mike wankum is here. if you look at the temps now, you wouldn' t believe it. mike: if you travel up into canada right now, look at these temperatures. churchill, -20. that' s the cold that is going to come down here. let me give you an idea of what is happening. this is the winter weather advisory. it doesn' t go in effect until tomorrow night. we' ve got to get some cold air in place. as you see outside, it' s just to warm out there. the key to this one is really going to be that tuesday morning commute. that is going to be our biggest issue. it' s not that much snow, but timing is everything. 1-3 inches during the morning commute, first of the season, you get the idea of the problems. we could even see some ice inland. that is why things will be very slippery. temperatures in the 40' s and 50' s, but as the cool air comes in, it' s going to be with us tomorrow. temperatures hovering just above the freezing mark at best, and tomorrow night, when the snow starts to come in, it will be cold enough for that. we have that leading edge of cold air pushing in. we wi

doug: her second idol is mike wankum. mike: and i haven't washed this hand since haley barry shook it. here we have a nice warm day but we don't get to enjoy much sunshine today. maybe a sprinkle or two this afternoon. most of the rain is really exiting this morning. it's drizzly out there this morning. we clear away for tomorrow. look at the temperature. it drops during the day into the 30's. watch out. tuesday morning we've got some snow changing over to ice and rain. antoinette: dicey for the commute. mike: i think so. doug: thank you very much for joining us for the first two hours this morning. this epidemic of gun violence knows no boundaries. t hillary clinton has what it takes to stand up to the republicans and the gun lobby. we need to close the loopholes r and support universal background checks. how many people have to die before we actually act... before we come together as a nation?

mike wankum is here. will we still be dealing with the wind in the morning? mike: we will keep those going for most of this evening. afternoon. let me show. there were gust over 40 miles per hour. you can see fair haven, 44 miles per hour. peabody, 44 miles per hour. afternoon. the sustain winds where they are holding steady. winds around 10 to 20 miles per hour. little bit breezy and temperatures are dropping, which means you have to contend with the windchill index. the windchill index running around 20 degrees. not terribly cold but cooler. here is what the winds will. little busy. they continue to settle down as we head through the afternoon. there are the clear skies now. you widen out the view. nothing coming. there is no big storm system to talk about. all sunshine tomorrow. because we start so cold

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there's mike wankum and everybody is like sunday? a drizzly start to the day but snow in the forecast. mike: not until tuesday. when i start talking about after midnight, do you mean tonight? oh, no. your monday is okay. tus us will have thish eyes. this morning there is fog out there. we've had drizzle and showers. the rain is winding down. all that moisture in the air, that's why you're seeing the visibility in worcester down to a half mile. as you head down towards hyannis and nantucket, you're talking about half mile visibility. the fog is out there. why? because we have mild air trying to surge up. the rain has pushed its way to the north. look at that. if you're going across northern new england today, be prepared. there is a lot of snow up that way. we're warm enough we're stay inning this area. there's a cold front. late into the day. weather. there's the rain working its way off shore as we speak. there's the rain that's going to later on this afternoon and this reeng. sandwiched in between a lot of gray skies. here's the way

mike wankum is here. will we still be dealing with the wind in the morning? mike: we will keep those going for most of this evening. afternoon. let me show. there were gust over 40 miles per hour. you can see fair haven, 44 miles per hour. peabody, 44 miles per hour. afternoon. the sustain winds where they are holding steady. winds around 10 to 20 miles per hour. little bit breezy and temperatures are dropping, which means you have to contend with the windchill index. the windchill index running around 20 degrees. not terribly cold but cooler. here is what the winds will. little busy. they continue to settle down as we head through the afternoon. there are the clear skies now. you widen out the view. nothing coming. there is no big storm system to talk about. all sunshine tomorrow. because we start so cold overnight tonight, it is not going to get warm tomorrow afternoon. to the mid 40's. you know what fit he is the i will show that you warming trend coming up in a few minutes. phil: in worcester, the might to honor and remember. it has been 16 years now since

