major winter storm and in full force, storm scan3 showing it to you, heavy snow blanketing the region, blizzard warnings now in effect. >> no areas fearing well at this hour. this is live look in center city philadelphia. the snow is piling up and getting around by car and by foot is treacherous. >> and as we take a live look at the atlantic city expressway it is not just snow but down the shore there is another concern, coastal communities bracing for flooding, going to talk about, that as well. today is saturday, january 23rd, good morning to you, i'm nicole brewer. >> i'm jim donovan. this is a special eye on the storm coverage of our very first major winter storm. >> had to happen at some point, right? team of reporters stands out all across the region. >> some community concellations running at the bottom of your screen. first the latest on the

conditions, kate knit weather center, justin on the skydeck. >> meisha keeping an eye out on the roads. let's start out with kate, good morning, first winter storm. >> you said it, nicole, yep, we in the thick of things as we speak, now is the time to just stay home. if you are watching us from the comfort of your couch, we hope that's where you are, please don't go out in this unless you absolutely have to. we are still finding relatively speak ago light fluffy snow. but as dew points climb, this is turning over to more heavy stuff. that will will make it even more treacherous to travel, obviously piling up. multiple reports of six plus inches already, and we're just getting started, folks. out to storm scan one more time. notice any time this is radar 101, you get the darker shades of turn purple showing up, heavier snowfall intensity, basically exploded over the chesapeake bay area into central delaware. still finds that real good fetch of moisture getting drawn on shore with very persistent northeast winds flow. and right now you have got some of your heaviest snow currently falling right through the delaware bay actually, but also the cut off line taking place down near

some of the shore towns. little bit of wider zoom, in fact, we zoom out one more time to show you the storm in its entirety, basically finding heaviest snow falling right over our area as we get on the northern branch of the storm, as we sit here better part of the day we'll do well with snow totals. blizzard warning remaining in effect now through 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. so long lived event, guys. winter storm warnings posted everywhere else. wind gusts as they stand right now, they're impressive. take a look, 46-mile per hour gusts currently wilmington, 44, ac, not even getting report in wildwood because it is that strong. and look at what it looks like in rehoboth right now. cameras shaking everywhere. notice that winds, that is brutal. right on shore at 53 miles per hour, guys. that is going to lead to errosion, that's going to lead to coastal flooding and you're looking at pretty soaking rain right now down there, really not going to help matters much. now this is our snowfall map. we have since updated, since we are starting to see the one

to two-inch per hour snow totals coming in here. it will pack up quickly. since beefed it up, 18 to 24 inches for the greater philadelphia ash. and still pretty impressive as you heard further south or north out of this, as well, and as we said, it is going to continue all day long. and we will walk you through the timing little bit later in the show. soap, meisha, a not looking so hot if you have got to be out in this. >> certainly, one of those things, katie, where there is no reason to get in your car. if you do not have to to drive through this, avoid it at all costs. he drove in this morning. i can let you know that it is very dangerous conditions right now. and the snow keeps coming down. so you what looking at right now, seeing our camera kind of jump around. this is penndot feed. i particularly wanted to pull this up, as they are jumping around, cycling through different camera shots, just to kind of give you overall vibe, overall sense whatever you are dealing with, by the way when they show a shot looking under a bridge and it looks wet, i can let you know right now very slippery. you are dealing with black

ice. tons of snow, obviously on all of your major interstates, and highways right now, it is not just the snow that's going to slow you down. visibility is going to play a major issue today. we do have penndot out there. this is the vine, eastbound, at 11th street toward the ben franklin bridge. see the flashing lights. even though penndot is out there trying to get these cleared out of your way, visibility is an issue. driving in the snow, and i am talking deep snow, is an issue right now, especially over the morning, because you don't have the volume of vehicles going over the roadways flattening it out for you. you are literally driving through feet of snow right now. >> this is a look at the ben franklin bridge. can you see it? you can't see it. this is what i am talking about when i talk about visibility. just not there. speed restrictions on all major pa highways, 45 miles per hour, bridges, you're down to 25 miles per hour, and also, in the worlds of mass transit, septa suspended except for the market frankford line and broad street line, new jersey transit and dart also completely suspended today. if you can stay in your warm homes, do so. jim, nicole, back over to you.

>> thanks, meisha, very much. snow emergency is in effect for the city of philadelphia. vehicles parked on snow emergency routes are being towed right now. these drivers parked on broad street in south philadelphia are finding out the hard way. getting your car back will cost you up to $125. if your car was towed, contact the city of philadelphia, snow emergency hotline at 215686-snow. >> our first major snowstorm of the season is here. snow is steadily coming down across the region this morning, about one, 2 inches an hour, i drove through it, too, what a mess. visibility is low, and the roads are very dangerous. >> very, very treacherous. state of emergency is in effect for pennsylvania, new jersey, and delaware, at this point. our team coverage starts here in philadelphia. that's where cherri gregg from our sister station "kyw news radio" 1060 is live for us in center city. good morning to you, cherri gregg. how is the commute in this morning? did you run into any trouble? >> yes, let me tell you, this

