stormy 24 hours ahead with beneficial rain for some, and wet snow to our north and west. jennifer: some areas of the state could see several inches of it overnight. for the very latest let's check in with chief meteorologist mike haddad. mike: we are tracking temperatures now because that's critical in determining whether we get a chilly rain or wet snow. right now we're all above freezing, however in jaffrey and keene the temperature has dropped one degree in the last hour. as precipitation begins to and you notice the deeper blue shade there on our temperature map, indicating it's a little colder even to our west and that means western parts of the state stand a good chance of getting in on some wet snow. you can see it falling around areas of keene, back to peterborough, north to washington and southern sullivan county. not all of that is in the form of wet snow right now, but a good indication that those areas will see a little bit as we go through the evening. farther to the north more snow in the higher summits of the

rain all moves on through. you can see that mix and snow in western parts of the state, early to mid evening before that changeover to heavy rain. so how much rain, how much snow, and what about the potential for strong win on friday. all of that in a timeline straight ahead. jennifer: tonight's forecasted snow for parts of the north country has ski areas eager to see a whiter winter in year compared to last. cherise leclerc live from loon mountain now in lincoln to tell us how they're it's still just raining at this hour, but the rain is coming down a little heavier. but there is actually some snow at the top of loon mountain from a few days ago. but ski officials here say they're excited about the potential for more tonight, they say this is a great start to the season that's ahead. while the trails here are still bare, of course, ski resort officials tell us it only takes a couple of days of consecutive cool temperatures in the 20's to start up their snow guns. they say it's not all that

snowfall here in october, but it is always welcome news, after last year's milder winter they're hoping early snowfalls like this are a sign of good things to come for their ski season. >> people are very excited, especially after last year wasn't a stellar winter. they're just really primed to come up here and have fun. reporter: those ski officials tell us they think they will be ready and open to skiing before thanksgiving thisea leclerc. tom: we have troubling news tonight for people the kingston who are using town provided well water due to the drought conditions. that water being offered at the fire department is apparently contaminated with pfoa's. shelley walcott just spoke to state officials about the situation. shelley: the department of environmental services had tested the well water at the kingston fire department as a precaution and today they announced a surprising result.

kingston, new hampshire fire department showed elevated concentrations of pfoa's. the town of kingston requested the department of environmental services test the well water because the town was making water from that well available to residents who needed water because of the current drought. two separate rounds of testing showed that the well contained 140 parts per trillion of pfoa as well as the presence of additional pfc's. >> the pfoa and the department are the, this wasn't an investigation that was initiated because of a sort of known contamination. d.e.s. working with the town of kingston went out and tested the well at the fire department because the town had offered it to residents that were being impacted by the drought. shelley: in the interim the department of environmental services says people in kingston can get drinking water from the town library and that water has been tested and there is no sign

i'm shelley walcott, wmur news 9. jennifer: a developing story tonight, a man on trial for sexual assault was killed in a crash in gilford this afternoon. police say an officer actually witnessed the driver go off the end of the by-pass on route 3, through a gate, and then into an embankment. the officer was trying to stop the driver for reckless operation, in a construction zone when the car crashed. we've learned the victim was steven price, who, according to five counts of sexual assault and he did not return to the courtroom for closing arguments this afternoon. tom: tonight the president of a residential treatment center in plymouth has been put on leave. jennifer: that follows jeffrey caron's arrest on a drunk driving charge, his car crashed into a pole. as kristen carosa tells us, another employee of the center was also arrested after the crash. reporter: the crash happened in lebanon on wednesday morning,

residential treatment center in plymouth. and now both have been placed on leave. work to repair utility pole in lebanon continued thursday, after a car crash. >> a single vehicle drove into a telephone pole on dartmouth college highway, two occupants of the vehicle both sustained injuries that were not life threatening. reporter: the crash can be seen on this cell phone video captured by a witness. >> showing that it was traveling over the double yellow line, nearly had a few minutes prior to the actual accident. and then the video showed the vehicle trailing off to the side of the road and eventually striking and taking down a telephone pole. reporter: police say jeffrey caron was driving while intoxicated, he was arrested at the hospital. he's been charged with misdemeanor reckless driving and driving under the influence.

was also arrested. he's been charged with possession of a controlled drug. >> any time this happens it's concerning, whether it's 9:30 at night or 9:15 in the morning. reporter: the two work for mount prospect cad any in plymouth, an all boys residential treatment center, and have been put on a leave of absence. according to staff members, caron is the organize's president and fitzgibbon-bizel is the director of facilities. the organization is reviewing the incident but wouldn't comment further. commuter traffic, school traffic on a school day, a lot of things that could have happened and we're fortunate it wasn't a lot reporter: both men will be back in court in january. tom: up next in our commitment coverage. jennifer: independent congressional candidate sean o'connor joins us in the studio to answer your questions from gun laws to the national debt.

