northern half of newberry county until 3:15 p.m. this afternoon. but upstream, where the rain another flash flood warning. this is for northern fairfield county. this goes until 5:45 p.m. later this afternoon. you can see we are still under a flood watch. this covers all the counties along i-20 and points north all the way into the upstate until 7:00 tomorrow morning. there is no stopping yet. there is still a lot of showers and thunderstorms moving through. it has cooled off up in newberry right now. and 64 degrees there. winnsboro, 68. saint matthews, 75. columbia at 75. this is all in association with this front of that is pulling an all of that moisture. the models are showing that between now and 7:00 tonight, we could be seeing an additional one up to one and a half inches of rain. pretty much along and on both sides of i-20. by no columbia has only gotten about a tenth of an inch of rain. most of the rain has been concentrated to the northern counties. we do expect that some of the rain will start to move down. don't be surprised if we see even more rain as we go throughout e afternoon and evening. into the lower to middle 70s. we're sti

when you head to sullivan, northern fairfield county, temperatures there will be close to freezing overnight. central park, low 30s, upper 30s. no concern for ice on the jersey shore. disability is down a little bit. looking pretty good except for belmar. future tracker, quiet when you start out the day. give yourself a little extra time deep into the hudson valley. otherwise a nice start for your commute. as we head into the afternoon, a little bit of green showing up here. that's patchy drizzle. no real intense rainfall. bring your umbrella if you want to be on the safe side, but you could probably do without it as well. showers become more prevalent overnight into thursday. thursday is new year's eve day and it will start out dry. the rain starts overnight. by the time you wake up, it's 7:00 a.m. and it's gone. here we are, new year's eve midnight, dry at times square and a little breezy and chilly as temperatures are dropping into the upper 30s. a look at the 7-day forecast. showers tomorrow night and that's really it in terms of storms the next few days. you can see temperatures in the

it's in the hudson valley, northern fairfield county. in the day, but we are drying out nicely just in time for new year's eve. temperatures in the 30s in fairview county, along the coast in fairfield and stratford. just above freezing now, 34 degrees. in poughkeepsie 35, warmer as you head south. tracking some fog out there this evening. visibility down to three-quarters of a mile. otherwise visibility is pretty good. futuretracker shows tomorrow morning, heading out the door for your commute, nice and quiet. no rain, nothing going on. lots of clouds and maybe a few slick spots in the hudson valley. you see a few green shots around 6:00. no more rain but steadier showers do arrive overnight tomorrow into thursday morning. you can see on thursday morning waking up, this is new year's new year's eve day dry as they're piling into times square and also dry for revelers where you'll be partying. 41 degrees at midnight on new year's. temperatures in the mid-40s and wind chills in the 30s. once we head into the new year, maybe a few flurries north and west of town. then we're coasting along

early commuters, dealing with slick spots in places like northern fairfield county along i-84 and i-87 and warwick you could see some sleet mixing in there and the roads could be icy at times. for new york city, a wind driven rain. it is soggy, it's miserable out there. throughout the morning and that continues around 7:00 a.m. but, begins to warm up throughout the morning. start to change over to plain old rain by 7:00, 8:00. just a soggy mess through lunchtime. look what happens at 12:00. the rain really shuts off very quickly. storm quickly exits leaving us bye-bye 5:00 p.m. in the afeeternoon. high pressure builds tt. this is how much colder it is right now than it was yesterday at this time. this is a major drop in temperatures between 20 and almost 30 degrees colder than it was yesterday. so, yeah, the jackets will be needed for the next few days. we are saying good-bye to all that rec md warm weather. teatmperatures in northwest new jersey just around freezing in high point. these are the spots we're watchingre for icy conditions places like northwest new jersey, sussex county w

we also have a flash flood warning in effect for northern fairfield county until 5:45 pm. you can see the red areas, river flood warnings. we can assume all the rivers are in flood mode at this point , some more than others, significant flooding of the rivers through the weekend. a flood watch for the northwestern half of the state. currently it is raining and we of thunderstorms, thunder or moment ago, 71 degrees and calm but for humid. are forecast for tonight will continue to see showers and thunderstorms, a low 64, rain during the day but it will taper off in the afteteoon with a high of 69. right now slight chance of rain tomorrow but it will be cloudy in turn cooler with a low let's look at the traffic, the rain is causing slowdowns, this is -- let's start of the northwest side. not too bad on the lexington highway but it will be what. already slowing down through malfunction junction past harrison, on the east side of town on the east side of town ctr., highway isn't too bad but an accident at pineview gardens. road. on the northeast side an accident on clemson road

