Hospitalizations in real time to make a determination if there should be tougher restrictions for counties in the purple tier. Based on covid cases on the last number days and thanksgiving gatherings, california will see an increase of cases in the next few weeks. Things will only get worse if we do not change our ways. We could see an increase in hospitalizations. It is greater than the current sentence in just one calendar month. Reporter what is concerning is an increase in hospitalizations and the state growth rate and Positivity Rate. The sevenday averages close to 15,000. The peak in the summer was roughly 9881 in july. The Positivity Rate is 6. 2 . 50. Percent are occupied. They could increase to 62 . Currently 72 percent are occupied. It could reach 91 by christmas eve. They could be at capacity in january. California could see another stayathome order. The potential for stay at home order for those regions and purple because of hospitalizations in icus. That is the quibbling,
Stay at home orders are now in effect for for bay area counties at San Francisco santa clara contra costa and alameda counties are in counties stay at home order will go into Effect Tomorrow at noon. The order will be in place until january 4th as of now Sonoma Napa Solano and san mateo counties are not planning to go into a stay at home order until their icu bed capacity falls below that 15 threshold that state home order does mean personal Services Like hair salons and barbershops can no longer operate restaurants can only offer takeout or delivery means Outdoor Dining is out of the picture. It also affects indoor gyms drivein gatherings outdoor playgrounds Entertainment Centers zoos and museums open airbuss and boat operators all of these businesses must now close we begin our coverage of these shutdowns in the south bay. The new more restrictive health order. In Santa Clara County will no doubt take some getting used to in terms of whats allowed and whats not were going to check in
With abundant sunshine all the way through your thanksgiving holiday. Maybe you had that feast outside maybe it didnt either way we are going to be looking at good weather ahead of us he get that Second Chance if you want to eat out there looking outside this morning skies are beautiful unclear over San Francisco, no fog whatsoever across the region skies will stay clear throughout the way area and the rest of the state to any chance of rainfall as well as of the north and washington oregon that sort staying ahead of us likely for the remainder of this week, our current temperatures are quite cold down in the 30s for san jose hey were doubling in concord livermore youre at 34 right now all santa rosa. Our spot in the upper 20s, currently at 29 degrees. C s you got to bundle up for weather like this fairfield youve been sitting at freezing this morning at 32 in napa now joining you also at 32 degrees on tracking these numbers all morning long so stay with us before you step outside and
Tracking the chance for rain returns to the bay area. Today in the bay starts right now. And a very good tuesday, no, thursday. Goodness. Thursday morning. Thanks for joining us, im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. Mike is keeping an eye on that commute and first lets start with meteorologist kari hall with a look at that forecast for today. Kari . We are starting much cooler again now that the skies have cleared and well see a mostly clear sky today and comfortable afternoon. And then by tomorrow evening rain chances go up as a cold front arrives it brings in scattered showers and its all out of here by early saturday morning. We will have a nice weekend ahead. As we check out what to expect for today. Look at for those highs to reach into the low 60s and, once again, that sunshine continuing. Well talk about the timeline of the rain coming up. Mike, how is it looking for the Early Morning commute . Well, things are clear on the roadway for the most part except for road crews. Lets
Your microclimate forecast. Youre dressed perfectly for the weather, bundled up in the warm sweater. Thanks. Yeah, kira, you know, it was time to break out all of my sweaters even if im indoors. You know, we have storm ranger up and scanning. We had a couple of showers, areas of gilroy, san jose, southeast side. So well look at what the storm ranger is actively scanning. We are the only ones with a mobile Doppler Radar in the bay area. You can see its light and scattered. Now well see the chances of more rain headed into tomorrow but i want to show you how cold it is. Santa rosa 44 degrees. Oakland in the 50s. Heres a closer look at the 24 hour temperature change. Santa rosa is colder today than yesterday. Headed into tonight, another cold night but an increase in the winds this evening with the arrival of a Second System expected to bring more chances of rain to some parts of the bay area. So ill have a closer look at what were expecting. Sierra snow. We have plenty of it, especially