facebook live conversation. hayley: i'm hayley lapoint, live at canobie lake park scream fest. and it's scary in here. i'll show you what they've got going on this weekend, coming up. mike: they look very friendly to me. a stormy stretch tomorrow as the latest system moves through. a look at the timeline coming up. in sports we have a smashing home town hero from this is where the oil billionaire koch brothers hosted a fundraiser for kelly ayotte... this is where ayotte voted with the koch brothers 90% of the time. ayotte's campaigns collected millions from corporate interests. and voted for them, not you. she voted wall street banks billions in write offs for executive bonuses. voted big oil

refinance student loans. and against lowering the cost of prescription drugs. kelly ayotte's not working for new hampshire. dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. joanne: she's not fooling me. britt: kelly ayotte sides with the special interests. vivian: now, she's even playing politic games with medicare. vo: kelly ayotte voted to cut medicare and cost seniors up to $1,700 more for prescriptions... while protecting tax breaks for the wall street banks and

with kelly ayotte, it's all politics. joanne: she's not looking out for new hampshire anymore. vo: senate majority pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. tom: commitment 2016 now, first district congressional candidate sean o'connor joined us in studio today for the last installment of facebook live with the candidates. jennifer: josh mcelveen has a

thinking about. josh: the first question for newcomer sean o'connor asks who are you politically? >> i'm an independent. so trying to box me in as a liberal or conservative, i'm neither of those. hive worked for a republican member of congress, i've worked for a democratic lieutenant governor. what i'm trying to do is bring the best ideas from both parties together to drive compromises to address the real issues that are affecting granite josh: what about gun laws? >> so i have a lot of friends who are sportsmen and hunters and i think it's very clear that the second amendment does provide a private right to bear arms. the only thing that i want to make sure of is that we do not allow guns to get into the hands of domestic terrorists, violent criminals and those who have committed domestic violence. josh: what are you going to do about the v.a. wait time for benefits for injured military? >> i believe that our brave men and women have served this

into any doctor's office, any hospital and receive immediate care and be reimbursed by the government. josh: how would you handle the national debt? >> we need to look at what vital functions are being done and what do we need to keep those going and then get rid of all the extra fat in all the departments. i think we need to open up all the departments to e vl weighings and to a full audit. that's how we would do it in business, and gover a business, but there are lessons we can take from business and apply to government that i think will be successful. josh: just a few of the thins on the minds of voters before they head to the kohls -- polls in 12 days. jennifer: o'connor is one of the candidates who will be taking part in our granite state debates, they kick off tuesday at st. anselm college. here's the time lambs of the set being built. first the gubernatorial candidates. then the u.s. senate and

if you'd like to submit a question that may be asked during our debates, just head over to the wmur facebook page right now and leave a comment on the debate post. tom: 12 days until the election is over, but nobody is counting. mike: no, why would you? is there an election coming up? tom: yes. mike: before we get do that point, weather looks fairly quiet. not quiet tonight and tomorrow, we've got beneficial rain and who could see some snow. ben hassan is my older brother. he is so funny, and so smart, and my best friend. all families have challenges, and my mom instilled in us very early on

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tom: it's time for haunted thursday and the place we're visiting be the is sure to make you scream. jennifer: from haunted houses to live show and an area just for the kids, canobie lake park is offering it all. hayley lapoint dared to try it out. hayley: indeed i did. good evening, guys. earlier at 5:00 we showed you around one of the haunted houses that they've got. this is another one which is actually especially for clowns, extra scary this year too. but what we wanted to share with you here now is a sigh show act that you can check out, all during this weekend's scream fest, it's going on tomorrow night, saturday night and sunday night as well. i'm joined here by andrew who has an epic mustache and beard going on here.

>> we've been at canobie lake park for about four years now, and just -- hayley: you use swords to do things. >> yes, we're sword swallowers, we're from las vegas, nevada. and we also have a bed of nails and body conditioning and stuff in a sockets. hayley: guinness world so stheer going to show us some really cool sword work here. >> this blade is going down our throat about an 8th of an inch away from our living beating heart. everything we do in our show is 100% real. hayley: real quick, we'll do this last one. >> so some people think that's fake, but it is not. and here's the way thaw prove

again going down my throat, watch it glow. hayley: that's pretty creepy. so again they're open this last weekend for halloween. you can check it out, i'm at canobie lake park tonight. mike: anybody hungry after that? wow. i mean, how far -- that's crazy. here we hale haley. unfortunately with the drought status update this morning, we're still stuck the the extreme drought. we have come down a little bit in terms of of the rain deficit. but the severe drought still holding on lakes region through the upper valley. abnormally dry farther to the north. we could really use the rain out there and good news for tonight

