by 11:00 the national weather service in albany which has jurisdiction over berkshire county added that to make everything gel so the potential for some into litchfield county and central connecticut as well. what that means is first thing in the morning any sprinkles that arrive can fall into freezing air can you be dealing with a touch of icing. pittsfield 30, springfield 32 that green showing the rain just arriving. rain because it's too warm up above us for snowflakes to make it above ground level. it will warm up fairly quickly although there will be some spots especially in the river valleys that will hold on to freezing temperatures. that's why until noon time is when this freezing rain advisory will go. the steady ier arrives and some heavier downpours here as well. making it in here by late tomorrow night. we'll get a bit of a break into early wednesday morning commute then more rain arrives at times coming down heavily most of the time light to moderate though and tapering off to showers wednesday night in milder air. the weather threats will be ice the low threat. heavy rain

light freezing rain in southern berkshire county. the western part of the state. until noontime, freezing rain advisory in effect. all it takes is a tiny trace of freezing rain to create icy patches. more moisture to our south and big area of low pressure through the midwest. bringing areas of snow to the dakotas, back through iowa, and minnesota today. eventually some of that energy is going to work in our direction. so here we go hour by hour, clouds went out, showers arrive. midday early afternoon, part, but have the umbrella. i think the rain gets steadier by the evening hours. it will impact your evening commute. no heavy downpours. i think we get a little lull in the action. then showers redevelop along with the pockets of rain. as we head into the overnight hours on wednesday, rain continues into early thursday morning. there may be some snow flakes, wet ones that mix in on thursday. i don't expect any accumulation. areas of rain tonight, chilly and raw. high temperatures will manage to come into the upper 40s. accuweather seven-day, a windy day on thursday

light rain in the berkshires here, just a touch of pink showing up, not overly concerned but in berkshire county, north adams backed down towards huntington, just a touch of light freezing rain, no advisories in effect, have the rain coat and umbrella with you, pockets of rain continue periodically through the day today, i think they'll be steady around late morning and midday, then low in the action and areas of rain still back in your evening commute, back with us overnight tonight and tomorrow morning, just a lingering shower and the sun breaks out after that, your planner goes this way around 40 to start, 46 by lunch time, it will be a little bit milder in the southeast part of the state with areas of rain that will we'll take you out through the end of the week and the weekend too, let's get on roads, traffic and weather together, good morning [ indiscernible ] >> good morning, danielle, pretty quiet but slowdown heading out of the city, the map on the expressway southbound, a break down near squanum street, granite avenue and the street, that's headed southbound, going away from the mornin

on to the snow longer before noontime 1:00 p.m., areas of rain, still pockets of sleet from berkshire county, into southern new hampshire, roads will be sicken those spots, leftover rain right into showers. sloppy 2 inches, little if anything, a lot of this, too, will be washed away. the greatest amounts outside of 4 the 95, 2-4 inches, whipping up after that. 4-8 inches possible. around 40 tomorrow as the temperatures rise, mostly cloudy 44 wednesday, thursday could be a morning shower, skies clear out, first day of the knew year could be a flurry or two and much colder only in the 30s this weekend. >> danielle, thank you very much. >>> traffic on the lighter side today between christmas and new year's holidays, we are expecting a lighter than normal week ahead. from the north this morning. expressway looking good at this hour, and west of town take a look at the mass pike right now, speed limit ride ing from the west. and quick alert if you are near the four river bridge, the bridge is scheduled to be up at 7:00-10:00 this morning. avoid the area at those sometimes. >>> a somber cleanup is

we may hold off some of the connecticut, berkshires, wooster county, either way it looks like and above average stretch for the second half of the weekend. upper 30s, some of the coolest suburbs, mild again, high accuweather, 55-60, cooler the farther north you go on sunday, rain is likely on monday. steadiest late in the day, cool us off a bit but not much. 50s as we head into the start of of next week, want to remind you on wbz winter preview is we are go to go tell you how to save money this winter, plus, prediction on how much snow is going to fall, that is what everyone wants to know. >> hey, we'll be watching. >> hopefully it's less than last year. >>> from the white house to a record deal, michele obama you drive with uber to make money for the things you want, and the things you need. for the places you want to be, and the people you want to be with. helping people get rides around your city is easy. just tap, and go. and only you decide when to call it a day. start making money for the things that matter to you. sign up now at >>> welcome back, this year's golden globes nominee

