welcome back to our zip trip in westford. each week i get to work out with one of the personal trainers from planet fitness and help to make the exercises fun and exciting and help me get ready for one of my favorite activities at kimball farms. kimball farms play adventure-tile mini golf, in the water in the bumper boat pond. take a wing in the grand slalam batting and the 86 station over 50 delicious rich and creamy ice cream flavors. kimball farm brings out the kid in you and i thought jumping jack also do the same. take a look. >> reporter: jumping jacks. pretty simple but you can get a good workout. >> great workout. >> michele: great way to start your day. anything new i need to know. >> basics, hands back and then take a break for about 10 seconds, three sets of them. and depending on your level. have fun. we have a good time. >> michele: we do. >> three, two, done. that's it. we it awesome. >> michele: we did. you know what we love about this exercise do it with your kid and have a blast with your kid. >> absolutely.

look at zip trip to westford this morning. look at zip trip to westford this morning. back out there live massachusetts public charter schools are among the best in the country. our charter schools are public, and we have longer school days with more personal attention. nts in underperforming areas succeed. announcer: question 2 will expand charter school access and result in more funding for public education. every parent should be able to choose the public school that's best for their child. announcer: vote yes on question 2. >> michelle: see hometown team. and congratulations. guys, introduce you to the captains right now. western academy. >> michelle: what are successes? >> 13-five regular season and lost semifinals and attributed to the two exchange students. one from germany and one from california and hockey had great >> friend lars we went to kind of camp in the summer to kind of learn how to play and see how we got going. >> thank for coming out and bringing whole gang. how would you describe the group of guys? >> give them a lot of pretty much built the progr

live from westford. welcome to the fox 25 morning news zip trip. fox25, shiri spear is here with not every single place getting thunderstorm but everyone at risk to the point that you need to stay very alert and keep that fox25 weather app handy and high 95 in boston and framingham and 94 in fitchburg, 94 in norwood, 94 in manchester, new hampshire. mid-80s for the cape this afternoon. these are basically the temperatures you had yesterday, again today. over the weekend you can see the coast getting cooler tomorrow. i think the temperatures underdone, expect a day thing and then on sunday it is hot again. we got 90s on the map again and we are going to be watching for scattered thunderstorms, basically everyday and even this afternoon there's the risk of slightly elevated risk here of some severe weather which means we could have damaging gusts and some of the storm. we got hot and humid conditions around, 2:00 p.m. when storm start to pop up but look at how strong they get at 5:00 this afternoon, in time for the even cast a lot juicier and a lot s

but we are all dry as you wake up this morning. 68 in westford. 64 in tewksbury. 70 in boston and 67 in milton. we have mostly clear skies in fact for duxbury and wareham at 67 degrees and harwich at 65. southeastern massachusetts, by the way, is going to be my driest spot today. at 7 a.m., 69 degrees. still keeping things nice and dry and keeping a close eye on southwestern new hampshire at 7:00 this morning. the chance of a few showers even arriving in the boston area. and through the afternoon, we are going to watch for widely scattered rain. not everybody see it is. it will be patchy what we do see. areas impacted dealing with a mostly dry day. a lot more dry versus wet times today keeping things very humid into the second half of the day. it is turning muggy with the hit and miss showers today. highs from 780 to 86 degrees. we will time it out next. we will get you back to julie for live for now. >> julie: shiri, good morning. don't be confused with the icons on the map. overnight construction work that will wrap up 5 a.m. an accident on the pike near washington street and not s

fox 25 morning news life in westford for a zip friendship on friday. we hope to see you out there. >> vanessa: here's a look at what we're working on for fox 25 at 6:00 p.m. a popular boston restaurant suddenly shuts down. it has at least 20 health violations. the reason it may not be opening up any time soon. attention shoppers. the sales tax holiday isn't happening this yearly. but don't worry, we found out stores are offering great deals for bargain hunters. lawns are burning, rivers and lakes drying up and it's affecting water quality in several neighborhoods. why the drought is actually helping some local businesses and how we all may enjoy the benefits of it. and we continue to follow this breaking news in manhattan, where this guy has been scaling trump tower in manhattan using these suction cups going on almost two hours now, according fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios. this is ryan. you can't tell me this cord isn't in. i know it's in. it's in, but it's not working. i

