i'm christa delcamp. and thank goodness, yes it's friday heading into weekend where i don't know how the weather looking for that. we all want to know. >> let's give it a 50/50 split. the soaking rain awrying sunday zmchlt 34 degreeings in boston. 42 in plymouth. frosty start in the suburbs. we have more frost this morning. you can see the wind in city of boston 7 miles per hour. east at 9 miles per hour. once that ocean air works in we'll warm up near 40 in the city of boston this afternoon. further north and west temperatures running into the middle 30. mainly dry this morning. i expect some patchy drizzle this afternoon. low level moisture backing in across the ocean. as far as more clouds that will bring more moisture and more chances of drizzle beginning later on this afternoon. even some patchy freezing drizzle deep inland later tonight and starting off tomorrow. here's that soaking rain on sunday.

. >> christa delcamp has the story. >>reporter: cottage grove, minnesota is now home to something new. >> we started at 10:00 last night. we didn't get done until 2:00 this morning. >>reporter: while his neighbors slept, jim chiseled away. >> i kind of feel like kevin's found his home, and this just kind of symbolizes that. >>reporter: to understand the story behind this kidney snow sculpture, you have to look back to jim in 2014. >> running on empty now. >>reporter: then he needed a new created kevin, a snow kidney. next a wanted sign for a donor. this picture of jim was taken last march after he received his kidney transplant but that hasn't stopped his mission to save others in need of a kidney. >> i'm kind of hoping by doing this there are those people who come through that don't know me and they see this and they at least think about it or they think twice about it. >> yeah, we live down the street, so we've been wondering what this guy has been doing the whole time. >> by having the word donate next to it, i feel

. >> christa delcamp has more. >>reporter: six years ago scott drove off a dock and damaged his spinal cord. it left him paralyzed. while life hasn't been easy, he is grateful he lives in the city of cleveland. >> some of the surgeries i've had for some of the different devices and different things being done and created and studied with the consortium of hospitals have been able to benefit from the technology. >>reporter: so when he heard a company invented therapy. >> i think there's going that can be applied down the road to helping more kron can situations. >>reporter: the treatment suppresses the body's immune system from causing additional inflammation that can be permanently damaging in a neurological injury. it's been tested in stroke patients and shows promise. scott can't help but have faith. >> i do it from my chair for the time being, but if technology and research like this continues to advance, who knows? maybe i'll be doing it on my feet pretty soon. >>reporter: christa delcamp, 7 news. >>> a star-st

here is christa delcamp with today's class act. >>> he guess himself for a se sement we do called class act . >> reporter: will robertson, come on over here. >> reporter: will robertson is a caretaker of sorts. he serves framingham's hungry at pearl street cup board and cava a united way soup i canen one night at week . >>> i try i to make it a goal every day to make someone smile or laugh. when give to pearl street i try to do that. values he learned the a young age from his mother, katie . >>> he likes giving become to the community. he likes, he enjoys it . >> reporter: katie is a single mom and back when will was little, she said she relied on food leon panetta trees and soup kitchens to keep her family fed which will will found out about only recently . >>> i remember sitting in my room and just like shocked about this is something that i received help for and i want to make sure that i candid the same thing that was provided for my family. >>> katie admits it wasn't easy telling her son . >>> receiving help an heading when you can is the which to give back. it's what it is about .

i'm christa delcamp. we're continuing this not so bad tour of january. really no complaints even though it's slightly colder than it was yesterday. >>> that tour has booked a couple of dates in early february. we have that going for us as we go through the next 7 days. 32 in boston. 28 in norwood. colder start this morning. continuing to have little wind at this timement. and that sunshine warming us up to about 40 degrees this afternoon. it's a nice recovery. still above average for this time of year this afternoon. a lot of sunshine this morning. some clouds may sneak in later on today. mid-to-late afternoon. us. so. we expect a few rain and snow showers friday. localized a few towns may pick up a slushy coating to an inch of snow. temperature marginal. the bulk of the store stays offshore. a look at your 7-day forecast ahead. >>> thanks. good morning, everyone. let's head outside. this is the expressway still a slow drive into boston. let's head to the maps from the braintree split northbound on the ex

