as you can see we're here in taunton, that's the taunton green right there. people are still driving around the roadary right here. people have been out honestly all day long even though there has been nothing open in town except for the post office. now crews have been out here plowing all day long. schools have been shut down. city hall was shut down and a lot of offices are shut down as well. you can see the snow is piled high right here on the sidewalks sidewalks. that's just from friday's storm. it's been accumulating all day since. the ground right here you can just see how much snow has been coming down here all day long. a lot of people in town have just been in their driveway shoveling and they say, you know this is new england and it's winter but the storm is definite definitely been letting up steady but letting up this afternoon reporting live in taunton, kelly o'hara, 7 news . >> anchor: of course we keep a close eye on the conditions right here in boston . >> anchor: the storm is on friday and today giving kids an extra long weekend. city. what

given the fact it's the end of 40 right now proprovidence to taunton. there's cooler air north and west. 28 in keene and the teens in burlington vermont. we have had had showers overnight mainly alodge south coast and cape. -- along the south coast and cape. we will see increasing sunshine through the course of the morning. quiet start to the week. your planner goes this way, sunrise at 6:31. temperatures will dip a few more degrees right around the freezing mark. up to around 40 again by lunchtime so seasonal. the wind from the north northwest about 5 to 10 miles per hour and fair and quiet heading into the ride home. temperatures in the mid-30s andset at 5:25. we will -- and sunset at 5:25. we will breakdown details coming up. traffic and weather together back to reality today. >> reporter: good morning. school vacation week is over so we can expect increase in volume. let's look at the expressway no trouble from braintree to routes from the south look fine. same from the north as we pop up that map. it's early and that will change in the next half-ho

. -- below in taunton. 11 below in keene. there's a wind that's not going to be nearly as strong as yesterday but creates a real feel subzero across the board right now. 8 below what it feels like in boston. 16 below zero in worcester and 10 behoe in concord. and 18 below in portland maine. we have clear skies so we will start with sunshine and the clouds will advance in pretty quickly. that's ahead of a disturbance to the south a lot of moisture areas of snow right now from dc back to virginia and north carolina and more moisture down to the south. this is going to develop into a storm and track to the west of new-land which is a warmer scenario, but we had record cold and 50s tomorrow. there has to be some sort of transition in between. and that comes in later this evening and overnight tonight. cloud will thicken up but snow will arrive between about 4 and 8 p.m. across connecticut and western massachusetts and through worcester county. between 8 and 10 it fills in for a lot of massachusetts. notice the transition over to

and -- nashua and 64 is the record and 61 in taunton. a there's a lot of sunshine but the clouds have been bidding in and that's going to continue eastward. so you will notice inside 495 and 128 over the next hour and a half is the sunshine is going to fade away a bit behind the building clouds. otherwise, we are still in the 50s and right on through the late afternoon and through the evening commute. gradually we cool into the 40s as the front crosses the region and did you see that an isolated shower from the south shore down to the cape this evening. 8, 9:00 by 11 clearing the comes in tonight. we drop into the 20s in the suburbs and about 34 downtown. it won't be nearly as warm above average stretch. through the rest of the week and the month coming up in a few kathryn. >> this is always a good time to remind you to check your forecast any time with the cbs boston weather app it's free in the google and apple app stores. >>> now at noon a 3-year-old from roxbury is at boston medical center. hurt. police responded to the home on alpin

the chase ended in taunton where the taunton chief threw down spike strips to puncture the tires, and the attleboro chief also in pursuit rammed the car's bumper. >> as the vehicles were approaching, i stopped traffic. i've ever been in. randy: two suspects are now facing several charges. emily: 5:39. live updates ahead from the iowa caucuses. the new momentum in the republican race. and looking ahead to next week's new hampshire primary. the ground game ramping up today. plus police say a would-be burglar had some pizza and then got comfortable. the decision landing him in handcuffs. it's ahead. and some live pictures here from punxsutawney, pennsylvania, where it is the 130th anniversary of ground hog day. a little later this morning, punxsutawney phil coming out to tell us whether or not there r is happening at dunkin'. come in today to get any sandwich for $2.99 after 12:00 p.m. oh-oh, oh-oh t oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-ooh, oh hearts are made for sharing. r spread some sweetness with dunkin' donuts' t cookie dough and brownie batter donuts. heart-shaped happiness too sweet not to sha

over to 140 in taunton. here why, you live drive times. 29 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass avenue. 25 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike. 34 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. gene and sara, back to you. >> gene: scary situation for parents. predator who is reaching out to middle school students. >> they say that the kids are getting requests on instagram that lead to pornography. fox25 michael henrich has the warning from northborough. >> reporter: a user name, pass >> reporter: a user name, password, the recipe to be anyone on social media. north shore police doll a dangerous problem. >> clearly an avenue for a lot of predators to lure kids in. >> reporter: the department posted a warning on its facebook page saying someone posting as middle school student sent real middle school kids follow asks on instagram. then if they accepted, sent them pornographic pictures. police are worried that the predator could ask kids to send revealing images back. the ac

