forcing some u.s. cities to cancel their new years eve plans i'm laura podesta in times square where the ball drop will go on as planned but people need to bundle up. today is sunday december 31st happy new years eve. i'm jan carabao. lets get to this frigid forecast with meteorologist chelsea ingram g sunday morning. really what stinks about this forecast, unfortunately for you, hate to deliver this message but in relief in sight >> no. we have a slight warm up to 32 e will go right back down in the cold and we are dealing with the bitter cold as we head into new years eve and day, in fact, i should call it dangerous cold because that is , what it is, 14 degrees in philadelphia, goose egg up in the poconos right now, 11 in allentown, 14 in wilmington. right now checking in at 17 in dover and then factor in the winds and it feels much colder

out there it feels like zero in philadelphia. feels like three below in wilmington. five below in reading, 18 degrees below zero in the poconos. as we head throughout the day-to-day really these temperatures don't matter, right? nineteen by noon, 23 as we head in the 3:00 o'clock hour but of course it will feel much colder then that when we factor in the winds. look for highs, regional today in the teens and 20's we will have single digit wind chill, across the entire region today with below zero wind chills in the poconos. a few afternoon cloud and then bone chilling cold sets in tonight, i'll have everything you need to necessity for that new years eve planner coming up in just a bit, back to you. chelsea, thank you. we have bitter blast forecast ted as chelsea mentioned continuing into the new year, the city of philadelphia has opened up a new code blue warming center. center opened up late at cione

recreational center in aramingo avenue in kensington. now through tuesday, people who need shelter can get hot drinks, blankets and personal items right there. if you see a home less person on the street city officials want to you give homeless outreach hot line a call at (215)232-1984. meantime new this morning a fire in philadelphia's overbrook neighborhood has sent a man and a fire fighter to the hospital. fire fighters rush to this burning house near 62nd street and lansdowne avenue around 3:30 this morning. that fire fighter suffered minor injuries, in word on the injuries, to the other man. philadelphia fire fighters also rushed to a burning house in kensington, this call came in around 3:00 this morning to a fire at c and tuesday column street, one person was rushed to the hospital but no word on how serious those injuries are or how this fire started. a car has flipped over on a burlington county, road

killing the driver. and, and, salem road, before 1:00 this morning. the cause of this crash is under investigation. well, it is a go for the mummers parade. string bands will march down broad street on new years day despite the forecast of sub freezing weather. "eyewitness news" reporter chantee lans is live where the judges will review the parade, good morning, chantee. >> reporter: it is getting busy beside being cold there are crews out here putting up additional benches for the spec taitors will be sitting out here all morning this time tomorrow. the big change this year compared to last one is the fact that there will be a warming bus following the mummers on their route. the mummers are pumped and ready to go. >> happy new year. >> reporter: a celebration was underway at avalon string band at two street in tasker after

hearing from a vote among five divisions that the parade will get on. >> they were cheerful you wanting to on new years day. it is not the same when they canals he will it and have a week later. >> reporter: philadelphia's glittering eye catching new years tradition will be met with sub freezing temperatures and biting win, the string band association voted against marching on monday, but with was defeated in a three-two vote. charlie cook plays the saxophone. >> after a couple hours in the cold it gets tough, yeah. >> reporter: he worries about it locking up in the freezing cold. >> biggest challenge is, first of all, you have to keep your stuff warm fingers warm because you are holding basically a brass metal instrument. >> reporter: parade route is line with barricade the city will set up heating tents and warm bus's long the route for the mummers. >> city allowed to us keep our buses with the band so as you necessity if we need to get warm we can jump on the bus for any period of time. >> reporter: if you are planning to come down here make sure you bundle up, bundle up kid and wear lots

and lots of layers. that is very latest live from center city, chantee lans for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> good advice, thank you chantee. philadelphia police will be patrolling the mummers parade route with a drone this year, it is part of the new years security plan. philadelphia will increase number of uniforms and plainclothes officers in and around the city, they are placing barricade all along broad street as well right now there are in credible threats to the city. bitter cold weather extend s all across the u.s. this new years eve. it is so cold that some cities have been forced to cancel new years festivities. correspondent laura podesta has more from insuring where the ball will drop in less than 24 hours. >> reporter: dangerously cold temperatures will continue across parts of the u.s. into the new year, officials in omaha, nebraska postponed the new years eve fire works show, the yearly lobster dip in maine has been rescheduled for the first time in 30 years.

