well, it is all about the timing ape incredibly bad timing, storm scan three is keeping and eye on the storm promising snow on one of the busiest travel day of the entire year. >> penndot is ready, are you? we will tell what you an early taste of winter can do to your thanksgiving trip. going by air, instead of land something you should know before you get to the airport, that time of the year, hi, good morning, it is wednesday, in 26th i'm ukee washington. i'm's erika von tiehl. you have been tracking this for a week and here on such a busy day too. >> it is going to be a day where we end up with incredibly difficult travel out there, guys. storm scan three. we have mainly rain at this point so it is already underway and we will go put things into motion here. if you don't have in i rain drops it is just a matter of

time. temperatures are way too warm for anything but rain, but that will change. we have cold air moving in and catching up with this storm but also a is tell that is rapidly intensifying and as it does, it can generate it own cold air. we will will see change over start to take place. the first spot to see that are in the the hill country here back through western virginia but we will be first people that see that change over. there are winter storm alerts posted across the southwestern, or northwestern half of the delaware valley here where we have winter storm warnings from western, chester up to upper bucks and then in toward mercer county and where there will be winter storm warnings which are weather advisories into immediate facility out of philadelphia. if you are traveling today just a couple of choice roadways thaw might be on, snow covered roadways up towards i80. that is spot where we will see heavier snow around our local viewing area.

i-95 is mainly rain at first. if you want to beat this, you could leave now and be dealing strictly with just some rain, eventually though it will turn over to snow. vittoria will have much more on that. pennsylvania turnpike starting off as rain to the east but it will be more slushy as you go further inland to harrisburg. temperatures meanwhile 50 degrees. fifty. yeah you are not looking at any snow just yet but these temperatures will be falling and we will basically level off at 40 degrees but those temperatures will continue to decline. even in the poconos 36 right now. that too will change as colder a air starts to wrap in with the storm. taking it to the forecast here notice temperatures decline throughout the after afternoon, there will be some rain mixing in with some snow and there will be a accumulation out of this, a very quick check on your storm time line, mixing will begin as we are's on the air, here on our sister station the cw philly between 7:00 and 9:00 but heavier snow will fall in the afternoon and as

it tarts to stick we are looking at slick travel out there you can take one step ahead of this storm. down load our cbs philly weather app that will help you track what is heading into your neighborhood and get latest forecast from our team of meteorologists. down load the app on google will play and itunes. vittoria, busy morning. >> definitely a busy morning. good morning, katie. good morning, everyone. as of right now things are quiet which is good news but as the weather continues to develop today we will continue to definitely cover your roadways as we look right now we are looking at 76 around girard. if you are traveling around this area, be mindful of slow moving maintenance vehicles on the eastbound side, this sign here was indicating that the left lane is being blocked a approaching the area have girard avenue. moving to the ben franklin bridge, bridges are thing that will scare me with the weather, because they are the first. one to freeze. two, just to really drop down in regards to speed restrictions. we will machine for that all

morning as well. ben franklin bridge as well as all bridges still look great so far. so do majors. speed sensors high up in the 50's on our major roadways, 76, nine five even turnpike, northeast extension, but we have an accident on the eastbound side of the turnpike willow grove and blocking right-hand lane. mass transit and airport still okay. >> if you are taking the thanksgiving holiday it goodies idea to pack your patients. >> katie say snow is on the way for one of the busiest travel days of the year. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao joins us at philadelphia international airport where it is wait and see for anybody who wants to change their plans, good morning. >> reporter: erika and ukee, good morning. so far all clear at philadelphia international airport but how long will this last? i have a feeling that the people with early flights will be a little extra grateful this holiday. everybody hoping to get out of here before this weather moves in. of course, day before thanksgiving is already one of the busiest travel days of the year but then add in bad weather to the holiday travel and we have a recipe for major

delays here at philly international airport the snow crews are on stand by. over at 30th street station the trains are rolling as well and people will will rely on the rails. around 80,000 people are expect to come through philadelphia alone. amtrak has added trains this holiday but most of the prime time tickets in the northeast corridor are already taken but you should still call and check on the availability because people can cancel last minute. back here at philly international airport snow crews are on stand by, temps on the ground matter as far as how much snow sticks and then delays. still airlines as you mentioned are planning a ahead and offering options for travelers, take a listen. >> the airlines have lifted their fee for changing and they are encouraging people to change their flight to avoid wednesday and anticipated bad weather. that is a good thing. that may spread out some of the travel. >> of course, you should always check on your flight status before heading out the door here at philly international the airport it is reallies toy do. just call 800-phl-gate.