snow is coming down at a good clip, low visibility, the entire roadway is covered. if you take a look, here at broad and walnut. if you look down at the street, and i've seen four plows take a path down broad street yet the entire roadway is still covered. and it is because the snow is coming down pretty heavily. as you can see, it is sticking to my jacket, as you are sitting there. having a vacation on my coat. my commute from south philadelphia station at 15th and spring garden. as you can see, it was low visibility there. the entire road was covered. there were other cars on the road. there was car or two that got stuck on side streetment cabs on the road, things like that. so, this is very treacherous driving. it is very dangerous. but back out here live, it didn't stop a lot of folks from walking around here. we had people who were plowing and shoveling this area, but

as you can see, it doesn't look like the shovel was out here this morning. i'm out here, near the wawa. folks had been bundled up. this is a boot day. you cannot get around with sneakers. you definitely need boots. but it is definitely a day to bundle up. if you can, just stay home. live in center city, cherri gregg, "kyw news radio" for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> watch it all from the comfort of your couch, exactly, exactly, thank you so much. that's a look in philadelphia. but delaware is also under a state of emergency. >> if you have to be on the road in the first state, be careful out there. our eye on the storm coverage continues with "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch live in wilmington. justin? >> reporter: jim, nicole, good morning. from delaware, we're here in arden town, wilmington here, at the corner of marsh and silver signed i want to show you here first. just the snow i'm standing in, it is pretty deep out here in parts, this snow and winds blowing at very steady pace, creating problems for the plows making their way out

here. several plows have made their way around this area here. but as you can see, the roadways are staying area. also, at this hour, a level one driving restrictions is in place. that means, all non-essential traffic is prohibited throughout the state. of course, you noah blizzard warning, parts every winter weather watch in others, and coastal flooding are the major state here in delaware.rst we're actually here at the shopping of gray land plaza. right there it ends tends to be open 24 hours, the process first getting to the door. there have been several plows coming in this area, clearing off this parking lot. you see the squawl that just moved in here. almost white-out here conditions here, this parking lot here. it is very tough to keep these areas clear which is why it is a hazard for you to be out here on these roads if you truely have no business out here. now, we do know, the governor plans to have an update for us later sometime today in the

smyrna area at the del dot situation, rather, set up there, we do know that starting earlier this week, that del dot was out clearing roads, but i can tell you, making our way south, on the philadelphia area here into delaware was quite arduous. we saw tractor-trailer off of the road, almost in in the median of the highway there, several cars taking it slow, others choosing to pull over. i can hardly see you right now because the winds and snow is blowing in my face. these are just not conditions to be in if you truely don't have to be. your best bet is as you've been saying throughout the morning so far, is to stay home and watch this. if you must. from the comfort of your own television where you are nice and warm. nicole, jim, back over to you. live here, in wilmington, delaware. >> you said it, justin, definitely good day to stay at home. thanks. >> now, let's check how things are going on in montgomery county. >> "eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon live for just king of prussia. what's it like out that way? >> reporter: well, you know, jim, nicole, good morning, not

much better than everything else we've been hearing, you can see sort of in our shot how heavily the snow is coming down, when you couple that with the strong winds, it is just absolutely awful out here. take a look right now, you can see some of the right now route 202 and henderson in king of prussia where also the snow coming down quite heavily, quite forcefully, and these winds are just not making it easier. if we can take a look up now to the american flag, just the side where we're standing, and as this winds starts to pick up, you can see just how forceful these winds are, how it is whipping the flag back and forth, so just not making it an easy commute for anyone who has to be out on those roads. this morning we took the schuylkill on our way in, those roads, snow covered, not many cars out there, we did see quite a few snow plows, montgomery county officials morning telling me they have their full fleet out. but they admit to me, look, it is tough, the snow coming down so quickly, there is only so much crews can do. so if you don't have to be on those roads, of course, we've

been hearing it all morning, trust me, you don't want to have to be. it is dangerous out there. now here at route 202 and henderson, what we're seeing again, not a lot of most rid is cents but folks out there plowing, people out here shoveling. right now we have andrew from blue bell. andrew, good morning, tell me, what's it been like out there for you this morning? >> just complete white-out. the blizzard, pretty much it. >> is it making things touch out there just even driving to where you are going? >> oh, yes, yes. everything is covered. >> what are the road conditions been like? >> horrible. i mean, what is plowed is plowed over, and there is just now snow everywhere, pretty difficult to drive. >> andrew, we certainly wish you the best. good luck out there. so again folks like andrew, what we are seeing out here, snow plows coming to this rest stop, to this wawa, to gas up, get some coffee, get warm, then hit the road again. but, jim, nicole, i have to tell you, you know, about what, 5:00 in the morning,

coming down so forcefully, the winds are so heavy, and it doesn't appear that this snow is letting up. so we can only imagine what is left in store, but this morning again, those roads looking snow covered. they're slick, visibility is poor. so if you can stay home, this is certainly a good day to do so. reporting live in king of prussia. rahel solomon, "eyewitness news". >> rahel you need to have that man sell you his ski goggles, the suggestion at this point. >> rahel, thank if you. >> our eye on the storm coverage is just getting started, up ahead the dangers you could face once you start shoveling all of that snow is wet, it is heavy, ahead in our health watch from stephanie stahl. >> snow plow crews are working to keep up with the blizzard, this is a live look at the schuylkill expressway at montgomery drive. meisha johnson is next with more on the progress they're making on the roads. stay with us, our "eyewitness news" team will get you through it all. we're back in just a moment.

