right now at 11:00 o'clock a winter storm leaves its mark all across the delaware valley.

shovels are out in full force as the cleanup slowly begins. the snow quickly covering roadways creating treacherous conditions out there. this cab in center stow philadelphia fishtailed right down market street. it was a slippery time as well for people walking out there as the snow began changing over to freezing rain. right now storm scan3 shows that change overtaking place and most of the snow is moving out of the region and freezing rain and rain taking over. good evening everyone, i'm natasha brown. thanks for joining us. temperature will be climbing throughout the night but we're not out of the woods just yet. at the bottom of your screen you will see a number of closures and delays so please take note of that. we also have live team three coverage for you of this saturday storm. that's brought us a mix of pretty much everything. let's begin with meteorologist justin drabick live on the sky deck tracking what's happening at this hour. justin. >> good evening natasha. that's right. still dealing with light freezing rain right now temperature hovering around

32 degrees you may be wondering is next to me this is actually a coat rack a metal coat rack we stuck out here to see how much ice we could accumulate. there is a little icy creeks on here maybe hard to see but enough of a glaze to cause some problems much this is what you'll be dealing with over the next hour or so if you head outside you'll have have oh scrape your car and streets right here in center city still slush covered with some ice. just be careful if you're heading out overnight. here's what's happening on storm scan3. still decent amount of moisture left and we are seeing a lot of areas of pink indicating the freezing rain but notice the green. the plane rain moving in from the south that will be the trend over the next few hours. by midnight should be dealing with plane rain here in philadelphia. little bit farther to the north still light snow shower activity breaking out across the far northwestern suburbs. zoom in closer to southern new jersey you can see that rain and freezing rain line moving into camden, gloucester counties. so improving conditions as far as south and central jersey goes as temperatures climb above freezing.

we're still under the winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories through the region as well. but visibles getting better. still down to half a mile in reading due to some snow but up to 4 miles for philadelphia in parts of southern new jersey up to six in dover so better driving conditions overnight as far as the visibility goes but the damage has been done. check it out. looks like the sweet spot was down in northern delaware parts of chester county as far as the snow goes and in new jersey. bear, delaware, 6.5-inches. drexel hill 6.2. voorhees half a too much 5-inches in levittown and in philadelphia officially 4.5 at the airport. that makes it the highest storm this season so far for snowfall. winter storm warnings still remain in effect for the areas in pink including philadelphia winter weather advisories up in the poconos. we'll be tracking warmer temperatures and some improving conditions for the rest of the weekend with those details let's send it ba tock kathy. >> thank you very much justin. we were outside slipping and sliding on the sidewalk. it only takes a thin amount of ice just 100th of an inch to create in that graze glaze.

live neighborhood network takes to us read wrack we have the poor visible right now and you can see how the snow came down late this afternoon pretty heavily picking up about 3-inches there. but reduced visible continues tonight. so please be aware of those warmer temperatures also coming across the colder snow pack createing additional poor visibility with fog overnight. another concern. so as we work our way through the late night hours and overnight we're looking at light sleet to the north and west and freezing rain. it will be changing over to rain but you may see that light ice accumulation that will make it very slick if it looks wet it's icy changing to rain from southeast to north and west. over the next two to three hours and once again areas of fog once that rain and warmer air moves n you can see our future weather lining up temperatures at or just above freezing from philadelphia to the south and east. still cold below freezing to the north and west. overnight tonight that warm air will lift in but see the lehigh val and also reading. reading the borderline but allentown you will end as little bit of an icy mix.

and then everything moves on shore. tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. everyone above freezing with the exception of the poconos. look at wildwood. 42 degrees. so it will ab mild day. and by the late morning early afternoon the sun will come out believe it or not. coming up we'll talk about what a great day it will be to be outside tomorrow. another blast of cold air moves our way. and then weekend snow in the seven day? we'll take look at that as well. natasha, one day at a time. back to you. >> that's a good idea. thank you so much kathy. scenes like this all throughout the day in the delaware valley, in wilmington, delaware several cars got stuck going up the delaware of a ramp of interstate 95. now the snow did cause slippery roadways and numerous crashes a car slammed no a pole on route 1 in chadds ford, delaware county. our team coverage continues tonight with "eyewitness news" reporter matt rivers live in willow grove, montgomery county. matt? >> reporter: natasha we're live along route sick 11. thankfully we have not seen any crashes.

