juliet: i like massapequa. nice job. ben: lauren seven at eight keeping track of new developments. >> apple ceo tim cook. basically called the government's request for apple to create a back door into the iphone, they call that the software is equivalent of cancer. something they have never done and will never do as they continue to fight the feds on this topic. this is a big deal. the whole privacy versus security debate. he said some things are hard, some things are right and some things are both. apple, i guess so frustrated by security system so intense that even they cannot crack it. uncrackable software. just a word to users out there, sometimes when you have too many features, too much security on a phone or device, it is slower. just putting it out there. juliet: on crack they uncrackable. it is just crazy. it is crazy. a lot of people agree with them. ben: you can catch more on the fox business network. juliet: we are going to be doing some parents coping during that commercial break. it will be pretty entertain

the soundtrack for the day as crews work to get that area back to news 4's tracie strahan is in massapequa and it sounds like the fallen trees were just one part of the problem here. >> it actually was and we're seeing just how much muscle this storm had on chicago avenue and we're seeing where it was able to uproot a tree and the wind sent i t right into the roof of this home and the damage caused in nassau and suffolk counties really a domino effect. >>> chicago may be the windy city, but it's clear wind wreaked havoc on this house in massapequa. this morning crews unloaded armfuls of the massive tree that was blown over and crashed into the roof during last night's storm. a storm strong enough to snap power lines less than five minutes away. cell phone video captured the live wire setting parked cars on fire. >> i don't scare easily and it was scary. husband's beloved gmc yukon and she knew trouble was coming at the height of the storm. >> it sounded like thunder and it was the tree coming down and we heard something like skidding across the roof and all of a sudden there was an orange

winds out of the northeast to east, and massapequa and north porter at 38. with the wind out there it's cold. it's a cold rain, it's 43 down the jersey shore. it's going to be a chilly start to the day. but the temperature is going to rise. but the winds are going to pick up, the rain is going to pick up, so we have a wind advisory today. we're talking about. the big time rain pours in here this evening and tonight. here's the temperature, just rises on up. computer model has it at 57 by 6:00. there'll be rumbles of thunder this evening and pouring rain with street and highway flooding. we talk about that next.

this is chicago avenue in massapequa. damage can be spotted all over the area. we're told the folks here are okay. it looks like they are inside right now actually watching tv. take a look at this video. this is some of the worst damage that we've noted. a power line crashed down on two cars, setting them on fire. no one was injured in the fire on new hampshire avenue. the flames, we're told, grew downed wires and trees are a problem in parts of suffolk county. damage took different forms across the area. we're told 4300 customers lost fire on long island. again, back out here live on chicago avenue, you can see there is a lot of cleanup here that will take place in the 24 hours ahead, we're told. again, no one in this home was hurt. clearly, things could have been much worse. now that you've taken a look at damage to the areas, eave seen trash cans thrown in the street. live in massapequa, mallory hoff, channel 7 "eyewitness news." >> thank you. >>> it is 5:06. metro-north says the problems last night on the harlem line have now been resolved. the metro north p

based on what we've seen here, this is on chicago avenue in massapequa. the damage can be spotted and it appears the homeowners were home when this happened and we're told they are okay. take a look at this video of the other damage we spotted. power lines crashed down on two cars setting them on fire. no one was injured at the fire, but the flames, we're told, grew quickly. up on the north shore, downed wires and trees are a problem county. you are seeing one of the biggest problems, though. initially 43,000 customers lost power on long island. 37,000 still don't have power this morning. the largest areas are in hempstead and oyster bay. i spoke with a man who lives in massapequa and says he's still taking on the situation. >> it's kind of sad, you know? it's one less tree. it is a very shady block. it's beautiful to come down this block. >> reporter: have you spoken with your neighbors who lived here? >> no, i just woke up. >> reporter: tell me about your yard. >> i have to go look. have i to go look at my tree -- i have to go look at my trees. >> repor

a car fire because of the wires that was sparked in massapequa last night. the downed wires that really several locations. the downed lines caused all of the power out apples, like the one you see right here, michael. we don't know what the situation is for this lirr station, because they're certainly in the dark. of course, we'll bring you more updates on the situation as they become available. >> going to bring as many people back as quickly as possible. thanks very much, tracie. >> reporter: absolutely. >>> 5:04. in queens a terrifying situation that fortunately happened in the middle of the night when no one was around. a piece of a building came crashing down. it's on broadway in elmhurst. chunks started falling from that building around 1:00 this morning. katherine creag is there. it could have been a lot worse. >> reporter: absolutely. it was in the middle of the night as you pointed out. not a lot of people out here in this area. it damaged so many cars down the street. you see that huge piece of the facade from the building. from what we can tell, i