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>> welcome back everyone, liver picture mobile three cruising around the jersey shore to bring awe look at the conditions there, right now our photographer jim spearing is showing us the atlantic city expressway. jim, take it easy on the road. i've been with him on a regular day, so knowing the way he drives i'm a little concerned right now. >> little crazy behind the wheel. >> yes. >> not a day to be crazy, take it slow, nice and easy, jim, thanks. also, we want to let you know to be sure to tell us how things are looking in your area. sends us some pictures, tweet us using #cbs3 snow. this is one we received, snow covered neighborhood in delaware, again, the snow just piling up already overnight. so, a big thanks to jj for tweeting that out. >> and, julia tweeted this picture, conditions looking a little dice any pennsburg, montgomery county, interesting to see the weather, also very interesting to see the competency every these photos.

a lot of talented photographers out there. >> interesting subjects, larry carry tweeting us a picture of his dog making snow angles, ridley township. i think the dog's name is shelby. big shout out to shelby. pretty good snow angel. >> shelby will have a good day today. show us where you live, share us photos, facebook, twitter, instagram, with the #cbs3 snow. this is our morning photo. yes, i >> can we take a shot? there it is, oops, there it is. >> okay. cbs-3 snow everybody. >> our team coverage continues with katie in the weather

center. when is it going to stop, katy? >> well, you have some time to kill guys. >> this will be a while. we are in the thick of things, i would say right now, butwill o tonight before it really lets up. now, we will take you out to another bunch our live network camera shots, one of our more remote towns, closer to the northern fringe of this shore, pleasant valley, middle, high school campuses here, school obviously not in session, but good shot to show you, snow starting to pipe up there, as well. going to storm scan, localized zoom, no break out there is at least little bit of dry slot that's starting to lift in though over the chesapeake. see that right on the tail end of the loop. let me zoom it out one, two more times here, actually we go one more, get to you nice wider zoom of this. you can see all of the moisture getting drawn back on line here, we haven't talkedff about this all week, depending where the mix line takes place, likely see limiting snow totals, and that's specific down near the shore towns specially sussex county delaware at this point. but also the fact that you have got some dry air starting to nudge in, with the rotation, that counter clockwise flow around this. it is helping to draw some of that in. soap, you're either going to be just getting pounded on around that region maybe catching little bit after lull. doesn't mean that it is over, how much, folks, this is still got a long ways to go. we talk about potential for

historic, it is potential, now, i don't think we've got shot at a record, at least not at number one, but we look at the top three, as long as we hit, you know, into the 20's, we will be in the top five here, and at this point we think we've got a good shot at t still question mark, still in the midst of all of the snow currently falling to the ground. but we will walk you through the detail of our expectations in just a second here. meantime, we're in the thick of t right now. normally would you only have couple of hours perhaps of the thick of things. but looks like that will linger right into mid afternoon with blizzard conditions for you. one more look at the snow amount, 18 to 24 inches for the greater philadelphia region, and potential for as much as 12 to 18 further north. and remember, guys, even though we talk about blizzard, we're not talking snow and the, rather winds and visibility. that advice isn't very, very poor right now. and for more on that, we will send it out to the trooper of the day, and that would be our own meteorologist, justin

drabick, out on the skydeck all bundle up. how is it looking, justin? >> talk about poor visibility, you can't even see me. i see the lens, actually some just fell off. getting blasted here with the rain on the camera lens, tv equipment here is getting -- can't even see the buildings, visibility an issue, stay off the roads, don't even try to think about even later tonight check it out what we are dealing with at most of the locations as far as the visibility go. half mile or less, it will get down even worse, quarter mile visibility, fan that happens for three hours, that's true blizzard conditions. so no matter where you are this morning, across the delaware valley will be rough. wind, certainly beginning to kick up, the worse of it will be through the morning into early afternoon. these are forecast wind gusts, mid-morning, 50, even low 60s, along the shore line, and it stays windy throughout the afternoon. even though when the snow ends tonight, we are still going to be dealing with wind gusts, 30, 40 miles per hour, specially along the coastline. so there will be blowing and drifting snow. and i've already seen little drift out here on the skydeck,

some drift are already up to 10 inches. coastal flood warning because of those gusty winds piling up the water, times of high tied this morning, this will be a time of concern. rehoboth beach at 7:00, in cape may, little later, coming in at 7:17. strathmere, 7:14, atlantic city at 6:43, coastal flood warning continues all the way until sunday afternoon. good news behind this storm, we are going to warm it up next week, temperatures close to 40 degrees. great news for the clean up but rough for the next several hours. let's check on the road conditions if we can even see them. >> justin i never thought i would see now winter coat. >> finally broke out the time. >> about time. good morning, everyone, all right, well, penndot plow trucks are on the move clearing snow and spreading that salt. spokesperson gene blaum joins us liver on the phone with more on their preparations, good morning, gene. you know that we are in the thick of the snowstorm now. so how are the roads looking right now this morning? >> reporter: well, meisha, as you are describing, your reporters are reporting, the roads are snow covered.

