metrowest looks good. generally a very quiet morning. randy: now to some of the stories we're tracking right now on the eye. antoinette: doug meehan is tracking new information as it comes in. doug? doug: we are following new details in overnight after deadly storms in the south. at least eight people are confirmed dead. at least three people are dead in mississippi including a young boy. two deaths have been reported in tennessee and one in arkansas. boston's cleveland circle will reopen to the public today. city inspectors have the beacon street location a clean bill of health yesterday. some 100:50 people came down with the norovirus after eating there. right now the death of a teenage prisoner is under investigation. the 18-year-old was found hanging in his cell at the essex county correctional facility last night. anfelnin feliz, of lawrence, was awaiting trial on armed robbery and other charges. randy, antoinette? randy: new this morning, a new report raising concerns about more runaway trains on the t. antoinette: the eyeopener's

metrowest, worcester hills, route 2 corridor, then that will transition over to some sleet and freezing rain so there will be an icy coating on top of the snow. it will be tough to move around as well. heavy, wet snow before it transitions over to that sleet and freezing rain. chris? our turn . >> anchor: over across the coastline we do expect warm air to manufacture in off the ocean but inland that warmer air is moving a lot. 7 how to 10,000 feet up a big push of women air working on in and that overruns the cold air that's down near the surface and essentially what happens is you get your snow it fall through the atmosphere, hits that warm layer 7 to 10,000 feet up and it melt and you get these raindrops to fall and then the bottom six or 7,000 feet cold again so it refreezes into those sleet pallets and that's why we do expect quite a about the of sleet here thanks to that layer about 7 to 10,000 feet up turn turning warm. if it's a really deep layer of warm air that extends from about close to the surface but right at the ground, we have temperatures still below freezing and that's

that rain snow ribbon will find its home somewhere in metrowest and then work its way up through the route 2 corridor but i think it gets into town probably just after about 2:00 or 3:00 tomorrow morning the brief period of snow and sleet in the essentially just a cold rain in downtown boston. farther inland pink shading here snow to sleet and then eventually rain and then the blue shadings is where you will find the snow and the sleet around freezing rain the longest and most in this deeper shade of blue there is some concern of some ice buildup and chris will talk about that in just a second second. right now in new england it is cold. something we have not seen very much this early winter season here in the month of december but certainly today. and here is the storm system. now the center of the storm is going to pass to our west and when that happens, usually at some point warmer air no matter how long or short does win out and so that is what is on the table for overnight tonight and tomorrow. temperatures at this time 20's and 30's. here is your storm time line. 2:00 a.m. we'l

going to have snow that goes over to sleet for several hours and then eventually over to rain and metrowest.

our partners at the metrowest daily news reporting the 57-year-old was hit last night along washington street. right there in the center of town. the florida man behind the wheel did stay at the scene. no word on any charges. erika: we are hearing more now on the accelerator tampering that led to that runaway train was not the first time operators have tampered with controls. in 2011 another red line driver tied the model and was taught by a passenger -- tie the throttle and was caught by a passenger. passenger wrote a letter to the t and then senator john kerry. the operator tied down the accelerator. the train took off without him, blowing through four stops with more than 50 passengers on board. he has been fired. phil: a relaxed tom brady and the new england patriots enjoying a day off. they traveled to defeat the jets if you will remember earlier this week, and they have one eight of their nine last games against the gangrene, but tom brady is taking nothing for granted. tom: we were playing a little different at that time also. they are pretty hot right now. they have always had

north shore coming to boston, metrowest, all the way down to the south shore in the kit, we are talking about rain with temperatures in the upper 30' s. you contrast that with what is happening out in worcester where it is 31 degrees and that freezing rain. continue to drain down on a northeasterly wind. we set of this coastal front, very typical in these types of situations. that is why we are concerned that freezing rain will persist into the afternoon. the backend of the precipitation is near. we are starting to taper down the facilitation, but pockets of freezing drizzle may persist outside of 495. look for it to taper off at three: p.m. -- at 3:00 p.m. freezing temperatures could create black ice and re-freeze. right now, we want to talk about what has hollen out there already. mike: a lot of mess from smaller totals we have seen from previous years. the lightest snow is down to the south. abington, a little bit of snow. but the farther north you come up. my niche in half, too, close to three inches -- an internet half, -- an inch and a half, two to three inches. when you look at i

