most of that activity western mass, but it's moving east. so i think right around 495 you'll see that rain for your morning commute heading into about 7:00, 8:00 a.m. as you head enter lunchtime. i think chance the see showers does get smaller. by 3:00 p.m., the best chance to see any showers isolated in nature will be south of the pike for today. by this afternoon, we get to see the sunshine again, and throughout the week, temperatures will continue to warm back into the 80s, but for today, another day with those temperatures in the 70s. weather will be dry. so we won't be tracking any more rain even though we really do need it. we're still in a moderate and severe drought from across central mass up the north shore and into southern new hampshire. so any rain you can get this morning is some welcome moisture. if you're getting ready to head out the door. 7:00 a.m., scattered showers for the morning commute, temperatures in the upper 60s. highs today partly sunny. a peek of sunshine later on this afternoon and high temperatures again in tho

and notice some of these showers starting to march into western mass. we will see scattered showers throughout your day today. they will become more isolated as we come into this evening and tomorrow morning and then by wednesday and thursday, that is when things will start to finally dry out. temperatures in the low 70s. and we aren't going to warm up much for today upper 60s. so another humid day. for today, temperatures will be in the low to mid-70s with scattered showers. we are staying below average tomorrow too, but we will talk about when things dry out and warm up coming up. >>> all right, danielle, thank you. happening today, boston mayor marty walsh promising that changes are coming after a 7-year-old boy dies after a city-run summer program in south boston this week. today city officials will be meeting in counselors. another tragedy like this. 's victoria warren live in south boston with details. vicki. >> reporter: good morning, sarah. they will meet with counselors and parents later. the counselors will be back hereto at the curly center w

nothing severe across western mass as of now. but we're watching this warm front throughout the day, because as it lifts northbound, it will trigger off more scattered showers and thunderstorms. one thing about these fronts, sometimes they can help these storms rotate a little bit. so there is the potential of isolated severe weather later on this afternoon across new england. we'll have to keep an eye on that. into the mid-80s. you'll also notice the return of humidity as we go through the day. a lot of us with these storms, a lot of cloud-to-ground lightning we may not get a thunderstorm today, but the ones that do form have the potential to be locally strong-to-severe, especially across western new england. i wouldn't rule out an isolated tornado somewhere in southern new england later this afternoon. low risk but not zero. more on the forecast ahead. >> sarah: time now for fast track traffic with danielle here's the expressway this morning. not many people out on the roads. let's go to the maps. braintree to boston expressway

hours until about midnight tonight for us but the stronger storms have the better potential in western mass and through upstate new york, you can see that severe thunderstorm watch that's in effect through 1:00 a.m. but it does not include our area. the other big headline, heat advisory back in effect for tomorrow. heat and humidity both coming back in in a big way so we'll have to talk about this in more details to come in just a few minutes. >> all right, thanks. >>> and remember, you can always track severe weather as it moves through using our ier www.whdh.com. just click on the weather tab. >>> now, let's dive into the olympic zone, you're taking a live look at the olympic flame burning bright on day eight of competition. there has been plenty of action. >> especially for a local rower, nancy chen is in rio with a look at all the highlights. >> good evening from brazil. definitely a very exciting day for team usa but we start on the rio debut this morning. bolt chasing history as he looks to become the first man to win three consecutive olympic 100-meter gold medals, coasting across th

out to the west is where that best chance will be, western mass, north and west of the worcester area where the greatest concern will be closer to the track of that low. at 2:00, a spotty shower or storm. and then we will have to watch this. 5 p.m., we could start to see these storms organize into more of a line and then push across the pike, possibly get to fall apart overnight tonight. so we wake up tomorrow as we get started on fox25 morning news. should be just a leftover shower to through the and then brighter skies coming up on wednesday. here is our seven-day forecast and the weekend is in view. middle 80s. a risk for strong storms coming up this afternoon. wednesday, we will quiet things down. thursday looks mainly dry. right now the weekend so far so good and we are getting signs of a weak front that may be coming by and staying optimistic. we will keep the rain chance low and thsk bright. back to you. >>> it sounds like the start of a joke. a monkey in a diaper roaming a parking lot but this incident caught on camera is no laughing matter. the hunt under way after a monkey a

central mass out into western mass anything would be isolated. once we get into sunday this moisture works on in. brings us an opportunity of getting more widespread showers and storm. that's the highest chance that i see in the forecast sunday and early monday. other than that the 7-day forecast you guessed it we talk more about more dry weather. great if you are on vacation. it's not going to help us out in the ongoing drought situation. 84 to 88 upland. 80 along the coastline. a lot closer to 88. upper 50s in the cooler suburbs. boston holding at 68. mix of sun and clouds out there 82 at the coastline. mid-to-upper 80s inland. for more on the forecast over to danielle. >>> thanks kris in if the year ended tomorrow which i doesn't. this would be driest year on record. our rain number number one. we've seen over 19 inch of rain so far this year. and we should have picked up about 27 by this time. certainly do need more rain. we're running really behind. we've had a warm summer as well. on average we have about 14 of those day. we haven't seen th