intensity of the storm has pick up over the last hour or two, snow continues to fall, as we expected, very challenging storm, visibility for our drivers, equipment operate respect, is very poor. we have 450 trucks out plowing throughout the five county philadelphia region. so, you know, we've got large task in front of us. our operators are doing the best they can under very difficult circumstances. >> yes, large task indeed. let's talk a little bit about that. because, really, when visibility is this bad, for anyone, even thinking about getting in their cars right now, what can penndot crews do? because the minute you're clearing things out of the way, the snow keeps coming down. so what's happening right now in terms of that? >> that's exactly what's happening. we are plowing the roads, meisha, a but the intensity of the storm combined with the strong winds, there is not only blowing snow through the air, but the snow blowing back on the roadway. so the roadways are being plowed, part of the region are worse than others, the snow is

pulling back on to the roadway, so drifting issue we talked about last night is coming to pass, because of the heavy strong winds, but not only is there poor visibility, but also drifting snow blowing back on to the roadway. so and just basically in the early throws of this storm. so, the message is for citizens to please, if you don't have to drive, do not. stay home, stay off the roadways, the less traffic on the roadways, the easier it will be for penndot operators, and city of philadelphia operators, municipal crews to do their jobs, do the very best to keep up with this storm, as best they can. and to keep the roads, you know, the snow, least amount of snow on the road as possible, so when the snow does subside, and the intensity it is slow down, then we can -- you will see some real progress. >> absolutely, i guess i can leave at just doing the very best you can. i know salting the road right now is impossible to do it, but gene, you guys do such an

excellent job, keep doing it, stay safe out there. of course we'll try to keep our commuters safe on our ends. thanks so much for being with us this morning. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> you bet. nicole, you heard it. penndot is doing all that they can. but even still, they're advising everyone to stay at home. do not go out on the roadways if you don't have to. back over to you. >> yep, give them plenty of room to do their jobs, thanks, meisha a so seeing a lot of accumulation, of course, bad news for snow shove letters. >> good news is our stephanie stahl has the tips you need to shovel safely. >> shuffling is a tough work out. the snow might look light, but it gets heff when scooped into a shovel. >> putting a lot of twerk at the level of the back. >> eric, emergency room physician at hahnemann hospital, says shoveling snow puts a lot of stress on your body, especially, the arms, shoulders, and back. >> so people should learn how to lift appropriately. that's of the knees and at the back. >> also, keep our back straight. don't twist t instead, turn your feet in the direction

where you place the snow. don't throw it off the shovel. and take small scoops. doctors say it is important to dress in layers. up might shed a few, as you warm up shoveling. >> buying a shovel and scraper for the car. >> shovel selection is also an important consideration. and there are many kinds to choose from. >> an ergonomic shovel is the best, help relief pressure from your back, then the type you can push are very helpful. >> after you shovel to avoid achy muscles, stretching can help. and so can anti-inflammatories, like ibuprofen, also? >> when talking about the back or shoulders or anything that hurt from doing the shoveling, the best thing to do at first is come in, warm up, then ice an area. ice for the first 24 hours, the best you can do for must key low skeletal areas. >> remember most every russ not used to shoveling. so take your time. take breaks. and if you have any heart or other health issues, finds a helpful friend or neighbor. i'm stephanie stahl, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> yes, good advice,

definitely going to need it. i was talking to doctor rob dan off, who we often use for segment, he said a little pam spray, little cooking spray on the shovel before you shovel. >> who knew? >> right? >> there is much more ahead on this snowy saturday morning. >> live in pennsauken, alexandria who have in the thick of it with conditions in camden county, warm up some hot chocolate. more on the impact of this storm, and it is what is having on our region as we come back. stay with us,

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we have our eye on the storm this morning, much of south jersey under a blizzard warning. >> and our storm coverage continues now with "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff, live in pennsauken. i think you drove by my neighborhood earlier this morning, alex. i figure you were headed over to new jersey. how is it right there? how is it? >> i think you told me stomping through with my boots in the streets. but, now that we're out here,

i do want to say there is this word being used over and over again, paralyzing. that's exactly the word i want to use. you have this wet, heavy, dense snow, right against your face. you can see behind me, you have people getting stuck left and right. >> this guy digging himself out right now. this is some heavy stuff. it can be a little bit deceiving actually when you look at it, it looks so nice, so intensity point, but very wet, heavy, very dangerous, we come take a look over here, the windshield, just to show you how thick that this is coming down. we park here not too long ago. i'm just going to pull this down though. this is how thick this is already. so imagine this is blind to go your face, but on your windshield. i mean, this is just really really treacherous on the roadways, i'll come around here, real quick. because we are talking about there are 200,000 tons of salt being laid down in new jersey. i'm going to go around this way. we have mike here. he is the owner every geno's trucking. tell me what your motto is. what are you trying to do out here? >> well, we try to do the cleaning and 38, 70, 41.

