new hampshire seacoast an into northern maine. watch this area of rain push up into boston by 9:00 this morning. a lot of sleet though hovering north and west of town. as we get into midday in the afternoon, freezing rain and drizzle may be persistent north and west of 495. could be slippery into the afternoon. we'll break down the hour-by-hour timeline here right now as the "eyeopener" continues. >> now on newscenter 5's "eyeopener." erika: a messy morning commute as we get our first dose of winter weather. the slick conditions right now and when it all moves out. antoinette: a woman pulled from a burning house in webster. the heroic moves witnessed by neighbors.

a piece of garbage. erika: donald trump tearing into a local newspaper. the publisher he's calling a low life on the eye for this tuesday morning. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." erika: looking live at radar as snow transitions to sleet. some spots will get rain before it all moves out. this is a look at the snow in framingham overnight. fortunately, it won't amount to much. just enough to be a real mess this morning. good morning. thanks for starting your day right here. i'm erika tarantal. antoinette: and i'm antoinette antonio. emily and randy are off today. we have your team coverage of the storm's impact on the commute. fitzgibbon. cindy. cindy: it's a mess already. here we are just 5:00 a.m. there's still some areas dealing with primarily snow. that's the farther north that you go up through the merrimack hampshire. but a lot of purple indicated here on our winter radar. that is telling you there's a now. you're probably hearing it time.

down to the islands, there is rain. that rain is going to move north ward as we go through the morning. so it is a wintery mess with snow, sleet, changing to ice and rain here throughout the day. winter weather advisories up until 1:00 this afternoon in eastern massachusetts. until 7:00 this evening out in the central and western part of the state where it may stay icy into the afternoon. from now through 9:00 this morning, snow is transitioning to sleet. then we'll watch that sleet turn to rain at the coastline by midday. with freezing rain perhaps lingering into the afternoon well north and west of 495. so not a lot of accumulation with the snow and sleet. a coating to a couple of inches in most spots until you get to far northern worcester county and to southern new hampshire where there could be more than two inches of snow. temperatures in the lower 20's once you get away from the coastline. 32 boston. you can see we're above the freezing mark on the cape as that wind continues to come in off the water. we'll watch the areas of rain north ward here reaching up into the south shore by about 7:00 this morning.

southern maine. elsewhere a lot of sleet. that sleet may persist north and west of boston from mid to late morning but by lunchtime, it is raining in most areas with some freezing rain north and west of boston. that is is certainly going to make traveling very tricky. that is the case right now. i want to get you out to the roads and talk about the conditions that we're facing out there this morning. our own doug meehan is out there battling it all this morning. good morning, doug. doug: good morning, cindy. it is is not a pretty sight out here this morning. we are on route 3 northbound. we just crossed into billerica. to say it's better than 128 is stretching it a bit. we've got speeds at about pushing 40 miles an hour, but the road conditions are just awful. it looks like the plows have at least come through this stretch. we're seeing a little bit more volume on the southbound side but we just left 128 on the northbound through lexington. speeds were down to 25, 30 miles

and it was really messy. so we're starting to work our way north a little bit. we're getting a mixture of that snow and rain and ice and slush. it's making the roads very treacherous. speeds are way down. so there are folks that are out there getting to work this morning. there are plows out here. haven't seen many salters or sanders. mostly plows working. we haven't gotten behind one just yet in our, well, basically 45 minutes out on the roads here. we're going to head north. we're going to go one more exit and head south and then make our way back on to 128 and try to get out on to route 2 and show you what things are like there in our next hit. but in the meantime, we're live on the roadways on route 3. i'm doug meehan, wcvb, newscenter 5. back to olessa. olessa: thank you, doug. good morning, everyone. not a very pleasant drive on the roads this morning. a live look at the pike. this is by allston/brighton. you can see just a small blanket of white on the roads. that could do a lot of damage.

let's get to the maps because a few incidents, a pretty busy one here if you're traveling through lowell this morning. 495 northbound. the road is actually closed by route 3 at the lowell connector for an accident. another crash on route 3 itself at 495 just cleared away. once you get beyond that, 9 not looking much better. southbound side by route 16. we have a crash there blocking a lane. two accidents on 24 now south of town we're seeing mostly rain but as you can see it's still doing damage. 24 northbound by route 27. another accident by route 139 on the southbound side. and then you just saw what the pike looks like by allston/brighton. that's pretty much the conditions as you travel west of there and make your way out to framingham. be careful and give yourself that extra travel time. very slick roads especially the secondary roadways. exit and entrance ramps are going to be hard to get around. budge net the extra travel time. if you do have to head out. for now trains and bus s are on schedule. we'll keep you posted on that. ke, the timing is is not good for the morning commute. mike: not at all. we're seeing a variety of different kinds of precipitation.

