WOULD
WOULD RIGHT AFTER NOON TIME NOON TO TWO WINDOW WE SAID AND WE'RE STILL GETTING IT RIGHT
NOW.
>> SO WE DO HAVE LIVE TEAM
COVERAGE FOR YOU THIS
MORNING XXXX 20 STANDS BY ON I
80 IN THE HIGH COUNTRY SNOW IS
CAUSING A BIG MESS ON THE ROADS
THERE.
ROB HAS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO
KNOW ABOUT THE CONDITIONS TO
THE MOMENT.
QUICKLY LET'S GO TO BRITNEY
BEGLEY WITH TROUBLE SPOTS
HAPPENING NOW AS YOU WERE ABOUT
TO DRIVE.
>> YEAH.
WE'VE HAD A PORTION OF 80 SAT
DOWN IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
SACRAMENTO FOR HOURS.
IF YOU'RE HEADED OUT RIGHT NOW,
HERE'S FIVE AT FILHO.
YOU CAN SEE TRAFFIC IS PICKING
UP AND THE ROADWAYS ARE WET AND
SLIPPERY.
LET'S GO TO OUR GRAPHICS.
LET'S HELP PLAN YOUR DAY
BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE RADAR
SHOWING WHAT ROADWAYS AS YOU
HEAD OUT.
A NEW ACCIDENT LITERALLY JUST
HAPPENED DURING COMMERCIAL
BREAK.
EIGHTY WESTBOUND AT ANTELOPE
ROAD.
SO I'M PUTTING A CAUTION FLAG
OUT FOR YOU TO TAKE IT NICE AND
SLOW.
YOU CAN ALWAYS TAKE ALLBURN TO
AVOID SOME OF THOSE DELAYS.
FIVE NORTHBOUND AT CENTREVILLE
ROAD.
THIS IS A MESSY ACCIDENT.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CAR IS
FACING THE WRONG WAY.
WE HAVE BUT IT'S STUCK IN THE
MUD AND DEBRIS.
SO IF YOU'RE TAKING
FIVE NORTHBOUND NEAR SUTTER
ROSVILLE ROAD, I'M GOING TO PUT
A CAUTION FLAG OUT FOR YOU AS
WELL.
YOU CAN ALWAYS TAKE NINETY
NINE.
BUT IT'S A MESSY COMMUTE AND
GENERAL POWER AND ROAD NEAR
GERBA ROAD WE HAVE AN ACCIDENT.
THIS ACCIDENT NOT ONLY IS A
BUSY INTERSECTION BUT WE HAVE
TO BRING THEM IN ALL THE
ROADWAY.
SO AS YOU PLAN YOUR MORNING YOU
CAN TAKE NINETY NINE.
YOU CAN TAKE STOCTON BOULEVARD
BUT TRAFFIC IS A MESS IN
GENERAL AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE
ABC TEENS KEVIN JOHN KEEPING A
CLOSE EYE ON THE ROADWAY SO
THAT TO MORINING THIS MORNING .
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING BIG
BACKUPS, DELAYS WET ROADS.
>> WELL WHAT I'M SEEING RIGHT
NOW BRITNEY IS JUST A LOT
OF RAIN, A LOT OF WET ROADS AS
YOU CAN IMAGINE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST OFF
OF REILLEY BOULEVARD HERE RIGHT
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF I 80.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, JUST REALLY
SLICK WET STREETS IN FRONT
OF US.
WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF DRIVERS OUT
THIS MORNING BUT A LOT OF THEM
ARE GOING SLOW IN TAKING THEIR
TIME.
AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU
IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE HEADING OUT
THIS MORNING AND HEADING TO
YOUR TO WORK OR WHATEVER YOUR
DESTINATION IS, JUST A COUPLE
OF TIPS TO KEEP YOU SAFE ON THE
ROAD.
FIRST THING IS MAKE SURE TO
TURN ON YOUR HEADLIGHTS.