>> all right, so just trying to do your best out here? >> yes, we try to do our best, safety, you know, for the streets. >> keep warm. thank you so much, thanks for being us with, a lot of hard-working people out here this morning. we send it back to you for now, we will keep a look out here in pennsauken. >> all right, alex, thanks. >> stay close to the wawa. that's the smartest thing during a snowstorm. >> bathroom, people, you're set. >> we've got you covered in this potentially historic making storm coming up in the next half hour on "eyewitness news". >> yes, a live snowy view of the philadelphia skyline. not something you see every day. not something we've seen all season. meteorologist katie fehlinger tracking this blizzard, eye on the storm coverage continues. stay with us,

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>> i'm nicole brewer. it is 5:30 right now. man, that snow is really piling up out there. we send it over to katie fehlinger for this eyewitness weather forecast, first snowstorm of the season. >> yes, talk about a doozy, to kicks thing up, right? >> tough to top this one after this point. but yes, calling it the blizzard of 2016. why not? it is a serious storm. obviously, well underway at this point. and the snow is pounding down. and we have a long way to go before we're completely done with this storm, folks. let's start it off, though, looking at how much we have so far, that's the key phrase. so far you've already got over half a foot in washington township, aston, washington township, laurel, here in philadelphia, 5 inches thus far from our most up-to-date snowfall totals coming in to us from storm spotters as well as official observations from the weather service. storm scan3, right now, well, you could understand y we're piling it up out there. you have intense moisture. counter clockwise circulation, very evident around the

northern fringe of the storm. it is pounding down, either snow or rain, frankly, as you go further off to the south within the last couple of hours, you see that really intense bands that just built in over the delmarva peninsula. so that really is helping to get things just piled up out there. and leaving us with a lot of work to do when it comes to clean up later on. radar 101, guys, the darker that shade of purple, more intense the snowfall coverage s it looks like we'll likely see some of those intense bands come through any time. the rest of the day. so you can imagine, we've signs beefed up our snowfall expectations, so now our exclusive snowfall map through today we expect 18-24 inches, yep, 2 feet potentially, in the greater philadelphia area, and the further inland you go, further southwest toward the dc-baltimore you could end up with two plus feet worth of snow. however, you are going to do well up in the lehigh valley as well as interior south jersey, and even down toward the shore towns depending where the rain cut-off lane ends up, you might even end up with a foot. so on the roads today, meisha will go into far more detail

on there is but his is good synopsis in terms of how the weather impact any travel you have to do. but i say that with caution. blizzard conditions, in other words, very, very reduced visibility. with white out conditions like that, you can barely see past your windshield. not smart to go out in it, if you don't have to. but, future weather, keeps us in this all day. keep an eye on the time stamps, we move forward here, you are going see that snow any time the rest of the day before it finally pulls away overnight into early tomorrow morning, and then we can wipe our hands clean, and thankfully start to clean up little bit. meisha, a we will have ton of clean up to do beyond this point. >> oh, my goodness, are we ever indeed. katie, one of the things is if there was ever a good time to have a snowstorm, it would probably be over a weaken, where most people are home, the kids are off of school, but oh, my goodness, if you can stay at home today, you certainly want to. i drove in this this morning, i can let you know, it is very dangerous out there.

what you are looking out there skewing eastbound at montgomery drive. look at this. >> this doesn't even look like the schuylkill. >> this looks more like a side street. something that you would see way up north, or somewhere in the suburbs, no, no, no, this is the schuylkill eastbound at montgomery drive. and i can let you know that even though we do have speed restrictions in play, and i andi will talk about that coming up in just a moment, that you will not be driving that anyway. you will be slowing it way down because it is just way too slippery. there is just way too much snow on the roads right now. forty-two north at creek road in new jersey, approaching 295, looking quiet. couple of commuters out there, if you do not have to be on the roadways, do not go out on them. take a lock at the visibility. this is 95 south at cottman. you can barely see anything. like katie had pointed out, it is white-out conditions. you can see a couple of headlight out there. that's basically it. then when we look at the vine at eighth street, where we just had an accident, that's since been cleared, very slippery under those bridges, and those side streets.

so just be very careful out there this morning, guys, over to you. meisha, thank you so much. our coverage of this weekend's over performing snowstorm continues with our pat gallen. >> pat is on the road in port richmond right now. pat, how are you doing out there? >> reporter: you know what, i want to know how the sports guy drew this straw? >> i know, right? >> this isn't fair. i should be back at the studio watching highlights of last night's game. this is ridiculous. we are out here aramingo avenue behind me here. actually been steady stream of traffic, actually, couple of people just walk by me few seconds ago, traffic seems to be getting by all right. >> this guy here, in a acura, trying to plow thousand this little mounds of snow here. when we started this morning, in spring garden, 95 itself actually not that bad. and when we got off at aramingo avenue, a little bit sketchy on the off ramp. we had nice little convoy of vehicles though, which was nice, and of course like the

rest every us, all posted up at a wawa here, why wouldn't you be? we have hot coffee, hot food, as women, so we will be in this area, and we will be making our way, that's all right, man, you are good to go, we will be making our way north, through northeast philadelphia, so watch out for us. we will be around this area. the roads, not too bad in this area. we actually tried to get off on some side streets. and that got a little bit tricky. we wanted to see what the neighborhoods looked like. but the vehicle started sliding little bit. we decided against it, just to stay on the main roads. you guys are right. it is tough out here. tough on the roads. if you don't have to be out here, don't be. but if you do have to be out here, please come find me. bring matt and i the hot coffee, hot chocolate, we'll take whatever you've got, because we'll be around all day. is that cool, guys? >> you're 2 feet from you with a wawa. can't you buy your own hot coffee or cocoa? you're right there. >> well, when we get moving of course. >> well, that's true. >> and this is team coverage pat. this is trial by fire.