>> she made me wear like four layers and i can't not really move but i'm warm, better than being cold. >> reporter: in times square forecast for ball drop is 11 degrees with the wind chill around zero. city officials are advising people to cover all exposed skin and wear hat, scarves, gloves, drinking alcohol is discouraged because it causes the body to lose heat faster. extra emergency workers be in times square to provide medical support and national weather service meteorologist will be monitoring chilly weather conditions which this new yorker says he has been excited about. >> it is fantastic. i'm not a big hot person. i like the cold. >> reporter: organizers say crystals adorning new years eve ball can handle extreme weather and on saturday. >> three, two, one. >> happy new year. >> that drop was tested, successfully. laura podesta for cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

back here at home now get ready to pay more when you drive on the pennsylvania turnpike come new year starting january 7th, tolls will go up another 6 percent. most common tolls for e-z pass users will increase from $1.23 to $1.30 if you pay cash tolls will increase from $1.95 to $2.10. it is tenth straight year of price hikes here pennsylvania turnpike commission says it need money for improvements on the highway. there is no winner for big jackpot in last night's power ball drawing that means wednesday drawing will be worth at lee 440 million-dollar. maybe some of the numbers on your ticket matched though so here are last night's winning numbers: twenty-eight, 36, 41 , 51, 58 and power ball number is 24. and if you don't want to wait until wednesday to be a multi millionaire next meg millions drawing is actually on tuesday that jackpot is worth 343 million-dollar. well, if you are a parent

have young children looking for family friendly way to ring in the new year please touch museum will be having its annual new years celebration, it is a party that happens 12 hours early of course complete with live music and their own ball drop and perhaps best part for parents is the big party is over just in time for nap time guests of the adventure aquarium in camden, new jersey won't wait until midnight to ring in the new year, new years eve splash festivities begin at two. extended hours give visitors a chance to see sharks and stingrays up close and personal and live dj dance party takes place under a shim mering school of fish, really cool. it is opened from 10:00 o'clock until 6:00 p.m. and haddonfield's already festive atmosphere is about to take fun to the next level with their first night celebration. thousands are expected to fill kings highway which will be close todd traffic today for 12th annual event, there will

be music and other types of entertainment as well and fire work show at 8:45 tonight. a lot of fun to be had in the delaware valley. still to come on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" we will look at odd ways that some cities in our region and all across the country will say hello to 2018. also ahead niagara falls could soon be known as frozen falls, more on this winter wonderland that could put a stop to the rushing water. mother nature creates chaos from the sea and on land as well we will take a look back at news that made national headlines this year, that is when "eyewitness news" continues we will be right back.

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at temple university hospital. and apparent double murder is now under investigation in camden county, collinswood police responded to a report of the stabbing, on 100 block ofe narberth terrace saturday evening. there they found two would member stabbed to death a third with man survived, camden county prosecutor's office is not saying much except that this investigation is in the very early stages. we now know that within of the victims of the thursday deadly fire in the bronx was an army national guard member who was tried to save others from that burning building. loved won, neighbors gathered near apartment building for a vigil lighting candles and saying prayers for 12 people died in the flames. new one of them what's manual manza who rescued a number of people who went back in the burning building and died of smoke inhalation. new york city officials say a toddler playing with his mother's stove accidentally started the fire. in other news today

activist erika gardener died after suffering a heart attack she was dad are the daughter of eric garner who died in 2014 after new york city police officer put him in the choke hold making him a key figure in the black lives matter movement. after his death he carried on fight begins brutal police tactics she was just 27 years old. destructive natural disaster and powerful men abuse ago this power, they were just some of the biggest national news stories of 2017. kennett craig has a look back at the year that was. >> reporter: 2017 was the most costly hurricane season on record and in late august hurricane harvey made land fall twice bringing railroaded flood to go parts of the texas and louisiana. then hurricane irma slammed into florida causing widespread destruction and power outages. >> i asked for america's pray ers report rorrer maria ravaged puerto rico and u.s. virgin islands, three storms caused more than $200 billion