mike wankum has your forecast mike: skies are clearing quite nicely. should be a beautiful sunrise this morning. a little bit on the cool side. the readings have dropped off into the 0's and 40's out there. then we start to talk about what is coming at us as far as tomorrow is concerned. tomorrow morning looks very wet. just a few showers in the afternoon. and the big story this week will be this. out over the central plains. it's pushing this way. it does mean we have a wintery mix coming in on tuesday. you may be concerned about how about about out of it. we haven't had any so far this year. we'll see a little bit of snow in the morning. your morning commute may be a little bit on the snowy side. that snow will be tapering off by about 11:00, 12:00 in boston and changing over to some rain. certainly to the north, that's where you're going to see most of your snow. the rest of the week warms up a little bit but we're not seeing the 60's like we've seen the last few days. doug and antoinette. antoinette: mike, thank you. even when you've seen 110 of th

bob: all we have is rain moving tonight. mike wankum is here with a quick look at the forecast. mike: pretty amazing to see how large this storm system is. the southern edge is going down in texas. and they have all kinds of things going on. there are tornado watches out tonight and there's snow going on in the western part of that state and they could pick up as much as 18 inches of snow out toward el paso. before it's all over with. this area is staying out here but we are on the northern fringes of that and we got rain right on our doorstep. we've had a few sprinkles but this is the main focus of rain that will be moving in overnight tonight. don't be surprised if you have some downpours offer night tonight and especially tomorrow morning. especially any of you early risers. here's the way it comes in. rain. 6:00 right on the city. but then look at this. as we head toward late morning, we may start to push most of this rain out. and there may even be a little bit of thin overcast that would allow our temperatures to climb up really nicely tomorrow. and then we start to talk ab

we've got mike wankum in for daniellement. mike: you got me this sweater? no way. antoinette: maybe some returns. doug: love the gift cards. snoik let me show you what's going on out there right now. if you look down through new york, pennsylvania, new jersey, you see a few scattered showers down here. what happens now? we have the dry air flowing in. we have this coming through. i think this is going to stay to the south of us and basically we end up with a partly sunny day today, but there is more rain to talk about especially as you head down here to the south. this will get a little more organized and tomorrow it's going to be a very wet morning. today is dry out there. temperatures, you can see the many spots. spring neeld down to 2. temperatures hitting the freezing mark. still with the clow cover overnight last night, that's why temperatures down to the south are still into the upper 40's. so today it looks like this. kind of partly cloudy skies to partly sunny skies. up around 50 degrees for a high temperature. then mostly cloudy skies. rain coming in after

first r r months payment t on a new jetta p and othernselect models. >> now sportscenter 5 with mike wankum. mike l.: we're on to miami, we paid attention to harvey's forecast and getting out of dodge. we hear from the coach. bill: when i was asked after the game, was there confusion on the play, i don't think there was any confusion. toss and said, you know, you got what you wanted here, right? yeah, exactly, i thought that was our best opportunity, that's how we did it. didn't like the way it worked out, but to me that was the right decision for our team at that time. mike l.: tom brady made his final appearance of the season with jim gray, 6-7 as a starter in miami, he is on to the dolphins. tom: it's all hands on deck this week against miami because we got to win this game. we have been fighting all season to get home-field advantage. we have an opportunity to get that this week. we have to put it all on the line and do whatever it takes to feel good and get ready to go down there and play at a place we had a tough time to play in miami. they're banged up, too. this is the last game of

i'm meteorologist mike wankum. we have plenty of sunshine today. temperatures climbing once again up to around the 50-degree mark. no 60's showing up in the forecast. tomorrow devoted to rain especially during the morning. just a few showers in the afternoon. monday is dry but look what happens on tuesday. we could see a wintery mix in the morning before it changes over the rain. and the rest of the week while a bit warmer is still a little unsettled could be rain or mix going on on thursday. >> we still have blizzards out in the plains. unbelievable how much is going on. >> my farmly in california had a colder christmas than we did. >> for once it was so nice. >> indra, thank you very much. >>> coming up on "gma," hoverboard hazards, a family says it caught fire on christmas eve and badly burned their house. >>> plus, anybody get gifts that need to go back? what you need to know before you hit the mall with those return, plus how to use all those gift cards you got. >>> justin bieber's bad behavior. why his manager says it was far worse than peopl