now coming through quincy with wet flakes and extends through bridgewater and brockton into taunton. and in some deeper yellows and oranges that's where we are seeing precipitation come down harder and wet snowflakes mix in as well. new bedford back up to plymouth so gib or take. north and west of boston this is the band we are concerned within terms of steadier and moderate snow from the city of worcester back up to paxton so marlboro is back up through lowell and drake so along 495. this will shift a little bit farther to the east over the course of the morning. so we will watch the rain snow line closely and, of course, the wind thankfully pamela not a big issue with the storm but it's a little gusty this afternoon. >> yeah. the wind does pick up later today. but we want to first go to the hour by hour forecast because temperatures play a huge role and looks like we will have some snow transitioning to rain even for our fren to the south. as we get towards the later part of the morning. so that snow will start to pile up in boston in bedford and taunton especially where we get the

not a bad start to the day. 38 in lawrence and 39 taunton back down towards falmouth. well. and what you will notice is a bit of a wind that southwest per hour right now sustained. may gust occasionally higher than that and so that will create a little real feel. this morning it feels like 24 in worcester and 30 in boston. the clouds are with us but they will gladually break apart and thin out a bit and -- gradually break apart and thin out a bit. partly sunny. and 50 by the afternoon. that's how less wind is dragging in the warmth. clear and quiet in the upper 40s with the sun set at a--- 5:32. i am tracking a couple showers. >> thanks so much. >>> we are going to check our top stories now. we start with the sad story of virginia police officer that cas killed in the line of duty on her first day on the job. ashley guindon was one of three officers shot while answering domestic disturbance call. one day after she was sworn in. the suspect's wife was dead a child in the house was not hurt. one man is now under arrest. police described him as a member of the military. but the

nashua seven degrees, 25 in boston, taunton 12, 21 in chatham, the fresh snow pack overnight and a clear sky allowing for most of the heat to escape from the atmosphere. that's the way temperature -- that's why temperatures are so brutally cold. wind chill temperatures running in the teens and single digits here. feels more like seven degrees in worcester, 16 in boston. and later today, we'll get a little bit of a wind shift coming from the southwest, helping to increase temperatures just a little bit. but also, helping to keep the wind a little bit gusty later today. feeling a little uncomfortable at times, hour by hour forecast, temps in the 30s, 36 degrees by noon and high temperatures will be in the mid to upper 30s across the board. lows tonight, back in the 20s with some teens likely in the suburbs, again some icy spots expected. and our next big question: when are we going to see snow and from what system? it looks like we have two chances in your hour by hour forecast. it's going to stay dry the next couple days. sunday 8:30 p.m. starting here. the low pressure system right off t

near 60 bedford taunton at 60. 50s on the cape and 57 in boston. 20 degrees above the average for this time of the year. we will be colder tonight. 20s in the suburbs. 34 downtown and highs tomorrow do manage to climb into the mid to up 40ers. a lot of sunshine and it looks like a beautiful tuesday and above average through the middle and end of the week. wednesday the wettest day and thursday we get clearing that comes in after some morning showers linger and friday more normal for this time of the year. the weekend looks good and the sun and clouds rising into the 40s by sunday. visit second graders last thursday as the spring -- ready spring street school. in shrews beery -- shrewsbury. they are about to begin the weather unit and they learned about clouds and hurricanes and tornado and pamela what blast. traffic be aw -- and weather. >> reporter: shrewsbury the home of paula ebben. a little bz trivia. >> you were. >> reporter: in clinton. >> awesome. >> reporter: i was playing football with my sons. >> it will be beautiful again today. >> reporter: i had to delayering taking off. >

now, we are right here at 140 in downtown taunton. you see the parking ban here in place in the city. if you don't move your car, it will be towed. they need to plow these streets. schools have been shut down and city hall was shut down as let me tell you, on the way down here, it was slow-moving and the highways are slow to be plowed. please be careful. state police did say... let me step out of the way. i don't want to get hit by a plow right here. they are out here plowing obviously, stay clear of them because this can be obviously dangerous. now, this is the snow bank look how big it is. it is just only going to get then right here, we clear the spot off a few minutes ago. you could see all the snow that's accumulated in the last few minutes. it is really coming down right here. in taunton. roads are being plowed down here. police have extra crews out. so do state police. you have to be careful of these roads. because, well, the roads are a little bit scary. reporting live in taunton this afternoon, 7 news. >> christa: you can't s

thin clouds stretched across across the outer cape and nantucket. 25 in bourne. 23 in taunton. good morning in boston at 27 degrees. the last of your clear skies in place. 20 in norwood. 21, boxford. 24 in framingham and you can see those thicker clouds in worcester at 20 degrees. 23 in town send. 16 degrees nashua, new hampshire. teens and 20s this morning. 7 a.m. a temp of 20 degrees. a wind chill of 15. i know that is not a big travel through the day and temperatures hold steady in the upper 20s at noontimed and 3 p.m., wind chills are dropping and feel like 10 at 3 p.m. because of the breezy conditions and at.7:00, feels like only 8 and the start of bitter wind chills. i will show you how much colder it is going to get by the weekend in just a couple of minutes. julie grauert up with live drive time traffic and some of our easy going roads right now. >> julie: yes, we will take it >> julie: yes, we will take it. 5:30. still a nice time to leave the house especially when you have shiri's forecasts. cruising from 228 in rockland. and major roadways that feed 128, 95 rather an