live in westford for our zip trip tomorrow. we'll see you there. >> elizabeth: i can neither confirm nor deny those rumors. >>> coming to foxboros, causing controversy in town. on tuesday, extend the weekend concert at gillette stadium. 11:30 p.m. on friday, and 11:40 p.m. on saturday. he needs crew on stage and thank them after the shows. they were sent a warning letter, which i'm sure they heeded. chesney is at gillette august 26th and 27th. >> jason: and new at 4:00, drama on a movie set. apparently action stars convenient diesel and dwain the rock johnson don't get along very well. earlier this week, the rock during a rant on instagram and apparently it was all directed at vin diesel. now things have cooled off. diesel took to instagram, just happy to be headed back home after this one. >> elizabeth: the president onictionva along with copy i can't tell amounts of golf. he released the play list. good vibrations, acid rain by chance the rapper and forever begins by come met. a list of 39 songs broken down to day time and ni

tomorrow, we are headed west for a zip trip to westford. join our morning news team to showcase what a great town westford is. julie broward and shiri spear will be. fox 25 morning news live in westford tore a zip trip tomorrow. we hope to see you all out there. >> vanessa: here's a look at what we're working on for fox 25 news at 6:00 p.m. we continue to follow breaking news involving the search for a princeton. police believe a man killed vanessa marcotte. the signs of a struggle they believe could lead them to her killer. also new at 6:00 p.m., a warning sent out to local police. what happened for the third time in just the past few months, that has cops paying close attention to their personal and patrol cars. >> the reporter: how would you like to get rid of daylight savings time altogether and switch time zones? beacon hill is agreeing to study the idea. hear from the lawmaker who proposed hello! we're training him to bank human. i am banking assistance & registration technology. wait, wait, wait. but you can call me, banking assistan

at our glyph trip this westford. julie as well as michele lazcano will be out there. 78 degrees clouds thicken up a little bit. a slight risk of a shower and we will go with mostly dry forecast. in the afternoon hit and miss storms. but still not widespread. 92 tomorrow in boston. look at all those mid- to upper ivts. and inland towns and cities and cape is getting up to 84. high heat and humidity. i wouldn't be surprised to see another heat advisory into the day tomorrow. storm south of the pike. thing is even overdone with futurecast as we get into the day tomorrow. dry conditions start things off the 7 a.m. as we get into the afternoon and really hot out there and we will see a couple of passing thunderstorms. most of your friday drive, front drops through the area over the weekend. heaviest showers from southern new hampshire, northern mass on saturday. hot and humid. high 90. showers dropping right into the boston area covering massachusetts. should on monday and dryer on tuesday and more seasonable highs in the

we will do it again on friday with drive and zip trip in westford, warm and humid and slight risk of shower. >> daniel: story making national headlines this morning, elderly volunteer shot and killed during demonstration at police academy. the fatal mistake the officer made that took the woman's life. nexium 24hr is now the #1 choice of doctors and pharmacists for their own frequent heartburn. for complete protection all day and night make nexium 24hr your #1 choice. this. is. everything. it is the mother of all cereals. it's that, and that, and all of that. it's the most cerealriffic cereal in all the history and will be for eternity. honey bunches of oats. today. shiri spear in the stormtracker with morning hot sticky wet weather. >> shiri: stormy weather for barre and leominster, speaking toward hollis, new hampshire, all the way back through swansea and downpours and looking at lightning tracking across the border with new hampshire. some increasing clouds, you're still dry at 75? and southeastern massachusetts 73 from duxbury down to sandwich and showers getting closer to boston

inchesstretch rain drops welcomed news not a ton but a few light showers zooming from the north side of westford stretching east between lowell and over the 3w0rder from towards manchester and nashua. traveling towards the new hampshire sea coast you will get into steadier rain for new hampshire. in massachusetts downpours and showers will continue to spread east. you may want to have the umbrella on stand by. 07 to 75 for most of us. cooler than average but muggy out there. notice between now and late afternoon, there will be additional showers and pockets of rain for the evening commute. and may still be a shower around tonight and tomorr and as the sunshine breaks out. the planner gohome with scattered showers and a little rain and fog and mid- 70s with more showers tomorrow. i will let you know when we warm back up in a few. >> thanky. >>> new at noon a fire at a somerset home early this morning engulfing the house and ving in a trailer on thepethe house was damaged by a fire loo >>> a bathroom break in a bizarre spot helped police discover a bigger crime. state police say they caught a26-ye