we can show was the road looks locate right now. pretty clear right now. snowplows have made their way through this region several times in the last two hours or so basically it's turned to rain what we're seeing here in willow grove is similar what we've seen across our area. we have some video should show you from the cbs3 mobile weather lab as it drove around our area today. roadways certainly covered with snow and now a little bit of ice. as this change over continues. it certainly made penndot's battle an you will hill one as we spoke to some of their officials a little bit earlier today. simply put bucks county roads were weren't pretty saturday sometimes slushy sometimes snowy all of it difficult for drivers to get through. >> be more careful. yeah. very slow. >> take your time. >> taking my time, yes. >> reporter: side streets are one thing, of course. main roads another. the well traveled portion of street road in warminster saw its fair share of snowplows but in the end the snowflakes won out. saturday's snow was no surprise

of course we've known about the potential for accumulations since late week. penndot has too and says they did what they could proactive. >> this starting off as a plowing operation. we had a chance to get output material down. we had our plows ready. >> reporter: when the snowfalls of rates an inch an hour like it did saturday, nearly impossible to keep up. penndot it takes hours to complete 140-mile psych kerr our crews are out working hard to keep roads passible. something plow operator gary riley understands. >> they're doing good job. just keeping up with it is half the battle report roar another man who spends his time on the roads postal employee darrell washington. his review of the 400 some penndot trucks working the streets -- >> they're doing pretty good yeah. they should have jumped on it earlier but it's pretty good. >> reporter: and so as we mention earlier the snow that we saw during the afternoon is turned into a light freezing rain and it's resulted in that kind of ice that kind of glaze that we're seeing in the parking lot here that we're standing on

right now. that kind of ice is what penndot tells me will be focusing on overnight. they will have hundreds of trucks remain out on area roadways overnight to do what they can to keep roadways safe. for now we're live in willow grove, matt rivers cbs3 it witness news. >> all right, matt you guys be careful out there. thank you very much. now from the roads to the air, we just talked to the folk at philadelphia international airport a ground stop is currently underway on all rifles rifles. planes are leaving the airport but there are delays due to deicing. as for septa several routes are being detoured. check septa's website for a list list. dart has route suspensions and detours as well and new jersey transit is also experiencing some detours. head to cbsphilly.com for the very latest updates on the snowstorm and any community cancellations. also, you can always connect with us on social media using the hash tag cbs3 snow. and stay one step ahead of the forecast by downloading the cbs philly weather app.

you can track live radar get weather alerts and a lot more. it's all available now on i tunes and google play. now the cold weather meantime is to blame for a water main break in philadelphia's port richmond neighbor. service has been restored to about 100 homes on the 3000 block of tulip street. authorities say an 8-inch main snapped just after 9:00 o'clock this morning. and water started pouring into the basements of at least 10 homes. >> this is a brutal time of year. certainly the temperatures not helping. the water temperature going to the mains is extremely cold. breaking many mains around the city and we ask for patience as we get out there and make repairs as quickly as we can. >> the red cross did help families displaced by that water main break. and an apartment fire forced 22 adults and 14 kids into the cold in lindenwold, camden county today. flames ripped through the emerald ridge apartments on gibbsboro road about 3:00 o'clock this morning. firefighters arrived to find

flames shooting from the rooftop of that building. they were able to quickly contain the fire despite battling extreme cold. >> trying to do the best we can with what we have at that time. luckily the winds have died down down. so that wasn't a contributing factor. >> four units were damaged and there were no injuries reported but the cause remains under investigation. now for kids today, it was the perfect day for sledding. as snow day on their day off. but will the snow be sticking around for long? meteorologist justin drabick is tracking big changes for us. justin. >> that's right. we change over to plane rain in center city but what do to expect for the rest of the weekend. kathy and i will have the complete "eyewitness weather" forecast coming up. >> plus they're still dancing. thousands are more than halfway through one of the largest student run fundraisers in the country. and the flyers with a pretty tough test this afternoon. could they beat the best team in hockey? rob ellis with those

highlights and more coming up in

back now on "eyewitness news". you're looking live at route sick 11 in willow grove. the snow has changed over to rain at this point but the roads are still slick out there. meteorologist justin drabick and kathy orr will have the complete forecast in just couple of