flurries in southern vermont hand northern berkshire county. they're pretty much evaporating. not much left to those. 53 boston. 52 lawrence and 56 on the vineyard and on martha stewart, and on nantucket tonight. that's mild hair especially for the middle of december. winds are gusting over 30 miles per hour. at least up to 30 in worcester. 28 in hyannis and 20 for you in norwood, so it feels cooler out there from time to time with those gusty winds. but it will be clearing overnight. waking up to sunshine in the morning, throughout southern and central new england. in fact, sunshine for much of new england. a few clouds drifting by from time to time. high temperatures tomorrow are going to be a little cooler than you saw out there today. temperatures will be 45 haverhill. 44 aimesbury and essex. back here, 46 and lowell, into southern new hampshire, temperatures will be in the 40's as well. worcester county, 44 gardener. air at 45 degrees and up here into essex county, 44 at rockport, 44 salisbury beach and 40's that i was referring to, seacoast, 43 degrees for a high tempera

county. especially out through the eastern slopes of berkshires. when you start talking about ice totals over a quarter of an inch that is that glaze, freezing rain that accumulates on the trees and power lines. you can get isolated power outages but i think most of that is going to back through eastern slopes of berkshires perhaps a worsters county. forecast ahead. all right chris. we've telling you mbta says they are working hashed to stay on track this winter. they want to avoid repeat last winter crippling delays. today the t showed off new equipment if hopes will help keep trains running smoothly. night team ryan schulteis south station in boston with closer ryan. >>> adam you know ts calling a tier one storm meaning not going however they say they are going to have extra staff on hand made main improvements since last winter. >> as the first winter storm of season takes aim at new england, t riders are hoping not repeat of what happened last winter. but they are worried. >> it's not running faster. but mbta says they are making sure just smoo

watching the front come through the berkshires, which will dry out over the hills in berkshire and worcester county and southern vermont with the showers and worcester county at the very least. sun behind that with clouds breaking up through lunchtime tomorrow. the temperatures have been creeping upward, worcester at 40 degrees holding steady since i talked to you at 6:00. cloudy skies and southerly wind also allow that to creep upward hitting 50 by 11:00 in the morning. manchester, new hampshire, 42 degrees under cloudy skies with the southerly winds, they're light with the temperatures creeping up there during the morning and 50 by lunchtime. you can see it's a warm day and 47 on the vineyard, cloudy skies, no showers just yet, but there will be some in the 40s going to the 50s and 60 degrees by noontime tomorrow. a mild day, not mildest we'll see through this weekend. so tomorrow afternoon, the clouds break up with sunshine and tomorrow night, we do it bringing the clouds drifting off the coast with a disturbance swinging by to the north could have enough energy to kick off a few showers to the

running in the 30s for most of us and a leftover isolated outages can't be ruled berkshires and across worcester county, it will be isolated as that changeover. tomorrow is a quieter day, a lot of clouds around, there may be a few patches of drizzle early tomorrow morning, staying mostly cloudy but dry for the maybe a couple showers wednesday night into early thursday and then the skies clear out. so highed to do manage to climb into the low 40s for some of us, upper 40s in the cape tonight we drop back into the 20s to lower 30s, so a couple icy patches and tomorrow up around or just over 40 degrees again. new year's eve festivities right around 32 degrees, first day of the new year, chilly with temperatures in the 30s weeks of searching the so called "affluenza" teen will soon be turned over to u.s. marshals, ethan couch and his mother were detained in mexico. he was sentenced to probation for drunk driving accident that killed four people. during his trial a psychologist testified the teen suffered from "affluenza" describing him as a rich kid whose parents didn't set limits. >>> chipotle is taking s

higher elevations northern and wore setter county. berkshires. could have power out annuals. closer to boston a trace. seven-day forecast does feature temperatures dropping below freezing after the tuesday night into wednesday. we could still be dealing with slippery spots. upper 40s by new year's eve. when you are ringing in the new year by 40 degrees, boston and 30 in the suburbs and bringing temperatures back down as we head into the forecast. >>> they're beautiful to look at but there's one popular holiday decoration to that could make your family sick. >> next half hour, how the new proposal by the irs changes how people donate to charities and how it could cripple fund-raising. suffolk downs could [mother] yeah but this neighborhood,i feel like kinda talking about. the kitchen is light and bright,new. [agent] hi...welcome i'm maggie.melanie.maggie. so nice to meet you. [mother] this is brendan. [agent] hey brendan. living room. [dad] hey. [mother] hey sweetie. [dad] sorry about that. what about this? this looks good. [brendan] no. [mother] isn't it so great?i think we f

saturday were there can be snow showers or snow squalls in the terrain of worcester county and out in the berkshires. you can even track to the coast line. overall, we will see the skies become completely clear. it will be late friday night , about a 36 hour shot. right now, temperatures in the 40' s north and west of austin. we will have the storm track right across the region. the slightly cooler air will be to the north. just a slight chance of the rumble of thunder. down around the cape, temperatures don' t really change much during the day tomorrow. the cold air can start to work in tomorrow night. s and the wind is starting to pick up. it is finally feeling a little bit more like the calendar on saturday. these temperatures will be accompanied by gusting wind which will be around all day long. much of the area will be close to 40 for the high temperature. look what happens next weekend christmas eve. we are right back on the warm side of the jet stream. tomorrow, just a little bit of damp weather is possible. on saturday, that is your blustery day. we will talk about wind chill on saturday. i

