chief meteorologist jeff raniere joins us with all the answers. >> by this time tomorrow we'll see the rainfall picking up across the bay area. the ground is definitely saturated which could lead to problems. we are dry. wider look out here, what i'm following is the cold front getting here on friday. so, tomorrow night with rain, also wind. then by saturday, the center of the storm system will sweep over the west, and that could bring us thunderstorms. some of the particulars we're honing in on here, the wind could bring in trees, those isolated thunderstorms, small hail, even heavy snow. up in about 18 minutes i'll take a look at the hour by hour forecast. we'll take you through your weekend and show you when this goes into effect for the weekend. that's in about 18 minutes. >>> thank you very much. as jeff mentioned this is just the latest in a string of storms that have pummelled the bay area this winter but the rains haven't moved the needle much when it comes to filling the reservoirs. that's particularly true in the south bay. that's where damon trujillo is to check out where th

jeff raniere has a look at when we can expect the change if the weather r. we're not expecting a huge storm like before, jeff? >> it definitely is not compared to the past couple of storm systems we've had. just enough to get the roadways wet. it's starting to break apart a little bit as we get a stop here on the radar. the overall view, the bark is really worse than the bite so to speak with this one. we are seeing moderate to heavy returns but what is touching the ground is a lot lighter. nonetheless, be prepared for wet roadways across the north bay. we're tracking to the north and east. picking up in st. helena by 6:38 tonight. off to the south we're beginning tty showers into san francisco. that will make it to the east bay and a slight chance down here for the south bay. we're going to be tracking more of this and we'll have details and what's ahead for tomorrow and the days ahead coming up in 15 minutes. >> thank you jeff. >>> there's a good way to get the updates on the forecast. jeff is always tweeting out the conditions. just follow him. his handle

i checked with jeff raniere and he did confirm another storm is coming friday. so, hopefully that will help everyone prepare. live near los gatos, robert handa. >>> if you don't like our weather, here's perspective for you. heavy snow and freezing rain slamming the northeast last night. it was the east coast's first major snowstorm of the season. the severe weather forced nearly 10,000 flights to be cancelled. also you see the icy roads? millions of people were stranded just trying to get home after thanksgiving. what a mess. more snow and high winds are expected to hit the midwest and northeast tonight. >>> well, president trump and the first lady have arrived in london to attend the 70th anniversary of nato. the trip comes as the president faces growing pressure at home. the next step of the impeachment hearing coming wednesday. during the second day of nato meetings back in washington the house intelligence report goes to the judiciary committee. that happens tomorrow. but the president has refused the committee's invitation to allow his attorney to attend ca

chief meteorologist jeff raniere joins us with all the answers. >> by this time tomorrow we'll see the rainfall picking up across the bay area. the ground is definitely saturated which could lead to problems. we are dry. wider look out here, what i'm following is the cold front getting here on friday. so, tomorrow night with rain, also wind. then by saturday, the center of the storm system will sweep over the west, and that could bring us thunderstorms. some of the particulars we're honing in on here, the wind could bring in trees, those isolated thunderstorms, small hail, even heavy snow. up in about 18 minutes i'll take a look at the hour by hour forecast. we'll take

let's check in with jeff raniere. we will see more rain in our future. >> we do. there is good news on the weekend timing. looks like things are getting pushed back. i don't see an entirely wet weekend. we'll have more coverage on that throughout the hour. as we get a look now, we're following fog developing in the north bay and some of the cloud cover in san francisco producing 97-minute delays. if you're heading to the airport yourself or picking somebody up, definitely could be running a little bit late. a national view doesn't show any other problems across the map. so, it's just those delays in san francisco. that's a problem. if you're headed anywhere tomorrow, great news to report. check out the national map and you'll be able to see no major storm systems from the east all the way back to the west. in fact, primarily dry conditions with sun mixing in, just a few showers in dallas, seattle, also in portland. we have cooler 50s near redding down toward southern california. i think the number one things to watch out for would be patchy areas of dense morning

let's bring in jeff raniere tracking this incoming storm. >> nothing that big as we move through tonight. we have instability pushing in from the south. you can see on storm ranger and doppler radar. we have moderate rain here and showers for the hillsborough. also getting wet over fairfax. this cell is moving off towards the north keeping showers in marin, and navarro. but we continue to be really focused on the next storm to bring heavier widespread rain fall. everything i see right now has this developing by thursday at 9:30 at night to bring back some heavier rain fall. there you can see it by 1:30 on friday lining up on northern california, then moving in towards the bay area. an early look at what we can expect with this, rain fall moving back in, heavier times on friday, wide ranging rain fall totals, wind gusts of 20 to 40-miles-per-hour and heavy sierra. i'll see you at 6:19 to take a closer look. >> you can follow jeff on twitter as well. he's a great resource for all of our changing conditions. his handle @jeffraniere. >>> a presidential campaign that started strong, then stut