Further. Bp shares jump after it sheds alaska assets for 5. 6 billion pulling out of the state after 60 years as it seeks to boost its Balance Sheet thomas cook agrees to key terms of a rescue package with stake holders sending shares sharply lower as brokers warn it may lead to a delisting of the stock a very warm welcome to street signs big day in italy not only on a political front but we have a little bit of data on the confidence front we have Italian Consumer confidence for the month of august thats fallen to 111. 9 versus july at 113. 3. In terms of business confidence, that has fallen to 98. 9 versus 101. 2 in july so that is below the 100 level. Thats fallen to 9. 7 a ton census looking for 99. 8 and thats dropl whiche have seen in july. So moral taking a hit. He called the end to the coalition and called for a snap election now you just saw there on the screen, the euro trading slightly higher versus the dollar you can see its fairly resilient. Let me bring you up to speed in
A big shift actually. Harvey the edge of the rain, boston, i95, points south and east. It is dry to the southwest. That rain will move through the cape, exiting. In the cold air will continue to flow in. I mentioned it is starting to feel chillier. Slowly, but surely, the wind will pick up and we will have wind and the Colder Weather that is over the upper midwest moving into our region tomorrow. We will only be of the upper 30 s to about 40 in the afternoon, but you compare that with wind gusts, it will feel like some of the julius weather we have had. Phil thanks. Right now the popular restaurant facing new trouble. This time from a local mom. Newscenter 5 s sera congi with the new fight against chipotle. Reporter city officials closed it down the popular Cleveland City chipotle after people got sick fromnoravirus. 140 contracted norav irus. Most of them college students. An employee was the source of the virus. A mother is doing chipotle on behalf of her son who became so sick he we
Doug how about them apples . This is great. Although, as i walked out the door this morning, i said to myself, you are no longer in arizona. It is 30someodd degrees out. It felt like winter. Sera it has been a great december for you to return home because weve had great weather. This weekend though it sounds like it will take a turn. Danielle it feels a lot mover like wintertime out there. Thats what were talking about. I want to show you whats going on currently if we can. Temperaturewise we are in the 30s and 20s across most of the region. Most of us this morning checking in in the 30s. 31 degrees in worcester right now. It is 36 degrees in boston. 40 on nantucket. But its not just the air temperature this morning. We have very strong winds out there, folks. Wind gusts in excess now of 31 miles an hour in pittsfield. Very strong winds coming out of the westnorthwest. It makes it feel more like 19 degrees in pittsfield. More like 25 in orange. So its that wind chill value. We havent r
Kept him off the field. Youre watching wcvb, bostons news leader. Good morning this is newscenter 5s eyeopener. Sera it is a special day here at channel 5. Saturday, december 19. Im sera congi in for antoinette with the lovely danielle vollmar. We want to welcome doug meehan to the weekend eyeopener. Doug thank you, ladies. Nice to be here. It feels really good to be home. Were excited. Were excited to be here. Danielle how about we welcome you with cold weather. Doug it makes me feel like im truly at home in december. It hasnt felt like it. Danielle weve been running 10 degrees above normal for the month of december. Look at the beautiful shot this quiet waters out there. But if you actually look at the water, that wind is going across it pretty strongly because we do have strong winds today, and thats making it feel even colder outside. Worcester. 3 in concord. 35 in portsmouth. 40 on nantucket. On the map. Winds that are sustained anywhere from 1416 miles an hour. Gusts to 25 to 30.
Courtesy of our photographer dave in winthrop this morning. You could just stare at that. Doug not warming things up though. Sera it is not. There is a wind chill out there, danielle. I havent heard you talk about that forever. Danielle welcome, doug. Doug thank you very much. Danielle glad to have you. Doug ive been here since 5 00 so people are over it, i think. Its nice. Danielle sometimes people sleep in until 8 00. Doug good morning. Thank you. Danielle were talking about wind chill values, guys, in the 20s and teens this morning. It is cold out there. If youre headed out first thing, you want to grab a winter coat. Youre going to need it. Even the gloves, the scarf. Its a cold one. 37 degrees in boston. 31 right now in worcester. This is the current air temperature. But then you factor in those winds and theyre gusting now upwards of 35 miles an hour in pittsfield, up to about 22 miles an hour now in boston. And it makes it feel more like in pittsfield. So again these wind chill