Area tonight. Dont be fooled by what you see right now on live doppler 7. In just three hours this should be covered in green, meaning lots of rain as you sleep. Thats making some people in palo alto very nervous. They say a road near alpine road is in danger of flooding from the creek. Erosion has already eaten the bike line. Look how much the east bay hills camera is moving around. The beach is empty tonight and will stay that way tomorrow as we prepare for the heaviest rain. Meteorologist drew tuma is watching the timing of the storm . We are starting to just see this system get its act together off the coast. Live doppler 7 overhead. Its a rather quiet picture. Just to have coast here you go. We have got green on the screen. A couple of lightning strikes detected in this storm system. An indication its starting to strengthen. In the wider view, you see this ribbon of cloud cover extending well off the coast. That is a lot of moisture thats aimed right in our region in the next 24 h