abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast. sandhya: the conditions will be better. snow is beginning to develop as you look at live doppler 7 tonight. on satellite and radar, you will notice snow showers right over colorado. they will be increasing as her going to the next 24 hours. we do have winter storm weathers -- winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories going into saturday morning. that snow will help the smoke down, help with the conditions there. numerous reports of wind gusts over 90, 100 miles per hour. the wind gusts will be between 15 to 29 miles an hour in that vicinity. not terribly strong. as you look at the national outlook, it will be dealing with this note, 35 degrees in denver going into tomorrow. be back with a look at the local forecast, which includes the holiday weekend, coming up. dan: we've been sending out alerts about wildfires through the abc 7 news app. it is one way to stay on top of breaking news on your mobile device. be sure to enable the push alert so we can let you know as soon as n

abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast. sandhya: the conditions will be better. snow is beginning to develop as you look at live doppler 7 tonight. on satellite and radar, you will colora. they will be increasing as her going to the next 24 hours. we do have winter storm weathers -- winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories going into saturday morning. that snow will help the smoke down, help with the conditions there. numerous reports of wind gusts over 90, 100 miles per hour. the wind gusts will be between 15 to 29 miles an hour in that vicinity. not terribly strong. as you look at the national outlook, it will be dealing with this note, 35 degrees in denver going into tomorrow. be back with a look at the local forecast, which includes the holiday weekend, coming up. dan: we've been sending out alerts about wildfires through the abc 7 news app. it is one way to stay on top of breaking news on your mobile device. be sure to enable the push alert so we can let you know as soon as news breaks. moving on, demand for

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dan: abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is back. sandhya: time to dry out for a few days. that we will bring some storms back in as we start off a new year. i want to show you the drop monitor. where we stood last week, most of the state was an extreme to exceptional drought. as we look at the conditions today, we've seen an improvement. f neatly in the bay area you are looking at last -- fewer areas in the extreme to exceptional drought. we've mostly severe to extreme drought. making a difference. exploratorium camera. it is 50 in the city, oakland, san jose. phone gate bridge camera at seeing those clouds lingering across the region. upper 40's to low 50's from santa rosa to napa as we look at live doppler 7. all quiet. a few clouds just hanging around. here's a lively -- lovely view from our san jose camera. cold the next three mornings with areas of frost. drive for new year's eve and the holiday weekend. wet, windy pattern continues next week. here is our 12 hour planner for new year's eve. we know the fireworks are not happening in san francisco, if you're happy -- c

let's get to sandhya patel. sandhya: bundle up tonight. winter has come early. take a look at these temperatures tonight. it is already near freezing in fairfield, 37 degrees, 39 in napa. by morning, it's going to get cold enough for frost. 14 degrees cooler in fairfield, where they do have a frost advisory for the straight and delta. we have a freeze warning for parts of like an mendocino counties, temperatures down in the 20's. from there freezing cold to the atmospheric river. abundant moisture coming in from hawaii. on a storm impact scale, it goes from a two on sunday to a three, which is a strong on monday. i'll be back to tell you how much rain, how much stronger winds will be, and how much snow this year will get coming up. dan: tonight on the eve of world human rights day, dozens of multifaith leaders met at a south bay church with the message, hate is not welcome in palo alto. tackling topics related to race and social justice is a key part of our effort to build a better bay area. amanda del castillo io explains how recent racist attacks and other hat

abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya: winter is living up to its name. let me show you live doppler 7. once again, it is active. this is a welcome sight as we get to street level radar, you will notice there is mixed precipitation around lake shore drive, clear lake area. as a get into the north bay, lucas valley around larkspur, san rafael, we are seeing showers right now. the roads are wet across parts of the bay area. the level 1 system for tonight and tomorrow. let me show you the computer animation. as we head into the overnight, it is going to continue to snow on mount hamilton in the lake county hills, mendocino county. 9:00 tomorrow, moderate pockets of showers coming through. temperatures sandhya: when we will get a chance to dry out. dan: we don't see snow in the spots too often. penguin in napa county got a dusting. someplace fell in santa rosa, the fire department took this video at about 800 feet in fountain grove. snow fell for the second time this week on the santa cruz mountains, a few miles southeast of the summit. you can track the cool

