that rose around midday, we changed over to rainfall, now the sub freezing temps are making a fast move to the south, we saw a few accidents, it does not take much ice to create a a lot of issues on the road. so looking at temperatures, we've got low to mid-20s across southern new hampshire, 26 most of the day. boston down to 30 degrees, here you see that front, snaking its way south, it's lost a little bit of its momentum over the last hour or so, so it's still working its way down toward mansfield and tauton, it will getaway down to the south coast before it stops with the sub freezing temperatures and much milder across the cape and islands, nantucket 50 degrees. not expecting a flash freeze to move in on these locations. the bottom line is there is still a little bit of drizzle, freezing rain advisories out for much of the region here, very dangerous travel conditions, you know, it's

drizzle but a little glaze of ice and many of you have been sending info tows and reports and noting the changing conditions, i want to make sure everyone treats that as a treacherous situation. also we have pockets of fog, locally pretty dense right now, boston down to half mile visibility, fog will be an issue before drier air works in again. here are your headlines, that flash freeze with sub freezing temps quickly moving to the south, earlier on today becoming ice as we head through this evening and overnight, we'll linger into tomorrow morning's commute. some melting tomorrow, getting into the 30s, whos in the southern part of the state, milder on thursday so an opportunity to get some of of this ice out of the way, we can imagine that that we've started winter in and out of this freeze cycle until everything dries out, we'll take a full look at new year's eve forecast, the weekend coming up

the snow and the sleet have stopped, the roads are slick, temperatures are dropping, causing spots to freeze and that is causing people to spin out, you can see backups on the roads, 93, 90, route 16, red in there. here is a better look more specifically at the roads, jim armstrong is driving around, 95 north in burlington, how are the roads looking out there? >> reporter: well, in a word, liam, bad. they are bad and they are getting a little bit worse unfortunately for the reason that eric was just describing here, the gauge in our cartels us it is 26 degrees outside right now, the roads have been slick are freezing over and doing so in a hurry and causing a lot of accidents, we are on 95 north exit 34 in burlington, there is a fresh accident, i can see flashing lights, we passed earlier another bigger accident much worse 95 southbound also in burlington before exit 329 a there, so it

different problems in the same stretch of 995 north and south here in burlington. i can see some blue lights down there from what i believe is a new accident, but again a lot of problems throughout this area again because wet conditions on the road, freezing so quickly as the temperatures drop right in the middle of this evening's commute. >> jim, thank you, stay safe out there. we want to continue our team coverage, in fitch berg -- fitchburg, how are things looking out there. >> reporter: plowing seemed to get off to a sporadic start to make a mid afternoon come back, with the temperature dropping down at 23 currently, refreeze is likely to be a problem overnight, making steep streets even more of an adventure. -- adventure. julian had a heck of a time just trying to get out of his

>> it wasn't a good idea. i think if i get it up i'm staying home. >> reporter: the sleet and freezing rain made for trouble in fitchburg, and plenty of other spots north and west of boston where spinouts were a dime a dozen as folks got rei can't wasn'ted for wintery roads. >> they are not that bad if you take your time, to an experienced driver you shouldn't have any problems. >> meantime, 7999-year-old joe tackled his driveway with some two wheel horse power. it doesn't do a good job it's so wet and heavy, it's like holding on to a mule's tail trying to do this. >> reporter: or raven was armed only with a shovel. >> you gotta get at it sooner than later, right? work now than later. >> reporter: for most plow drivers the first run of winter was an all nighter, taking a straight.

it tougher, winter in new england, we'll take it, been waiting for it. >> reporter: as for that terrible traction, folks decided the time had finally come for snow tires. now the lighter holiday rush hour and school vacation week has certainly helped here, on the police scanner during the last 30 minutes or so we've heard several requests for lauren. >> thank, ken. the winter weather causing delays and headaches for people flying in and out of boston, some flights delayed for hours, a couple with canceled. >> we've been standing in a lot of line, we've been standing in a lot of lines, if we can get there tomorrow that is better there than not getting there at all. >> plows worked over time to keep the runways cleared, planes had to be deiced before

a they faced their first test since last year's epic melt down, snow and sleet causing minor delays today, our bill shields is live at the jfk u mass t stop in dorchester, this is a dry run for the t. >> reporter: yeah, it's kind of a dry run, that is a good way to put it, how many times last year were we here on the redline of jfk or quincy center or braintree with all problems that they were facing this so here we get a little snow storm today, what happens? well, have a couple of glitches on the redline and the green line. in quincy center this morning the redline trains were rolling just not so fast or on time. down the line here at the jfk stop in dorchester, a switch and malfunction. >> they had enough time to prepare for it, it's ridiculous, every weekend something with the redline. so i'm just frustrated. >> reporter: during last february's record snow fall the

