. >> good morning to you. early. hauser. chris mckinnon and danielle niles is here on what is a beautiful morning. >> it was a great weekend weather wise yesterday it was nice. >> it was beautiful and it's not too cold this morning. we are in the 40s right now in a lot of spots. 43 in boston and 44 in manchester and 45 in lawrence and 40s in the cape and island. keene at 28 this morning. 39 in worcester and there's an active breeze from the southwest5 to 15 miles per hour. the wind will occasionally gust over 25 miles per hour and it comes out ahead after the front. clear skies over us right now. but the clouds increase across central and western new york. a band of showers with it and that will slide through from midday until the mid afternoonin a lot of spots. start for morning rush hour temperatures in the mid-40s. 5 # by lunchtime and we should afternoon. passing showers you may want to have the umbrella on stand by a shore to the cape for the ride home. clearing for the rest of us and temperatures in the upper 40s. no weather related issues for voting day tomorrow. and rain on the wa

i am kerry connolly along with danielle niles who gave us the reason why this morning february 29th came about for those who were not awake. >> you remember it was leap year. >> yeah. >> only because of your trivia. >> ajaunt egyppings realized the man-made calendar and sun didn't match up and figured out a fume laand added it. >> the egyptians. >> yeah every four years. >> it's good to know i did wonder. >> i brought the warmth because i know you like it. >> love it so much. yes. >> 50s this afternoon. it's going to be beautiful and you saw in the live shot morning. no one filtering the sunshine and more and more breaking out in the afternoon. 38 in boston right now. not a bad start to the day. 38 in lawrence and 39 taunton back down towards falmouth. well. and what you will notice is a bit of a wind that southwest per hour right now sustained. may gust occasionally higher than that and so that will create a little real feel. this morning it feels like 24 in worcester and 30 in boston. the clouds are with us but they will gladually break apart and thin out a bit and -- gradually break a

let's get to danielle niles with the latest et on the -- latest on the storm timeline. >> there's no severe thunderstorm warnings in effect. heaviest down pours and storms moved offshore. lingering downpours and showers but the threat for damaging wind is done and the wild wind overnight and the lightning threat. we have got the live lightning tracker zero strikes but there's downpours up 93 in fact. right through medford stretching back up near redding and north redding moving through essex county in the a couple downpours. south of boston additional downpours. it's not that band of thunderstorms that came through a couple hours ago but we have downpours from medfield extending no franklin. a couple out of northern rhode island. additional showers and downpours again no letting with ease. nothing severe along the south coast of bristol county and back into plymouth county too over duxbury quick downpour for you right now. so hour by hour, actually the morning commute is going to feature improvement. the cleanup will be underway with the damage that occurred overnight but the sun is

let's get over to danielle niles with the warnings and watches going on. >> the wind you guys and the thunderstorms that have been rolling through has been a wild morning and the temperatures too you may have noticed up into the 60s. let's bring in the severe thunderstorm warning in effect right now. are focused in southeastern massachusetts. that's where we have some of the deeper reds that are focused in here with torrential rain and a lot of lightning too. so this extends from the south coast to bristol county from new bedford and through plymouth county scituate seeing down pours and lightning in mash are -- marshfield. heaviest shifted offshore from boston harbor. there's lightning bolts but the heaviest rain pushed offshore. dealing with rain from woburn it's lighter and up knee essex county. area of focus is over southeastern massachusetts here in the next 45 minutes to an hour or so. as this whole cluster of miles per hour. that brings it through carver at about 4:44. so in the next 15 minutes hang way. islands. so this is not moving east. motion right through plymouth county

we have to look at the forecast with danielle niles. happy friday. >> happy friday. we made it and we are all about to warm up this weekend. temperatures around 50 degrees and until then, chilly start this morning. we zipped into the -- dipped into the single dints. 10 in nashua. a lot of teens in suburbs north and west of boston. 21 in the sit they. and then a lower 30s in parts of the outer cape where the clouds have been a little thicker overnight with ocean effect cloud cover. real feel right now single digits in worcester is zero in keene 10 in boston. there's still a bit of a breeze but the wind will subside over the next several hours. clear skies and sunshine going to greet you today. we have had ocean effect clouds from plymouth to the cape and they will taper and gradually dissipate through late morning. so the planner goes this way. bright sunshine sunrise coming earlier. nice winter day on tap. 38 for lunchtime and the wind will be light and dipping into the mid-30s for the ride home. cloud will increase pretty rapidly late in the day. with the sunset at

we have to look at the forecast with danielle niles. happy friday. >> happy friday. we made it and we are all about to warm up this weekend. temperatures around 50 degrees