sandhya patel is tracking it all for us. and yeah, that's right. i am and dan and alma there is a break coming from all of this right now. you may be seeing it. it's going to come back again tomorrow before more storms come in and they're going to be colder speaking of cold want to show you this live video from tahoe a look at so just coming down. it is snowing heavily right now in the sierra, nevada 80 50 88 and 4 all requiring chains, but when you take a look at blue canyon, they're actually seeing mix precipitation rain snow mix. the snow levels are going to be going down to the foothills as we head towards sunday a winter storm warning until 10 am tuesday four to six feet of snow up to 12 feet for the peaks. we are looking at major travel delays and difficult travel conditions. so keep that in mind. we have a winter storm. learning coming up tomorrow morning here in lake and mendocino counties. it's going to run until monday morning above 2000 feet expecting accumulating snow up there it is going to be also tough to travel because of this but d

abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya: winter is living up to its name. let me show you live doppler 7. once again, it is active. this is a welcome sight as we get to street level radar, you will notice there is mixed precipitation around lake shore drive, clear lake area. as a get into the north bay, lucas valley around larkspur, san rafael, we are seeing showers right now. the roads are wet across parts of the bay area. the level 1 system for tonight and tomorrow. let me show you the computer animation. as we head into the overnight, it is going to continue to snow on mount hamilton in the lake county hills, mendocino county. 9:00 tomorrow, moderate pockets of showers coming through. temperatures sandhya: when we will get a chance to dry out. dan: we don't see snow in the spots too often. penguin in napa county got a dusting. someplace fell in santa rosa, the fire department took this video at about 800 feet in fountain grove. snow fell for the second time this week on the santa cruz mountains, a few miles southeast of the summit. you can track the cool

let's get straight to sandhya patel. sandhya: let me show you let picture from our san rafael camera, the rain is coming down, live doppler 7 showing you where the focus of the rain is. in the north bay right now, old adobe road, moderate pockets run sonoma, petaluma avenue. as you go to other areas, the panoramic highway, still some beach getting some heavier rainfall at this hour. you know how hard it is to travel across this region. it is a two honor storm impact scale. we are expecting the rainfall to continue to move across the region through the night. heavy at times as we head into early tomorrow morning, we will still have some showers. winds gusting to 33 right now at half moon bay. solano county under wind advisory until 10:00, dusts 45 to 50 miles an hour. you will want to tie down any holiday decorations or loose objects. ama: our team coverage continues with abc 7 news reporter who is in santa rosa where that rain is causing some concerns for residents. reporter: some drivers as we are on highway 101. it is

let's get to sandhya patel. sandhya: bundle up tonight. winter has come early. take a look at these temperatures tonight. it is already near freezing in fairfield, 37 degrees, 39 in napa. by morning, it's going to get cold enough for frost. 14 degrees cooler in fairfield, where they do have a frost advisory for the straight and delta. we have a freeze warning for parts of like an mendocino counties, temperatures down in the 20's. from there freezing cold to the atmospheric river. abundant moisture coming in from hawaii. on a storm impact scale, it goes from a two on sunday to a three, which is a strong on monday. i'll be back to tell you how much rain, how much stronger winds will be, and how much snow this year will get coming up. dan: tonight on the eve of world human rights day, dozens of multifaith leaders met at a south bay church with the message, hate is not welcome in palo alto. tackling topics related to race and social justice is a key part of our effort to build a better bay area. amanda del castillo io explains how recent racist attacks and other hat

sandhya patel is here with a look at the local weather and what we can expect the next few days. >> a little bit of a break from the storm very soon in a matter of hours. definitely a welcome sight. i want to show you the view from our camera. if you have not done so, download our news app so you can track live doppler 7. it is a rainy view. winds gusting to 47 miles per hour. i want to get you in closer to where it is coming from. pockets of moderate to heavy rain around berkeley. we also see some moderate rain around macarthur boulevard and oakland. as you look in san francisco, noriega street, definitely heavier. it will head into the marina district at 11:20 into alameda at 11 fallen three -- 11:43. for the eastern san francisco bay, we are looking at 1:00 a.m. looking at the south bay, you see some showers west heading street into san jose. some lighter rain. so far has not measured in san jose. over one inch of rain. san francisco, .15 inches. oakland, .30 inches. we are still counting. in the sierra, this is what it looked like earlier. it was dumping in the mountains. tonight