i will never toss those thin >>> one day away from the zip trip to westford. shiri will be there with around town host michele lazcano. bring the kids and family. >>> producers of the upcoming movie "super troopers 2" plan to block traffic on a busy local street next month. the metro west daily news says the shoot will take place september 7 on fruit street in hopkinton. the sequel to the 2001 cult classic has filmed other scenes in massachusetts. actors were spotted at the quabbin reservoir last year. >>> two sweet treats are being combined to create an unique snack but only for a limited time. nabisco now selling swedish fish, reos. flavored with cher tow taste like the penny candy and new new englanders will have to travel south. it will only be available at kroger smabingts. thing look absolutely gross. i don't think -- >> julie: i don't think i need to try it and i think you can find it online. >> did you have a oreo dipped doyle a chocolate and milk now your honor. >>> girl scouts are bringing a campfire favorite to your cookie booth. the scouts will sel

the victim is a 59-year-old man from westford. police responded to the scene at virginia runed and link an about 1:00 this afternoon. the victim's name was not yet released. lisa? >>> david, in salem, new hampshire, a tree came crashing down on to a moving car. this lucky driver in the end wasn't hurt and no word what took out the tree but there were gusty winds in the area. >>> a tree in reading came down on top of this house and caused damage there. and in this just returned. she talked with jim smeght -- smith and he is live in reading. jim? >> reporter: lisa, this was not a small tree and when it came crashing down t caused a lot of damage and work crews are doing their best to get the oak off the roof. the homeowners have quite a story to tell. >> it was a crack, a loud crack. it wasn't as loud as you would think. >> reporter: joan is shocked

police say a 59-year-old westford man was killed in yesterday's crash on virginia road. the driver did stay at the scene. investigators are still deciding if that driver will face emily: homeland security secretary jeh johnson will visit louisiana today amid widespread flooding. he will review the government's response to the disaster that's led to 13 deaths and more than 30,000 rescues. in the baton rouge area, some 40,000 homes are severely damaged. state officials say it will take more than a billion dollars to recover. randy: a wildfire in the hills of san bernardino, california has grown to nearly fifty square miles. fueling them. 82,000 people are under evacuation orders and several buildings and homes have burned. today governor charlie baker is expected to address the widespread drought in massachusetts. he'll join state and federal leaders to outline a plan to help residents and farmers during the prolonged drought conditions. right now, more than 60% of the state is under severe drought. the game was called in the 7th because of rain. but not before jackie brad

live in westford for our zip trip on friday. hopefully we'll see you there. >>> a local family left their dog at a kennel and when they came back heart broken with what they found. >> he was bitten from head to tail. >> jason: how the kennel owner reacted when he was confronted by fox 25. and now here's blair miller with what we're working on for fox 25 news at 5:00. >> blair: we continue to follow the breaking news out of waltham the, where at least two people were hurt in a stabbing. live on the scene for you at 5:00, about what investigators are saying that led up to this. >>> and airports stranded all the fight for passengers t >> jason: new at 4:00, investigators confirm a 10-year-old boy killed on a water slide died a horrific death. an investigation into the death, says the boy was decapitated as he road the slide in kansas. he was in a raft with two other adults and witnesses describe a i saw his broken neck and him sliding down the slide leaving a blood trail. >> jason: at least two people who have recently been on that

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tim brothers is an astronomer getting ready for a viewing party at wallace observatory in westford. >> showed produce a fantastic show. smith tutel. >> it's large comet 16 miles wide and passes close enough to earth that it leaves behind debris. >> reporter: the debrew is dust and -- debris is dust and side move fast. >> 37 miles per second so they've lot of energy and when they slam into the atmosphere that's where you get the glowing streak that passes. >> reporter: the fireballs are often incorrectly called shooting stars. but whatever you call them, they are gorgeous. >> even a have seen it, it never gets old. >> reporter: nope it doesn't. we should see the meteors any time after dark but the peak is expected around 1 in the morning. obviously something worth staying up for. so you've patriots first preseason game and news and wait a little longer for the meteor shower noon the broadcast will be later because we will get home in time to see some of it. >> it will be clear? >> skies will be partially clear so it's not going. >> that's key. >> not crystal clear but there's plenty of

