9 thunder was rolling in palo alto and abc7 viewer shared this video on facebook, the storm clouds rolling in and a flash of lightning and pockets of rain, much needed from the fields below. In the east bay drivers dodged the rain drops on the morning commute. Shear highway 24 in walnut creek headed to oakland. Peoples windshield wipers got a work out. We have Team Coverage on the wet weather starting with meteorologist mike nicco. Mike . Yes, welcome to the wet Broadcast Center where a suit is not the best thing to wear even with an umbrella you will need wet weather gear. Storms moving out of alum rock and headed to Mount Hamilton where it is turning over to the possibility of. Hail. As you look to morgan hill and gilroy you can see the red, and heavier showers are developing but not much lightning right new. As we look at the showers moving across the peninsula, we are seeing some moderate showers there and lighttomoderate showers across the north bay. What will happen, the possibility of these developing and hundreds of Lightning Strike through the morning and nothing right now but we see the coldest of the air come in, and that is the recipe for scattered showers and thunderstorms with small hail, brief heavy downpours and a snow level down to 4,000 feet. I am working on damage photos from from Golden Gate Park from lightning to give you an idea of how strong it will be later this afternoon. Cheryl . We will see the storm system hitting the south bay with heavy downpours and thunder and lightning and matt keller has been deal with the elements. Matt . In the past 10 or 15 minutes the rain has slowed down just a few sprinkles but you can spree the remnants of downpours from earlier this morning. I checked the pg e website and cupertino and san jose is about 350 customs without power and santa cruz was hit hard with close to 4,000 without power but most people are happy to see the rain. You never know when lightning will strike, even when you are talking to sun about the rain. Your last name . [ inaudible ] wow. Wow. Most people saw this storm coming. They were ready with raincoats and umbrellas in saratoga. A gardener was well prepared and he made sure the water had somewhere to go. We cleaned out the storm drains and the gutters and leaves and everything was clean so water goes downhill. Up the mountain on highway 9 at the saratoga gap at the santa clara and santa cruz line a quiet spot in naturally mostly. Thunder rolled through with consistent rain hitting the ground. During the record droughts some would say the wet weather is a gift. Looking forward to the day and enjoy the rest of the day. Even if it is cold and rainy. Rain dont stop me. Just a Beautiful Day in san jose. I spoke with a man who gives estimates for roofing and says it is unprecedented because people are concern about the rainy season, a great day used to be one or to estimates and new he is averaging six. A day. Thank you, matt. The heavy rain has an impact on people in a last different ways in the spectacular and messy show. Amy hollyfield joins us from vallejo with more. Amy . Yes, gray in vallejo but dry right now. Up here in the north bay the ground got a nice long drink. This mornings storm put a big exclamation point on the point, strong with heavy sheets of rain. It was flashy and offering up some lightning. It was fast, lasting a few minutes. It had a lot of fans. Love this weather. My favorite the rain exposed some problems that the drought has createed. At one house the rain fell on the lawn so that means a muddy mess. The first stop was at the garden center. Dont want the dirt coming in the house so i came to see if they have chip or something to put on the grass. This is awesome we love the rain. Armstrong was happy to see the rain because they can hold off on watering the laps plant force a week and they are happy to see customers. This area has been difficult but having the rain coming in it will make this happen again, we are really happy for the good news. And across the street at the auto parts, windshield wipers were be installed for those caught off guard but employees say a lot people saw this coming. People were actually jumping ahead back on thursday and. With everyone planning ahead we are getting the stragglers to the end. The rain hit during the morning commute and southbound 101 was at a crawl. People in california are not complain after the long dry summer. Of there it. Get to love the rain. He has learned to appreciate every drop of it with wine barrels in the backyard to capture all of the rain and reuse it. Thank you, amy, can you track live doppler hd where you live any time with our weather app and it is free on the app store or google play more information at abc7. Com apps. In san jose, wet wets could be to policemen for an accident that killed one and sent two to the hospital. A woman in her 30s died weapon her truck slammed into the tree before 4 00 a. M. Two men in the car suffered critical but nonlife threat being injuries. A stretch of the road reopened just ambassador 8 00 just ambassador 8 00. If you are flying out the Mineta San Jose International airport do not count on a cab. Officials say that the taxi drivers are striking. We were there as the cab drivers refused to stop for passengers but looped around the airport morning to profit Ride Share Companies such as uber and lyft. The city council is said to consider eliminating the require ments and audits to review identities and criminal history. We just threw in and land add few members ago and relied taxis are on strike and trying to figure how we get to work this morning and because it is rainy it is more complicated. The airport said they are working on minimize the impact by calling on doortodoor schultz services to pick up passengers. We have new details in Raymond Shrimp Boy Chows trial with Opening Statements way after a previous delay. Two on the jury could not make it forcing the court to calm in an naturals. It is believe that Raymond Shrimp Boy Chow order the the murder of a rival. He faces 150 counts including murder and racketeering and faces a life sentence if convicted. We have developing news the university of missouri president , tim wolfe, resigned this morning. [ inaudible ] the announcement is after a faculty walked out and the Football Team boycotted over how he has handled racial tensions on campus. We are joined now from the newsroom with more. Tim wool said the decision was made out of love after a week mounting pressure for the resignation including the threat of the Football Team to boycott the game felt it was the right thing to do. I am resigning after president of the University Missouri system. this morning, tim wolfe told what many wanted to hear. I take full responsibility for frustration and full responsibility for the inaction that has occurred. The cries for removal started months ago as the student groups not he mishandled racial continuation on campus including reports of students being called the n word and a swastika found. It picked up traction when a graduate students with on a hung are strike. Saturday night member of the Football Team announced a boycott of all football activities until president wolfu i hope what will come about is change. Change comes from listening, from learning, from caring and conversation. We have to respect each other enough to stop yelling at each other. 