in u.s. alone. out west, wild fires, killed at lee 40 people and wiped out entire communities in northern california, including several wineries, in december, wild fires burned southern california's hill sides destroying hundreds of homes and buildings. >> we have an active shooter. >> reporter: deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history happens october 1st in las vegas, stephen paddock opened fire on a music festival from the suite of the mandalay bay hotel. fifty-eight people were killed before paddock took his own life. twenty-six adults and children were killed inside first baptist church in sutherland springs texas. police believe devon kelly was targeting his in-laws. suspect serial killer, howell donaldson was arrested in tampa, florida. donaldson was charged were four counts of the first degree murder ending a weeks long manhunt. charlottesville, virginia a group of white national list clashed with counter demonstrators during a rally. witnesses say 20 year-old

james field junior a suspected white national list drove his car into a crowd killing heather hyer. that violence in virginia sparked calls to remove all confederate monuments, some of the 1500 confederate statues across the country were taken down while others were covered up. allegations of sexual misconduct caused major figures in entertainment to lose their jobs. film producer harvey weinstein stepped down from his production company and studios parted ways with actors kevin spacey and comedian lewis ck. tv anchor bill o'reilly, charlie rose abe matt lauer also who their jobs. a pennsylvania judge declared a mistrial in the sexual assault case against comedian bill cosby, his accuser andrea constand testified that cosby gave her pills, and assaulted her. dozens of nfl players were chastised for taking a knee during the national anthem, and the players wanted to bring attention to racial injustice in the

african-american community. >> thank you. >> reporter: o.j. simpson was released from prison after serving nine years forearmed robbery. and darkness descended in the middle of the day in august and all eyes looked toward sky for total eclipse of the sun, it won't happen here again until 2024. kennett craig for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". back to our top story now this frigid blast of weather could have an impact on niagara falls as well, it has been so cold, by the falls that locals predict water will soon freeze, now area around the falls had already turned into ice. far less common for rushing what the tore turn solid, last time that happened was four years ago. can you imagine so cold that even niagara falls bridges. >> i can because you just have to step outside and feel it, right. >> that is right. >> it sounds freezing here, franklin square. >> yes. >> it is just a testament of this air mass that is in place and how bitterly cold it is.

a lot of you license traveling today and this weekend another really big travel weekend, today looks just fine, giving you the green light, yesterday , give you yell he light because of the snow, just watch out for those side streets because there could still be slick spots out there , but otherwise main thoroughfares this morning looking just fine. green light on new years day and tuesday, green light as a lot of us travel back to work. a look at philadelphia international, cold but just a few cloud no problems with that delays or departures and no problems, really across the board you can see those green planes from san francisco all the way to boston, we were monitoring, a foggy situation in seattle, that fog has lifted in l.a. dealing with a little bit of fog there and keeping my eye on that city. 14 degrees in philadelphia, 14 in wilmington, it is 15 in millville, down the shore temperatures, in the mid up to ker teens i, 18 in wildwood but 0 degrees right now in the poconos.

we have winds from the northwest, from five to 15 miles an hour, certainly helping to filth inner that chillier air and adding insult to injure, feels more like zero in philadelphia, and three below in wilmington, five below reading, one in allentown, feels like 18b le zero in the poconos. high temperatures today making it in the teens and 20's with the exception of the poconos, only high of around nine, 23 is forecast high temperature in philadelphia, 20 in wilmington, but it will feel like single digits all day long. we will look at wind chill tracker, wind chill around 8 degrees. by 6:00, 3 degrees. by 9:00 p.m. 1 degree and that is when a wind chill advisory initial to effect for us across the entire region. starting at 9:00 o'clock tonight lasting through 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. it will be a cold one nonetheless forbidder game, 21 9 degrees powe game blustery and cold, single digit wind chill the entire time but i