is the latest in massapequa. you. >> thank you, robert. let's go over to sussex county. police are expected to release a portion of . trying to help with the investigation of the shooting. it's yesterday and it was announced that they were . two years ago, a mask gunman drove onto the property. it's a weird story.he opened fired and should he still doesn't have any idea who wanted him dead but now if the feds are involved, he hopes they will provide a couple of leads. >> prosecutors are looking to dismiss charges in the case of five teenagers accused of gang raping a young woman . it shocked people because it happened at a brooklyn playground. >> let's bring to reason here. there is a very disturbing element to this. >> almost immediately, the case was dodged by questions about the people that were involved.this morning, due to a lack of evidence in the victim refusing to cooperate, da says he has no choice but to drop the rape charges teenagers.>> i believe this would not have happened if the truth was told. >> it was a story that gripped the city. a young woman says sh

now, the aspca is hoping that the reward and seeing bandits reporting live this afternoon, in massapequa, i'm sandra bookman, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> also on long island, police are investigating a possible road rage case involving a gun. police say a 27-year-old man was driving on the roadway. the man claims a honda civic pulled up in front of him, and slam on the brakes. when the driver tried to pass the car, he said the passenger inside of it pulled a gun. no one was injured. >>> the search is on for the man who raped a woman in a bronx stairwell. take a look at this surveillance video here. police say that man followed a woman into an elevator inside a building in university heights last friday. that is where he attacked her, robbing her and taking her into a stairwell, where he is accused of sexually assaulting her. the victim is being treated at the hospital. >>> a new detail on the royal caribbean cruise ship caught in the path of hurricane force winds at the time. federal officials may look into and a u.s. senator is calling for an ntsb investigation. the passengers on thi

we are on chicago avenue in massapequa. the reason we are here is because of this massive tree that came down. it came up as a result of this tree coming down. you can see the sidewalk displays. they are, the tree tumbled dried onto that house. fortunately, no injury. not in the middle of the winter. i spoke to the man that lives next door. he was awake at midnight within unmistakable sound. >> it was a large salt. i cannot describe anything other than that. i immediately saw that the tree had been uprooted onto the house. the tree had not gone through the house. it was a large tree. i saw movement inside the house. that you look a little bleary-eyed this morning, blame the weather for keeping you awake. it did not discriminate. westchester county was hit extremely hard. leaving neighborhoods in the dark. smoke filled the air. trees crashed down onto cars. new rochelle damaging the roof. the city also felt the fury. the building next door was evacuated as a precaution. no injuries were reported. luckily, no one was hurt. ne

along the jersey coast and say from jfk through to jericho and out to sections of long island, massapequa, three to five inches and up through let's say sections of west chester and over to fairfield county, you're in that zone, but look at this, out in the eastern end of long island, from let's say, oh, west hampton out to montauk and up to orion point. there you can see upwarpeds of 5 to 8 inches before this snow goes up into the cape where they get a great snowstorm. i want to remind you tonight when janice joins you at 5:00 and when i'm here at 5:30 we'll go hyperlocal and go county by county and let you know what's going to happen. also we may be adjusting these the entire storm team is watching and analyzing the data and we'll come up with a revised forecast during the afternoon. so future tracker puts everything in motion and we start out with rain tonight at 10:00 and we see the snow begin to overtake and a little bit of a mix as we head to 2:00 in the morning and hopefully as many people as possible off the roads, but tomorrow morning we have full snow out to long island, nassau

massapequa is around 36.

meantime, vou wouldn't think of rain with temperatures like the is. 8 in emerson, 2 in ring wood, 9 in massapequa. long branch at 12. 7 below zero ought in westhampton. here comes the snow but also the warmer air pushing in our direction. notice it's moving more east. wem buy time through the morning commute. probably until noon or so, most of the area will be snow free. that changes on future track. moving forward in time here. -noon, maybe a little bit of light snow flurry activity breaking out. the main steady snow sits to the south. then once you get to 3:00, in the city, long island, most of new jersey at that point and it will snow through the evening commute. this is 6:00. notice that mix line. that's the pink line getting closer to the cicy. south facing shoreline, the jersey shore, going to rain by 6:00. not the case north and west. even at 9:00, still frozen precipitation north of the city. over to plain rainepity of long island, good portion of new jersey. here's a lull i'm talking abouw. just lighter showers. watch what happens in the afternoon from the west. is is the cold front. a n