berkshires. make their way eastward in to worcester county, farther north you go, the more of these you will see, plenty of lake-effect in western new york an the streamers trying to blow into western new england. seven day forecast keeps your weekend in view. saturday and sunday, temperatures will be diving. more than temperatures, below freezing. about time. haven't had that in december in boston. 37 saturday. 43 sunday for your high temperatures, and saturday is the day you'll have strong winds and the potential for some snow flurries. sunday of course the game patriot and titans clash at 1:00 p.m. mostly sunny skies, rain and warmer temperatures on the way. no doubt, a green christmas this year. >> vanessa: a minnesota mom gets a chance to take a half-court shot to cut her kids' tuition in half. >> mark: and she cashed in. check this out. how about that. unconventional basketball. all that matters is it eventually went in. she even took the shot with her eyes closed. she got the chance to shoot from half-court, because her family raised the most money during a school fund raiser and she says,

to scattered power outages so you watch that out through worcester county but more notably through the eastern slopes of the berkshires. this will all wind down tomorrow evening. we'll have more on the 7 day forecast ahead . >> anchor: state leaders saying the mbta will be up and running as storm hits tomorrow. the agency stepping up prep rays after last winter's disaster. our team coverage continues now with jennifer egan who is live in boston over at south station for us. jenn? >> reporter: officials with the mbta aren't too worried about this storm. they expect everything to be running as it normally would tomorrow. winter weather equipment though. >>> the mbta shows you'd that newest winter weapon, anti-ice sprayer. it will soak the third rail long some lines with a solution that wasn't used in years past. >>> the t had never used that chemical before in any previous winters so this is something we've implemented as part of our after action review of last year. >> anchor: two trains on the red line are outfitted with the sprayers, so are a blue and orange line train. last winter some of the tracks froze unable to

icy patches also possible in northern massachusetts, in northern worcester county in fact as well as into the berkshires, temperatures around freezing. but for the most of us here, especially in boston, had 41 degrees right now, temperatures will warm into the upper whos for the lunch hour, drive home 52 degrees, that is when we'll and weather together robi. >>> pamela two dents on 93 should-debate accidents on 93 should cause problems, on 93 southbound between 495 and and drover. the backup is between 45 and 13. let's check the south expressways jammed between the split and south bay mall. 24 north that crawls between avon and 128 that is 18-20 minute delay on that one, robi thank you very much for the update. >>> a doctor charged in court accused of taking pictures of a woman in a restroom. >> that dock has pleaded not guilty -- the that doctor has pleaded not guilty. louisa moller live with the exclusive details, john, louisa. >> reporter: good morning, kathryn and chris, a meeting whether the school did enough for the victim, and u mass only telling us dr. cooper no longer an employee, here. he plea

berkshires. we're looking at showers out through worcester county closing in on the boston area. these are all moving from west to east. i give them another couple of hours. they are going to be out of here. they're coming in with a frontal boundary much this is the leading edge of dryer air. eventually cooler air as well but that won't bother us today. we will see the clouds break with some sunshine. by mid to late morning bright sunshine. look at the winds. they are ramping up and staying out of the west near 20 miles per hour. could see gusts 40-50 miles per hour today. a wind advisory is up into this evening. we're talking about high temperatures today holding about where they are in the upper 50's to around 60 degrees so it is a warm one coming up for today but the roads turning out a little bit wet. let's get you out there. olessa: good morning. construction so that's a bit of good news for you. heading over to the maps let's see what's going on right now. so far a quiet start. all the overnight construction knocked out. you're in good shape this morning. no problems gettin

likelihood across east slopes of the berkshires of some minor power disruption because they will have significant ice buildup on trees and power lines but northern worcester county i think you will be okay but there could be a couple of instances where we lose power here and there. obviously we'll keep you updated throughout the night and tomorrow morning. your 7 on 7 forecast wednesday mid 30's and thursday temperature in the mid 40's. mild. >> anchor: we will see you again shortly and very good evening to you, everyone of i am adam williams . >> anchor: we're tracking new on 7 news at 6:00. bragging news out of boston. a threat to the city phoned in to new york by officials are questioning its . >> anchor: plus, we are tracking trouble as the first winter storm of the season heads our way. the latest on the track of the system and also some preparations going on across the state . >> anchor: and on the run a driver takes off after a woman is hit and killed in malden. those stories and much new england's energy comes from a pool of energy producers. eversource buys it at a set market price and delivers it to you. causing energy supply rates to go up and down. s