minutes. plus many of our "eyewitness news" viewers sent in their favorite photos from did's storm went do appreciate it. here's john in cherry hill had a busy evening of shoveling and now he's waiting for the rain to hopefully ash away all that snow. and look at this eyewitness picture from a inform n in bellmawr. she says when it snows make snow art. well it may not have been a traditional snow day for the kids around the region but they still had lots of fun much these kids in turnersville gloucester county are having just a blast in their snow tube and that looks like a lot of fun. remember we love when you connect with us during winter storms like this. you can help us out by telling your story through your photos and your videos. send your snow photos and videos to us using the hash tag cbs3 storm. we are not the only ones dealing with this winter mess this weekend. parts of the south also getting hammered with snow and ice. take look in virginia drivers had pretty tough time down there getting from point a to point b

as much as 10-inches of snow fell in parts of my home state actually and after the snow, came the freezing rain. also, in tennessee a state of emergency was declared after various bouts of winter weather including snow, sleet and freezing rain. roads near chatanooga turned into ice skating ring and thick sheets of ice rendered rendered roads impossible. ice brought down power lines leaving many in the dark. back here at home we are starting to finally see the transition from snow to freezing rain to rain out there. meteorologist justin drabick and kathy orr have been very busy tracking the changes throughout night want it all means for tomorrow morning. let's start with justin live on the cbs3 sky deck. justin. >> good evening natasha. we've seen it all today. we had the light fluff tee snow earlier, this afternoon sleet freezing rain noun we're just dealing with plane rain here empty city with temperatures 33 degrees. i mentioned the fluffy snow earlier that's gone now with the rain it's just a pack down snow

and easy to mick snowballs great for that. just watch out be careful there's icy spots especially on those treated sidewalks because we have a thin glaze of ice from this freezing rain but look what's happening on storm scan3. you starting to see tail end of the system a little bit some of that moisture is breaking up to the north and west notice the area of plane rain indicated by green on the radar. it's starting to creep farther north so temperatures are warming up so that's better news for the overnight drive if you have to head out. still leftover light snow showers north and west of the city. you get up to northern bucks and montgomery county and there could be still a light accumulation around the city could be a few pockets of light freezing rain but mostly plane rain is starting to move into the region you can see some heavier rain now breaking out across parts of salem county new jersey indicated by the yellow there on doppler radar so still pocks heavy rain at times over the next few hours. the snow has ended for the most part and again that sweet spot has been in parts of delaware

and new jersey. 5-inches in newark delaware. mt. laurel at 4.8. 4.4 in williamstown and in wynnewood, pennsylvania. in kennett square comes in just shy of 4-inches. now, we do have to mention light ice accumulation possible. a few hundredths of an inch basically from the city on northward. and it only takes few hundredths of an inch to cause slick spots out there on the roads just keep that in point. the good news at least we had snow down initially that helps outpatient the track little bit. there are the temperatures above freezing in philadelphia. 33 degrees it's sitting at freezing in wilmington. 34 in atlantic city and in wildwood. allentown reading still in the mid 20s. so there's going to be some frozen precipitation through the overnight hours. you guys may not even see the change over to plane rain by the time the storm system is out of here 36 in washington. so we do have milder air moving in from the south that will continue to be the trend through the overnight hours looks like we'll catch a break from the cold tomorrow before another blast of arctic air moves back into the delaware valley. for more on that forecast want

to expect the rest of the weekend let's send it back to the studio with kathy. good evening. >> thank you very much, justin. i appreciate that. let's go our eyewitness wither weather watchers. we want to thank everyone who gave us messages on facebook and twitter and "eyewitness weather" watcher system you have been terrific. our eyes atmospheric army out there this evening. let's take look at these temperatures. right now on the jersey side we're seeing more 30-degree temperatures. right now it is 31 degrees in pennsylvania. william reporting in levittown a temperature of 31 degrees. looks like a little bit of icy mix the rain is freezing on contact very treacherous out tonight. but william you guys will be changeing over to just plain old rain but remember the ground temperature is colder than the air temperature. so you still could see some icy patches on the ground that subfreezing even the temperatures are above freezing. upper darby bill is reporting 33 degrees. he's seeing rain right now and let's take you to the north and west we still have temperatures

that are well below freezing. jim reporting in a temperature of 26 degrees in royersford. temperatures slowly rising light sleet but roads are still slick. i want to show you some of our snow accumulations from our weather watchers. because these are impressive and as justin had mentioned some of the higher amounts through southeastern pennsylvania near the i-95 corridor and through south jersey landenberg six upon five. in burlington township 6-inches. levittown 6-inches. somerdale 5.9. glasgow, delaware, 5.5. wilmington over five. newark over five. collingswood five. and even in lawrenceville 4.25-inches of snow. now, here's a lock outside where we're seeing some areas of fog. so we have warm air moving in over that fresh cold snow pack and that will create some fog overnight. please be aware of that. this is the view from campbell's field of course of the ben franklin bridge. we can't even see the skyline indicating that visibility could be an issue overnight. area of low pressure will be