i'm christa delcamp. you talked about the monsoon over the weekend. you know, usually our dog doesn't like the rain but for some reason, i don't know he kept wanting to go outside and its so muddy in our backyard. i'm like what are you doing? . >>> he just wanted to make a mess. tracking the muddy paws through the floor. take a look at the temperatures yesterday. warm weather surging up the east coast. it didn't feel like winter's rain out there. felt like a spring day. 32 in boston. 27 worcester. that wind 20 to 25 miles per hour. out of the west. feels like winter now with the windchill factor into the teens. we have sunshine back with us. few patches of cloud once in a while working on in. if you look at the temperaturings throughout the day. what you see is what you get. back into the teens and lower 20s overnight tonight. here's the temperature tomorrow upper 30s to near 40 down through southeastern mass. close to freezing north and west of 495. that plays an important role. rain showers closer to coastline. that's where we could see a couple inc

i'm christa delcamp. another blustery day out there to start. we're also wanting to let you know we're keeping close tabs on the situation at the stadium where coach belichick is set to take the podium anytime now. when that happens we will bring it to you live as soon as it begins. kris we have the play off games against the chiefs. >> big game. tapering off and drying out for that game. 21 in the city of boston. 15 worcester. cold air in place. the windchill factors in the single digits and lower teens. a bit of a breeze but not as strong as yesterday. we had patchy light snow and flurries moving across eastern mass central mass. a few towns. just enough to dust the ground. not a lot although we see studier snow across the vineyard now. there may be coating or half an inch of snow working on in. a few flurries this morning unlike sunshine this afternoon. temperature warming up to near 30 degrees. we're closer to 40 tomorrow in that mild air will set the stage for mainly rain on saturday. more on that ahead. >>> time for fast track traffic. her

i'm christa delcamp >> >>> i'm sarah french. we have the folks in ohio to >> i like to thank them for warm weather and sunshine. but not this go around. 26 in boston. 25 north. 25 in plymouth. we d have sunshine this morning. the sunshine fading behind the thickening clouds and the good folks of ohio and pennsylvania experiencing heavier snow squalls that time. that system continues to move off to the east. that's what i expect to get in here later today. mostly after 4:00 p.m. look at the 3:00 p.m. temperatures upper 30s in the city of boston. close to 40 in southeastern mass. there will be some rain drops especially down through southeastern mass before we transition over to snow. and you notice the nature of this. darker blues. they will be bursts of heavier snow what we call snow squalls that drop a coating to an inch and some town picking up a couple of inches of snow. so not a lot but when it falls in a short period of time we'll have slick conditions early evening. >>> time now for fast track traffic. roads much better th

i'm christa delcamp. i'm nancy chin. we have that and much more ahead on "today in new england." check of forecast. >>> some people like the mild temperatures some people wishing for snow. i think we can all agree that it's getting nicer and nicer to gain daylight. our sunset tonight almost at the 5:00 hour we gained about an hour in the month of january. and throughout the next 3-4 weeks almost an hour of daylight gained on top of that. you'll be able to get out for lateening runs and those early morning runs more easily. current temperature mid thirds. boston through norwood. 28 worcester. and here comes the cloud cover. so sunshine won't be too much longer as we head into the afternoon. might see peeks of sunshine. mostly cloudy looks to be the theme. sterns to north and this will into the pictures. our breeze will switch to come out of southwest. that will start the trend onward and upward with temperatures near 50 for the highs tomorrow. and it doesn't stop there. we'll get to that extended forecast coming up in jus

i'm christa delcamp. i'm nancy chin. of course that monster storm bearing down on the east coast heavy snow and strong wind will be battering a large swath of the east. it's made driving tricky in virginia. blizzard watches for much of the new york city, baltimore and washington, d.c. areas. >>> airlines cancelling flight ahead of this storm. they are expected to be hundreds more. in fact many airlines are trying to give traveller a chance to reschedule. some allow customer to do with it without change fees. they are really all over. philadelphia, raleigh charlotte. nooilted will start suspending flight in d.c. this afternoon. kind of ripple effect as this thing moves forward. goes to show you how big this storm is. down in charlotte the concern ice storm in a lot of carolina especially the southern north carolina. winter storm watch for us from cape cod back through buzzard bay essentially rout 44. this is the storm. this is big one already stretching snow from arkansas all the way in toward virginia and plenty of moist