not much left of the car set on fire by downed power lines in massapequa. across our area, cars and homes were damaged. yesterday we told you about wind likely ripped the panel from the side of a verizon building at broadway. that was wednesday night. debris landed on parked cars and all over the street. crews say the sidewalk shed will protect people if more pieces fall off. >>> 4:34. time for weather and traffic on the 4s. chris, we're seeing it all. we were warm, cold and i guess we're getting to be warm again at some point >> a brief setback and back to milder temperatures for the weekend to the start of next week. generally the low and mid-30s. 35 in poughkeepsie. not a big spread from place to place across the area. there will be gusty breezes from time to time. windchills in the 20s across long island and the boroughs. 20 in newburgh. we'll see the windchills come down as the wind cranks up earlier on this morning into the afternoon hours. first forecast looking at a mostly cloudy sky right now. i think the clouds will break up through time, too. we'

this is on chicago avenue and massapequa. a massive tree crushed a home there. it was uprooted. that's a pretty big one as well. it knocked around store signs as well and had trees come on to the road. it was really messy night. not just because of that. i want to show you now some of the live wires that caused a car to catch fire in that area as well. it was a big problem that's being repaired by pseg crews throughout long island. right now, they're not giving us an estimate as to when all of this will be repaired. but, again, michael, you can see it's pretty pitch black out here. especially at this station, it's sure to cause a hiccup. back to you. >> tracie, thank you very much. >>> at the height of the storm, this happened on the george washington bridge. the strong winds toppled a tractor-trailer. in the outbound lanes. the bridge is now clear and traffic is moving again this morning. >>> the weather also made for an eventful commute home for metro-north riders. a train hit a tree near the ardsley station that caused damage to the train. the passengers had to be taken off a

and massapequa. 45 in belmar. 42 in poughkeepsie. these numbers are way warm. flood watch in effect central jersey, southern jersey, rain to the west and spreading eastward. a few showers get here around 9:00 with the heaviest rain at lunchtime in the afternoon, and the wind picks up with that, too. look at the wind symbol there. 58 to 60 degrees. very windy, very rainy and that comes out after school and through the evening commute. we will talk more about that coming up in just a moment. weather and traffic together every 7 minutes. we've got trouble on the subways. >> a little bit of a problem here. the 2 and 3 trains, track work at 72nd street. we have local service only from result. long island rail road, metro north, new jersey transit, they're all doing just fine, and then the traffic hold was lifted at 5:00 a.m. we also had this problem on the fdr drive southbound from the 77 to the 60s. that earlier construction has been cleared away. so that's good news. and the george washington bridge, inbound lower level has been re-opened. you do have a minor dela

. >> reporter: for one family in massapequa, the noise in the middle of the night was terrifying. the tree crashing through the roof and into a young girl's bedroom. >> the branch came right through the top and above her. we're just glad she's okay. everything else can be fixed. >> reporter: the howling winds horror film. the damage in some places like a disaster movie after a storm that caught many people off guard. by morning, we found trees resting on power lines, traffic lights at key intersections knocked down, and a sign of just how strong the winds really were, along that a total of 90,000 homes and businesses lost power, but utility crews scrambled through the night and into the morning, bringing more than 80% of them back online within a matter of hours. >> woke up this morning to see a piece of fence blown out by my neighbor. then my house had the basketball hoop down, and that was it. this is the worst i've seen so far. >> reporter: you can see the work crews here where the flashing lights are. as you can see now, the lights are beginning to come on in this neighborhood

massapequa, you are at 30. 31 bridgeport, 29 in the park. today we'll have sunshine with chillier than yesterday. normal average after the high temperature about 42 degrees. and we'll be seeing the temperature rising up tomorrow. the weekend sees 50 degree temperatures. we'll talk about that next. heather's busy already on this thursday. >> the good new is the belt parkway accident, the accident is clearing. the bad news is we having in on the l.i.e. so news copter 7 went up to check in with this accident on the l.i. e. good morning once again, john. >> reporter: good morning, heather. this accident about has been out here for some time. as well. looks like crews have it cleared let's pull the shot back on the l.i.e. on in through queens. parkway avenue. >> not a good ride at all. traffic heading towards us into manhattan. the outbound traffic is completely jam packed. traffic going into new jersey or i'm sorry, into queens is also a mess as well and into manhattan. so let's go right over to our maps to explain to you what's going on. ed koc

