e already had more than 20 inches every snow. it was very coal. normal average through today is four and a half inches. so far this season, we've only seen a .10 of an inch of snow. we have live team coverage for you of this morning's snowstorm. we check in with justin fin energy one moment. first, we get right to meteorologist, katie fehlinger. >> one to 2 inches, that's real at this, it looks like it will be everybody gets in on the exact same amount of snowfall totals. so far we have to define the gradient, who will get more, who will get less, but this time everybody gets this same thing, just glancing blow from what's frankly a pretty weak, quick moving system, just clipper system, classic where so swift to move through it doesn't pacca ton every moisture but does certainly have enough cold to reinforce what's already out there in the term of the chill already, you can see how storm scan starting to just sort of, you know, pack up here with a little bit of snow. now, most of this is still upper level moisture, we are are still awaiting the brunt of the system to come through here to really get the

snowflakes going. so some of you might start to see few flakes, but not going to have chan to accumulate at least for another say half hour at least but, there are already winter weather advisories in effect for us, and they last until 4:00 p.m. today, for every county shaded in the purple. it doesn't mean that central and northern portions of new jersey as well as into the poconos aren't getting snow, it just means you won't meet the criteria necessary for there to be winter weather advisory issued. oops, there it goes. put future snow and the into effect here, even by noon, already got just shy of or just over an inch of snow on the ground. it will be the light fluffy variety we think by 7:00 p.m. this system should be long gone out of here and skies are gradually clearing out a bit. but we will have again about 2 inches, one, 2 inches on the ground by that point. look at the difference from yesterday. we've dropped about 20 degrees. so, it is absolutely cold enough across the board for it to just be straight up snow for everyone. outside we go to the live neighborhood network, very quickly, many locations reading into the mid low 20's at best, a lot of are you in

the teens and as the day progresses, you can't even necessarily go by these numbers, it will feel colder, with even just modest breeze, thankfully looks at though toward evening any of the snow will be gradually tapering off, and jess, looks like completely out of here later tonight. >> that's the perfect kind of snow. doesn't really mess up your entire day and your whole week. >> perfect. >> i'm with you. i like the snow so philadelphia good for me. 5:32 dry roadways out in new jersey on the 42 freeway the northbound, where the headlights are moving in. moving great there. we do have disable vehicle over in southbound lanes right here headed toward the a.c. expressway, no real volume starting to pick in, the southbound lanes so shouldn't set you back too much. but be careful if you're headed out on the 42 freeway for this morning, so far over the on the schuylkill over conshohocken, things moving great, there as well. everything still pretty dry. westbound no problems, eastbound toward the center city area, moving great, there as well. we do have few incidents to

talk b1 out in lawrence township, an accident, closing route 206 at cold soil road. you want to take princeton pike to get on by. ukee, back over to you. >> jessica, thanks so much. just because we're not getting a lot of snow doesn't mean it won't be little dicey out there. please be careful when you go out. road crews out in force this morning to make sure your commute is a safe one. justin finch joins us nona over 69th street terminal. people bundled up while waiting for the trucks and buses. >> good morning, that's right the hoods are up, hats are on, so are hats gloves and scarf too, we know way too early closer to #. when the snow does fall, penndot says it will be ready. they have crews watching cameras, this morning, keeping an eye on your commute. looking out for potential trouble spots out there as well in all we know they have some 200 trucks out there salting and clearing streets

even called in some reinforcements, some contractor trucks, the work began at midnight last night on 95, the 76, the 676 as well as roosevelt extension. and these below freezing temperatures have triggered code blue warnings in our area, in the counties of bucks, camden, philadelphia, montgomery as well as burlington. and with this snow set to fall very close to our morning commute peak, penndot says to take it very slowly out there this morning. take a listen. >> with certain vehicles, even though it is just one 2 inches, sometimes these vehicles right here, they will fish and everything like that, so we can't do. that will we have to drive our other vehicles. >> we're mother -- we urge motorists to be very careful to drive at reduced speed to also allow additional time to get to their destinations and maintain at least twice the normal following distance between themselves and the vehicle in front of them.