think bird can handle it. here's that wind chill advice rid in effect, it will go into effect starting at 9:00 o'clock tonight. wind chills from 5 degrees above zero to 10 degrees below zero, will be possible and that includes midnight hour as we ring in the new year wind chill right around five below in philadelphia, and air temperature of 12 degrees, man , it will be just so cold. heading in to new years day high temperature forecast right around 19, the coldest, ever, new years day on record, high was right around 16 degrees, so that is going to make it possibly the coldest, mummers parade, in 100 years. 9:00 o'clock around 11:00. 12:00 p.m., 16 degrees. bundle up if you are out there , this is serious stuff, dangerous cold, knew to protect yourself and your pets 26 degrees as we need to tuesday, 32 on wednesday, we are watching the coast on thursday, jan, right now a coastal storm will stay off the coast but if it moves a

little bit further west we could be talking snow in the forecast, back to you. lets hope it stays off the coast, thanks, chelsea. 8:20. time to check road lets go over to amanda mueller in the cbs-3 traffic center. hi amanda. >> starting in new jersey we have good news we have an accident on the garden state parkway approaching toms river left lane was blocked but good news there we just received reports that this accident is new cleared up, out of the way , however still be ready for gaper delays as traffic, works itself out in that area turning to pennsylvania where we are taking a live look at 76 at blue route it is looking slick so icy spots are not just isolated to the secondary here. we have reports of slick spots in areas all over, isolate todd a stop sign those road are slippery and we have seen ape few accidents. build extra space in your to new years drive this morning. finally planning on using mass trans to it day both septa, septa and patco have modified schedules, that goodies news for new years travelers because while septa will

operate on a normal sunday schedule late night trains will be added and patco lines are free from 8:00 tonight until 4:00 tomorrow morning. in the cbs-3 traffic center i'm amanda mueller now back to you. thanks, manned a. well, we all know new year l on new years eve but some other cities around the u.s. have unique ways of bringing in the new year as well and our region noise different. bethlehem, pennsylvania for instance has been proud of its candy, city dropped 400-pound peep at midnight, len in pennsylvania drops bologne, it is a wreath with edible bologne inside. hammington, new jersey calls itself the blueberry capitol of the world so it is only fit ago this they plan to drop a giant blueberry, at their inaugural, new years eve bash this year. the blueberry is 10 feet in diameter, and the drop takes place right in front of the town hall. elsewhere around the country now in indianapolis, home of the indy 500 they lower what else the race car, this is the fourth year the

city has celebrated by dropping a race car at stroke of midnight. three, two, one... meanwhile in north carolina so-called city folks have a similar tradition they lower a giant acorn to usher in the new year. unless north carolina they drop a pickle in mount olive, the 19th annual celebration takes place fittingly on cucumber street at mount olive pickle company. we have folks who have it on their bucket list new years eve, they do what they do different new years eve celebrations around the country and we're on the list. >> happy new year. >> check out key west, florida new thousands gathered to see lowering of the renowned female impersonator in a super sized red heel to mark stroke of midnight key west has been celebrating new years this way for more than 20 years. and panama city beach

florida eight hound pound beach ball drops at midnight, beach ball is covered with led and cost, get this, half million-dollar, it can withstand hurricane force wind and its drop is controlled through an ipad. >> we will be right back in a

james franco is at the top of his game. >> he is in a critically acclaimed film and earns himself a marquis name but those didn't come easy as tony decouple tells us. here's a preview of the interview you will see later on cbs sunday morning. >> you can say james franco's wild ride, began as a teen in northern california. >> by the time i was 17, yeah,

i was on probation, i was a ward of the court. >> reporter: he found a more creative outlet for his energy >> i needed it, like when i stopped acting out and getting a rested, i used, i threw through all that energy into art. >> reporter: in fact he dropped out of college to pursue acting and franco's parents especially his father, thought their eldest son was being foolish. >> if you want to be an artist of any kind like people are not going to beg to you do it. you have to want to do it. you have to put in the work. you have to prove it. my parents didn't believe in me. it is like i had to do it. >> reporter: franco's career took off. from the outside looking at that, people are thinking i got it all, money, success, right. >> but, but. >> but how do you feel. >> i mean i was at the point