doug: and i'm doug meehan alongside mike wankum. it's one of those mornings where you want to stay under the covers a little bit. antoinette: and watch up. mike: it won't be around that long. we'll get rain here this morning and it breaks to scattered and this afternoon we're going to be in the 50's again. don't plan on any more warm days because i think once we start tomorrow morning you're going to notice the temperatures much colder. this morning look at the readings. we're into the 40, 45-degree range. nantucket at 59 degrees. we're talking about rain this morning and not snow. typically a few days after christmas we would be talking about snow. here's where the bands of rain are right now. notice how they're tracking their way along route 2. i see the steadiest showers throughout much of essex county. as you look down towards the middleton area and even out towards lowell pretty good downpour going on right now. if you're traveling in those areas do be cautious about that. the south shore, you do have light rain, some drizzle go

doug: mike wankum came in this morning and told us all about it. mike: it's a big thing in england but here it's a day to go shopping and pick up a few items on sale. it's a very thin overcast we're talking about but i am watching several things. down to the south you see mild air and rain and a storm system over the midwest. this is all going to be coming in here for tomorrow. if you want dry weather, enjoy today because the wet weather will be moving back in. stepping outside this morning, got temperatures in the 30's and 40's. we actually were into the 50's just a couple of hours ago. they've dropped off just a little bit. here's what will happen today. basically clear skies across the area. late in the day though the clouds start to roll in. this is 8:00 tonight. after midnight it looks like we'll see rain moving in to the forecast. temperatures will not budge much today. they're holding flat. so we'll go with some mostly cloudy skies this morning. turning partly cloudy skies as we head to the afternoon but notice the temperatures. they're just

pask your doctor if it's >> now your storm team 5 forecast with meterologist mike wankum. mike: good morning. a rather rainy one so far. the temperatures are basically on the very mild side out there. today it looks like we'll see high temperatures up around 56 degrees. watch out. here comes the cold weather on monday. of some snow on tuesday morning. this is all happening after midnight tomorrow night. you see what happens. 6:00 in the morning, there is snow across the area. i think generally one to three inches of snow but more as you look towards the northwest especially up along 495 and lesser amounts as you look down to the south. the timeline on this, the morning commute is snowing. by the time we get to 9:00 we get rain. that will make its way to boston around lunchtime or so. we'll finish the whole thing off with a bit of rain as we talk about the afternoon hours. that's going to be happening on tuesday. and then as we clear things out aing bit on wednesday, another chance of seeing some rain on thursday. not much of a chance. we do warm things up a little >>> welco

erica: from want to check in with mike wankum. again. mike: it is a little bit of an issue. we see how we have got some pockets of colder air? drizzle out there, the national weather service has issued a freezing rain advisory. it is really across parts of new hampshire. to be honest, cisco' s until 9:00 a.m. the biggest threat is off the coast. i do not think it is going to be a big issue but that threat is out there through 9:00. you see the drizzle more prevalent across parts of maine. that is where i think we have some issues. otherwise, cloudy skies, spot drizzle not a problem because the temperatures are above the 32 degree mark. but a chance of seeing rain today. along with that, the showers get a.m.. once we get to 2:00, look at -- do you know what this means? the evening me commute is going to be slow. tonight. you get the idea -- today is cooling for the weekend. details on that coming up in a few minutes. let' s talk about the roadways. olessa: a liv e look outside at the leverett connector. some overnight construction is in place early this morning. if you' re he

heather: mike wankum, record temperatures as we head into christmas. mike: this could be the warmest december ever recorded. that is how mild the weather is. no hint of a white christmas at all and this forecast. hear other current readings. these feel and look chilly compared to where we have been lately. these are actually normal for this time of year. we would not be calling it a cold day if it was a typical the winds were out of the west-southwest and are starting to get more of a southwesterly direction. yesterday they were breezy to the northwest. now it is this high pressure the east. flow. that will help us warm up. really thin stuff. not much of an impact. hears away the clouds look through the overnight hours. a few clouds in the morning but you will notice more clouds tomorrow afternoon. a little rain, just some clouds moving in, along with mild temperatures. the look at what the temperatures will do tomorrow. they will climb into the 50' s but that is just the beginning. by the time we get to thursday, we are talking about temperatures in th