massapequa, one degree above the freezing mark. up to the north, poughkeepsie . down to the south, long branch is 36. in between, seeing 20s showing up. there is a little bit of a chill. northwesterly flow, you can see what that's creating. that's an indication of the wind direction. also the wind speed and the cold air passing over the warmer lakes. the lake-effect snow showers fall apart. that's where you'll get the closest flurries. the catskills this morning. that would ten to be it. >> 2:00 in the afternoon. what you can't see is the brisk northwest wind keeping us chilly. 8:00 tonight, looking good in terms of the sky. it is still chilly through tomorrow. 9:00 a.m. gradually, working into saturday night and sunday, a more southwesterly flow takes hold. by sunday, that mild feel will be in the air especially in the mid afternoon hours especially when temperatures climb into the upper 50s. that's going to feel very nice and will continue into early 37 the expected high with clouds giving way to sun. it's windy throughout. winds generally 15 to 20 miles per ho

massapequa is around 36. that makes for a warmer day than normal today, too. you'll need sunglasses and jacket and wetter. we'll get to near 45 degrees by 3:00. a nice day. it's going to get a little colder and a lot warmer. we'll tell about you that coming up. >>> it's weather then heather every seven minutes. how's it going out there? >> to those who go to the stanford train section. we have an accident involving a rolledover vehicle. this could cause problems for commuters headed to the transit train station. uptown, local service only 36 into roosevelt avenue. as we take a look here at the bqe northeast getting into the brooklyn battery tunnel, that's an accident. farther northeast, another accident is being cleared away. we also have a problem here as you head onto the deegan, the common ramp getting into the westbound side of the cross bronx. an accident, debris spills involved in that. street parking rules in effect for today. >>> new this morning, eight firefighters are hurt battling a fire inside of an apartment building in yonkers. crews were called

let's go to the maps to talk about the southern state parkway westbound near exit 28 in massapequa. we also have troubles on the m train, signal problems so expect delays. contact your carrier if you are going to jfk, la guardia, any of the local airports. there aren't any delays reported but it is a good idea to get in touch with your carrier. as you leave the airport, get onto the turnpike east near the exit 14 tolls, there is a large pothole in the right lane. we have street cleaning rules ken, over to you. >>> caught on camera, a fisherman in distress rescued by the coast guard. >> we sit down with a little boy attacked by a raccoon. >> and he's usually the one fighting crime, but this time, the cops are looking you can't predict the market. but through good times and bad... ...at t. rowe price... ...we've helped our investors stay confident for over 75 years. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. remarkable things are happening at your local acme. we're making changes, and we're getting better every day cleaner. friendlier. fresher. like fresher meat and seafood. and fresher

and north port and massapequa. and 54, toms river. and it's 57, even in poughkeepsie. the wind gusts have been higher than these sustained winds, but the sustain winds are 25 miles an hour and dangerous. teterboro reporting 53. it's dangerous. you need to be inside. and of course, we have this thunderstorm reporting in mercer county. and cumberland county and around philly. that's from a big old batch of heavy rain that you see right here. with these shades of red at allentown that are pushing toward western new jersey. and sussex county. down the garden state parkway. down the jersey turnpike to philly. here's that heavy rain here around i-80 and new jersey. this is flooding roadways. this will continue to do so over the next three hours. rainfall amounts so far are still on the low side. this has just been getting under way around noontime. here's that line we were talking about here from mercer county, to hunterton that is headed toward sussex and warren county. notice how that goes through really quick. but then that sets up here, orange and sullivan county, throug

so you get 36 in massapequa. 41 around poughkeepsie and 33 around white plains. so a calm wind to a light southeast wind coming around before we get there, it feels like 29 in brooklyn with the calm wind in white plains. we have this wave coming through virtually dry. the warm air from the west is taking up two-thirds of the country. so watch the temperature overnight tonight warming up into the low 40s by tomorrow morning. then tomorrow afternoon, it's 57, 58 degrees down the jersey shore. it's going to be really nice. and we're into the mid-50s as we go into sunday. still chilly for this afternoon. cloudy, a shower or two and maybe up to the north a wet the warm air is spreading over us. we're at 57 tomorrow. we'll have a gorgeous sunset at 5:56. your accuweather seven-day forecast, it will be great on sunday, 54. then we got a little wave coming by sunday making it a little cooler on monday, 48 degrees. a nice weekend. 50s. >>> the backlash against beyonce's latest song with a boycott from one police department. members of the fraternal order of police in miam

