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Purdue. Fort Wayne did last night. Look at it. He blocked the shot of a Southern Indiana player with right there that I don't know, size 14 shoe. I mean that, what does that give you like an extra? Well, I do declare get that weak stuff out of here. Wait, is that legal? Can you take your shoe off and block a shot apparently in this game? Yes, it is. Who's gonna argue with him? He's holding a shoe. Let's walk over the weather and see where this forecast is headed. We are looking at mainly cloudy skies. Temperatures are going to be in the upper thirties. We will see the clouds thin and we'll look for the temperatures to cool off. Now. It's not going to be uh, like what we've been dealing with where morning lows have been in the twenties, but we are looking for that seasonable chill to take you into the overnight as we were just talking about it is the first night of Hanukkah. Temperatures are going to be in and around the low to middle thirties under a mainly clear sky overnight. Lows up towards Sussex is about 26. Trenton's coming in at around 28 you can go over towards Irvington. You'll see an overnight low right around 32 and then heading down towards Stafford Township. Also looking at around 32 degrees, our skies are clear and our temperatures are going to be seasonably chilly. There's no big storms on the board until the end of the weekend. And I do want to time out Sunday's forecast because it's important. It's not going to be a total washout. Saturday afternoon. We, well, Sunday, Saturday morning, we start off with some clouds and the clouds will continue to thicken temperatures warm up on that south westerly wind to the low and middle fifties, which is above average for this time of year on Sunday. That's when we're going to start to see the rain move in and the worst of the rain is after dinner time, the showers could start as early as let's say, two or three o'clock, but they're widely scattered kind of all over the place. It's really not until Sunday, late at night, going in a very early Monday morning that the weather really starts to go downhill. That system will pass and cooler temperatures will win out going into next week. More details on the forecast coming up. All right, Dave.

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Brooklyn

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PM, checking back in now with storm watch teams, hoo SECA Hope cold. Today, we saw some snowflakes and now you're telling me wet weather is coming this weekend, I'm a little worried. No snow. I'm less worried. Well, it's still going to be an impactful system and something that we need to really prepare ourselves for over the next couple of days. So we saw the cold. Today, saw a few of those festive flakes, a nice couple of days ahead and this is what you can expect for Sunday evening into Monday, windswept rain. So the wind will be an issue and the rain starting Sunday evening and even lasting into Monday morning, a line of gusty thunderstorms that could start pushing through as early as 10:11 p.m. on Sunday. So we're still fine tuning the storm as we get through the next couple of days. We'll let you know what, what we can expect. Excuse me. So the gusts 40 to 50 MPH that can knock down tree land, tree branches even cause a concern for some scattered power outages and localized flash flooding, especially for the most flood prone air. So let's get into the future cast this evening will remain quiet. The clouds are with us. It will be clear tomorrow morning but still cold temperatures in the mid thirties, but not as cold as it's been over. The last couple of days. Tomorrow's highs will be in the mid to upper forties. So that season will feel we're seeing the sunshine again. Haven't seen that for the last couple of days. So it will be something that we can enjoy and guess what the sun does take us into our Saturday. A blend of sunny clouds with highs in the low to mid f Saturday. The pick of the week go outside and the conditions or just prepare for what's coming our way on Sunday because it is going to be nasty out there with the widespread rain and gusty winds moving into our area. So here's the timeline of the storm. The showers could be here as early as Sunday afternoon around 12:01 p.m. But the brunt of the system will start moving into our area closer to midnight and we're talking about heavy rain and gusty winds behind the front lies a cold blast. So winds will start picking up 40 to 50 MPH. And then that cold.

