you can see the storm system in its entirety. were in the warm sector right now. cold pushes through later today. well get through with the potential of snow, but theres winds to talk about. of course the record warmth were expecting today. sustained winds through the day. looking ahead through the afternoon and evening, stay in the 20 mileperhour plus range with gusts 30 plus. right now winds are anywhere from 18 miles an hour in akron and canton. up to 26 Miles Per Hour in cleveland. temperatures so impressive. think of it this way. normal highs in the mid30s. the record high at hopkins is 57 today. were beating it. hopefully were beating all of these conditions on the road. drive. good morning. yes, we are beating all of the conditions because all of those incidents overnight because of the rain and strong winds have cleared out. strong winds to the west. in fact, here is a picture of i 90 at columbia road and west lake. you can see raindrops here, but no problems. your drive time on i90 remains normal between 490 and 83 in avon. 16 minutes headed east. back to you. all right. dani, thank you. so weve got the Power Outages and the high water out there. it is a tough morning. this mornings wet weather is causing a lot of problems. lets check in with Tiffany Tarpley to get an update on the current conditions. whats going on, tiffany . reporter well, right now, were just starting to get raindrops in cleveland. were downtown. the high winds, were really starting to feel it. it was just about an hour or so that 90 eastbound reopened. it was just under the carnegie bridge. there was high water on 90 east. crews working to suck up the water. there was part of it open. there was an onramp in this area from 77 that was open to traffic, but, still, for the most part, right at east 9th 9th street here, it was closed. when we talk about road closures, there were also road closures in west lake because of outages there. the power has been restored, but with the high winds, now the rain is coming. that rain could get heavier. youre going to have to be watching out for more Power Outages, maybe because of those downed power lines because of the wind and downed trees. greg told me earlier thats probably going to be staying with us throughout the afternoon. thanks, tiffany. were hearing that Field High School is closed this morning because so many kids and teachers are sick. maureen kyle is following this whats going on, mo . reporter well, in the last hour, Field High School announced classes are canceled illness thats been going through the high school. nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. the school will be disinfected today. the staff is asked to report and classes are expected to the other three School Buildings are not having the open. lynna, back to you. thanks, maureen. now to chagrin falls, the epa will release test results today on whether Drinking Water is safe at the water fountains in gurnee elementary school. student and staff were provided with bottled water. the fountains will not be turned back on until theyre confident that the water is safe. the contamination could be coming from corroding pipes. a man who drove around Railroad Gates and was hit by a train is now suing the railroad company. we talked to john blair about barely surviving that crash in painesville township two years ago. and lights were active for 30 minutes with no train. he assumed the train engines parked nearby triggered the gates, so he went around them. csx is blamed for the engines blocking his view of the oncoming train. where charges are expected to be filed today after a baby and a toddler were revived with the opiate antedote. police say the mother of the 9 yearold boy and girl frantically called for help when she found the kids unconscious. children are recovering at akron childrens hospital. they are now in the countys custody while Police Continue to investigate. texas based craft store michaels is buying up competition based in northeast ohio. company of pat katan. however, they will keep the team and facilities in strongville. after months of controversy tomorrow the Faculty Senate confidence. a no confidence vote is used to show the faculty is not happy with the schools leaders, but it has no effect on the administration. since Scott Scarborough became the president , akron has seen fallen enrollment, hundreds of layoffs, and other issues. the university did not make any comments about this vote. time right now, its almost 6 07. pesty bed bugs are becoming a bigger problem for exterminators. why its becoming even tough to reget rid of them. plus, Health Experts have a thank you concern this morning with the zika virus. this time they say the virus was not from a mosquito bite. thats ahead in your morning news feed. hollie. sleep out of our eyes and staring at this graphic, you may think we have the days messed up. how can this be february 3rd . but it is. were talking highs around 60 degrees. new records, windy, warm, scattered showers. i think well see the showers continue at time this is morning. then well see breaks of sunshine this afternoon with shower chance this is evening, and Still Holding on to the lower 50s. even early evening as youre sitting down to dinner, perhaps. well see how long it lasts. we have your covered. closings, delays, right here. its 6 07. and it is indeed february 3rd. topping your morning news feed this morning, Texas Health Officials say theyve virus that was transmitted through sexual contact. there have been a few cases of sexual transmission. Health Officials say they havent seen any mosquitoes in texas that are carrying the virus. in the meantime, a French Pharmaceutical Company is developing a vaccine for the virus, but that could take years. congress is looking into the law helping people deal with the contaminated water in flint, michigan. theyre looking to increase testing. flints tap water was contaminated after the source was switched from detroit to cutting move. bed bugs are becoming harder to get rid of. a study found the bugs developed a resistance to the insecticides used to kill them. Companies May need to consider alternate chemicals if they notice bed bugs on surfaces treated. in the nation for bed bugs. now, coming up in the morning news feed at 6 30. a broncos player will have to miss out after