in the 20s in keene and 41 in taunton and providence. fairly mild start to the day. we will be cooling off a bit over the next several hours. there's a bit of a real feel out there. real feel is 31 in boston. breeze. the wind won't be that strong today a couple showers overnight too southeastern massachusetts to the cape and rain showers for the most part and now there are clouds still in place but they will also be clearing out too. we are in for a good amount of workweek. high pressure is building into the north and then we turn our attention to the south. it gets unsettled from late part of the week. what does it mean for tuesday? not a lot. but with an onshore flow we quickly and turn overcast tomorrow but much of the day is spent dry. there may be a stray flurry that is about it. one little wave of low pressure though along the warm front will bring a band of rain and some wentry mix across the interior -- wintry mix across the interior tomorrow night and early on wednesday. the map at 7 a.m. wintry mix outside of 495 into southern new hampshire. rain for everyb

when she left work in taunton to pick up her son at daycare but never showed up. today her husband clifford was notified by detectives that she was found and left the holbrooke home to head to connecticut and reunite with her. the dumb's son is currently with residents. police here in hoe brook say they have not spoken to the missing mom so don't know anything about the circumstances that led to her disappearance. >>> a cambridge officer on administrative leave has allegedly been cited. the 28-year-old officer was off duty at the time, the woman was rushed to the hospital and since been released when he ran into her. >>> a man under arrest after falling flat on his face during a field sobriety next way hoth moth. police say he is the one responsible for a chain-reaction crash that seriously injured a man who was walking on the side of the road. 7's dan hausle joins us with what else we've learned about that driver. dan. >> well, ann, the arraignment was just here in the southshore hospital. prosecutors said the suspect's equivalent blood alcohol level was 3.6. ton

the chase ended in taunton where the taunton chief threw down spike strips to puncture the tires, and the attleboro chief-- also in pursuit-- rammed the car's bumper. >> as the vehicles were approaching, i stopped traffic. >> i've been in pursuits before but this was the longest pursuit i've ever been in. randy: two suspects are now emily: 6:40 this morning. live updates ahead from the iowa caucuses. the new momentum in the republican race. and looking ahead to next week's new hampshire primary. the ground game ramping up today. plus police say a would-be burglar had some pizza and then got comfortable. the decision landing him in handcuffs. it's ahead. and some live pictures here from punxsutawney, pennsylvania, where there is a huge crowd hoping to see that ground hog come out. will he see his shadow? just a few hours from now, we randy: good morning. we have a jam-packed "news to go" with crews in iowa, new hampshire, boston, and melrose. emily: but first cindy has your forecast. for today, a little cooler. cindy: we are. compared to yesterday's 60's. emily: the first of may, you m

upper 20s from taunton to nashua at 28 degrees. clouds have been increasing but they are the high thin ones right now. they will increase and thicken during the course of the morning. rain advances across central new york make slow progress east. hour by hour through the morning commute, no worries about any wet weather. there may be a couple pockets of rain lifting through the region. early to mid afternoon the rain advances from west to east. notice temperatures rise into the lower 50s at that point. the steadiest rain will come through right during the evening commute. so it looks like after the evening drive we get down pours and a rumble of thnder from south coast cape and islands staring a -- tearing a few leftover showers on cape cod. rising through the 30s a little sunshine up near 50 by lunchtime and we want the umbrella rain advances from west to east and it will be around for the ride home. much more coming up in a couple minutes. >> thanks very much. in new hampshire. tonight the two remaining democratics candidates wil

mid 50's in taunton as well as marshfield. mid 40's in worcester and toward the merrimack valley. again sunshine to start. clouds through the afternoon. tonigh we drop back into the 20's and 30's. we're borderline by the cape. that's why i say we're going to start off with some rain but may turn over for a period of some light snow. here is is the timing offering. across the area. a chance for rain really along the south coast, the cape and the islands. i think it could creep up as far as probably plymouth but that may be the extent of it. southeastern mass really is the only one affected by this. notice by about 5:30, 6:00 here we go of seeing that turnover for a brief period of time and then it's quickly out of here. and monday it is dry, sunny and turning colder. in fact, tomorrow your high temperatures upper 0's and low 40's across the area. so we're dry on tuesday and most of our monday. our next system starting as some snow on wednesday but quickly turning over to rain and the heaviest rain really coming in it looks like thursday morning into thursday afternoon. let me show

it's a little milder. 47 in taunton and providence and cooler north and west of town in the mid-30s in keene. 39 in nashua and the sun is shining we have had a few scattered clouds that mixed in. the wind not that strong and a touch of a jolt to the air. there will be additional clouds that increase through the evening. maybe a flurry or two overnight overall pretty quiet heading into tomorrow morning. and then after that, things start to change. we will time out the snow and rain hour by hour and the wind gusts in a couple minutes. >> all right thanks very much danielle. >>> now at noon a atelbor yes man is due in court on drug charges. >> police say a call about a drug overdose led them to nicole jacobs is live with much more. good afternoon nicole. >> reporter: good afternoon to you kathryn. robert acheson has not gone before the judge here but it was this weekend just yesterday that he was reportedly treated for an overdose and then arrested for allegedly marveling a meth lab. police were called to the atateelboro neighborhood for a reported drug overdose. man was taken to the hosp

essentially, starting off close to foxboro, attleboro, down into taunton. down through much of southeastern massachusetts. temperatures right around 33-34. that is heavy wet snow. in terms of an inch of liquid, that would basically equate to eight inches of heavy wet snow with the storm system. that is a little tough to shovel in this event here. over to danielle. >> danielle: thanks, chris. right now those temperatures in the 50's. as we head into the overnight that, cold air works in from the west. 2:00 a.m., notice temperatures have dropped. we are still in the upper 30's, low 40's. so these numbers probably supporting rain. and then that changeover by 7:00 a.m., temperatures are right around freezing. so these are probably numbers that are supporting snow. and then these numbers are stick with us through then into the afternoon. so much colder air is moving in. definitely going to be very messies for your commute tomorrow morning. especially between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. roads are going to be slick. going to be a mess out there. still messy for south