we're reporting live outside philadelphia international the airport, yan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". at the the jersey shore emergency managers in atlantic city are preparing for more rain than snow. crews spent the past couple of days clearing the city's drains. tides are not expect to be too high but there could be minor flooding in low lying areas. meanwhile penndot officials urge travelers to be extra careful if you are one of the many drivers hitting the road today. crews started loading salt trucks around midnight to get ready for our first taste of winter. as katie mentioned rain is expect to fall this morning before that snow arrives but one of the busiest travel days of the year as we have been saying and plenty of cars will be out on the road. >> we're asking people to either adjust or delay their travel plans, if possible, it is very good idea, you know, looking the at the weather, you might want to delay your plans until the storm has passed. >> penndot says there are more

than 870 accidents this year all attributed to snow or icy road conditions. so please do be careful and take your time outside on those roads today. even though penndot is keeping its salt trucks busy you need to be ready when you hit the road. that preparation can make a big difference if you end up stranded. "eyewitness news" meteorologist kate bilo has a list of things you must have to stay safe. more than 100 vehicles trapped on the interest state in buffalo last week. drivers in atlanta stopped cold for hours last january and nightmare last december on the pennsylvania turnpike, hundreds of motorist, stranded. >> this is where i have been for the last two or three hours, stuck on the turnpike. >> reporter: bj ellis used his ieven if to capture the scene as he sat in the backup for seven hours. >> i was beginning to get concerned but i took social media sources and saw it was quite a another just situation

up front. i was just glad i was okay and i had a full tank of gas. >> having an emerge i kit for those types of instances, definitely proves beneficial. >> reporter: janea tid well business triple a and says make sure you are red which the water and food. >> keep non- perishable food, peanut butter crackers, graham crackers, granola bars. thanks that will not freeze. >> reporter: also a fully charge cell phone, extra warm clothing, blankets, essentials medications, flashlight with spare batteries, a shovel, ice scraper and whistle you can blow for help. so you are prepared you have your items but what if you get stuck on the road, behind on the wheel and snow is piling up and fine yourself stranded for hours? what do you do? first, stay inn identify the car. it is the avenue is aes place to be. >> keep the car running two to three minutes, cut it off and repeat that every 45 minutes to an hour to conserve fuel and get heat flowing in the

car. >> reporter: clear snow from the tail pipe so fumes don't seem from the car and keep a window crack. >> i never thought i would be stuck on the turnpike for that long, so fast. it reenforcees the fact you can always use a pair of things. >> reporter: good advice for long winter head. i'm meteorologist kate bilo for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". peco energy is prepping for the storm. officials tell us they will be monitoring the situation in all neighborhoods throughout today. peco says it will have extra staff in place to handle any major power outages. when snow starts falling we would love to see your picture. post your pictures by using cbs-3 snow or up load them to the cbs philly weather app. 4:09. a police cruiser marks another evening have of an unrest in the missouri suburb. crowds flipped parked cars on the side there, broke out windows and then set that cruiser on fire. police used a fire

extinguisher to douse those flames. meantime the man in the center of the ferguson unrest police officer darren wilson is breaking his silence. he spoke with abc news, reliving the moment when michael brown was killed. >> he was about 15 feet away. i start backpedaling and he is still not stopping. gets eight to 10 feet and as he does that he looks like he will tackle me. i got my gun and i fired what i thought was his head. the reason i know i did my job right. >> officer wilson went on to say quote all i wanted to do was live. it was a day of protest in cities across america, including right here in philadelphia. they began today and continued into the night under watchful eyes of police. manpower was increase todd control the crowds. and angry as they were over the grand jury's decision the protest where is largely peaceful. >> they are not alone in knowing this is an injustice, this is not okay, this is a country wide issue and we're in philadelphia.

we're not in ferguson. we are still trying to stand up for what is right. >> no harm, no private property has been damaged so obviously we want to give them that space. we have not done anything to restrict their expression. >> philadelphia police tell us they did not arrest any protesters. philadelphia mayor michael nutter supports demonstrators. he said protests have been piece full. >> people have the right to protest and people have a right to be outraged about what happened. i don't think that justice was really served and there is still many unanswered questions, things that we just can't understand. >> the mayor also says police are working with the protesters to make sure everyone stays safe. stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the ferguson grand jury decision, and the response to it. we have more coverage on line at cbs philly.com. there is much more to come on "eyewitness news", a flight on its way to atlantic city is

struck by lightening. a freight train jumps off tracks and spills down a canyon, that story and much more when we return.