side for the t and its riders. over the summer they spent millions on snow removal equipment and system upgrades. then today with the first little snow fall, a switch problem. >> it gives them a second chance, i am going to give them a second chance, it's the first snow, i will give them a second chance, i will see you next snow storm. >> reporter: the green line had a power problem in the afternoon, the charlies came to a -- trolleys came to a stop bussed, it's the beginning of winter. last year was really rough, they had a lot of trouble but they are doing their best. i didn't notice any issues this morning when i came in i think it's ready. >> reporter: so you know we are going to have a big storm at some point, i'm cure use to see how all that equipment that the t bought or built for snow removal is going to work. as for now, though, the redline

are doing just fine. bill shields wbz news. >> bill, thank you. the winter weather causing tempers to flair, a plow driver says he was the victim of road rage, i can't noer driver pulled a gun on him. jim with the latest on this story, jim. >> reporter: i tell you, liam this is quite a story, both sides seemed to admit things escalated in andover and got out of control, a snow plow driver and another driver have out. michael appeared in court late this afternoon, police say it began when mccan you human and snow operator paul conley were both trying to turn on a road and almost hit each other, words were exchanged which led to a fist fight then prosecutors say mccan you human took the 9-millimeter gun out of his jacket. >> grabs him by the jacket and began to punch him, he fought

victim, at this time he pulled out his firearm and pointed it at the main victim. >> the attorney says his client was initially attacked and the gun was not loaded. >> unfortunately he did have a weapon in his pocket, he did not pull it initially, he did not pull it until after mr. conley i can't be at thatted him and started throwing punches at him. >> a couple of other notes, mccan you human's gun was properly registered and licensed, the plow operator was driving with a suspended license and the police report does seem to bear that out, but mccan you human is held tonight pending a dangerous hearing more this wednesday, live in andover jim smith wbz knew the. >> jim, thank you. as we continue to track this in wither weather, you can track the storm headed our way on the boston weather app.

belgium police say they have thwarted a paris style attack in bruise he will is, authorities say the men were set to target police and soldiers in popular areas on new year's eve. but no weapons or explosives, officials do say this plot was not related to the november terror attacks in paris at that killed is 130 people. new and dramatic video tonight of the devastation caused by tornadoes in texas, this is aerial footage of the town of garland taken by a drone, can you see homes ripped to pieces there, the national weather service said it was an ef-4 tornado that killed four people hitting the towns up to 200 miles and hour, greg an president has declared a disaster. this emotional video showing the moment a man realizes his dog is still alive days after

the man digging furiously in the rubble after hearing his dog's lucy's whim pers and able to pull her to safety. a man says he captured a tornado on his cell phone, the national weather service has not yet confirmed that that was indeed a tornado. still ahead, he argued he was too a fluent to go to jail. >> but now that find is under arrest again, this time he could go to prison. now that winter has arrived, get ready for the dreaded winter itch, tonight dr. mallika marshall has tips to help protect you from that dry, flaky skin. and a wild site in a road island bay, a humpback whale caught having fun. the temps continue to drop, the roads are slick, take your time, please, we will have moreover the next 90 minute

now at 5:00 a captured teen who successfully argued he was too a flu in to go to jail for a deadly drunk driving crash, police caught up with 18-year- old ethan couch in mexico, his appearance altered. >> tonight police believe that disappearance.

apprehended ethan couch and his mother tonya in puerto viarta, the 18-year-old tried to disguise himself, his blond hair dyed brown when he was caught. the pair disappeared after couch missed a meeting with his probation officer. they planned to disappear that they even had something that was almost i can't kin to going a away party before they left town. >> ethan couch was given probation and no jail time two years ago after killing four crash. during the trial, a psychologist testified that the teen suffered from "affluenza" suggests his parents' wealth left him without a sense of responsibility. to transfer couch's case to an adult court. >> now that he is in custody, what do you want to happen to oath in couch this time around. accountable. mother. that is a third degree felony

punishment 2-10 years. >> do you want the full ten years. >> if couch's case is not transferred he faces a maximum of four months in a juvenile facility. authorities believe the pair took off where people were drinking alcohol, that could have led to his probation being revoked opening himself up to 10 years in prison. a drone gets too close for comfort to the president's motorcade, this is the man who was flying the drone that was spotted hovering car high, very briefly near the motorcade, map says he had no idea the president was near by and he won't face any charges. back now to our first batch of winter weather, people all across the state forced to do a little digging out. and now that the storm has moved out, the real concern tonight is for a freeze, eric it's getting chilly out there. >> it's quite cold out there in some towns up around 40 degrees