notice taunton making a run toward 60 today. upper 50's through the merrimack valley and worcester 52. not a record these temperatures. the records are in the 60's nonetheless. it looks like a warm start to the month of february. let's get you out to the door right now. check the roads and see how we're doing out there, kevin. kevin: not too bad out there. nice and quiet. if you're taking the mass pike so far so good. we have our first trouble spot of the morning. it's down in the south. 495 southbound. reports of a crash. right by route 1a in that wrentham stretch. sounds like the two right lanes are being blocked. you'll get a minor slowdown getting by that. 95 is looking good from rhode island up into canton. no troubles on 24 or route 3, 128 or 93 northbound here. getting bus ear aroaching route 37 on to the expressway. the expressway start to go get some pockets here especially between granite avenue and columbia road. now a portion of columbia road is shut down right now for and mass avenue. area. no troubles up to the nor

we're making a run toward 60 degrees in taunton. we'd have to get to 66 to set a record at boston. 61 in worcester. that's not likely happening today. this cold front though is approaching. it will cloud us over this afternoon. and by about 5:00 or 6:00 there might be one or two showers here down along the south coast and the cape. we'll clear it out tonight. 20's and 30's out the door tomorrow morning. tomorrow is a quiet day. and then the rain comes in on wednesday. big storm system coming in from going to make showers for the morning commute on wednesday. the real heavy rain comes in lunchtime through the afternoon. going to be some downpours this. thunder. rain out of this. it's out of here on thursday. the temperature trend is down. we're going to be back down in the 30's friday and next weekend but that is (coughing. this (normal for this time of emily: okay, fine. have flonase allergy relief nasal spray. this changes everything. flonase is the 24 hour relief that outperforms the #1 non-drowsy allergy pill. when we breathe in

look at that we are shy of 50 right now in taunton. 34 in nash. ua. cooler north and west of theboston. clouds are in place increasing during the day ahead of a cold front back to the west that will bring a couple isolated showers spotty showers later today. so, rising through the 40s this morning. 56 by lunchtime today. a abundant sun and clouds. winds will shift to the northwest later this afternoon. we are going to be right around ride home with an isolated shower along the south coast. we will stay mild this week and talk more about it in a couple minutes. >> thanks very much. >>> breaking news in boston, police are investigating an accident involving a woman in dorchester. she was hit by a car and possibly dragged near columbia road. we are told police are also looking into an earlier report of a pedestrian hit in china town. police checked out both scenes and we have a crew on the scene gathering information. we will have a live report at 5 for you. >>> we are following breaking news in roxbury. a 3-year-old taken to boston medical center. polic

they will now be treated in a medical program in taunton. emily: a look at your health now. a new travel advisory over the zika virus. the centers for disease control added jamaica and tonga to the list of places where the virus has been transmitted by mosquitoes. pregnant women or women trying to get pregnant are urged to avoid travel to impacted countries. the zika virus is linked to a birth defect called microcephaly in which babies are born with unusually small heads. challenges very well. alainah is 15-months old. 24 weeks into pregnancy, melissa therrien says doctors noticed that alainah' s head was not growing. she was born prematurely. the cause of the condition is not known. >> i want to give them the foundation of having support, because of something i have not found. he is our own little unique baby -- she is our own little unique baby. would of never learned. emily: alainah' s pants are case her speech never fully develops. randy: your economy headlines. honda is tacking on another 2.2 million vehicles to its recall over takata airbags. the inflators can explode

but still freezing rain from brockton to fall river -- taunton and fall river. that cold air is very stubborn. most of what falls tonight will be areas of freezing rain. so some really treacherous travel leading into tomorrow morning. most the day tomorrow, not much is falling out there until the heavy, heavy rain arrives for the evening commute. so tomorrow morning out the door, where will it still be icy? northern wooster, far eastern massachusetts, new hampshire, and the river connecticut of the state. we won't be dealing with any ice. and then the heavy rain developing for tomorrow evening along with wind. we'll talk about that coming up. lisa? >> thank you, eric. >>> breaking tonight, frozen pipes bursting are causing >> and making a huge mess at the merrit hotel. kate? >> it's a dangerous situation here at the crowne plaza hotel. the power has been cut. pitch dark here. guests are relocated. fire crews are still on the scene to make sure this is a safe situation. but this is a problem all over the place today. >> what's happening is we had a major water le

over 32 from chatham to taunton. we will talk about the wind in a second. the live doppler a lot of southeastern massachusetts finding a band of showers that's still with us. when you get north and west of boston. it makes a curve inside 495. a couple showers inside 128 as well. zoom in a little bit and when you get from whalean -- whelan to nadic. traveling along 95 from georgetown and port and southern new hampshire and there's steadier rain to the west. we have a ways to go and the process rising through the 40s into the 50s through the evening midnight 59 is the record to beat. we may come close to it and even tomorrow morning, we are the mid-50s. very warm start to the thursday. now there are areas of snow back across central new hampshire and western and northern maine. so ski country is not all out time around. notice the back j true central yeah. between now and 2 -- opinions vain yeah. >> between now and 2 or 3-- pennsylvania. between now and 2 it may let up. especially towards the tail end of the commute. there will be pockets of light rain and sh