0an was destroyed and 20 employees are out of work and 21 residents living in the apartment next door have been displaced. This afternoon the evacuees have a chance to meet with the red cross representatives to give additional help they might need. Still ahead, a deadly attack on americans in jordan and we will have the details in on the incident at a police train center. And president obamas challenge to oakland and he is asking residents to take health care into their own hands. A look outside right now at our weather system at San FranciscoInternational Airport with meteorologist mike nicco coming up with more on but when it came to medicare, ig was glad i could get a little help. vo ingrid and robert called Anthem Blue Cross and found an affordable Medicare SupplementInsurance Plan that fills the gaps in medicare coverage, without waiting. Now they can focus on other important decisions. 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The embassy is warning americans to avoid the area around the facility. Right now, there are several hundred United States trainers in major dan working to strengthen the front line forces in the war against the Terrorists Group known as isis. President obama this morning is issuing a challenge to the city of oakland calling on residents who are not ensured to sign up for Health Care Coverage and make oakland a model city for the Affordable Care act. President obama wrote the challenge as a guest commentator in the Bay Area News Group papers this morning which is an abc7 media partner. The president wrote many of the millions of americans who are still uninsured are in oakland. President obama promised to visit and praise the citys success if oakland makes the biggest change of any city and the number often insured in the enrollment period. Meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with more on forecast. Rain is not as intense as it was but it is still out here in San Francisco and that is going to be the case through the afternoon hours, waive the showers and thunderstorms and down pours. I will tell you how long it will last. Thank you, from rain where you live to snow in the sierra, what you need to know as you hope to get an early start on how do you become a superstar . Saving superstars. With pg es free Online Home Energy checkup. Dont let your neighbor enjoy all the savings. Visit pge. Com checkup and get started today. Cupertino, concord, wine country and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. Take a look at this, new video shows the winter white that is take over the Sierra Nevada at cisco grove. Chains or snow tires are required. On the californianevada border other than highway 50 including around lake tahoe. That is looking good, with a blanket of snow, there, as well. The forecasters are predicting 1. 5 of snow at highest peak tonight. Meteorologist mike nicco has more on that from live doppler hd. Mike . Thank you, with the showers well off into the distance, i will grab my umbrella and come out and join you now. Is with doing last minute updates to the radar and here i come, out to the elements confident lick everyone else will be dealing with. We will go to the picture i almost of the damage, this is Golden Gate Bridge national cemetery, and this is from fire marshal matt, lightning damage, and it can be up to 50,000 degrees fahrenheit so when it hit as tree it can instantly heat the sap and the sap expands with the heat and explodes and this is what you have. Lightning usually hits the tallest object sow never want to be under a tree with thunderstorms rolling through. That is a side effect from the storms. The heaviest shower is to the south, we have showers pushing across the peninsula and they are heading over to the east bay and this is a quieter light that you do not see lightning right here so i will broaden the picture and show you the coldest pocket of air, it is to our north and that is the next wave, that is the wave that will destabilize the atmosphere even more and bring another round of showers and possible thunderstorms with small hail. That is what is going to drop our snow levels down to around 4,000 so while the heaviest of rain went through this morning and the most widespread you can see the second round is not so heavy, not so wide read and this third round is not so widespread as the second round going through but it does have the potential to bring us the stronger thunderstorms and in the sierra, can you see we have the Winter Weather advisories for 48 of snow up to or down to 7,000 feet and up to a foot or 1. 5 or 1. 5 above that. The Winter Weather warning at cloverdale north with 14 of snow are possible. As far as our winds, they are quiet. As we head throughout the day, they going to pickup with the area of low pressure coming down closer to us. Those winds could get up around 1015 Miles Per Hour as we head through the afternoon hours. It seems like my computer has locked up on me. I apology for that. I cannot get it to work in the Weather Center so i tell you what will happen. Hour by hour, all the way from noon until 5 00 we are going to have a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. Now if you have plans this evening, they will still be out there but they are going to taper dramatically when the sun sets and wees there the daytime heating and even with a sky like this where you get pockets of sunshine it destabilizes the atmosphere with the cold pocket and from 7 00 to 9 00 we will see the coverage there it goes. Too late to get to the computer, we could get to the sevenday forecast, but i cannot get to this. What will happen by midnight they all gone. We going to clear out tonight. That means in the north bay valleys we can possible have some frost develop. If not tenth, tomorrow night so that means wednesday morning we could have forecast in the north bay valleys and, also, inland east bay valleys as the temperatures drop well into the 30s and the rest of us are in the 40s. Highs today in the mid50s and tomorrow, 60s and by the weekend, we have some upper 60s and nearly 70 degrees the right now it is looking like saturday and sunday can get our next chance of rain. Cheryl . Thank you was so impressive you memberrized all the numbers. That is impressive. Now, look at this our community is helping keep tabs on the rain where you live. These are dust some of the perks and videos in the newsroom this morning. 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