looking at 24 north port to massapequa. and 30 around bellmar. and we will be looking at what that will just kind of remain below freezing for a time. and the winner weather advisory is really for snow. coming up. so some of these snow showers, starting to get heavy around the five buroughs around long island, and heaviest, monmouth, and ocean county and all the way to atlantic county and a good amount of snow. pretty good snowfall rates and this big batch of rain comes to us tomorrow afternoon. and the first wave of rain is right here coming up with this snow from the south. so you will see on our future cast, the snow gets heavier. 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, and lee goldberg will be here. 4:00. it is just pretty good moderate snow coming down, and slippery up the roads. and that will continue until about 7:00 tonight. so can't rule out a coating to an inch or two around. particularly north and west, toward the two-inch mark. and colder there, longer hanging on, as the warmer temperatures come up. so the temperatures rise overnight. and then everything c

so now in massapequa, 36. islip is 37 and jersey shore 34. so that wind out there is a little on the tough side. the afternoon. it's gusting up to 20. so we'll be looking at real- feels in the 30 mark. 28 down the shore and poughkeepsie at 8 miles per hour. a few cumulus clouds and this high pressure ridge will slide through as we get on the backside of that, temperatures will warm up. in the afternoon, we start out in the 20s tomorrow and the teens on the west. the low 40s, getting closer to normal, sunday. we'll warm up nicely. 50 by noontime. the next several hours the temperature starts to slowly drop here. by 7:00, we'll have sunshine and pretty sunset. so it will be blustery and cold with temperatures at 38. clear, cold tonight and that's 18 in the suburbs, 26 around the five boroughs and freezing tomorrow with a high of 42. warming up on sunday to 60. monday we start off looking at a little shower or sprinkle goes by. then clouds and near 60 on monday. we'll cool down after wednesday when the front moves through and maybe a thunderstor

in massapequa, a tree toppled on to a home. nobody was hurt there. dari: this was incredible video this morning. a coast guard boat capsizing while trying to help a fishing boat that ran aground in the rockaways during the storm. >> stacey delikat was there as some of the fishermen finally came ashore. >> reporter: are you all right? scary moments. >> yes. exactly. >> reporter: what was it like? >> scary. >> reporter: this fisherman echoing the sentiments of all seven trapped aboard the boat after it washed aboard the shore early this morning during a powerful storm that brought high and forceful waves. >> they'd been out fishing for eight days between the conditions and mechanical issues, they lost power and were pushed on to shore. >> reporter: the conditions so bad a coast guard boat got stuck on a sandbar and capsized. all five coast guard members made it safely to shore. >> this was a very treacherous operation. >> reporter: when the coast guard gets in trouble, you know it's bad. >> a good sign. >> reporter: waves were up to 12 feet high. >> th

>> reporter: joseph owns a pizza joint in massapequa. he says this is how you make a pie after 43 years in the business. >> it starts out with the tomatoes from italy, cheese from wisconsin. >> reporter: it sells for $2.25. he can vouch for lombardi's on spring street in manhattan being the first pizzeria in america established in the early 1900s. >> they had a great calzone and slice of pizza. and they are -- they really are the original and the first. >> reporter: brooklyn's spumone any gardens opened in 1939 the fourth generation owner says people travel from all around the world to have a square. >> put the cheese on it. sauce is a little different style. >> reporter: but what is king in new york? >> i did both for a long time. in new york. >> bagels definitely. >> i eat the pizza. >> i like the pizza. >> reporter: however you slice it, bite it or top it, there's clearly room for both. emily smith, cbs 2 news. >> i don't. absolutely. >> i go for pizza. well because you can see have pizza for breakfast and you can have it for dinner.

a few flurries much lighter over near jfk and the wood mere valley stream and massapequa at this point. those are just passing flurries. few more flurries can stream in with the isolated showers. this is the first of two cold pushes. this one sort of sets the table and then the main course is going to be friday night and saturday morning. you see our numbers now are 20s with teens off to the north. look at that second front. yesterday we looked at it, and it was just coming out of the arctic circle. now it's over lower hudson bay. those aren't windchills. those are actual temperatures dropping from 17 below to 25 below. so a piece of that arctic air mass is headed our way. so here's the way the futurecast looks. you have the scattered flurries during the evening hours in the mid-20s. during your evening, teens, lower 20s, windchills are 5 to 10. then the windchills sort of stay that way this the single digits through tomorrow morning because the winds back off. your actual temperatures are 10 to 15 to start the morning. you'll have more sun early, and then the the clouds fade that suns