he was part owner of plane he kept at taunton airport and he was retired but worked part-time at salvation army to pay for the upkeep. >> lost a friend of his recently. came to work out at local ymca. everyone who knew him still left with so many questions. >> he was just that guy and somebody came in to rob him and said and have a good day. >> jessica: this is not only investigation by the wareham police department but plymouth county d.a.'s office and neither one has any suspect or possible motive. live in wareham this morning, i'm jessica reyes, fox25 news. >> sara: >> daniel: new this morning learning more about the tractor-trailer trash that struck overpass oneeb lane past the exit for 84 and sturbridge. our photographer was on scene around 2:00 this morning, and as you can see truck smashed into pieces across the highway. traffic once again moving. >> julie: local woman charged with setting deadly fire may spend the rest of her life melissa pfeiffer found guilty of second-degree murder and charged with setting boyfriend's clothes on fire on christmas eve in 2010 fire spread to anothe

current temperatures in the 30s and low 40s. 40 taunton 49 in boston. worcester to 31 and it's really cold compared to yesterday. 24 hour difference 16 degrees colder in boston 24 degrees colder in worcester and 29 colder in keene. the wind factor gusts tweep 30 and 40 miles per hour andn lot of spots. once you get along the coast, a little lesser of a gusty wind but still, a factor enough to make it feel colder than what it is out there. feels like 28 in boston and 18 in worcester and 19 in keene. sure to have the heavy winter code can he as you -- coat as you head out but the sunglasses a few passing clouds will progress through the afternoon otherwise temperatures reaching their peak around 40. winds stay strong from the north. lows tonight back into the teens and 20s and a little icy start to the day for saturday. but rebounding nicely with 40s. saturday night, not as cold. 32 degrees. looking ahead to sunday, awesome. 52 some clouds to the north and otherwise much milder. and it looks like the milder temps will be here for the long- term forecast a

and temperature right now is running 32 degrees in the city and lawrence and mid to upper 30s from taunton back to the cape right now and it doesn't notice? and that's in part because of the wind is not as strong as out there. between 1 and 3 we gain a couple more degrees in boston and should come up to 38 and cool back through the 30s as you notice the cloud increase rapidly here through late afternoon and evening. so enjoy the sunshine while we have it because the sharp edge leading edge of the cloud coming in to western massachusetts right now and then you run into the little bit of snow. see how thin it is? this is going to be working east here. aid thin band but there's pretty good snow coming underneath that a sign of the warmer air pushing in. notice temperatures right now in chicago 59 degrees. 61 in indianapolis and 61 in cincinnati and we get a piece of that heading our way for the weekend. so hour by hour between now and 3 or 4 the clouds increase. they thicken this evening and we stay dry right on through the evening commute. no weather related issues. snow advance in and notic

we are near 50 from taunton to new bedford. upper 40s on the cape and 53 on tan nugget -- nan tublght. the warm air will -- nantucket. the warm air will continue to surge in overnight tonight. couple showers and a gloomy feel. zooming into a few from taunton to the north side of lakeville and carver and shower coming through. same when you get duxbury beach a quick shower. but additional rain through new york that's the next batch that builds in through the afternoon. and then we got our storm system to the west. right now in illinois and indiana. and there's a 240r neighedo -- tornado warning in parts of north carolina. we are not getting the snow on the backside. we are really pulling in that warmth and talking about warming temperatures overnight. so with that, any leftover pockets of freezing rain in southern new hampshire down over the next couple hours. through this time we get to the evening commute. still areas of rain even some downpours generally outside of 495. notice the cape is generally removed. we have scattered

it is your 50 right now in boston, 51 in worcester, 57 in taunton. to the north, we are above the freezing mark after a very icy time this morning. you can see radar picking up on a few lighter showers. fly these into motion, south to north. to the south. as this continues to lift northward to the west, and will continue to pump in the wind, the warmth, but also dry showers into our area. through about 3:00 this afternoon, the focus of these downpours is to the west of the worcester area. thereafter, they come on through. this is during the evening commute before this line ships offshore at about 9:00 this evening. talking about don asked downpours between 4:00 and 8:00 drainage flooding. general outsider. come down. there is the potential for damaging wind up to 60 miles per effect. much more to say about this in a few minutes. erika: now to the dramatic rescue in boston harbor. morning after a tugboat sinks in newscenter 5' live in east boston with the harrowing rescue, sera? sera: this is quite a dramatic story. this is a life raft with a tebow. b

snow days are fun days here in taunton. kids not having to be in school taking advantage of their day off. sledding. we found their parents having some fun too. >>> what are you doing today? . >>> you don't want to stay inside? >>> no . >> reporter: it's a nice day, good snow conditions, we figure let's go sled. figured might as well have some fun . >> anchor: across town marcus pemberton isn't having as much fun. instead of shredding he is shoveling "they are not in school. they have to get out and do something . >>> we're not even seeing kids around at all . >>> i know they are all inside on their phones. these two got, we agree at a time, we all came out and did this together . >> reporter: the bristol currently community expecting to see anywhere from six to ten inches from this storm. winter weather closing schools again with city hall an even a parring ban in town. most we met didn't seem to mind a few flakes every now and then . >>> i love the snow. it's fun. >> reporter: the snow was fun today for obviously those fo

