Like of the entire bay area is going to be hit by this rain and were also going to expect about a foot or 2 of snow in the sierra i will have more details on that and i will time out the storm system hour by hour. Coming up in my next complete weather check for now, head over to the Traffic Center and say good morning to robin good morning to you as well were checking in on your commute around the bay area and we have a light at the bay bridge toll plaza there it is stocked up busy in the cash lanes fast track lanes. This is a first little wave of traffic that were seeing squeezing into San Francisco. Its already stocking up just the over crossing so get on out there now before it gets too bad. Were looking at 13 minutes and growing to make it in and yes its going to get heavier so come on in right now a northbound 2. 80 and larkspur traveling along the peninsula just getting word of a downed tree that caused a multi vehicle north to 80 and larkspur in millbrae this is before you get t
Hold tight to those umbrellas if youre going to be outside stormtracker 4 live radar right now were seeing exactly where it is falling mainly in our north zone, so folks in santa rosa Nevado Petaluma getting showered on along one oh one and then also along the peninsula were pacifica get a little bit of this rain so far san Mateo Burlingame and its going to continue to move southeast and get the entire bay area and you can see that line of showers just behind it and that is on the way as well bringing us pockets of heavy rainfall times. Have the timing of system ill track it hour by hour. Let you know about that coming up in just a bit and how windy it is going to get in your neighborhood all and about 10 to 15 minutes from now for now head over to the Traffic Center and an update on the roadways. Yes, looking pretty good on the roads i do have some capital quarter delays. They had some mechanical issues earlier this morning so several trains are still behind schedule, especially 5. 23
Red flag warning is set to go into effect later this weekend to parts of the bay area are bracing for what is expected to be the strongest wind event of the year. Lets go to chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow who is tracking the dangerous fire conditions certainly dont like to see an active fire were forecasting a potentially some of the strongest winds. Weve seen in quite some time at least this year maybe even longer, but certainly a possibility some firestorm events we continue to see this but. The winds out there right now in and around this active fire. The pope fire we continue to see some of those winds out of the west thats not a bad wind thats a more moist when thats developing right now. We saw as high as 80 Miles Per Hour this afternoon now to 8 to 10 Miles Per Hour. So just some light winds blowing now on likely going to see those winds pick up a more out of a westerly wind as we head toward tomorrow, but. Then things begin to change and so thats what were concerned about
So looking at a few more thunderstorms and with that, the Lightning Strikes which is the reason why red flag warning remains in ef0 orct ffe today. Lightning strikes could lead to fire starts. We had about 50 fires that started because of lightning over the weekend. And the excessive heat warning and heat advisory that remains in effect for the bay area, because of the dangerous heat, that is all the way through wednesday nine a clock p. M. As we are going to see temperatures soar once again. We are looking at 17, triple digit in concord, 103 in santa rosa. Into the 80s around the bay. I will show you the future cast hour by hour coming up in a few minutes. Back to you. This morning a brush fire burning in the south bay has tribute triggered evacuations outside milpitas. Lets get to kiet do who joins us live from Santa Clara County with the latest on this. Reporter good morning. Ife ar a alongcas ro couple of miles south of 680 around the area of reservoir. We can see orange flames and
Coming up in a bit. Well marty. Dave our top story this morning, senator Kamala Harris will appear with joe biden today for the very first time as his running mate is going to be a historic moment as senator harris is the first woman of color to appear on a president ial ticket todays event will be held in bidens home state of delaware. The Biden Campaign shared this photo that you see a showing the moment the biden told hair is over zoom that she was chosen as his running mate. And then on twitter biden described harris as a fearless fighter for the little guy and one of the countrys finest Public Servants. Senator harris also took to twitter to praise joe biden saying she is honored to join him as the democratic nominee for Vice President. And that she will do whatever it takes to make him the next commander in chief. Harris is the first black woman in the history of us politics to join a Major Party Ticket and the 3rd woman to serve as Vice President ial candidate for a Major Politi