Of wet snow, mainly in the higher terrain of western and central New Hampshire. When most of the accumulation later on this evening and overnight in the heart of the White Mountains. How much can we expect and what about strong winds for tomorrow . Well look at all of that plus rain totals in a little bit. Jean thanks. This late october snowfall is reminding a lot of people of the winter thats ahead. Loon mountain in lincoln is expected to see snow tonight and wmurs cherise lec there now with how the ski areas are welcoming tonights potential snow. Reporter hi there, jean. They are looking forward to this. Were not seeing the snow yet, its still raining here. But at the top of Loon Mountain from a few days ago there is a little snow already collecting up there. And as you said theyre already looking forward to what this means for hopefully for them a much whiter winter this time around. The toch Loon Mountain is white capped at this time, but the although flurries are in the forecast for this evening, ski area officials tell news 9 they typically look for a couple of consecutive days of 20degree temperatures before they start firing up the snow guns. Its a busy time of year for us, everybody is really excited for the season to start. Typically we dont see a lot of snow in october, but any time we see the white stuff falling, it makes us all excited. Reporter they say not a lot of snow happens in certainly a good sign of hopefully things to come for the ski season. They hope to capitalize on the colder days to start making snow and hopefully start their ski season by midnovember. Cherise leclerc, wmur news 9. Jean dont forget to download wmurs free weather app to track this wintery weather moving in. You can follow our weather team on social media and get the Residential Treatment Center in plymouth is on leave after a drunk driving arrest. Lebanon police say jeffrey car ron was behind the wheel when his car went off the road and hit a utility pole. His passenger was arrested as well. Reporter the crash happened in lebanon wednesday morning, the driver and passenger involved work here at this Residential Treatment Center in plymouth. Now both have been placed on reef. Dartmouth college highway, it can be seen on this cell phone video captured by a witness. You can see the vehicle goes over the yellow line, nearly striking an oncoming car. The vehicle then slams into the telephone pole. Police say 48yearold jerry caron was driving while intoxicated, he was arrested at the hospital. His passenger, 31yearold, was also arrested for possession of prescription pills, were told academy, an all boys Residential Treatment Center. According to star members, caron is the organizations president and the passenger is the director of facilities. Authorities say thankfully no other cars were involved in this crash. Certainly given the rush hour commuter traffic, School Traffic on a school day, theres a lot of things that could have happened and were fortunate it wasnt worse. Reporter both men have been released on 10,000 cash bail, theyll be back in court in jean an autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow for a woman whose body was found in a nashua street. Police say there is nothing suspicious about the womans death, but the information or the investigation that is that shut down part of hudson street did certainly raise concerns for neighbors here. Tonight the town of new boston is facing a federal lawsuit filed by a former Police Officer she also claims her supervisor made inappropriate comments about women he would pull over. Andy hershberger is live with the details of the suit. Reporter a former Police Officers has filed a lawsuit claiming she was fired after trying to report inappropriate conduct. She claims she was sexually harassed by a supervisor and that the same new suggestive female drivers claiming healed rather rape them than and that her reputation was sabotaged when she tried to get another job. She says when she tried to report Sexual Harassment her shift was changed and she was ultimately let go. The town in response saying that it doesnt comment on pending of the ongoing legal process. Live in the newsroom, andy hershberger, wmur news 9. Tom now to commitment 2016, we are now just 12 days until the general election and both president ial candidates busy on the campaign trail today. Today Hillary Clinton and first lady obama campaigned together for the first time in the Battle Ground state of north carolina. During a rally in win stomach salem they talked about their shared respect, common values and o as for donald trump, he was rallying in the swing state of ohio where he blasted clinton for being too tough on russia. New poll numbers are raising more questions about trumps chances in swing states and whether he might cost republicans the majority in the u. S. Senate. As Jennifer Davis reports from our washington bureau, New Hampshire is home to one of the races on the line. Reporter analysts now say it looks like democrats could pick up five to seven new senate seats, and win back control of these days hb isnt just campaigning for president , shes also trying to help democrats take back the senate. Rallying for candidates like governor Maggie Hassan in New Hampshire and deborah ross who is trying to unseat longtime senator richard bur in north carolina. Unlike her opponent, deborah has never been afraid to stand up to donald trump. Because she knows hes wrong for north carolina, wrong for