This morning, we launch our new 5 on campaign, 5 on veterans. We re focusing on the role our military members have played in shaping the country. Randy we ll feature their stories and also the challenges that many face, and what s being done to help. There are more than 390,000 veterans living in massachusetts right now, according to the veterans administration. The Largest Single Group is those who served in the vietnam war, nearly 130,000 of them. Emily in our coverage throughout the day we ll feature personal stories, from veterans of the greatest generation those who fought in vietnam and post 9 11 veterans who struggle with anxiety and stress. You ll hear how some veterans are using their own experiences to make the road to help and make it easier for others. And see the newest tools in medical and Mental Health and the Research Underway to help with treatment. Randy all that s ahead, but first cindy has the forecast. Rain filling in across the area. Heaviest rain is from plymouth
I am Julie Grauert. Daniel i am daniel miller. A weather alert as the noreaster bringing rains and gust he winds across the area this morning. You can see the rain in this area. So far it was light. What it looked like in boston an hour ago. Fox25 stormtracker meterologist shiri spear sgleoing in on where the zeroeing where the heavy rain is right now. Shiri the rain is over the cape and islands. Things have eased up you since Kevin Lemanowicz was on the air last night. Things intensify through the morning hours. A mild start. 40s and 50s. A steady rain across eastern massachusetts. You can see the yellows near the vineyard and hyannis where it is more moderate and a little heavy little heavier. Futurecast to 6 30, 7 00, winds gusting between 35 to 40 mawrs and the wind might end up being a bigger story than the rain which is somewhat scattered but pockets of heavy showers that will develop between 7, 8, 9 00 9 00. By lunchtime we still have rain in the picture and those winds gusting
That light to moderate rain. Nuisance weather in place for most of us and a path of steady most of us and a path of steadier rain between fitchburg and nashua, New Hampshire. Right now in worcester your winds are gusting at 30 Miles Per Hour. So breeze and rain all during the morning hours. Areas of heavy rain and strong wind at 7 a. M. Temperatures are generally running in the upper 40s. A couple of lower 50s too. But temperatures are barely budging today. At noontime 48 degrees and still windy and the showers will break apart and ease up and will continue to do just that. At 3 p. M. , i have got 49 degrees and a couple of patchy showers left. Dry by 7 00. The clouds tart to break apart and more wet weather into tomorrows forecast. The timeline on that coming up shortly. Over to Julie Grauert though, and keeping an eye on the roads. Hi, julie. Julie shiri, we are expecting the drive times to take a hit because of the volume. 93 south looks good. Route 1 moving along fine. Zakim bridge
Things start to break apart as we are seeing a we are seeing a drying trend. 56 to 64. Steady temperatures and rain and winds steady. What to expect during the evening commute coming up. And speaking of commute Julie Grauert with live drive Julie Grauert with live drivetime traffic. I have a feeling it will be slow going. Julie you are right because when i turn on your radar the roads are very wet. Turn it off to get a better look at some of the main roads. Route 1 moving along fine and 93 south looks good. The volume havent set in most of you getting ready for the day and it will change drastically for you. Pike look. S good from the framingham through the weston tolls and wide open. Live drive times. 24 minutes from the pike there 495 to mass avenue. 2 minutes from the weston tolls to the ted williams tunnel. 10 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the exit to the pike. Sara if you want to keep up to date where the rain is headed when you are away from the tv, get ou
Fox25 Storm Tracker meteorologist shiri spear is here with windy conditions and even, get ready, some flurries to start your weekend. Good morning, shiri. Shiri hey, good morning, you guys. Late night flurries tonight. I dont expect them time pact everybody mostly north and west of boston. We start off dry and partly cloudy with 53 in boston. 47 in beverly. 49 in norwood. Lower 50s out to fitchburg. Nashua, New Hampshire 45 degrees. 54 hyannis. 40s and 50s. And temperatures are pretty much upper 40s consistently at 7 00. This is your best bet for sunshine. The Morning Hours featuring partly sunny skies and then for the afternoon, the clouds end up thickening back up from the northwest to the southeast. At noontime, i have got temperatures in the upper 50s. During the afternoon close to 60, but we dont quite break it 60, but we dont quite break it. And notice we also have to null a couple of spot showers obviously this will be all rain because highs in the mid to upper 50s. A mild day.