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Westchester

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Well, we're looking at some wet weather on the way, Addison as we get our plans ready for the weekend, what are we looking at as we want to pay attention to the skies? Well, Nikita, speaking of that tree right there over there in Woodstock, those holiday lights wrapped around those trees and those displays. Well, they may be impacted by some gusty winds coming on. And thankfully though, you have several days to prepare for this system as it's not coming towards our vicinity until Sunday afternoon and lastly overnight in towards the first half of Monday. Hence, you see those rain changes standing tall amongst the rest of the several days to come right here in the Hudson Valley area. So let's dive in towards that forecast detail. We'll have partly the most cloudy skies Sunday morning, around seven o'clock, we'll have a southerly breeze, pushing more warmth and more moisture up this way. As you go forward towards lunchtime, the rain is just on our doorstep with heavy rain to be found towards the west. So if you're traveling for the upcoming weekend ahead, you're going westbound, the system will hit you earlier rather than later now getting up in towards the evening hours, we'll continue to light to moderate to eventually heavy rain move on and just aren't enough batches of the heavy rain coming through, but persistent winds coming through that will slowly start to increase and their strength as well as the coverage across the area. Hence, those holiday lights and trees outside may be impacted now up towards the overnight hours. That's where the heaviest of this system's impact could be felt across the region. Possibly some mo to heavy rains coming on down, widespread as well as gusts over 40 MPH. A cold front will be sliding through the region. So right by kind of, it's colder air, they'll be moving on in past Sunday night into Monday morning. Here we are eight o'clock in the morning right there. Maybe some areas to the North and West Sullivan County County may see a brief change over, but we'll definitely notice the change in the temperatures as colder air will come rushing on down at a brisk pace through the day on Monday. So we'll go from a high of about 60 degrees on Sunday to maybe about 45 or so on Monday. Now, every day on Saturday, it's the pick of the week, 54 degrees. Looking great. Definitely a great day to get out and about perhaps strap down some of those holiday decorations for the time being. We have a quar north westerly flow still coming on down where a few flurries can be found possible to the north if you're going out and about for any Hanukkah activities. Tonight, overnight temperatures dipped down towards the mid to upper twenties towards the low thirties of a light breeze coming on in. Overall, though a very quiet night coming our way tonight, tomorrow should be just fine and makes the sun and clouds high of 46 patch where we should be this time of the year, temperatures moving on up over the weekend and then dropping on down as we go past Sunday into Monday.

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We've got some ugly stuff knocking on the door. Absolutely. So we've been dealing with the cold for the last couple of days, Joe and now we're looking to warm a little bit, but with that warmth, it comes some stormy conditions. Unfortunately, folks, so getting straight into what we are gonna be expecting, we are in storm watch because you know what we need to know is that Sunday is gonna be pretty nasty for us, Friday though. Not bad. It's gonna be warmer temperatures in the upper forties, Saturday still dry and then we're back to the fifties Sunday. However, it's gonna be near 60 degrees and we're looking for that storm system to move in and it's gonna be impacting our Monday morning as well. We'll get to those details in a few moments, but Hanukkah begins tonight this evening for us and we're looking at temperatures to be in the middle to lower thirties and overnight to around 30 degrees is where we are expecting our low to be as we roll into the overnight hours. So, otherwise, hopefully you have a happy Hanukkah, but we are looking for things to stay dry for us. A couple of flurries over towards the east end, but nevertheless, not looking for much issues as we get into the rest of our Thursday night, take a look at the next 12 hours in itself. Again, staying clear for the most part in our skies, temperatures will start off on our Friday morning into the middle thirties. So you're definitely gonna need that coat and just wanna bundle up. So it's gonna feel cold once we start, but it will improve as we get into our Friday afternoon, upper forties, as I mentioned, Saturday is gonna be pretty mild as well. Middle fifties around this time of year. We're into the middle forties, what our typical seasonal temperatures are so Saturday and Sunday in itself, it's going to be really nice for us in terms of surface temperatures, but then we're looking forward to stormy conditions heading into our Sunday. Otherwise, again, it's going to be rather quiet, but we are gonna be monitoring the storm system rolling in for a Sunday evening around dinner time. That's gonna carry into our Monday morning, which is why we have our storm watch for Sunday night into our Monday morning. And then the following week back to the seasonal temperatures.