and i95 and above i80 here almost 84 so still some sleet going on in sullivan, orange county up near northern fairfield, northern westchester and up into 84 there toward dutchess county so we get this pushing through the area by afternoon and it becomes all rain by the time we the rain until lunch time that shuts down this afternoon and cloudy skies and the low 50s will melt everything off. we talk about new years eve next, going to surprise you. weather and traffic together every seven minutes debbie duhaime in for heather looking at the commute. it's a mess out there. >> it really is. good morning to bill, everybody. we'll head to 84 east on exit 12 and it's an accident and southbound throughway exit 17 in newberg, a car flipped over speeds are down to 35 at the tappan zee bridge and watch for slowdowns as you head over to the bronx river parkway north and accident and an icing condition, truck route 1 and 9 is closed in both directions at dunkin' avenue and jersey city accident investigation and if you're taking it over to the new jersey turnpike all lanes closed for the collision there as well. let

and that last shower now heading up into northern fairfield county. that's the last of the hours. and this morning looking at temperatures that are really warm at 53 degrees. becoming partly cloudy by about, you know, through the end of the morning commute. afterward, this nice ridge of high pressure is giving us clear to partly cloudy skies comes and warms things up. by lunchtime today, it's 56. 58 this afternoon. way warmer. and tonight, the evening temperatures will be comfortable. and at the bus stop kids, there they are, the lug nuts will be meeting through. they're dressed and ready to go. 5 had at the bus stop this morning. notice there's no snow on the ground. >> nope. >> no. >> that's a good thing. >> in my world. >> yes, it is. >> in my world. >>> all right, so we have news copter 7 up above. and if your world is bronx and you take the deegan, check this out. this is the major deegan common ramp to the hamilton bridge. you can see, this garbage hauler is on the side and there's garbage all over the ramp. and now the left lane is open but it will take time to get the garb

heaviest concentration the northern midlands with a few eastern fairfield county, now the far western parts of kershaw county. that's where the heaviest is, as most of us are dry for now. still mild temperatures, 67 aiken. bishopville at 65. columbia 67 degrees. our temperatures are not going to deviate by much. middle to upper 60s throughout the morning, with a chance for light to moderate rainfall. into the afternoon as we barely get to 69 degrees, moderate to perhaps heavy rainfall and that will continue right through until about 6:00 this afternoon. as you get ready to head out to the door, head out if you're doing shopping, getting ready for new year's eve or heading to work, give yourself extra time, because traffic has been picking up on i-26 between st. andrews and piney grove. roads are wet. no incidents reported. further southeast part of moving along on garners ferry crossing i-77. from i-26 and harbison, 13 minutes. from i-77 and blythewood heading to downtown, 23 minutes. we'll look at your seven-day forecast and the most important famously hot new year midnight forecast

westchester southern rockland county, fairfield county that slides northward and eventually, westchester and rockland and a good portion of fairfield county and northern jersey ending the rain by 7:00 and then 8:00, 9:00 that rain/snow line creeps up to 84 and then also sullivan, orange little sprinkles and showers at noon time and cloudy for the afternoon but it warms up into the 50s so really all of the sleet will be gone and overnight we clear out and then tomorrow, we start to see a few showers pop-up as we go into overnight wednesday but new years eve we're looking at some partly cloudy skies, 43 degrees when the ball drops at midnight no harsh temperature to ring in the new year. it's all rain by midday, rain in the city, sleet north and west at 52 this afternoon, partly cloudy tonight 45 and tomorrow we've got sunshine to start and clouds and maybe rain tomorrow evening and tomorrow night still at 52 and beautiful weather for new years eve. it will cool down on friday and saturday next week we're into the low 40s still a little warmer than normal for this time of the year, so we are going to be looking a some more december- like weather here an

as you head to westchester county and northern new jersey and into northwest new jersey and into the hudson valley. fairfield county, as well. those are the spots that could see slick travel as you head throughout the overnight and especially early tomorrow morning. now, here's a live look at storm tracker. starting to see some light sleet showing up to the west of town and maybe not hitting the ground just yet, but it is on the move. a massive storm system we have been tracking and nationwi heavy snow in the midwest. here's our precipitation moving in to places like pennsylvania and tracking to the east througut the next few hours. let's time it out for you. this is 8:00 tonight and, again, we start to see some sleet to the west of town. around 11:00 in the city we're seeing wintry mix. a little bit of sleet, freezing rain. rain off to the south and light snow in the hudson valley. quickly coating the roadways and it gets heavy enough. by 2:00 a.m., we see that wintry mix shaded in pink here. westchester county, rockland county changing over to rain and the city in time for your morning commute. but other s