we can really show you exactly what's happening in specific locations. towards the north, here you're see ago pocket of snow. but notice how you get into the lowell area and it starts to do a little changeover and over towards ipswich we're seeing a bit of a changeover there as well. down the coast a little bit, we'll show you what's happening here. in boston we're calling it a mix right now. it reely almost is is at times snow but at times sleet. you can tell it's sleet because it's bouncing around out there. isn't accumulating much but it is certainly slippery. the changeover has already started down here. if you look at this, we're start to go pick up a little bit of rain on radar. i'll show you specifically where that is at. you can see it's in the plymouth area just about marshfield it look like at this point. if you're traveling up route 3 from marshfield by the time you get to norwell, you're probably going back into an icy mix going on there. those are some things we're keeping an eye on this morning. that rain-snow line, where it moves through and how it will be impacting us as we continue through the morning. erika. erika: mike, thanks so much. and if you can't be in front of a t.v., stay one step ahead of the storm with the free wcvb mobile app.

and delays. it's a free download in your app store. right now we're waiting for word on what sparked this large fire at a home in webster. police rescuing a woman trapped inside. seven people are now without a home after the fire destroyed the multi-family apartment. the woman pulled from the flames in critical condition this morning. the fire started yesterday at this home on granite street. three webster police officers quickly jumped into action after learning an elderly woman was trapped inside. neighbors are applauding their heroic actions. there. no hesitation at all. it was really good to see that. you know, how they just do that to save other people. erika: the fire marshal is working right now on pinpointing a cause. we're told that shingles made with petroleum products and a propane tank helped the fire spread quickly. antoinette: today a host of candidates will be stumping in the granite state. hillary clinton has events in

john kasich is in nashua and keene. and jeb bush will hold a town hall event in peterborough. donald trump heads to iowa today. and he's fresh off a new string of attacks on a new target. in new hampshire last night, the republican front runner with tough words for the state's largest newspaper. trump criticizing "the union leader" and its publisher. trump: a piece of garbage. i remember when this is a big paper. look at the size of this thing. if they cut it down anymore, you won't be able to find it. antoinette: last month, the paper endorsed chris christie. trump says that move was in retaliation after he refused to take part in a newspaper-backed forum. last night, he called the paper's publisher joe mcquaid a "low life." trump remains at the top of the polls in the granite state. erika: just a few days from first night festivities, boston deals with--and dismisses--a terror threat. a threat, described as "non-specific," was called in to new york city's 9-1-1 system

at first it seemed aimed at boston but soon security agents realized the caller had said "bosnia" not "boston." with terror attacks in san bernardino and paris fresh in everyone's memory, first night security preparations have been underway for weeks. governor: we've been talking about first night for a while now. those conversations will continue right up through first night and into first night. erika: baker says, as in past years, security preparations will be adjusted to meet any hint of a threat. antoinette: a grand jury decides not to indict two white police officers who killed a tamir rice was shot to death in a cleveland park in 2014. the boy was carrying a pellet gun. although the call to 9-1-1 indicated tamir was a child information was not given to officers. the prosecutor says the case was the perfect storm of human

that day. surveillance video shows tamir rice was shot less than two seconds after police arrived at the scene. the justice department is reviewing the case. time right now is 5:09. a disturbing trend uncovered in the opioid crisis. erika: the information gap putting overdose survivors in danger. disappointed with that gift card you got for christmas? target will take it off your hands. the swap they're offering right now. antoinette: broncos' fans were in shock after one wild kick. and this morning it's lighting up the internet. the play that could have cost them the game. cindy? cindy: lots of snow but already a lot of sleet mixing in. a transition to rain expected as the day wears on. the timeline of it all is ahead. radar right now. you can see a little bit of blue still showing up across southern new hampshire, the merrimack valley. that's where we have the most snow right now. a lot of sleet elsewhere. already rain on nantucket. it is a wintery mix now.

