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Some experts say using special washes to get chemicals off the produce may not always work as advertised.  

We all want to serve our families pesticide-free fruits and veggies. However, using special washes to get chemicals off the produce may not always work as advertised.

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Long Island

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Then we'd like warmer weather. Now, Sam is gonna try and deliver that makes me happy because I'm a summer girl. This is like it's not around the corner. Sam. You know, we have a long way to go. Um Our weather's been nice though. What an interesting sky today. Some sun, some flurries and this is beautiful. Uh Jim Lenning our very own, Jim Lenning got this photo when he was out today in Bellport. So along the south shore, we had a beautiful sky, some of those scattered cumulus clouds in the distance that brought in some of those flurries. If you happen to see them today, it was a windy day. It was a cold day. We've got a cold Wednesday morning coming up for you at the bus stop. Temperatures will be in the twenties. It is going to feel more like 15 degrees. So just bundle up have the layers on the afternoon, not so bad, 40 degrees, the breeze will start to die down. So by tomorrow night, there's not much of a wind left. Uh one more cold day coming up, we have these lake effect snow showers to our north and west where it's been snowing all day long. That's why we had some flurries, but as the winds die down in the coming days, um, those snow showers will be winding down as well. Back at home here, mostly clear in the morning. You see the twenties, cold start to the day. It is breezy in the afternoon, but the wind is switching to the west southwest and that will start to bring in the warmer air. So by Thursday morning, we're in the thirties, not so bad, less wind. And in the afternoon, look at this, we get that little bit of a warm up. So that will be my pick of the week. Forties with lots of sun will feel great after this little cold spell that we're seeing, our weather starts to change on Friday. It does turn mild. We're in the fifties. This is Friday late afternoon into the evening. That's our next chance for rain. It'll be fast moving. By Saturday morning, the rain clears out dry, start to the weekend, but our weather is turning a little bit unsettled. So by Sunday night showers return, we have some showers Monday, Tuesday, mild weather and then it will get breezy and colder by the middle of next week with temps.

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Westchester

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And as you're out driving on the local roadways, we know it is going to be cold Christy. When do you think the temperatures are going to warm up just a little bit? I mean, as we enter into a weekend, they pick up, but that comes with some rain, unfortunately, but we see that our radar over the past six hours is showing some flurries really over across the area. But that is going to be continuing through today and tomorrow, really mostly northwestern New York and Pennsylvania are seeing the snow, but we can't rule out flurries throughout the day today as well as to tomorrow. We see it coming across and that comes with some bitterly cold temperatures across the area. And this is our, feels like versus our regular temperatures, regular temperatures on the left over here in our blue cold feels like temperatures. So what you need to know is these frigid temperatures continue. This is later in our evening tonight, around dinner time, we're seeing temperatures in the upper twenties and low thirties, but feeling like they're in the twenties, 22 in Newburgh and Poughkeepsie. And that is going to drop even more. As we head into our overnight hours, this is 1045 starting to get into the teens in some spots. Brewster seeing 17 and it's gonna be even colder for tomorrow. So you're gonna wanna keep that in mind for your commute tomorrow morning. This is 6 a.m. feeling like 16 out there. So definitely bundle up and be prepared if you're heading when you're heading out the door. And then by your afternoon, those temperatures still stay pretty cold with some wind gusts of around 20 miles an hour. And we can't rule out some accumulation really northwestern Ulster County, seeing between one and three inches, really not much and flurries passing throughout the rest of the day and we see some rain chances pick up for Friday. But with that, our temperatures are also on the rise thankfully and it's really a turnaround from today. Don't be fooled by this temperature. It's feeling like the twenties out there frigid and then a really big switch into Friday. Our temperatures jump up and some rain can return for your weekend. Let's take a look at your 10 day forecast. Now, we've got a frigid and cold Wednesday for you with some gust winds and temperatures are on the rise into the weekend with some chance for rain for your Friday and we're back to seasonable temperatures through next week.

