tomorrow we wake up to 49 degrees, 40 in monticello, up to 53 at noontime, 51 in hamptons bay. and as we get up to 51 in asbury park, it will be dinnertime. let's check out your seven-day forecast. again we talked about the fog tonight. watch it into tomorrow. cooler temperatures. 64 on sunday, i think we're in for another record setter. and look at the seven-day forecast, in and out of showers but much cooler temperatures. but the thing to note, typically we sbhould at 39, 40, 41 degrees at this time of the year. >>> while it is winter here, sort of, christmas means summertime in australia. famous beach for sunshine. it's so bizarre to see the santa hats. this is what they do. beech goers posing in front of a christmas tree and an inflatable reindeer. >>> swimmers hit the water in germany. there you go. members of the berlin seals winter association walked into the frigid water there. the group has been meeting up for cold weather swims since the early 1980s. the water temperature was around 42 degrees. >> those germans are tough. >>> so much more ahead on news4 new york at 5:

out east, we're talking about rain from riverhead to hampton bays and out to southampton and to the east, off while les. as far as the rain goes, much of it pushes out, and it was light rain, quarter inch or less before all is said and done, then the next round rolls in as we head into tomorrow afternoon. that is going to be heavier, more consistent, and we'll get a higher dose of it as well. as far as rainfall goes, this is what we wind up with today as we mentioned, and before all is said and done tomorrow, watch these numbers go all the way up to about an inch, we need that, we have drought conditions, so we will take what we can get. forecast for today, 60 degrees, mild, cloutdy skies, showers on and off, everyone, heading into tonight, we'll dip down to 52. seven days, we have that warm weather, record-setting weather, 72 at this point, david. 72 degrees, we could inch higher an that and christmas, although we call 62, i wouldn't be surprised if we set a new record there as well. ovhere's your seven-day forecast. absolutely remarkable. into next week as well. we're talking about wel

in your downed jackets celebrating winter, it's going to feel like it's 27 in new york, 28 in hampton bays. breezy tonight, 33 degrees. as far as the seven-day forecast goes, this is what you expect. 46 degrees on sunday and it will be warmer and nicer, the better of the two days. winter arrives on monday at 54. look at that as we head into the latter portion of the week. christmas eve, back to 64 degrees. record territory. 58 as we head into christmas day. >> i like all of your graphics there. >> a lot going on there. do you think the month break as record? >> we're going to shatter the record for the month. >>> all right. everyone knows the value of sleep, right? beauty sleep. but it can be especially tough to come by during this holiday season. the year. our consumer reporter found that with the help of great apps you can put the worries about sleepless night to rest. >> sleep cycle five walks you when your body says it's time. simply place your smartphone next to your bed and the app does its thing, analyzing the sound of your sleep. when the app is able to determine that you're in the

right now it's 44 in east port, hampton bay is also at 44 degrees. 44 in bridgeport, 34 in monticello. but that is really the cool spot on the map right now. you can see the showers are and east not impacting us again like they did yesterday. and in its wake we're going to see a big area of high pressure make its way toward us. that is going to bring us dry weather for several days. but it will allow temperatures to drop in the overnight hours. this is what it's going to feel like when you combine the temperature with the wind. it's going to feel like we're at the freezing mark at midnight and in south brunswick, 33 in newton and it's going to only get a little milder with the windchill as we head into the day on friday. so new year's day really starting to feel more like a new weather pattern. it will feel like 35 in asbury park, 37 at cherry hill. saturday gets off to an even colder start. the real feel when you combine the winds with the temperature is going to be in the mid-20s for most of us. overnight we're going to dip down to 36 degrees in midtown and in union, 27 in liberty,

host: hampton bay, new york. ann on the independent line. caller: hello? host: go ahead. i am nothe one thing hearing and i hope you can hear -- i hope you me can help me, social security has not had an increase from 2011. my husband worked for the federal government. he passed away in 2009. i continue to get his annuity. every time social security does not give an increase, i don't get an increase. i know they are both federal. i don't see what annuity has to do with social security. i don't know if that is in your wheelhouse of expense. guest: social security has been the third rail of politics for some time. it's difficult for either party to do the things they would like to do. you couple that with the difficulty congress has had in legislating, it makes difficult to see the kinds of changes that a lot of people would like to see. touches on the residual effects of being in the minority. it strongc and spread identity as a minority party that translated into the assertive and savvy use of maneuvers to trip up majority democrats. 40 years oflicans' strong identity. whe