where i was really depressed. like you said from an outside perspective looked like i got this great career but i'm depressed. i was really depressed. it was compounded by the fact that i could in the talk to anybody about it. >> jims franco's bumpy road to success, plus turning fog into vodka, that is this sunday morning right here on cbs-3 at 9:00 a.m. coming up in the next half an hour of cbs-3 "eyewitness news", plans are in place to protect philadelphians this new years eve. increased security in many cities, this new years eve and new years day this is just one of the tools that police here will use i'm alycia nieves with more on the increased security you can expect if you ring in the new year here in philadelphia. and the last day of the year is going to be brutally cold, chelsea ingram's back with our new years eve forecast next, stay with us.

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i'm jan carabao, another brutally cold day ahead, and let's get over to chelsea in gram with the forecast. the truth hurts, right. >> indeed. >> brutal cold once again today and dangerous cold, as we head into the overnight hours, tonight. let's start off with a look at kutztown a live look from our live neighborhood network where it is 9 degrees, see sun shining on yesterday's freshly fallen snow, northwesterly wind right around 6 miles an hour. it is 14 right now in philadelphia, and 14 in wilmington. sixteen in millville. down the shore, mid up toker

teens. eighteen in wildwood. fifteen in atlantic city. 1 degree right now, in the poconos, but this is what it is going to feel like throughout the day-to-day, okay. my main message here is dress for single digits because that is what we will see with those wind chills as we head in the afternoon by 2:00, 6 degrees, is what it will feel like, seven in wilmington. as we head into 6:00 or dinner time 5 degrees in center city and then later on tonight we will drop below zero with those wind chills. so sub zero wind chills will be in the forecast and we will a wind chill advisory that will go into effect because of that it begins, starting at 9:00 p.m. tonight for entire delaware valley, abe it will last through 10:00 on new years day morning. you can look for wind chills anywhere from 5 degrees above zero to 10 degrees below zero, and so here's what you can expect throughout the day-to-day, 19 by noon, 23 by

3:00 o'clock but as i have been saying you have to forget about those temperatures because it will feel so much colder when you factor in the wind chill. it will feel so cold outside, back to you. >> thanks, chelsea. >> 8:32. mummers will carry on with tradition and strut down broad street to ring in the new year , the show will get on tomorrow despite that deep frees that continues to grip philadelphia and much of the country. "eyewitness news" reporter chantee lans is live at city hall where judges will try to stay warm with everybody else including chantee, good morning. >> reporter: that is right, jan, including myself i i want to step to the side to show you that crews are putting out bunches where spectators will be standing, sitting all morning. i have been out here a few minutes and i'm cold so bundle up. main change that is there will be warming bus that he is will be able to follow mummers along the route here. philadelphia's glittering, yah catching new years day tradition will get on despite opposition from some in the stripped are string band

association. five divisions decided in a three-two vote that the parade route is line with barricade and city will set up heating tents and warm bus's long the route for mummers, now we spoke with one sachs even if player in that group who expressed his concerns. >> biggest challenge first of all, keep yourself warm, fingers warm because basically holding a breast metal instrument. >> city allows to us keep our buses with the band so if we need to get warm jump on for a period of time. >> reporter: spectators will be down here this time tomorrow if you are planning to come just make sure you bundle up and wear lots of layers. that is very latest live from center city, chantee lans for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you very much. it looks like show must go on in atlantic city as well, ac is defying mother nature anding go ahead with the traditional new years day polar plunge. forecasters expect the water

there, temperature to be in the mid 40's and that has forced ocean city and vent are in to cancel their plunges. margate is delaying its swim until next sunday, brigantine is delaying its polar plunge until january 13th. well, everyone trying to stay warm these days philadelphia police are trying to keep everyone safe. "eyewitness news" report report's leash a nieves shows us their plans for new years eve which includes more officers on the street and drone in the air. >> reporter: as we prior to do this again, ring in the new year millions will do so this time with unprecedented security nearby. there will be more local state , federal police officers then ever before, in places like times square in new york and the strip in las vegas. height event secured comes after a terror attack in the respective cities and federal g just announced new years eve celebrationness major cities may be a target.