lifting to our north and to the east. that means tomorrow some milder air with some sunshine temperatures in the 40s. get out, enjoy it. shovel get rid of all the ice because here comes the cold again. monday temperatures in the 20s and it's going to stay pretty cold through most of the week. overnight temperatures rising freezing rain changing to rain the lehigh valley i think we'll run out of precipitation by the time the warmer air gets to you during the day sunday a few morning sprinkles then clearing the high 43. on the seven day forecast, frigid again for monday. tuesday morning eight. tuesday afternoon 26. wednesday we get above freezing thankfully. cold again thursday and friday and then justin even were looking at the computer models there is a chance we could see some snow maybe some rain next weekend. do you believe it? >> oh, my gosh. this is just been weekend thing. it's like every weekend. okay. sorry. >> we'll try break that. >> stay in the moment. >> thank you very much. rob ellis is here with sports. >> we go from the snow to the ice. flyers battled the league's best and it went to shootout shockly.

we'll tell you how they faired against the predators keen their play off hopes alive. cole hamels had some

flyers entered today's matinee six points behind boston for the final play off spot in the east. the good news that's the good news. the bad news they were taking on the inform hl top team in nash nashville. former flyer head coach peter laviolette the predators head man got a standing ovation today. second period game tied at one when ryan white gives the flyers a two-one lead right there. nice pass. he's got points in four straight games but nashville would tie the game. the game goes to over tight. a shoot out. vorachek nice move right there. beats the goalie. a great all season long. wayne simmonds.

someone else has been big for the flyers all year. that seals it right l flyers win three-two in the shoot out and trail the bruins by just four points orange and black host the caps tomorrow afternoon. cole hamels never been one to bite his tongue the subject of many trade rumors this off season earlier this week he made it clear he wanted out of town. today he met with the media in clearwater and lesley has the story. >> this given moment i'm a a phillie. >> over the off season cole hamels was saying he wants to win and he knows that's not going to happen here. didn't confirm or deny that he made those comments, but he seemed more optimistic now that the phillies can compete. >> i like my chances with, you know with the type of bullpen that we have. still being able to have cliff um, you know, a couple of the other starter that is we've been able to sign are they're great guys. and, you know, anybody can surprise you at any given mommy. still having chase and howie here they're big cat lifts in any sort of lineup.

if we can be consistent and do things the right way then we can surprise anybody. >> manager sandberg would love to keep him here. >> who wouldn't want cole hamels pitching opening day? but then again there's the other side of the organizational side of it and the transition that we're in right now. so that's a whole other part of it. >> cole said he would love for this team to prove people wrong but he's just one piece of the puzzle. reporting in clearwater lesley van arsdall, "eyewitness sports" sports". >> sixth ranked villanova at marquette. darien hilliard knocked down the three. he had 17. cats up by nine at the break. second half ryan dials long distance. 11, three pointers for villanova the day. they win their eighth straight beating marquette 87-76 to go to 25-two on the season. all right. attention eagles fans. marcus mariota showed off his skills at the combine.

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welcome back everyone. happening now thousands of penn state students are raising millions of dollars in the fight against childhood cancer. this a look at the dance marathon on campus in university park. "eyewitness news" at the bryce jordon center. this fundraiser began last night and it won't end until tomorrow afternoon.

thon is billed as the largest student run philanthropy. >> and swarthmore college has new president. valerie smith will begin leading the small liberal arts school on july 1st. smith has served as dean at princeton university since 2011. she first came to the school in 1980 as an instructor of english and african-american studies.

mix of everything tonight, guys. >> seen it all. starting to see that rain push in from the south check it out on storm scan3. the storm actually set up a little farther south that locked in the colder air longer and shivved heavy snow southward towards philadelphia. >> all right. here's a look the your seven day forecast. improving tomorrow, great day to be outdoors but then it's back in the freezer by monday. so take advantage of the sunshine tomorrow.

>> break out the shorts. >> appreciate that. that's "eyewitness news". i'm natasha brown for rob, justin kathy all of us here, thank you so much for joining us. we're back with you at 6am. be sure to tune n blue bloods is up next v a great night

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