be really from northern new jersey up the hudson river valley really northern fairfield and rockland and northern westchester county here from the system that's off to the west, this system comes in as we go into overnight tonight. brisk and colder. clouds and sun. windy today. it will feel like the 30s. rain late tonight. mixes with sleet in the city and more of the street and about all sleet north and west to start the day tomorrow: that would be up above i-287 above i-80 in new jersey. and then we're looking at all rain and then cloudy skies by afternoon tomorrow and then it warms up to 51. that's all melt asked gone. a couple of showers -- melted and gone. a couple of showers wednesday afternoon 52. new year's is looking great. we're looking at sun and clouds. and 53 and 43 at night. when the ball drops at midnight. and just a little chilly weather on friday. and we'll go into the new year with temperatures above normal for this time of the year. >> i'm most happy for is that all the reporters end up of new year's eve out there. and you know they're there for hours and -- then you know they're making a living a

for western orange, rockland, northern westchester, north fairfield and putnam county. look at the temperatures. you can see areas below freezing. this is important to pay attention to, because we are expecting first a sleet/rain mix. where the rain falls on a subfreezing surface below 32 degrees, we could get icing. the freezing rain effect. so that's where we could see the slipperiest conditions. also, as the system moves in tonight, even if temperatures are above the freezing point, sleet. so significantly colder, yes. we've got the temperature change. the atmosphere. time. as the moisture begins after 6:00, 7:00 this evening, we'll see the change coming in. right now, making its way into northwest new jersey, looks like the first band of moisture. most of this ends up as rain by early tomorrow morning, but it's a large system here. so it begins tonight, doesn't really end until about noon tomorrow, completely clearing so we've got the cold air in place. there's the potential for the icing early on. a reminder, it has to be freezing at the surface for the ice layer t

orange county north and west, the northern half of westchester county and southwest fairfield county is out of it. temperatures above freezing. plain old rain. that will be the case as we go through the morning. it will be eroding. high tide between 9:00 and noon today. south facing shorelines, you will see minor coastal flooding. 40 in astoria, 40 in secaucus. that's a good thing to see. they are above freezing. the warmer air, just enough of it is winning out. plain old rain. have to go to sussex, newburgh, danbury and poughkeepsie. that is a little bit of reezing rain. with the wind kicking up, it wind chill at brooklyn is 24. yonkers yonkers, 28. cold out there no matter what. across long island, wind chills in the low 30s. there's the package of the rain about to hop out of pennsylvania in new jersey. this thing is moving along at a prwoetty good clip. that's good news. we'll see things dry out late morning. hosuwever, still dealing with the area of pink means ice up to the north and west. north of 287, north of 87 and 84 as well. that's where the problem is going to linger long

northern rockland county. the rain taking up all of fairfield county and new haven county. soap putnam -- so putnam is just sleet. later he goes to rain for everybody. to the west, we have clouds. we will have the dry weather coming this afternoon. rain until noon. temperatures getting up to 52. tomorrow, clouds and sunshine. a beautiful day on new year's eve. >> thank you. >>> and the morning commute. >> let's go to the d train. seeing delays uptown with ongoing switching problems over on the d. expect slowdowns. accident investigation. watch for delays on the new jersey turnpike south. exit nine. still seeing some stop and go traffic outbound by the with flooding problems there as well. the tappan zee bridge, speeds at 45 miles per hour. you want to take that slowly. over the bridges and around the ramps, take that slowly. alternate routes are in effect. back to you. >>> "good morning america." it's 8:00 a.m., has your phone company been ripping you off? are you headed for a piece of the $150 million payout? you have until thursday to phone it in. why so much money is bei