this is noontime, still mainly central and western mass, but then, shortly there half, everything is making its way eastward through the 5:00 p.m. hour, and a couple lingering showers are hanging around after quiet things down on wednesday night, and stay dry for most of thursday. but it is going to be hazy, hot, and humid on thursday, with heat index readings near 100 degrees. might have to have a heat advisory for that. here's another way to look at the moisture. you're looking for the orange colors and as they make their way into southern new england, you feel that stifling humidity and you boost your rain chance and that's what's going on, on into tomorrow and it's going to stay that way on into the upcoming weekend. storms each day, we're going to be watching the position of a front to dictate who gets the most rain in the upcoming weekend. we'll keep you posted as you get closer. >> blair: needham's own alraisman and the u.s. women's gymnastic team are going for the gold if the team competition in rio. it comes following a disappointing fifth place finish for the men yesterday.

just some of you going to see some isolated showers along today, they're more scattered along western mass and central mass in nature. so july is a wrap. we wrapped up july with less than an inch of rain in boston. so that's over two and a half inches behind where we should be july officially the 8th driest on record. we need any rain we can get. drops from central mass up into southern new hampshire. we certainly do need the rain. current temperatures out the door in the upper 60s and low 70s. high temperatures today staying below average in the with scattered showers. also in the 70s tomorrow. more on your forecast as "today in new england" starts right now. >> christa: breaking news overnight. massachusetts lawmakers up late, pushing through several bills, including one for ride-sharing services. >> sarah: change beginning today at boston summer camp after the tragic death of a young boy. >> christa: a war of words between donald trump and the soldier killed overseas in iraq. >> sarah: and floodwaters surge through maryland sweeping cars away, damaging buildings and prompting dramatic r

this is the curious bear caught sniffing around the camera in the pioneer valley hilltowns in western mass. maria: it was sent to us by the trustees conservation restrictions program. they say when they go to check the cameras in the field and find a box sideways, with muddy paw prints they know there will be great bear footage. ed: will we be able to bear the >> carl hills rose the produce boston chefs loves. >> i.e., breathe and sleep farms. >> what drives his passion? snob. >> meet some superheroes of the soil. nothing like a wild maine blueberry and eva's garden. farm finds next on chronicle. >> there is no better time to enjoy the fruits of the farm to table movement been right now.

western mass and central massachusetts could see a few spotty showers. it might be a lingering shower heading back to work. high temperatures today, upper 70s and near 80 at the coastline. low to mid-80s further inland. scattered sunday night into monday. after that beautiful weather for the middle part of the week. sarah: a sky-diving emergency landing. this cell phone video captures the lines of two skydivers twisted. they were both 16,000 feel in the air and had to cut away the main parachute and rely on the backup. >> we picked a nice, soft spot. we landed right in there, and we got to relax a little bit scrapes, no injuries. >> both skydivers landed safely in a private driveway and weren't injured. that's petrifying, isn't it? >> never try that again. >> have you done it? >> no, no. i don't think i will be. >>> still ahead on 7 news, red sox in detroit playing some baseball. david ortiz getting the sox off to a good start in the first inning taking on the tigers. would that early lead hold up? >>> police in oklahoma making a different kind of rescue

ed: a dangerous call for animal control in western mass. an alligator in the backyard. that story up next. maria: and coming up new at 11:00. at least four people trapped inside, calls for fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20 oz. cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. that's the power of fiber optics. and right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just $69.99 per month online. anchor: police in massachusetts allligators maria: this is it. look at this fella. the six-foot long, 150 pound gator was apparently being kept in a backyard in springfield. the springfield rebulican reports police were called to the property today and promptly called in reinforcements from a local zoo, as well as environmental police. the gator was being kept in a backyard enclosure of a home on main street. the zoo's curator says it looks the alligator hissed and struggled but

i think western mass, central mass, southern new hampshire with the best bet for some of the stronger storms. this afternoon, of course, quiet times ahead for the next two days. 84 in boston, beverly and plymouth. 84 for portsmouth, new low 80s in the cape and vineyard. upper 80s norwood, bedford, lawrence, nashua, new hampshire and fitchburg as well. and tonight back into the 50s and 60s. rewind and repeat just like this morning. tomorrow morning, we have got some 90s on the map for inland downs hike fitchburg. 89 in bedford and norwood and to beiously quite a bit hotter. boston a little cooler than today. tomorrow we have that sea breeze that will keep boston and the coast in the lower i think thursday we get a little bit of a break in the action, but we have got a couple of passing fronts and stalled fronts and it just keeps it pretty stormy as it hits the end of the week. 86 today. 88 tomorrow with that comfortable humid. turns sticky on wednesday with partly cloudy skies. and in the morning and storms in the afternoon. thursday, mostly dry, and that slight chance remains and on f

