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And im marcus washington. Mike is keeping an eye on the commute. Lets get that election day forecast. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that. What does today look like for us . Starting out nice and quiet for the bay area. Cooler for this afternoon as we are going to see our highs that will reach into the mostly mid70s around the bay area. 75 degrees in san jose. 77 in martinez. Santa rosa expect a high of 75 and 65 degrees in San Francisco. Its going to be a really comfortable day as we head out there to the polls. Well talk more about that and also much cooler temperatures in the forecast. Mike, how is it looking for the Early Morning commute . Kari the big view of the bay shows you green sensors. Ill take you out into contra costa county. Youll hear it on the radio, the intersection to the south of town. Were looking at a traffic crash right there in the middle of the intersection. Traffic is light. Thats why im concerned, its dark out there. The only slowing is out of the a
Morning a lot colder than yesterday was. Heres your change over the past 24 hours nevado down 20 degrees from the same time yesterday napa down 16 degrees in santa rosa, a full 17 degrees cooler than where we were yesterday so its time for those winter jackets go ahead layer up and feel cozy as you are getting up to the roads to make your way into work. Your car, i know some people i do have leave, but i was just thinking, im jealous of all the people with the heated seats and a heated steering wells must be nice. Yeah, im not on that level must be a knife on mornings like this take a little extra time to warm up that car folks since its so cold out there were looking at the trip into San Francisco. So you need extra time to warm up the car you need extra time to sit in this line which killed all the way back be on west grand but. We like quiet and its been very quiet here in the bay bridge throughout the morning so no issues just a lot of crowding with folks heading back to work they
To below freezing conditions right now doubling youre sitting right at freezing at 32 degrees livermore 35 conquered at 39, but up in the north bay, some below freezing temperatures santa rosa and fairfield now each in the 20s with each city at 29 degrees. Napa and lean at 31 nevado in san anselmo each at 32 degrees right now so it is a cold start to this morning. As we mentioned you bundle up before you get out there robin great advice. Thank you john checking in on the traffic and we have a little bit of a line here squeezing into San Francisco were taking a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza where the backup stretches beyond the over crossing so pretty sluggish year coming in. Its completely normal so no crashes no stalls in the mix were doing fine at 11 minutes off to fremont street. But that number is going to go up down in the south bay traveling through san jose this morning keep in mind that a Police Investigation is underway. Mckee and capital a heavy Police Presence lanes
One of many views this morning that are showing you just how nice its looking out there. And a look at wind speeds across the bay area is also showing you that we are off to a calm start and actually will be off to a pretty calm finish to this is 04 00pm youre seeing right beside me and that some calm winds across the bay temperatures have been a little chillier than weve got used to them lately we are looking at mostly 40s and 50s but focus on some of those north bay areas and we do have 30s right now in petaluma nevado santa rosa, as well as fairfield checking in at a cool 37 degrees right now so maybe that extra layer will do you a little bit good as you step outside this wednesday. Rob all right. Thank you john checking in on the traffic pretty busy on some of our bridges if you need to get into San Francisco. We have a full house at the bay bridge toll plaza. Theres your line yes, its long at the back the on west grand 12 minutes and growing into San Francisco. But we dont have an