. >> we were just told the victim is a 59-year-old man from westford and we're on virginia road, which is still closed to traffic as they remove the vehicle. until a minute ago you could see the bike smashed on the ground by the utility pole. man was on the bike. he was killed here in lincoln after a collision with a small suv. the biker was thrown into the street. this is a single lane, 25 mile per hour country road. the scene is right at the end in the road. the smashed up bike was still here just a minute ago. the crash scene is between -- near minuteman national park if you know the area. the driver did remain on the scene to speak to investigators who were still trying to figureu happened. residents of the minuteman condo complex right where the scene happened. they are allowed to walk along the road. the d.a. at this point handling the release of the victim's name pending notification of next-of-kin and we've not been told anything more about the driver or any pending charges. live in lincoln, rhondella richardson, wcvb, newscenter 5. >> investigators are trying to figure out wha

but we are all dry as you wake up this morning. 68 in westford. 64 in tewksbury. 70 in boston and 67 in milton. we have mostly clear skies in fact for duxbury and wareham at 67 degrees and harwich at 65. southeastern massachusetts, by the way, is going to be my driest spot today. at 7 a.m., 69 degrees. still keeping things nice and dry and keeping a close eye on southwestern new hampshire at 7:00 this morning.

the victim was a 59-year-old man from westford. you can see his mangled bike in the middle of the road. police say he was hit by an suv on virginia road this afternoon. the driver did stay on the scene and talk to police. it is a popular route for bicyclists to take. the victim was pronounced dead on the scene. investigators are still deciding if the driver will face charges. ed: it's a quiet and cooler night as we look live ove some more comfortable air is here. harvey is here with that. and some trouble brewing in the tropics? meteorologist: take a look at that rain around washington, baltimore. i think most of it stays to the south. i believe so. so let's talk over and take a choser look at that. you get a better look. you peel the yellows, oranges and red. torrential rain going up to ball more as well, which is what the northern edge around philadelphia now and moving to the east and the authority. we take a look here. we can see some. a few lighter showers and lass couple of scattered hewers approaching western new york. all r

when you wake up to these zip tripping like you heard julie say out to westford and early in the morning we will start out in the 70s with a little fog. once that burns off, we will see partly sunny skies, and it will be really humid. so let's say upper 70s by 8 a.m. 10 a.m. 84 degrees. only including a slight risk for shower. for me seeing a better chance once we hit the afternoon of getting pop-ups tomorrow. we are repeating it. more 90s on the map tomorrow. wouldn't be surprised to see another heat adviry warm air from the south. hazy, hot and humid. one or two pop-up this afternoon. i think futurecast a little overdone. something that sarah wroblewski will be watching for you starting at 4 p.m. 7:00 tomorrow morning. it is foggy. it is humid and also likely dry. once we hit the afternoon, you find a couple more of those thunderstorms out there. just widely scattered. best chance today is south of the mass pike. best chance tomorrow north and into the evening hours. so friday night plans, you should plan around that potential for a storm containing a heavy downpour. heaviest rain will

has wrapped up now but the backups remain you can see you are very heavy and slow from 118 up to westford and then have you 11 mile backup there. southbound has eased up but you are still back to woburn street very heavy now but that traffic the investigation is over but the traffic remains. we're going to take a look over 128 now southbound is heavy through waltham, you are stalled out winter street to route 9 looking for a crash now on the ramp to the mass pike and in the noontime let's look at what's happening on 93 northbound. you can see it's heavy and slow slew somerville and medford and it starts to break tree up past 12 as we take a look at the mass pike heading out of town you can see it's heavy an slow this is after the alton heading through west newton gets heavy again after the weston and 4 and a half miles of stop and go traffic out past 495. george brown, 7 news. >> anchor: a surprise no miranda lambert after a young mom: i'm a mom, not a millionaire. i can give permission... i can give hugs... but i can't give millions of dollars to a campaign. vo: but that's the way to get