hampton bay at 49 degrees. 49 degrees in poughkeepsie, 39 monticello and 48 in belmar. mainly clear skies overnight. probably about 38 by early morning around 6 a.m. in the city and some temperatures will be in the upper 20s in the coldest spots. after that morning chill, a lot of sunshine, light wind and temperatures approaching the 50, 52-degree mark. we've had a couple of patchy clouds around, especially this morning and those clouds have lingered north of i-84. we're watching a warm front going through eastern canada. that will help to warm things up as our wind shifts over to the west. this huge area of high pressure dominating the eastern two- thirds of the country stays in control through monday, so it's really going to just set up shop over the next few days. the next weather system we're going to watch, it's a piece of that system in the pacific northwest, and that's going to try to team up with all that moisture soaking south florida right now, and maybe some of that will come up the coast, but even that's in question. there's likely to be a coastal low that s

hampton bay has # 5. ronkonkoma 50. 51 for merrick. roslyn at 58 degrees. down the shore temperatures are warm to start as well. we're anywhere between 5 to 10 degrees warmer right now than we were yesterday at the same time. i think we beat yesterday's high of 61. 60s for the next three days. in fact, it looks like record warmth is likely for tomorrow least. the other records are also in jeopardy. rain does return to the forecast on monday. until then skies will be mixed. a little bit of sunshine, a little bit of clouds, a light west wind through the afternoon. forecast high, 64 degrees. the record is 68. coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast, we'll talk more about the records, just how long can this pattern hold, and we'll answer questions about monday's rainfall. i'll have that in just a few minutes. >>> amy is it time to celebrate or groan. santa suit clad people are going to be bar hopping from brooklyn to manhattan for the annual santacon. the nypd is issuing a warning for anyone who is taking part. eyewitness news reporter marcus williamsbu

this extends down and is headed toward hampton bay shortly.on 19 avenue and also sunset will of art. this is working its way north and east. it will pick up as we get closer to venice avenue and the financial district. watch the moderate rain extend up into the east bay. this is the moderate rain into emeryville, berkeley, going up into the berkeley hills. vallejo getting steady rain. this works its way all the way up into the napa valley. this is going to work its way toward san jose and to the east bay valleys and about the next hour or 2. live at the bay bridge, it is a wet seen. i don't know if you can see it but i was looking closely and there are a lot of windshield wipers going. at midnight, the steady rain should begin to taper off. we will then have off and on showers pretty much from mid-to late morning. the snow will intensify for the sierra late tonight. just before midnight it will continue fairly heavy for the morning. we will get a break sunday. when it is all done you could see a foot or more over the higher elevations. a winte

we'll add to that this week. hampton bay is 46. southwest wind. water temperatures in the 40s and low 50s. that's why it's milder out to the ooets east. get away from the coast, it drops to the 20s. a lot of clouds. see that milky color out there. they're not rain-producing clouds. you have to go back to the midwest to find that. we have a period of time today into tonight rain free. future tracker shows that's how it plays out today. a lot of clouds around. thin spots from time to time. a little dim sunshine. temperatures should get into the low to mid-50s. dry into the evening hours. overnight, a quick hit of showers. right there passing to the north and west. during the day tomorrow, another round of scattered shower activity. nothing particularly heavy tomorrow either. plan on it being a cloudy, mild day. you'll need the lightweight umbrella tomorrow. then on wednesday, starts out relatively quiet. just clouds, but heavier showersing move into parts of the area wednesday afternoon and wednesday night. then it calms down a bit on thursday, chri

by a late this afternoon and the south facing shores that we're in the 50s on the island want hampton bay at 53. across the board 5 to 10 degrees warmer than we were at the same time yesterday. a jump, a head start if you will. we're looking at 60s for the next three days. all the way into monday, above average temperatures, and record warmth is likely for tomorrow. we'll talk about those records and how we might possibly break forecast. rain does return on monday. until then we have just this very thin veil of clouds here on the accutrack and the satellite picture, not a lot to talk about as far as the skies go. it's a mix of sun and clouds. it's all about the temperatures and how quickly and how sharply the temperatures will rise through the afternoon. who we break the records, we'll talk about that coming up in the accuweather seven-day in a few minutes. >> 64, thank you amy. topping our news at this half hour, safety at santacon. new york city wants the thousands of santas to of course have a great time tonight, but without the controversy of past years. solis joins us live from willi

and you can barely see 50, 60- yards. 46 in hampton bays. so that's where the worst of the fog is. it's starting to settle in for the jersey shore, 45 there. and i mean overall, serving up another day in the 60s. and that's going to continue through the weekend. and temperatures will peak on. and likely a new record on sunday. and showers hold off until early next week. and monday afternoon will get busy again. >> thanks. >>> on your way on staten island. a vehicle fire has route 440 completely closed. that's southbound at victory boulevard. and traffic is being diverted to the service road. delays are now back to meredith avenue. and an accident investigation has the left lane blocked on the southbound garden state parkway at exit 98. delays back to exit 100. and a live look, southern state parkway at exit 36 in west babylon, foggy conditions so drive carefully. alternate side of the street and today say gridlock alert day. >> thank you. >>> on christmas, when you look up in the sky, you're usually looker for santa but this year he might be eclipsed by the moon. this will be the f