light showers through boston, say, through metrowest and worcester county, and then heavier rain along parts of the south coast, the cape, as well as the islands hitting in on these downpours. their way in. it is associated with an area of low pressure that will be bringing us heavier rain into the overnight and first thing tomorrow morning. then we watch a secondary batch down here. all of this is pushing to the north and east. that will bring us another shot or another round of rain. i think this will come around tomorrow. we really have two rounds of rain to deal with. here comes the first bit of it tonight. closer to midnight, heavier downpours, concentrated on the east coast of massachusetts. notice temps are still holding in the 40' s and low 50' s on nantucket. then, around 4:00 in the morning, we get a brief break, some light showers, that' s about it. lunchtime, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, more heavy downpours and temperatures start to warm up into the upper 40' s, low 50' s, the rain impact looks like this. tonight, very high. tapering off, winding down on the day thursday. when all is

a couple of showers around parts of the area, like worcester county in metrowest. there were some earlier around the cape ann area. temperatures are so mild, low 50' 50' s in s in that trend is going to continue through the overnight hours. holding steady in the upper 40' s and into the lower 50' s. chances for rain all the way into boston. you will feel the wind out of the southwest at 10 to 15. all of this is headed in our direction. we will talk how warm we get, coming up. ed: schools are getting to reopen in the morning after a threat closed them down in nashua. the threat was directed at the districts to high schools. a daylong search turned up nothing. there have been no arrests, but the investigation does continue tonight. heather: the woman accused of running down dozens of people on the las vegas strip have been living out of her car. police are still trying to figure out why she did it but they have no doubt that this was an intentional attack. >> witnesses describe a >> some lady jumped the curb in her car and went through the people. >> lakisha holloway

the fire is not suspicious. in critical condition after being struck i a car in holliston. " the metrowest daily news" reporting, the 57-year-old is in critical condition after she was hit last night along washington street. the driver, a 53-year-old man from florida, did stay at the scene. doug: police are still investigating the crash that left a woman hurt and hansen. the victim is from hanover and was flown to a boston hospital. police are still investigating what caused the car to veer across the road. >> it does not appear it was speeding that there was no breaking, which is odd. doug: the driver has not yet and charged. antoinette: the death of a teenage prisoner is under investigation. the 18-year-old was found hanging in his cell at the essex county correctional facility last night. anfelnin feliz, of lawrence, was awaiting trial on armed robbery and other charges. boston police are continuing to jamaica plain. this happened at the boston housing authority complex on centre street. the two male adult victims are both are expected to survive. the police commissioner says it does no

state police tell the metrowest daily news the records were stolen when a safe was hauled off from the natick rmv this summer. the agency warned dozens of customers that they might be at risk for identity theft. "express" location just off the mass pike. right now, a chipotle restaurant in boston is still shut down. the norovirus is now being blamed for getting at least 80 customers sick. workers spent the night cleaning the location on beacon street. thorough disinfection is the only way to get rid of the norovirus once it becomes active. a doctor says even customers who got food to go could have still picked up germs. and that' s not the only trouble -- city health inspectors discovered violations at the location, including low holding temperatures for chicken and steak, and an employee working despite being sick. it' s an act of kindness getting a lot of attention on boston common. and the mystery behind it is now solved. a newscenter 5 camera was there as the woman who has been anonymously leaving coats and scarves for people in need returned to leave even more now, we know who she