being questioned at a prostitution sting. thats coming up. controversy about the story and how its being handled. well talk about that. right. well talk about the weather weather. strange weather. greg will be focusing on winds and record warmth. theres so much to talk about. as we get into your forecast here, well start you off with a look at the headlines today. its some wild weather, just in time for our middle of the week wednesday. well have plenty of those to report. wendy weather, too. im sure youre wellaware, as many of you have probably woken up a little earlier because of those winds. scattered chances later on today. we have the middle of the daybreak. so what will happen is well off showers through on and off showers through 9 00 this morning. this is where temperatures will really start to soar into those upper 50s and low 60s. then were going to fall back, low 50s, though, at 5 00. i think it will be later in the evening that we start to see 40s and eventually 30s overnight. were going to discuss all of that. but the wet weather first. and we have more of the waves at this point, compared to the steady rain falling everywhere, but roads are wet if youre waking up. if youre just tuning in, know that it has been raining overnight while youve been asleep. its going to take a little longer and a little more patience. another round of rain approaching canton in star county this morning. lets do some tracking. you will see how middle of the day we do get some clear skies and we see some sunshine. here we are later tonight. and as you are going to bed, just after our 11 00 news, temperatures are falling back flurries are flying. well get lake effect snow showers tomorrow and we could be talking about light accumulation where these snow showers persist. greg, its one of those days. you have winds and potential records to talk about. a lot to cover. the wind, the first thing you will hear as you wake up this morning, the trees really moving around a lot as weve seen gusts up to 20, 45, almost 50 Miles Per Hour just this morning. its the batches of rain moving by that will intensify the gusts. take a look at the wind forecast, these are sustained winds at about 1520 Miles Per Hour to get your wind gusts. by 5 00, they will start to diminish, but notice the direction will also change, and that will bring up the second part of this story. thats the temperatures. areas of low pressure now, the area of low pressure near portions of chicago and Southern Lake michigan. right now theyre bringing in a take a look at the temperatures were expecting this afternoon. you saw it, 60 possible in cleveland today you. earphone to break the record in akron canton. your record high today, relatively low at 53 degrees. then we start looking to the western side of that storm. the cold side. the system. afternoon. look at the temperatures later were talking about high temperatures in the 30s. wind chills potentially down into the 20s. with the cold air coming over the relatively warm and still unfrozen surface of the lake. hollie, were going to be talking about lake effect snow returning to northeast ohio within the next 24 hours. right. so weve got rain gear, snow shovel or snow brush just in case, and cookie monster at the bus stop today. were in the 50s. its rainy in spots. and were all set. hooded coats are a real good option. greg was just talk about those winds. obstacle for you on this wednesday. the record warmth is what its all about. upper 50s as greg and i have talked about, its being conservative. well end up with 60 plus today at hopkins. thats exciting for february 3 february 3rd. and your Window Nation 7day forecast, showing the lake effect snow that greg just told you about tomorrow, where snow showers persist, maybe a coating up to about an inch. 30s, wind chill in the 20s. a reality for you. friday into this first weekend of february, looks quiet, looks quite nice actually. back to seasonal weather early next week. 6 16. tyke to time to check that drive. get a great deal and a great deal more at mike bass ford. good morning to you. despite the rain and wind, we have normal drive times and accidents throughout our region. greg actually tweeted out about 77, seeing some rain in the area. here is a picture of 77 in raindrops in the akron area. just fine. heres 77 in newberg heights. everyone is still getting by. wet roads. if youre driving up 77 north between the turnpike and Summit County and i4 80, its an 8 minute commute. if you continue on to 480, we have normal drive times. john, back to you. 6 17. losers in sports. remember the strong winds, rain, fog, it was fantastic. this one might be even better. dry. this is a 94foot putt on a Basketball Court. a wood floor. hes got good speed. im showing you this because right there. wow. 25,000 now goes to this georgia tech grad student who hugged him and gave him a high five. ive never seen this before. this isnt as easy as it looks on a slick floor like that. he just nailed it. so im just going to say it right now. its the greatest Basketball Court golfer of all time. i know he won the british open, but hes got this title. this will be the second longest putt on the tour last year, and he did it on a court. my other biggest winners are if jackson 3rd and 4th grade basketball team. 62 season and won six games in the tournament, including one the golf ball. you need to do the playby play whispering. 6 19. its a well known Company Trusted by parents, but theres a question about security problem about fisher price toys. this is a look at januarys full moon from ilene and gary. look at it. thats a pretty good effect. 