storm system headed in now. rainfall scattered around the bay area but see that big blob of moisture off the coast? that s the next system coming our way. showers moving in along the peninsula now scattered into san mateo near redwood city also into millbrae. looks like we ll see this on and off throughout the morning but picking up in the morning hours and then we ll get to the main cold front toward this evening. look at this next batch of moisture headed our way much more impressive than the first one that moved through yesterday. temperatures staying fairly mild. 40s and 50s outside. by the afternoon it s going to be soggy and wet, howling winds and temperatures maybe some 50s and 60s. roadways are going to be a mess out there today, elizabeth. you sound too excited about that, lawrence. i love it! the rain is not really coming down as you said but we re still seeing slick spots so we re seeing numerous little fender-benders and word of this one now sounds like it s
storm that s headed our way. we re going to start up in the sierra. eric rasmussen already up in blue canyon where they are seeing some accumulation. you can see we already have a layer of snow and take a look, there s more of it coming down tonight. the stuff we have at blue canyon it s not all that deep. but a little high up i80. i spoke to ski resort operators during a season that s thankfully snow. in just a few hours, fresh snow piled up in places that have hardly seen any all season. we need the water and we need the snow. so it s kind of overdue. oh yeah, definitely. reporter: it s also the need of chains. i m thinking i should throw some on. reporter: by 6:00 driving became treacherous in places. signs warned of a 30-mile-per- hour in places. it s all hands for caltrans. they had 200 people on duty and 235 people when the fest plates started rolling. we got our sanders and we re just keeping it off the road. reporter: even for those putting in over
lingering for weeks. bill martin tracking a second storm that s headed our way. we re going to start up in the sierra. eric rasmussen already up in blue canyon where they are seeing some accumulation. you can see we already have a layer of snow and take a look, there s more of it coming down tonight. the stuff we have at blue canyon it s not all that deep. but a little high up i80. i spoke to ski resort operators during a season that s thankfully snow. in just a few hours, fresh snow piled up in places that have hardly seen any all season. we need the water and we need the snow. so it s kind of overdue. oh yeah, definitely. reporter: it s also the need of chains. i m thinking i should throw some on. reporter: by 6:00 driving became treacherous in places. signs warned of a 30-mile-per- hour in places. it s all hands for caltrans. they had 200 people on duty and 235 people when the fest plates started rolling. we got our sanders and we re just keeping it off t
want to go. and it s just been hot and now i m so glad to see the rain. reporter: some were hoping the rain takes a break come sunday, game day. we need the rain because no rain for a long time. it s good. but not sunday. sorry. [ laughter ] reporter: for the 9ers, huh? yeah. reporter: you don t think they can play in the rain? yeah, they can play in the rain but it can be difficult for the pass, you know, it s going to be a lot of running. reporter: so that s the big question. what will the forecast be on sunday? and obviously, the one to answer that is roberta gonzales. so i ll leave that up to her for the sunday forecast. as far as this forecast goes, it s rainy and windy in pacifica but so far, so good. thank you. roberta is watching hi-def doppler and you can show us where it s raining now and how hard. yes, jules was definitely inundated in the rain showers according to our high-def doppler radar. we have a whole plume of moisture saturating the bay
francisco. we have a little bit of rain right now, south san francisco is seen some rain. down into the south bay we see the showers, in san jose we see light rain there. a couple other areas see a little more than that, so far we have seen fairly light showers. on the storm tracker for radar we have plenty of rain that is coming into the bay area from westies. take a look right here in will continue to move in. we ll get some consistent showers and notice the snow that is starting in the sierra as well. we will time this out on the future forecast. we have even heavier rain for tomorrow. catherine: kay thompson joins us live near the rich in san raphael bridge. how this traffic look? reporter: traffic is moving ok but it is cold, dark and rainy. we can show the traffic but this is in the commute direction this is people leaving the city in driving through marin county. this is northbound highway 101. over here you can see the headlights are on, the wind chill wipers are go