. >> >> shiri: chance for rain wednesday and friday and zip trip westford it is warm and humid and planning on 70s and 80s out there. >> daniel: gold medal celebration inspiring grandson who's competing this. is. everything. honey bunches of oats. l of that. it's the most cerealriffic cereal in all the history and will be for eternity. honey bunches of oats. this. is. everything. four hundred million dollars. that's how much charter schools will drain from massachusetts public schools this year. four hundred million siphoned from local districts that desperately need it. four hundred million that won't fund more science and technology, arts or preschool, counseling, or smaller class sizes. four hundred million unavailable to the ninety-six percent let's improve public schools for all students, not just a select few. vote no on question 2. td bank's new intern, bart, is one of those robots from an other bank, we're training him to bank human. uh-uh, bart? why are you winding the clock back? the clock stated 11:35 pm, but they are still working. the clock is fine. our live customer service is

i'm going to be zip tripping westford julie and michelle lazcano with us and 6:00 in the morning it is going to be about 73?. a little more patchy fog, definitely humid. this is one of the days that i had to keep hitting windshield wiper just to get the moisture off the windshield, not because it was raining. 78? at 8:00 a.m., humidity slight risk of shower, much better chance once we get into the afternoon here tomorrow. temperature are going to be pretty similar. so another round of these middle 90s inland and another day of 92 in boston, looking at potential heat wave here over the next couple days but humidity this is probably the thickest and worst that you felt so far this summer. snapshot of this afternoon with future cast south of the pike, slight chance get a pop-up thunderstorm. if we do it will be one or two rule forecast tomorrow and burns off between seven and eight just like today but really hot day tomorrow and add that tropical moisture we do have fuel behind a couple localized downpours here, so spot showers expected tomorrow afternoon and for your friday night plans.

londonderry to manchester, new hampshire, hollis, chelmsford, groton, ringe andghw tewksbury and westford starting to see the rain, boston it is just clouds friends, 76? right now, close to you, give it ten minutes and talking rain drops in norton down to acushnet and next batch of showers moving in, still dry south shore, cape and islands, so day planner today has some showers inlandnow by n. the focus of their showers going to be across eastern mass but like they are now, going to be patchy, not every getting them, threat just going to be highest around lunch time today in and around the if any about area. slide into the afternoon. those are be very hit or miss and expecting a lot more missing verses hitting with afternoon storms and all of us turning were very muggy with highs 80 to 86?. i got future cast ready to time out the shower for you in just a couple minutes. for now back to you guys. >> accident at route 3 southbound in concord and billerica and delays stretching back to 495. a little bit of volume as you approach morrissey boulevard and things slow on zakim bridge on 93 south

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 leads run around the city for people to sightsee, have fun and get great exercise. and you can also get great laugh this weekend at jamaica plain improv festival. the first ever 12-hour improv marathon showcases comedic town of both local and national teams and funds raised will benefit the riot theater, place where formallers share the unique creativity. next the wion lexington saturday and sunday bountiful corn harvest this year at favorite corn festival. try delicious food samples, basically enjoy a fun family day on the farm. for more about what's happening around town this weekend, make sure you have the fox25 news app and then in the menu click on around town section or click on around town tab at fox25boston.com. webbing you great weekend no matter what you do. new

police say the westford man was hit on virginia road yesterday. the driver did stay on the scene and talked to police. no charges have been filed. randy: this morning new hampshire investigators are looking into the death of a 2-year-old girl in somersworth. police were called to this linden street apartment on ay neighbors say there was a noticeable police presence at the complex well into tuesday. >> you just hope that it wasn't anything foul, you know? you don't want to imagine a mother or father or anybody doing anything to helpless child. randy: investigators are waiting on a toxicology report that could take months to come back. apartment and are staying with family. police in maine are looking into what they're calling hate crime against muslims in one community. someone left 4 notes at this apartment complex in westbrook the typed words reading, all muslims are terrorists must be killed. the threats were found by a iraqi immigrant living at the complex and slipped under the windshield wipers of several of his muslim neighbors. emily: right