OF COURSE MAKE SURE YOU
INCREASE YOUR VISIBILITY SO
OTHER DRIVERS CAN SEE YOU.
ALSO BE SURE TO LEAVE PLENTY
OF DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND
OTHER DRIVERS.
A GOOD RULE OF THUMB WITH THAT
IS THE THREE SECOND RULE TO
MAKE SURE THE CAR IN FRONT
OF YOU IS ABOUT THREE SECONDS
OR THREE SECONDS AWAY FROM THE
CAR IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND REMEMBER AN ADDITIONAL ONE
TO TWO SECONDS WHEN WEATHER
LIKE THIS WHEN IT'S RAINING.
AND THEN ALSO WATCH FOR
STANDING WATER THAT INCLUDES
PUDDLES ANYTHING BECAUSE
HYDROPLANING IS ONE OF THE MOST
DANGEROUS SITUATIONS CAUSED BY
DRIVING IN THE RAIN.
SO JUST BE SURE TO TAKE YOUR
TIME.
SINCE WE'VE BEEN OUT HERE OVER
THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF, THE
RAIN HAS BEEN COMING DOWN HARD
AND KIND OF SPURTS.
RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST KIND
OF DRIZZLING.
BUT ROB, HOW MUCH LONGER IS
THIS GOING TO BE AROUND IN?
IS IT GOING TO GO WE'RE GOING
TO SEE ANY TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS.
YOU KNOW, WE COULD AT TIMES FOR
SURE.
KEVIN , THANK YOU FOR THAT
REPORT.
AND YOU KNOW, GOING NICE AND
SLOW.
THAT'S THE THING, FOLKS.
THERE'S NO AWARD FOR GETTING
HOME THE FASTEST OR TO WORK THE
FASTEST.
JUST TAKE IT EASY.
THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING WE
HEAR YEAR AFTER YEAR FROM CHP
AND OTHER LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
IS JUST SLOW DOWN BECAUSE THAT
WAY YOU MAKE IT SAFE FOR
YOURSELF AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
HERE'S ANOTHER HOT TIP.
MOST ROADS HAVE AN ARCH IN THE
MIDDLE OF IT TO DEFLECT AND
SORT OF DIVERT WATER FROM THE
MIDDLE OF IT OUT TOWARD THE
DRAINS ON THE SIDE.
SO IF YOU HAVE AN OPTION,
USUALLY THE MIDDLE LANES ARE
THE SAFER ONES BECAUSE IF A
DRAIN GETS PLUG, WHICH IT DOES
VERY OFTEN IN EARLY LEAF SEASON
LIKE RIGHT NOW, THEN IT TENDS
TO HAVE THOSE BIG PONDS THAT
STICK OUT TO SOME OF THE SIDE
LANES CLOSEST TO WHERE THOSE
DRAINS ARE JUST THE TIP FROM ME
TO YOU.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO
REMEMBER THESE THINGS BECAUSE
WE'VE GOT ON AND OFF SHOWERS
THE REST OF TODAY.
ONCE WE GET TO ABOUT 60 500
FEET IT DOES TURN INTO SNOW
WITH SOME WINDY CONDITIONS.
SO IT IS A RAIN SNOW MIX IN THE
MOUNTAINS BUT JUST REMEMBER
EVEN IF IT SLOWS DOWN YOUR PLAN
TODAY IS FOR RAIN AND SNOW
COMING BACK INTO THE AFTERNOON
EVEN IF IT SLOWS DOWN OR STOPS
DURING THE MORNING .
WE'VE GOT ROAD ISSUES.
THAT'S YOUR NUMBER ONE THING
CONNECTED TO WEATHER LIKE THIS
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING
AT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES LATE IN
THE DAY, MOSTLY NORTH OF 80.
NOW IT'S BREEZY FOR MOST SPOTS,
WINDIER ONCE YOU GET UP HIGH.
AND ONCE YOU GET TO TRUCKEE,
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, IT'S A RAIN
SNOW MIX.