so for the ride home from work, okay, boston up through the north shore, south shore out through metrowest. look at. this visibility down to two miles in jaffrey, new hampshire so beginning to see sole fog form and portions of new hampshire and we'll see it overnight tonight. some patches of clouds otherwise it is dry at least mild overnight temperatures running mid to upper 40's so we don't get much of a depositoff in temperature. once the fog breaks again tomorrow sunshine and clouds mixed together and another mild afternoon with temperatures running about 55 to 60 degrees. so we don't have a lot going on over the next day or so in terms of any rainfall moving in. even the second half of the weekend looking mainly dry, however a lot more clouds around and it's not out of the question that we get a couple patches of drizzle or a few spray sprinkle out there on sunday. the reason for more clouds is a front that's going to be sliding on through across the area. back to the east if not the east northeast here on sunday. that means a lot of us stuck in the upper 40's to near 50 degrees. south

necessarily intense of we've weeded how a lot of heavy run and right now it's just cloudy each have fog metrowest that's quite dense. not so bad around the city. points north right now the fog isn't all thatted about and we'll shake it up with wet weather and we should be able to scour it out through the course of the my. here is the rain as it moves in through 8:00 and nine clock. briefly moderate. can't rule that out but not lasting long enough to cause many problems of that's for sure of the final leg of it should be moving through about 4:00 or 5:00 al. thereafter we go for clearing an bring in the wind for tomorrow of wind advisories may be issue if not already for eastern mass and southeast mass as that wind will crank. 4 in boston, 47 worcester. 48 lawrence right now. 54 in marshfield it's even mild out through framingham and back into places like mendon. the cold is in retreat. look at these mild temperatures. watertown, new york 62 degrees. so you wonder what's going to happen with the temperature as that weather system moves in, we'll rise into the lower 50's. some are already there. mi

time i think it's just some sleet and rain in the city of boston, more so on the south shore but metrowest 128, 495, merrimac valley, route 2 corridor for sure, 95 north into new hampshire is tough with the sleet and the freezing rain then brief shot of heavy rainfall but farther inland it will be sleet an freezing rain that will wind down tomorrow afternoon as drizzle and freezing drizzle and even into the city of boston tomorrow evening there may be pockets of freezing drizzle late tomorrow evening. how much snow? coating to an inch in the city of boston. that does get washed away because of the rain through the midday hours tomorrow. farther west worcester fitchburg nashua westford billerica talking one to three inches of snow then sleet on top of that as well as some freezing rain about a tenth of an inch of ice then farther north new hampshire three to four inches of snow and sleet that will also transition over to freezing rain. to are more on the storm here is chris lambert. >> reporter: good afternoon, everyone. so another tremendous amount of snow but we'll have several hours of s

on some of the temperature that i'm expecting if this is actually extended closer to 128 or even metrowest here, so we will have a real close eye on these temperatures tonight because bedford and lawrence both at 32, that's a huge red flag in my eyes and showing us that we could be dealing with some frozen precipitation there as well. but for the day tomorrow we warm up, back into the middle 40s dry out, warm up, it is going to be nice and looking toward friday, of course, and start talking thursday night. you know what that is, right? around new year's eve. plan temperatures 35 to 40 . just a couple clouds out there and friday partly cloudy, few flurries, 41, over the weekend i got breezy conditions with on and off clouds, highs around 40 both saturday and sunday. back to you. >> daniel: death toll out west is rising as are flood waters. the state of emergency and how long it will be until the mississippi river announcer: 3 republican governors. but which governor won national praise for tough leadership handling nine hurricanes? which governor made his state number one in job creation? w

it extends from metrowest to the south shore, the cape, the islands. this is why visibility is down to a quarter of a mile in beverley as well as in orange. not so bad in boston, but even driving into work today there was a bit of fog out there on the highway. please be careful. mid 50's in boston now. low 30's in concorde. depending on where you live, you may not. a fall jacket versus a winter coat. we're going to warm up into the upper 50's by about 1:00 and by 3:00 into the low to mid 60's. we could be contending with yet another day of record warmth. i do think in worcester we may be able to tie that record of 60 degrees. in boston i don't think we're going to break that record of 65, but we are going to get pretty close to record high temperatures. today. big changes in the forecast. we'll talk about that and when we could see some much-needed rain. randy: breaking overnight, police say there will be charges throwing a baby in this a river. antoinette: they are facing criminal charges. their report triggered a massive response last night with crew