>> caution is very key this morning, you heard the limo driver say they may even bring out extra suv's for the commute this morning. also, take extra time, rather, to map out your commute early give yourself extra time, no matter where you're going just in case the roads are dicey or there could be wrecks out there, as well. we are live in upper dash think morning, justin finch cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> justin, thank you will, we'll get back to you shortly. quick reminder, you can always turn to our website any time you would like for the latest forecast and road conditions. just go to cbsphilly.com. philadelphia police have charged the alleged triggerman in the murder after limo driver. investigators say that alonso and two others from yeadon randomly chose this driver, ramirez of the la premier car company. shot to death saturday during confrontation in his car in cobbs creek. police have released a second person, they questioned without charging him. police have reportedly identify add third man and now looking for him.

the victim's fiancee saw it happen but was not hurt. now, check out these surveillance videos here. police in philadelphia need help to find these men who robbed a store at gunpoint. it happened at a grocery store on the 6100 block of bathe on street, this sunday after christmas. two of those men were armed. investigators say they got away with $2,300, two cell phones, and cigarettes. anyone with information is asked to call northwest detectives. right now 5:36. and in business news this morning, that old school walk man, remember those, i had the bright yellow one so cool, they're getting a make over. >> what? and news that pet owners need to know, money watch's jill wagner joins us up at the stock exchange in new york. hey, jill, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ukee erika. petco has stopped selling chinese made dog and cat treats. there is some concern that these treats have sickened thousand cents every pets even killed a thousand dogs in 2007. the fda is investigating, but

says initial tests have not connected the treats to the illnesses. another company pet smart says it will stop selling those treats by march. here on wall street, we'll see if the markets can rebounds, falling price of oil dragged down energy stocks yesterday. the dow plunged 331 points. that's the worse one they dropped since october. the nasdaq fell 74 points. dish network launching sling tv, that's cheaper end net tv service. so for $20 a month custom kearse get channels like espn, food network cnn and cbs without paying for a full tv package. it is targeted at younger customers. and, sony is going old school. the company is showing off a new walk man yes, a walk man it does not play cassette. it has a digital touch screen and high res audio. for people who want very high quality sound the sturdy design getting rave reviews. but the price not so much.

1200 bucks. >> excuse me? excuse me? >> you can buy like 20 old school walk man's. >> oh, i'm tell you i'll break out the old one. >> get your eight track. >> all of those old mixes. >> that's right. >> exactly! oh that's crazy thanks, jill. more confusion this morning over the future of the old revel casino in atlantic city. a judge decided yesterday that developer glenn straub can buy the building for $95 million. but, now straub wants the judge to stop the sale because he says he should only have to pay $87 million for the property. revel shutdown in september after going bankrupt twice in two years. hey, major break through in space travel could be just minutes away. what's being done with a rocket after it launches this morning, that's never happened before. >> also, turning the pope's visit into a money making opportunity. how some people plan to cash in on the historic visit later on this year. >> and is your facebook feed

filled with pictures of dogs? well, a teenager's simple request that's become the latest viral sensation and how the animals are inspiring him. >> and the snow hasn't started falling yet. but it is coming. we are tracking this clipper system in the cbs-3 mobile weather lab when we do traffic and weather together on the 3's. looking live right now at the roads, still clear will it affect your commute? details coming up.

penndot is prepared. we expect an inch or two today. kately have the full forecast coming up on 39's in just a little bit. >> also, following breaking news right now fire titles battle flames and frigid temperatures to control this house fire on south lambert street in south philadelphia. four people are in the care of the red cross one person suffered minor injuries. >> police after two suspect after deadly shooting in west oaklane. a man was shot several times near 66th and south 19th about midnight last night. died at einstein hospital. >> whether pope francis comes to philadelphia this fall, a estimated 2 million will be here to see them. where do they spend the night if they can't get a low tell room? >> "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones has found some homeowners who are ready to help out at a cost. >> and as we walk through, we

have a three-bedroom. >> sees the opportunity of a lifetime. he and his wife are looking to rent their art museum area home for $28,000 for just one week. >> do i think it is crazy? of course. right? absolutely. but -- >> for this, it will be very important to somebody. >> with pope francis head today philadelphia, toward the end of september, for the world meeting of families, an estimated 2 million people will be drawn to the parkway in the basilica that week, and with some available hotel rooms in the city going for nearly $900 a night that makes any bed within walking distance a hot commodity. >> we are .75 miles from where the pope conducting mass -- >> quick check on craigslist shows they're not alone. >> skylites here bring a lot of sunlight down to the main floor. >> tom, listing his 3-story fishtown home for around $12,000 that week. >> also gets very crowded when big venues come to town, and i normally like to get out of up. >> his girlfriend, too trying to rent her washington square