ben: and a few showers in western mass. and keeping my two years ago, silvertech had 40 to 50 employees. now we have 60 to 70. we took a big hit in the recession, but we're back, strong. we had about 70 employees a few years ago, we have over a hundred today. chynoweth: businesses like mine moving. mary collins: she's controlled spending and she's balanced the budget. narrator: and cnbc named new hampshire the most business-friendly state in the country. i'm maggie hassan, and i approve this message because we need to show washington how we get things done anchor: a florida family looking to rebuild their house catches on fire. it was caused by a hoverboard exploding. the homeowner was inside the house when he heard a loud banging noise. he says he thought someone was banging on the door. that's when he looked in the bedroom and saw the hoverboard exploding. >> it was purchased online. the hoverboard was not approved for use in the united states. he is grateful his kids were on vacation at the time. heather: changes could b

still mainly western and central mass. at this time. then overnight tonight, shiri gets started a at 4:00 in the morning. she'll be watching showers and a few thunderstorms. coastline and wrapping up. not going to be around all day on monday but parts of the morning drive could certainly be impacted. here's the front right now on future cast. let's move ahead in time and track this into 7:00 p.m. tonight. not much. just some clouds, spot showers, have to deal through about 9:00 or 10:00. then we turn our attention to this, between 10:00 and 11:00 on fox 25 news tonight. i'll be watching this hour by hour and show you arrive times once the line comes into view. a few embedded pockets of heavier rain could bring an inch of rain into a few locations. so our rain threat is there. in the form of some heavy downpours, localized street flooding into the early morning hours of tomorrow. lightning and strong winds, aer low risk. but something we're going to have to be monitoring. as far as rain totals getting the indication that we may see some

most of that shower activity is across western mass. but notice they're tracking east. so i think heading into the morning commute inside 495, you do have a chance to see some of those showers, but as we head into 9:00, 10:00 a.m., that's when that activity will start the taper off. weakening as they continue to track east. so as i mentioned, by lunchtime today, 20% chance of rain. by this afternoon we start the dry out and the sunshine is returning. we warm things up throughout the week. more on your forecast coming up. >> sarah: all right. time now for fast track traffic. kris anderson back with us. >> kris: good morning, everyone. if you're head out now, great time. no traffic concerns to tell you about. live look at the expressway. things rolling a take a look at the maps. lots of green, which is what we like to see north of the city. as you get closer to boston, some of the yellow and some of the red here is because of construction projects that are going on. they should be clearing up now at any time. somebody into boston from the split to the tunnel, it's only ab

anchor: a curious black bear sniffing around a camera in the pioneer valley hilltowns in western mass. it was sent to us by the trustees conservation restrictions program. they say when they go to check the cameras in the field and find a box sideways, with muddy paw prints they know there will ed: that is a bear? i don't know. anchor: i'm going to la let you do the upon -- the pun. ed: how is the weather? anchor: i can't bear to do it. this is the update every thursday. essentially there is very little an anything on the horizon to break that? not in the near future. let's head over to the mass. there is your deficit or the year in terms of precipitation. a close look at the area that is an extreme drought. nothing really severe. notice there is a good deal of sunshine. let's take you out in time. only a spot shower overnight. we are going to have a front across the region. the chances of a few storms begin to increase by midday and during the afternoon. the chances was clearing coming to the northwest. the nice thing, it comes in overnight, it is with us saturday and most of sunday.

don't really need umbrella for your 8:00 am dinner plans in the you are western mass and far western new hampshire. now, the best chance for showers and storms looks to be really for about when 1:00 in the morning until about 5:00 in morning across good part of the area and then by 8:00 am. there really not much rain left let's track this right now satellite and radar loop showing the clouds building over central maas right now. but the rain still back across the far west. and i think future cast has good hands on where the rain is now. where it is headed. so as 10:00 tonight from man chester to worcester watch out some light rain is moving but still heavy rain is back here across the berks and across parts of western parts of state. snouch by 1:00 no the morning some of the heavier rain beginning move into central see heavier down powers making their way across north more and into some who are cape and island. on into the early morning hours tomorrow. . but then look at this. already beginning to see the sun break out during the morning drive, for the central and western parts of th

for the patriots, 82 and on saturday, wedging in cloud cover, and into connecticut and western mass and vermont, may have to deal with the cloud cover on saturday and sunday. for us locally, i think stay locally into mostly sunny skies and sunday, increasing wind out of the southeast and more humidity ahead of the next rain chance, really, monday of next week. so dry weather in control and very low rain chances. monday, the best risk for showers and thunderstorms. so the weekend focus, saturday, a high of 87 and bright skies and 80 on the south coast and sunday, more cloud cover and breezier and hear miewmed and issues. here is the accu-weather 7 day and all told just a summer stretch with the next chance of rain on monday and beautiful weather for tuesday and wednesday. david and lisa? >> eric, thank you. >>> abbey d'agostino will not be able to compete but she has been making headlines because of what pp she tripped. he tore her acl in the semifinal. she and the new zealand athlete made headlines because they embraced each other and helped each other through the finish line and becaus

flooding in western mass. some roads had to be shut down. this is video from worcester. heavy rain falling in some places. umbrella is out. we have not needed those in the recent past. the kind of nice to have it while it's here. cindy: beneficial rain. we could use a lot more than what we got. some places got more than others . has and have-nots this morning for sure. a little rn heaviest rain since early morning when it started. from worcester on westward where we did have flooding around the springfield area. the doppler radar estimates, close to three inches of rain in a just a few hours time. that led to the flooding concerns. worcester had almost an inch of rain come over an inch and orange. boston, 11 hundredths of an inch. a lot of this moisture dries up certainly a welcome sight. a couple raindrops around the city as far north as wilborn. the trend on this is that it will be exiting. steadiest rain between the vineyard and nantucket and this is going to be winding down in the next couple of hours area by 2:00 it is doing just that. this afternoon, clouds break f

