With the exclusive accuweather forecast good morning, everyone. Happy friday. Were starting off with some nice numbers here for you. Grab a jacket or a sweater, but the temperature 36 degrees. Two days ago we were starting off at 11. So its really warmed up nicely. Normal overnight low is about 28. So we are above normal, even north and west some cool numbers, kingston, poughkeepsie, 16 degrees. 15 around middle town, 30 norwalk, 30 on long island. So these numbers are nice. Its calm, its quiet this morning. But there is a Winter Weather advisory for tonight up above i 80 and i287 and along i84. There could be a little frozen precipitation. Were going to talk about that and your weekend coming up here with some heavy rain on sunday. Weather and traffic together every seven minutes. Apparently heather had an alligator fall on her windshield. Reporter you heard about that, right . Yeah. Reporter you gotta watch out for those alligators. Snakes on her windshield in this warm and cold, war
Jericho where two suspects exited the car and fled on foot. They were tracked down. Thanks to the work of the Nassau County Police Department working hand in hand with our patrols from Suffolk County. Again, we are showing you a live look at woodbury. You can see police leaving the neighborhood, perhaps a little more confident that they do have everyone here. This one quarter mile of jericho down. Of course, the Police Officer involved in that crash, he is going to be okay. There was one Suffolk County Police Officer injured. He will be okay. Law enforcement just very thankful that this didnt turn out to be any worse than it could have live in woodbury, kristin thorne, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thats the truth, thank you, kristin. More breaking news. New video shows moments after american sailors were detained by iranian forces. Their hands over their heads. This morning they were freed. Eyewitness News Reporter joe torres has been monitoring the developments. He is in the newsroom. R
Evening and tomorrow it will feel like the teens and low 20s. The snowfall amounts are a coating to an inch. That goes until the late evening tonight. About a trace to a coating from the city southward right at the coast. North. We will talk about how cold it gets tomorrow next in the accuweather forecast. Back to you. Lets turn to jeff smith who is in lodi with a look at how crews in new jersey are preparing for the snow. Hey, jeff. Reporter hey, shirleen. Im looking at my accutrack weather alert app. 36 degrees. So, it is above freezing but as the snow showers come in the temperatures can fall to below freezing. That can create slick travel. The salt piles behind me are big. They havent been put to much use during the season so far. Earlier. You can see frontend loaders trucks for the vin you al disperse eventual dispersal and there is another weapon to keep the roads safe ahead of potential snow. With the falling temperatures it could get icy. Yesterday we applied brine to the stree
A deadly accident in Suffolk County is being blamed on black ice. Police say an s. U. V. Lost control and slammed into a Suffolk County transit bus on montauk hay just before 7 00 a. M. The s. U. V. Driver was pronounced dead on the scene. No passengers were on the bus. Southampton police say this was one of 17 accidents caused by black ice over an eighthour period. Speaking of the conditions, lets talk about the temperature and what could be a rainy weekend for us. We will continue to see the temperature rising from this point on. 45 around j. F. K. 42 teterboro. 43 around newark and 40 white plains. These numbers are warm, warmer than normal. Temperatures should be about 35, 36 degrees. Again there will be rain and a rain shower could get into cold air along i84, i80, 287, the thruway here. That may create icy conditions. This will be late tonight tomorrow. You see on the futurecast that i will show you, that will be coming in overnight from this batch of rain to the west. So, it get
Its presence felt in the tri state overnight. This is video from suffolk county. Sparks were flying in selden before a power line came down. Downed trees knocked out power. More than 800 customers are without power in nassau and suffolk county. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans. The wind will be the tough thing today. No doubt about it. Take a look outside, clear skies and 24 degrees. That would feel nice if you didnt have the wind. 18 hopatcong. 25 poughkeepsie. You see we are looking at 23 Miles Per Hour winds at newark, 26 j. F. K. That is Mother Nature getting midevil this morning. Its quite cold. A wind advisory in effect for the urban areas of new jersey, passaic and long island. Wind gust around 45 Miles Per Hour today. It will feel like the Single Digits and teens. Heather is looking at the commute. We will take a look at our mass transit chart. New jersey transit, long island railroad, metro north are doing fine. S