kevin skarupa is here. kevin: despite the warm temperatures, water temperature at hampton beach, 55 degrees. with temperatures in the 70' s, if you are so inclined, you will notice sunshine and the peak of the foliage. it will be nothing but sunshine. even a clear start tonight. already back above 70 degrees from manchester to rochester. everyone gets above 70 degrees this afternoon. it is nothing but sunshine. each of the next six days, we are cooler than the day before. we will talk about all of it in a few minutes. amy: right now, presidential candidates are gathering in convention. the national organization aims to break the gridlock in washington by encouraging both parties to work together. radisson where eight presidential hopefuls are speaking. now. organizers expect more than 2000 people to attend. donald trump is at the podium. [laughter] >> when we talk about no labels and getting along and i' m not much. tip o' neill and ronald reagan, i look at that as the ultimate. two people, different views,

first, kevin skarupa joins us in the weather center. kevin: it looks like a cool start to the holiday weekend with a warmer finish. we start off this morning with temperatures in the 30's and 40's. some extra clouds up north this morning otherwise looks like we start the day fairly quiet with any early clouds giving way to sunshine. what will be the coolest and most crisp autumn-like day that we will have for the holiday weekend. temperatures starting in the 40's and then jumping into the 50's, maybe near 60 and you'll also have a northwesterly breeze that will add a bite to the air through the afternoon. all flannels are a go and from there, we're talking about warmer temperatures for the second of the third days of the holiday forecast. we'll talk about that coming up. amy: bipartisan team of legislators is proposing a new bill that could put a drug court in every county in the state. more than 300 people died of drug overdoses in 2014 and the state is on track to surpass that somber record this year. our stephanie woods tells us why t

kevin skarupa by joining us now. not a bad day out there. kevin: no, we had a couple of brightening now. believe and are not, cooler air is racing in. s the newest face on "sesame street." s show hope she' ll help both parents and kids better understand autism. now to our u-local hot shot. this young lady enjoying some fall fun in keene. good height on that leaf throw. you can submit your pictures and video, and join the thousands of u-local members, by logging onto people want change, they want reform, they want to see something done, but just carping about it and doesn't get it done. nobody has shaken up the system more than i have. i've always been unorthodox in this and against the grain. but you know what? i know how to get it done. new day for america is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> now, meteorologist kevin skarupa with your stormwatch 9 forecast. kevin: a lot of clouds, scattered activity, but skies have been brightening across the region, and temperatures will s to the xts -- to the 60' s this afternoon. a coupl

meteorologist kevin skarupa is here to tells about that. kevin: it doesn' t nearly have the strength it once did. second, it will be moving at a faster rate. for here and now, a few high clouds out ahead of that. you will start to see the clouds move in. the clouds thicken up tomorrow morning. the main rain event is mid-to-late afternoon tomorrow through early thursday morning. rainfall really starts to pick up during the evening commute tomorrow. it is later tomorrow night and early on thursday morning that we will see this move through. milder day on thursday only to cool back down on friday. we will have details in futurecast in a few minutes. sean: while it' s getting colder, many granite staters are buying firewood for the winter. but you' ll have to dig a little deeper this year. a timber industry representative says loggers are increasingly selling hardwood to contractors building fracking sites in pennsylvania. they use the wood for foundations to help move equipment over wet, soft ground. the increased demand means wood prices in pa

meteorologist kevin skarupa tells us how cold it will be today. kevin: at least we have the sunshine. we just have a few high clouds drifting in from the west. not washington dropping into the single digits in the morning. eight to 10 inches of snow over the last three or four days. you can see more high clouds diving in. there might be a stray shower for the north country later tonight. temperatures tonight will not be quite as cold. we are still talking 30' s for overnight lows. a lot less 20' s on the map. the coldest temperature this morning, 14 inland out -- la ndeau. we will have details in the forecast in a few minutes. amy: thanks to the cold weather, some ski resorts in new england are already open! killington ski resort became the first ski resort to open in north america yesterday. only pass holders were allowed on the slopes yesterday. but this morning, it opened to the public. and in maine sunday river opened , today. wildcat mountain fired up the snow cannons yesterday, but they don' t have an opening date scheduled yet. new hampshire

