Expected to get buried under several feet of snow, as the bay area sees more rain. Good morning to you. It is friday, march 1st. You know what that means. Your rent. Shes due. Oh my goodness. Well will we be paying . I mean, were obviously going to pay because we have to stay indoors. Yeah. So enjoy that rent youre paying today. You have all the time in the world, all the time in the world. Live doppler seven. Its busy this morning. Generally. Just some light showers out there. Well see the activity ramp up as we head throughout the afternoon and the evening, with some downpours and some gusty winds. The snow is falling in the sierra. Heres a live look. We anticipate that this snow will become a lot heavier and steadier through the late morning. And really later on this afternoon and evening and into saturday. Thats when those blizzard conditions are really going to ramp up back here at home. Right now, were in the 40s and in the 50s, were not going to grow too far from where we are th
Where you are. North bay has gotten significant rain accumulations. The rest of us, its anywhere from it seems like a lot because it just keeps coming. Its just constant kind of heavy drizzle, heavy mist. Its equating to, for most of us, a 10th of an inch or just a little more. But in the north bay you see that kentfield number, which is not the kentfield north bay. They do get the rain like a rain magnet up there, so theyre up over a half inch of rain. But you see the rain totals and the definite the disparity in different places around the bay. The wind advisory is in effect. Thats going to stay in effect for a while into the east of us. A blizzard warning. Lets take a look at the rain where it is now. Of course, its the afternoon commute. Here we are, and its raining and its coming down the heaviest rain. I think of the evening has already moved through oakland and san mateo. You see this sort of line of showers, the yellows, the darker greens, so that is basically on the way out. B
Joy with an unusual birthday day and wind and rain roll through the bay area as a massive winter storm. Now heads straight for the sierra. This is ktvu fox two news at 730, and a blizzard warning in effect for the sierra for the next several days. Good evening everyone, im heather holmes, people being urged to avoid travel and weve already seen several crashes on highway 80 near donner lake with several ski resorts closing up early today. The snow was really coming down in the sierra earlier today. This drone video comes to us from kevin cooper. Hes director of communications at kali pass resorts and you can see, boy, lots of fresh powder already blanketing those hills and valleys. And its just the first day of that storm. So lets bring in our meteorologist, mark tamayo, with a look at the Current Conditions and whats headed for the sierra. Hi there. Heather yeah, we have chain controls right now on both 80 and 50. So this is just the beginning of the snowfall rates will be intensifyin
And on. No its going to be snowing going straight through. Yeah. All this moisture is getting getting stuck. Its just like a dam and the moisture gets hits, hits the side of the Sierra Nevada. And it just stacking up there. Even this system thats just moving through the bay area now and theyre going to its going to stay until it gets all the moisture ringed out of it by the orographic component of the lift. And, and so its just going to ive talked to folks up there in the last ten minutes and its, its starting to snow. And theyve already had inches of snow measured. But as this system which went through here this afternoon, you probably youre looking at the rain totals now. But the system that kind of moved through here is going to get stuck up on that. West slope. Its going to create winds that are up over 80 miles an hour. Easy and blizzard conditions for sure here in the next few hours up there. So yeah, its a its a strong storm with the wind. And i think in the bay area when all is
This is cbs news bay area with elizabeth cook. The sierra is under a blizzard warning as a powerful winter blast could bring up to 10 feet of snow. We are tracking the storm and the rain across the bay area on this first alert weather day. He is no stranger to political office. Now he is eyeing a new role. We are lie with san joses former mayor. We all know leap years are rare but why it is even more special for this east bay family and their twin boys. It is getting downright dangerous in the sierra right now as one of the strongest snowstorms in the season begins to bear down. This is all part of the same storm system that is bringing rain to the bay area. This is a live look outside. Drivers can expect a dry commute home. The biggest concern today is the mountains. Here is a look along the highways. Chief meteorologist paul heggen is tracking all of this from our virtual view studio. The snow is starting to add up. The conditions around the bay area will be more inconvenient than ac