phil: stormteam 5' s mike wankum joins us. taking a look at the weather. today, not a bad day. if the issue the wind gusts? mike: yes, the winds have been dusting. let me show you what is happening on the map. we have low pressure up to the north and it is driving and that westerly, northwesterly wind most of the moisture has moved up and we have picked up parts -- snow in parts of maine. we have been dealing with the winds. you see what has happened. which means tonight is going to be on the chilly side. we will be cooling things off of their. the wind speeds will hold fairly steady and drop off overnight tonight. overall it will be a breezy night. overnight lows dropping into the 20' s and 30' s. the wind chill index will be hovering around 23 degrees. tomorrow, some improvement. lots of sunshine. i' ll show you when we get though warm weather back in the forecast. heather? heather: boston police have made an arrest in connection with the shooting death of an mbta conductor on thanksgiving day. it happened outside a bar near fenway park. the suspect is facing firearms charges.

bob: and mike wankum joins us now. sunday is looking pretty chilly? mike: sunday is looking pretty cool. we haven' t seen temperatures like this. the low this morning is supposed to be 27 degrees. the low for the day is right now at 33 degrees. i will point out it can get very cold, and we will talk about some warmth coming in. it is chilly out there. we have upper 20' s. manchester at 23 degrees, bedford checks in at 21, what we had that wind and it is of the west. if you are stepping outside tonight, this is what it feels like out there, it feels like it is 15 worcester. first off, we have a northwesterly wind diminishing as we had to tomorrow. here' s the news you want to hear, that sunshine all day tomorrow with temperatures around 40 degrees. the wind will be dying off and that will push our temperatures up. gets. i will show you the details coming up. pam: new tonight, boston police say a young roxbury man was the victim of a shooting on friday. it happened near 60 road in roxbury. the 17-year-old died at the scene. anyone with information is ask

i meteorologist mike wankum >> now sportscenter 5 with mike lynch. bob: people in the studio wondering why i just said whoa. mike l.: the philadelphia eagles just blocked a punt by the patriots with under 10 seconds to go and scored a touchdown. wow. this game kicked off 90 minutes ago in foxborough. the patriots were dominating in this game. they had a 14-0 lead. now with an x to point away from being tied at 14-appease. -- now with an extra point away. kick. and they just blocked a punt. here comes the extra point. and it is good. tom brady on his facebook page. the eagles have landed. there is an old saying in football -- the most to -- most desperate team wins. right now they have tied this 14-14. meanwhile, early game today, the on their own home field. odell beckham, jr.. this high continues to marvel. that is a great catch -- this guy continues to marvel. this is gone. 72 yards. the giants build up a but the jets come back behind ryan fitzpatrick. we had to overtime. have a possession. they get it. they lead 23-20. under the overtime roles, th

mike wankum is here with a check of that forecast. it was nice today. mike: it was beautiful. we may do the exact same thing again tomorrow. now to bidders are sorry to cool -- now temperatures are starting to cool off now. look at this. already in the low 30' s and the west. that is the cool air we are talking about. there are some clouds to the west. because a lot of this is going to dissipate. we may see a few clouds tomorrow morning heading to' s and sunshine tomorrow afternoon. with clear skies, that is why the temperature will drop. have to dig out the ice scraper this morning to her you will have to tomorrow morning at heading to the bus stop, frosty conditions, 30' s. i suggest a good warm coat. by afternoon, look at this. appeared temperatures will be mild, in the 50' s. some places could get close to the 60 degree mark. you know what? tomorrow is a little bit cooler, but tuesday and wednesday -- only in the mid to upper 40' s. there is also going to be a chance of some rain. not snow, rain we are talking about. that storm system winds up and had his way. we will talk