it's 53 in hampton bays. it's 51 in wading river. 55 in mystic beach. 45 degrees in morristown. 44 in sussex. 47 right now in bridgewater. the showers are well to the north now. they're even just kind of grazing the catskills. most of us are completely dry as right now. here comes the cold front with the next round of showers. of course, the severe weather that affected the plain states with that cold front, that will die down. it's not going to have so much energy when it makes it to here in the tri-state. if you're heading to the jets game, looks like we'll be in the clear. some clouds, of course, but the showers should hold off until after the game is over. here is 5:00 p.m. with that round of showers arriving. if the game ends without any overtime, you should be fine. then as we head into monday morning, we start out with some sunshine. cloud cover quickly increases. this is our next storm system. because of the cold air that descends in monday morning, we could see some wintry weather. some sleet, maybe

host: hampton bay, new york. ann on the independent line. caller: hello? host: go ahead.m nothe one thing hearing and i hope you can hear -- i hope you me can help me, social security has not had an increase from 2011. my husband worked for the federal government. he passed away in 2009. i continue to get his annuity. every time social security does not give an increase, i don't get an increase. i know they are both federal. i don't see what annuity has to do with social security. i don't know if that is in your wheelhouse of expense. guest: social security has been the third rail of politics for some time. it's difficult for either party to do the things they would like to do. you couple that with the difficulty congress has had in legislating, it makes difficult to see the kinds of changes that a lot of people would like to see. touches on the residual effects of being in the minority. it strongc and spread identity as a minority party that translated into the assertive and savvy use of maneuvers to trip up majority democrats. 40 years oflicans' strong identity. where d

of his high security level as a confirmed gang member we could only shoot david hampton's art outside his cell at pelican bay. a correctional officer offered to hold it in place for our camera. but at another california prison, one inmate's artwork is either immediately confiscated and destroyed, or kept in a secured location. the inmate is charles manson. >> we have some manson memorabilia that charles manson has created since he's been incarcerated here at corcoran. >> during one of our shoots at california state prison corcoran our crew barely got a glimpse of manson before he covered up his window. a recent mug shot shows how much he has aged since first coming to prison in 1971. but his artwork provides a unique insight. into his life behind bars. >> here's a scorpion that he's made. basically just taking thread from various types of items, socks and t-shirts and towels and he creates it and uses a marker to color it. this is probably one of the items that he makes the most of, would be scorpions and spiders. this is, i would assume, something like a harp and he's made it out of toilet paper, and newspa

really from the connecticut coast back to suffolk county, stamford, bridgeport over to oyster bay, over to the hamptons that's where you have steady rain. we widen out and the rain's getting much lighter west of new york city. in fact, in some places across western new jersey nothing more than a few sprinkles. down to the south and west is a nice gap that should take us through the evening hours where the rain's going ore main lighter. then there's a steadier batch over west virginia. that's the area that tries to come in after 2 in the morning and hopefully leaves the scene by the morning commute. the rest of it down to the that will come in during the day on wednesday. the rain does get steadier towards lunchtime on wednesday. tomorrow it is periods of rain. it's steadier in the afternoon hours. we'll still have showers into the early evening. unfortunately probably lingering into the tree lining at rockefeller center. then that storms moves away. other than a lingering shower, it's all about a blustery wind that comes in and 50 feels like middle and lower 40s, even though we're getting sunshine and

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hamptons. 52 for ocean county right at the shore. westchester county and over the sound into oyster bay and down into parts of suffolk county. and some light rain into staten island and brooklyn. the west, you see a break. and then one more radar view and you can see it's on again, off again, onagain, off again, -- again, on again, off again. the flip side of that, there's cold air and snow filtering down in and through the plains. we see quiet weekend after we blow away the gray on thursday. today it's a far more con -- more rushed weather scene. by thursday afternoon, dealing with the wind and it's a cooler you're talking about 10-degree shifts day-to-day. particularly wednesday into thursday. and as far as potential rain, i'll be honest with you, any time my voice goes that high, you know you have to listen up. i'm not buying this. i think we will see slightly higher numbers. right now, models have us at about .75. it's a long-term event so we could be closer to an inch. but it comes and goes in waves and you have time to catch your breath now and then. 52, on again off again rain, foggy and windy. and 48, that's the norm