so all hands on deck. >> but i love that pat's live shot pops up, first reaction, we both laugh. the poor guy is freezing out there and we just can't stop laughing. but doing great job with snow coverage. man of many talents. >> and near wawa, i think the official sponsor of all snowstorms. >> or at least they should be at this point, flight well hey justin drabick a man of many talent, and trooper, last time we saw him he was braving the cbs-3 skydeck. >> and he was wearing a coat. i thought i would never see the day. >> i didn't know justin wore coats. >> i told you yesterday i would break out the coats, first time this wintery think. pretty impressive for late january. but yes, all ought blizzard, pretty nasty, pretty cool on the skydeck. back inside, we will check in with our weather watchers and see what's happening. again, temperatures, it is cold, we have the cold air in place. obviously supporting snow. look at the widespread low in mid 20's, we will check out some of the backyards here, lawrenceville, peter at 24 degrees, 22 in philadelphia, at phil's house, in cart inning ton, bill has 25 degrees, keeping you in the mid 20's, in orland, and

chesterfield, new jersey, also mid 20's, and bath, little colder there, 20 degrees, cherry hill, new jersey, 24, and look at that mid 20's in clementon. so how much snow are we talking about so far? again, seeing a lot of reports, six plus already. look at that, now over a foot, cherry hill, new jersey, measured hereby lynn springer. again, try to take three measurements, and average the three there, and see which one or what it comes out to. don't try to measure in the drift, as well. there is a lot of winds blowing there. dover, delaware, coming up at a foot, perkasie, 9 inches at john's, burlington, sandra at 8 inches, nine in orland, seven in lawrenceville, bensalem. steve swartz reports 6 inches. philadelphia, six. bath, just starting to get underway in hotter hampton county little over an inch there. so again the heaviest snow bands rolling through our region right now. we were seeing little break to the south across delaware. some photos sent in from some of the weather watchers, there you go, phil out of philadelphia, there is a guy driving here.

that's crazy, this is chestnut hillment look at that, visibility really low. you got the snow and ice on the trees. solo visibility, blizzard conditions through the rest of the morning, try to stay indoors, weather watch ers, thanks a lot for your comments, and submission action. keep them coming. we want your snow ability, send in your pictures, of course, viewers out there tweet us at cbs-3 snow with your photos. that's the laters here with the weather watchers. we send it back into you guys. >> thanks, justin. hey delaware discouraging you from hitting the roads. >> the diamonds state is under a state of emergency. don't drive unless you have to. justin finch is live in, oh, poor justin, in wilmington. justin, how are things? doesn't look like it is getting any better for you. >> reporter: jim, nicole, let me tell you, i've got ice flying at my face right now. it is absolutely painful. but anything for the story. first off, i want to talk to anthony here, he is driving plows here. he has been out since 8:30 last night. is that right, anthony? >> that's right, 8:30 last night, i'll probably be here

until maybe sunday afternoon in this lot. not moving anywhere. >> so you're going for it all the way. i want to ask you you, so far we've seen heavy winds, snow out here. what's been the biggest obstacle you faced out here? >> by far the wind. feels like glass hitting you, 30, 40 miles an hour, sustained, feels like 50-mile per hour wind gusts. >> in this parking lot we've seen you guys have been out here circling, plowing, but it builds right back up, is that right. >> yes, i've already done the lot one time already, i'm on my second go-around. feels like every time i go around there is another two, 3 inches. >> anthony, thank you so much. i'll let you get back to work. jim, nicole, i want to show you what anthony's been doing, as we're in this parking lot. you saw us heal earlier, the work that he's been up to for the past 20 or so minutes. it was much clearer when he first finished. but that snow and the wind comes right back down afterward. and you might be wondering, why is he plowing this lot?

why won't he be here until sunday? that rite aid here is open 24 hours. and as advertised, they will be open for the duration of this storm. up there on the sidewalk, they had the plows on the sidewalk moving the snow and ice off of that walkway there, we've not seen many vehicle trafficking in this area at silver side and marsh here, in the arden town section of wilmington. it has been very quiet. say for the plows and the noise of the wind and snow. again winds are very strong, perhaps the biggest challenge that we've faced out here have been the blowing of the winds. driving in, winds driving snow and ice onto our windshield, we had to pull over several times just to clear it off and continue our drive. >> that's one reason why the state of delaware has that driving restriction in place for the entire state, as do pennsylvania, and new jersey, non-essential travel is prohibited. this is why we're live. jim, nicole, over to you. >> thanks, justin, get inside,

warm up for a little bit. >> he looks freezing cold. than thanks, justin. >> let's check with the cbs-3 mobile weather lab, it is live at the schuylkill expressway which is under a 45-mile per hour speed limit. the same goes for i-95, the blue route and the vine street expressway. if you have to be out, take it slow. meanwhile, we'll have more of your viewer photos, what you are experiencing in your area this morning, we've got our eye on the storm. and we're not alone. >> just ahead, conditions from the nation's capitol, to the big apple. we've really got it covered for you. emergencies, now declared in six different states. we'll show you where the national guard has also been called out to duty. visibility way down, we take live look at campbell's field, as we head into day's worth of snow. already piling up overnight. we will track it for you coming up next. stay w

