erika tarantal wcvb nc5. maria: rain is on the way. . >> i like the cool weather. but we need is some rain. we could see heavy rain out there. the most likely spot is to the south. for those of you to the north it's unlikely he will see heavy rain. the biggest threat is the south. a flash flood watch for tomorrow cells. if that happens, it would slow things down. we had a batch showers, fairly consistent, across the border a little bit. scattered showers out of that one. now we have a hairy a -- now we have an area all to the northeast, 22 miles an hour. the big story is out here. you can see where it is going. it is not lifting very fast to the north. the most likely spot for saying heavy rain is south of the pike. severe thunderstorm watches out in a couple of locations, very unsettled weather down there. we are trying to get that to overnight low tonight. tomorrow, heavy downpours. look at the temperature. it is going to be a muggy day with showers. let me break you out of the timeline. here is how we see this developing. most of that happens during the morning.

erika: i'm erika tarantal. emily is off today. we're following breaking news on the eyeopener right now, a deadly crash in plainville, involving a tractor trailer. the new details into our newsroom overnight. randy: a suspect in court today accused of trying to kidnap and rape a woman in winthrop. disturbing charge against him. erika: a historic moment as hillary clinton accepts the democratic nomination for president. what comes next on the campaign trail for both sides. randy: 75 degrees here in needham. erika: a live look at the radar, parts of the state getting soaked with rain. we definitely need it. randy: good morning, cindy. for areas along the south coast and on southeastern massachusetts. i think this is where the rain will be heaviest. we're not seeing much rain; the focus is on to the west, where you can see most the same right now outside southeastern massachusetts. it's generally shifting eastward, with the heaviest downpours around worcester right now. you can see that the rain is organizing with under offshore. low

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good morning, i'm erika tarantal. randy: and i'm randy price. our ed harding is tracking its effect on the run-up to november. the state. cindy: the radar is active this morning, and everything is moving slowly from west to east. down around plaintiff and the south coast. you can see some yellows embedded, indicating heavier downpours. we will have those are on worcester and stretching north into the monadnock region. there are downpours this into the morning, the focus of the heaviest rain with those downpours is going to shift. in southeastern massachusetts, we have a flash flood, where some of those localized downpours are producing flooding across the air. we will watch that potential for you. this is associated with an area of low pressure. but wow is it humid. 77 degrees, the dew point in the to the afternoon, we will dry out around boston. the steadiest rain will be for mid-to-late morning, and by lunchtime, notice how is focusing. that is where we could see rainfall rates over an inch per hour. let's talk about your weekend coming up, i

i'm erika tarantal. >> i'm randy price. with us is ed harding. he's just outside philadelphia we want to get to cindy with the rain coming down this morning. >> it's raining. that is a welcome this thing foa lot of us. steadier, light rain generally, kind of moving slowly from west to east across the state right now. you get into the darker greens and the yellows, and we have more moderate rain coming down. some embedded, heavier pockets of rain. around framingham towards boylston, and more to the north, southwest new hampshire, especially, and even parts of the north shore, and back to the low. we're seeing the pockets of where the rain is coming down the area with heaviest rain will shift down into southeastern massachusetts. that's where we have a flash flood watch. there could be some localized flooding here. we're watching an area of low pressure to the south getting better organized. and you can see that there is lightning in the water south of long island. this low is going to track too far south to bring that heavy rain everywhere but it

erika: i'm erika tarantal. emily is off. we're following breaking news on the eyeopener right now, new details on this fire in brookline. what we've learned overnight. randy: a serious crash in abington, a driver slamming into a woman. the dramatic scene and the injuries this morning. erika: a special appearance at the dnc. the key support from hillary clinton's former rival and the critical moment for her campaign tonight. randy: and the warm weather continues. cindy: it does. officially in boston, the heat wave is over. we didn't touch 90. little bit with the westerly wind. mid-60's on the north shore, 58 to lower 70's on the cake. look at the wind direction out of the west and southwest. that is going to allow areas around boston to climb up into the lower 90's. the cold spots will be along the south coast. look at boston to worcester. 96 in lawrence. sunshine, was the sun comes up. another humid southwesterly wind. what i am watching is this area of moisture tomorrow. it looks like it will bring in seven needed rainfall

