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Sara for the next 24 hours and a gorgeous day. Shiri starting off our rain will go from 80 to 88 degrees with a mix of sun and scattered clouds. That sea breeze lefthand side boston and the entire coastline at the lower end of that rain. Town by town and the weather you should plan for the weekend coming up in just minutes. All the way back to dedham because we have a check on live drive time traffic. Thank you so much, shiri. And the patches of fog not really impacting our roads right now. If you want to head out to the north end, a great time to do so. North of the pike, 93 southbound and the pike itself, not seeing any delays. We are starting to see pockets of delays near naponset on the expressway. The worst we saw just about ten minutes ago now easing up, and you can see right here near the gas tank. Traffic is running smoothly. It is going to take 21 minutes on 93 southbound from 495 to the leverett connector. And 21 minutes on 128 from route 1 to the weston tolls. Back to you. W
This is the fox25 morning news. And good morning, everybody. 6 00 on this thursday morning, it is august 18. We appreciate you being with us this morning. I am gene lavanchy. Sara a and i am sara underwood. Warm air sticking around today and meteorologist shiri spear says not quite all sunshine today. She is in the fox25 Storm Tracker Weather Center with where you will find the brightest conditions out there. Reporter yeah, to brightest conditions this morning will be north of the mass pike. South of the mass pike, this batch of rain that thank will be shifting it is lightening up as it goes. It is kind of losing steam and losing energy and that means patchy lighter rain. I havent seen more than a patch of rain. Close to worcester. Worcester at 65 degrees. Worcester at 70. 63 in lawrence staying dry there. Norwood at 59 degrees at risk for a little bit of that morning rain. It is not even going to last all morning long here. Futurecast 8 a. M. Showers from barnstable nicking worcester
Save the life. This is the building that people say the witnesses that were on the scene say the woman actually ran into and we are being told that shes cooperating with police tonight. Its unclear if shes facing any charges. Now, coming up at 5 00, i actually spoke with another witness who was right there as this was all unfolding. Why he said he had to jump out of the way in order to so that he didnt get hit by this driver. Were following breaking news right now. Sky fox live as firefighters are working to battle this fire in hyde park. Sky fox shows the thick smoke billowing from the top of the structure. A number of firefighters, you can see them climbing on top of the building. Fox 25 has a crew on the ground on the way. Well monitor this as the fire fight continues. There are no reports of any injuries at this hour. Developing tonight, a local teen is under arrest for attempted murder accused of brother while on vacation in florida. Newton resident gust ramgren was cooperative an
Interior. We have got mostly clear skies. Visibility not an issue, although in keene, you are seeing lower visibility. I will be tracking this patchy fog could be possible but a bright start. Temperatures climb into the 80s by your lunchhour and into the afternoon mid to upper 80s and mostly sunny skies. And slightly cooler at the beaches because we will be watching for afternoon sea breeze to develop with those winds out of the north turning to the east, but will be an above average day. Sun and the chances of rain that will be increasing through the weekend coming up. A check of your traffic with stephanie. How are the roads looking . Stephanie you know they are actually looking pretty good. A lot of those issues and closures have cleared up. In the last five minutes, that one lane that was closed on 93 northbound has since cleared and this is good news there. Just a bit of slowdowns on the expressway and nothing to worry about too much at this hour. But right now we are looking and