they posed highest threat for an attack right now. >> right new no credible, identified threats in philadelphia. >> reporter: deputy commissioner dennis wilson with the philadelphia police department says philadelphia does not need same unprecedented security measures that this new years eve that are expected in new york and las vegas. at the same time police department here prefers better safe then or a approach and has been changing its police plan this weekend. >> we have always looked at our response and preparedness and just make adjustments we have many layers of security. >> reporter: for obvious reasons authorities not released cities full security plan this new years eve and new years day but say you can expect more police officers this year then last year, you can expect more of these mobil surveillance systems throughout the city and over mummers parade you will see police drone to be another eye in the sky. >> they are very good for large events, get overhead view of the whole event, something happens, you can zoom in on exactly what the problem is, maybe even before police officer can get there i don't think they have ever

been dereplied there. >> reporter: even with the police drone over mummers for first time and hundreds of officers out their best asset is you, if you see something or someone suspicious, say something. in philadelphia, alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". meantime philadelphia is welcoming 2018, not once but twice this evening. is there a fire work show at midnight just like the one you see here from last year but if you cannot stay up that late is there a 6:00 o'clock show as well both visible on either side of the delaware river, estimated 50 you this people are expected to gather there at penns landing, kyw news radio will take time out from all news all the time, to broadcast the music, that is synchronized to the fire works show. and all systems are go for new years eve, ball drop in new york city is times square, yesterday, they tested the ball as progress up and down the pole as well as lighting display ball will drop down to 130-foot pole precisely at

midnight to usher in had new year. still ahead right here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" this sunday morning we have a preview of face the nation broadcast coming up

face the nation is coming up at 10:30. joining us with a preview live in washington is cbs news washington correspondent major garrett, good morning. >> we will help you ring in the new year with new discussion about foreign policy and legislative agenda for congress in 2018. foreign policy we will start off with south carolina republican lindsey graham, we will ask him about what is the import of these street protest ness iran, most concentrated anti government protest in nearly a decade. plus lindsey graham has talk to the president extensively about north cover reace 2018 the year where that issue comes to a head. >> confrontation between trump

administration over the wep program in north korea then here at table four members of the congress all flying here to washington to talk about 2018, two democrats, debbie dingl from michigan and joe crowley of new york and two republicans, mark meadows of north caroline and will heard of texas, we will have a political panel to analyze it all and round out the show with the sit down interview with j.d. vanc ce who wrote hill billy, a couple years ago began i don't dues, the country to a part of america that helped catapult donald trump to the presidency. we will talk about the president's rhetoric and what those voters have seen, after the first year of the trump presidency all coming up on face the nation. >> a lot to get to we will see you at 10:30. thanks a lot. still to come this morning right here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" paying tribute to the notable figures who left us in 2017. plus frigid weather continues, seal inglam, back as what to expect at the strike of midnight. your forecast for first few days of the new year.

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chelsea, it will be a butler cold new year. >> yes, maybe bubblely will warm you up but doctors say keep away from the alcohol too >> if you are outside today, tonight or tomorrow for mummers parade i think key is to constantly move around. if you just sit still you will get colder and colder and dress in layers as chantee has been telling us and she has been out there in the elements weather watchers, lets start with this one this is from lynn springer, who says that the gorgeous, and cold sunrise where she lives, you can see fresh snow on the ground there

as well. our temperatures, are, wow, oh , my goodness so, so cold. we are checking in the teens, weather watchers woke up early with us this morning to send in their reports and date a we have general any cherry hill at 15. carr u.n. mount laurel at 14. pete inner lawrenceville says right around 14 degrees. back here in philadelphia, phil said it is 12 degrees where he lives. he had need chesterfield his neighborhood right around 14. kennett in willingboro, single digits there right around 7 degrees. let me take to you a live look at cape may, this is our, live cape may camera, atop montreal inn there, you can see a beautiful start the two day there but it is so cold and i have seen this camera shaking because of the breeze that we are dealing with, and that is going to continue unfortunately throughout the day and make it feel colder, lets take a lot current temperatures across the region , 14 degrees in philadelphia, 14 in wilmington , 17 in dover, and we are at 10 in reading, 11 in allentown, right around 1