storm team's mike wankum jone us now. mike, i done think too many people are complaining. still mild this week. now the weekend coming in. even milder out. skies are starting to clear. we have the clouds. the only thing you held back today with sunshine all day. temperatures are shout out there. a high of 46 normal high is 46 and you get sunshine and temperatures close to normal. look at what happened today. skies are starting to clear. nash with a down to 29. norwood down to 27 and move a few miles closer to boston still 44 degrees he is. a big variety of temperatures as the sky color away. just staying clear and tomorrow, look at this. there is not a cloud to talk you get the idea. it is going to be chilly tonight 20's-30's then tomorrow. we got sunshine from sunrise to sunset still warm thing up to around 50 degrees. that is not the rm withst day weekend. we talk about that warm weather just a few minutes. phil? >> thanks. right now, boston police continue to investigate a serious accident involving a pedestrian. happened on summer street about 6:30 just done the street

coming up, mike wankum had with the forecast that could be, the christmas sweater you may have to -- say good-bye to. heather: a home for the holidays. heather: this is the kind of holiday store we love to tell. 100 soldiers returned after a nine-month deployment. reid: family and friends waiting for them. station wmur has the story. mike: it was a happy and heartwarming homecoming for many new hampshire' s family in time for the holidays. with a police escort, 115 soldiers arrived in buses under an american flag at the manchester armory sunday. they were embraced by their family and friends who were waiting anxious the inside. new hampshire national guardsmen from the third battalion 197th field artillery regiment just finished a nine-month deployment. they ran artillery focused training in the middle east along with allied nations in support of operation spartan shield. the troops spent the past two weeks debriefing in texas and now they are thrilled to be reunited with their families whom they have not seen for many months. >> my father grabbed me and brought me over. summit for t

we'll be taking a closer look at this with mike wankum. as we move forward in time, what we're going to see is that the snow pushes out by 7:00 this morning. it is up in the new hampshire seacoast and into southern maine, watch that area of rain push into boston by about 8:30-9:00 this morning. north and west of town sleet will change over to rain as we get towards lunchtime. we're going to watch those temperature over the interior as the precipitation tapers off this afternoon. the snow, the sleet. more of those details. mike: i've got to show you this. this is just coming in. this is our own live doppler radar. we're seeing rain to mix to snow only encompasses about a 40-mile range. that's why you can just stay in one spot and see all kinds of weather being thrown at you. one of the things we're talking about today is sleet. it starts as snow and falls through a layer of the warmer. it melts those snow flakes and they refreeze on the bo om side of that warm air and hit the ground. the way you can tell it is they bounce. the sleet actuall

let's get right to storm team 5's mike wankum. >> >> this doesn't affect us until tomorrow night and goes all the the biggest concern i have? this tuesday morning commute. slippery roads with snow and ice out there. you see the time line on this. doesn't really arrive until tomorrow night. but it has snow, rain, ice, a little bit of everything mixed in. i am looking for the snow to be an initial burst and then changing over to that rain the little more snow as you travel to the north. that's where the heavy total will be. in the meantime are we're watching the last of the rain cull through. the cold air is moving in and you are going to in the the chill in the air tomorrow. i'll have much more detail in a few minutes. phil? phil: breaking news from maledon now where police are investigating a hit and run. a woman in her 70's hit in the crosswalk just before 58. a s.u.v. was seen leaving the the woman was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. police are asking anyone with information to contact the maledep police. right now, debit cards from the quincy credit union are

and mike wankum is in for cindy. there is freezing rain. >> a little bit, but it is north. it gets close to our area, but you can see where the advisory is. it is across parts of maine. they had freezing drizzle. the southern edge extends to southern new hampshire. this goes until 9:00 this morning, just be cautious. see how everyone is about the freezing mark? the drizzle has been spotty , i do not think we will see that much. here is what we are seeing a lot of ice right now. if you are driving in that area, be cautious. england and will be in the form of rain. the drizzle does not show up very well on radar, but we see a lot of clouds. this afternoon, it starts to move in. the evening commute is looking very slow. the one thing about this progressive system, we will go back to clouds and drizzle. it could be very foggy for the inland areas. this morning, spider drizzle and showers this afternoon. towards evening commute, the rain starts to move in and slowing things down. >> we are watching some of the delays picking up. you can see a few break lights lighting up. 24 is