one inch of rain plus on the way between now and early afternoon tomorrow. now, that's one side of this storm. the other is the wintery side, very tricky part of the forecast is from right now until the midnight hour, in places like washington, southern parts of sullivan county, back through alstead, jaffrey, peterborough and all the way into the lake sunapee zone. we could see a coating to as much as one or two isolated highest elevations, so roads could turn slick to. the north precipitation just beginning to increase in intensity, that means a light rain-snow mix will go over to wet snow. the highest amounts clearly as you go up in elevation late this evening through midday tomorrow. a lot of energy rotating through toronto and blowf andful that transfers off shore, we're going to see the rain and snow intensifying through the morning commute tomorrow before it gradually tapers off during the

it is turning colder in the higher terrain in western new hampshire and eventually it will turn colder in the higher terrain of northern new hampshire as that storm intensifies overhead. but by late this evening and overnight it will begin to warm up from the southwest and that changes everything in southern new hampshire over to rain. so look at the timeline, seven, eight, nine this evening, heavy wet snow in the highest elevations. rain to the east of peterborough and all the way to the lak farther to the north. later on tonight it's all rain, some of it quite heavy, even a scattered thunderstorm during the overnight, early part of tomorrow morning, especially through the morning commute hours. a lot of rain left over with with snow in the mountains through midday and then it tapers off to scattered showers during the afternoon. rainfall amounts again good news in terms of the drought, anywhere from one to one and a half inches in many spots, but that will fall in the form of wet snow and parts of western new hampshire.

a coating to two, but much higher snow totals in northern new hampshire. three to seven in parts of the great north woods. 6 to 10 in the higher summits of the white mountains and again the winds tomorrow a big factor for your windy friday, as the winds could crank over 30 to 40 miles per hour. by saturday, clouds and sun and isolated shower, could be a shower in southern new hampshire sunday, but a good part of the day dry, more sun to the north, halloween is looking good, tuesday and wednesday a warming trend takes wednesday. tom: very good. >> in girls division two field

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ja c they still won their zone opener by five points. they can make it a great start to the year with another win tonight, they play in chicago on national tv. exciting action in the final 30 seconds or so of this semifinal division two girls field hockey game with one minute to go in the game, abby cranny scored for souhegan. they would move on and play the winner of tonight's game, derry

chmps from lebanon. so these are live pictures of the game in exeter, and looks like it is going, it is over now, final 2-1, wind ham wins, they advance. at 6-foot 3, this week's home town hero is a big hitter for the tomahawks. >> the merrimack high school volleyball team has turned out some big-time talent in reason years including a handful of report breakers, the latest to set a new jolly, she broke the new hampshire record for career blocks. with over 270 and counting. she's also second in the state with 995 kills. >> having my team there is one of my favorite parts, knowing that we've improved together, just, it's far greater than

>> basketball, track, swimming lacrosse, but she realized early on that volleyball would be her game, although she admits she wasn't a natural. >> i started out, they banned me on ice and i was all over the place. but i definitely like to think that i've gotten a little more coordinated since freshman year and i've definitely improved by leaps and bounds. >> she's the vice president of her senior class and a member of the national honor society. volunteering her time throughout the >> it opens you up to see what else the community has out there. and it's a pretty cool feeling. >> elise has committed to play volleyball at the university of delaware. she's not sure about a major yet, but she's leaning toward something in the sciences. best of luck to elise jolly, this week's home town hero. >> you hear that tom, she's going to delaware. tom: very good.

i served under president bush and obama. i fought the taliban. i was asked to form a global coalition to counter isil. when someone makes the comment that they know more about the islamic state or isil than do the generals, it implies a complete ignorance of the reality. but i believe secretary clinton really understands the threat that the islamic state poses to the united states and to the american people. and i believe she understands how to wield american power to ultimately defeat this threat and to keep us safe.

for months and months of this. i'd like to punch him in the face i'll tell you. there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her, wherever. kelly ayotte stood by him. would you tell a child to aspire to be like donald trump? would you point to him as a role model? absolutely. i would do that. but now, she's running away. trying to save her political career. kelly ayotte's all politics, no principles.

tonight, breaking news. the new polls just out. as michelle obama joins hillary clinton for the first time on the trail. what they reveal about each other. just as wikileaks reveals major questions about millions made by bill clinton. and donald trump tonight, appearing to surprise even melania. the new video tonight. in new york city. the dramatic rescue. the major storm hitting. snow, ice, freezing rain from d.c. to philly to new york. the college student accused of sexual assault, and tonight, the list of women. what was allegedly discovered in the book next to his bed. diane sawyer is here tonight. isis in america. one-on-one with the college grad, the star student behind bars. his stunning answer, what drew him to isis. and made in america is back. come with me to the statue of