Throughout the day, marcus and laura. Lets get to today in the bays pete suratos, he is live in San Francisco. Pete, whats the warning officials have for people about the water right now . Reporter good morning to you guys. As you mentioned, that tsunami watch has been canceled but they still want folks to stay away from the coastline here in San Francisco for at least the next 12 hours. Right where were standing near the marina in San Francisco you see the water here, this is considered what would be a tsunami zone so folks would have to be prepared to evacuate. As we swing over to our right side, this is where you would see the homes that would have to prepare for an evacuation. Lets show you guys that tweet where the department of emergency sent out that tweet saying that the tsunami watch had been canceled but to stay away from the coastline for the next 12 hours. These are the areas that would eventually have to evacuate if a tsunami was to hit. Theyre always telling folks to prep
Coast. So that 7. 9 magnitude earthquake was at 1 31 in the morning and that caused some waves underwater to start to move. So as that is that watch is issued, here is how you should prepare. You should make sure that you are tied in and know exactly whats going on, keep the tv on nbc bay area. If you do have to leave, make sure that your smartphone is on nbcbayarea. Com or you have the app. And then you should also make sure that you know those Evacuation Routes and plan to leave with your family. Make sure that everyone knows exactly whats going on. Then if a tsunami watch is issued you should pack your valuables and Important Documents and its unclear at that time when you would be able to return. So just make sure you have everything you need spatial in the coastline and also in San Francisco, but we do not have the tsunami watch, but thats something we will continue to monitor as the day goes along. Thats good advice. We should all prepare for an earthquake, but the watch has been
Put the shoes and the jacket on your dog this morning, temperatures in the mid 40s. Its a mostly clear start, the weather system that brought us all that wacky weather yesterday has since cleared out. We are going to take a break today and that morning drive looks much better compared to yesterday morning. Were going to be in the mid 40s and sunshine throughout the day. Dont forget the sunglasses before you head out the door. We will talk about whats aheaden and our incoming storm system. Mike, you are tracking down a crash near the bay bridge. I am. Were looking toward the bay bridge. I didnt see it on either angle we have here at the toll plaza or from emeryville, but over here we saw these lanes on the left approach really start to ease up almost as if there was a traffic break. I think that crash must have been somewhere in between just outside the view of our cameras and it may have cleared because i see the lanes filling in once again. We are looking at the slower drive from the
Commute. So this will be a storm moving in for most of us for the afternoon and it will have some heavy amounts of rain anywhere from a quarter to almost an inch of rain in some of the hills and the coastal areas. So a lot to track here as we start out the day, we will talk more about this and the scattered showers that will linger into tomorrow coming up. Mike spotted someone standing in lanes at the toll plaza. Someone is going to look up and say its you, mike. Were looking over here at the crash that was right there on the approach. We will take a look, it looks like everything is well, we still have some activity, you see that one car, its still stuck there. There was a tow truck there as well, i see another truck thats arriving right here. We have activity on the approach right in your approach toward the fast track lane. The cash lanes showing a little backup as well. This may be a problem but so far folks are jamming up right around that overcrossing. We will show you the map. T
These little cells that we are seeing that could possibly be popping up all around the bay area will have the potential on produce some lightning as well as some small hail and some brief heavy down pours. So this is something well be watching as we go through the day. Mostly having a large impact on our evening commute. This is already been a pretty dry winter season. Were used to getting a lot more rain in january. This rain, will it help the average . Let me show you where we are. Our arrival totals have been about 50 to 60 of normal and weve gotten about 12 inches of rain in santa rosa. We are still missing seven inches of rain. Thats a lot of rain that we need to catch up to normal. And looking at San Francisco, we need about four and a half inches of rain. San jose, three inches of rain. Well talk about how much snow were lacking in the sierra and how much were expecting with this round of storms. As the storm moves in, you can track it with our nbc bay area app. Download and it