IT'S REALLY ONLY SOLID SNOW
OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES AT THE
MOMENT.
WE'VE GOT 50S DOWN LOW AND
YOU'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO WARM
UP ALL THAT MUCH.
NOW I DO EXPECT IT TO SLOW DOWN
AND TO BE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND
SUN THROUGH THE REST OF THE
MORNING .
BUT LOOK AT THE AFTERNOON IT'S
GOING TO COMING BACK AS RAIN
SCATTERED COULD BE HEAVY AT
TIMES.
IT'S NOT REALLY TILL TONIGHT
THAT WE SAY GOODBYE TO THE RAIN
AND SNOW.
NOW WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD TALK
TO XXXX WHEN TESTS WHO'S BEEN
KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON SOME
OF THE SLIPPERY DRIVING
CONDITIONS?
EXACTLY.
CONDITIONS? EXACTLY. BUT YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN LOTS
OF TRUCKS DRIVING BY AND CARS.
HOW ARE THEY HANDLING THIS
SLUSHY SNOW, ROB?
EVERYBODY IS MOVING VERY SLOW,
ESPECIALLY THE SEMI TRUCK.
YOU SEE ONE RIGHT NEXT TO US
RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS I 80 AT KINGVALE WE
WERE OVER AN IED CISCO GROVE A
LITTLE LOWER A FEW MINUTES AGO
BUT WE MOVED UP HERE AND IT IS
SLIPPERY EVEN WHERE I'M
STANDING RIGHT NOW WHICH IS A
SAFE DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE
CARS.
I FEEL LIKE I COULD JUST ICE
SKATE.
IT IS SO SLIPPERY RIGHT NOW SO
CHAINS ARE REQUIRED IF
ANYBODY'S GONNA DRIVE THROUGH
HERE.
CALTRANS IS HERE MAKING SURE
PEOPLE HAVE THEIR CHAINS.
I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT
HAPPENED OVERNIGHT WHILE YOU
GUYS WERE SLEEPING THAT KIND
OF LED TO THIS RIGHT NOW
THERE'S NO SNOW ON THE GROUND
BUT THIS WAS THE SNOW THAT WAS
FALLING DOWN.
RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE
EXPERIENCING IS RAIN.
BUT THIS WAS THE SNOW LAST
NIGHT THE VAN TO YOU AND HER
PHOTOGRAPHER MIGUEL OKANO SHOT
CAN SEE IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
YOU KNOW SOMETHING WE HAVE NOT
SEEN MUCH THIS YEAR YET BUT
IT'S GOING TO MAKE FOR A GREAT
SKI SEASON.
THAT'S SOME GOOD NEWS DESPITE
THESE DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME
OF THE OPENING DATES FOR SKI
SEASON.
SOME OF THEM HAPPENING FRIDAY,
A COUPLE OF THEM HEAVENLY
VALLEY NORTH STAR OPENING UP ON
FRIDAY.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT
TIME FOR THEM, A GREAT TIME FOR
ANYBODY WHO LOVES TO GO OUT IN
THE OUTDOORS AND HEAD OUT IN
THE SNOW COMING BACK OUT HERE
LIVE OR SEEING SOME TRUCKS
STILL COMING THROUGH VERY, VERY
SLOWLY, NOT ALL OF THEM HOW
CHAINS ARE KIND OF PULLING OFF
TO THIS EXIT RIGHT?
YOUR EXIT 171 TO PUT THEIR
CHAINS ON.
BUT AGAIN, YOU JUST WANT TO
STAY SAFE OUT ON THESE ROADS
BECAUSE IT IS VERY SLIPPERY AND
A LOT OF US LIKE ME ARE NOT
EXPERTS WHILE DRIVING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.
SO YOU REALLY WANT TO TAKE IT
SLOW.
BE SAFE AND FOLLOW EVERY LITTLE
TIP THAT ROB GIVES OR ANYTHING
BRITNEY GIVES ANY TIPS THAT WE
HAVE UP