the 20s, so you go from a pine of watching a slushy mess become a rock a the roads become very very slick, that is our biggest concern for tonight, we did see some snow fall in boston, the fifth latest first measurable snow fall, that is a mouthful there, our latest first snow is january 13s in 2000, the worcester snow record is shaky at best, there are missing years in there, boston one is interesting to me personally. weather watcher report, thank you for sending them in all day long, hampton, new hampshire 2- point at that 25. take your time to send them in to us. concord at 1.8 and gloss sir at 1 be l, in line, storm behaved itself and now what we are seeing high fresh are pressure funneling in that cold air,

the winds are back from the east which is bringing in the milder air to a more northerly direction, the arctic cold sitting across northern new england slipping southward, temps in the 20s, precipitation all day and still some areas of freezing drizzle out there through this evening, it is going to be very treacherous out there on the roads, i mean that sincerely, if you are out and about be extra cautious, we've seen a lot of accidents this evening and temperatures continue to fall back, this is something we'll watch until at least midnight tonight. barry burbank he has been taking a look at weather watcher reports and rapidly changing temperatures and some big changes in a short amount of time. >> that warm air moved up into the merrimack valley, came back down again, thanks to all the weather watchers with the temperature changes through the afternoon. right now it's 30 degrees according to ed up in continue veries, 30 degrees there, he

dropping shall, it is going to be a tough night driving, allow extra time forgetting out and about this evening for sure. so we got 27 degrees out here in from eric in hocking ton, 27 and freezing drizzle, all of that heavy rain is gone, leftover daze he will right now, he says it's frizzling out there, the cold air starting to plunge down toward boston, boston is 30 degrees, just to the south it's still on the warm side accord to go john in handover, he says it's 40 degrees, plain rain, all the snow is just about all gone, looking at that plunge of cold air coming back down from the north and it's going to plunge into boston, move to the south, not getting down to extreme south massachusetts and the cape, back to you eric for more on the forecast. here is look at overnight

head through this evening, new bedford below the freezing mark, provincetown 36, nantucket in the 50s around 40, so most of the area looking at icy conditions except for perhaps the cape and islands, something we'll monitor. a lot of clouds out there, spotty drizzle is going to continue for the first half of the night much as we head into the day tomorrow we are going to hold on to the cloud cover, it is going to be mainly cloudy skies for us, a few breaks of sunshine here and there, i can't noer area of moisture moving toward us tomorrow evening, so as we head into that evening and time frame we'll watch showers move up across the region, temperatures not too far above it, boston 38, bedford at 37, manchester up to 39 degrees, mildest air southeastern part of the state getting into the 40s. then we move toward knew year's eve, it's thursday and looking at drying conditions, much better shape for us here, temps in the low 30s, and then on friday new year's day looking

degrees, that means it should be perfect for the winter classic, seasonal cold day, just cold enough to keep the ice in good condition, here is your accuweather forecast, weekend looks chilly, mainly dry, a few snow showers on sunday, monday we might stay in the 20. liam and lauren much more coming up in the next half- hour. especially the weather today, this is an amazing sight. >> take a look, this is a 50- foot humpback whale seen breeching and playing in the water, the harbor master ed hues snapped these pictures, he said it's not common for the whaling to be in the by, the mail was in good health and headed back out to the ocean. as this spectacular picture of cape cod from space has been maimed one of nasa's top pictures of 2015. the picture taken in june, so it shows 8 be 5-mile stretch of the northern tip of the cape and it looks beautiful to see

pictures, go to our website at cbsboston.com. >> makes me miss summer already. mistake by a veteran police officer that serves as a reminder to us all that it's winder. we are keeping a -- winter. we are keeping a close eye on the roads, you are taking a look at live in burlington, be

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comes the itch agree, flaky dry skin, dr. mallika marshall has the five things you can do to prevent and treat that winter itch. >> when we turn on our heat ares in the cold winter months the humidity in the air decreases and everything dries out including our skin. >> you can think of it like a rubber band that has gotten too old, you stretch it and it snaps in that nonelastic way. >> and you itch itch itch. but you don't have to scratch until spring with these simple tips. slather on moisturizers more often than usual and the grease injury the better like vaseline, aquafor even crisco. >> you can mix and match moisturizers to get to a consistency that you like better, if you have a lotion you love throw vaseline, rub it together with your hands. >> don't forget your lips, get the soap -- skip the soap in the shower. >> you don't need to use those

that are on the grim me side. >> use a moisturizing soap, power up the humidifier, avoid fabrics like wool, don't scratch which will make the itch worse instead. >> actually start to apply some moisturizers in that area to help repair the barrier and bring down the inflammation that is driving the itch. >> hydrocortisone can hem too, so can antihistamines. >> you need to get at the fundamental issue, does need to get some of that moisture into the mix as well. >> you really can't add moisture back into the skin by your diet or drinking waters, lower he legs and hands suffer the most. and hand sanitizers are less drying than soap and water. dr. dr. wbz news.

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