i have been riding around trying to understand what, exactly, we are seeing in marin and we checked out an area that had
To safety. Other drivers were still trying to get through deep water on the expressway this afternoon. Police have closed down the road from rancho verde Mobile Home Park to stony point road until the flooding subsides. Its not just the flooding but falling trees also posing difficulties. Two trees being removed after falling overnight. We have a live look for you from our camera in emeryville. As you can see, traffic is very heavy on interstate 80 heading toward berkeley. Rain is still coming down. Spencer christian happy to be inside with us. I am happy, youre right. Heres live doppler 7 hd. For much of the north bay which was drenched earlier today, the rain has ended for awhile but we still have pockets of rain which ama and larry referred to a little earlier moving in onshore across the Santa Cruz Mountains, across the peninsula over to san mateo and across the bay out towards san leandro and farther inland to antioch. We have pockets of rainfall and isolated downpours but the ste