. ; a sentence in western mass a former stand out athlete convicted of assaulting 2 his sentence 2 years probation. >> anchor: so the punishment leading to a petition to remove the judge from the bench. >> reporter: a judge allows an accused rapist to go free. >> to find him guilty at this point would slam doors. >> reporter: becker a popular soccer player was charged with rape and indecent assault for classmates. palmer district court those charges were down graded and the case was continued without a finding. despite the district attorney saying the teen admitted his guilt. the da rolling this audio recording that are he should be locked up. >> to put him on a college campus where there is a moderate to low risk that this could happen again. >> reporter: it was was when one of the viim asking for leniency. becker isn't the first athlete to escape a jail time for a serious offense. caused a national uproar earlier this year. he declined to comment. as for that teen if he keeps his nose clean for 2 years his charges could be dismissed. kelly o'hara 7 news. of that black car on the left w

afternoon, tomorrow, a few scattered showers popping up around western mass. that rain is going to come through. we are looking at maybe half an inch to three quarters of an inch of rain. very dry air behind it. once that front goes through, we are not getting much rainfall. take a look at your forecast for the next seven days. it looks like temperatures will drop off as well as the humidity. if you're looking t vacation, a few days off, it looks beautiful. any substantial rain will not be until next weekend. diane: all right, joe, thank you. in tonight's 5 for good, a north attleboro mom with a gift for -- a boy he wanted a lemonade stand. the mom said he could if he he will be out tomorrow from 11:00 until 2:00 in the franklin town commons. ben: children and young adults who have als will have an opportunity to meet others their age who are going through a similar experience. the camp's founder lost her husband to the disease in 2001 and wanted to help children and grandchildren affected by it. ben: after five medals, four of them gold, there is one more hon

hinting that he may have been suffering a little issue when he allegedly strangled his flooding in western mass. this from springfield where they got a lot of rain in a short amount of time. some roads had to be shut down. this, as we get a look at what te storm that turned in to tropical storm earl looks like from the international space station. stormteam 5's aj burnett is tracking it as it strengthens. link right now over the past 12 hours. a decent sized system, not a hurricane, it's a tropical storm. some strengthening may be expected over the next 24 hours. this is a look at all the different models -- notice how they are tightly packed into one spot. it is the intensifying but in terms of the national hurricane center it takes it right over into belize as a strong tropical storm, not a hurricane. the rainfall and the storm surge are what is concerning. we will talk about it and have the latest forecast coming up. heather: massachusetts congressman stephen lynch is calling on congress to get back to work and vote on emergency funding to combat the zika crisis. congressman lynch sent a let

harvey: still tracking storms across western mass and temperature changes some will experience tomorrow. all of that in the forecast. ben: and the report card is in for the temporary starting quarterback -- how jimmy groff lo fared. shows by the 10:00 news on me to be boston with maria ben: disruptions on the blue line are being blamed on a trespasser who apparently was trying to get a selfie inside a tunnel. the t says this man entered the tunnel at aquarium station just before 8:00 wednesday night, police say his trespassing was a dangerous, potentially deadly, stunt, and are asking for help in identifying him. a delicate product -- project started in weymouth -- look at that. more than 78 feet wide and part of the lift -- bridge is lifted. they will start floating it on the water so it can arrive at its new home. maria: to your economy -- a restaurant chain with several underperforming locations. ruby tuesday says that's about 15% of its stores. the chain hasn't yet revealed which locations will be affected. the closings will happen by september. sweetgreen on boylston street is back

that front end up dropping into areas like southern new hampshire, northern worcester county, western mass. points north and west of boston with the best chance of thunderstorm but getting close to boston. i place new that risk zone for a thunderstorm anywhere between noon and 5:00. remember, it is scattereri don't have a huge, wide area of rain. i have got scattered showers and thunderstorms on that front, but there could be some downpours with it. thunder and lightning with it. the front is clearing the area as we shift into the evening hours. so the last of the showers sitting over the cape around 8 p.m., and we clear out and dry out. we have got sunshine running through tomorrow afternoon and future c and sunday high pressure shifts just a little bit and does create winds coming off the water and this will create some cooler conditions at our local beaches. 73 right now in boston. visibility a okay but dew point at 7. man, that feels muggy out there. the best part for storms will be early and mid afternoon out toward boston. this morning we have clouds on and off through the morning ho

