Issues. The discussion that took place on august 23 featured twelve guests from a wide range of the community, Law Enforcement, media, officials and Civic Leaders from the regions most prominent organizations and a member of the clergy as well. To give us a detailed report on how it went down we went to the source, Suffolk County sheriff Steve Tompkins joins us this morng. Why you put this whole event together, a conversation with race. Why is, as a sheriff, endeavor in this area . If you look at Public Safety i see it as an intersection, politics and job training and housing and poverty, transportation. Within we thought it would make Diverse Panel to talk about race and not just cops in the community. We wanted to talk about everything that could affect people as they go forward. Byron did you have any people who were skeptical about putting this together . My staff. Byron really . More so due to timing, we were coming up on Labor Day Weekend and the thought was we should do it after
Hug. It really does. Is it going to be a wet hug . Mike its going to be damp, overcast, gray skies, a little drizzle here or there. But not any big rain event like yesterday. Yesterday, some places picking up almost two inches of rain. Let me show you this system. This has a lot of rain as well. Over the ocean, as it moves northward, we could actually see some real serious flooding in haiti. We could see anywhere from 1 to 2 feet of rain eadsly. Wh t its cutting right here haiti. Yesterday it looked like it would be towards jamaica. Now its haiti and cuba. Even though its a category three storm at this time, matthew looks like its going to slow down as it heads through the bahamas. Thats why were talking about next friday morning that its off the coast of florida. It may have some impact on our weather. The trend is pushing offshore. Well talk more in detail in a few moments. Gray skies, drizzle. But there is some out there as youve stepped out and noticed this morning. Today well look
Good morning. This is newscenter 5s eyeopener. Antoinette it is 6 00 on your sunday morning. And we begin with this live look outside of fenway park this morning where the final regular season tribute is getting underway. That big thank you big papi banner out there. We love seeing that. Good morning to you. Sunday, october 2. Im Antoinette Antonio. Doug im doug meehan. We have the sox at 3 00. We have the patriots at 1 00. Sunday. Mike looks like a gray day out there. There may be some patchy drizzle. I dont think its organized rain, not like yesterday. Yesterday we had soaking rains across the area. It was wonderful. Some people picking up 1 1 2, almost 2 inches of rain, primarily in the southern part of the state and toward the cape and the islands. Ill show you a place where theyre picking up a lot more rain. Hurricane matthew. Matthew has the potential of dropping over two feet of rain in some areas. Thats bad news. Because right now the track is putting it towards haiti. Island o
One more today. Then were into the postseason. But weve got to talk about the tropics. That is ugly. Mike Hurricane Matthew, maximum sustained winds 150 miles an hour. Still a category four storm sitting down here where its been churning. A little change from yesterday. The track seems to be a little farther to the east, so yesterday was looking like jamaica. Now its looking more towards haiti. Thats not going to happen till tuesday. Then it moves will impact the east coast. Well talk more about those possibilities in a few moments. This morning, youre waking up to more gray skies. A little drizzle, especially right near the shoreline. Nice showers down in the cape earlier. Those have diminished and moved offshore. A band of showers toward orange. Not looking for much rain. Not nearly as wet as yesterday. I dont know well be looking at much sunshine and a cool start to your morning with reading into the 40s and 50s. Heres the way it looks through but theres not a lot of rain showing up
We want to head up life to the hatch marketwatch shell for a wonderful event. Meteorologist bri eggers is there. Bri it is not bad, right, we have Memorial Catholic High School from west roxbury, you are here, thank you for your support, expecting more 40,000 walkers to come out, still a reallying start. So you can go whenever you juan to, two, five miles, whatever you feel like. And you are not getting soaked, it is in the rain, it is a mix for us. And cool so you will want the pink sweatshirt or jacket. Looking at the Current Conditions with temperatures in the 50s for of us. 5 pour, 56 in boston. Northeasterly breeze and a mist and drizzle sticking around with us with the temperatures in the midto upper 50s, closer you get to the coast. Theres your onshore wind, it has been sticking i rain for sometime, picking up moisture and bringing it in our direction, but in the ben fishtial rainfall. We have seen very few umbrellas, and you just need the jacket and big smile. Again, here are t