Will describe the roller coaster were getting ready to ride. Its sunday, february 7, 2015 6. This is news 5 today. [captioning made possible by wlwttv] jonathan good morning. Welcome to news 5 today. Thanks for joining us. Im jonathan hawgood. This is meteorologist Jennifer Schack. How are you . Jennifer good. Jonathan all aboard, huh . Jennifer which roller coaster, you heard the forecast, which roller coaster do you think well be on . Jonathan the beast . Jennifer i was thinking the vortex. There are a couple of loops coming up. Jbs. Jonathan we got a good break this winter. Jennifer today is 51 with sunshine. This morning, winds helping keep temperatures up a touch. Were in the 20s and 30s. Quite a variation in temperatures. Well climb nicely into the afternoon. All major reporting sites not expecting morning fog. By 1ug a. M. , were at 43. Well be in upper 40s and low 50s under partly to mostly cloudy skies. Dry conditions through the afternoon hours. Late this evening, we bring ba
A touch of orange in the mid section. Jennifer is the moon up yet . Jonathan its a new moon. Jennifer yesterday, it came up an hour, hour and a half before sunrise. Jonathan come to me for celestial information. I go to you for the forecast. I like today, not the rest of the week. Jennifer today, warmer than yesterday. A good amount of sunshine. A little breezy. Tomorrow, we start to change things up. This morning, visibilities are high. Temperatures, not too bad. 20s and 30s. Visibility, eight to nine miles for reporting sites. Temperatures have varied for the morning. We have temperatures in the 30s, lower spot, pooling air has dropped down to the 20s. The station is at 31 degrees. Everyone dry with clear skies. Note cloeds heading into our direction. Well quickly become partly cloudy for the late morning. Getting more active as the cold front arrives tonight. Snow showers for tomorrow and the first half of the work week. Jonathan thanks, jennifer. Several Police Agencies are investi
Temperatures in the 20s late tomorrow evening. Snow showers over the next couple days. We come out of that cold weather pattern and quiet down for thursday. Snow showers on friday. We stay below average into next weekend. Jonathan. Jonathan several Police Agencies are investigating a fatal crash that ended with a man dead in park hills, kentucky. It happened right outside Covington Catholic High School Saturday morning. Police say 68yearold roger Lee Stephenson was hit while crossing the street. He died at the scene. He usually waits for his bus coming this way. When he sees his bus, he crosses over. Looks like thats what he was doing, crossing over to get on the bus. Jonathan the driver is cooperating with the investigation. Kenton county police are overseeing the investigation. He was a father, husband, and avid cyclist. There was a huge show of support from the cycling xhunlt this weekend, honoring a man killed in a hit and run crash in the story. It strikes a nerve with everyone wh
Together for one last ride. It strikes a nerve with everyone who rides a bike. It is the kind of thing this Community Never wants to have, a ghost bike ride. Today is a sorrowful day for the community. Hundreds and hundreds of cyclists came together to give Michael Prater s last and final ride. It is empowering to see this many people are coming out. Just a s show of support. Anchor the hit and run crash which killed the father of two children hit close to home. The driver had Drug Paraphernalia in her suv. There was nothing michael could have done to prevent this. It could happen at any time. It is a scary thought. The white ghost bike is there is a vivid reminder. Bicycling is about people. Whenever people are involved you have experiences like this. Riding bikes was a way of life. Now that his life is gone his life is being honored with the passion he had. We are sad to be here but it is a coming together of the community. Reporter a gofundme has been set up for michael s wife and y