i'm christa delcamp. did you ever want a duck? >> i always wanted a pig, i never got one. >> i did at the fair. i could never get them in the ring toss. >>> there's one easy you take the duck you turn it over and get the prize. >> i can see katie doing that. her own duckling. >> we have a cat. she chases the cat around the house. >> 32 in boston. we've warmed off the morning low. outside boston. we have mid to high half level clouds that are going to be streaming in mixed in with sunshine. overall pleasant january afternoon with temperature into the lower 40s. a little bit of patchy drizzle developing tomorrow. certainly more clouds around. i don't expect a lot of rain. patchy drizzle and patchy freezing drizzle. however we have heavier rain on the way sunday nearly an inch with gusty wind and mild temperature. talk more on the forecast in a bit. let's go to breaking news now. a huge rescue operation in upstate new york this morning and they are calling it a success. more than 1 dozen trapped salt miners are now free and here's na

here is christa delcamp with their story. story.. >> reporter: hey guys, how are you doing today? thank you, wow. that is the best welcome i have ever had. you guys are rock stars. we did a segment called class act. every week where we highlights students for doing amazing things in their community of we love you are doing project excel program at the kennedy day school. this is for all of you right here. >>> all of the students in the project excel program at kennedy day school at franciscan hospital in brighton want to help out it's all pat of their vocational training. the students learn speech techniques through high-tech equipment, some clicking on computer icons by focusing their eyes and the computer does the >>> my name is carly weaver, i'm 18 years old . >>> my name is kevin, i am 20 years old . >> reporter: ranging in age from 14 to 22 the students have significant and complex needs, but that doesn't hinder their spirit of giving. >>> i'm here to collect the do nations . >>> i think one of the best things about our school is we're always thinking outside of the becomes a

here is christa delcamp with >>> samantha duncan, how are you doing? we want to award you with our class act for this week. what do you think? from 7 news. give me a hug! >>> medway high school senior samantha duncan is always thinking of others, especially kids at boston children's hospital. she raised funds and donated 87 build a bears this year . >>> even that little something can make someone's day so much brighter. >> anchor: samantha knows the feeling, when she was younger she spent a lot of time at children's. she was diagnosed with a chronic digestive problem and remembers how important a small item like a stuffed animal could be. >>> just something to make you smile and i wanted other kids to be having that same feeling that had . >>> she is a very giving person and it wouldn't surprise me that she wanted to do something but doing this for, you know, over 80 children is fantastic. >>> this is the second go around for samantha. four years ago when she was in bears. the response was so positive she did it again, putting them to the by hand. >>>

i'm christa delcamp. it's january 27th. so officially now the last wednesday in the month of january. we are moving full speed ahead to spring with these temperature. march 20 the finish line. we look forward to spring already. the winter has been easy so far. we've dealt with a little bit of snow and cold in the month of jane. but coming off the record-breaking december warmth. you know we're bound to get a little bit of snow and cold at 41 in boston. 40 in plymouth. nothing of the sorts outside this morning. we continue to melt snow overnight with temperatures above freezing and remaining above freezing throughout the day. wind is brisk at times. around 13 to 14 miles per hour. showers across the cape at this time. mainly from hyannis to cahathem. if you look far enough to north and west you see breaks in the overcast. i expect partly sunny skies in the afternoon. a bit of the breeze throughout the day. temperatures sliding down into the low 30s after the commute home. no major shots of cold air or big

in newsroom, christa delcamp, 7 news . >> anchor: she was busy. good work for her. if you know a student betweenics is this and 12th grades doing something outstanding in sports and the community nominate them on-line at whdh.com . >> anchor: an emergency declaration officials in michigan asking for help from the federal government after lead was found in the drinking water spready to ride after a horrible accident duck boat tours are back on the road but not everyone is happy about that. >> anchor: ahead at 5:00, the patriots in the playoffs as they prepare to take on the kansas city chiefs in foxboro. governor baker making a truly unique bet. he ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty... and worked with liberal to co-author the path to citizenship bill. he threatened to vote against it. he supported his own dream act just another washington politician you can't trust. jeb bush. he's a leader, so you always know where he stands. is responsible for the hey- small business owners, when you want fast internet that won't slow your business down, you need fios. but why

i'm christa delcamp. possibly we could get some snow this weekend. >> christa: and, chris, i think this model is looking good if you don't love the snow. >> chris: we did see a southern shift in the track from yesterday into today, but it's still far enough north where we have to keep an eye on this, and i do expect some snow with the highest risk for more snow the further south of massachusetts you go. 21 in boston, 15 in worcester. the story this morning the wind once again. gusting to about 30mph. driving those wind-chill factors down into the single digits. so it's a cold start. not quite as cold or windy as yesterday, but cold and breezy overall with winds gusting to 30mph. temperatures close to 30 degrees this afternoon. high risk for a major snowstorm and major coastal flooding essentially from new jersey, back through the mid atlantic. the risk in southern new england, call it a slight risk for the best chance of more significant snow over southeastern mass, rhode island and connecticut. we'll talk

