it is december -- i am kate merrill. i woke up this morning and my elf on the shelf returned for the season. so christmas and the holidays

it is december -- i am kate merrill. i woke up this morning and my elf on the shelf returned for the season. so christmas and the holidays be so well behaved all this month. report back. what's the elf's name? >> birkie >> i love it. our elf on the shelf arrived too just after thanksgiving. we're drying out this morning. december 1st, can you believe it? we're tracking rain instead of snow on the map this morning. still have a couple of showers out there too, a few sprinkles down towards paxton and you're getting into downpours again stretching up along route 91. those are lifting north and east. we have another batch of rain that's coming out of southern rhode island, bristol and plymouth county in the next hour, so light showers for the mid and outer cape all the way from chatham, wellesley and providencetown as well. these continue to shift towards the east. 61, 61 in taughton right now, that is not a mistake, december boonest. we are mild. any leftover showers here between now and 7:00 a.m. notice this is the map at

>>> good morning to you. 6:30 right now, thanks for joining us, i'm chris mckinnon. >> and i'm kate merrill. it is december 1st on your thursday morning. although the weather, danielle, does not feel anything close to december like. >> we're in the 60s right now, chris and kate. for some cities and towns south of boston, it's feeling more like october as opposed to december 1. three-mile visibility in boston right now. there is some fog. yesterday, but you'll encounter it in patches as you head out the door this morning. a bit of a gusty breeze too, gusting over 20 miles per hour, manchester back down to bedford and over 20 for the cape and the islands. wind will stay a little bit strong, but won't be damaging today. drying out too with just a bit of leftover rain now. you'll get a quick sprinkle south and west of boston on needham, dover, norwood seeing a little bit of light rain. that extends south towards walpool, franklin, medway and milford and then into foxborouin minutes or so. another batch of rain from the south shore, really ducksbury down toward plymouth and the cape cod canal an

town public school shut down today over a re >>> grntion everybody, thanks for joining us, i'm kate merril. >> i'm chris mckinnon. it is thursday, december 1st. flipping the calendar. >> it has already happened. danielle niles is here as we turn the page to december, danielle, but hopefully going to get warmer today. >> we're not going to feel like december 1st, that's for sure. good morning. we are drying out with still

it's 8:25, i'm kate merrill with your top stories. first let's get a check of that thursday forecast. things looking up, danielle >> yes, kate. the sun is now out in a lot of spots, the rain gone, last of the clouds in the southeast part of state will depart and not really feeling like the 1st of december. we're in the 50s already south of town, 49 in boston right now, and the be a little bit gusty. we push 55 to 60 for highs today across southern new england. not quite as warm tomorrow, but a nice end to the week, gusty breeze, right around 50. turning cooler as we head into the weekend, especially by sunday with highs in the low 40s, kate. >> all right. a messy day on the roads right now at 8:25. a live look right now at the expressway, slow still as you make your way into the city. there's an accident on route 3 southbound at exit 29 causing some trouble. an earlier accident in sharon causing a delay there. and also left lane on sturrow in boston is blocked inbound at the longfellow bridge. >>> and an update on breaking news from ne

i'm breana pitts in for kate merrill this morning. >> happy friday, friend, i'm nick giovanni in for chris mckinnon. you know what? it's actually feeling like a friday and starting to feel like december, right, danielle? trending down? >> yes. for the upcoming weekend, cooling down, not the highs of 50s to near 60 like we had yesterday. 40 in boston right now, real feel is 31 degrees. cooler because of that west wind at 16 miles per hour right now. and that wind will stay active today. mid-30s currently from manchester, wocester down to keene at 34. 37 in tawpton and lower 40s on the cape. the skies are mainly clear, though. so don't forget the shades. the sun is going to be up and shining. there are some clouds in the berkshires and back through vermont. real feel 25 to 30 at times for your morning commute. sunrise at 6:55. the wind may gust occasionally over 20 miles per hour today, making the wind chill around 40 degrees for midday. sun and clouds, 47, and we top out right around 50 degrees, about five degrees above average for this time of the year. no issues for your evening com