Coverage starts right now, this is the fox25 morning news. Good morning, 4 00 on this wednesday, february 3. I am daniel miller. Julie good morning, i am Julie Grauert. Rain is back later today. Meteorologist shiri spear keeping a close eye on radar this morning on the fox25 Storm Tracker weather center. You are expecting some icy spots in the next few hours as well. Shiri look what is happening in Northern New England right now. We are getting a blast of snow. There is a possibility we will get a little touch of snow and sleet and very likely freezing rain out into southern vermont and Southern New Hampshire by 10 00 this morning. After that it will be warm out there. 20s in spots like nashua and 28. Even fitchburg at 29 degrees. Those are the spots to watch for some icy conditions this morning, but we dont have a very fastmoving system here, so by 7 00 this morning, i think we will only get the first hint of any kind of moisture in western more likely by 10 00 this morning, we are go
For republicans, iowa caucus winner ted cruz will start meet meeting with voters today here in New Hampshire at 10 00 this morning. He wont wrap up this final event until 9 00 tonight. Right now, though, we want to check the weather forecast, and for that go to our dedham studio and check in with shiri spear. Shiri good news for those in southern New Hampshire. The rest of the area for the morning commute, mostly dry conditions. We have that little bit of snow falling central and northern new england. For us it is not really flowing until after 7 00 this morning. Starting off pretty chilly. Barre at 27 degrees. Rindge, New Hampshire at 29. Hollis, New Hampshire at 27. And there is concern initially for a little bit of icing in those spots with the 20s. Reading at 30. Milton, 34. Boston at 36 degrees. 29 in mansfield. 30 in hanover. 38 in sandwich. 25 in harwich this morning. And southeastern mass is dry for 7 a. M. , 73 1egs downpour still cloudy by noontime areas north and west of bos
Much more on that coming up, but first check with the rometeorologist shiri spear in the fox25 Weather Center watching rain that will be moving in today, shizi. Shiri could start as a little bit of freezing rain. This is what we have showers for way out west. We still have time before this reaches us and i want to take you through it and point out some spots like orange, fitch some spots like orange, fitchburg, up to nashua, New Hampshire. We have 20s on the map, though temperatures are going to continue to warm this morning 37 morning my concern is when we have a little snip place could start as a little freezing drizzle here, and the time on that will be between 7 and 8 00. On the 3457 on the map at 7 on the map at 7. Boston at 37 degrees. We dont see showers in boston until noontime and the focus of that heavy rain is well off to the north and west through much of your wednesday here. 48 to 58 when that heavy rain hits southeastern massachusetts coming up. Right now Julie Grauert st
Mean we could be facing icy travel between northern mass and boston 41 and hyannis 43 and north and west of the city and by noon time today, even boston getting in on some of the lighter showers and focused across southern New Hampshire, southern vermont and western massachusetts for good chunk of the day. During evening commute, when we will have the messiest travel weather in place, not good news with heavy rain and fog. 48 to 58 for your range of highs, coolest north and west of boston, warmest to the south and east and heaviest rain to the north and west of boston for planning purposes and southeastern massachusetts and when to plan on thunderstorms easing up a bit. Julie pike slow spot is after you make it through the weston tolls and volume still steady and heavy through brighton. Here are live drive times, 43 minutes on the pike 495 to mass ave, 25 minutes on the expressway braintree split to the pike and 495 to the leverett connector. With less than a week until the primary, ca
Is in the Stormtracker Weather Center monitoring the timeline for todays storms. Shiri as expected arriving around 7 00 a. M. In western most new england, you can see that we got just the pops of rain and some pink and blue on the map. Thats where we have the little bit of icy mix falling in spots like westfield right now, inching toward orange here, south heern vermont and keep spots on nashua, keene, i know keene at 37 some of the surrounding towns and spreading through the area at 9 00 this morning, even down into the worcester area, you will be above worcester itself and burbs cooler to the north and west of boston, through the morning hours, we finally get showers in and around the city in time for the evening commute. 48 to 58 , heaviest showers. Julie advice for everyone getting ready to head out the door, avoid the pike eastbound this is what you will experience right now through brighton. It is jampacked. Thats because theres an accident right at the pru tunnel and those delay