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antoinette: and judging by their facebook page, the talented ladies at heavey quinn academy of irish dance did pretty well. congratulations, everybody! coworkers or your classmates and wake-up call. wcvb.com and upload it in the u-local section of our website. antoinette: i've been waiting for a wake-up call in the snow. cindy: you'd better hurry. although i have to say even a little bit can do a lot of damage. olessa: the worst commute. cindy: if it was just plain snow, already seeing the sleet mixing in. you can hear it on the window. that sleet is worse than the snow. it makes things slippery. it's heavy. it will accumulate as well. a very icy commute happening out there right now. you can see a close-up view around boston shows you a lot of purple color showing up indicating that we have some sleet out there, but north and west of town this blue coloring, this is where we have the most snow up through the merrimack valley into southern new hampshire but that area too is going to be waning so it's a

winter weather advisory up until midday here in eastern most massachusetts but it continues right on in to this evening out in the central and western part of the state. as we'll watch the snow change to sleet and eventually ice and rain but slippery travel a concern throughout the day. if you're looking for the snow to really accumulate, you have to head north. this is a storm that will hit ski country up over six inches in vermont, western maine, the mountains going to do very well here. as you get further south we're seeing that warmer air transition things over. now through 7:00 this morning, snow and sleet kind of transitioning to more sleet than anything else. as we get towards 10:00 this morning, that sleet is changing over to rain especially at the coastline. by lunchtime, it is raining in all areas. but the concern will be the temperatures as you get away from the coast. they may still be near the freezing mark. freezing rain will be a concern. right now it's in the lower 20's, places like keene, orange,

boston to plymouth to the cape all running above the freezing mark. that water temperature 47 degrees. we've got an easterly wind screaming off the water so that's why it will be hard to maintain these temperatures cold enough for the snow at the low levels. all the while we have warmer air working up with our storm too in the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere. you can seem down around d.c., pittsburgh and down into west virginia it's in the 40's and 50s. that's the wanter that is going to come in as our storm approaches. already seeing that changeover to rain around the new york city area. that will be lifting north ward. getting some rain right noun down along the islands. elsewhere it is a messy mix. we'll be taking a closer look at this with mike wankum. as we move forward in time, what we're going to see is that the snow pushes out by 7:00 this morning. it is up in the new hampshire seacoast and into southern maine, watch that area of rain push into boston by about 8:30-9:00 this morning. north and west of town sleet will change over to rain as we get towards lunchtime. we're going to watch those temperature over the interior as the precipitation tapers off this afternoon.

the snow, the sleet. more of those details. mike: i've got to show you this. this is just coming in. this is our own live doppler radar. we're seeing rain to mix to snow only encompasses about a 40-mile range. that's why you can just stay in one spot and see all kinds of weather being thrown at you. one of the things we're talking about today is sleet. it starts as snow and falls through a layer of the warmer. it melts those snow flakes and they refreeze on the bo om side of that warm air and hit the ground. the way you can tell it is they bounce. the sleet actually bounces off your coat and car. you may hear it going on out there. snowfall totals while not that impressive will be slippery. we're mixing a lot of ice and sleet and everything elsz with it. so just a coating to two inches from western part of the city out towards the worcester area but a little bit more as you travel north where the temperatures are cold enough. one other thing we'll be watching with cold temperatures at the surface and some warm air moving in, we may have ice starting to build up and especially as you look out

could get as much as a half inch piling up on things. that might bring down power lines. cindy: with that icing out in the central and western part of the state the power is a concern but also just traveling. look at these temperatures by this afternoon. it's running in the low to mid 30's out through worcester county on up into southern new hampshire. 40's along the coastline and then we're going to see the temperatures fall a little bit more as we head into this evening. even as the precipitation is tapering off as this storm pulls away there may be low-level moisture. freezing drizzle is a concern overnight and even first thing tomorrow morning. keep that in mind but the bulk of the day tomorrow is dry. we're watching this system come up from the south. this could bring a little bit of rain overnight wednesday night into first thing thursday morning especially on the south coast and the cape. but then it clears on out which is great timing and great news for any first night plans that you have. if you're heading into the city, looks like temperatures in the earl he evening near 40. then they're drop to go the 30's but it will be dry. not a lot of wind. notice the cold is settling in for the first of the year friday through the weekend.