. >> christa: i'm christa delcamp. it's blustery out there. >> sarah: it's freezing. >> christa: i need a snowsuit like we had when we were kids, the one you always had to use the bathroom before... remember, mom says, use the bathroom before i zip you in this. >> chris: it was like a giant onesie, but you were nice and cozy. it didn't get cold in that snowsuit. it may be a nice thing to shovel the driveway with this morning if you have to do a little shoveling and scraping of the car with some of the snow and ice left on. temperatures are not going much as you go throughout the day on the up side. temperatures holding mid to upper 20s and even dropping into the teens late in the day across the worcester hills. i did have another batch of snow showers working through 2:00, 3:00 a.m., so putting a fresh coating on some of the treated roadways. dry in the next few days. the next storms slated for saturday. this looks to have both rain and snow across southern new england. we'll talk more on forecast and what to expect. gu

i'm christa delcamp. >> nancy: and i'm nancy chen. relatively, it's not so bad. >> christa: 64 days until spring, chris. >> nancy: but who is counting? >> chris: can we bring it down to the hours and minutes, as well? spring in the wintertime. we look forward in the immediate future to some days without a strong wind and bitter air. we battled that wind a couple days ago, no question about that this morning. winds calm. temperatures into the 20s. so not as cold. so it does feel more comfortable outside walking out the door. still need a jacket, but maybe not the knit hat and you probably won't have the stinging wind in your face. we have that going for us. mostly cloudy skies into the sky. it remains dry. temperatures until upper 30s. even this evening temperatures holding into the 30s. how about the setup for tomorrow? the cold air is retreating. so it's limited. looks like rain for most of us, half an inch to an inch of rain. some mixing well north and west of 495 and the higher terrain. but i don't expect much snow out of it. and th

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. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. what a difference ten degrees makes. don't you feel like it seems so much warmer today than yesterday? >> sarah: well, yesterday... >> christa: it's not warm, let's be clear. >> sarah: i did run into the building because i was that cold. today i walked at a brisk pace, but, you know, i didn't have to run. >> christa: perfect description for today, chris. it seemed like there was less wind. >> chris: exactly right, christa. that makes a difference. instead of running through, a brisk walk into the city of boston. the wind is dead calm in a lot of suburbs this morning. good morning, everyone. 21 in boston that. number 13 degrees warmer than some of the suburbs are into the single digits, but without that wind, the wind-chill factor closer to ten. yesterday morning close to ten below. that's that 20-degree swing in the wind-chill factor that was there this morning. it's a cold start but more manageable cold outside this morning. take a look at mainly clear skies. looks like i'm showing you bank map of southern new england. t

. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. it's a lovely morning out there. >> sarah: mild. >> christa: nice and mild. it was nice not to wear the really heavy coats, chris. >> chris: and if we can skip another month, maybe get into april, we'll be just fine. a couple months of winter weather ahead of us in new england, but we it did feel like march yesterday. feeling like march this morning. 42 in boston. 42 in norwood. 37 in worcester. don't need a ton of rain gear this morning, but we have some sprinkles on the board and light showers, so across southeast mass the first few hours of the morning, you may want to consider that if you have to spend considerable time outside. morning. temperatures running into the upper 30s by 7:00 a.m. we'll drop off a few degrees and bounce back a few degrees, but not much change temperature-wise as we go throughout the day. temperatures this afternoon in the lower 50s. we'll manage into the lower 40s, but still melting a little snow out there. i don't see any big storms or big-time cold comin

. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. >> sarah: good to have you back. >> christa: just in time for the new year. we're just hours away from the winter classic. the bruins and canadiens all ready to set off at gillette stadium. we'll have a big preview of the big game all morning long. here's a live look outside. let's go to meteorologist bri eggers. it's been a while to get back on the bike for me. sorry, bri. >> bri: christa, glad to have you back. i should have told you last week, "see you next year." with you. glad to have you back on this new year's day. 38 in boston. 32 in worcester. that's the only reading that is at freezing at this point. not as concerned with ice this morning if you're out and about early, or late, as it were. clouds with us through the better part of the day, but we will get some peeks of sunshine, plus we do have some lake-effect snow showers to our west that could bring some flurries in our direction, so that's why i have a few flurries question mark because most of us don't see it. flakes flying around the air. we can't rule that out. 38 to 43 for thos

staying with us, i'm sarah french. >> christa: not a great morning for those commuters on i'm christa delcamp. let's get right over the chris lambert with the latest on your forecast. >> chris: good morning, christa. good morning, sarah. boston. teens in a lot of the suburbs. hardly a wind. suburbs. 5mph in boston. 3 in worcester. it's a clear and coal start. clouds increase. and then we track the snow and pennsylvania. that will work in later on today. for the most part we're dry for about 4:00 p.m. an then some rain and snow showers start the break out, even some heavier squalls this evening along the coastline. i think the best chance for any heavier snow squalls working on in is after about 7:00 this evening. it will be earlier, 4:00 5:00 p.m. worcester county. possibly getting a coating to an inch in the city of boston, close to the coastline. not a big storm system, but it this evening. more on the seven-day forecast coming up. >> sarah: a bad crash on 128 in lexington near burlington. police say it was caused by someone driving on the wrong side of the road. >> christa: there you see 7

i'm christa delcamp. >> sarah: i'm sarah french. everybody is in a good mood on fridays usually, unless you walk in and say to one of our floor directors, hey, happy friday. "oh, it's my monday. justice. >> christa: it's true, that happens. department when you're there's a huge snowstorm working up the coastline, like last weekend, but i can assure you we won't with shoveling or snow blowing as we get into saturday and sunday of this week. no major storms rolling up the east coast, although there is one this morning, but it's too far out to sea to bring the brunt of any impact across new england. 35 this morning in boston. wind is calm. relatively mild start for this time of year, and here's some of the light rain just to the east of chatham and over nantucket right now. not too much rain falling in nantucket at this point. the bulk of the moisture staying just to the east of us throughout the day. we'll get occasionally a scattered rain or snow shower passing by. it won't amount to much and throughout the day, you're going to have m

. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. let's see what our chances are of having a half-way decent forecast, hopefully better than one in 200 million. i think that's the powerball odds. >> meaghan:>> chris: so you're saying there's a chance. there is. i'd call today more than half-decent by this afternoon, christa. temperatures back into the lower 40s. so after a cold start, we do okay for ourselves. as you get into the weekend, half decent, especially going downhill on sunday here. i do expect some patchy drizzle to form beginning as early as tomorrow afternoon. patchy drizzle around on saturday. sunday the best chance of a widespread soaking rain, half an inch to an inch of rain sunday morning through about mid-day. friday, friday night into saturday morning, some patchy drizzle, and then you get north and west of boston, there may be some patchy freezing drizzle out here, especially friday night into early saturday morning. so we'll have to keep an eye on this. not much precipitation, but it doesn't take much to give you

i'm christa delcamp. >> kris: i'm kris anderson in for sarah this noon. we need to be aware of the winter weather. >> chris: we are not talking about a lot of snow in terms of big amounts. the burst of snow certainly creating some slick spots this evening. 32 in boston right now. 28 in worcester. it's been dry. it continues to be dry at this hour with sunshine. although beginning to see more clouds mix in. a couple of flurries southwestern new hampshire. back into connecticut. flurries down through the cape and the islands as well. the overall theme, increased cloud cover and moisture in the atmosphere. eventually, these snow showers work on. in near day's end. more likely, just after sunset for a lot of us. any flurries this afternoon in the afternoon. and snow squalls expected by about 6:00, 7:00 p.m. here is the timeline. 6:00. snowing. out in worcester. you notice down in providence, rhode island, it is rain. initially, in the city of boston, for a brief moment, there may be a little bit of rain on th

. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. i'm told we have a lot to get to. >> sarah: yes. >> christa: chris, how about forecast? have at it. >> chris: not a lot of changes weather-wise in terms of big storms working up the coast. one chance of a big ocean storm. it looks to be out to sea at the moment. mild and breezy this afternoon. waking up in the upper 20s and low 30s. walking out the door this morn, temperatures not all that cool. milder this afternoon. the trade-off more clouds and a breeze. i can't rule out a passing shower this evening, but overall the dry theme will continue wednesday into thursday here, perhaps a couple snow showers rolling in on friday. so not only today are we above 40 degrees, but tomorrow in the low 40s. and it won't feel quite this warm thanks to the breeze outside, but temperatures above freezing enough to melt some of that snow that we did have over we'll talk more on that seven-day forecast coming up. >> sarah: time now for fast track traffic with danielle gersh. >> danielle: thanks, sarah.

. >> christa: i'm christa delcamp. hopefully you had a fantastic weekend despite the weather. how about you? >> sarah: it was good, but i did not want the leave the house because it felt like a monsoon. >> christa: it really did. i did not leave the house. this was a perfect weekend, chris, to take down the holiday decorations. >> sarah: we got a lot of stuff done inside the house. it's nice to do. and things are nice and organized. things are put away. 37 in boston. 30 in worcester. yesterday you had to dodge some of those raindrops. running errands in and out. i think there is a break in the action. i'll go for it now. next downpours roll on throw not too far off enter the future. winds gusting at times this morning 25 to 30mph. that breeze is adding more of a chill to the atmosphere, feeling like 17, the wind-chill factor in worcester 28 in the city of boston. overall the forecast the day, temperatures pretty steady and falling late in the afternoon and we'll keep that gusty wind around with snow late tomorrow. more on that ahead. >> sarah: time now for fast track traffic wi

i'm christa delcamp. >> sarah: i'm sarah french. we have a lot to get to. let's send it over to chris lambert. >> chris: looks like i'm not the only one who doesn't understand the cloud. usually the weather people are talking about different clouds. 22 degrees in boston. 15 in worcester. good morning, everyone. not much wind to talk about today. 10mph this morning. so we're not fighting the 40 to 50-mile-per-hour gusts we had yesterday. a couple flurries out there this morning. a few southwest of the city of worcester heading down toward the mass pike. 84 exchange and also down into north eastern connecticut here. a couple of flurries scattered about this morning. but overall it's a quiet day. partly sunny skies this afternoon. and temperatures rebounding close to 30 degrees if not just above it. now, on saturday, the next storm system, despite being cold the last couple days, looks to be mainly rain as cold air is limited to the the heaviest of the precipitation tapering off in the morning or in the afternoon with the bulk of the p

i'm christa delcamp. >> sarah: i'm sarah french. let's send it over the chris lambert with more on your friday forecast. >> chris: tgif, right, guys? 38 in plymouth. cold inland, upper teens and low 20s right now. more moisture is working on inch a little more humidity this morning. there have been some patches of frost out there. we also see some low-level clouds trying to back in and the morning hours. i do expect more clouds around today, even patches of drizzle possible this afternoon. saturday. today and tomorrow, the better of the three days coming up. as we go through the next three days, i do expect heavier rain to work in on sunday, especially mid-morning through mid-afternoon. a quick inch to an inch and a half of rain. gusty southerly wind, as well, and that southerly wind will drag in a lot of mild air. so it will be near record talk more on that forecast coming up. >> sarah: time now for fast gersh. >> danielle: thanks, sarah. let's head touted braintree at the braintree split. yesterday, too. let's go to the maps. i'll

. >> and i am christa delcamp. let's check it out weather wise. chris you have kept your eye on the sky. nothing there? >> reporter: no. last winter we had storm after storm and cold air. but i don't have major snow storms or cold next 10 days. 35 in boston. 43 plymouth. 46 in new bedford. mass where we had the most snow. breeze. trading off today. we take the wind and take the clouds. but we take the milder air in here. i think, right now, much of the time is dry. some of this precipitation to the west of us breaking up as it swings to southern new england. maybe a spot shower or sprinkle later this afternoon or this evening but nothing major. low to mid 40s worcester hills. southern new hampshire. rising to upper 40s city of boston. and 50 southeast mass. guys? >> anchor: we are following a developing story this morning. fire crews on scene at a water treatment plant in quincy after a big explosion yesterday. hot spots from the fire continue to flame up. >> and this is several workers waking up in the hospital this morning injured. here is victo