degree in the poconos and down the shore we are checking in the mid to upper teens but with the wind it feels so much colder. we have winds coming out of the north and west from five to about 15 miles per hour, depending on where you live coming in right around 12, opposite northwest at philadelphia international and that is making it feel like this, zero, feels like 0 degrees in center city. feels like 1 degree below zero in allentown. seventeen below in the poconos five below in reading. two below in lancaster. that is what it feels like. as we head throughout the day today we are looking at high temperatures making tonight in the teens and 20's. high of 23. that is forecast high for philadelphia. then when we factor in the wind is it will feel so much colder in the afternoon. forecasting single digits as far as wind chills are concerned for the entire day. here's how it plays out at 12:00, seven, eight is what it will feel like at three. by 6:00. 1 degree as we head in the

9:00 o'clock hour. that is when a wind chill advisory goes into effect for the entire region. we will see wind chills from five above zero to 10 below zero depending where you live and how hard that wind is blowing. storm scan three right now shows us a dry picture dealing with cloud mixing with sunshine as we head into this afternoon but it will be a dry game for the bird, a cold game for bird, remember single digit wind chill dress in layers and keep moving while at the game. 21 degrees at kick off, 19 degrees fourth quarter and powe game bird will be fine with these temperatures but fans are really willing to have to make sure that they stay warm and protect themselves. happy new years midnight 2018, 12 degrees, that is the forecast temperature but wind chills will make it feel like 5 degrees below zero. bitter breeze. if you plan to be outside later tonight or this evening and even on new years day this is dangerous cold that we are dealing w catch frostbite

within 30 minutes with this cold and these wind chills so it is so important that you take this seriously and protect yourself and your pets too forecasting a high of 19 degrees on new years day, the coldest new years day on record, 16 degrees, that is back in 1918, so that is right , if we make it in the teens this will be the coldest , mummers parade in one -years, coldest new years day in 100 years at 9:00 right here at 11. 12:00 he clock 16. we will have wind chills in the single digits as we head into tonight and tomorrow morning so keep that in mind. on tuesday 26 for high temperature, frigid breeze. not as how much on wednesday, a reprieve. then thursday we are watching a coastal storm. right now staying off shore but could bring us snow with high of 28, jan. >> 8:47. time to check road. lets go over to amanda mueller in the cbs-3 traffic center, hi there, a manned.

hi jan. we are looking at the pennsylvania son avenue at broad street and the road look empty now but they won't be in just a few hours as bird gear up to face cowboys. head together game expect your regular stadium traffic, whoever be careful on your way there we have reports of slick roadways on the majors and plenty in the secondary take your time and maybe leave early to get to the stadium. and planning to wait and get out later tonight, septa has maryland fight scheduled good news for you because while septa will operate on a sunday schedule late night trains will be added and patco lines are free from 8:00 tonight until 4:00 tomorrow morning. and finally we are taking a live look at ben franklin bridge it is a beautiful shot of the sky line as part of the last day of 2017 all majors and bridges are clear in and out of the city so beautiful new years drive heading out early to celebrate. in the cbs-3 traffic center aim's amanda mueller new back to you. tom petty, jerry lewis and mary tyler moore more air monk

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landing on the officer. it was eventually taken back outside and then even the squirrel or officer was injured, all is well that ends well i suppose. >> i suppose. >> you can see anything these days. unfortunately very cold outside. >> very cold outside. this is serious stuff. we're talking dangerous cold heading in to new years eve eve and day. wind chill advisory initial to effect tonight and 9:00 for wind chills as cold as 10 degrees below zero. midnight as we ring in the new year it will be 12 degrees in philadelphia but with the wind chill it will feel like 5 degrees below. with wind chills and temperatures like this you can catch frostbite in 30 minutes. serious stuff. cold sticks around. >> heading out there to the mummers parade bundle up, please. that is it for "eyewitness news", for now we may be signing off on tv but we are always on line at cbs philly .com. sunday morning is next, have a great day and very happy new year. >> ♪

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