morning, temperatures finally climbing out of that freezing territory and bedfords for southeastern massachusetts. all lane plain south of the pike. by noonthyme, showers are done. showers will not last us any more than 10:00 this morning. by noontime, clouds are breaking up and temperatures that are in the lower 40s most spots and then during the afternoon, on and off clouds. and by 5 p.m., a lot of the suburbs dropping back into those 30s. highs 38 to 46 today. showers and fog before 10:00 this morning. it turns partly sunny. i have a look at that midnight forecast in just a few. now julie grauert with live drive time traffic. julie, what does it look like out there on the roads. julie: shiri, right now expressway is where i am seeing the highest volume. average speeds of 17 miles per hour as you head past morrissey boulevard. things are fine 1 and 93 south and zakim bridge. fog lingering. be careful of icy spots on the road. over to those live drive times. 13 minutes o
9:00 on december 31st, new year s eve. i m julie grauert. catherine: i m catherine parrotta in for gene. things starting to improve for new year s eve forecast. storm tracker meteorologist shiri spear here with timeline if you re going out to celebrate. shiri: lingering fog northern mass, southern new hampshire and drying out in a jiff here, couple remaining clouds over the cape, see those break apart as well, few freezing spots include bedford, massachusetts, nashua, new hampshire, even orange and a couple spots with potential of slippery sidewalks boston at 36 , so we are warming up, and by 11:00 this morning we are at 40 and check this out by noon time, it is lower 40s in boston and the suburbs. clouds continue to break apart so we brighten up pancreas nicely with sun and scattered clouds through the afternoon and more north you go 5:00 p.m. we have gone from highs in the 40s dropping back into the 30s in several spots, so plan 38 to 46 today turning nice and partly su
for the afternoon and those new new year s eve town by town temperatures in a couple of minutes. julie grauert up now with live drive time traffic. julie, have to watch the fog and potential for ice though in the next few. julie: you re right. i have seen the fog come in and out of the traffic cameras. the slowest i have seen has been on the expressway, but even now traffic flow changed now from red to orange, average speeds 17 miles per hour. 93 south route 1 looking good. as you could see route 1 in saugus wide open. this is usually jampacked as you approach richfeld parkway. 14 minutes route 1 from 128 on the tobin, ten minutes brant split to the pike and 22 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. back to you. sara: all right. so thousands of people will be in boston tonight to ring in 2016. catherine: police say they are ready for those big crowds. they are stepping up security to make sure everyone has a safe new year. fox25 michael henrich is live
but where we will keep the ice and keep it good and frozen will be at gillette. tomorrow looking good for the winter classic. 39 degrees. in for some colder temperatures to kick off 2016. just how cold? topping out in the 20s for a couple days next week. the extended forecast to come in a bit. sarah: time now for fast track traffic with danielle gersh. danielle: thanks, sarah. good morning, everyone. let s look outside at the roads. this is the expressway. traffic is flowing nicely. let s go to the maps. from the braintree split into boston on the expressway northbound, just niens minutes so far this morning. south of town, no issues to tell you about. all green. the pike out to framingham, wide open. your ride into town on the pike has no delays right now. north of town, route 39 from lawrence into boston, looking good so far this morning, so is route 1. take a look at those drive times if you re getting ready to head out the door. the expressway, the braintree split int
western suburbs. 41 degrees in allentown currently, 44 in reading. wouldn t be totally out of the question that a couple of these cooler spots briefly hit the 30 s this morning but we re all going to rebound nicely as we go through the day. keeping an eye on visibility today, there was a hint that there might be some patchy fog around but i m not really seeing much of that at all right now with high visibilities in most of our airports. mainly clear and cool as you head out to the bus stop. 48 degrees by 6 o clock, 51 degrees by 8 o clock. a little milder than it was this time yesterday and again winds are light. and as we roll through the day it is another warm one. by noon we ll be at 71. by 3 o clock, 76 degrees and that is going to be your high today, 76 at about 3 o clock and then by 6 o clock, we re dipping back down into the upper 60 s. karen, it gets even milder over the next couple of days especially friday when we could be challenging a record. i ll have details com