Underway right now. Announcer no one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now, wmur news 9 at 5 00. Adam it is a frigid Holiday Weekend across the Granite State. It s 14 degrees in the queen city now and 16 in portsmouth. Good afternoon, i m adam sexton. Stephanie and i m stephanie woods. The cold temperatures with the gusty winds tonight can cause frostbite in only a few minutes. For a better look at these dangerous wind chills lets check in with meteorologist Hayley Lapoint. Hayley the temperatures for manchester and portsmouth not that cold when you consider we could easily be below zero in those places now. The wind is what is making it worse. Up north, temperatures are already below zero. When you factor in these winds and gusts near 30 and 40 Miles Per Hour, here is how it really feels on the skin. 12 below in portsmouth. Feels more like nine below in concord in manchester. S below the wind chill toward littleton and whitefield. Here is what you can plan on tonight if you have plans
With a look at the timeline here is mike. Mike it looks like the snow that is falling is fairly spotty when we look at doppler radar. Well look at the advisory that is in effect now all over New Hampshire except for the coast. Not a whole lot of heavy snow but just enough along with a light coating of ice to make it slick on area road ways through Early Morning. Notice on doppler radar, a couple of bands of light snow showers building through parts of the state. You notice more snow and even mixed sleet and freezing rain showers developing over southern new england poised to move in here during the overnight stretch. Occasional snow. A dusting. Possibly an inch and we have had everything falling out of the cloud cover in the commute to the north. Rain along the coast. Wednesday and more big changes to follow . Well look at all of that straight ahead. Tom this could be a tricky storm for road crews to handle. Tonight were taking you behind the scenes to see how the state with some hight
Shelley and bring the pets in. Those extreme temperatures may have an effect on how busy it will be on the slopes. Layering up will be key to staying safe. Stephanie woods is live tonight where some skiers will be going into the Early Morning hours. Reporter thats right, hard to believe, it is definitely cold, but as can you see not affecting business here at crotched mountain. Plenty of skiers and boarders out right now trying to take advantage of the 12 inches of snow that just fell on the mountain. But dont worry, there is no danger of it melting. It is 18 degrees right now, and with the wind that feels more like 8 degrees. That temperature is only going to drop as crotched mountain stays open late tonight for midnight madness. The temperature will drop down to 11 degrees by the time the beddington ski resort closes at 3 00 a. M. And the area is under a wind chill watch. They want you to come out and enjoy the fresh powder, but a also want to you bundle up first. Correctly, which is
Greek in colebrook, it is one degree. Good evening, i m shelley walcott. Tom i m tom griffith. We re in the coldest stretch we ve seen yet this season and temperatures will turn dangerous this weekend. Let s go to chief meteorologist mike haddad. Mike we are tracking those dangerously cold readings. Right now, it is a little warmer than at this hour last night. These are the high temperatures for the day. Right now, even though it is much colder, it is a little warmer than last night. Subzero of north. From concord, south and east, between 1020. Twins very light out of the southwest. No major windchill to worry about. The windchill warning does kick we could see windchill as much as 40 below zero. Frost i can occur in as quickly as 10 minutes. 20 below zero. Hampshire. We will take a look at when it gets that cold and when we warm up again if we see snow. And Massachusetts School s a popular time to hit the slopes. Our stephanie woods is live at crotchet mountain where the ski resort i
New hampshire. It is 11 00 and now the snow is falling in parts of New Hampshire. Good evening, everyone. As the night goes on, the snow will change over to sleet and then rain. With a look at the timeline here is mike. Mike it looks like the snow that is falling is fairly spotty when we look at doppler radar. Well look at the advisory that is in effect now all over New Hampshire except for the coast. Not a whole lot of heavy snow but just enough along with a light coating of ice to make it slick on area road ways through Early Morning. Notice on doppler radar, a couple of bands of light snow showers building through parts of the state. You notice more snow and even mixed sleet and freezing rain southern new england poised to move in here during the overnight stretch. Occasional snow. A dusting. Possibly an inch and we have had everything falling out of the cloud cover in the commute to the north. Rain along the coast. What about the rest of wednesday and more big changes to follow . W