announcer: now, meteorologist kevin skarupa. kevin: some scattered showers still out there. we are watching the trend of the thicker cloud cover we had during the morning hours. we will send out. and eventually warmer temperatures, but it has been stubborn with light showers and cool air. 49 in the monadnock region. 52 in key. toward the coast, with a few breaks in the overcast, you' re up to 52. the central parts of the state -- it will be a much brighter and milder afternoon at what we have had the last couple of days, as far as the temperatures are concerned. you will notice the last showers wringing out. a couple of sprinkles in the southern areas. the dryer air is feeding in. later tonight, we will start the skies. before the next system approaches -- and you can see a line of clouds going back to the great lakes -- before a warm front. the last of the shower activity. the most -- the most organized is now to the southeast. s at the present time. a lot of folks will get between 60, 63, or 64 this afternoon. the cool spot right now, out at peace, 48 degrees. direction is

sean: coming up and our news 9 kitchen, we are giving you a >> now, meteorologist kevin skarupa with your stormwatch 9 forecast. kevin: we continue on with what looks like a pretty nice afternoon in the southern half of the state. as you head farther north, we are looking at a situation where the clouds have been ranked -- banked up. continuing to come out of southern parts of canada. make their way across the border into new york. one or two of those may survive a few western or northern areas of the state may see a very afternoon. all of this along the front, which will drop our high compared to what we have today -- about 58 degrees to attending degrees --t to 10 degrees. that is the first of the two systems after a sunny day for us tomorrow. we will continue to see the next system arrived. kind of the alberta-type system. you will see more rainfall than snow. scattered showers by friday. upper 50' s of north come amid xts -- north, mid 60' s in the middle area. chance of showers in the afternoon goes to clearing skies as we drove to 30' s of north and 40' s elsewhere. it will be a

let' s check in with meteorologist kevin skarupa. kevin: that storm stalled, really hammering the bahamas. the front has gotten to the coast because of this stall, and north and east van we participated -- it will go a bit farther to the north and east than we anticipated a few days ago. a nor' easter in the carolinas before you get down to the bahamas, where the hurricane is a present time. parts of new england. a little of that will try to create in a suffering. cooler temperatures is the headline that will try to bump into a lot of dry air. numerous as a few days ago. we will talk what your weekend to go. erin: hurricane joaquin has been hammering islands in the bahamas flooding and damage. although the category 4 storm may remain offshore, many states are still taking extra precautions. at least five states have issued states of emergency. abc' s marci gonzalez has more on the damage the storm has caused so far. marci: relentless rain, wind, and dangerous flooding along the east coast. >> nothing much you can do but hunker down. m

meteorologist kevin skarupa joins us. kevin: time is on our side. if you are traveling later on this evening, you will be encountering rainfall and maybe a couple of heavier downpours. just about every webcam has been showing the rainfall out there, and in some spots, it could be a half-inch to even a full inch of rain. we will see activities slowly wind down from north to south through the remainder of the afternoon and finally exiting southeastern areas earlier this evening. temperatures have remained quite cool. we started in the 30' s of north, have been adding -- ebbing back into the 40' s. clearing skies set up some cooler air, but at the same time, we get sunshine back. we' ll talk about that trade-off and look through your holiday weekend forecast in a few minutes. . erin: remembering a flood that forever changed a new hampshire community. 10 years ago, a flood washed down route 130 -- route 123, claiming for lives. the community has been rebuilt, and tonight' s residents will gather at the historical society were hundreds of pictures of the

lightyear and, yes, punky brewster heading out to do halloween action and >> now, meteorologist kevin skarupa with you are storm watch nine forecast. kevin: temperatures have been running very close to the october averages. at the same time, we have been awfully dry and could use a drink of water across the area, and the looks like that happens around midweek. either side of it, nice weather for us. sunshine across the area after a chillier start than what we had the morning before. we are back into the 40' s, lower range of the 50' s this afternoon. a few extra clouds in the north country. calling a partly sunny there -- a lot of blue sky and a fairly light breeze out of the northwest, around five to 10 miles an hour near area lakes at the present time. very couple conditions continued. you can see the extra clouds in the north country, banged up against the mountains for the otherwise, i think this trend holds through the day tomorrow before the next system around the arrives. this has been producing flooding rainfall for texas and the gulf presented doing to produce even chance of stronger

meteorologist kevin skarupa tells us how warm it' ll be the rest of today. kevin: temperatures closer to average. nothing across -- nothing but blue sky across a good part of the state. a light breeze, feeling pretty good for the afternoon. there is a system to our west it should be warm enough as that moves in tomorrow morning, but it will be in liquid form. temperatures and low and mid 50' s, heading to either side of 60 in the southern areas of the state, made 50' s up north. it continues us we work our way into the weekend with the coldest air of the season arriving sunday. i will have detailed in your seven-day forecast coming up. adam: thanks, kevin. afghanistan. that was the announcement this morning from president obama who is making changes to his plans to withdraw. abc' s karen travers is in washington, d.c. with details. karen: it' s a significant reversal for president obama. pres. obama: this modest but meaningful extension of our presence, while sticking to our current narrow missions, can make a real difference. karen: there are about 9800 u.s.