a scare for passengers during a flight to atlantic city. spirit airlines flight that left tampa was diverted fort lauderdale after being struck by lightening. plane landed safely and everybody on board was okay. they were placed on another plane for the rest of the trip. spirit airlines passenger and crew were in the in danger. union pacific is is investigating what caused a freight train to derail and tumble down a steep embankment along the river canyon in california. a spokesmen for the railroad said 11 cars carrying corn grain went off track near the town of bellvin, in one was hurt. a new jersey law maker is considering store hours. richard codey say that will

prevent stores from opening up before 9:00 p.m. on thanksgiving day. the democrat says it will give workers a chance to enjoy the holiday with the families. more than two dozen malls and outlets in new jersey will open up tomorrow, some opening up as early as 10:00 a a.m. we have everything going, thanksgiving, weather clears out but today we have rough stuff to get to. >> stuff to look forward to, absolutely but not in the next 24 hours. it does look like once this storm system wraps up it will move out of here. it is long gone by later tonight but we have a rough take. we will show you how things will shake out. things have the georgia even underway with us with the rain beginning to fall out there. it is a smidge ahead of schedule as rain starting to move in about 90 minutes or so sooner then what the models project as of yesterday. we will go outside. get new your northeast travel here in a second but we will start off with a look at storm scan three if we can. we will take a look at regional zoom here where we

are, seeing rain moving in. there is quite a bit of moisture to work with at this point for the most part it is either all out to see, or it is into the mountain and terrain. it is all rain say for one little blob of pink that shows up on the tail end of the loop here. wider zoom, yeah, it is not the most organized system we have ever seen. it is still gathering its strength but it will be intensifying as it rolls up the eastern seaboard and then moves away later tonight. here's where we stand with current temperatures. these are way too warm for anything but plane old rain. even in mount pocono 36 degrees. you will start off with a few rain drops. it is a matter of time. notice colder a air off to the north and west and just this storm itself, the fact that it is intensifying can generate its own cold air and that will also help our temperatures to start to drop. lets go back to the northeast travel graphic if you are hitting roadways or rails or going in the airport territory

here today. it is looking rough. we will start off with rain but seven offer eight or 9:00 a.m. the mixing will really take over. once this turns over, it turns over for good. and you will in the see any chance for rain to return. that is because cold air will move in. it does look like this snow will be thumping for a time even over philadelphia. now in philadelphia you are right on the edge of where winter storm warnings are in effect. it is a marginal forecast for city itself. by 10:00 p.m. tonight this is gone and we will have clean up to do to say the least. more like a lot of clean up further north and west you go. this is such a sharp gradient. parts of one counties could do way, way better with snow totals then another part. even western montgomery and chester we are looking at up to four but then it might be only up to say an inch or two or three as you go further south and east. just one or two towns away a deathly different scenario may unfold here.

meanwhile we will see things quiet down here for us tomorrow, black friday, leading in the upcoming weekend. there is a modest warming trend here for sunday. we will wrap it all up with a nice bow, much nicer end to the holiday and our next shot for any wet weather will come on monday. vittoria. >> thanks so much, katie. so to give you an update on the roads, we are not experiencing any major problems but things will definitely change. first lets look the at the schuylkill expressway, traveling on 76, eastbound we had an earl are maintenance crew but they have flip flopped to the opposite side. so west down on the schuylkill if you are traveling around girard avenue we are experiencing the left lane being closed, because of maintenance vehicles. we have one around here and one just up ahead. definitely an area to be extra careful of. traveling on i-95 no major delays just yet southbound and northbound moving well. in major delays at philadelphia international airport. we will check with jan carabao all morning long. she is a he there right now.

she's also telling us you're still okay, definitely good idea to check your flight status. traveling any of the majors our speed sensors high up in the 50's without any major delays. hopefully it stays like this for as long as possible. traveling the pennsylvania pennsylvania turnpike eastbound right around willow grove we have an accident blocking the right-hand lane as well as compromising the shoulder. you may notice build up there. the airport looking just fine, hopefully it stays like this for as long as possible but again with those changes with the weather it is definitely going to put a damper on your traveling up for the holiday. erika and ukee. stay with us here on "eyewitness news" this morning. >> philadelphia police are on special assignment making sure hundreds of families have a a happy thanksgiving. that story and more when we come back.

area hospital that treat some of the most sick children all around the country but now staff of st. christopher's has extendedded their care to families in need in their

community. staff members handed out meals to some 300 families a as part of their fifth annual turkey dinner drive. >> this is sort of a sign that even if we don't know you, we care that you are going through hard times, we believe you are trying to make things better and want to help you out. >> give away was made possible by donations from the hospital staff and other members of the community. the philadelphia police department is in the spirit of the season. at police headquarters officers took part in operation, thanksgiving. their busy boxing up meals for 400 deserving families. each box contains a turkey, green beans, potatoes, celery and cranberry sauce. >> it is an assembly line. it is everybody working together to fill the the boxes. we put them in the wagons. wagons take them to another place where we wind up getting them out to different families. >> commissioner ramsey was joined by members of the the community relations unit and the police athletic league. a lot of local families are getting holiday help thanks to thalvation army of