6 22 right now. amazon is planning on opening up more bookstores after developing the ebook market. they say these brick and Mortar Stores are meant to be a physical extension of their website. theres a store in seattle and amazon could open 3 to 400 more. amazon chooses what titles to sell in their store based on whats popular online. theres a security flaw found in fisher price toys that has parents on edge this morning. matt granite is here. you have this developing news for us. this is just one of many possible breaches that we could see over the coming months. theyre calling it a security flaw. i want to put a little perspective into whats occurring and make sure we all know where things stand today. its an honor to spend this time with you. take a look at first whats going on. other groups have discovered security flaws in smart toys tied to fisher price, in particular the item youre looking at. a talking interactive teddy bear. a flaw followed by that major security unrelated hack that we saw last year from vtech, which was hugely significant. this means that someone when theres a flaw, could potentially have access to information surrounding you, your house old, or your child. this is unbelievable. you look at the dat records. we dont have the 2015 data. this is the number of data records stolen in 2014. in fact, were looking at a new data breach every 32 seconds. when you open up the world of smart toys and youre giving your child something thats that child is very small with vulnerable information, could they really live without the smart toy . sure. if your child thinks blue tooth is something in their mouth covered in blue, skip it. we have so many smart things in our lives. when you hand a teddy bear to a child thats linked to your internet, email, honestly, i think were just asking for it. thats just my opinion. we talked about this a month ago with talking toys and your child is talking, and theres noise in the background, numbers can be given out as parents are talking. exactly. were opening up the door to all of this. like the trojan horse. what an interesting looking bear. thanks for the warning. good perspective. things are warming up, but were not done with winter just yet. no. temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s. new record highs, the plan, weve got scattered showers and your commute is going to be a slower one. thats where well really see temperatures boost. low 50s towards early evening before we fall into the 40s and eventually 30s overnight. you can see the warm front moving through. it has generated the rain showers. we even had thunderstorms overnight while you were sleeping. thank you for some of your tweets and the pictures that have come in are just amazing. were tracking snow. maureen, i will let you know when to expect that. all right. hollie, thanks. were following a couple of stories. schools were evacuated after bomb threats were made. also, one school in the u. S. Is getting rid of all holidays. well tell you why someone is good morning, everyone. it is 6 30 on february 3rd. it is 56degree is. now that, sounds like a good thing, but its also causing a lot of problems. right. strong winds, heavy rain moved through while many of you were sleeping. hollie, are we going to be in the clear soon . those winds are going to be with us. were one degree away from tying the record at hopkins. i think were going to not only tie it but beat it. we have showers moving through cleveland, akron, canton. while you were sleeping. yes, its become more scattered. as you can see, theres a lot to talk about with this storm system. its very complex. we have a warm sector. the cold front is still out to the west. that pushes through later today. thats going to bring with it much cooler air. winds, 20 Miles Per Hour plus sustained. gusts have been 3040 plus. so, yes, that is causing some issues. right now, with winds primarily out of the south, were seeing sustained winds around 2025 miles an hour. make sure youre taking a lot of time in that commute today. between wet roads and winds, youre going to need it. temperatures in the 50s. by midday, we see breaks of sunshine. dani is tracking your drive. dani, believe it or not, by tomorrow this time, we could be talking snow. up and down when it comes to the temperatures. we have a Traffic Alert for north royalton. royalton road because of fallen power cables. i will tweet that out at dani wkyc. we have 480 eastbound at i77, a breakdown. here is a picture. the Left Shoulder is blocked. traffic is picking up, but were not seeing any delays in the east. were still gray in that area. were seeing traffic 71 minority just before the inner 71 north just before the inner belt bridge. the jennings looks great. lets check the drive time on 71 into downtown between 480 and 490. its your normal commute. thank you, dani. its 6 32. lets get back to the problems headed out there. Tiffany Tarpley, she joins us live. how there weather affect you . hi, tiffany. reporter hi, lynna. with the winds throughout the afternoon. were here at 90 east. you can see the traffic is heavy. it has slowed down a bit here, but its not necessarily due to any wet roads. of course, this is when traffic would normally pick up here, but it was right here in this area just about an hour ro so ago that it actually hour or so ago when it actually reopened. the roads were closed for a period of time. in west lake, theres an area there in a neighborhood that was closed because of downed power lines. that was bradley road. that power has since been restored, but, again, this is what it looked like overnight here on 90 east. a portion of this area here underneath the carnegie bridge is closed. its back open right now. just imagine if this were to be snow falling this morning. of course were dealing with unseasonable temperatures. were dealing with rain and wind today. again, what you need to be youre moving through, hold onto the steering wheel, but be aware you could lose control because of the winds. thank you, tiffany. were following breaking news this morning. Field High School in Portage County has told parents its closing today because of a stomach illness thats been going through the high school. high school will be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected today. the school says the other three buildings are not having problems, so they will be open. we have new information on the shooting at a cleveland rec center. a man was taken to the hospital last night after package shot multiple times. it happened near the Lonnie Burton rec center. the victim was taken to the Medical Center and theres no word on his condition, and police have not released his name. were learning more about killed to two people. alcohol may have been a cause of the crash. both victims were pronounced dead at the scene. toxicology reports are pending this morning. it was truly groundhog day for Christopher Moore released from jail and sent back to jail less than an hour later. Police Arrested moore again 53