nright to rise usa is responsible >> now, meteorologist kevin skarupa with your stormwatch 9 forecast. kevin: the last 36 hours, we have seen huge temperature swings across the area, and it continues of the cooler air feeds in the northwesterly wind, was has been gusting 20, 25, even near 30 miles an hour. the cool air shuttles in, makes for a beautiful scene out there. central and southern areas, a new fairweather clouds, and the central and southern areas. furthermore hugo, thicker cloud cover, and atop mount washington, temperatures in the teens. wind chill is below zero, and obviously snowing in that direction. the bulk of the thicker cloud cover, as you would expect, northwest wind of banking up against the northern and western slopes. that is where we are seeing those clouds cured opposite effects, down slope effect creating figure clout spirit of northwest wind pretty much right out of central canada, and that means tonight, temperatures likely drop back into the 20' s across a good portion of the state. the 40' s of north, and a pretty s this afternoon with a thicker cloud cov

i'm hillary clinton and >> now, meteorologist kevin skarupa with your stormwatch 9 forecast. kevin: very changeable conditions across the state, depending on where you are great of digger cloud cover in the northwestern half of the state. peak foliage in southern parts of the state. everyone is in on a westerly wind this afternoon along with the couple of reef showers a possibility for southern areas while of north, it will be off and on through the remainder of the afternoon is over air continues to bring in. today, the transition is to get away from the above normal temperatures we have been in recently and continue to see through the afternoon to temperatures by closer to the average is running tomorrow -- averages starting tomorrow. a flow coming out of canada. we are watching several disturbances coming out of canada. each one of these is difficult to determine exactly when they will come through. the trend, big picture, we those organized showers in the north country, central and southern areas will see lots of clouds, and with that the chance by passing shower or two th

with erin fehlau, sean mcdonald, and kevin skarupa. now, news 9 continues. kevin: a live look from the charter trust building. temperatures falling back to either side of 50. catchy fog out there. some of that locally dense. it could be less than a quarter-mile early this morning in some spots. afternoon. up. erin: in commitment 2016, the biden watch is over. vice president joe biden has announced that he will not run nomination. both president obama -- with president obama at his side, he yesterday. he said the grieving process after losing his son in may has taken time and has closed the window on launching a realistic campaign area sean: continuing our coverage, it is a big day for hillary clinton. the democratic front runner will be on capitol hill to answer questions about the u.s. response to the deadly attacks in benghazi. stephanie ramos has more to expect -- has more on what to expect. stephanie: this morning, hillary clinton will once again testified to the special house committee investigating the 2012 benghazi attacks. the assault by islamic milit

kevin skarupa has a look at the forecast. kevin: we have rainfall developing during the afternoon. the could be wind that pushes and early tomorrow. some spots could see over two inches of rainfall out of this. for now, it is the patchy fog and the clouds continuing to drift in. the rainfall starts to build in from the southwest as the afternoon wears on. the heaviest is expected this evening. temperatures are near the freezing mark. we will look for highs today to get back into the upper 40' s to mid 50' s. a milder day tomorrow. afternoon. let' s take a look at your wednesday morning ride through the granite state. we' re joined live by 95.7 wzid' s deb davidson . deb: good wednesday morning, kevin. 93 looks great. no delays from the plymouth area down to concord and then from the hooksett tolls to manchester and londonderry to salem -- all up to speed right now. as you make your way through the mill yard, it looks great, especially through the lane shifts. you are moving well through the bedford toll' s down through the lane drops. out on the seacoast, 95 is moving well with no

kevin skarupa joins us with a look at our forecast. kevin: a building overcast sky eventually setting up the rain and the wind that builds from this afternoon into the evening. for now, temperatures are anywhere in the mid and s and 30' s. don' t let your guard down, the rainfall that moves in for southwest to northeast could be heavy at times by later tonight. even some rumbles of thunder are possible later this evening. temperatures are starting on the upper 40' s to the mid-50' s. expected to be tomorrow. s take a look at your wednesday morning ride. we are joined live by 95.7 wzid' s deb davidson/ . good morning. deb: good morning, kevin. 89 northbound looks great from concord to the upper valley area from hanover to lebanon. on 89 southbound, there are no delays from lebanon down throug the bow junctionh. you are moving well through the hooksett tolls. 101, 111, and the spaulding turnpike are all up to speed right now. we are not seeing any delays along 95 out of the seacoast or along the hampton tolls, or up to the maine border. f