not getting out of the 30's. by monday of next week, not out of the 20's. suddenly it is looking like winter outside. olessa: and feeling like winter. cindy: the seven-day forecast outside as well. olessa: wuerffel that comes messy commutes. not a pleasant drive out there one of the toughest commutes in a while. here's a live look for you. the pike by allston/brighton is eastbound move to go the top of the screen. as you can see, that blanket of snow on the roads. i just saw plows go through on the westbound side so you can see a little bit of that blacktop there. you want to be careful and give yourself that extra travel time. morning and got here at the same time i usually do. budget in that time. let's go to the maps. we're watching a couple problem spots. a closure on 495 in lowell still shut down northbound by route 3 for an accident in the process of clearing. a crash on 93 south by route 16. that one has a lane blocked right now. and then two spinouts on route 24 northbound by route 27. and southbound by 139 so very tricky ride whether you're heading north or south of town.

making your way along the pike this morning as well. we're going to keep you post od the trains and the buses. for now they're operating on erika. erika: thanks so much. newscenter5 on the opioid crisis. of a house bill seeking to curb the epidemic. minors and patients prescribed opioids for the first time would be limited to a seven-day governor baker had urged a 72-hour supply. emergency room with an apparent overdose would be required to undergo a substance abuse evaluation within 24 hours. the bill will be discussed next month. a new study from boston medical center shows most of the people who survive an opioid overdose can get another prescription for the very drugs that nearly took their life. the report was just released. according to "the globe," 91 percent of those overdose patients were able to get another prescription. 70 percent of them got it from the same doctor that prescribed them before the overdose. the study finds most of the doctors did not know about the

communication gaps in controlling the crisis. antoinette: asian stocks saw some gains overnight as crude oil prices stabalzied. right now u.s. stock futures are higher. the dow lost nearly 24 points monday to close at 17,528. target is offering to swap your unwanted gift cards. the company is partnering with exchange website cardpool. the site provides an exchange rate, sends you a target gift card, and then resells your original card. for example, a $100 gift card to wal-mart would get you $85 to target. target is offering exchanges on more than 600 brands. erika: a good idea, i guess. antoinette: you use a little money but you get what you want. erika: exactly. we're used to sunrise on the eyeopener, but a photographer has captured some amazing sunsets. antoinette: a stargazer's dream ahead in eyepoppers. then new at 5:30. the mbta getting its first test

the preparations in place this time to avoid a repeat of last winter. erika: and the so-called "affluenza" teen and his mother captured. the exotic location investigators tracked them to, ahead. antoinette: if you're about to get in your car right now, this is what you might encounter on the roads. look at that. it is a slushy mess out there. doug meehan is tracking the conditions on the roads as you take a look at route 3 in the

cindy: coming up on 5:25 on your tuesday morning. mike wankum and i are here in the weather center watching the radar all lit up with a mixture of snow, sleet and already some rain down along the south. we'll watch that snow and sleet transition over to mainly sleet here. through 7:00 this morning. by 10:00 a.m., sleet is changing to rain. expecting plain rain in most areas as we get into the afternoon. so that's really going to hold down accumulations to a couple of inches in most areas. these temperatures are slowly coming up in the low 40's this afternoon. the exception may be north and west of 495 where it may-a little icy this afternoon. it looks like a dryer day tomorrow and clearing skies for new year's eve. announcer: for 45 for the win.

erika: drama on the field for the denver broncos. kicker brandon mcmanus shanks a 45-yard field goal that would have won last night's game against the cincinnati bengals. instead the teams go to overtime. luckily for mcmanus, the broncos pulled off a win and clinched a playoff spot. antoinette: lucky he still has a job. 5:26. olessa is back with some eyepopping video. olessa: look out, bruce wayne! another caped crusader is trying to steal your gig. this is the mascot for the san antonio spurs. he was dressed as the superhero because there was a bat loose during the pre-game with the timberwolves. antoinette: i get it. olessa: he was able to use that net to catch the bat. really? the other guy pulls it off a little bit better than this guy though with the costume. eyeopener these days. sunsets to show you. check it out. a google analyst took thousands of photos over 40 hours and

skies in the u.s. and kenya. antoinette: if you sleep in, that is what you're missing. just another reason to wake up at the crack of dawn. olessa: with us. dark and early so you can catch that. erika: very nice. thanks, guys. car wreck but that's not all. their clear-thinking afterward that might have saved a life. and one driver hits two houses. bridge. you can see traffic is building really difficult roads this morning. with sleet in a lot of areas. snow in others. rain in other areas. cindy and mike and olessa have you covered. the "eyeopener" is is coming