home for around 12 grand. lena came to that number after looking at hotel prices. >> for 400 to 500 a night three bedrooms, it came out around $10,000. >> with parking space, a kitchen: >> so whether it is 28 grand or 12 grand for one week, the homeowners there just recently posted those properties, so, they don't know if they can get that much, but even if they get something close they'll be very happy. reporting from basilica, todd quinones cbs-3, "eyewitness news". a lot of money. fortunately, no talking about a lot of snow, though, katie. right now 5:43. >> yes, good morning, that's right. this will be one of those perfect opportunities to check in with our eyewitness weather watchers. because the radar is showing one thing but not actually seeing snowfall everywhere just yet. although the leading edge of is moving in. so we take you around the map. start thing off far northwest corner 18 degrees sent in by michael. sent it in over the last hour, cold start absolutely coal

enough, that it is going to see snow come in. just clouds he's been reporting within the last hour. we take you little further south here to 23 degrees there is one sent in from jason middletown delaware, where he is situated. he's generally just got some clouds. and he's got good advice for us all careful on roadways, especially as soon as that snow starts to pick up. kent county, extreme far southwest, lancaster county being some of the snow beginning to verify. take you further off to the northwest, 28 degrees sent in from ed connor, sent it in the last minute in cross wicks new jersey, still just clouds to report there. that's generally what we're finding despite storm scan3 what the radar is telling you as i mention seeing reports of flakes at least actually showing up out there. and it is beginning to even stick out across portions of lancaster county, but you know, not all of this is actually verifying at the ground level just yet. and keep in mind, again guys, not major storm for us.

absolutely not. this is just a clipper system. we zoom it out for you here. you can see relatively small system. it was all the way out over montana. this same time yesterday. so it has made a very fast cross-country commute here. it will be basically out of here toward the time we're hitting the evening rush. so here's a good sense of the timing for you. within even though already starting to see some flakes, within the next two hours we're starting to see the snow arrive from generally west to east southwest to northeast. eight to 11:00 a.m. it is the steadiest of the snow that we'll find, that's when we get the best accumulation, it is mid-morning, thankfully by that point, a lot of people have already hit the office and they're off the roads. but could certainly still be slick. your eyewitness weather seven day forecast meanwhile look at the cold that gets ryan forced. we have a really hard time even getting into the 20's here, come thursday, but it is absolutely going to feel colder than that. meanwhile, separate disturbance passes us by to friday, and that's going to potentially bring in flurry. but also reinforces the chill

again for the upcoming weekend. so if there were ever a week to bundle up, this is it. meanwhile we want a check on the snow right now justin drabick out live with the cbs-3 mobile weather lab right now he's on i495 near the delaware-pa state line. justin, any flakes yet? >> reporter: we're between claymont delaware and wilmington headed south on 495, basically all we got right now is some increased traffic. temperature is cold, though, 23 degrees. once the snow does reach the ground it will certainly stick. now, you can look at the street. you see the street, the brine solution, actually put this down yesterday so certainly that's good news there. but i look at the radar again. there is snow over us right now, but the atmosphere, surface, just little bit too dry. so a lot of this evaporating. eventually we get the flakes down we'll keep tracking to the south and west and see if we can find the snow. breaking it down, this morning, it will eventually snow, slow things down, temperatures in the low 20's, so that powdery fluffy snow

that will easily accumulate. it will be light though, but again, to up about 2 inches of snow possible, before the storm system is out of here, pretty much anywhere through the delaware valley. again will reduce the visibility, bad thing here is the timing. it will come during the height of the rush hour. and that's going to slow things down, make things pretty slick. so just pack extra patience and time this morning on your ride n again brink -- bringing you back live, toward wilmington, no snow yet but coming shortly. more updates coming upment for a check on the rolled, we send it back to the studio with jessica for a look at the traffic. >> thank you justin. good to see live account right there, where you can see no snow really starting to accumulate yet but there are some spots that will be hit relatively shortly. immediately right now though, we talk about the ben franklin bridge, see everything doing just fine headed eastbound actually losing one lane to ongoing construction into new jersey. but no problems headed on into the city. all lanes are open there headed westbound. now over on 995 at girard, you can see no snow starting to