massapequa to hauppauge, 37 degrees. 31 toward east hampton. 40 toward montauk. we're talking about low 40s and upper 30s to the northwest. sunshine today. hardly a cloud in the sky, a few clouds later on. mississippi, louisiana, on that border, that comes to us later tomorrow. you can see later today, temperatures in the upper 40s to mid 40s. tonight, temperatures into the mid-30s. still above normal. so, tomorrow, cloudy skies and there you see around 3:00, the rain comes up after school, in the higher elevations there, northernersy, hudson river valley. it could slippery up the roads but goes over to all rain tomorrow night. and we will have showers for wednesday morning and a heavier batch of rain wednesday afternoon, wednesday night. not a big snowstorm or anything like that. 49 degrees this afternoon, that's 7 degrees warmer than normal for this time of the year. tonight, partly cloudy skies, tomorrow a cloudy day, a chilly day. it's 42. then late in the day, after school, evening commute, we get the rain and snow mix coming in. then we go tomorrow night. b

that picture was from north massapequa, and ortley beach. we have some slick roadways in manhattan. columbus avenue, 66th street. icy sidewalks and crosswalk, 26 degrees. a northeasterly wind at 5. february has flipped. we go from the super warm week to start the month, and then we go really chilly, and just the bottom falls out over the weekend where we have a visit from siberia, and finally back to 40 later tonight. we went into the weekend 8 degrees below average and came out absolutely flat normal, which is really a statement to how cold it was over the weekend. if you look closely with precipitation type. we start to mix in sleet and rain after 7:00 in new york city. probably even a little bit earlier than that. then we climb above freezing. roadways start to get more wet than icy. i think around the five boroughs, we have mostly wet over to total rain, it will be icy on untreated surfaces. tomorrow, rain is light through the first part of the day. lunchtime is getting heavy. i think from one to 4:00 in new york city, and eastward through the early evening hours, we see very he

massapequa was hit hard. a downed power line caused an inferno, two cars destroyed. >> all of a sudden the winds glowed orange and i looked out and the car was on fire. >> i heard the big boom and i heard her screaming. it was horrible. >> reporter: tricia feared the worst when this tree smashed right through the back of her house on chicago avenue. her 15-year-old daughter was upstairs on the third floor. the tree's limbs just missed her. >> came through the roof straight down. right above her bed and then through the side because of the shape of my house. she's fine. you know, she was very shaken up last night. >> reporter: her nerves across the tri-state area. >> i'm glad it's over. >> reporter: well, she is glad it's over but we know there's still much clean-up to be done. now, pseg long island tells us at the height of the storm, more than 85,000 customers were without power as of last check just over 7,000 remaining without power this evening. and those power problems today did result in some school clo

some damaging winds, and that's going to be around 10:00 to midnight tonight. 44 at northport and massapequa. hauppauge 47. chilly spots are still off here to the north. the warm air is surging up from the south. you see it's already in the low 60s down around southern jersey. going to keep surging north of this warm front. you see this warm air kind of coming in from the east/southeast to the jersey shore, a northeast wind off to the north, so some of these wind chills are chilly. laguardia feels like it's 31 coming off of flushing bay, into the 20s here north and west. here are the visibilities we're talking about, very low. a mile and a half at teterboro, 1.70 -- zero visibility from my camera in newark, a middle school and a half in the field at the runway. in white plains about a mile. this slows down everything at to find the z a way around in that low cloud cover and fog. wind advisory for tonight through 4:00 a.m. tomorrow and that's because this wind with this storm is going to really start kicking up here in the next couple of hours. so you see we have moderate to light rain now, a

winds out of the northeast to east, and massapequa and north porter at 38. with the wind out there it's cold. it's a cold rain, it's 43 down the jersey shore. it's going to be a chilly start to the day. but the temperature is going to rise. but the winds are going to pick up, the rain is going to pick up, so we have a wind advisory today. we're talking about. the big time rain pours in here this evening and tonight. here's the temperature, just rises on up. computer model has it at 57 by 6:00. there'll be rumbles of thunder this evening and pouring rain with street and highway flooding. we talk about that next. heather is looking at your commute? how's it going out there so far? >>reporter: an hour and a half at laguardia sph you're going to pick somebody up. jfk and newark on or close to schedule, but you want to get in touch with your individual carrier. island on the cross island north the bell boulevard has been cleared away. delays remain, however. then as you go onto routes 1 and 9 south, newark, right near wilson avenue, that earlier accident has been

