Because it comes about this time every day, 11 00 a. M. Eastern, we get an update from the national Hurricane Center. And well wait to see what they say about the massive Hurricane Milton that caused 6 Million people to evacuate in its path in the state of florida. The life threatening storm is now moving toward floridas Gulf Coast. Forecasters say it will slam into that peninsula. Late tonight or into the early hours of tomorrow. What they are looking at is exactly where it will hit. They arent saying it is not going to hit. Some forecasters are saying is Storm Surge could be higher than what it was in Hurricane Katrina which left more than 1,300 people dead. The evacuations, though, this time are the benefit of what we learned, we pray, from katrina. So many people moving out of the way. Not everybody, but most. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the Faulkner Focus. This huge storm could be one of the largest weve seen in terms of a hurricane. Forecasters are saying Miltons Wind Field
Concord and 580. North bay looking at more showers and you can see the activity, the thunderstorms offshore. We are anticipating more rain this afternoon. Its 60 right now in oakland. 57 in fremont and hal 1degrees nely0 miles an hour Half Moon Bay and look at the upper elevations gusts to over 40 miles an hour in spots. Throughout the day today, notice we have a bit of a breakout there. But to the north later on this morning rain will continue to move to the south and east and provide those heavy downpours. Chance of a thunderstorm, 2 00 upper 50s to near 60 then you notice more scattered snow showers throughout the day becoming lighter though liz. Thank you. No denying the rain is here. You may have heard it overnight i did. From the video in monitor it looked like a soggy night near the Ferry Building. Our reporter Cornell Barnard in Sonoma County with those breaking out the umbrellas to brace for the rain. Let it snow, let it know. No snow but lots and lots of rain at this years an
San francisco in the next maybe 30 minutes or so. But its the feature north and west that ushers in the heavy downpours. Because of that the National Weather service reissued the Flash Flood Watch from 10 00 this morning through 10 00 tonight for these areas here where we could see anywhere from two to three inches of rain with the heavy downpours this amp. Its 54 by the delta. 60 in hayward. Compliments of some breezy winds this morning as we go through the around here comes thunderstorms marching across the bay area. Throughout the heart of the afternoon some sunshine as well. Well talk about how much rain you get in your neighborhood and what sunday looks like the week ahead as well coming up, liz. Thank you. Lisa. Breaking news, Police Say Three people are dead after crashing off of highway 24 in orinda. Chp says this happened right around 3 00 a. M. Going westbound right by the camino pablo exit. Investigators say they believe the slick roads are at least one factor. It has been r
For parts of marin, sonoma and napa, with rain rates increasing there. Its 59 in hayward. 57 in santa rosa. Milder this morning due to the breezy south winds. Theyre gusty around half moon bay. 26 miles an hour. Upper elevations, over 40 miles an hour. And throughout the afternoon with the downpours well have the gusty winds and as we look at your 2 00 hour, very active around here with the thunderstorms pushing across the bay. Liz. Lisa, thank you. No question, the rain is definitely here. You may have heard it overnight. And from the video in the maren it looked like a soggy night along the embarcadero near the ferry building. Our reporter Cornell Bernhard in Sonoma County with a look at those breaking out umbrellas bracing for the storm let it snow rain at the annual tree lighting. Its been pouring down rain here some time. A lot of wet people here. The storm brought out umbrellas and rain ponchos. Several dozen hardy folks brafrpg let weather. I thought there wouldnt be hardly anyb
Rain. Perhaps an even bigger travel impact. When it comes to the snow, about two to three feet. As low as 2,000 to 3,000 feet around the sierra. Winter storm warning there. Also travel into Southern California, the grapevine on wednesday could get closed as Southern California snow levels also drop down close to 3,000 feet. For the bay area things start to wrap up on tuesday. As much as an inch of rain in some of the wetter locations. Mountain top gusts to 50. Snow perhaps. And wuhl tith all the wind gene by the storm high surf. Well take a closer look at when we expect the strongest wind, the heaviest rain to arrive in the forecast for midweek and another storm on the way for next weekend. Our forecast in 12 minutes. Well see you then, rob. Thank you. Heads up if youre heading in or out of the city. Caltrans is again closing some lanes on the bay bridge. Right now two westbound lanes are shut down for scheduled maintenance, but it looks like traffic isnt too bad. Its flowing pretty sm