greater philadelphia. >> they cook dinner for 1,000 families, turkey stuffing and all of the fixins. food is stored in refrigerated trucks until they are handed out tomorrow. very nice. thank you all. we want to know what you are thankful for. just send your photos via facebook, and twitter use the hash tag cbs-3 and you might see them right here and we will share them with everybody else on television. right new 4:23. lets get right to katie, watching this storm all week, katie? >> turkey surprise. good morning, everyone. you know, traveling right now for the holidays it is the the busiest travel day of the year. we have been talking about that all morning. we will talk bit for the rest of the morning and into the evening and afternoon and so on and so forth. good thing is that you are with us right now so to prepare you for what we are dealing with, we will keep you updated. schuylkill expressway moving well. unfortunately traveling the westbound direction we are dealing with some construction, slow moving

maintenance reek also blocking the left-hand lane and new they are moving out of the way which could be good news but we will follow them. usually they just move to another spot. that is westbound 76 right around area of montgomery drive. eastbound we are doing okay, rest of the majors look beautiful, look at the vine street expressway, it is a breeze so far. but again so far so good. things will change. we will get to kate any a minute. speed sensors are great. 467, traveling 55. we will see 202, 422, all moving well. not only in pennsylvania but also in new jersey and delaware. say for the the airport, things still holding on but definitely won't be like that for the remainder of the day, katie, give us a break down. >> okay, lets go ahead and start things off right away with what the current conditions are right now. we are starting to see this storm get underway, and it is at the moment really just bringing in some rain. once these temperatures drop we will begin to see changes get underway too. we will start off with which we can to sky cam three and

then throw over a couple of the current conditions, at the moment, it does appear that we have a couple of damp roads out there, maybe first signs of the rain drops falling here in philadelphia, and so yes, moisture is overtaking the region. we are at 50 degrees. we will not find anything but plane old rain around philadelphia, for now. that will change as that colder air tarts to wrap in but for now, if you were to leave for your holiday travel right now you only would be dealing with rain. so that would be a far easier drive for you and there are not that many people on the roadway just yet. zooming things out, one more time, you can see that even down, across, really you have to go in the appalachians to find any mixing taking place. everybody else is dealing with strictly rain but i want to walk you through what you can expect here from north to south. four to 6 inches for basically lehigh valley region and berks county. it will be mainly a snow producing event even though we have seen some of the rain moving in, it will turn over, up in the poconos we are looking at over a half foot,

ease letter i can see eight or more inches in the highest mountains. heading in towards the city closer anyway, chester, montgomery, bucks count a cross the river in mercer, two to 4 inches of rain, turning to snow, and then wayscally looking at the same scenario here just lighter totals, heading a across the delaware, again into south or i should say mainly central new jersey and new castle county in delaware. city of fill a slushy 2 inches, is generally what we're looking at right around that. meanwhile further south we will go we will find stronger winds towards the coast but it will be mainly just wet roads if that is where your travels take you but please do so very carefully here today. no matter what precipitation you run into it will be a mess i drive or flight, or train ride for you, mainly rain before 7:00 as we have seen on radar already and then snow will be winding down later tonight into the evening. it is mostly the whole day thaw are looking at this, guys. winter storm warnings for counties in pink, winter

weather advisories for all of the counties in purple. one more final check of the eyewitness weather seven day forecast, once we get past today it is looking phenomenal, you have a nice four day weekend coming up, all four days are looking pretty good. we have just some clouds along the way. it will be chilly but it will be drying out. erika, rather back to you. thanks, katie. coming up in the next half an hour of "eyewitness news" we are keeping an eye on the storm. >> giving you a view of center city philadelphia from our skies cam three, november rain and snow is on the way as you heard, we have a team of reporters checking out the conditions, we're back at the bottom of the hour, good morning, see you in a bit.

"eyewitness news" keeping an eye on the storm, loong at storm can three showing rain has moved in the region but just you wait, that rain will turn to snow, for some. and the salties ready, truck is loaded and penndot is on patrol to make sure roads

are clear so you can get to your thanksgiving destination, safely. it is wednesday, november 26th, hi, good morning, i'm ukee washington. i'm's quarter von tiehl. this day is all about timing, just awful timing for this storm, katie, one of the busiest travel days of the year. >> it is, you said it, terrible timing. if we were dealing with this storm system on any day it would be a very big mess but sheer fact that so many people will be out there today, that is the issue. storm scan three is obviously showing signs of life already so here we go, you might have just woke up, it is already here. notice there is no snow just yet being reported but there will be that mixing that takes place. interestingly it is milder right now then most of the rest of the day will be here because we will gradually see temperatures start to fall, in one else, unless you are in the appalachian mountains of west virginia seeing any kind of mixing at least at this point in the mid-atlantic but that will just start to change over. there are winter storm alerts