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Hudson Valley

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And now let's get a check of the storm heading our way. Michelle, we're clear until Sunday. Yes, that's when things really go downhill. Now we're going uphill with the temperature. I mean, look at this, this is incredible. The normal high temperature now should be in the mid forties, looking at 60 in just a few days. So Sunday's high temperature is going to be very spring like and the weather that follows will be spring like as well when we're talking about heavy downpours and, and gusty winds and even some thunderstorms there. So here's what's happening now, this looks very wintery. Not all of the snow is getting down to the ground, but there's still a chance we could have some flurries or even stray showers around. Tonight. Looks like the western side of the state. Eastern Connecticut is really much better and clearer right now. But tonight, a partly cloudy sky will take over and temperatures will drop. But this is the very last of that cold, bitter air. You can see it coming out of Canada, this is starting to retreat. Meanwhile, the warmer temperatures off to our south and our west, this is moving in and that is what we, we will experience in just a few days. So looking back on today, wow, 38 degrees was the high 46 again, is the normal. So we were below starting tomorrow. Temperatures get right back on track and then they go up from there tonight though. It is chilly. So make sure you have the winter coats on and layered up. Still in Westport, temperatures will slide through the third down into the low thirties overnight and that's what we'll wake up to tomorrow morning. So it's still cold with twenties and fair. Most of northern Fairfield up towards the county here, closer to the 95 corridor, generally at freezing, then temperatures go up from there. Tomorrow is nicer. Winds are going to be nice. They're light and they're coming out of the south and east and then Sunday night and Monday, that's when the storminess comes through. So be sure to stay with us for more details. And that's a look at your local weather.

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be Well: Is your kid’s backpack causing pain and discomfort?

On top of every child's back to school shopping list is buying a cool and trendy book bag. But parents should be aware that heavy or poorly fitted book backpacks might be damaging to your child's neck and back. A board certified clinical specialist and orthopedic physical therapy and co founder of Physical Solutions. Ed Ferrell is here to help us all out. So, first of all, Ed, I gotta ask you how damaging can it be if a book bag is too heavy or worn? The not the right one. Thanks Shannon. Yeah. So basically it's a situation where it can be damaging but doesn't have to be. So a lot of times in my practice, parents will come in, kids will be complaining of neck pain, back pain, headaches, even like numbness and in their arms and extremities. There's a lot of factors that come into why things happen. What happens? And does it have to be a permanent problem or is this something that can be solved with relatively easy benign measures? Ok. We have some models here that are joining us to help us out with these book bags. Today, we have Mikey Tim and Kingston we wanna talk about their book bags and how they're wearing them. But first I wanna talk about the signs that your kids' book bag might be too heavy. Sure. Absolutely. So, a lot of times with the kids, if they have the book bag is heavy, what will happen is they'll slouch forward, they'll put the bag over their shoulders, lean forward and hunch over a little bit. So if you could lean forward, pal, like if they're carrying a really heavy bag or put stress on them, so lean forward to correct that, um, other things, if it's really heavy, when they're trying to pick it up off the ground, they'll have to bend and twist and turn. Um, you know, to really lift the weight more eas the worst problem is probably if they have numbness or tingling down the extremities where they start putting pressure on the spinal cord. Um, and then we have to worry a little bit more about it causing more damage. Ok. Well, let's look at Mikey's book bag here and let's look inside Sponge Bob and see what's inside. Does it matter where you put things in your book bag? Because I know he has his chromebook that's usually typically heavy right here in the front. Yeah, absolutely. So, the idea with anything, just like if you're carrying a heavy weight, you wanna bring that weight close to you. So, in a book bag, if you have the chrome book or a laptop, put it in the sleeve that's closest to the spine to their back. So that now you actually put the way closer to the body so you can hold it better and then put lighter objects further away. So now you're distributing it more evenly. Now, what about where it's sitting on his back? Because I see a lot of kids wearing their book bags this low. Is that good or bad? Right. So this is a perfect example of what not to do, right? So it's sitting low, it's below his buttocks, it's way below his shoulders, putting a lot of stress on him. He's a big strong guy. So he's holding it up. But at the end of the day, if he gets tired, he's gonna start leaning. So ideally, this book pack is more at the level of the shoulders and just in the small of his back. So it sits a little more flush to his spine. So the big muscles in his back are supporting him much, much better. Got you. So let's look at Tim's book bag because it looks like Tim has his in the right place. Thanks, Mike is his at the right position. Yeah. So his looks kind of ideal, you know, his position just at the shoulder level, maybe a tiny bit higher would be even perfect. Not too low on his low back. So it's not always the best solution with the messenger bags and one strap sometimes holds a little closer to the body. So there's an advantage there. But as you said, it basically put stress on one shoulder. So if it is too heavy, it can stress the, the, you know, as and cause some problems. That way you mentioned the book back being close to the body. So is it better to have it nice and tight whether it snug on you or a little bit looser so you can have like some breathing room back there. Right? Tight enough that snug so you keep it secure and doesn't bounce around but not so tight that it's confining. All right, great tips and good luck in school guys. Appreciate you doc. Thank you.

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