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>> first snowstorm of the season guys, about time, right? >> absolutely. why not go big or go home. >> absolutely in the thick every things right now, too. the worse of the storm really underway as it will hang on for hours. so, we've been saying now for days, once this gets here, just stay home if you can. >> sure. >> hopefully you're sitting from the comfort of your couch and watching us right now, just stay there, have a cup of cocoa. >> so many wild cards leading to up it we had to watch the northern fringe of the storm, to watch what kind of band working come

you end up with heavy snowfall totals. now now casting basically underway and it is happening. >> we will end up with excessive snow, easily we could end up with 2 feet here in philadelphia. that's some crazy stuff. >> on outside, start things offer by looking at storm at the moment, storm scan3, is definitely action pack. you've got a lot of very heavy snow falling right now, and we're going to talk more about storm scan in a second. if we consideration we go next to our computer graphics, take a look there, current winds speeds, if we can bring that up, there they are, current winds speeds very strong out of the northeast. and they're peaking as high as the 30's right now. these are speeds, folks, blizzard by definition, means, you have got to have three hours straight or more of 35-mile per hour winds. so, you know, our gusts have definitely been up there. we'll see how far along we get here. >> we're facing here, persistent winds, gusts that peak as high as 50, 60 miles per hour here, who to 50-mile per hour gusts in the greater philadelphia region. less, but don't underestimate it, the weight of this snow piling down tree limbs, power

lines, can easily lead to power outages, once more we look at storm scan3 at the wider zoom, storm itself is really starting to pound on us last couple of hours, little break take place, so if you are seeing lull, perhaps, across corn kent, northern sussex count it is right now that's y doesn't mean you're done with the storm, grabbing in the moisture fetch from the ocean brinking in heavy snowfall. will keep piling up. even though few breaks along the way don't expect it will last very long. just general synopsis, if you must go out, not only delays, there may just straight up be concellations >> had adder us travel, please be smart about traveling if you absolutely have to. >> mid 40's by the time we hit meade week. that will help to melt some of the snow away for now

18-24 inches the expectation here. >> and feels like t i can tell you, i have all wheel drive. it was very slow go, because of the shear roadways, very, very slick, and no visibility. this is where we have an accident near yardley, 95 south past 332, you can see, very hard to even see. but you can see the flashing lights. >> as this saturday morning progresses, no one going anywhere, stay off the roadways if you can there are reports, in this area, of several disabled vehicles

>> bridges down to 25 miles per hour. septa suspended so is the new jersey transit and dart. septa, the only ones running right now, market frankford line and the broad street line. nicole, over to you. >> thanks so much. we are not the only ones up this morning. tracking the snow, lot of you at home are snapping pictures for us, sharing them with us, on facebook, and on twitter. here is a few of them we've seen already this morning, of course using #cbs3 snow, we start this one ricky bones. he says the snow is coming down hard here in you can see nearly white-out there. casino every crazy conditions. another one from deandra, speaks for itself, check out the snow piled up on the car there.

princess says nothing. again, just using the hashtag here, and showing nothing but snow out there. we've got another look for you. this one in delaware, and in camden, looks like they've got like little makeshift snow stick there, kind of tracking the snow. another one, from tony johnstone shows just how hard it is coming down, al really good clip out there. lot of you sending us these pictures, we love to see them. ex tore township, reading, pennsylvania, using the hashtag blizzard 2016 #cbs3 snow, we love to see that, looks like it is just outside of their house. a lot of you looking out the window to see what happened overnight. pretty shocked to see some pretty serious snow at this point. jill, using hashtag here, says this is the parking lot of the wal-mart on aramingo avenue in port richmond. so again, very snow covered out there. we've got a lot going on, and a lot of snow piled up overnight. evan says too cold to go out and measure the snow, berlin, new jersey. i don't blame you. if you can stay at home from the comfort of your couch, please do so, it is a good time to just stay inside. all right, that's about it for

us. #cbs3 snow. we will keep tracking the photos, keep them coming, sends this them to us on facebook, instagram, where ever you are on social media, we want to see them. jim, back to you. >> thanks, nicole. new jersey also under state of emergency, "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria huff live in pennsauken nearly 2 feet of snow could fall when it is all over, alex? >> reporter: well, hi, giles. i would like, overlooking route 38 right now pennsauken. i would like to say we haven't seen many people on these roadways, but there have been couple, three people, which we've seen get stuck at this turn right here, the last one we just spoke with, not very happy about it. take a look at these snow drift, where i am right now. i can't even step in my boot. it wouldn't even work out. comes down to wind gusts right now which we are feeling pick up. around to the front of the truck. if you remember the past half hour, just about 30 minutes ago, i scraped half of this front windshield clean. you can't really even tell right now. that's how fast this is coming down. so many, when it comes to the roadways, and you think about visibility, it is not just an

