live here in sandwich, meteorologist a.j. burnett, doug: hold on there, a.j. on the south shore they're dealing with the snow and watching that next high tide. and in marshfield, they've made changes this year to try and avoid serious problems. antoinette: the eyeopener's frank holland is live near the seawall there with conditions at this hour. hi, frank. frank: good morning. well, the winds are coming prosecute the north and they're gusting at about 35 miles per hour. you can really feel it here. also about eight inches of snow fell overnight. take a look behind me. the ocean, as you can see, right behind me. we're about an hour past low tide. here in marshfield we're not under a coastal flood warning. still this is an area that has been serious storm damage in the past. residents keeping a wary eye on the new sea wall here. with the wind whipping the waves high, the tide testing this new barrier's worth. impressive but nothing like the storm surge that knocked out 80 feet of the the sea wall last winter. last year residents saw their homes condemned-- the m

live in sandwich, meteorologist a.j. burnett, wcvb newscenter 5. just in the north on the south shore, they' re dealing with the snow and watching that next high tide. and in marshfield, they' ve made changes this year to try and avoid serious problems. frank holland is live near the seawall there with conditions at frank? frank: good morning. a chilly, windy morning. the winds are coming from the north, with gusts up to 25 miles per hour. morning. as you can see and hear behind me, waves are crushing against the new seawall. whether it will hold up as a major concern for people who live along the coast. overnight, fast winds and high weights have tested it. it is nothing compared to the storm surge that knocked out 80 feet of the seawall last winter. we took a drive around marshfield earlier. the roads were generally clear. no difficulty driving. but we did see a lot of homeowners working hard to shov their sidewalks and their driveways. many businesses were covered in in fact, we had to help push one woman out of the gas station. the cleanup cont

meteorologist a.j. burnett, wcvb, newscenter 5. you very much. a little to the north of a.j. on the south shore they're dealing with the snow and watching that next high tide. and in marshfield, they've made changes this year to try and avoid serious problems. the "eyeopener"'s frank holland is there. how are the conditions in marshfield. frank: the winds are coming from the north. they've slowed. overnight about eight inches of snow fell here. low tide was about two hours ago. behind me still though you can see some very rough seas. however, we are not under a coastal flood warning. but this the new sea wall is really the talk of the town. residents are concerned about it holding up. overnight fast-whipping winds and high waves already tested this new barrier's worth. those conditions were impressive but still it's nothing compared to the storm surge that knocked out 80 feet of the sea wall last winter. we went around marshfield just a short time ago. the roads were generally clear. no difficulty driving. but we did see a lot of homeowners working hard to shovel their sidewa

meteorologist a.j. burnett, here in sandwich, wcvb, newscenter 5. antoinette: a.j., thank you for and from coastal concerns in sandwich, we head further north to similar worries in marshfield. holland is monitoring conditions there. good morning, frank. frank: good morning. well, here the winds are coming from the north. they're gusting at about 35 miles per hour. also eight inches of snow fell overnight. we are not under a coastal marshfield. but residents are still very concerned about the new sea wall here. overnight, fast-whipping winds and high waves already testing this new barrier's worth. the conditions were impressive, but still it's nothing compared to the storm sturnlg that knocked out 80 feet of the sea wall last winter. it will be high tide at 11:00 this morning. that will be the true test of this new sea wall. residents and town officials are expecting this new sea wall to hold, but they're still also street flooding. live in marshfield this morning, frank holland, wcvb, newscenter 5. antoinette: fraj, thank you. and as we've been sayi

a.j. burnett is in now with a >> minimum wage going up in massachusetts and temperatures going down throughout all of new england. it starts to happen by sunday later on in the date area december 25 teen will wind down in about 45 minutes. historically significant because every single day except for two had above average temperatures. we are running about 11 degrees above average for the month of december and of course, that puts us in the top five four warmest december' s on record. actually it puts us in the top spot. unless it doesn' t get down to -119 degrees within the next 45 minutes, we will stay at number one. it' s not going to happen. it' s been a warm december, but we haven' t episode of arctic air sinking southward. this comes in sunday and behind it temperature start to drop like a rock. not much going on weather-wise out through the great lakes overhead and not much happening here either. not looking bad right now. temperature sitting above freezing, a lot of that due to some

ed: this is a.j. burnett. he is always here working. i want to make sure you know who he is. it is the lake affect harvey: that is nothing to do with the storm we are talking about. look at some of these wind gusts today. getting to 55. boston at 47. worcester, 47. it has been very windy. the wind advisory will stay in effect until 7:00 tonight. we have had some clouds although right now it is mostly clear. that is a steady wind of 26 miles per hour in boston and it is only 18 and worcester today where it is not been back to 20 for the high temperature. wind gusts of 47 miles per hour. after 7:00, the wind will not shut off but it will diminish a little bit so it will not be a wind advisory. it still will be cold. temperatures will level off in the teens during the overnight period in most places. evening in the cold with it being seven degrees less cold. that will help. the storm we are talking about is coming into the west coast. it will eventually drop to the east and then southeast. this bundle of energy and then forming a storm in the southern states that will march up t