i'm christa delcamp. we don't -- you don't need us to tell you that it's absolutely freezing out there. because you've been running the thermometer. i think 11 degrees or something in boston. >> it feels like one right now. wind coming in out of the west at 23 miles per hour. the air temperature at 18 in the city of boston. it's been colder off to the west. 14 in worcester. 18 in plymouth right now. and that wind constant for all of us. in fact, the windchill factor across the area still running close to zero for many towns if not below zero at minus five house in worcester. you keep that through the day. windchill factor warming up by about five degrees. that's it. look at the wind gust 349 in worcester. 38 in boston. winds will occasionally gust 40 to 50 miles per hour. through this evening wind advisory in effect until 7:00 this evening. occasionally gusting 40 to twist miles an hour. keep the gusty wind all day long. temperature going from the upper teens now into the middle 20s this afternoon. there'

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i'm christa delcamp. >> sarah: and i'm sarah french. the real reason we know you're tuning in is for chris lambert to see how the snow will affect us this weekend. >> chris: not for me per se, but for the actual forecast for the weekend plans, right? good morning, everyone. nor'easter forming, hammering the mid atlantic coastline friday night into saturday. there's little doubt of that. but the track is critical if terms of how much snow we get. the the heaviest snow across southern new england likely through southeastern mass back through rhode island and southern connecticut. high tide, too, especially the 11:00 morning one on sunday we of coastal flooding, minor to moderate temperatures in the teens and lower 20s. winds not as strong as the last couple days that. wind not hitting you as hard in the face walking out the door. a little bit of good news there. temperatures close to 30 this afternoon. close to 30 again tomorrow afternoon. the next couple days quiet. what are we thinking right now in terms of snow potential? maybe an inch

. >> christa: i'm christa delcamp. it seems like a little frost on the windshield this morning but nothing that the defrost can't handle, at least in my case. i don't know. it was chilly out there this morning to start. >> chris: a much colder start. we're running 15 to 20 degrees colder than yesterday morning. yesterday morning temperatures started near 40 degrees. you didn't need to defrost a thing yesterday morning. 16 degrees in norwood now. 27 in boston. 18 in bedford. winds are light. so we have that going for us. it's not like there is a bitter wind outside this morning. an overall comfortable day. mostly sunny skies. the early afternoon, some patches of clouds working in mid to late afternoon. it's a nice bounce-back. this afternoon. if there is any snag in the forecast over the next several day, i'd say we're watching tomorrow for a few rain and snow showers to work on in. a lot of clouds around. temperatures generally running into the upper 30s. if we catch a few heavier snow showers, there may be minor accum

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i'm christa delcamp. >> sarah: and i'm sarah french. it's a chilly, chilly morning. temperatures dropping and even snow falling in some areas. let's send it over the chris lambert with more on your forecast. >> chris: sarah, christa, stinging cold outside this 8 degrees in the city of boston. 3 in worcester. 12 in plymouth. you factor in the wind. the wind-chill factor is we low zero, feeling like minus in the city right now. here is some of that snow, most of it over cape cod, through the islands and back into southeastern plymouth county, close to plymouth. this is where the majority of the snow will be this morning. this is additional snow this morning, a coating to another inch or two in some spots. that will bring some locations in southeastern plymouth county close to 3, maybe even 4 inches total since yesterday. but additional snow, scituate up through hingham, we're over and done with the snow. temperature trends throughout the day, it's a slow climb, but we do get. there temperatures back enter the low to mid mid-20s this afternoon. if you're waiting for that

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. >>> and i'm christa delcamp. the forecast so nice and mild i think bri eggers came out of hiding. >>> true unlike the groundhog. motionly dry air in place. a few spot no showers moving through into holden northern worcester. those are really minuscule. that's what we are in through, through the day in between the two areas rain showers to the east snow showers to the west. as we head into the afternoon some of us could get caught in, in the mix not amounting to too much and those highs in up thor 30s close to 40. how about the mild temperature settling in this weekend. here to stick around into next week we could even make up to 60 degrees one of those day we'll get to text tended forecast in just a few minutes. >>> time now for fast track traffic. here's danielle gursh. >> thanks, sarah. good morning happy friday this is some back up from earlier we had disabled bus let's go to the maps. this is on 93 southbound as you are heading into boston just that's on 93 southbound like i mentioned. the expressway a slow d