ama: let's get to sandhya patel for the latest. stephanie: it is going --sandhya: it is going to dump in the mountains next week. wax off your skis if you are a skier or boarding. it's a good week to get out there. let me show you live picture after a show you the temperatures because it's getting cold, near freezing around brentwood, livermore. in tahoe, it is 10 degrees. you are good to go if you are planning to go over the next couple of days. it's going to actually start to snow on tuesday. wednesday, rain and snow. then it gets heavier thursday and friday. by morning, 29 in fairfield, down to 30 degrees in livermore. definitely the winner sheltered valleys cold and you are going to have some fog around. so definitely be prepared for fog and frost. as we checked out visibility at this hour, it's down to a mile and a quarter in santa rosa, just a half of mile in ukiah and one mile in fairfield. allow yourself a little extra time if you do have plans to get to where you need to go. also, we're watching the central valley fog, whi

ama: let's get to sandhya patel for the latest. stephanie: it is going --sandhya: it is going to dump in the mountains next week. wax off your skis if you are a skier or boarding. it's a good week to get out there. let me show you live picture after a show you the temperatures because it's getting cold, near freezing around brentwood, livermore. in tahoe, it is 10 degrees. you are good to go if you are planning to go over the next couple of days. it's going to actually start to snow on tuesday. wednesday, rain and snow. then it gets heavier thursday and friday. by morning, 29 in fairfield, down to 30 degrees in livermore. definitely the winner sheltered valleys cold and you are going to have some fog around. so definitely be prepared for fog and frost. as we checked out visibility at this hour, it's down to a mile and a quarter in santa rosa, just a half of mile in ukiah and one mile in fairfield. allow yourself a little extra time if you do have plans to get to where you need to go. also, we're watching the central valley fog, whi

sandhya patel is here with a look at the local weather and what we can expect the next few days. >> a little bit of a break from the storm very soon in a matter of hours. definitely a welcome sight. i want to show you the view from our camera. if you have not done so, download our news app so you can track live doppler 7. it is a rainy view. winds gusting to 47 miles per hour. i want to get you in closer to where it is coming from. pockets of moderate to heavy rain around berkeley. we also see some moderate rain around macarthur boulevard and oakland. as you look in san francisco, noriega street, definitely heavier. it will head into the marina district at 11:20 into alameda at 11 fallen three -- 11:43. for the eastern san francisco bay, we are looking at 1:00 a.m. looking at the south bay, you see some showers west heading street into san jose. some lighter rain. so far has not measured in san jose. over one inch of rain. san francisco, .15 inches. oakland, .30 inches. we are still counting. in the sierra, this is what it looked like earlier. it was dumping in the mountains. tonight

let's go to ab a news meteorologist, sandhya patel, sandia i'm a we are tracking some showers tonight, which is a welcome change. you don't see it from our exploratorium camera. i want to show you a live view right now from our emeryville camera. we're not only dealing with the fog and the clouds obviously visibility has been poor as you take a look at live doppler 7. this is a welcome change we have wet weather moving into the north bay getting you down to street level santa rosa guerneville road petaluma hill road. notice around rohnert park. and grove you will also notice some pockets of showers there. it's a level one on our storm impact scale tonight tomorrow morning. watch out for wet. roadways slight chance of thunder mainly along the coast areas of fog as well as you take a look at the hourly forecast. most of those showers will be coming in late tonight, even though there's spotty right now 11 pm more areas will be looking at that wet. here tomorrow morning before you head out the door if you're an early commuter, make sure you have those umbrellas four to eight am. we still