fall there as well. southbound toward center city area though starting to pack in little bit of volume. still moving along great. northbound lanes moving fine, as well. we do have accident closing route 202 at cold soil road. your alternate to get around that for the time being is to take princeton pike. we have a set of traffic lights out in malfunctioning out byberry road at evan street. we just want you to not forget, this is real important, specially on a day like this, when on the road you can get updated traffic information with new your drive app. download for and droid devices by going to cbsphilly.com/your drive. >> happening in just about a half hour, space x is set to launch another mission to the international space station. and for the first time, the company will try to land the rockets first stage on this floating platform. engineers say they've a 50-50 shot at success. if it works it could be a huge step toward a re-usable rocket significantly cutting the cost of space travel.

on the health watch this morning, the flu is hitting our area and the nation hard right now. the cdc is reporting widespread activity in nearly all 50 state. now here in our area delaware has 632 confirmed cases there have been four deaths in the first state. in pennsylvania, there are more than 10,000 cases with 591 just in montgomery county. new jersey does not release numbers but they say that the flu activity there is also high. now the flu epidemic is blamed in part on this year's vaccine, officials say it may be only 30% effective. that's because eight three two, main stream circulating not good match to the vaccine. >> the average year we see effectiveness of the vaccine somewhere at 50 to 70%. and so it might be little lower this year, but even if it is lower it, may provide some protection, especially important in people with higher risk. >> the h3n2 virus tends to

cause more severe illness specially in very young children and the elderly. flu related hospitalizations for the elderly more than double this time last year. >> phoenix teenager fighting cancer with the help every man's best friend and little pet therapy. sixteen year old anthony lions loves animals specially dogs. his mom started a facebook page asking people to post pictures of their puppies just to see him smile during his chemo treatments. word kept spreading and people all over the world joined in. >> kept going viral. when she had 2,000 people, and then it turned to 300,000 and 700,000, and probably might break a million by the end of the day. it the numbers are rising pretty quick. >> the teenager also said he takes comfort inn knowing he's not fighting this battle alone. you can check out the facebook page, his mom started, it is called photo doggies for anthony. very nice. very nice. >> what a fantastic effort.

something so simple like you can see how that would be some comfort. >> can go a long way sure can. >> right now 5:51. before you walk out the door, we'll have the latest on ♪ he, when we update traffic and weather together on the 3's. but first here's a look at what's coming up tonight during evening prime time viewing right here on cbs-3.

erika, start to go move in as we speak, expect it to see general one to 2 inches, though, not major storm but it is a major headache for us out there. and the time something obviously terrible, too as it comes right in the middle of the morning rush. now, a lot of what you're finding on storm scan right

now has yet to verify as actual snowflakes on the ground. as we head from justin drab i can's report in the last block here, but eventually going to start to stick here. we can expect, as i said, one 2-inch swat develop across the board, there are also winter weather advisories posted for a good chunk of the area, they last until 4:00 p.m. jess, over to you. >> thank you katie. good morning we start things out on 95, things still moving nightly along cottman avenue, southbound lanes towards the center city area. also right lane out due to ongoing construction, things still dry no snow falling pretty much the vine e street expressway 24th street westbound toward the schuylkill, no problems there. eastbound doing fine and nice and dry. stay there cbs-3 "eyewitness news" will

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>> now it is clear right flu as you can look live at center city philadelphia, but the temperature has already plummeted. time to dig out all the winter gear. >> looks cold out there. let's get right out to katie looking at the system right now. >> yes, i have a feeling ukee you and many other people that own snow blowers may not have to break them out this time. >> yeah. >> it will be snow certainly that accumulates. >> all right! >> ya! >> snow will accumulate, but not much. this isn't major storm. but it is going to be very cold week. so winter weather gear is a must all week long. here is another look at the system, just little clipper. just little guy. same one that sips right across from monday tan a this same time yesterday where it was, already here. starting to get some reports from our eyewitness weather watcher network so thank you for those in newark delaware dolores lee said she is starting to see snowflakes in nottingham,