areas, 30 to 40-mile-an-hour winds with rough and dangerous surf. mid-50s for most of you except 44 for livermore. look at the winds, up to 36 miles per hour upper elevations. mt. diablo, a gust to 37 miles per hour. wave heights 8 to 12 feet close to the coast but look out to sea, 20 to 35 feet right now. it s this storm that is sending the large swell our way. so high surf warning in effect today through tomorrow. we re looking at anywhere from 20 to 40-foot waves with isolated 50-foot waves. very dangerous surf out there and the possibility of rip currents, so stay off the beaches. we re looking at the rain helded our way. we ll time it out for you in a few minutes. kate. officials are trying to get the word out about the big surf. one agency is even warning you could risk your life just guy getting too close. as cornell bernard found out, many people are still trying to take a peek. kind of exciting. mother nature is awesome. reporter: vanessa is watching and waitin
towards perhaps daly city. so the visibility is at three miles in the east bay. this is a 2 on our storm impact scale. by this afternoon and evening bringing in some moderate to heavy rain at times with gusty winds up to 40 to 50 miles an hour, rough and dangerous surf with a surf warning. so we re in the 40s inland with the fog, 50s elsewhere. the winds in the upper elevations 30 to 35 miles an hour from mt. diablo, mt. tam and mount st. helena. here are the current wave heights, 7 to 10 feet. we re talking waves through 40 feet, possibly 50 feet, and the cold front with the vigorous winds coming in in the afternoon. kate. thanks, lisa. officials right now are trying to get the word out about those big waves. one agency is even warning that if you get too close, you could be risking your life. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard found out many people are still trying to take a peek. kind of exciting. mother nature is awesome. reporter: vanessa is watching and waiting
good morning, bay area. let s get up and get going. in is abc7 mornings. good morning and thank you so much for joining us on this sunday, december 16th. i m kate larson and we will start with meteorologist lisa skwen, lisa argen, and lisa, of the rain won t get here une till later this afternoon. that is right, kate. live doppler showing you that the active si far northern california and going in for a clo closer observation. in mount st. helena it is raining and in cloverdale. and out towards the coast, we have seen showers, and mist and drizzle towards san a ra fell, and marin county and two on the storm impact scale. tonight from half inch to inch of rain, and 30 to 40-mile-an-hour wind gusts, and very high surf out there. it is 59 in half moon bay, and you see the cameras shaking there in sutro and up there in the mild temperatures. 2 to 8 degrees mild er this morning. and you can see in diablo the winds will get strong er there. and that is an element generati
the umbrellas are out. a soggy sunday here in the bay area. a storm bringing heavy rain and strong winds is rolling through even as we speak. hello, i m eric thomas. a look outside at our network of cameras, you can see there, pretty clearly or not so clearly, it is wet out there and everywhere. the north bay, san francisco, east bay, we are getting a sunday soaking. there s more to come. we do have team coverage. we are checking on the dangerous waves. we begin with drew and a look at live doppler 7. we are in the middle of a storm that s bringing rain heavy at times across the region. we will zoom in to a couple of neighborhoods that are getting hardest hit. there s pops of yellow. this band of heavier showers moved out of oakland and is moving into the inland east bay. from walnut creek into concord, you are about to see heavier downpours. a couple of downpours right now near san francisco. it s light but steady rain at this hour and the wider picture, you can see
mid-50s. partly cloudy and dry this afternoon. how about the wet streets? alexis? i m guessing it probably contributed to a crash we have in san francisco right now. this is involving a motorcycle. sounds like that was the only vehicle involved. the rider is talking with first responders. just past the 280 split. a little bit of delay out of san francisco heading south. a quick look at drive times. 680, highway 4, walnut creek, n green at six minutes. we are slow. it is still raining in the tri-valley. tracy to dublin, in the yellow at 52 minutes. alexis, thank you. breaking news we re following in san jose. a pedestrian was hit just hours ago on interstate 880 near 1st street. matt keller is live near the scene. matt? reporter: hi, jessica. yeah, the investigation has been cleared here. traffic is moving in all directions at 880, north 1st street. it was raining pretty hard around 12:45. investigators were set up in the median. this is next to the on and off-ramp. a