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Brooklyn

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All right. Well, let's check back in now. We are dealing with this bitter blast still. We're checking in with teen meteorologist Scott Skoff. Now, Scott, you said today is not the end of these cold temperatures. I know it's the holiday season so I need to just get used to it. But man, yeah, there's a song that comes to mind. Follow la la la, la, la la oy because that's what we're looking at with colder temperatures. Even on the way into tomorrow, we're gonna be seeing these feels like temps staying in the twenties. But as we go to the end of the week, things are gonna be warmer but it comes with a catch rain is on the way, but those feels like temps can be the twenties all day long. So bundle up, keep yourself warm layer, have your jacket, your gloves, your scarf or hand warmers, reduce your time outside even with your furry friends too. Because as we go into the rest of the day today, we are going to be seeing these temperatures drop into the teens. That's what it's going to feel like for the start of your hump day tomorrow. So definitely even colder air ahead of us as we are looking at. Yes, a little bit of, I say it's snow. These have produced snow squall warnings over in northeast Pennsylvania and northwestern New Jersey. These snow showers are continuing to push on in towards us here in the city and you could even see those snow bands look to the north and west. This is a view from Kingsbridge and the Bronx. You can see those snow bands moving towards the city. So definitely the possibility is there towards the afternoon. I'm thinking between two and six o'clock in the afternoon, it's going to be some festive flakes, nothing accumulating but still be pretty to look at. Make sure to use the hashtag and 12 Storm Watchers on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and even post them to the news 12 app for the latest. And if you want to send your pictures in because it is going to be beautiful and by 67 o'clock should be done, we are going to be seeing that cold air come on and going to be in the twenties by the morning will feel like the teens and with that wind, that's going to be the big driving factor behind it. 20 to 30 mile per hour gusts through the rest of the day today and that will be lingering into tomorrow as well. So it's gonna be cold, it's going to be windy. It's gonna feel like the twenties even though the high temperature around 40 degrees with those blustery brisk winds gusts up to 30 MPH twenties overnight. But we feel like the teens because that breezy wind and all that cold air, the good news is we are going to be seeing that feels like temp go way up Thursday into the forties. So that's light at the end of the tunnel and then Friday fifties with the chance of rain. Same story, Sunday, Monday with milder temperatures as we enter the month of December on Friday.

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New Jersey

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Winter. You know me, I love snow. I'm a big fan of the snow. I'm a big fan of the cold. I know everybody out there follows my social media knows where I stand when it comes to the, or, or, or the pumpkin spice lattes. Uh Yeah, not so much. Let's see where the four listen, we've got a few more days of colder temperatures. Ok. We start to see a little bit of a recovery once we get towards Friday. But you know, tonight, tomorrow going into uh Thursday, we're still dealing with temperatures that are below average and we are still going to be looking for wind chills that will make it feel a lot chillier out there at present. Most of New Jersey dealing with mainly clear skies. However, I can't rule out the opportunity for a, I'd say an early evening flurry as those gusty winds continue to push some of those snow streamers in our direction. There's a possibility we might be looking at a snowflake here or there up until about, let's say sunset and then we're going to look for a mainly clear sky. Tonight, temperatures are dropping down again into the lower twenties that wind at 15 miles an hour making it feel about 10 degrees cooler. Some wind chills, especially north and west might actually wind up at around 11 or 12. We'll see how that all plays out. Wednesday's forecast again. Mainly sunny skies. I think we're probably going to be looking at a few more afternoon clouds developing as those gusty north westerly winds continue to try to drive in some instability to the area. It's cold aloft, it's cold at the surface. The sunshine is going to try to create some cloud coverage as we go through the day. But again, daytime, high temperatures not getting above or not getting to 40 degrees. So that cold air is going to continue to pivot through the Great Lakes in the northeast. We're watching that cold air drop all way down. Even in North Florida, we're looking at a few scattered snow squalls still kind of moving across western sections of Morris County. There's no accumulations. We see the flurries come and go as I like to call them festive flakes getting in the mood for the holidays, waking up tomorrow morning, it is clear, it is quieter but still breezy, we'll have wind chills, that'll make it feel cooler. We see some late day clouds showing up daytime, high temperatures again stuck in the mid thirties and then rolling through the next couple of days from Thursday into Friday, the winds change direction becoming more south westerly. So that's going to bring in more of a Carolina air mass which actually tries to warm us back up. Come Thursday afternoon. Now we're back to normal in the mid to upper forties looking for lower fifties to get us into the upcoming weekend. We're also keeping an eye on Friday going into Saturday. There's a system that's going to be moving in out of the Ohio Valley that will bring some rain showers. Probably late Friday going in a very early Saturday morning as our temperatures stay in the upper forties. I'll have more details on that forecast coming right up.

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Hudson Valley

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Connecticut

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Michelle Powers is here with more on what we can expect. So how cold will it get Michelle? All right. Well, tonight, we're talking about temperatures in the twenties, but it's the wind chills that will be in the teens. Waking up tomorrow morning. We're taking a look here at our futurecast by five and 6 a.m. This will be the worst of it. But good news is, this is very temporary. Tomorrow is another cold day. So as we go throughout the afternoon, temperatures will barely warm. Today, we had 40 tomorrow. I don't think we'll even come close to 40 temperatures staying in the thirties but feels like the twenties. That's what those blue numbers represent right now. Let's take a look outside. It's, it's quiet. It's gorgeous tonight in Norwalk, it's 34 degrees already and 34 feels like 22. So that's the catch we're going to see this again for tomorrow. But then temperatures turn around later in the week. We have had some festive flakes today. Take a look at this picture from Gene in Watertown of some snow that fell like snow, but still snow and nonetheless, and it just added to that winter feel. So temperatures feeling like the twenties everywhere right now and the festive flakes they're going away for now, but they could start to come back tomorrow. I'll have much more on that full forecast coming up shortly. Britney. Back to you.

