Welcome to the 50s to those of you in the city. Temperaturewise here i think these are even a little underdone and in the 50s here by lunchtime today across eastern massachusetts, central mass a little bit cooler, going to be lower 50s with clouds and possibly some showers from worcester to fitchburg to nashua the reason i say possibly because the nature of these showers is going to be scattered not everybody gets them. It is not going to rain all afternoon long. 4 00 p. M. Though you can see the showers really focus from boston south and eastward, so during the evening commute couple lingering showers over southeastern massachusetts, rest of the area dry, the risk for rain really peaking in boston at one and 4 00, 54 to 62 , developing midday showers, walk you through kind of windy forecast and even wetter middle of the week coming up. Back to you for live drive time traffic. Julie medford down into going as you cross the tobin bridge into downtown. 93 expressway rather bumpertobumper
Hampshire. Maybe you did wake up a lot earlier this morning due to all that wind out there. Sean Mother Nature was a little warm noisy last night. At one point, more than 11,000 people were in the dark. Crews have a down to about 5000. Erin we want to pass along a twohour delay for the conval Regional School district. There is also no preschool in the district today. When is the wind going to die down, josh . Josh a lot of people reported that it sounded like a Freight Train in the distance waking them up. Miles per hour in some locations. Check out this shot. This beautiful sunrise. Mainly clear skies. With the sunrise, you want a few decorative clouds it makes it prettier. Here are the current wind gusts. They have calm some calmed some. You can see the front in the radar imagery pulling away. Wind. Next up is this weather system to our west. Until then, highs today 3545. Sunny and diminishing winds. For a look at the morning drive, we are joined by 95. 7 wzid s deb good morning to y
The epidemic. Wmurs mike cronin joins us live from manchester. Mike . Mike mayor ted gatsas is frustrated with how long its taking to appoint a new drug czar. Governor Maggie Hassans office says shes interviewing people to find the most qualified candidate as soon as possible. This morning manchester set a troubling record. There have been 14 suspected opioid related deaths the most for one month in the queen city. American medical response says the addiction crisis is getting worse. Ive been doing this my whole life. Ive never seen it like this before. Mike monday manchester mayor ted gatsas called out governor Maggie Hassan for not filling the drug czar position. And i think its important that somebody needs to step up and start challenging this at the top. Mike the states former drug czar left his role earlier this month. While on the job, he faced criticism over his performance. Gatsas who is considering a run for governor says more we need to start telling people that if you are c
Im erin fehlau. It could be a big win for donald trump and Hillary Clinton. Erin good tuesday morning. Thanks for joining us. Sean im shine mcdonald. A line of storms blew through the state overnight knocking out power to thousands of customers. At one point more than 11,000 were in the dark mostly in the southern third of the state. Right now crews have that under nine thousand but there is no word as to when all service will be restored. If you were trying to sleep, it was really gusty out there. Josh including myself. One minute before the alarm. Sean thats not too bad. Josh new alarm system ive been working on. Down to 15 in colebrook. A cold front. You can see what it did to northern afternoon in. It is in the 20s in northern New Hampshire. 20s and 30s elsewhere. Here is the current wind gusts. 15 and 35 Miles Per Hour right now through the Morning Hours slowly subsiding out there and look at some of the snow showers that came through with that cold front that rolled on through. Y
Student is charged with rape. 19yearold patrick cower allegedly attacked a classmate in a nearby swamp during school hours. Someone tried to break in and then set this house on fire. Bill shields has the story. Bill . Reporter police do not believe this was a random attack. They think this homeowner was targeted. It was very serious because not only did this guy set fire to the house, but before he did that, he tried to lock in the homeowner. Well, i worried a little when i heard about it. Reporter the quiet was shattered by gunfire. The owner woke up to someone trying to set his house on fire and so he fired two shots from his handgun. A neighbor saw someone jump noon a waiting car. Reporter the homeowner discovered his front door had been jammed shut from the outside and the brake lines on his truck had been severed. Lori sperlings daughter bought the home across the street just a year ago. It sounds like it was a planned thing. Not a random act. I think its safe here. Shes got great