. >> we could market it this is air that danielle niles has breathed. >> oh my gosh. >> we are trying to think of amarketing idea. >> let's get more creative than that. >> it's day 12 for me so i am a little. >> loopy. >> i get it. >> his british accent was on point. >> that was on point absolutely. hey you know who i have the spring counsel down they are reporting now i have to change it to something else. 31 days until the spring equinox and 50 days until the boston marathon. hope training is going well for all those running this year. the weather cooperated in compared to last year. 32 in boston. in the 20s and suburbs. 23 worcester. 25 keene same in taunton. real feel 11 degrees in worcester. 23 in boston. so there's a bit of a chill to the air and that's what you want to dress for. wind will stay active. once the sun comes up, it's up and going to be shining. ocean effect clouds on the cape and there's not a lot of weather across the north eement high pressure that blue h building and a other than a couple clouds we are in to arquiet day today and tomorrow. we start with sunshine

. >> and danielle niles has been tracking this, we're out of the woods. >> yeah, absolutely, the flood threat is done for the coastline, couple flurries but -- do yourself a favor and leave with extra time, slippery areas. leftover flurries right now, just a couple spots from ash burn, fitchburg and townsend, a quick flurry coming through. 93 and 293, north of merrimack now in to manchester, a little bit of light snow. 20 in boston, taunton, teens worcester to lawrence. colder because of a very light wind leave extra time, no melting, only up around 30 this afternoon. could be a flurry on the cape as we head home. snow showers on the way, but now more info on the roads. >>> we've had a problem on disabled vehicles, wellesley on the southbound side, another breakdown in wotham, the shoulder is blocked to the south a blunch of slowdowns -- bunch of slowdowns, route 3, ponsit circle, 33 to the split. 93 somerville, two slow pockets between 495 and 133 in the andover stretch, woburn between 128 and park street, kathryn? >>> it's back to school for boston students this morning thanks to two

the good news is that police in scituate and marshfield tell us >> we want to check in with danielle niel -- niles, you were checking this out. >> i'm glad it wasn't today, wet roadways, yeah, a couple of flurries but the bulk of this storm is down, great news for voters in ham -- new hampshire: slight snow showers, leftover slick spots from the snow that fell yesterday. use caution, leave extra space between you and the car in front of you. actor, harbor back on the south side, a little bit of light snow falling, flurries from princeton this to garner, up to athal and right over the border to new hampshire, temperatures on the chilly side, worcester, 20 boston, there's a bit of a wind. so that real feel is actually in communities. bundle up as you haud oat -- head out the door, temperatures confined to the coastline, won't amount to much, 27, few flurries on the cape, sunset at 5:08, nor snow showers on the way, time for those hour by hour, traffic and weather together, good morning, robi. >>> good morning, very quiet, most of the major roadways but the mass pike, mass-dot said they

we have a team of meteorologist in this morning and we will start with danielle niles good morning. >> we will watch the coastline between now and late morning for minor to moderate pockets of flooding. here is our storm. outer band look how big it is well south and east of new england right now. but we are talking about bands of snow expanding over the cape and island. let's zoom in a little bit and look at infrared satellite pictures. we have had bands of snow coming in we are in the lower to middle 30s in the cape and where the snow is coming down in spots right now from hyannis back down to the vineyard in nantucket. hour by hour the snow expands over the cape and there's been a little snow in eastern massachusetts too. but it fills in between mid to up to the new hampshire border by midday and deep blues. moderate to heavy bands of snow blowing and drifting it canly at the coastline to the cape withblizzard conditions and heading into the afternoon that snow will continue and this is an all day event gradually tapering off from south to north around or after midnight tonight. so

and we assure you chantee lan it is there and we have pamela gardner and danielle niles. two meteorologists keeping this all on track for you. hazelnuts and cocoa, the delicious taste of nutella takes pancakes to a whole new level. >>> good morning to you it's 5:46 on your monday morning. you are look live at scituate the lighthouse there. we expect snow to move in later this morning. >> so what's the timeline that's the big question for many of you at home. let's find out danielle niles is tracking the snow. >> it moves in between now and late morning. it's snowing in the cape and islands but will fill in quickly especially by later this morning and the steadiest snow 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and you took a look at scituate where things are quiet but we will watch the coastline as we approach the late morning high tide. minor to moderate pockets of coastal flooding. blizzard conditions and southeastern massachusetts and the wind an issue gusting 25 to miles per hour possible near the coastline. the wind is howling. here's a live look at the doppler radar where the snow is expand

we will start with danielle niles. >> look at this shot and look at the counterclockwise spinch the storm center is well -- spin. the storm center is well over the atlantic. the ocean and wind coming off the water. p so bands of snow will develop and move from south to north during the course of the mork. morning. a little light snow coming down on the islands and cape and this snow is going to back up and move in from south to north over the next several hours of the as it does so temperatures will col and we have blizzard warnings up for plymouth county back to the cape. let's go through hour by hour. the snow vans gradually northward and maybe a couple snow showers ahead of the steadiest snow with the onshore flow. through late morning the snow fills in by midday and there's deep blues in here. so snowfall rates 1 to 2 inches per hour at times. will be a lighter consistency compared to the last storm. it won't be as wet and pasty snow. cape. 5 p.m. still bands of snow that rotate point. we are going to continue with areas of snow into the first part of the overnight even into very earl