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provided by luna. >> now on newscenter 5's "eyeopener." erika: snow, sleet, and rain. doug: we're on the road sshowing real-time. todd: and we're watching the rails as the mbta faces its first wintry test. antoinette: team coverage to help you navigate this very tricky commute. on the eye. >> you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning! this is newscenter 5's "eyeopener." erika: 5:30 on this tuesday morning. welcome to winter. an active radar there. sleet replacing snow across the state.

slippery commute. the roads are covered. good morning. thanks for starting your day i'm erika tarantal. antoinette: and i'm antoinette antonio. emily and randy are both off this morning. cindy and olessa are here tracking the weather and the roads. you said earlier this morning this morning it's not a lot of snow but the fact that it's sleet is making it slick. cindy: that sleet pings off you and hits you in the face and it hurts. it makes the roads very slippery. that sloppy coating. a real slushy mess out there this morning. we are just getting started with this storm. you can see the colorized winter radar showing you a lot of purple. that purplish color indicating a lot of sleet. in these areas there may still be some snow mixing with the sleet. we're finding the most conason trailted area of snow with maybe a little sleet in this blue coloring from metro west right up 495 into the merrimack valley and into southern new hampshire. we have had reports of up to a couple of inches of snow around stratham new hampshire. the snow has been piling up there.

the cape and the islands. that rain line is going to be shifting north ward. so winter weather advisories up through midday. lasting into the evening hours. northern worcester county southern new hampshire. that's where we will see the snow accumulate the most here today. so now through 9:00 this morning snow continues to transition over to sleet. sleet will turn to rain at the coastline but outside of 495, freezing rain may be a concern into the afternoon. so just a coating to a couple of inches of snow for most of us. a little bit more as you get into northern worcester county, southern new hampshire. look at these temperatures. already above freezing at the coast with that easterly wind. and that is going to allow that transition over to rain. you can see how that is spreading north ward here through 7:00 this morning. i think the snow is up the new southern maine. we're changing over to rain in morning. sleet will hang on through mid to late morning before it changes over to rain here into the afternoon. outside of 495, freezing rain may be a concern into the afternoon and that means

we are seeing out on the roads right now. let's get you back out there to doug meehan who is driving around this morning very slowly. that is key, doug, right? good morning. doug: you've got it, cindy. hey, we're just coming up on to one of probably many situations on the roadways. you have a tractor trailer and a four wheel drive jeep that got into it. we're making our way towards route 2 through the lexington stretch. as you can see, a picture tells the story of the conditions out here. the roads along 128 are really a mess compared to route 3 up in billerica where we just came from. the slush, the snow it's all starting to accumulate. this isn't something that we have driven through before but nonetheless, if the plows don't come through and you just got the cars driving through, it starts to make those channels of people trying to find a place

but you can just see what we got into right now. 128 south, a wreck here. we don't know if there's any injuries involved but it's going to slow people up. so i guess the suggestion is you've heard it a million times during these snow storms. you don't have to be out here. you really shouldn't. just give yourself a little extra time if you do have to get out here. we're going to keep traveling south and get on out to route 2 and start to head north. in the meantime i'm doug meehan, wcvb, newscenter 5. olessa, how is the commute. olessa: good morning, everyone. yes, that stretch of 128 has been treacherous since the early morning hours since i drove through it. here's a live look at the pike. this looks better. plows just went through the stretch here by allston/brighton on the eastbound side as well as the westbound side so they are getting out there. as you just saw 128 not looking much better right now. let's get to the maps and see the rest of your ride. as you travel north of town we're watching this crash. a jack-knifed tractor trailer. 495 northbound by route 3 in lowell you have that accident by the loal connector with only the

as you head south of there a crash on 93. that's over by route 16. you saw the accident that doug just passed there on 128. so you want to be careful if that's where your commute takes you. several spinouts south of town. 24 north by route 27 on the southbound side by route 139. and another accident now route 3 northbound by derby street so you get the idea. you really want to be careful. let the plows get out there and do the job before you go anywhere. as far as the trains and the buses for now running on schedule. erika. erika: thanks so much. right now the "t" is being put to the test. although we're not talking feet of snow, many riders are skeptical of the transit system's performance. antoinette: the eyeopener's todd kazakiewich is live at the jfk-umass station with the preparations underway right now. todd? todd: antoinette, erika, good morning. of course, the memory of last winter, that brutal winter that we had is still fresh in the mind of many commuters and the mbta. well the "t" says it is confident in the new tools that it has to combat whatever this winter brings.

