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80. plenty of moisture stream across. temperatures in the 50s here. also to the north a few 40s but a lot of 50s and i don t think they will change to much. just to much moisture in place. the breeze really turning up heret. will give us that high wind watch for some and a wind warning. system today, tonight. the back eventual of that may give us some thunderstorms and then one more system has to clip us and that would be late wednesday, early thursday. then we will start to get a break-in to the weekend. today there will be about three to six inches. some of the wettest locations. especially coastal hill, 50s he on the temperatures. its going to be a tough drive. there is no doubt about it. i think that this morning s drive is going to be busy if you are driving in solano. we will start there. the traffic is going to be move agriculture long well on 80 westbound. between vacaville, fairfield and vallejo. there is steady rain as steve said. it s not going to be a good drive
also king tides expected today. that is a big concern too. let s go to steve. talla stuff. that and a blizzard warning. and a blizzard warning. it s legit too many white out conditions. 50 and 80. we have flash flood watches out. high wind watches are out. there is plenty to go around. its beginning of what looks to be off and on rain into about thursday. then we will get a break friday, saturday and sunday. until then kirkwood mountain unofficial redding of 24 inches to 30 as i type. white out effect. hammering. i know what we means by that. it s coming down big time. state it route 88 has closed is closed and there is gusts about 25 to 40 with heave withy snow being reported blue canyon. snow at truckee and south lake tahoet. will be he measured in feet. our rainfall, the last 24 over to that s about a foot of rain since january 1st which equals about an inch and a quarter per day. there is more today. more tonight and tomorrow. blizzard warning out. flash flood
steve and sal will be very busy. next three days. yeah. thank you. we have interpret they steady rain here form. one to twin muchses and looks like a good line is now moving through the santa cruz mountains. show you that in just a second. it s just a path of moisture. when that steady rainfalls it can all the sudden add up to two or three inches of rain. highway 9, 231 over to 17 as if they needt. they don t. this is area we will have to watch. i think the heavier rain does arrive tonight for the mountains. today and into tonight for the north bay. there is just so much moisture going through. flash flood warning out for the river at johnson s beach and then the napa river and then near napa. don t want to forget the burn areas newspaper to lake. i know he there is grass that s growing there but not much root structure. these are area that need to be watched wind advisory out coast and bay and then the higher elevations, high wind warning could be gusts to about 10 ton
san jose reporting cancellations. the overall headline, if you have a flight today or expecting loved ones coming in, check the status of your flight specifically before you make that wet, windy trek to the airport. welcome to mornings on 2. i m gasia mikaelian. and i m dave clark. the weather is our big story. let s go straight to steve paulson. steve. you know, honestly very optimistic, positive person. i think we re in hurt here. hurt. going over the next couple of days. yes. honestly. this rain is relentless now. steady rain can be a good thing but when you ve had too much, a steady rain is not the good thing. we ve been hammered since the beginning of the month. some of the heavier rain towards san jose and the santa cruz mountains. some pretty heavy rain moved through and still moving through parts of the peninsula. half moon bay, woodside, looks like even over to palo alto. there is a pretty good line. that is heavy rain right there coming on shore. it look