out to metrowest, around westboro, route 9 and westward into worcester, auburn, sutton, that's where temperatures are at or below freezing, it is rainy, getting freezing rain and big chongover boston and coming down steadily to moderate rain coming down right now. to the north there's a hole in the snow around georgetown merrimac, snow up to three inches and amesbury three inches of new hampshire and significant snow father to the north and ski areas where they node it and what they don't need is freezing rain and ice. >> shiri: don't need it turning to slush and all of these things turning our way. 36 right now in boston, temperatures so critical to the forecast today because where we are cooler and worcester, fitchburg, nashua, those are spots where we have the potential as make changeover to rain to get freezing rain and icy spots well into the afternoon. so right now tickets in boston it is still slippery, watch out we have the sleet and snow overnight, still stuck to the ground, folks, noon time 38 , but icy in northern mass, southern new hampshire, central and western massachus

state police tell the metrowest daily news the records were stolen when a safe was hauled off from the natick rmv this summer. the agency warned dozens of customers that they might be at risk for identity theft. the break-in happened at the express location just off the mass pike. this morning it's case dismissed for the webster man accused of keeping his 96-year-old mother in a house of squalor. helen robillard was found in her west point road home in september on a couch with towering piles of trash all around her. a judge dismissed the charges against her son because there was no evidence of injury. michael robillard says he plans to clean up his own house and have his mother move in. emily: some new shocking numbers in the opioid crisis. deaths will top 400 this career. 2013. 300 people have already died. randy: a new push to ban cell phone use when you're behind the wheel. emily: a father's call for action and where governor bake r stands on this issue and new video of a deadly shootout with police. the high speed chase leading to a dramatic finale. randy: the first steps you can

as you had out into metrowest i think the chances for rain going to diminish out to 495, i think today, showers eastern and southeastern massachusetts, more sunshine out west today but i have that latest timeline on when to plan around some flurries this weekend coming up. julie, back to you for a check on the roads. >> julie: issues yesterday with the rollover box truck and look at the map though, really no red traffic flows and always a sign of trouble. things look good on 93 south and expressway still a little bit heavier volume there but that's just how it is all the time. 25 minutes on the pike, 495 to mass ave, 16 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike, 22 minutes on 93 south from 495 to the leverett connector. >> gene: we continue to follow breaking news in foxborough where a car slammed into a home on cocasset street around 6:40 this morning. fox25 catherine parrotta live at the scene where there's a giant hole in the home, catherine. you could see right into the living room. the new thing that's happen right now, you can actually hear it happening, cons

because we have a dense fog advisory in place until 9:00 for the area you see in gray including metrowest to the south shore to the cape and the islands as well. be careful. visibility down to zero mile in keene, about one quarter mile in beverly and also springfield. temperatures are holding in the 30' s, so it is chilly outside. you need to grab a code. however, mid 50' s in boston and point south and east. becausof that, honestly, temperatures are going to warm up through the afternoon. in fact, as we get toward 2:00, upper 50' s, low 60' s through the day in boston. we' re going to be your 60 in worcester. if we hit 60 degrees, we will tie the record high temperature. in boston, i don' t think we will necessarily break the high temperature of 65 degrees. it is a dry and warm and mild christmas day for you. a big change coming in the forecast will stop there is going to be chances for much-needed rain and a chance for our first wintry mix come all coming up. randy: breaking overnight, police say there will be charges after a disturbing report of a baby tossed in a river. antoinette: th

brockton 63, same in carver, 65 in taunton and 64 in walpole, check out temperatures out toward metrowest and i have natick at 62 , wayland at 63, norwood 65 and concord 63 and let's wrap it up with look at northeastern mass as well as the here 61 in lawrence and haverhill and danvers and andover, 62 in lowell and billerica, 61 in nashua and upper 50s along the coastline, upper 50s boston too at 59 , worcester today 60 and 58 in hyannis. over the weekend we got highs that are going to range from the upper 40s to the lower 50s tomorrow with more partial sun and then overnight into sunday we will get showers forming, mild and look at sunday temperatures, 58 boston, 58 plymouth, 64 in foxborough. future cast shows the clouds, just clouds for tomorrow, and overnight start pulling in the rain, and not going to rain sunday and another wave of rain that actually comes in during the afternoon and look at quarter to half inch of rain. 7-day forecast with the weekend always in view after 50s this weekend we got a dry spell on monday at 44 and by tuesday tracking a mix of rain and snow, some of the