fairfield counties, landon cassill cher, chester, union, lawrence, across to greenwood, north and west of columbia, flash flood warnings. that's courtesy of an awful lot of rain. some portions in the northern edge of newberry county, three inches of rain just last night. when you get down into columbia, maybe a quarter of an inch. a lot less rain farther south. this swath of rain continues into georgia and continues well back even towards atlanta. it's going to take some time before all of this rings on through. again, we'll have to be watching out for flash flooding right through tonight and then things and we'll get a bit of a break with that. let's give you the temperatures here. where it's raining it's cold. 63 columbia. the rest of us, another warm late december afternoon. again, mid-70s for most of us. as we look at what's going on in terms of the visibility, i want to show you in comdan, down to three -- camden, down to three miles. what's happening here, we're looking at situations where the fog will be setting in especially as we go into tonight. be careful in the counties i mentioned. salida, newberry, fairfield counties as the fog sets in especially with the rain and swollen riv

as we head into northern westchester, moving out of bedford into cross river into fairfield county so ridgefield seeing some of that heavy rain moving out of new canaan into wilton, connecticut, norwalk also seeing heavy rain. long island seeing heavy rain. it moved out of babylon. so we are watching heavier rain, again they are pocket of heavier rain, most of of it is that lighter rain. but as i mentioned it is a steady stream of moisture. it's not done with us yet. we'll see the heaviest rain over the next few hours before things taper off. it's being fed from the gulf. here's the moisture. all out in advance of a cold front, now that front is producing some violent weather in the nation's midsection. severe thunderstorms even some tornado watches and warnings. for us we have at least a chance to see a thunderstorm tonight before it's all over. futurecast at 7 p.m. showing pockets of moderate to heavy rain same at 9 p.m., more of those pockets. we head into 11:30. we start to see it tapering off then we head into tomorrow morning. now we have the clouds and also a recurrence of some

northern napa county. the system is moving through, embedded within that, moderate to heavy rain. now -- fairfield.sco, stretching from daley city to the bayview district. an inch of rain in 10 minutes. there are some embedded cells -- right over the san mateo area. kristin nelson loved waking up to the sound of rain -- bring it on." well, we will be. it looks -- it is still some in lake county cold air, very mild right now, upper 50s for some. look at all of this taking aim at us, that gives us more rain than what we have, right now, some of the wind is prompting advisories up in the north bay. rain will be light, all of a sudden, it will pour. temperatures, mostly set by 10:00 or 11:00 in the morning. difference between the low and high will be that much. >> all right, sal, some rain out there. alex, alex, you are up in nevada, has it let up a little bit or what? >> as a matter of fact, it has, steve, you know, it's very light, right now, barely -- we have had heavier rain. let me show you, right along 101. alameda exit, all of the headlights you see, traffic coming southbound. we are beginning t

fairfield county as well. this is one of the soggier sports in riversville. you are seeing showers moving in, also showery in northern westchester county. rain sticks around today, what about tomorrow? tree lighting. that's tomorrow, 7:00 to 9:00 be gathering, unfortunately you can see the rage does stick around for that part of the forecast around 3:00, rain, temperatures in the 50i. it'll be mild and wet by 6:00 p.m., showers continue, and even as the trees lit around 8:00, 9:00, tomorrow, you want to bring the umbrellas. more on the rain coming up in your full forecast. back to you. >> thanks so much. be sure to download the news 4 new york app to track the forecast any time. and to get weather alerts sent straight to your smart phone or tablet. news right now, we're monitoring reports out of us fist istanbul. we're hearing on the eastern side, the entire metro system though is shut down. there are other reports that it might have been a bomb. some other reports say it was a faulty transformer. also reports now of injuries. just coming in to the newsroom, we don't know the extent or the number of the injuries, but

bill to greenwood, fairfield county, 3 to 4 inches of rain and a lot of the water will come down to rivers. the rivers will be in flood for a while. the front is stationary across northern khalif -- carolina into georgia, across south carolina, we watch the activity it is increasing but in the western part is decreasing which is good. as we pull out, this is where across the rest of the country not so much in the way of precipitation. and did see were the front is for the moisture, easton the front cut dewpoint temperatures are higher, a lot of moisture in place, the other side of the front dries out and we'll see it coming. temptress 6464in greenville, 69 columbia, 76 and orangeburg. across the country the cold weather to the west and midwest, 9 degrees in rapid city. computer model shows the rain will continue to diminish and see out -- additional showers move through, and the case again tomorrow, but as we get into tomorrow night it should be cloudy, and stay cloudy through friday. are forecast for tonight expecting low temperatures in the 60s, 64 in columbia, tomorrow highs of 65 in newberry, 69 in columbia, 74 in a look ahead, rain tomorrow comes to an end and new