we begin with danielle niles. that snow has moved in. >> yeah the rain snow line making southeast progress. closely. we will give you a look at what's going on. west as well. there's time to go here before through the afternoon. zooming in on can't radar the rain snow line temperatures falling all morning. 35 in boston now 31 in worcester. now we are below freezing particularly in the hilly terrain of worcester county we will see the snow stick on the roads and conditions deteriorate. so we have got wet flakes mixing in with rainfall in boston. you side the city from alwayston to brighton in the studio -- allston to brighton in the studios and it's snow. deeper blues extending from and groton and -- shirley and groton and an inch of show on a deck. the closer you get to the coastline it's raining in essex but the snow line will make eastward progress and in the southeast part of the state, we have snow coming down in some places like taunton where we have made the flip and the farther south and east you go mainly

let's get the latest right now danielle niles is tracking theforce. we have team coverage with danielle and pamela. >> you are right. we will track that rain snow line as it continues to press eachward-- eastward and you saw on the roads they are wet but those roadways will deteriorate really across southern new england. so let's zoom in a little bit. temperatures in the middle 30ssomewhere north of worcester and that rain snow line has been coming inside 128 now so you get near andover up 93 and we have been mixing with wet snow neighbors back into the merrimack valley. in boston 37 at logan airport and get just west of town inside 128 we are seeing some of the wet snowflakes mixed in and it happens when the precipitation starts to come down harder. we are seeing some of the rain transition over to snow. back down near franklin seeing some of the snow mix in as well. that will continue to press south and east from brockton back up to quincy over the next let's say hour and 20 minutes or so. north and west of that, it's all snow and coming down lighta

. >> let's begin with danielle niles. we are seeing a change over happening. >> that's what we will track all morning. we have got the rain and we start to mix in with some of the big wet flakes. here's a zoomed out look atsatellite and radar. eastern massachusetts is dealing with areas of rain mixing with and changing over as well. so temperatures are in the upper 30s right now in southeastern massachusetts. 37 in brockton and farther north and west you go if you can zoom in on the radar we are talking about rain in southeastern massachusetts but colder air is coming in to the region the north and west of boston 32 in worcester and even though sight hose -- even though sight show rains you saw comes harder that's when we see the wet neighbors that mix in. snow and still do from fitchburg along route 2 corridor from weston to bolton and ate loy- along 495. this rain snow line will press hours. that's what we are watching in terms of the rain snow line. we have got wind chill weather advisory and wint storm warnings the ar

danielle niles is live this morning where ms. g. is about to make her presixth if we will get an early spring or 6 more weeks of winter. >> reporter: i moved inside now, and i feel like i need to whisper, but she is active and just took a bite of her carrot. there's ms. g. she's getting comfortable before the crowds arrive. we will talk more about ms. g in a second. i want to get you out the door weatherwise. temperature in the 20s, 30s, time yesterday. the suburbs are colder, frost on the ground this morning, and mid-20s to the north. west. to southern new hampshire, patchy fog as well. look at this storm wrapping up. the counterclockwise spin. iowa. when it arrives tomorrow it will be in the form of rain. today is beautiful. sunshine and clouds, not the 60s of yesterday, but a really nice day by february standards, and light wind this afternoon, 45 in boston. 55 to 60 for the high temperatures tomorrow, and i be reach in the evening as the southerly wind pushes in the warmth, we will see gusts to 40 miles an hour tomorrow evening.

we will share that with you >>> good morning, everyone, danielle niles here in lincoln, massachusetts, and it's groundhog day. we are waiting on ms. g. to see if we have 6 more weeks of winter or an early spring. we will track the time line of the weather coming up. >>> right now at 5:30, the votes are in in iowa, and republican ted cruz celebrating a big win, but it's a virtual tie for the democrats. >> and now it's all eyes on new hampshire, the candidates flocking to the granite state to win over the voters before the first-in-the-nation primary. >>> new details on the hit-and- run that sent police to two different scenes. what happened when the driver face adjudge? -- faced a judge in -- a judge? >>> good morning to you it is 5:30, and i'm chris mckinnon. happy groundhog day to you. >> same to you. >> danielle niles is live in lincoln, which if you didn't know, that's the home of our own groundhog, ms. g. >> reporter: danielle you will be talking to her and maybe getting her predictions later this morning. >> reporter: she's coming out at 10:00 to get festivities underway and give