reporter g. O. P. Lawmakers at risk include big names like kelly ayotte in New Hampshire, marco rubio in florida, as well as republican candidates in nevada, pennsylvania, even missouri and indiana. One hillary in washington would be bad enough. Reporter the g. O. P. Is working to hold onto its majority by running ads in key states imploring voters not to give clinton a blank check. If Hillary Clinton is elected president , arizona will need a senator who will act as a check, reporter theres a lot at stake with an opening on the Supreme Court since the Senate Confirms judicial appointments. And political reporters say the g. O. P. Is facing an uphill battle. Its called ticket splitting, and its actually an increasingly rare thing in american politics because theyre really up against what is a decades long trend of voters who just vote republican or democrat up and down their ticket. Reporter to reclim a Senate Majority democrats would need to pick up five trump is president , they would only need four if Hillary Clinton wins because the Vice President is a tie breaker. Josh the chairman of the National Republican party was in New Hampshire today rallying the troops and he also dropped by our studios to talk about the year thats been, the state of the g. O. P. Moving forward, and how his opinion has evolved when it comes to the first in the nation primary. I want you to know and the people to know that weve been very impressed with new here, and i know voters here really care about the future of our country and making smart decisions. Josh you can watch that interview with Reince Priebus and a packed close coming up n sunday morning. The Granite State debates start on tuesday with the candidates for governor, theyll be followed by candidates for senate on wed and then both considered for the debates on our facebook page. Jean traffic watch time, lets see how things are moving out there as people head home. Rain or snow in some parts starting to fall. Raining in manchester, and 293 southbound has a little bottle neck. Peggy james is joining us live with a look at the whole evening difficulty so far for the commute. Coming up on 93 from the massachusetts state line, getting through the work zones in wind ham and through londonderry, a little sluggish there. On 293 the only trouble spot is between exits 5 and 4 on the southbound side, as you just saw. Things look good heading up through the hooksett tolls into concord, although 393 eastbound in concord does have a lot of volume. 101 west into bedford is busy as usual. The everett congestion through merrimack. 101 good to the seacoast, and it is stop and go on the spaulding northbound through portsmouth and newington. From the wzid traffic network, im peggy james. Jean next at 5 00, a man already in prison for his role in a murder plot faces new charges tonight. What he alley did behind bars. Mike soggy for many and snowy what follows for the weekend coming up. Hayley im meteorologist Hayley Lapoint at cabobie lake tonight for haunted thursday scream fest, im among the ghouls and goblins here, ill take you inside. Kidnap survivor jays see dugard is at the Riding Center this week, what shes hoping to share with law tom and one communitys Hillary Clinton far too many families today dont earn what they need and dont have the opportunities they deserve. I believe families deserve quality education for their kids, childcare they can trust and afford, equal pay for women, and jobs they can really live on. People ask me what erent if im president . Well kids and families have been the passion of my life and they will be the heart of my presidency. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. The difference. Always putting people first. Maggie hassan helped energize our economy by focusing on families, innovation and education. The same approach maggie will take as us senator a detailed plan to make college more affordable. And an approach to leadership that puts New Hampshire families and Small Businesses ahead of the corporate special interests. Thats Maggie Hassan. Always has been. Always will be. Im Maggie Hassan and i approve this message. When all three of these guys show up, they come up with some crazy ideas. Sometimes, i just have to say, no way. So i appreciate it when annie kuster says no annies working to make sure we have a secure retirement. So i can worry about these guys instead. Thanks, annie. Im annie kuster and i approve this message. Jean swre breaking news in londonderry where police are looking for this man, 22yearold Victor Rosario, in connection with a possible abduction of an adult. He was driving a red twodoor 1999 honda civic with New Hampshire license plate near the manchester boston regional airport, but police dont know where their suspect may be headed, if you do see this man. Police say do not approach him, instead call police right aaway. Josh a prisoner convicted as an accomplice to Second Degree murder now facing new charges. Derek saunders has been indicted on two counts of first Degree Assault and one count of being a felon in possession a deadly weapon. Hes accused of stabbing another inmate in the neck, hes alr death of david king whose body was found in his dover home in 2008. Jean you might notice some officer and Law Enforcement are turning pink. These clip on ties became an official part of the uniforms today at the portsmouth and Stratham Police departments. Chief mara also brought a box of pink ties to the meeting, to spread the pink