what those tools are. new de-icing machines are already being put to use on the red, blue, and orange lines. also new this winter, a mass-dot storm desk that will monitor conditions and manage changes. and storms will now be prioritized, tier 1 to tier 5, 5 being the moat severe. >> we've done a ton of work to prepare for the winter, and i anticipate that that work will be put to good use. >> it was a nightmare. absolute nightmare last year. todd: commuters are anxious about today's storm and understandably so. they hope the trains will be on time. the "t" is expected to operate on a normal weekday schedule today. we'll keep you posted throughout the morning commute. reporting live from j.f.k.-u-mass station here in dorchester, todd kazakiewich, wcvb, newscenter 5. erika: todd, thank you. other stories we're following right now. a webster woman is in critical condition after police pulled

the granite street fire. today a host of candidates will be stumping in the granite state. hillary clinton has events in portsmouth and berlin. john kasich is in nashua and keene. and jeb bush will hold a town hall event in peterborough. erika: the texas teenager on the run after getting probation for killing four people in a drunk driving crash is in custody in mexico. ethan couch's lawyers famously used an "affluenza" defense at trial arguing he'd been coddled into irresponsibility by his rich parents. antoinette: right now. boston police are trying to track down a man accused of stealing $20,000 worth of copper from a construction site. it's located on nashua street. police say a moriarty construction employee noticed the theft on december 14. anyone with information is asked to contact boston police. 5:37 this morning. soon your driver's license might not be enough to get through airport security.

and two boys think fast after surviving a car crash. their quick moves to save their grandfather who was trapped behind the wheel. antoinette: taking loot live look at the radar as our first winter storm moves across the region. there might only be a coating of snow where you are, but rain and sleet could make the roads slick. we'll be tracking the conditions

welcome back to the "eyeopener." a very messy commute for your early morning if you're heading out the door right now megging your way north of town. sleet on the roadways and a crash here over on 495 northbound by route 3 with only the breakdown lane getting by. two jack-knifed tractor trailers cindy, very bad timing for the morning commute. cindy: you've got it. we have the snow and sleet right now especially around and north and west of boston already seeing some rain on the cape and the islands. that transitioned to rain will happen here late morning to the afternoon. not expecting a lot of snow. a coating to a couple of inches in most spots. more in northern worcester county and southern new hampshire. the temperatures do come up to near 40 this afternoon with that rain. a dryer day tomorrow but it's a little more rain foam night. we do dry things out and clear them out for new year's celebrations. erika. erika: thank you so much. two new hampshire boys hailed as heroes after saving their grandfather from a dangerous wreck. 64-year-old frederick temple lost control of his truck in alexandria. his grandsons, 8 and 5 years old, were in the back seat. the truck careened 25 yards into

trees. temple was trapped, but the boys managed to escape and run to a nearby house for help. ray corchaine called 9-1-1 and where he found their grandfather. >> he was bleeding profusely from the head. his legs were stuck. he couldn't move at you will. those kids, they were little. you know, they did a great job. erika: temple is suffering serious injuries. his grandsons are doing okay, back home with their parents this morning. antoinette: a woman pulled from a fire in webster. neighbors. and the so-called "affluenza" teen arrested after taking off on the run. where investigators found him

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erika: the time is now 5:45. the eyeopener team ready with your "news to go" in webster and dorchester. antoinette: and doug meehan is checking out the roads for us cindy is back with a very active radar. cindy: if it were just snow it would be more manageable. snow is mixing with sleet. here. to the north across parts of central and northern new england, they'll get more snow out of this. ski areas will do well. finally some snow for the ski areas, but around here take a closer look at the radar here. you can see even around boston, we're showing you this purple

this is indicating a lot of sleet mixing in. as you get up into the north shore as well. once you head west we're finding a little bit more snow out towards places like concord and sud sudbury and out toward marlborough. even here we're finding sleet mixing in as well. we are going to see that combination of snow and sleet right now. transition to really primarily morning. so the snow is waning out there this morning. as we get deeper into the morning hours, the sleet will continue to change over to rain and by midday into the afternoon talking about rain. look at the water temperature right now. 47 degrees. winds are from the east so we're above freezing at the coastline right now but it may be a little harder to dislodge-- freezing afternoon. by 7:00 a.m. notice how the snow is is primarily to our north. a lot of sleet across the area but raining right now on the cape, the islands. we're going to watch that rain ward. by 9:00 this morning, primarily