stormteam five' s mike wankum joins us with a quick look at the forecast. mike. mike; today was finally something closer to what we are supposed to be. it was so warm that it technically goes down as above average. most places are in the 30' s right now. check out the wind, still busy out of the west. the windchill index makes it feel like it is in the teens. westerly winds all day today, picking up moisture over the great lakes. we saw a few snow flurries and snow squall of the western part of the state. clear skies, lots of sunshine tomorrow. here' s the difference by tomorrow. tomorrow the wind drops down. there is sunshine, like of wind, and 40 degrees will feel decent out there. check out what will be happening in the next few days. i will talk more about this heat and when we can set record highs coming up in a few moments. pam: right now, boston police identifying the young man shot and killed yesterday in roxbury. 17-year-old d' andre king-settles died at the scene near 60 annunciation road. the shooting occurred around 4:00 p.m. anyone with information i

emily: mike wankum in for cindy you are keeping eyes out for any sort of december like weather. have you found it? mike: i have not found it. doesn' t even resemble december. yesterday you had problems on the expressway. let me show you the temperatures. this will be a real problem. if these temperatures were six degrees colder than they are right now, we would have to worry about a lot of icing. with a little bit of drizzle. all you need is a few drops of moisture on a cold surface and you get things to ice up. this morning, most readings well into the 30' s and lower 40' s. cold is up to the north. that is why there is freezing rain advisor. in maine. until 9:00, we technically have cross parts of southern new hampshire. do have a freezing rain advisor. but i have not seen temperatures cold enough to support that. where you are seeing most of it is to the north. north new portland, i would because cautious about any rose this morning. otherwise, clouds out there. but as we go through the morning, more and more showers start to develop. temperatures warm up. close to the 50' s t

mike wankum mentioned it best earlier today when he said that it might be even easier to drive during a regular snowstorm than it is today because you've got that mess and mix of snow and sleet and rain and ice. in some spots, the roads are completely covered with snow is. in other spots, you've got a mixture. folks kind of get a sense that drive on. that certainly is not the case because it just makes it that much more dangerous. as you can see we're down to a crawl. we're about 14 miles an hour right now as we approach that accident on 495 northbound just before route 3 in the chelmsford stretch. a lot of folks going nowhere fast. this is pretty much the same almost everywhere because as the morning has progressed a lot of more folks are getting out on the roadway. we're starting to see volume increase and the volumes decrease. that's it for now. newscenter 5. let's toss it back to olessa in studio. olessa: good morning, doug. thank you. this morning. a live look outside at route 1 in saugus for you. as you can see those cars moving just as slow as that stretch where doug is right n

i am meteorologist mike wankum. high temperatures today in the 40' s, about where we are right now. it will not warm up much today, but we will tomorrow. drizzle in the morning, showers in the afternoon, tomorrow night heavy rain, and look at your weekend -- >> as much as i may have shocked you with the coal, don't worry. we get mild again next week. white christmas not looking so great. >> don't look sad about that. we're okay. >> thank you, ginger. >>> coming up on "gma" that accused of stabbing a stranger. now in custody. what police are saying is a motive as her friends speak out. >>> two giant movies battling for the galaxy and the box office. can "star wars" overtake "avatar" record. the battle between the jedi and the blue guys. which will be the biggest movie of all time? find out in just a little bit. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis like me... rand you're talking to a rheumatologist about a biologic,xthis is humira. this is humirat from further damage. r this is humira helping me reach for more. doctors have been prescribing humira for more than 10 years

emily: mike wankum in for cindy you are keeping eyes out for any sort of december like weather. have you found it? mike: i have not found it. doesn' t even resemble december. yesterday you had problems on the expressway. let me show you the temperatures. this will be a real problem. if these temperatures were six degrees colder than they are right now, we would have to worry about a lot of icing. with a little bit of drizzle. all you need is a few drops of moisture on a cold surface and you get things to ice up.