we should be in the mid- to upper-30s. 43 north port and massapequa. hauppauge 44. it's 39 coastal connecticut and bridgeport. now, we may see the temperature drop into the 40s a little bit before sunrise. that is 6:30, an hour from now. we will warm into the upper 50s this afternoon. showers start around 10:00 in jersey. 11 in the city, central park but out of here after 1:00. lunchtime showers. we will talk about cooler weather coming and rain for wednesday. heather is looking at the commute. track work? track work between 21st and 71st. 4 and 5 trains and signal problems at 86th street. service changes there. bronx river parkway near the zoo an accident. then we have this problem at the williamsburg bridge on to brooklyn, overturned vehicle in the outer roadway. the garden state parkway, local lanes northbound near exit 117 we had an accident here. that accident is in the process of being cleared away. traffic is starting to move again. new jersey transit, long island railroad, metro north running on or close to schedule. then this accident on 208, a water main b

that's going to drop during the day. 36 around northport, massapequa, hauppauge and 39 east hampton. most of that is where it's going to be. that's why we have a winter storm warning in effect until 6:00 tonight for suffolk county. there is a big, old storm in the atlantic. it's going to throw more of that back across and to the city later on this morning, but it's just now getting into the hamptons and that will be backing in this morning, around 6:00 a.m. to the morning commute, 800, 10:00 do o'clock you see. it's going to slippery up the roads and the sidewalks. heather o'rourke, hope you had a great super bowl. >> i did and i hope you did, as well. >>> long island rail road, metro north, new jersey transit, they're doing great. no major problems there. the "m" trains, manhattan-bound trains skipping seven stations in brooklyn until next year. and on the garden state parkway, there is an accident being cleared away. we have alternate side of the today, but the meters are in effect. lori, over to you. >> thank you, heather. >>> well, road crews are ready to go ahead of the next rou

northport and massapequa is at 25. hauppauge 22. 19 around new work to belmar and toms river. dress warmly and by afternoon, we'll approach 40 degrees and get upwards of 39 toward sunshine. the temperatures tonight are off to the races warming into the 50s this weekend. we'll talk more about that coming up. weather and traffic together every seven minutes. how are the trains in the subways? >> the e and f trains, we have that track work going on at roosevelt avenue. it looks like they cleared that away at 4, 5, and 6. long transit, metro-north, they are all doing just fine and the fdr construction has been cleared as you head northbound through the 70s. that's good news for you. 65th street transverse remains closed down in both directions because of an icing condition. we're going to keep our eye on that george washington bridge going outbound underneath the apartment with two lanes closed with construction. they are saying the lower level should be closed. you just saw a car going right about that span coming inbound. our street-cleaning rules are in effect. lori, over to yo

we will not get there today or we've got a couple of chilly days here. 32 from massapequa to hop pentagon and 30 around andover. so we are looking at numbers that are a couple of degrees warmer. the winds continue to be 7 to 12 miles per hour. so you have a bit of a windchill in here. brooklyn. 18 for the real feel. 19 sussex. 23 around newark. just a few clouds and brakes of sunshine. back to our west, there's just not much going on. a couple of days in this high pressure ridge. sunshine, chilly weather. normal high is 42. tonight it's clear and cold. 14 in the suburbs, 24 in the city. then tomorrow, we've got sunshine with a few clouds. temperature is around 40. tomorrow night, there might be a sprinkle or flurry night because warm air is going to be surging up and over. look at saturday. we're looking at some very nice weather. happens. there is a storm coming by with a slop-fest coming wednesday of next week. what a great weekend. how warm it is. >> this is why he's my favorite meteorologist in the whole >> there's more? there's another? [ laughter ] >> seriously. >> rumors. >> posers

temperatures here across long island will feel cooler. 34 around massapequa. 33 around hauppauge. 43 around great neck to 40 to montauk. and the cool spot, andover, at 27. we will have a lot of sunshine today. we've got a few clouds this morning. by lunchtime. in the afternoon, we will get to 46 to 49 degrees by the time we get to 5:00. some mild temperatures. we're going to talk about that in your accuweather seven-day forecast. >>> weather, then heather, every 7 minutes. i see an empty roadway. >> yes, very empty here. this is the new england thruway no major problems here, but on the southbound side, we have a disabled vehicle being cleared away. the belt parkway, we had another stall. it was eastbound near exit 9. that disabled vehicle has been cleared away, but we have a delay entering into that spot. 1 trains, we had track work that's been completed. they're running again. all of our subways are on or close to schedule. same situation with long island rail road, new jersey transit, for mort, all doing just fine. queens midtown tunnel, one lane open both ways because of overnigh

winds out of the northeast to east, and massapequa and north porter at 38. with the wind out there it's cold. it's a cold rain, it's 43 down the jersey shore. it's going to be a chilly start to the day. but the temperature is going to rise. but the winds are going to pick up, the rain is going to pick up, so we have a wind advisory today.