sleet to the north and west. transitioning over to rain by lunchtime. but outside of 495, we may hang on to some freezing drizzle here. as we get into the afternoon. that is the concern for some icing. poor traveling out this way. but there could even be some accumulation of ice, a tenth of an inch with maybe a half an inch to the berkshires. concern there could be power disruption there. we'll watch this storm pull away but colder air lingers. perhaps a few pockets of freezing drizzle as we get into tomorrow morning. overall tomorrow is a dryer aday with some rain at night and clearing skies. examine timing there for new year's eve. let's get you back out to the roads right now. it is still tough out there. very slippery. olessa: very mess a ride depending on where you're heading. even a little bit of that moisture on the roadways can do a lot of damage. the pike is looking better now. we can see the blacktop. plows just went through this stretch here by allston/brighton. let's get to the maps and see the rest of your ride. north of town we're dealing with lots of problems. watching two jack-knifed tractor

if you're heading that way toward the lowell connector only the breakthrough lane getting by right now. expect a slow ride there. a couple of accidents reported along 128 from reading as you travel down toward lexington and toward route 2. we have a few problem spots there. also watching a spinout on 495 by center street and another accident 9 south by route 16. south of town a few problems as well. 24 northbound a crash by route 27. another accident route 3 north by derby street. and a slow ride on the pike. you really want to be careful and let those crews get out there and clean those roads if you don't have to head out right now. trains and buses for now on schedule. erika, antoinette. erika: thanks so much. a mix of snow and sleet making the commute a lot more difficult for many of you this morning. antoinette: the eyeopener's doug meehan is on the road good morning, doug doug: good morning. not a nice ride to say the least. we are on route 2 just coming up to 128 interchange.

i mean, it is just snow covered. as cindy was mentioning earlier, we kind of get into a mix or a changeover into more sleet. it looks like snow as it's coming down but when it hits the windshield, it sounds like sleet or ice. you mix that with the snow that fell earlier out here and you really do have some dangerous road conditions. we saw an accident out there on 128 on the southbound side involving a tractor trailer truck and jeep. that was on lexington-- in lexington before you get to two-way. what we're trying to do right now, as a matter of fact, we are crossing over 128 right now as we try to make our loop on to 128 north. we're going to go see if we can find that tractor trailer mess up on 495. so we'll keep you updated out here on the roadways. give yourselves plenty of extra time. the same old song but you'll get to your destination safely.

newscenter 5. todd: this storm is the first test of the mbta's winter resiliency program. following the the "t"'s many failures last year. the "t" this year will be better because of better tools and better planning. take a look at some of the tools that the "t" now has its disposal. new anti-icing machines are being put to use on the red, blue and orange lines. also new this winter a mass storm desk will manage conditions and changes. storms are will now be prioritized tier 1 to 5, 5 the most severe. today's storm is a tear 1 storm. it is expected to offer a normal weekday schedule. today. reporting live from dorchester, todd kazakiewich, wcvb, newscenter 5 many. juli: three webster police officers are being applauded as heroes as they rushed into a house fire to rescue an elderly woman.

out of the house, and i saw them perform c.p.r. on her. juli: she's in critical condition now. seven people in total from four apartments lost everything in that fire on granite street. the fire marshal's office is still working to determine a cause, but they do know a propane tank and also shingles made from petroleum products caused that fire to spread quickly. this home is now condemned. live in webster, juli mcdonald, wcvb, newscenter 5. antoinette: a grand jury decides not to indict two white police officers who killed a 12-year-old black boy. tamir rice was shot to death in a cleveland park in 2014. he was carrying a pellet gun. although the call to 9-1-1 indicated tamir was a child playing with a toy, that information was not given to officers. surveillance video shows tamir rice was shot less than two seconds after police arrived at

reviewing the case. erika: the so-called "affluenza" teenager and his mother have been captured in mexico. overnight, a texas district attorney's office confirmed ethan couch and his mother were found near a resort. the 18-year-old had been wanted for violating his probation sentence for a drunk driving crash that killed four people in 2013. his lawyers claimed he suffered from "affluenza," a condition caused by his privileged parents. a driver's license soon might not be enough to get you through security at the airport. the department of homeland security is pushing for a national identification card that many states including massachusetts have opposed. the t.s.a. could adopt the federal law that supporters say would enhance national security. currently in massachusetts, your state license is valid for the read i.d. act. but that changes october 10 of next year. antoinette: cindy is still there. it is really just a mess on a cindy: it is. it will be that way through

