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scroll down to see teams and pick ours, nbc bay area wazers. that's how you join the community. that's how we help each other out. we'll get back to you right after this break. top story at 11:30. the rain slowly moving out. >>> the weather in the bay area continues to be our top story at 11:30. now the rain is slowly moving out. slowly. >> a live look outside at our ray da in san rafael. here is kari. and, kari, we can see it's still swirling there behind you. does that mean we're going to get another round? >> we are still seeing some scattered showers out there, especially for the south bay and the east bay. the main center of the storm still affecting l.a. and the areas that have been burned. the burn scar areas getting some flash flooding. this storm will continue to impact areas just to our south and also bring in some light showers here. it keeps it unsettled seeing that the low pressure is still very close by. it looks like we will continue to add to our rainfall totals that we've lnt gotten, just a little bit more as we go through the rest of the day. still a swipe or t

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make sure you join nbc bay area wazers that's our team and then back here this is our team. >> there you go. and the purple route in that one is a good one. >> that's right. >> we're going to see the rain in and out of here and we are going to be tracking that as we go throughout the day. this storm system moving in, we can still see it hasn't made it to the north bay yet. let's look at saturday's forecast. once this all clears we will get some sunshine. cooler temperatures, though, with highs in the mid 50s for the coast, the bay at 59 and 61 for the inland areas. sunday is also looking good, just a little bit warmer for the interior valleys reaching up to 65 degrees and this saturday we're talking about baseball season, the a's kick off their fan fest on saturday at 11:00 and jack london square. it will be at about 56 degrees, so still long sleeves but all of that sunshine will make it feel nice and comfortable. then if you are going up to lake shasta still some rain and snow happening there. wintry mix especially during the morning hours with temperatures reaching up to 40 degrees