tie. Its an effort to show support this was something that was started, the pink ties, by the portsmouth rotary club. So they dropped off a box of ties for us and were hoping to partner with them. Jean portsmouth officers are also growing beards to raise money for awareness for the child at volunteer ka sit center of Rockingham Jean josh officers are now offering extra incentive to give. Were trying to exceed last year. Last year we raised 23,000. Were behind a little bit this year. So were going to make one last pitch in which the Single Person that donate the most money from now until midnight october 31 will get a ride along with me as ride along. Josh the Child Advocacy center helps young victims of Violent Crime or Sexual Assault. Mike were into the rain for many. A little wet snow has been flirting with the higher terrain in western New Hampshire. Right now, out in dublin its primarily a chilly rain with temperatures stuck in the mid 30s, you go up in elevation, higher, thats when youll encounter wet snow. This storm moving in tonight into tomorrow will bring some beneficial rain to put a little dent in the drought. Extreme still locked in from concord towards the coast, down the Merrimack Valley. Severe drought in the same spot as last week. Heart of the lakes region through the upper valley. Then we have the moderate drought farther north and west. Western New Hampshire in the hyper terrain. Youll notice its primarily green lakes region and Merrimack Valley. In the higher terrain its trying to mix in once you get up over 1,000 feet. Over the next few hours the intensity will increase. If youre traveling around peterborough, keene, washington, into the lake sunapee expect that the roads could turn a little dicey out there, a little slushy and snow covered during the mid evening through midnight. To north its light rain, but once intensity increases here well see a quick changeover to wet snow in the heart of the White Mountains. Theres a lot of energy rotating around buffalo, moving right in our direction, tapping moisture out of the atlantic, and we could see over an inch of rain in many parts of New Hampshire all spots, so it is rain. But that will cool down a little bit as the cold air feeds into the storm, and then it warms up. Heres a look at the timeline, trickiest part monadnock region up through lake sunapee. Roads will get slick this evening and all and a half as to will wash away later tonight. Notice how heavy that rain is overnight. Then a quick tapering off later in the day and it win overnight. Up to the north that will fall in the form of snow in the highest of elevations. A coating to an inch or two, monadnock region through lake sunapee, places like lincoln. Waterville valley about three or four. President ial range six to 10 with 3 to 7 in dixville notch. Theres a windy side to this storm as well, notice that lull thats where the storm is expected to be. The winds crank up behind it. We could see scattered Power Outages on friday. Beyond all of this its much quieter for the weekend, clouds, a little sun, a passing shower for saturday. And it warms up as we go into the middle of next week, squeezed in between that is a bright and cool halloween, speaking of which we are now entering the last weekend for scream fest out there at to go to some spots where people dont want to go, whats it like . Hayley yeah, it really is. As you saw a couple moments ago, they have every type of ghoul, yes they even have clowns this year too, it is super scary, especially considering im in this massive warehouse turned into a haunted house. So you have to go through all these rooms with all these scary hell tell us whats happening this weekend. Were very excited about canobie park scream fest this weekend, right before halloween, we have five haunted houses including two new ones for in year. Rides, roller coaster, live shows, it will be a unique experience. We are open friday, saturday and sunday, saturday 1 to 11 and sunday 1 to 8 and that will hayley excellent k. We take a walk here . We can. You think you want to try it out . Hayley im going to try to be. Come on over. Lets see what we find in here. Oh boy. I dont know about this guy. Hes pretty scary, okay. So were going to keep walking ah we have a very frightening looking man here. Uhoh. Well keep walking maybe this way. Oh boy. And that guy, oh, hes extra scary. Im meteorologist Hayley Lapoint, live at Canobie Lake Park scream fest inem josh watch out behind you. That was like a creepy clown baseball player. Thanks. Up next well be talking to congressional candidates about one of the most controversial issues in modern politics, abortion funding. Josh then at 5 30, the deputy who stopped a deadly rampage at a massachusetts mall speaks publicly. This is where the Oil BillionaireKoch Brothers hosted a fundraiser for kelly ayotte. This is where ayotte voted with the Koch Brothers 90 of the time. Ayottes campaigns collected millions from corporate interests. And voted for them, she voted wall street banks billions in write offs for executive bonuses. Voted Big Oil Billions in tax breaks. But kelly ayotte voted against letting families refinance student loans. And against lowering the cost of prescription drugs. Kelly ayottes not working for New Hampshire. Dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. Joanne shes not fooling me. Britt kelly ayotte sides with the special interests. Vivian now, shes even playing politic games with medicare. Vo kelly ayo