and we are bracing for a blast of winter. the first alert radar tracking snow just to our west that will be here just in time for the morning rush. following that bitter cold air moves as we take a live look at the camelback ski resort in the poconos. they're making snow and the real stuff will just start falling in a couple hours. welcome to nbc 10 news on this tuesday, i'm chris cato. a first alert weather day as the clipper closes in on the area we're here to keep you prepared. bring you the latest forecast and we'll show you the preprisionprep preparations taking care across the area. let's begin with meteorologist

bill henley eand his first alert forecast. right now it's just very cold overnight. >> we're running 23 degrees colder this morning compared to yesterday. plenty cold for snow eand it is going to be sticking. you see not a lot of wind compared to yesterday, but just enough upper level wind to bring the clouds in there. they're already increasing. no snow in the region just yet, but not far away. we issued a first alert for this day. accumulating snow which is light snow that begins during the morning rush. 6:00 to 7:00 a.m. the western suburbs will see eit first. one to two inches possible for the infire area and harder to find even totals that go even higher. the snow will stick to the ground even after the snow tapers off this afternoon. the cold temperatures will stay with us tonight. the radar showing the precipitation moving into lancaster county right now.

to the west, the first snowflakes evaporate before they hit the ground before you actually see it in your neighborhood. snow falling in portions of maryland and that is heading our way and it will be starting between 6:00 and 7:00 this morning. the future weather shows you the start time for philadelphia is at just right around 7:00. we'll see some very light snowflakes bordering on flurries in philadelphia. a steadier light snow in lancaster and reading may fall at that time and portions of chester county as well. forecast calling for a cold start. feels like 13 with the wind and the numbers are falling. and light snowfall will begin first thing this morning and continue during the day. by 9:00 we may have half an inch on the ground. by noontime possibly an inch on the ground. so it's going to be a light snowfall and will be accumulating this morning before it tapers off this afternoon.

we'll go through it hour by hour when i come back in ten minutes. first alert traffic reporter jillian mele has a look at the roads. good morning, jill. >> ron: >> the roads are dry, this is what 95 is looking like right near philadelphia international airport. we'll definitely take this while we have it because it will change throughout the morning and right now all the area bridges are clear of any big problems. i wouldn't be surprised later this morning once the snow starts to move in restrictions on the area bridges. i'll keep you updated if that happens. chris? del.crews are on stand by. a live picture here from one of our many traffic cameras in new castle county. some started work at 4:00 a.m. and they spent yesterday pretreating primary roads to prevent any snow and ice accumulation. after previous winter storms

especially the ice storm we saw last weekend, some counties are taking no chances with what's happening today. to keep homeless shelters operating in case of a power outage and in montgomery county dozens of new generators were distributed for certain highway intersections. >> traffic signals went out. we ehad serious road problems, as you can imagine. these 57 generators have been distributed to key municipalities so that if the power goes out, those traffic signals can stay on. >> one other note in montgomery county all plows are now equipped with gps system and radios. our team coverage continues now in southwest philadelphia with nbc 10 katy zachary. this time this year city crews are using lessons learned from last winter. explain the change in their game plan here. >> chris just a few minutes ago you were talking about the counties pretreating roads.

they're brining the roads. this year they tell me they're more actively brining the road. brine is a salt water mixture that is spread on the roadways to help prevent snow and ice from sticking. i'm told that you can brine 72 hours ahead of the storm and it is still eeffective. the streets department here in philadelphia tell me their plan this year is to be more active with broinining and that's especially helpful when weather comes during rush hour. >> it's difficult to salt during rush hour with all the traffic out there. they're spending more time sitting out there in traffic with everybody else versus salting. we thought that we'd go out and brine ahead of time. this would give us a jump start. >> that jump start is something that steve lorenzo tells me he needs. he tells me his trucks will spread salt as soon as the morning rush is over. if it starts earlier than that they will spread salt sooner.

i'll tell you what areas those salt trucks will be focusing on primarily this morning because of the timing of today's storm. that's coming up in about 25 minutes. reporting live in southwest philadelphia, katy zachary, nbc 10 news. you've heard us use this term first alert weather. to prepare you for days like this, we issued an nbc 10 first alert and you can see the first nbc 10 first alert at the bottom of your screen. new feature to give you advance warning so that you're not caught off guard when challenging weather hits your neighborhood. here's another way you can get important weather information and updates delivered straight to your smartphone or tablet. a free download get it right now at our website, nbc10.com. 4:06 and breaking news right now in south philadelphia. firefighters have just put a house fire at a row home on south lambert street. you see the burned out, gutted second floor window there. nbc 10 photo journalist john

penn bringing us this live picture from south lambert street in south philadelphia. this fire started around 3:00 a.m. a family of four lives inside this home. everyone got out safely. that's the good news here. family of four got out safely. no word yet on what started the fire but it is out, as you can see. we'll continue to follow the investigation this morning. a germantown man startled three burglars as they were ransacking his house. police tell us the man was in bed when he heard noises coming from downstairs. he got up and saw three guys run out of the house, each carrying a television. police aren't sure if anything else was taken at this point. no one was hurt. also new from overnight, police are looking for two men wanted in the city's west oakline section. they were wearing ski masks just after midnight. police are not yet sure of the motive in the killing.