. >> i'm christa delcamp. i'm sarah french. the east coast bracing for a blast of windy. the president's motor indicate slipping and sliding along the road there. >> the airlines are bracing for the winter weather. charge and change fees. we should know sometime today whether flight have to be cancelled for the storm. for the latest on the track here's chris lambert. may be okay for us. >>> up the 95 stretch any city will fair okay. new york city getting the heavy snow. certainly into the heavy snow and gusty winds down through philadelphia. down through d.c. and baltimore. here is that storm. it's diving off to the southeast. lit go off carolina coastline and turn into huge nor'easter that will hammer the mid atlantic coastline. however the track is a little bit far south to bring in the worst of the storm across southern new england. we're right on the northern edge of the storm here. >> we will get some snow out of it and that will overspread the area from south to north saturday afternoon but the city of boston not seeing flakes until near day's end. we have to watch

. >> christa: and i'm christa delcamp. snow falling. great if you could stay inside and you had the day off. today, sad to say, a lot of you have to head back the work, and it is bone-chilling out there. it's actually painful, chris. you have a wind advisory you're talking about as well this morning. >> sarah: wind advisory through the day into the early evening hours. that's adding insult to injury. we can deal with temperatures in the mid to upper teens with little wind, but when you factor in winds gust pentagon 30, 40, close to 50mph this morning, that becomes an issue. 11 is the air temperature in worcester, 17 in boston. 16 in plymouth. the winds gusting 30mph from worcester into the city of boston. it's the breeze that we're battling this morning. and it's the wind-chill factors down to zero in boston. minus seven in worcester right now. the cold air extends back through northern new england, back into southern canada, down to the south and west, back into the mid atlantic, as well. the air mass overall the next couple days not c

i'm christa delcamp. >> sarah: and i'm sarah french. from kentucky to the east coast of new england, communities are bracing for this massive winter storm. families are putting plans in place, gearing up for the worst-case scenario. let's send it over to chris lambert because thankfully it doesn't look like it will be too bad here. >> chris: we'll have a manageable storm out of. this we'll still get snow and wind new york question about that, especially the further south you go. i think the question is how far does the heavier moisture work into southern new england. 19 in boston. teens outside. winds 5 to 15mph creating the wind-chill factors down into the single digits. we'll get you through today first here heading out the door. sunny skies, temperatures close to 30 degrees this afternoon. here is the storm taking shape. this is going to carve its way down through the deep south and emerge off the care lie, mid atlantic coastline as a powerful ocean storm. that's going to hammer the mid atlantic. you're talking two feet of snow, mayb

i'm christa delcamp. >> sarah: i'm sarah french. let's get a check of your forecast with chris lambert. it's good to stay inside. it's quite pretty. >> chris: it's nice to look at and watch it fall down. very little wind this morning, so it's been sticking to the trees and giving us a picturesque morning. but overall this is easy stuff to move because it's fluffy snow. head over to rockland, four inches of snow. much of plymouth county between three and four inches of snow. the last heaviest batch of snow is moving right through the city as we speak, right down the 95 stretch headed back into foxborough. also some scattered showers and snow showers. a snow scawl down across plymouth. a little light snow still in worcester county, but to the most of us picking up between two and four inches of snow by the time it's all said and done and boast of that on the ground. you tend to be on the higher side of that across eastern mass and even a few towns down in plymouth county coming away with five inches of snow from this storm. so this mo

. >>> and i'm christa delcamp. we have temperatures in the teens and with the windchills we're talking about single digits. i think technically we're in the 20s >> it's frigid. snow and freezing snow creating slick conditions. police in new hampshire say a tractor-trailer was speeding on route 89 in warner, couldn't slammed into a police cruiser. the truck then took off. the trooper was treated for minor injuries >>> while many of you may have a bit of brushing off of the car. some had to shovel. a few inch of snow in worcester. the temperature aren't helping the situation right now. i think that's what hits your face when you head outside >> it is the wind at 40 to 50 miles per hour at times. over 3 inch of snow. worcester just under three. foxboro 2 and a half. many towns between one and two mansfield. that's where this picture comes from. it's a pretty winter shot there with some of the snow on the trees as well. morning. that sunshine not really getting to much work here as the temperature remain around 26 in b