Better. The higher clouds will clear and it is sunny and much warmer as we head into the weekend. But still, boy, we could use some rain. Hard to believe last january was the driest ever with only. 06 in precipitation in San Francisco. Unless we get rain on the 28th and 2nd and that looks iffy right now it looks like we will be going the entire month with no rain, one year later, record amazing dry. High pressure right now is beginning to move in and it will warm temps up. There is a little off shore push at halfmoon bay. 37 in livermore and napa and santa rosa. Woodside, menlo park and palo alto are 38. La honda is 51. Hayward has an easterly breeze, east to northeast at halfmoon bay. After the higher clouds clear, mostly sunny here and patchy fog only and beginning to warm up. Really tomorrow is the bigger day when everything begins to tick in. More on that in ten minutes. 60s on the coast for the day. Eastbound 580 at 238, most of the lanes are blocked with a serious injury accident
Yesterday was cold with that fog and that east wind. We still have some fog, the east wind has kind of died down to more of a puff or just a breeze. But some fog, high clouds, cold for many, 30s yet the Higher Elevations are in the 50s already and thats a sign that High Pressure is building in and well get more warmer air. The warmest air arrives i think on sunday. Well gradually rebound today. Theres some fog to keep a cap on things with the 30s, but the higher clouds are moving out and the storm track is going way up and over. So once we get rid of the fog, a lot 30s, though. Take your pick. The warmest, though, Half Moon Bay with a north wind, its 57 balmy degrees. Thats 10 warmer than sfo and 20 warmer than fairfield. But theres plenty of 30s around, including woodside, menlo park, palo alto, las altos hills and Higher Elevations low 50s. Foster city at 40 degrees. Up and over she goes, High Pressure is on the way. But today is a transition day, even though we do have mostly sunny
Republicans and democrats remain far apart. And over the weekend, there was worry negotiations may actually fail. I think were going over the cliff. Its clear to me they made a political calculation. Before president obama and his team are demanding that they allow bush era tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 of americans expire. Theres no way we can govern this country with those low rates in place for future generations. Those rates have to go up. Reporter but republicans have drawn a line in the sand in raising tax rates. Instead, signaling theyre open to raising revenue by limiting the tax code. Its a major sticking point. Holding up a deal. Right now, id say were nowhere. Reporter president obama is looking for 1. 6 trillion in new tax revenue over ten years. Speaker boehner is offering half of that. Theres 600 billion. The speaker says thats not enough. Although he hasnt outlined what he thinks should be cut. If they cant avoid the fiscal cliff, it means on january 1st, every american
Temperature around 61 and mild this evening in the mid50s. We have a few 30s but mostly clouds. Poor air quality is the north today with upper 50s to low 60s throughout the afternoon and 53 at 7 00 and a last stop on the coast, our microclimate is 7 00 partlytomostly cloudy and upper 50s but mid50s at 7 00 with the clouds hanging around. Leyla gulen has the commute. We do want to give a word to the wise for the continued Holiday Weekend along i5 this is an effort to prevent pa fatalities from california, through oregon and washington. We have an accident if place northbound highway 85 to the northbound 87 connection. The rest of san jose, though, is looking clear. We are looking at slowing, though, building northbound 101 between the 280 680 split and nimitz. Fremont community will mourn a beloved coach who died trying to help others as he usually did. Amy hollyfield is at john f. Kennedy high school with that story. Amy . Yes, the sign behind me at the entrance of the high School Broa
Jose and oakland, this he are expecting an increase in traffic. And if youre planning on flying out, bad weather elsewhere could delay your plans. Marly hall has more on the travel nightmare that could affect millions of americans. The storm is moving east. Dropping snow in ohio. And a layer of ice on parts of western virginia. And holiday travelers are getting worried. It is going to be a very interesting week. Reporter according to aaa more than 43 Million People will travel this thanksgiving. The bad weather already canceled hundreds of flights in the southwest. Forecasters say air travel will be tricky along the east coast over the next few days. Cbs news travel editor Peter Greenburg said to avoid delays, people flying need to try to leave early. Some airlines are incentivizing by calling on the phone saying if you leave today, not tomorrow, we will give you a 50 bonus. Get out now because it will get bad. Reporter most people will drive. Big cities like pittsburgh are prepping st