Canyon along highway 680 towards the sunol grade. Some areas have only light rain. More moderate on the peninsula and the san mateo bridge. And we see that the Golden Gate Bridge at this hour is rain free. However, we have had a lot of precipitation there this morning and the winds are the second side of the story. Wind gusts to 45 and 50 Miles Per Hour. Air temperature very mild right now but as the cold front passes, cooler air is going to filter in so it will be cooler this afternoon. Winds are ramping up to 15 in fremont, 16 san ramon, 17 in vallejo, 18 in san rafael, 20 to 23 from napa to fairfield. Those are sustained winds. The gusts are up to 50 Miles Per Hour. Rain and gusty winds for the morning commute. Well see a little bit of a lull in activity towards lunchtime and the potential of thunderstorms this afternoon. Well talk more about that coming up. But right now, lets send it back to you guys with storm watch coverage. Okay, thanks, roberta. Floods downed trees and Power O
Of storms with the rain due to arrive in the next few hours when most of us are asleep. We cart with our chief meteorologist bill parton, amend what could be a rough commute tomorrow morning. Reporter i think its going to be a rough commute, just by virtue of their being some wet on that commute. It hits just in time for the very Early Morning commute. Then it hangs on. The jet stream is focused firmly on northern california. Theres a serious of storms out there, this is number 1. Rainfall accumulations overnight, into tomorrow morning could get to a half inch, maybe an inch or more of rain. Right now, were seeing a few light showers showing up in far northern california, and santa rosa, reports of drizzle. That all moves south into the next 6 to 8 hours, as we start to see showers around 4 00 a. M. Here we are at 5 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. Thats when the front is right over the san rafael napa area. Right on this line here. Its rain, and youre hearing it at 5 00 a. M. Then at 6 00 a
Intensity. This evening it will be swinging south ward and eastward. And youll see there will be pockets of rain but the main intensity of the storm will have passed. Now, lets go live to Wayne Freedman to check on the impact the storms have had on the drought. Wayne . Good evening, ama. The effect of the drought is better than wed feared but not as good as hoped. While i talk in the dark, lets just continue. There is a group that keeps track of broughts around the country. Here it comes, again. Another storm, another opportunity to not complain. California continues to be a state in a state of drought. Its still early in the season. And from our perspective, we need to get rain throughout the spring in order to be comfortable going into the summer. That is pam king, who remains haunted by the memory of lake mendocino. Were still not at a 10year norm. Not here, nor lake sonoma. We have accumulated about half of what we need to be full in lake sonoma. Keep calling it a drought. And keep
Heavenly reports six inches and it is still coming down. Are we seeing any impact on the drought . Good evening, im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. Were looking at the short and long term effects of this el nino enhanced weather. Lets begin with abc7 news anchor Spencer Christian. Lets take a look at whats happening now. We have a wide path of light rain covering much of the north bay. We have had down pours east of 29 now, moving toward solano county. And a storm impact scale indicates usually expected impact of the storm. One is a light storm, three is a strong storm, five is severe. The current storm is ranking number one, a storm of light intensity. This evening it will be swinging south ward and eastward. And youll see there will be pockets of rain but the main intensity of the storm will have passed. Now, lets go live to Wayne Freedman to check on the impact the storms have had on the drought. Wayne . Good evening, ama. The effect of the drought is better than wed feared but not as goo
Cruz with his wife and 5yearold daughter who often brought with him to school before classes started. The 46yearold was an experienced hiker who had gone backpacking for at least a week every summer for the past 19 years. The body was discovered northwest of mt. Gardiner. That is in the exact location where mr. Muck told his family that he would be hiking. Reporting live in fremont, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. Well, the problem is worse than many people thought. Elevated levels of radiation in one of the bay areas most scenic neighborhoods. This is new everything we began last year on a story on Treasure Island. Theres more, right, vickie . The navy wrapped up its testing yesterday. We know that elevated levels of radiation were detected in two residential units and one storage shed. We first told you last month that crews found activities in buildings 1303, unit f. That was an unoccupied unit. But today we have learned that elevated levels of radiation were found in a home wher