and we have heavy rainfall milford heading to wall pole, na and western mass, and another batch of storms in pennsylvania. and the actual cold front is way off to the west around pittsburgh. so that will be the last chance of rain and that doesn't get here until after midnight. the dew points are well up in the 70s. the reason the storms start to move is because when they get close to the warm front, there's more rotation in the west, we track them to our neck of the woods. and this evening they start to move to the hudson valley. and between 9:00 and midnight a chance for the storms to move east. and then the last blast, the cold front moves through before tomorrow. otherwise, very humid and we stay in the 70s and the dew points high tonight and very high tomorrow morning. and by torr start to fall back and we'll get relief. here's the accuweather 7-day. after this there's not much to talk about other than heat. the next chance of rain is not of next ekto get otherwise, a d hot stretch. >>> rob gronkowski -- we were hoping he'd be back at practice but he was nowhere to be found. for the

so we're lifting that moisture up, vego the rain and it's in western mass at 12 noon. as we head into the 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. hour, making its way over to the north-south shore, cape an islands and after dark, one or two leftover showers. this looks 9:00 p.m. after we lose the heat of the day, we'll wind things down. thursday, hazy, hot and humid. i don't have much rain on thursday, as moisture is shunted temporarily off to our south. this is how it looks. the orange is the deep tropical moisture. it's in here tomorrow and then you see tt in the shower and storm activity, but then it's all back friday, and on into the weekend. we are watching a front on sunday. if it slips south, the temperatures come down at least in our northern areas, but the rain chance still high, at 60% sunday into monday. >> the reporter: after a young woman is killed in princeton, the calls police in one nearby town are getting from others who want to protect themselves. the special way sox your business needs a lot of speed. but getting it doesn't have to break the bank. introducin

a convenience store in western mass raided people inside accused of selling heroin. three men were arrested at the holyoke mini mart. it was one of four locations in the town where 5600 bags of the drug were seized as well as $19,000 in cash. several more arrests were also made. ben: a $25.6 million settlement over curt schilling's 38 studios. the state of rhode island reached the deal with two of the the lawsuit filed by the state accused 38 studios executives and several financial backers of fraud and negligence. the company got a state-backed loan to move to the state. the company went bankrupt in 2012, leaving taxpayers on the hook for $116 million. jc: the new head of the embattled boston latin school is spelling out plans to address concerns in the classroom. an investigation found school leaders failed to address six complaints about racial incidents forcing the headmaster to resign. returning long time headmaster teachers will undergo targeted training this year and set new expectations for students. new video of a car slamming into a work zone inside the ted

i think the stronger storms will be focused in western mass and this forecast model to be over done. those storms have been kind of dying out as they make it inside of 495. this does give you the idea that heading through the evening hours tonight if you have outdoor plans we still have to be weather aware. the threat for storms still with us until after midnight tonight and then we clear out for tomorrow morning. and then the heat comes back in a big way as well as the humidity. dew point sort of in check in the mid 60's and boston right now 62 in bedford. i mention again those storms favoring areas with the soupier play until overnight tonight pushing those temperatures back in and also pushing that humidity back in for us. we're probably at our lows right now and will continue to warm as we head into the overnight hours 70 to 76 tomorrow morning and then for tomorrow afternoon heat indexes once again triple digits for us. that's the real feel when you couple in the heat and also the humidity. highs tomorrow mid to upper 90's for us. so we're right back at it with that heat advisor

favoring more toward western mass and eastern mass, but i think anywhere would have to keep an eye to the sky later on today. the issue is this warm front, as it lifts north, they will try to provide rotation to the thunderstorms. it's a little risk, but it's not zero. i want the keep that in mind. all right. mid to upper 60s right now. humidity still somewhat in check early this morning, but the surge in h that's going to help provide the moisture for some of these scattered showers and storms later on today. lingering into the evening, lower humidity for tomorrow. >> christa: danielle, talk to us about traffic, will you? >> it is slowing down, but it could be worse. notice the stop and go traffic braintree to boston. that drive 25 minutes to 20. let's go to the maps. this is route 3 southbound in weymouth at exit 16, a new go northbound from brockton up to 128 there. the pike looking pretty good. a little slowing investigate into town. no major delays. route 2 and 3, no major issues. no major issues on 93 either. you're really hitting the brakes after you cross 128 and head into bos

for a limited time, try new hoodwich >>> take look a rare find in western mass. wildlife crews removed the 6 foot alligator from a home yesterday. someone called in ion nonmouse tip and -- an anonymous tip andzoo official showed up. they had a tough time carrying it away because it weighs about 108 pounds -- 180 pounds. it was taken to a local zoo while they try to figure out who >> wow. >> that's quite a pet. >> that's insane. >> no thank you. >> hello, neighbor. no thank you. let's get final look at the forecast. it's really nice. >> it is beautiful day. 89 full sunshine and pan mass challenge this weekend we kick it off this evening but saturday, keep on eye to the sky. chance for storms between noon and 7 p.m. sunday drier and 85 degrees. >> you will be out there with a whole weather team. >> we can't wait. we are ready. >> join us for the next good one. >> phyllis: i'm so sorry. i am so sorry. i had a family emergency. but everything is fine now. oh! sorry. okay. what did i miss? what the hell are you doing here? >> jack: honey, i told you we would be voting

flooding in western mass. this video in from springfield where they got a lot of rain in a short amount of time. i'm sure that did not put a big enough dent in the drought. it was a sight to see rain falling today. aj: everybody needs rain. the problem is that the hardest hit areas did not get rain. north central and northeastern massachusetts. we are thankful for any little bit of help. heather: garden today. aj: i have not been doing a lot of watering because of the restrictions. heather: mine look like hey -- hay. aj: the last of the rain exiting cape cod. first, let's talk about the rainfall totals. we have an inch and a half of rain towards westfield. the areas that have been hardest 4/10. that is it. nashua, six 100s of an inch. not getting a lot of rainfall from the current situation.a lot of you are seeing sunshine in pockets. we would love to share pictures throughout this evening. the last of the light rain showers, heading out over the cape right now and eventually out to see -- sea. north and west,