>> you are watching wmur "news 9 daybreak" with erin fehlau, sean mcdonald, and meteorologist, kevin skarupa. now news 9 continues. sean: a dog in florida is being called a miracle dog after surviving a fall. the pekingese called bonzo fell 11 stories. despite having arthritis and a bad hip, he only suffered a broken rib in the 120-foot fall. a vet said the height may have helped here. bonzo is disoriented and not bracing for impact. erin: are we sure that bonzo isn't a cat? sean: he has a couple of lives. no doubt about it. inches a couple of contractors are becoming with the building skills. how great thou art erin: how about is that? contractors. they posted a video and it was a hit. kevin: one video has about seven million views of them singing "how great thou art." they were even contracted by boston strong. the only thing missing is the barbershop. sean: i'm afraid the foreman is going to come in and say, guys, back to work. they do sound great. disturbing allegations out of merrimack. a father is facing chargeses after he assaulted his seven week looking for a pair of roommates. repor

kevin skarupa with a look at that. kevin: temperatures in the 50's on saturday. 60's and 70's today. a breeze out of the south and southwest. temperatures in the 30's and 40's. we'll warm quickly with a lot of sunshine around. just about everyone gets up above 70 degrees into the afternoon. in southern areas, as high as 77 or 78. much more on the cool down that you would think is eventually coming in your forecast. let's look at your monday morning ride here. joined live by deb davidson. good monday morning, deb. deb: good monday morning, kevin. all major roadways are up to speed. it is a nice ride if you are heading out and you have to commute today. we shouldn't see any problems whatsoever. 293 is looking good through the city of manchester. we have the lane shifts in place for some bridge just a reminder, the ramp does remain closed. the everett turnpike, no problems getting through the bedford tolls or from merrimack to the state line. we have the disabled tractor trailer on route 63 southbound in hinsdale near the

you want to check in with kevin skarupa. more warmth today? kevin: rounding out the holiday weekend in fine fashion. each of the last couple of days, temperatures have been warming. today will be the warmest of them. looks like temperatures just about statewide up into the 70's. we are starting off on the cool side this morning. you have over 12 hours of night time. temperatures just have that tendency to slip back even cooler than the afternoon highs will be. we're down into the mid 30's. we're in the mid to upper 40's. everyone likely at or above 70 this afternoon. as high as 78 in nashua this afternoon. with a light breeze out of the south and southwest. we'll talk shower chances in a bit. let's look at your we're joined live by deb davidson. good monday morning, deb. deformation good monday morning. 93 is looking great. you are making your way through the state of new hampshire. there are no delays out of the tilton area and down to the hooksett tolls. 293 we're not seeing any delays through the mill yard. the lane chips are still in place.

with erin fehlau, sean mcdonald and kevin skarupa. news 9 continues. temperatures in the 30' s. 60' s to even a few lower 70' s with the blunt of sunshine and cloud. shower chances before we get to the holiday weekend. sean: chilly at the bus stop. 5:43 right now. jury selection begins today in the trial of a massachusetts teenager accused of raping and killing his teacher. philip chism is being tried as an adult in the 2013 death of 24-year-old colleen ritzer. chism was 14 years old when he was charged with killing ritzer school. her body was found in the woods chism' s attorneys say they plan to use a mental health defense. thousands of federal inmates will be released early as part of an effort to cut costs and reduce the nation' s prison population. the bureau of prisons says about federal inmates will be released between october 30 and november second. offenders and they went through an appeals process to win their release. the releases are part of a national bipartisan effort to rethink decades-long sentences for drug offenders, who make up rough

say hello to emily, she's loved meteorology since kevin skarupa decided to be a met after the do you think when you are president you'll be paid as much as if you were a man-male... this is one of the jobs where they have to pay you the same. but there are so many examples where that doesn't happen. i'm going to do everything i can to make sure every woman in every job gets paid the same... ...as the men who are doing that job. r i'm hillary clinton p welcome back. look at this great sunrise here, we're seeing over the seacoast. temperatures chilly this morning, but we're seeing them upwards to right around average this time of year and a pretty nice halloween is in store. i've got your forecast coming up in a few minutes. amy: american special forces are deploying to syria. the white house says fewer than 50 special ops troops, make up ten rebel groups that successfully pushed back isis from part of northeast syria. they will work far from the enemy front line at rebel headquarters. this is the first time american troops will openly be working on the ground in syria. over 100 injure

announcer: now, meteorologist kevin skarupa.