And im chris mckinnon, tgif. The weekend is here. I feel antsy, for christmas, for everything. Yeah, big week. Going to christmas week, right . And actually, were going to keep the trend here with warmer temperatures as we get in to next week. Now, over this weekend, it will feel more winter like with cooler temperatures on the way. Were starting off with warm temperatures and actually low convict, had that rain that moved through and fog has settled in boston. Visibility half a mile or less, satellite picture shows overcast conditions. We have some drizzle with the fog that has settled in as well, but no heavy rain, all the showers have moved out. However, theres a little bit of a low pressure system thats going to help to reinforce more rain chances, primarily along the eastern coast line as long as the south coast in your hour by hour forecast, once we get through this morning, through this afternoon, youll see spotty showers will linger here in the forecast, farther inland to fitch
Starts to spread out. Pretty much none of this is reaching the ground just yet. A few areas of light snow around the hudson river valley. Sleep is starting to move in our direction. Most of what falls will end up being sleep. Temperatures in the 20s to around 30. We are starting to warm up across the islands. As we watch this hour by hour, heres the idea. Over the next few hours, snow starts to hit the ground but quickly. Tomorrow morning, we get the color moving its way in. That is the sleep, a wintry mix. Many areas change from snow to ice pellets. At 7 am, the last of the snow is starting to get off the ground. Essex county will be the last area to hold onto that snow. Midmorning, many of us are into the sleep. This is not really a big event for eastern massachusetts. Brief wintry mix there. Morning, we focus in 495 n. And west. Thats where temperatures will likely stay close to freezing. We will have sleet and raising rain. The line continues north towards midday. Temperatures for
The 20s. Good news. Milder air is on the way. Later today temperatures will be in the 50s and we could be pushing the 60degree mark for sunday. 40 degrees in boston. 26 to start off in fitchburg. 30 degrees in worcester. Heavy winter coat needed as you head out the door. The satellite will show completely clear sky overhead. Some planets visible next to the moon. Ill have details on that and the alignment going o. The starry going on. The starry night for you. Temperatures close to 50 degrees this afternoon for a lot of spots. Most of the day well spend in the upper 40s here in boston but no complaints from us. Well be anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees warmer than average. The warming trend continues into sunday. The dry stretch also continues. I need more coffee. Im not that awake. A dry stretch coming up. Tracking a bit of an ocean storm. Ill have the latest track on that in just a bit. We do begin with a developing story. Investigators shut down a ups storing facility for several hours
Time is focused primarily on operator error. Vasquez was calling for help. This is the official at brain tree station, i have a motor person he has a lower right leg laceration, i need emt and fire here. Reporter vasquez was release from the hospital where he was treated for leg injuries this afternoon. He has been with the t for more than 25 years. Several different transportation agencies there is a big meeting focused on this tomorrow morning and again investigators focused on operator error. In boston, christina hagar, wbz news thank you. At first how am i going to get out of here. So passenger injuries on that train were completely confused by what was happening there, she spoke with people on that train, beth. Confusion when the train was speeding along passing through several stations, the lights going out, and when it finally stopped those in the first cars realized there was no conductor. But plenty of passengers had no idea they were on an unmanned train. It seemed to be a ro
Been happening. So untreated surfaces are still going to be very slippery. Sidewalks, parking lots, your back steps, whatever. There will be a little bit of melting tomorrow as it goes up to the mid30s or so, but mid 40s on cape cod. Could be a little more rain coming up tomorrow night, and maybe a touch of icing in northern massachusetts. So there will be icy areas lingering in the morning drive, but thats it. No rain, and i about 25 degrees. Your full forecast coming up in a few minutes. Our first case of winter creating a mess on the roads. Cars crashing, and tractor are trailers jackknifing, reminding us even a little bit of snow can be dangerous. Jim is is in lexington, where there is part of that traffic trouble. Reporter it got really bad around the evening commuteth. Those black ice surface rice main, ive though the deicers have been hard at work through the night, it still can be very tough on these roads. Tuesdays even commute was ugly from the start. A sixcar accident in lex