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they were giving out free sunglasses at the zip trip in westford. a great place to go and get those best friend sunglasses. another one coming up this friday. roads are nice and quiet. route 1, 9 south, no issues. pike wide open and expressway is clear. over to your live drive times. 10 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the exit to the pike. 23 minutes on 93 south. 10 minutes on 128 northbound from westwood to the weston concord where a tornado touched down are still without power as crews work around the clock to get it restored. yesterday severe storms hit 39 homes in concord. the 100-mile-per-hour winds damaged half-mile stretch of property mainly on independence and alcott roads. one worker was hit by a tree limb being fed into a chipper and taken to the hospital. in boston, police are issuing an alert following a sexual assault in the south end. it happened around 1:00 yesterday morninger in greenwich park in greenwich park in clermont street. the man approached her on the bike. she says he had a knife and forced her to walk

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catch shiri out in westford. 80 at 8:00. at 11:00, 89. a quick warm-up. by noontime, we are feeling like 98. by 3:00 feeling like 103. we have that storm risk out there into the weekend as well. and you are going to temperatures -- a front comes in and i will time the temperature changes. you will feel for the weekend straight ahead. >>> want to start traffic with some breaking news that we are still nothing charlton. drawing your attention out here. this was a crash involving two trucks of some sort on the pike here near the city depot road. both directions eastbound and westbound. most of the lanes are closed. one westbound lane currently getting by and you see the hear the charlton service plaza as well. something we will continue to watch. delays will get much worse as we go through the morning with most of the lanes closed. 128, 93 president of the expressway, moving well at this time. those icons will be disappearing any minute now. zakim bridge, leverett connector, moving just fine. a look at those drive times for you right now. on the pike, 23 min

let's go to westford. wires down at 2:00 a.m. in the morning. power crews working hard to get everything back up and running today. we need the a.c. on a day like today. let's check on the beneficial rain we've had aside from the flooding reports soaking rain. 3 inches in leominster. westford more than 1 inch of rain. about 1 inch of rain in the last day and a half. partly cloudy skies, 74 with the dew point at 72. very humid. a south westerly wind has returned. when i see you next hour, well see a few 80s popping up. feeling more like the 90s before the end of this broadcast. here's the big culprit, those oppressive dew points in the 70s very tropical. that's service has issued the heat alert. the bright pink is the excessive heat warning. and the orange shades are the heat advisories. and those are 100 to 105. plymouth county the most dangerous spot on the map today. look at those higher temperatures, lower to middle 90s anywhere you go. a little bit of relief there cape ann some ocean cooling. same thing for the cape and islands. but it's sti

. >> sarah: an animals found on a westford farm starved to death. authorities found more than 1,000 animals on the property. many were dead or injured. the animals are now staying at a temporary shelter. about two dozen people are helping the animals. >> amaka: john mccain made comments that could prevent bergdahl from receiving a fair trial. he said he believed bergdahl clearly desserted his post when afghanistan in 2009. the arizona senator added he would hold a congressional hearing if bergdahl were not punished. >>> and new overnight, one of the u.s. swimmers implicated in the robbery and vandalism scandal in rio is speaking out for the first time. in a statement, james feigen apologized for his role that night in brazil. he admitted to withholding information from authorities to protect his teammates. feigen says he was give on two options a passport, stay in brazil for the duration of investigation or pay a fine and perform 15 days of community service. initially the fine was set at nearly $50,000, but after discussions with both sides, feigen

acton, boxborough, thees westford, about .50 inch of rain in the bull's eye right there. similar day. most of us stay dry for the daylight hours. temperatures right now in the 60s, not a bad start to the day. boston over to peabody mid and upper 60s there. county too. there's fitchburg sitting at 66 degrees. balloons and blues fest. just got that fixed in from hudson. great shot out there. a bit cloudy. for now. and clouds will increase during the afternoon. and winds will start to build up 10 to 15 miles per hour. only 20% rain chance as our sea breeze and southerly winds start to take over ahead of this next front. let me show you the afternoon highs they'll be running near 80s as with you get to the coast cooler water out of the south and east. a breezy day as you get closer to the coast, with rip current a big concern. we'll be watching that threat, if you're headed to the water today, check in with beach control. haven't seen a moderate risk of rip current all up and down our beaches really all summer long. so we've had this very persistent on shore wind, it's been f