. >> sandhya patel is here with more. >> good stuff. and the weather, i wish i could tell you it is good stuff, in terms of rain. i do have attentional changes, but not immediately. a picture from san francisco. visibility is good from this vantage point. not so great everywhere. record highs for today. san francisco 73. broke the record in 1959. san jose with 75. previous record set back in 1927. 80 december 1 in gilroy. 71 in concord. 72 in redwood city. 77 degrees in cloverdale. definitely well above average for this time of year. a live look from the emeryville camera. they are quality because of high-pressure overhead, stagnant air, really in the moderate category, and it will continue the next four days. we expect changes. here's what the climate prediction center says. above average across the northwestern u.s.. we have seen it across the northwest. below the central u.s., and near-normal for central and southern california, which includes in the bay area. this is next week. let's hope it materializes. the storm track is aimed we

. >> sandhya patel is here with more. >> good stuff. and the weather, i wish i could tell you it is good stuff, in terms of rain. i do have attentional changes, but not immediately. a picture from san francisco. visibility is good from this vantage point. not so great everywhere. record highs for today. san francisco 73. broke the record in 1959. san jose with 75. previous record set back in 1927. 80 december 1 in gilroy. 71 in concord. 72 in redwood city. 77 degrees in cloverdale. definitely well above average for this time of year. a live look from the emeryville camera. they are quality because of high-pressure overhead, stagnant air, really in the moderate category, and it will continue the next four days. we expect changes. here's what the climate prediction center says. above average across the northwestern u.s.. we have seen it across the northwest. below the central u.s., and near-normal for central and southern california, which includes in the bay area. this is next week. let's hope it materializes. the storm track is aimed we

patel that for sandy. yeah, dan. we have an atmospheric river that is going to arrive this weekend. but before we get to that, let's talk about the light showers that we are seeing live doppler 7 all lit up. this is a welcome sight as we get you into street level radar in the north bay santa rosa petaluma hill road rohnert park. it's slippery out there. we do have some slick roads around dublin heading into livermore with some light rain across 580 and the peninsula is getting as share heading into the south bay. so cupertino sunnyvale, middlefield road palo alto as now the picture it's a light level one system that is coming in producing some snow in the mountains and as you look at the hourly forecast two o'clock, we're going to see some showers focused on the east and south bay 5 am still some isolated showers. it winds down not a lot of rain left behind 1,500 of an inch or less but check out what's happening this weekend moderate strength atmospheric river coming in sunday continuing into tuesday. i'll

sandhya patel, lets us know if the morning commute will be a wet one sandia. yeah, absolutely be prepared for some slippery roads on let me show you live doppler 7 tonight. this is the pattern we've been waiting for and it's finally here and this is not the only system we're tracking. so let's get you into street level radar in the north bay, san rafael. you will notice right around north san pedro road, lucas valley 101. it is slippery some very spotty light showers in san jose around. avenue you're not getting missed. you're actually getting some of that moisture and as we track this next batch moving into san francisco at 12:28 in the morning, why do perspective showing you that the system? did have some lightning strikes off the coastline earlier tonight. it's a light storm a slight chance of thunder into tomorrow morning with those showers at 3 am commute time 5 am be prepared and make sure you have those umbrellas as you look at the rainfall totals five hundreds and walnut creek, san jose a hundredth of an inch 300th in santa rosa. this is just the start

so let's get to abc 7 news meteorologist, sandhya patel sandia. yeah tonight. you'll need those flannel pjs because you can feel that chill in the air winter is here a little earlier. let me show you the temperatures right now in the 30s and 40. is our coldest spot is 38 in santa rosa as you check out. what's ahead by tomorrow morning many areas. the valleys of the north bay will be dropping down to the low and upper 30s, so it is going to be cold cold enough for a frost along the mendocino coast 12 am to 9 am bring those pets inside bring in your frost sensitive plants or cover them visibility is low right now three-quarters of a mile in santa rosa. so fog is another concern looking at the pacific satellite storms are lined up the question is when will they get here? i'll be back with those details ama. all right. thank you sandia tonight the california department of education says, it's monitoring a tiktok challenge encouraging students to make false school shooting threats school districts across the bay area are dealing with it. one south bay school even ca