it's through boston and taunton and across the, pressway and we are raining towards the cape and notice temps are coming back. so at this time it's at snowing at a good clip and into the heart of the morning drive we should see heaviest snow developing especially from essex through boston and into rhode island. this is where we will see some the morning. temperatures are borderline snow. this is like cement coming down across much of the region. and by late morning, finally the cape. so most of your snowfall is afternoon. the end? we head into the afternoon snow wind down in the boston metro its way off toward the east a lot of moving parts and the forecast is different than last night. and storm track taking more of a westerly jog so a broad corridor here of 4 to 8 inches of heavy wet snowfall into the sea coast. north and west of worcester at 2 to 4 inches of snowfall drier here and then towards the cape and island at 2 to 4 because we will be in the rain so hong by the time you flip over to snow it will limit accumulations and smallest amounts on nantucket. the biggest issues when it

may hit 60's in taunton. upper 50's in marshfield. there. look at boston 58. 58 up in lawrence as well. very warm today. you can see through about mid afternoon we're kind of in and out of cloud cover today. as that front approaches there's not a lot of moisture with it. until we get to this evening. it may be able to tap into some of that moisture off the ocean. the best chance of a shower is in southeastern massachusetts between about 6:00 and 8:00 this evening. then that will shift off shore. skies clear out overnight. it will be a little colder out the door tomorrow morning. 20's to around the freezing mark so feeling a little bit more like february tomorrow morning. tomorrow is a quiet day for ground hog day with high pressure in control. here comes that system out of west. so we are going to be on the warmer side. there will be some heavier rain getting on in here. so quiet tomorrow. back down into the 40's. wind and rain in the forecast as we head into wednesday. here. you can see how that storm approaches. it looks as though the rain

let's keep a close eye on that. 22 in worcester right now. 30 in boston. 29 in lawrence. 28 in taunton and low 30s on the cape. a breeze making it feel colder. 10 the wind chill in worcester. 21 boston and it's been dropping all morning because the wind is picking up. once the sun comes up in under a half-hour from now the wind will get more active gusting over 20 miles per hour. plenty of sunshine. grab the shade as you head out. no worries about precipitation and the only thing today is a couple snow showers ocean effect this evening on the cape and islands and don't anticipate accumulation. high pressure is buildint from the great lakes and will crest over us tomorrow so sunshine out of the game for friday. high slips off the coast and we get a wind from the south. the wind is going to be light tomorrow. so big change compared to today. late in the day clouds tomorrow as well. that's a sign of warmer air for the weekend and it will come with a slight risk with a rain into early on saturday morning. and the you will become of the -- bulk of the activity is to the north. we come up 45

worcester county, you are in the lower 50' s. 56 in taunton. we' ve got the fog. a chance you will get in a couple of showers here to notice the temperatures echo we are holding in the temperatures notice the temperatures. -- notice the temperatures? very little temperature change today with a went about 10 miles per hour. this evening it is dry. overnight hours, we are been to after midnight as of that colder north. it' s train is going to change over to snow. -- the rain is going to change over to snow. still raining on cape cod. during the morning hours, that rain is good to change to snow. it is going to persist here. darker blue indicating potential for heavier snow through 10:00 and 11:00 tomorrow morning. it is going to shift offshore and things are going to wind on down. heavy snow is going to keep late from three to six inches. once you get get that' s what you get closer to boston, back to metrowest, one to maybe three inches of snow. it is likely to going to be a coding -- going to be a coating. there is going to be wet, pasty it is in the mid-30' s tom

robles of taunton. he is spbded to face a -- expected to face a judge in court. the woman says she was walking out of the mall with the baby in her arms and her mother was next to her and they saw man in the car and didn't know what he was doing at first. and then he flashed a gun at them and demanded their purses and took off. that gun turn out to be a pellet gun recovered about an as was the car. police found it wrapped around a tree. here's how the victim described it to us yesterday. >> he was in the car and saw us coming to the car and kind pretended he got inside the wrong car and got out started to back away apologizing and turned around and said you know what i am going to take your car. i have the baby and my mom so we are healthy and safe and that's all we care about. >> reporter: as you might imagine this woman was shaken up didn't want to go on camera yesterday but as you heard her say she is glad everyone is safe and no one was harmed during the robbery. live in brockton, susie steimle wbz

start right now but we are tracking rain that will move in. 36 in boston right now. 28 in nashua. 29 in taunton 34 in lawrence and freezing mark in worcester. clouds increasing and they will morning rain advances across -- advancing across central new york and pennsylvania as well. for us later this afternoon. the morning commute is dry and there may be a couple showers that develop orange to man chest are by mid to late morning. the rain comes in west to east between let's say 2 and 4 p.m. or 1 and 3ish in most of central and eastern massachusetts. the exception is the cape and islands. we wait later. aside from a couple showers that come in advance of the rain. temperatures into the 50s with steady downpour ace long the south coast and cape that will continue tonight and then we see that rain tapering off tomorrow morning. i will let you know how much to expect. we will get through the end of the week and get you on the roads traffic and weather together good morning robi. >> reporter: good morning to you. welcome to the midweek commute. let's look live over the expressway. very moderate to l