.: western mass has some there may be a renegade shower but it should dry out midday and tuesday afternoon and evening as well. here's a shred of good news. the humidity levels starting to drop as drier air filters in. there are some little renegade the lakes of new hampshire and back into western massachusetts. activity through albany but they have weakened as they continue eastward. low pressure to the south will continue spinning south of new england. as they move out to sea, high pressure will build in which means nicer weather returning tomorrow. 65 and 70 right now. a little sticky tonight. we will let you know when the sun returns and when 90's will be in the forecast. maria? maria: thank you. right now, tight water restrictions are in place in concord after someone tampered with one of the town's water tanks. inspectors found the access hatch to one of the water storage tanks was compromised, so out of extreme caution, that system has been isolated. as a precaution, residents cannot water lawns or fill up take faster showers and wash only full loads of laundry. >> we don't think an

just a few should lots in western mass. not a lot of rain, but not out of the question, yet. a couple of showers passing, maybe 10 or 20 percent of us will get them this morning. down through the cape this morning as well. in this afternoon, front to the north and west of us. as we slide on through. that gives an opportunity to pick up a couple of ice with the storms out there. you see the forecast model, again, not all towns seeing the rain today. 30 you see the forecast model, again, not all towns seeing the rain today. 30 or $.40 of us pick up a passing shower or thunderstorm. there may be some localized downpours or two in a couple of storms across southeastern mass early to mid afternoon. as the front which is offshore, we clear out, and that sets up a beautiful weather stretcher coming in both on abrasive son, warming is up and warming us up quickly. i think temperatures will be posted 90 degrees from anytown this afternoon. so do have a hot and humid afternoon with a nice letter thunderstorm out there. over the weekend, we're not talking any rain, slightly cooler than

and this would be western mass and parts of the connecticut river valley that will start as early as midday. track this with future cast 2:00. notice how the models are not showing that much rain and any of the showers bubbling up could have pin to them. we could be watching this early afternoon, particularly out to the west. and then at 5:00. discreet line of storms and what i could be watching worcester county up say keene and nashua as this line approaches late day. the question is can it hold together, get all the way over to boston, the south shore. right now the best energy looks to be the northern and western areas and then tomorrow morning already shutting things down and will turn out much drier and brighter for your wednesday. monitoring the theft the here a check at it. the coverage of rain today 7%. and hit with a shower and storm but they don't last all day and they are moving along pretty quickly. the flooding threat is fairly low even though we can have torrential down hours in a lot of these cells that pop up. on wednesday drying things out. thursday, can't totally re

we have a few in western mass and eastern new york state, as we fo through the overnight. i cannot raul out one or two downpours am the idea it is weakening with time. then, look, the low clouds come in tomorrow. as far as temperatures are the south shore to boston up to cape ann. but when you go inland, providence will be around 90. 95 in hartford and springfield. so with the heat suppressed a little bit to the west. this he is the area under the heat advisory for tomorrow. we have to talk about the chaps of stormance the heat coming back to boston before the weekend is over. ben? ben. thank you. right now, a crash involving a bicycle and a pickup truck in framingham. it happened just a short irving and waverly streets. the man on the bike has life-threatening injuries, he was flown to boston medical center. the driver did stop at the scene. maria: a little boy pulled from a pool in boston, lifeguards and strangers jumping in to rescue him. right now, that seven-year-old child is in the hospital. newscenter 5's diane cho is live in hyde park where the rescue happened. dia

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you will see most of them on wednesday focus north and west of boston, so central and western mass, northern mass, southern new hampshire, those are more likely areas to see storms. boston and points south and east could end up actually passing on the storms that day. this afternoon it is a path for all, it is sun for all, 82 in boston, 84 in beverly, 83 in plymouth and about 80? for the cape down to the vineyard and 77 nantucket. step away from the coastline though. kind of iffy weather, 88 in bedford today, it is going to be into the 50s and 60s and nice fresh overnight, so yes, you can pop the window up, it is not going to get sticky overnight, actually feel nice and cool but by the time you wake up to temps tomorrow, get ready because we have ant warm-up on the way and tomorrow like i said, closer to 90 inland, but wednesday and friday especially seeing the threat for showers, i have a feeling on thursday it is going to end up being dry for most of us, so 7-day forecast here with the weekend always in view has dry and mostly sunny today and turning humid, we get increasing clouds, develo

