5 Things: Weston Park Sledding Hill is Open

Here are 5 things you should know as you start your Thursday.

1. Get out sledding. The sledding hill at Weston Park is re-opened this year after it was closed during the rehabilitation of the Turkey Hill Road Bridge in 2011. With the first snowfall since it's been reopened, why not get out and take a few rides down the hill once the roads are cleaned up a bit.

2. Holiday tournament action. Holiday basketball and hockey tournaments continue this evening for both boys and girls basketball and varsity hockey. The boys varsity basketball team will play at Manchester Memorial for the Queen City Invitational Basketball Tournament at 6 p.m. Girls varsity is schedule to play at Nashua North at 7:30 p.m. tonight an 4:30 on Friday. Boys varsity hockey is schedule to play in the Bauer tournament at JFK Arena in Manchester at 2 p.m. Updates will be provided in the event that any of these events are postponed because of the snow.

3. How to report a power outage. With a heavy accumulation of snow expected, it's possible power outages may occur. If your house goes dark and you need to report an outage, or if you spot a tree limb on a power line, you can call PSNH at 800-662-7764 or visit PSNH.com on your smartphone.

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5. Weather watch. Rain, snow, and sleet before 10am, then rain between 10am and 2pm, then rain and snow after 2pm. High near 37. Breezy, with a northeast wind 14 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of around an inch possible. Thursday Night Snow likely, mainly before 10pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Northwest wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.