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High school basketball coach Marc Skelton is set to compete for Team USA basketball in the Maccabi Games in Israel.

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For the kids. All right. So we're checking back in with Alan. So Alan, if the kids want to play after school today outside, what are the chances for something like that? Oh, easily, no problem. Just make sure you have that typical winter attire. It's going to be typical early December weather near 50 degrees. But we're about to go on a temperature roller coaster first. The downswing take a look at how high temperatures from fifties this afternoon, forties and thirties by midweek, it is going to be quite cold by midweek and then we rebound in a big way. But that will come with rain. We'll talk about all that in just a sec, but let's get through the next couple of days again this afternoon. Not bad. Lots of clouds into the overnight hours, the clouds clear that's going to allow us to cool on down, back into the thirties. So tomorrow morning's commute, you definitely want that heavier winter jacket out the door then into the afternoon. Notice those clouds return and that's going to keep us even colder. How about just 43 during the afternoon? Yeah. So instead of 53 like this afternoon, only about 43 into tomorrow afternoon. Quite a bit colder. You're going to notice that difference gets even colder into Wednesday. Sure. We'll clear some of the clouds out, but it's still looking quite unsettled. I wouldn't roll out an isolated Sprinkle or two. this particular model has it out towards Long Island, but I could see a rogue Sprinkle here across the city heading into Wednesday and taking big picture. You can see there's a lot of unsettled energy everywhere across the northeast so that storm system could easily get to right over us a little bit better of a chance on Thursday though. Take a look at that Clipper system, another sign that it's winter out there and it's showing a few festive flakes getting pretty close to the city by Thursday afternoon. So that's why can't rule out on a couple of those flurries on Thursday. But at least that's going to be the bottom of our temperature roller coaster gets a whole lot warmer, but a big storm system is possible by next Sunday. Oh, ok. So what are we talking here? It could be quite a bit of rain. Of course, it's, it's Sunday. Today is only Monday. We have lots of time to track it, but I wanted to highlight that for you with that yellow highlight because it's a possibility move your plans for Saturday, that's for sure. Keeping our eye out for that. Thank you so much. Well, if you've been feeling a little off, you.

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To today's weather. What are we shaping up to have on tap? Is it warm? Is it going to be, it's going to be warmer? And with El Nino getting stronger into this winter, we were mentioning that winter weather ready special. We're going to have more details on how it will affect our winter. But before we get to that, we're talking about a temperature roller coaster. Of course, we love the cyclone, especially during the summer, not quite summer temperatures. In fact, we're going the wrong way. We are getting a whole lot colder by midweek, only thirties for highs and it also could come with a couple of snowflakes mixed in. So let's take a look at our latest feature cast tomorrow morning quite a bit colder. Look at those thirties from flatlands down towards Bensonhurst, taking Bay Parkway down, let's say towards uh Bay Ridge, it's going to be only about 38 degrees, not much warming up because the clouds will be moving in into the afternoon. We're going to temperatures mostly in the middle of forties. That's it. So back to reality here, back to December feel forties basically all afternoon long. So it's going to be colder. You definitely want to bundle up out there into the afternoon and evening, then into Wednesday. Similar story colder even in fact, barely getting to 40 here across our borough, Futurecast does not quite show those snowflakes overhead a little bit better of a chance. In fact, heading into Thursday again, a lot of messy weather, a lot of disorganized area of low pressure, not necessarily going to give us rain on Wednesday, but take a look at Thursday clipper system could bring a couple of snowflakes, which is why I have that one little snowflake there on the 10 day forecast. But as we head into the 10 day forecast, bigger storm system likely though by next Sunday. All right, Alan.

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High school basketball coach to compete in Israel’s Maccabi Games

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a Bronx high school basketball coach who has led his team to multiple new york city championships is now lacing up his own sneakers to compete for the United States in Israel News 12 Sports director Pat O'keefe has the story. Basketball has always been in Mark Skelton's blood I guess. I never really really left it and I think it's always been there, which is, I think it's special. It's a special game, a game that he has made his career. In addition to teaching history at Fannie Lou Hamer in the Bronx. Skelton has been the athletic director and head basketball coach since 2005. The panthers have won three P. S. A. L. City championships and one state Federation title under his demanding leadership. I don't want to coach that just quiet, I need somebody to tell me what I need to do and if I'm not doing it, they need to tell me that I'm not doing it right. A 20 point a game scorer in high school Mark for the most part, left his playing days behind. Then his final meaningful game was the 1993 new Hampshire state championship until he discovered a new challenge. So about a year ago, um, just scrolling through the internet, I stumbled upon the opportunity for a Masters Division basketball team. It was to play for the United States in the MacCAbi games, which features the best jewish athletes from around the globe. After spending four months getting into shape, Mark went to the tryouts in philadelphia with modest expectations. Nobody at Maccabi UsA knew who I was and I didn't know anyone on the team. So therefore the only way to make a team like that is you have to go out and play some new york city basketball, a formula that as a coach, he demands from his players. You want to play some really tough defense, you want to get some turnovers, hit the open shots and if you see a man open, give him the ball and it worked Among the 40 who tried out. Mark was one of 12 to make the team since school opened in September, mark has been in this gym six days a week preparing for this opportunity of a lifetime, but he hasn't had to prepare alone as his players like Lassana have been with him to help him along this journey. We will have practiced Sundays, but he will be earlier than us with the shooting machine Come up, you see a couple 100 shots on the machine or even before school starts having 12 young men um you know, just kind of rooting me on and cheering for me is you know, that's added motivation. I don't want to disappoint them and the example that he has set has not been lost on his players, NBA players. They took it took a lot of hard work for him to be an NBA. It took business people, a lot of hard work and dedication to be business people. Him took a lot of hard work now, he's playing overseas and looking to bring home the gold for his country, something he says the United States has never done in this competition At Fannie Lou Hamer High School, Pat O'Keefe News 12.

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