showers and flurries and things that will continue this morning. 29 degrees around northport to massapequa to out toward the hamptons to montauk. 30 poughkeepsie, 30 andover. cloudy skies, possibly just a here. we're not looking at a whole lot. there you go, some flurries across fairfield county. a snow shower up the hudson river valley. there you see the cloud cover added to that for today. we will be looking at what's going to be some snow showers an flurries this morning. but we warm to 42, and that's going to be the warmest day for a while. we'll talk about this frigid cold air coming up in just a moment. weather then heather every seven minutes. is there something going on with the q trains? >>reporter: there was something going on with the q trains. they were doing some track work, but they've completed it, you may experience some residual delays. long island railroad, metro north and new jersey transit doing fine. you have to feed the meters. we had an earlier accident on 80, it was east, right near exit 53. that accident has been cleared away. and the bayonne bridge has been reopen

so 27 northward towards massapequa, 19 hauppauge, 19 plel, 30, 32 down the shore. it's a cold morning, but the temperatures are pretty close to where they should be for this hour of the day. we still have this northeast wind coming in which comes into the shore. so you'll see we have single digits except for bridgeport at 10 miles per hour. this morning, jfk feels like 17. staten island 27, 10 poord monticello, 25 toward poughkeepsie. so we have a winter weather advisory posted now for much of the area until noon tomorrow. that's with this snow coming in tonight. the weather also -- we still have this flood issue around with that northeast wind coming in, so at the time of high tide there could be some minor koaferl flooding during that high tide -- minor coastal flooding during that high tide cycle this morning. snow showers will be off and cloud cover and kind of chilly. it'll come up, go into some snow showers. this big low pressure system will swing in batch of snow in this evening and tonight which could be heavier to the south. so you see this afternoon from

long island family wants your snow to keep a giant snowman from melting. snowman in front of their massapequa park home. they do this every we are year and they try to see how long it will last. the neighbors are pitching in and dropping off buckets of snow to keep it around longer. last year's snowman made it all the way to april 20th. chris, you were saying people were coming down from vermont with snow. >> they would pack it in dry ice and then them out. >> i don't know if i'm rooting for them. i love the frigo family. sneemt you can keep it going with imported snow. not domestic snow. >> a little spin around the arms. >> that comes part and parcel with that. >> he's a little bottom heavy. >> no natural snow for the next few days. temperatures cold enough to -- generally mid and upper 30s. lots of sunshine. patchy clouds early. turns breezy. you will need to bundle up throughout the day. cold night tonight. teens in a lot of the suburbs overnight. the wind does taper off. weekend picture gets better. we may start out with a couple of clouds on saturday and most of the activity ends early.

here's what it looks like in massapequa. things moving along nicely. not even slowing down. normally we're starting to see that. if you're getting a late start or we're having a fantastic commute, i'll take it. here's the checklist. nicely on the rails and the 2 and the 3. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect today. more weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. >>> lauren, thank very much. 6:05 now. happening now, police are searching for a hit and run driver that involved children. three children in the crosswalk at ferry and hawkins streets. that's when they were hit by a truck. for a moment, but then took off. officers later found the truck but not the driver in elizabeth. two girls and a boy, under the age of 12, they were treated for minor injuries. bumps and bruises. >>> today marks one year since six people died in a metro-north crash in westchester county. the train hit an suv in valhalla. the federal railroad administration said no changes have been made at the crossing, but the agency says it may make recommendations after the ntsb's final report on

temperature 39 now at 9:00. 40 at northport and massapequa. 41 hauppauge, 45 to 46 down the shore. the temperatures are warming up slowly. we have a wind advisory until 4:00 a.m. so we got wind and rain that will build through the afternoon. you see we have showers now. the heavy rain and bands to our south comes in this afternoon, this evening and tonight. we'll be looking at temperatures rising. notice by 2:00 we're at around 50 to 60 down to the south and and thunderstorms comes through this evening and tonight. it'll be wind swept, very rainy, so keep your rain gear handy. be very careful traveling later on today. ken >> thank you, sir. >>> we now check the morning commute. here's heather o'rourke. hi, ken, new jersey transit train 15-minute delays in and out of penn station, long island railroad metro north running on or close to schedule. b train having problems at newkirk plaza. and we also have some troubles here with the 2 trains, the 6 trains, some more signal problems. the street parking rules in effect. ken, back to you. >> heather, thank you. >>> happening today the ne