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Bronx

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City. All right, let's bring hope back for another check of that hyper local forecast and the bitter blast. We're all feeling it's been a while since we've seen temperatures really this low hope and, you know, we know about the gloves and the hat and the scarf, but there's some other tips we need to probably remember. Yeah, definitely. You know, these cold temperatures are going to take us through at least tomorrow and then things start to turn around by the end of the week. But in the meantime, try to limit your time outdoors if you can. Again, the coldest time of day is during the morning hours. So if you have to go outside, just dress in layers, bundle up. And also if you are taking your car, try to warm it up ahead of time so that you're not getting into a cold vehicle and just be aware that you can also winterize your home, getting your home ready for the winter season by making sure that everything is insulated correctly. Check on your check on the elderly and the pets as they are susceptible to hypothermia and very cold temperatures that we are experiencing right now, over the next couple of hours still stuck in the thirties overnight, it gets even colder, feeling like the teens waking up tomorrow morning. So even though that's a thermometer is going to be 28 it's gonna feel like the teens 15 to 20 degrees out there over portions of the borough and even the city, the blustery winds is what's making it feel even colder tomorrow afternoon won't feel as harsh temperatures in upper thirties, near 40 degrees, a blend of sun and clouds but still cold and breezy throughout the day. Tomorrow, we're going to see the sunshine. Some clouds begin to filter in late but still going remain dry. Thursday. Your best bet to really go outside. Enjoy the sunshine and the slightly milder temperatures we're welcoming back the forties. So that's something that you can look forward to a little bit milder on our Friday. But this time it comes with some rain. So it looks like the best chance to start seeing some wet weather move into our area will be Friday afternoon, even lingering into Friday evening. Saturday does start off dry, but it looks like we're ending the weekend with some wet weather even continuing into early next week.

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The Real Deal: Are special washes for fruits and veggies a waste?  

We all want to serve our family pesticide free fruits and vegetables. But using special washes to get those chemicals off of our produce may not always work as advertised. Our consumer reporter, Janice Lieberman has the real deal on why they may be a waste. How do you wash your fruits and veggies? Are you spending money on unnecessary products or doing crazy things that the internet is telling you to do well to find out the truth and how to do it correctly. We're at Bergen Community College where we're joined by Paul Keyes who is a landscape architect and you're going to tell us the real deal here. So people are telling you use vinegar, baking soda, fruit wash is necessary, not necessary and a total waste of money sort of internet gimmicks that you want to stay away from. What is the correct way? Well, the first thing you do when you clean your fruits and vegetables is wash your own hands with lots of soap and water to get all that bacteria off. But the best cleaner for fruits and vegetables is pure water and just running your fruits and vegetables or so them in fresh water and that's free and that is completely free provided by Mother Nature, right? Berries are really, you know, have a lot of pesticides usually. So, what should you do to wash them? Well, I love berries kept in these containers that are sort of like their own little strainers. So you can dip, dip them in water. Always let your fruits and vegetables dry out after you wash them or hand dry them because they'll be moldy. They'll be moldy and bacteria will form with the water. Ok. Now, what about, you know, leafy vegetables and basil and things like that, right. Leafy vegetables and basil and lettuces and things like that. I like to soak them in water for a little while to remove all the grit and sand from the growing process and then use a salad spinner to dry it off. Give it a good whirl pat dry with paper towels and you're ready to go watermelons. You don't have to worry watermelon. You don't have to. No. Well, yes, you do. Some of these, some of these skins are very soft and you have to be very gentle as you're washing them with peaches and things. Others are a little bit stiff. And what we do is like when this watermelon comes out of the farm, it's got a lot of dirt on it. So we'll stick it in water and we'll give it a good scrub. But again, never let it touch the bottom of your sink, always use a strainer. So, because your sink is the biggest contaminator in your kitchen. I didn't know that. So everything has to be done in a strainer. A strainer first, wash your hands and be very vigilant to use a lot of water. Well, you saved us a lot of money and aggravation. Thank you, Paul. Welcome, my pleasure. You come back any time to the college. Thank you. And if you can afford organic or hydroponic, well, then it's a whole different story because you won't have as many pesticides. I'm Ja Lieberman and that's the real deal.

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