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that's right colder storms are on the way on meteorologist sandhya patel. i'll have your holiday weekend forecast coming up. tonight we're working to build a better bay area with abc 7 news insider phil matier. he's going to bring you perspective on the crisis in san francisco's tenderloin rampant drug dealing and homelessness that could merit a declaration of emergency. building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. not just wet roads flooded roads, and you don't have to go outside to feel the effects of this storm. it is invading homes and threatening holiday plans. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm on a date and i'm dan ashley. you're watching abc 7 news at 6 live here on abc 7 hulu live wherever you stream. that is certainly the sound of the day the rain triggered the most storm damage. we've seen all week. even though today's storm actually only ranks one on the abc 7 news storm impact scale still quite in effect live doppler 7 looks quiet at the moment. so let's get right to abc 7 news meteorologist santia p

so let's get to abc 7 news meteorologist, sandhya patel sandia. yeah tonight. you'll need those flannel pjs because you can feel that chill in the air winter is here a little earlier. let me show you the temperatures right now in the 30s and 40. is our coldest spot is 38 in santa rosa as you check out. what's ahead by tomorrow morning many areas. the valleys of the north bay will be dropping down to the low and upper 30s, so it is going to be cold cold enough for a frost along the mendocino coast 12 am to 9 am bring those pets inside bring in your frost sensitive plants or cover them visibility is low right now three-quarters of a mile in santa rosa. so fog is another concern looking at the pacific satellite storms are lined up the question is when will they get here? i'll be back with those details ama. all right. thank you sandia tonight the california department of education says, it's monitoring a tiktok challenge encouraging students to make false school shooting threats school districts across the bay area are dealing with it. one south bay school even ca

sandhya patel, lets us know if the morning commute will be a wet one sandia. yeah, absolutely be prepared for some slippery roads on let me show you live doppler 7 tonight. this is the pattern we've been waiting for and it's finally here and this is not the only system we're tracking. so let's get you into street level radar in the north bay, san rafael. you will notice right around north san pedro road, lucas valley 101. it is slippery some very spotty light showers in san jose around. avenue you're not getting missed. you're actually getting some of that moisture and as we track this next batch moving into san francisco at 12:28 in the morning, why do perspective showing you that the system? did have some lightning strikes off the coastline earlier tonight. it's a light storm a slight chance of thunder into tomorrow morning with those showers at 3 am commute time 5 am be prepared and make sure you have those umbrellas as you look at the rainfall totals five hundreds and walnut creek, san jose a hundredth of an inch 300th in santa rosa. this is just the start

patel that for sandy. yeah, dan. we have an atmospheric river that is going to arrive this weekend. but before we get to that, let's talk about the light showers that we are seeing live doppler 7 all lit up. this is a welcome sight as we get you into street level radar in the north bay santa rosa petaluma hill road rohnert park. it's slippery out there. we do have some slick roads around dublin heading into livermore with some light rain across 580 and the peninsula is getting as share heading into the south bay. so cupertino sunnyvale, middlefield road palo alto as now the picture it's a light level one system that is coming in producing some snow in the mountains and as you look at the hourly forecast two o'clock, we're going to see some showers focused on the east and south bay 5 am still some isolated showers. it winds down not a lot of rain left behind 1,500 of an inch or less but check out what's happening this weekend moderate strength atmospheric river coming in sunday continuing into tuesday. i'll

. >> abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the details on that. >> consider this the lull or the break before the

that's all coming up, but let's begin with abc 7 news meteorologist, sandhya patel for the very latest on the condition sandia. yeah, dan. let's take a look at a picture

let's get straight to sandhya patel. sandhya:

sandy patel is here with possible rain in the forecast. sandhya: we have showers in the forecast. let me show you a live picture from san mateo. you see the raindrops on the lens. we have been dealing with drizzle. visibility from south beach, hard to see anything. drive carefully, watch for slippery roads. live doppler seven not picking up moisture below radar but we have a little bit in the east bay. concord reporting light showers towards walnut creek. here is the system. it is weak. it is going to lack moisture but we are expecting showers to pick up towards the late night-early morning hours. 7:00, really spotty going into midnight, we will have more coverage going into 2:00. early tomorrow morning, those showers move out of here. it is a level one on our impact scale. spotty showers and drizzle through tomorrow morning. under .1 inches with poor visibility. stronger storms on the way. larry: talk to you in a few minutes. social media and mental health both front and center today with instagram's ceo testifying before a senate subcommittee wednesday as lawmakers question the