This morning, we launch our new 5 on campaign, 5 on veterans. We re focusing on the role our military members have played in shaping the country. Randy we ll feature their stories and also the challenges that many face, and what s being done to help. There are more than 390,000 veterans living in massachusetts right now, according to the veterans administration. The Largest Single Group is those who served in the vietnam war, nearly 130,000 of them. Emily in our coverage throughout the day we ll feature personal stories, from veterans of the greatest generation those who fought in vietnam and post 9 11 veterans who struggle with anxiety and stress. You ll hear how some veterans are using their own experiences to make the road to help and make it easier for others. And see the newest tools in medical and Mental Health and the Research Underway to help with treatment. Randy all that s ahead, but first cindy has the forecast. Rain filling in across the area. Heaviest rain is from plymouth
Morning forecast. 45 in bourne right now. 39 in marshfield. 38 in taunton. 38 in norwood. You definitely have a couple of cool spots. Malden at 43. Waltham at 42. 43 right now in haverhill. Down to 38 in lowell. 45 in worcester. 29 in town send. And now freezing in nashua, New Hampshire. So your day planner a little bit tricky, 7 a. M. Temps in the 30s and 40s. Dry and even seeing a little sunshine first thing this morning turning cloudy at noontime. Clouds thicken up from south to north. Temperatures rise into the middle 50s by lunchtime. 3 p. M. The cape and southeastern massachusetts that we are going to have to watch for some showers here at 3 00. Boston north and west keeping you dry at that time. 7 a. M. , showers will be spreading around the boston area. I am actually going to give you a timeline on when the risk for rain will end up peeking where you are coming up in a couple of minutes. Now with all the dry weather in place, good news for the morning commute. Julie grauert liv
Boston and even a couple of breaks in the clouds the further north you go here say into the middle of the day and the afternoon. The clouds take over for everybody at 5 p. M. Along and south of the mass pike, we are going to be watching for scattered showers. Heaviest steady heaviest steadiest tough over the cape and islands and will spread northward as we hit the evening hours and especially after 10am after 10 p. M. When the worst of the wind and rain start to move on in. After dry morning, late win and rain for most of us. High 54 to 60 degrees. I will show you how long until we start seeing some improvements coming up in a couple of minutes, but now send you over to jewel yule with live drivetime traffic. How to Julie Grauert with life drive time traffic. How to looking now . Julie looking good. We are embracing that dry morning. 93 south moving along just fine 93 south moving along just fine. Pike, nothing slowing you down from framingham through the weston tolls and into brighton
And all the rain is reaching areas like new jersey, about to make it into long island. So we have a while to go before it reaches us but it will later today. So we start off with simply the clouds on the increase clouds on the increase from south to north. 33 in bedford. 39 in lawrence. 32234 nashua, New Hampshire. Lower 40s from plymouth down to hyannis. And 60 in chatham. So over the next two hours, dont expect much to change. Temperatures will start warming into the lower 40s. Clouds continue to expand northward today. So your best bet of getting a little bit of partial sun in place will be northern mass, southern New Hampshire. Even here at noon i see mostly cloudy skies really across the board and potential for rain down across the cape. Then during the afternoon, southeastern massachusetts, the target zone for some of those showers. By 5 p. M. , an isolated shower could reach the boston area, but further south we have that steady rain and you can see into the evening hours for th
That means youll get heavy rain and strong winds to ramp up. Yellow and orange coming through, 4 30 a. M. In the morning, shiri will be tracking this for the morning drive. Heavy rain through the morning commute. You can see the twist in the precipitation going back this way as the storm center moves off to the east. All the while, winds will be hour. Plenty more to say, Ehillary Clinton e especially a wind advisory. Elizabeth use our fox 25 weather app has Severe Weather alerts, live radar and the sevenday forecast. Free to download to any apple or android device. Mark protesters hitting the streets in boston, demanding actions on wages. They left faneuil hall and are marching to the state hall to take their message to state leaders. Rallies started early this morgue and weve been following them all day. The National Movement is called the fight for 15. Kerry kavanaugh is live outside the state house where workers should arrive in just a few minutes. Within any minute. We have photogr