remarkable. 49 tawpton. 50 in falmouth and a few -- taunton and 50 in fall mouth. this warmth is coming out ahead of a cold front. we may get an isolated spritz or two that comes in later today. rising through the 40s and 56 by lunchtime topping out at 60 this afternoon. with a isolated shower still right around 50 heading into the ride home. traffic and weather together good morning. >> reporter: good morning. an accident north of the city the latest crash up in andover. 495 southbound at route 93. that's the very busy spot. starting to see backups develop now. pockets between river road and 125 and 128 and montvale avenue. 495 to 129 stop and go and to the south expressway now jammed east milton square to columbia road. 128 southbound bumper to bumper from logan express to the split. and route 3 northbound you will split. >>> 6:01. we begin with the first true 2016. iowa caucuses are today. >> presidential candidates from both parties are busy making their final push for support. marlie hall is live in des moines this morning with the latest. good morning. >> rep

we have 50 degrees in taunton, 44 chatham. beautiful weather ahead for sunday the second half of the weekend right around 50 degrees in your hour by hour 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and then we go back to the 40s, 46 at 5:00. still quite comfortable if you have evening dinner plans. 45 in worcester, 47 degrees p town. 31 degrees and tracking the chance for some showers along the south coast. rain first, then a little bit of snow mixing in and here's the satellite radar picture we're all dry here but or next system is still gathering some moisture and energy cruise the ohio valley. that's going to move south of us here off shore but the northeastern fringe of this system just touching the south coast. we have rain first expected then transitions to a bit of a wintry mix to some wet and heavy snow and the snow very brief. we have cold air allowing for that transition to a wintry mix even though at the surface it looks like we'll have rain and some of it may make its way on the ground leaving to about a coating. worse case scenario snow accu

taunton 48 degrees. not too bad this evening. a chill. 33 in orange and new bedford at 37. hyannis down to 35 and we are watching a cold front that will usher in more of a return to a wintry feel by late tonight and into tomorrow. along it, snow showers most these will dry out we might see a flurry in a couple towns that's about it. there are clouds moving across. problem mat he can but an international space station flyby at 7 so just a short while from now it appears in the west northwestern part of the sky and goes to the south southwestern part and visible for two minutes. horizon. check it out if you have clear skies in the neighborhood. overnight low temperatures ranging from 19 in worcester to 25 in taunton and providencetown down to 29 degrees and tomorrow breeze out of the north will add extra chill. also, might endues a couple -- ebb indouse a couple oh -- induce a couple ocean effect showers. it will be bright and chillier and a february day. as we look towards friday a cold and bright start giving way to cloud in the afternoon. but no big storms no ice or rainfa

taunton and new bedford at 0 as well. the winds to contend with and the windchill index right now, 20, and it is going to be that way overnight tonight, boston setting probably a record low on air temperatures. and then add the wind to it and windchill indexes tomorrow morning, 25-35 degrees below zero. big temperature changes coming. we will talk about that and more about the windchills and details coming up in a few minutes. reid? reid: a night to be outside as little as possible. with that said let's go outside to nicole estafan. it is nothing less than bone chilling. nicole? reporter: that sums it up. when the wind blows, and it is blowing, it is intense. >> it is brutal. it is tough. reporter: that is one word for it. another, down right bitterly cold. >> i wanted to see a movie. i am only out here with the necessary at this time get back to get back to my car . reporter: he was caught up with how quickly it went from cold to unbearable. >> my girlfriend gets the benefit of me waiting waiting in the theater for me to

in the middle 50s from lawrence down to taunton and falmouth and there are clouds in place but we will see peeks of sunshine today and additional shower can't be ruled out. there are a few light once from brockton to taunton back done along the south side of 495 near plymouth and born as well so have the umbrella on stand by. staying in the 50s with a linger shoring through lunchtime. around 50 degrees for the ride home. tonight colder air comes in and shield of rain and snow will push west. time frame overnight into the early afternoon tomorrow. the biggest impact will be in southeastern massachusetts. still uncertain how far northwest that snow will come and how much will fall. -- it's a wet consistency. let's get you on the the roads with traffic and weather together robi. >> reporter: good morning. hearing about on accident north of the city in medford. 93 southbound at mistic avenue at the bottom of the screen. total traffic network says the left lane is blocked. 93 south also has slow pockets between river road and 495. up in the andover stretch and wobeen heavy and slow into the

the chase ended in taunton where the taunton chief threw down spike strips and the attleboro chief rammed the car's bumper. several charges. emily: a dangerous scene in vermont. police say an ice missile smashed through a woman's windshield. the 73-year-old woman suffered severe injuries to her face. the chunk of ice flew off of a tractor-trailer. police are now looking for that driver but do say there is no law in vermont to clear snow from your vehicle. randy: the san francisco police department is now under review by the justice department. the review will focus on police training and practices two months after police killed a young black man which prompting protests and calls for the chief to resign. the review is expected to take about two years and focus on racial and ethnic disparities. emily: an 8-year-old rhode island boy with terminal cancer is one step closer to his biggest wish to be famous. dorian murray will get his own license plate from the rhode island d.m.v. the wakefield branch will host dorian and his family on "hashtag d-strong" plate. his story has gone viral after d

so the snow continues in boston and taunton and plymouth through the afternoon but slowly tapers off from west to east late this afternoon. that evening commute should be few lingering flurries not out of the question on the cape and islands from 5 to 7 p.m. all clear overnight and watch out for icy patches as we get into your weekend forecast. snow today 4 to 8 inches in boston and inside 495 outside 495, 2 to 4 inch rain. lesser amounts because of the rain and temperatures above the freezing mark for a long period of time on the cape and islands. and we wouldn't be surprised if we did see a couple locations getting 8 inches or more. we will keep track of the latest updates coming up for now traffic and weather together. >> i feel compelled to say halfy weather person's day and it's snowing we have a couple important traffic reminders. mass d.o.t. says hov lane on 93 will not be opened to vehicles this morning right now there are more than state roads. they say the road temperatures very wet and that's the case on the mass pike looking live at alwayston look at that you can see the