much better chance of rain in western mass today. that's not necessarily a good thing. we are on track for the driest summer on record in boston. we are dryer now than we were at in other words we don't get another almost inch and a half of rain in the next two weeks, this will be the winner. 2016 will go down as driest summer on record if we don't get that inch and a half. wide range of temperatures out there right now, 70 in beverly but 83 in p town. 83 already if the vineyard and a wide range of humidity levels as well. i think kind of muggy in beverly. really oppressive in the vineyard. 76. that's what you would expect in southern florida for this time of year. the difference is a frontal boundary south side of the front that'sre front just kind of warmish. most of us will be on the more comfortable side of the front. with the front aching out on top of us exping more clouds than sun today, maybe, maybe, maybe a spotty shower. if you look at the forecast model is looks like mainly vermont and western massachusetts have the best chance of seeing the rain not a whole

and then this afternoon out toward western mass and central mass. so that's what you can expect as far as rain for today. we do need any rain we can get, a severe drought still extends from central mass up the north shore and into southern new so we certainly do need this rain. as far as rain totals that we'll get over the next day into the next 24 hours. i don't think they'll be too great. i think for the most part you'll see up to a half an inch if you're lucky. that's a wrap for july. as far as rainfall totals, july was officially the eighth driest on record. we did pick up an inch of rain. so that's over two and a half inches behind where we should be for this time of year. it will feel muggy throughout the day today. if i point time line, you won't see too much relief in the dew point department until wednesday when high pressure starts to build with us. and things start the feel more comfortable out there. winds are out of the east, out of the northeast around 15, 20mph. so it's not going to be too windy. mostly pleasant. temperatures in the l

so, again, western mass, parts of central mass on alert this afternoon as some of the storms start to build in. at noontime, just a few spotty showers out there. we are watching to the west as the heat builds from the south building up. 4, 5 in the afternoon. you can see any of those storms firing will have the potential to produce damaging winds. not everyone is getting the rain, but we will be watching those carefully this afternoon as they are going to be moving northeast ward at around 30 miles per hour. so let's take a look at the seven-day forecast. middle 80s today, tomorrow and thursday and friday. the difference is humidity drops later tomorrow afternoon. and it stays in check for the end of the week, and we will lower 80s. i will be back with more straight ahead on the radar. >> gene: jason. 6:20. >>> gronk causing a scare. new this half hour the patriots player and his apparent injury at practice. plus an underwater creature with very distinct features. when you can take your hands off the wheel to get out of a tight spot. when you can relax with your foot off the brake and

problem is those that i'm seeing in new hampshire, western mass, southern vermont and strong to potential thunderstorms here on wednesday afternoon. 82? in boston today, 82 in beverly, 83 in plymouth, upper 80s rule in norwood, bedford, lawrence, worcester today about 82 and we got mid-or low 80s for the cape this afternoon. tonight 50s and 60s if you woke up this morning, like the way it looks tomorrow morning. got more of the same and also means you could take a break there, let mother nature free air-conditioning and crack windows overnight and upper 80s kind of hard to handle inside the house tomorrow. norwood and bedford, 90 fitchburg, low 80s ruling across the coastline because of the wind off the water. chance for rain going to go up on wednesday. showed you,. got scattered points north and west of the city but thursday likely ends up dry and pop-up thunderstorm and widespread at this time and 7-day forecast always in view 86 today, 88 tomorrow and then on wednesday but going to feel pretty good given the humidity, very high humidity here by wednesday with afternoon storms around,

i think first in southwest new hampshire and western mass. look here, future cast does show a healthy cluster of storms in this area. and then coming across on into the late day. so by 3:00 or 4:00, we'll have to watch 495 over toward boston for that threat of storms to start building and everything pushes off shore on into 9:00 and 10:00 tonight. then we take a turn to the drive. monday, upper 80s, tuesday, another shot at some rain already moving in. late tuesday into early wednesday. then we clear out for the latter part of the week. looking ahead to next weekend, finally some good news, how about lower 80s, not too humid, plenty of sunshine, much more coming up. boat in boston harbor. the details we know of the late night rescue. >> catherine: the sox look to close out the series with a sweep. news a sox player could return. butch st at longhorn, steak is all you need. its not all you get. longhorn's great american steak dinner for $12.99. perfectly seasoned sirloin with your choice of side. plus an appetizer or a dessert. the great ameri

west of worcester back across western mass, southwest new hampshire and parts of connecticut, watch here 12:00, 1:00, storms to start blowing up in the warm h connecticut. make way into central mass by say 3:00 p.m. and then that chance over to the north shore, around greater boston area and continuing out to the west through five to 7:00 p.m. then we will have to watch round two potentially into the sunset hours. this may be coming west to east and holding together because there's going to be a lot of moisture to work with and watching out potentially some thursday a pop-up shower with temperatures in the mid and upper 80s, friday the weekend mainly dry and bright with temperature upper and middle 80s and next front new wave on monday to tuesday to bring us more much needed rain and monitoring throughout the day and stay fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20 oz. cup of coffee, and right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and ph