county, we dropped to 30 in a few locations. the wind' s not all that active we are starting to see a pickup in the berkshires, where they are out of the west at 18 miles per hour. those wins will only get stronger. a lot of cloud cover out there now. the last of the showers are racing through the cape. weather. showers all the way up to plymouth, extending eastward to the outer cape toward province town. through 8:00. clouds linger for a time, and then we will poke holes in the clouds by lunchtime. a mixture of clouds and sun this afternoon, but it will be blustery as the storm continues to pull out and the wind picks up. it brings in colder air -- the temperatures drop from the 50 degree range into the 30' s, all the way back toward the great lakes. this is the air mass coming in, and as the colder air works in, there could be a little bit of snow accumulation. we will be brightening up the skies as we get into the late temperatures holding. fairly steady through the day. sunny in most spots, upper 40' s for boston, 50' s here on the south shore. the wind will gust to about 20 miles per hour, and over 30 miles per hour this af

futurecast timeline, 8:00 p.m., taking it into the berkshires, heavy rains, albany new york and there's worcester with some of western new york county seeing the rain make their way in. southern vermont hand new hampshire, heavy rain. boston during the 10:00 p.m. hour especially and there you are in the south shore getting into it about the same time. not done with the rape yet after that first burst. plenty of shower activity behind it, more heavy rain during the 11:00 p.m. to midnight hour tonight and after midnight, sore we start to wane after 2:00 p.m. heavy showers back here that have to come on through. so after 4:00 p.m., shiri will be guiding you through the last of these showers coming through on the fox 25 morning newscast and finally drying behind those. the other problem tonight is the dense fog out there and in some spots, it's down to a quarter mile visibility, which to you is when you're driving, not seeing very far ahead of you. that dense fog advisory goes until midnight. that was updated by the national weather service about a half half-hour ago. norwood, 50 degrees. with the cloudy skies and winds coming in from t

showers around albany and the capital district and berkshires of massachusetts, but all of it weakening as it comes eastward. you'll see showers worcester county, even into boston an eventually, the south shore as this comes on by. in the afternoon, this takes you through lunchtime, breaks of sun start to appear, they become more numerous through the afternoon and temperatures will respond. high temperatures during the day tomorrow are going to make it in to its 50's. notice the clouds increasing again tomorrow night and into early friday morning. out there tonight, it's still in the 40's, at or above average for this time of night hand this time of year. but temperatures are going to kind of moderate through the morning hours, so it will stay about steady now and this is on hyannis, and going up overnight as the winds turning to the southwest and the milder air starts to come on in. when you have cloudy skies at night, and winds shift, you get your temperatures to rise. that's what's going to be happening. boston in the mid and upper 40's. steadily rising through the but cloudy skies will be the rule until those showers come through tomorrow

it's back here through the berkshires, litchfield, hilton, connecticut, bleeding over into worcester. stop this at 9:15 p.m. southwest new hampshire and into worcester county. some of it getting into the metro west area and boston during the 10:00 p.m. hour. we'll be tracking some of these later and some of it will be heavy, where the heaviest is coming on through, but this is taking you overnight, heavy rain through the morning commute, at least the first part of the morning commute and shiri will be here first thing to track these as they come to an end during that morning drive. there's actually very cold air in the seven-day forecast. i'll show you when to expect that. bill change. >> vanessa: portsmouth, new hampshire police want to know if all new at 5:00 p.m., they are sharing these surveillance photos with us. this woman may have shoplifted at a portsmouth boutique the weekends after thanksgiving. if you recognize her, give portsmouth police a call. >> mark: suspected heroin dealer is off the streets after a lengthy investigation. pepperell police arrested 27-year-old ryan kerst. in his home, officers found $2,000 overhear win, $1,000 in cash and a

county, southwest new hampshire. again because of a tenth of an inch to a quarter of an inch buildup of ice i should say but it's over here on the east slopes of the berkshires where we're thinking a quarter to maybe a half an inch of ice bud up and that location right there that's probably the most likely area to have power disruption but it is within the realm of possibility that could be brief power disruption northern worcester county, midday tomorrow through the afternoon but this is not a repeat of that ice storm several years ago in northern worcester county. that's the good news there. in any event 7 on 7 forecast wednesday and thursday clouds and sun, thursday mild, 40's thursday afternoon. >> anchor: don't forget the 7 news teal will be here to get you ready for tell's stop. gentlemen me and bri eggers will have the updated track. daniel gersh will bring you any trouble out there on the roads and we'll have reporters bringing you the very latest conditions. we get started tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. >> anchor: still ahead on 7, one of the best quarterbacks in the leash playing defense today. payton manning's fight to clear his name after cheating