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Doug how about them apples . This is great. Although, as i walked out the door this morning, i said to myself, you are no longer in arizona. It is 30someodd degrees out. It felt like winter. Sera it has been a great december for you to return home because weve had great weather. This weekend though it sounds like it will take a turn. Danielle it feels a lot mover like wintertime out there. Thats what were talking about. I want to show you whats going on currently if we can. Temperaturewise we are in the 30s and 20s across most of the region. Most of us this morning checking in in the 30s. 31 degrees in worcester right now. It is 36 degrees in boston. 40 on nantucket. But its not just the air temperature this morning. We have very strong winds out there, folks. Wind gusts in excess now of 31 miles an hour in pittsfield. Very strong winds coming out of the westnorthwest. It makes it feel more like 19 degrees in pittsfield. More like 25 in orange. So its that wind chill value. We havent r ....
Kept him off the field. Youre watching wcvb, bostons news leader. Good morning this is newscenter 5s eyeopener. Sera it is a special day here at channel 5. Saturday, december 19. Im sera congi in for antoinette with the lovely danielle vollmar. We want to welcome doug meehan to the weekend eyeopener. Doug thank you, ladies. Nice to be here. It feels really good to be home. Were excited. Were excited to be here. Danielle how about we welcome you with cold weather. Doug it makes me feel like im truly at home in december. It hasnt felt like it. Danielle weve been running 10 degrees above normal for the month of december. Look at the beautiful shot this quiet waters out there. But if you actually look at the water, that wind is going across it pretty strongly because we do have strong winds today, and thats making it feel even colder outside. Worcester. 3 in concord. 35 in portsmouth. 40 on nantucket. On the map. Winds that are sustained anywhere from 1416 miles an hour. Gusts to 25 to 30. ....
Courtesy of our photographer dave in winthrop this morning. You could just stare at that. Doug not warming things up though. Sera it is not. There is a wind chill out there, danielle. I havent heard you talk about that forever. Danielle welcome, doug. Doug thank you very much. Danielle glad to have you. Doug ive been here since 5 00 so people are over it, i think. Its nice. Danielle sometimes people sleep in until 8 00. Doug good morning. Thank you. Danielle were talking about wind chill values, guys, in the 20s and teens this morning. It is cold out there. If youre headed out first thing, you want to grab a winter coat. Youre going to need it. Even the gloves, the scarf. Its a cold one. 37 degrees in boston. 31 right now in worcester. This is the current air temperature. But then you factor in those winds and theyre gusting now upwards of 35 miles an hour in pittsfield, up to about 22 miles an hour now in boston. And it makes it feel more like in pittsfield. So again these wind chill ....
With you. Glad to have you back on this new years day. 38 in boston. 32 in worcester. Thats the only reading that is at freezing at this point. Not as concerned with ice this morning if youre out and about early, or late, as it were. Clouds with us through the better part of the day, but we will get some peeks of sunshine, plus we do have some lakeeffect snow showers to our west that could bring some flurries in our direction, so thats why i have a few flurries question mark because most of us dont see it. Flakes flying around the air. We cant rule that out. 38 to 43 for those highs this afternoon with a westerly wind. And a big cold blast on the way for us. Well get to those details coming up in just a few minutes. Sarah right now a serious atv crash sends four people to the hospital. Nancy right now investigators are trying to piece together exactly what went wrong. Well go to Kris Anderson. He has the latest on what were learnin ....