erika: i'm erika tarantal. emily is off today. we're following breaking news on the eyeopener right now, a deadly crash in plainville, involving a tractor trailer. the new details into our newsroom overnight. randy: a suspect in court today accused of trying to kidnap and rape a woman in winthrop. disturbing charge against him. erika: a historic moment as hillary clinton accepts the democratic nomination for president. what comes next on the campaign trail for both sides. randy: 75 degrees here in needham. erika: a live look at the radar, parts of the state getting soaked with rain. we definitely need it. randy: good morning, cindy.

erika: i'm erika tarantal. emily is off. we're following breaking news on the eyeopener right now, new details on this fire in brookline. what we've learned overnight. randy: a serious crash in abington, a driver slamming into a woman. the dramatic scene and the injuries this morning. erika: a special appearance at the dnc. the key support from hillary clinton's former rival and the critical moment for her campaign tonight. randy: and the warm weather continues. cindy: it does. officially in boston, the heat wave is over. we didn't touch 90.

. >> i'm erika tarantal. and emily is off, and cindy and olessa are here now. >> around the corner. we get out to te schooler start than what july is ending, you know. we've been on this stretch for days. >> we noticed. >> and yeah. today we have got one more coming at us and then things boston, and we do have lower 70s on the cape. and notice the sunshine this morning, building clouds this afternoon, but look how quickly we're up into the 80s. near 90 at lunchtime and more humid this afternoon as the winds come up out of the south and west, and that's going to push the sea breeze away today. in boston it hits 93, up to 96 in lowell, 94 in framingham, and south of boston, from brockton down 90s, but down along the south coast, out to the cape, this is where the temperatures will be a bit cooler thanks to that wind off the water. but very humid today. we're watching a front to the north. this is going to drop southward tonight, and interact with this moisture. that is going to sell a rainy day for us tomorrow. we'll have the time line and how much you can expect coming up. >> let's g

good morning, i'm erika tarantal. emily is off. randy: and i'm randy price with cindy fitzgibbon. beautiful out there this morning cindy. cindy: the humidity is picking up. we have another humid day and then things are changing in a big way. not today, though -- you can see how beautiful the sky is just before sunrise with some of after 5:30. 70's on the cape but mainly in the 60's this morning although it 60 in the morning. once we hit the afternoon, clouds are going to build and look how quickly the temperatures,. but :00 a.m. it's around 90, wind stirring more to the south southwest, so that will allow temperatures to sneak up over 90 the south coast. we have the sunshine this morning, clouds this afternoon associated with this front dropping southward and it will interact with some moisture tomorrow, potentially bringing us needed rainfall. we will time it out just ahead. let's see how we are looking. olessa: a live look outside with the check of is zakim bridge, traffic getting by without any problems. overnight construction but it will be gone. other construction clearing by

i'm erika tarantal. it is 8:27. top stories right now. a lynn man is due in court, charged with trying to kidnap and rape a woman in winthrop. police say gerardo portillo tried to get the victim into his car in revere monday night, then chased her and attacked he involving a car and a tractor trailer in plainville. this happened on washington street last night. a 15-year-old passenger in that car was also seriously injured. taking a live look over the city. we see raindrops on the lens, but not lasting long in boston. cindy: you got it. by lunchtime, the bulk of the rain is shifting out, unless you are near the islands. the heaviest downpours over that is where we have a flash flood watch until 5:00. an area of low pressure will focus heavy downpours in that direction through at least early afternoon. it turns less humid tomorrow. showers back sunday. erika: olessa stepanova is watching the commute. olessa: not bad heading out of town. 495 northbound, and incident is now on the shoulder. the pike on a 95, a little volume into canton. and