issue of the roads being slippery, but you can't see anything. that's how fast this is piling up, and it is thick, it is dense, wet snow. you know, we keep getting made fun of. as reporters we kind of south out solace at wawa. but see we have these trucks here, salt trucks, plow trucks, saw maybe half dozen leave little while ago, this is research we are doing here at wawa. not proving to be very effective because of this wet snow. my notes have completely run here. so we will have to casino of wing t but it is kind of brutal out here this morning, i will admit that much. but we are just really hoping we won't see anybody else on these roadways, and at and at ts hour, we haven't seen what we normally would. but any twist or turn on this road, we were driving in this morning, we now how you have that is to navigate. the bottom line though that you just can't see. i'm having a tough time standing here right now, so the roadway, difficult to navigate, listen to the warnings you've been hearing, state of emergency here in new jersey, what that means, is that you should be ready, where you are right now, to stay there, for 48 hours, if you have to, depending on how

all of this goes. so for right now reporting live here in pennsauken, sends it back to you for now. >> all right, alex, i can definitely relate to the whole note pad thing just becoming a bus in snowstorms, i know, at this point we just have to wing it, thanks. >> team coverage continues in philadelphia, cherri gregg from our sister station, "kyw news radio" 1060, liver at broad and walnut in center city right now. how is it looking out there? >> good morning, jim. the snow is really piling up here, as you can see, i'm walking on the sidewalk near broad and walnut. and there are sections where my entire covered by the snow. this is after folks have been out here for hours, at least a hour and a half or so plus shoveling this walkway, in compliance with city code, but this

we saw plows this morning, brought and vine sustained there, the streets completely covered, because the snow is coming down at a good clip. and the wind, the win, you can kind of know if you can see it on the camera, but the winds is really blowing that snow. it is cold, stick to the road, the camera, to every single ground here, folks out here, maneuvering through this snow, they have on their boots, they have on layers, they're trying to not slip and fall, i saw one guy fall, and i want to point out one quick thing on the side street. where the been. it is several inches of snow here we're at broad street, couple of inches over there, so if you are maneuvering on the back street, very dangerous, drive slowly, if you are on the snow emergency route, still, drive slowly. it is extremely dangerous, it is extremely treacherous, and

if you are facing the winds it kind of hurt your face. just going to put that out there. back to you, jim, nicole. >> let me tell you, my lips are frozen, lips are frozen. >> like instant exfoliation. >> right? my goodness. >> it is! >> keeping it real. earlier she said the snowflakes were taking a vacation on her coat. i thought that was pretty funny. cherri gregg, thank you, appreciate it, always entertaining. hey take a look at the conditions in plymouth meeting montgomery county. really really snowy out there. >> cars just struggling to drive on the roads with all of the strong winds. >> the winds that really gets you throughout. >> really is, as cherri gregg just said, wacking her in the face like aluffa scrub. non-stuff blizzard coverage continues next, we head to delaware, under state of emergency. >> cbs-3 reporter justin finch will have more on the impact of this first winter storm, is having in the first state, and really across the board here. stay with us, stay warm. we will be right back.

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>> major winter storm is here and in full force. storm scan3 showing it all for you. heavy snow blanketing the region, blizzard warnings, are now in effect. >> and as we take a live look at the atlantic city expressway, it is not just snowy, but down the shore there is another concern, coastal communities, bracing for flooding. no area faring well at this hour, this is live look for in you port richmond, the snow really piling up. and getting around by car and by foot. both treacherous. today is saturday, january the 23rd, good morning to i'm nicole brewer. >> i'm jim donovan. we are continuing our eye on the storm coverage of our first major winter storm. and it is a big one. >> we've waited quite a while. it is here. we have team of reporters

fanned out across the region for you. >> indeed. and there are many community concellations point. they'll be running at the bottom of your screen, but first the latest on the conditions, katie in the weather center, justin on the skydeck. >> also, meisha keeping an eye out on the roads, first, we start with katie and get better idea, just how the storm is performing, kate. >> i oh, it is over achieving for sure. definitely a big one. and it continues to pummel us here with not just heavy snow, but, also, the blowing and the drifting that's taking place, not it mention over my right shoulder. you can see the rain coming in at least where that cut off line takes place. now, as we go right back out to storm scan3, notice, first and for most, only finding rain, generally off shore. say for sussex county, basically snow, everywhere else. a little hint right on the tail end of this loop, though, of some drier air starting to sort of get slot in the here. so, in other words, we look sort of at the snapshot of the current some of the heaviest snowfall coming down where you have got the darker shades of purple. what we find with that, those little bands sort of moving and ever changing throughout the morning. which is why a broad area will likely end up with at least a foot, and probably closer to two, as go into the greater philadelphia region. this is a huge system, folks, winter storm