we just have a nice cloud-free sky across western and central mass. a few high clouds across the island, but should make for a a big upper low swirling over the southeastern states, so scattered heavy course and that part of our country and some of that moisture looks to get pulled north in to new england, by the middle part of the week. more on that straight ahead. let's enjoy right now though, shall we, because we have dewpoints in the 40's and 50's. and that is down right comfortable. for early august. currently in the 70's. 77 behind mills. i have 78 -- 77 hyannis. 78 in from the cooler temperatures. westward, 86 in woburn and waltham. 84 in lempster. 85 in nashua. all right, hour-by-hour, let's go out to worcester. speaking of, we'll see temperatures in the middle 60's there, toward 10:00 p.m., and they'll stay there right on through 4:00 a.m. in the morning hand then begin their climb after sunrise tomorrow morning, so it's a nice night with low humidity, we crack the windows open over clear skies, we will see some 50's waking up in the you have

steadier in here but this isn't the downpour action we have had earlier this morning in central and western mass. brockton same deal there. you got some showers in place, but they are not terribly heavy, moderate rain in acushnet right now, boston been pass for the most part, no more than couple rain drops and risk of rain will continue until 11:00 a.m. after that we are dry, my friends. we dry out for lunchtime. we stick with mostly skies at lunch but at 3:00 p.m. look at that. breaks in the clouds and bump temperatures up to 76? and see high temperatures in the upper 70s inland and coast 75, cape 75. all of this starts the clearing process just this afternoon. julie, let's get it back to you for live drive time traffic. >> julie: tracking volume and lingering. sluggish at route 16 and route 60 in medford. eastbound right after the weston tolls. here is live look at the zakim where bumper-to-bumper on zakim bridge and leverett connector. over to your live drive time and 128 to the tobin. 39 minutes on 93 south and a little over an hour on 128 southbound from route 1 in peabody to the weston tol

end up sitting in the area, it will be parked near the worcester hills, and next so central and western mass in the afternoon. that is where we could see one or two more spotty showers as we head into the afternoon hours. a little chance of rain, a better chance of rain coming as we head into tomorrow night. might start to see spotty showers in central or western massachusetts, southern vermont, by far the best chance of rain will be overnight, sunday night into monday morning. it will be a quick shot at some temperature wise, upper 70s, near 80 at coastline. a couple of degrees, mid-80s inlan. the same numbers tomorrow but a little on the humid side. showers sunday night into monday and then turning beautiful for tuesday and wednesday. >>> still ahead, you know what looks good. >> what? >> it's not just north end that has italian food. we are heading to newton to meet a pizza connoisseur. >> it's great. olympic spirit, their flashy flag display the talk of the since 1961, pearle vision has been providing expert eye care. today, we make caring for your eyes even easier. right now, buy one pa

and definitely hot out there and things popping up already and western mass and southwest new hampshire and north and west of boston, best chance tomorrow and close to providence, rhode island and issues is hit or miss a lot less than hitting but what does hit is going to be heavy. heavy rain potential through the the front goes southward we got the best chance for heavy rain north of boston here on saturday with sunday smack-dab over boston. so things will be hot next three days, we could be looking at heat wave with 90s. 86 very muggy on sunday, best bet for heavy intense rainfall, especially sunday afternoon through monday morning. then we will slowly see humidity drop and seasonable temperatures return in lower 80s on tuesday and wednesday. back to >> michelle: there's a lot going on around town. summer is flying back. tomorrow morning we have a zip trip in westford. i found great spots i can't wait to share with you. ranch, roadside barbecue made with love and unique experience at local tiki bar and grill and also have wonderful people than usual, don't miss hub on run event and le

this is than chance in central and western mass of getting wet, and it lacks more like that the mid day and afternoon hours, where the bulk of the rainfall will fall. that moist tour is going to be very thick, so we'll be watching as a couple of locally heavy down poors last nat evening drive. as we head into tomorrow night, we're leftover with a shower or two of it will be hazy hot and humid as that moist tour now slides off to our south. and then rebound, saturday, sunday, and answer into monday, tuesday, and wednesday. this is an interesting setup we're getting into. one more night of comfortable temperatures. look at that's hey temperatures, thursday and fray, mid to low nineties, feeling more like 100 degrees, plus heat advisories, are going to be likely, the weather service is already highlighting that and it is going to stay into the stormy side on the upcoming weekend. fairis wheel at a cash i value, what happened before that, that's likely to help with the investigation. this is the news at 5. we're following the new developments of a jogger in princeton, people afraid for thei

to the coast by midday tomorrow but the better rain coverage will still remain over central and western mass during the lunch hour. after sunset tomorrow the energy is gone and not too concerned about additional heavy downpours into wednesday night. on thursday this moisture gets shouldn'ted off to our south, just for a brief period of time. the low-level moisture is still going to be with us, so it's gonna feel awfully hazy, hot and humid and on thursday we could you see that here hour by hour. feels like -- this is 4:00 thursday -- 100. triple digits in boston, norwood near that, as well. so we're gonna have to deal with that. even on friday as the 90s continue with the very high humidity. on saturday, we're gonna be watching a front. it's gonna be brunging in some showers and storms, some slightly lower temperatures but the humidity will still be there. that front looks to slide southward on sunday, that's why i have 80 degrees for a high. well. we're looking at temperatures coming down a little bit. the rain doesn't quite clear out, though. this is a slow-moving front and where it sets u