danielle: we have dense fog in some locations, so be aware of massachusetts and parts of metrowest down along the south shore and the cape. once we burn off the fall, low 60' s, could even tie some records in worcester. we will see a mix of sun and clouds, a warm day for christmas day. cooler tomorrow with a chance of sunday. randy: we are back before the top of the hour. if you are heading out, you can watch the latest newscenter 5 newscast right now or anytime on the wcvb mobile app. merry christmas to you. ...is hard on your nose there's the endless runny noses. p and of course, the biting cold of snow day play. that's why puffs is soft. puffs plus lotion tissues... ...are gentle on skin. they help soothe irritation by r so you can get out a nose in need deserves puffs indeed. for softness that fitsp >>> welcome back to "gma" on this christmas morning and there you see it, "star wars: the force awakens," a huge hit at the box office released just a week ago and a lot of families will be going to see it this holiday weekend. we'll tell you about some of the other movies you may want t

hampshire, wouldn't be expanded into other parts of northeastern massachusetts and even back into metrowest and locations we could be looking at slipping and sliding, do not like to see the 31 at overnight low in bedford and 32 in lawrence because tells me we could see ice in spots when we wake up tomorrow. high temperature tomorrow crack middle 40s and slowly clear out and rain only lasts us until seven to ten in the morning and dry and clearing out, friday a few flurries to kick off the new year at 41 and about 40 this weekend with on and off clouds and breezy conditions. back to you guys. >> daniel: popular sites for parents and nannies is under the microscope. still ahead on the fox25 morning news, how people with criminal backgrounds managed to end up taking care of kids. >> sara: forget the gifts, at breakfast christmas morning. announcer: 3 republican governors. but which governor won national praise for tough leadership handling nine hurricanes? which governor made his state number one in job creation? which governor led the fight to stop obamacare expansion in his state? and which

massachusetts kind of stuck under that drizzle now, extending even over to 495 and down to areas in metrowest. so let's be on lookout even boston where i don't have the steady rain now, you know it is this morning and just count on all day damp conditions. 40 with clouds in place in boston and like i said, it is probably spitting at you right now. not much in way of rainfall this morning. we picked up a little over a tenth of inch during the day yesterday because it was fairly light and although i see a lot of light rain today we will still have that potential for some steadier heavier rain, one potential around lunch time and another as we hit the evening hours and here you can see slow warm-up carries us into the upper 40s late today. o this is the snapshot with future cast at noon time today. let's plan on taking the umbrellas, rain coats, galoshes, whatever you need to tackle a wet lunch hour and then for the evening commute things break up a a little bit here. i'm not promising you dry conditions. it is probably going to be a lot like it is right now. fog will be out there, we will have

lots of 20s on the map for parts of metrowest. and high temperatures tomorrow, some upper 40s or upper 50s not out of the question. even 60 in spots across here and there across new england, not entirely out of the question. that's your weekend always in view. still mild on monday and then back to reality as we head into tuesday. slight chance of rain on tuesday. up mainly southeastern mass. i think central and western mass. will be completely dry on tuesday. by the way, if you've got a coat that you do not want, we know some people that do. you can bring it to jordan's furniture in reading. at the entire fox 25 weather crew, except myself, someone has to stay back here and hold down the fort but the entire fox 25 weather crew will be out there collecting coats we hope you join us and bring us coats check out the details on myfoxboston.com. >> eric rasmussen: new information coming out about a pair of e. coli cases that made headlines in maine. the cdc is done with its testing a how a pair of toddlers fell ill. what they found sti