we will eventually transition over to rain this afternoon in all areas but that rain may still be freezing on contact out through the worcester area and so winter weather advisories are up through the day for you. look at all the colors. green indicating plain rain right now. a lot of it on the cape and islands. a lot of sleet in the pink and purple color. still a good amount of snow mixing with sleet at times here up through the merrimack valley and into southern new hampshire. here too you're eventually changing over to sleet. we're going to continue to watch that transition process from snow to sleet through 9:00 a.m. sleet will turn to rain along the coastline and then during the afternoon hours, that freezing rain may linger north and west of 495 on into the afternoon so concerns with this are two-fold. there's a concern for slippery travel but also with some icing, there could be localized power outages as well. something to think about. you can see it's only in the 20's right now. those easterly wind are warming the temperatures up along the coastline. there's warm air come up with our storm from the south. we are seeing that transition

rain down around the new york city area. and as the storm lifts north ward we'll watch that rain spread north as well. by 7:00 this morning, the snow is really pushing up into the state of maine. parts of central and northern new hampshire. a lot of sleet across the area but rain moving up from the south shore into boston likely by about 9:00 this morning. still some sleet north and west of town and then as we get toward lunchtime, primarily rain across eastern most massachusetts but still lingering pockets of that freezing rain and drizzle out beyond 495. so how much accumulation are we talking? and how much have we seen so far? let's send it over to mike for more on that. mike: as you pointed out, it depends on where you're at. that sleet does not pile up that much. the snowfall totals have not been that impressive into the areas where we're seeing the mixed precipitation going on. you head into concord, new hampshire, we're talking about over two inches of snow there. fitchburg an inch of snow. few bedford a half inch. here in needham, we have about a half inch because we've been

the totals will not be impressive compared to last winter anyway. for our first one it's a nice way to ease into the winter i suppose. a coating to two two inches. a lot of that is sleet. it's very, very slippery stuff. as you were pointing ow, cindy, out to the west we may have a freezing rain situation out there. that could mean ice secretions. that means we build up the ice on surfaces including power lines which could be an issue or tree limbs. that could be a problem as well. near the coast it will be primarily warm enough that we're talking about rain. cindy: about 3:00 this afternoon, the temperatures here are hovering very close to freezing out through worcester county and up into the merrimack valley. at the coastline with that easterly wind it is in the lower 40's but here too temperatures fall back this evening so as our storm pulls away, we're really going to see the precipitation let up late this afternoon but there could be pockets of freezing drizzing overnight and first thing tomorrow morning. keep that in mind. tomorrow is primarily a dry day. we are watching a: 00 down the coast.

rain especially in southeastern massachusetts wednesday night. but we are clearing it out on new year's eve. that is good news if you're heading in to the city for first night, temperatures starting out around 40 degrees and then as we get deeper into the evening hours and as we ring in the knew year it's down into the 30's but dry weather expected for new year was day. it does turn colder only in the lower 30's by the weekend. let's get you back out to the roads right now, olessa. just a tough situation out there. you really need to take it easy. olessa: if you don't need to head out, don't do it. let the crews lean the roadways. we just saw plows go through here on the pike by allston/brighton. everyone is moving very, very slowly this morning. let's get to the maps because we're watching several problems out there. if you're traveling through lowell we have a crash involving two jack-knifed tractor trailers 495 northbound by route 3 just the breakdown lane getting through right now. another accident involving a pinout 95 south by central street. as you make your way along 128 an overturned car 128 north by route 2. southbound side there's a tractor trailer drash by route 2a.

has a lane blocked. now we're watching a crash on the pike east by route 9. as you make your way south, problems. 24 northbound an accident by route 27 involving a truck and then route 3 northbound by derby street. another accident there so the list continues to grow. you really want to be careful out there. so far the trains and the bus s are okay. erika, antoinette. 4. erika: thanks so much. 5:57 right now. donald trump taking on a new target in new hampshire. and this one is not a political rival. antoinette: his insult for a newspaper publisher. and disturbing developments in the opioid crisis. what some doctors don't know that could be putting lives at risk. erika: and if you can't be in front of a t.v., stay one step ahead of the storm with the free wcvb mobile app.

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