and 28 taunton to nashua. 35 to 40 on the cape. not too bad given the fact that it's the beginning of february. we are dealing with some pockets of freeing rain and snow back a-- freezing rain and snow back across upstate new york and northern new england. for us the leading edge of rain doesn't advance until later this morning and midday. by late this morning it's outside of 495. notice by 10 a.m. a couple hourshere and route 2 corridor and snow to the north. so we are all rain this time around. rain moving in west to east midday to early afternoon. and it will be around for your will be gradually rising through the 50s all the while so it's going to be another warm one. look at downpours heading through the evening into the first part of the overnight as well. and the wind is going to be gusty too. we will look at winds hour by hour in a couple minutes. now on the roads to traffic and weather together what's the latest. >> reporter: an accident on the expressway and another on 128 making travel south of the sit they difficult rig

in the 20s and suburbs. 23 worcester. 25 keene same in taunton. real feel 11 degrees in worcester. 23 in boston. so there's a bit of a chill to the air and that's what you want to dress for. wind will stay active. once the sun comes up, it's up and going to be shining. ocean effect clouds on the cape and there's not a lot of weather across the north eement high pressure that blue h building and a other than a couple clouds we are in to arquiet day today and tomorrow. we start with sunshine out of the gate. high pressure slips off the coast and wind will be lighter tomorrow. and we do see an increase in clouds late in the day tomorrow. the clouds represent the warmer into the region this weekend. so with it, comes clouds and even a threat for rain or snow into early saturday. most of us won't see it. the risk is isolated. northern new england sees scattered snow showers friday night into saturday morning. and then we break out the sunshine just an isolated shower well inland on saturday. again most of the weekend is going to be dry. and southwest w

temperatures running in the 20s and teens. worcester, 18 taunton. real feel temperatures in the teens a few degrees under where we are. 14 is your real feel temperature in boston. 40 degrees by 3:00 p.m. under a mostly sunny sky. southwest wind keeping those temperatures elevated and close to the average high of 41 this time of the year. warming up again for sunday. we have more 50s on the way after sunday too. we'll take a look at all the numbers in your 7-day forecast. kerry. >> thank you, pamela. >>> checking our top stories now now. >> we are disgusting and personally offended with the defense's recommendation that eligible. rehabilitated. >> the family of colleen ritzer frustrated by the sentence given to her killer. philip chism was sentenced to life but the teen will be given a chance of parole in his 50s. high court decisions have ruled that juveniles cannot be sentenced to >>> polls are now open as the democratic presidential race moves to south carolina today. hillary clinton is hoping to expand her winning streak against bernie sanders. c

providence taunton and falmouth and chatham at 39. some clouds will depart over the course of the morning and rain showers over the night are sunshine. the planner goes this way from now. seasonal up around 40 through lunchtime plenty of sun north fost northwest breeze 5 to 10 dry. 35 degrees for the ride home we turn unsettled through details coming up. let's get you on the roads. traffic and weather together. >> reporter: most of the bumper to bumper rides are to the south of the city. let's look live over the expressway. jammed from the split up to columbia road about 25 minute 128 southbound crawling from logan express to the split. route 3 north sluggish between union street and the split. from the north, the slowest stretch on 93 southbound right now looks like between wilmington and woburn and route 3 southbound up in the lowell stretch will bog down between lowell connector and route 129. >>> a 16-year-old has died after being stabbed in dorchester. police say a person of interest is in custody but no formal charges have been

it's a pretty warm start to the day. 48 taunton to falmouth. colder aclose the -- across the lower connecticut valley. clear skies overhead. sunshine out of the gates. but, look at the showers back to the west. they are making fast eastward progress so this is a cold front that will come through this afternoon. and it marks the leading edge of cooler air. so it's 50 right now in new york city and dropping into the 30s and 20s and teens and single digits so we get colder air that's going to make its way back into the region tomorrow. it will be back to normal as we flip the calendar to march tomorrow. so hour by hour today we are doing all right but the clouds advancing quickly from lunchtime onward. a couple showers not everyone will see them but they will linger until the early evening. south of boston from the south shore back down to the cape and 7:00 they are done clearing comes in and some colder air will spill into the region tonight. 55 to 60 and just like yesterday, the wind will be a little gusty at times to 30, 35 miles per hour makin

he was part owner of plane he kept at taunton airport. he was retired but sat salvation army for the upkeep. >> recently lost a friend of his that went through the program and recently passed. >> jessica: ymca director said john came to work out at the ymca. everyone that knew him left with so many questions. >> think through scenarios that could happen, can't think of one if somebody would have come in to rob, he would have said, take it and go. have a good day. >> jessica: once detectives start getting into work but at last check yesterday afternoon there was no word on any suspect or possible motive for the crime jessica reyes, fox25 news. >> sara: photographer on scene at around 2:00 this morning and as you could see the truck was smashed into pieces across the highway. traffic is once again moving. >> gene: melissa pfeiffer found guilty of second-degree murder, she was charged with setting girlfriend's boys on fire during argument in christmas eve in 2010 and spread to another apartment on complex and killed neighbor crystal blanchar