4:07 now. in the past 90 minutes, the nypd has released new information about a shooting that injured two officers late last night. the officers were off duty when they heard a call for a robbery in the bronx. they encountered the suspexcts at a nearby restaurant. one was hit in the arm and the other in the back. they were taken to the hospital they are going to be okay. mayor bill de blasio visited them overnight. this is one day after the funeral of llui. investigators do not believe the shooting was a planned attack like the ambush on december 20th. there is a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. look at this scene last night. a firefighter did suffer a minor

injury in battling this fire. this video from sky force 10 around 10:00 last night as the fire was at its heaviest. no one was injured. no one other than the one firefighter. it's not clear yet how the fire started. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> it's a cold one this morning. back to making snow. but guess what today mother nature is going to assist with light snow on the way for our area. hasn't started yet, but we're tracking the snow. it's moving toward our area. i expect it to start between 6:00 and 7:00 in the philadelphia area and the western suburbs will see it first and we're just talking light snowfall today and mainly this morning by the time this one tapers off this afternoon, we'll be looking at snowfall totals of one to two inches and possibly around an inch and a half for philadelphia. so more of a nuisance clipper. a fast-moving storm system which is just pushing clouds in the area. in fact, you can still see the full moon through the clouds.

18 degrees right now in reading. philadelphia is 22. 22 in atlantic city. running 23 degrees colder than yesterday. as you can see the roads are just fine. this is the view from the camera in south philadelphia at the sports complex and no sign of any snowflakes just yet. but this will be a snowy scene with a light snow falling and accumulating as the morning progresses. the radar shows it is dry in philadelphia, but we're detecting the first bit of precipitation that is trying to reach the ground in delaware. it's showing up on the radar before it shows up on the ground. in fact it's falling into very dry air, so those first snowflakes the radar detects won't hit the ground. it will take some time for the moisture level to build along the ground level and that's when we're going to see the snowfall start falling. so 6:00 to 7:00 we're on target for that and, yes, the snow will be even falling in cape may. when i'm back in ten minutes, the future weather, i'll take

you through it hour by hour. nbc first alert traffic reporter jillian mele is watching the roads where we're expecting some snow. obviously, the road crews have done their thing, but the timing of the snow starting around 7:00 is not ideal with morning rush. >> i think it will be a busy one this morning. the important thing now we don't have any incidents around center city philadelphia. roads like 76 95 even the blue route very quiet. drive times are average right now. that is the good news to start this day. unfortunately for drivers in new jersey, we are dealing with an accident in lawrence township. closed between 95 and carter road. take princeton pike as your alternate the second morning in a row, a water main break. i'll give you those details in just a few minutes, chris? our first alert coverage of today's snow continues with the preparations ss ss happening now ahead of the snow. >> i'm jesse gary live in morgantown chester county where

the snow is expected to fall here first. i'll tell you what penndot is doing to keep the roadways safe for the commute. we'll have that coming right up. the biggest terror trial since the oklahoma city bombing. it's now under way in boston. what the suspect did in the courtroom yesterday that has people wondering about his attitude.

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here it comes the first snowfall of the new year. just light snowfall is moving into the area. certainly cold enough for snow as the temperatures are 20s and below. 20 here at nbc 10 at 4:14. as bill told us earlier, it's the western suburbs that

will see the first of this morning's snowfall especially chester and burkes county. jesse gary is live and this morning i just combined my words there, jesse. in morgantown burkes count ae ss ss berks county. you're measuring conditions. >> we started outside for this particular hit and we're in morgantown and i want to show you the conditions first. i'm standing on a sheet of ice that is cracking so it's not too hard, but it is a nice sheet of ice right on the side of the road. this is some of the conditions that you'll find out here. i just checked in with pednndot and they had crews out since yesterday and the suputting down a salt brine mixture to pretreat the roads to prevent the snow when it starts falling from sticking to the roadways and then starting at 5:00 today, more than 300 pieces of equipment are

going to be out both state and contractors out making sure they're calling it a spreading event. they'll put down that granular salt to try to keep the roadways wet and keep the snow from freezing. it is very cold. you saw a car zoom on by. but bear this in mind it is very cold out and patches of ice on the sides of the road where water has collected. another update for you out here in the suburbs and also later when it starts snowing, we'll be inside sky force 10 gives you a bird's eye view from the ground storm force 10. jesse gary nbc 10 news. one other note here this morning, philadelphia international airport is issuing a warning that weather could impact flights. officials there suggest checking your flight status before going to the airport to make sure the flight wasn't canceled or delayed. a chance of schools being delayed or possibly closing.

if your school is affected nbc 10 could alert you via text or e-mail. all you have to do is sign up. go to nbc10.com and search school closings. 4:17 now. the next round of perspective jurors will be summoned to court today for the boston marathon bombing trial. a 00 possible jurors had to fill out lengthy volunteers yesterday. he seemed to smirk as he took his seat at the defense table. testimony will begin january 26th. the trial is expected to last up to four months. former virginia governor bob mcdonnell will be sentenced today on his public conviction. him and his wife were found guiltying of accepting $165,000 in loans and gifts. he could get ten years in prison. the judge has received hundreds of letters asking for mercy. new information about the defamation lawsuit against philadelphia native and comedian

bill cosby. two more women are joining that suit. green filed the original lawsuit last month. she eand the other women claimed that cosby drugged and assaulted them in the 1970s. since november at least 15 women have accused cosby of sexual assault. the man accused of killing his wife and leaving her body in a philadelphia park is due in court today. christopher murray is charged with murder and he remains behind bars. investigators say murray strangled his wife, connie in august after the two had an argument. murray first reported her missing. he later confessed to killing her a few days later. the man suspected of murdering a philadelphia limo driver is behind bars this morning. yesterday police arrested alonzo delgard of darby. he eis charged with the robbery and murder of mijael rodriguez,

ramirez. nbc 10 learned that one driver sent a warning to other drivers cautioning them not to pick up a group of passengers that included dilligard. >> i can't take you. >> rodriguez-ramirez awho was knew on the job didn't see that warning. other people may be charged in the killing. hundreds of people will say their final good-byes today to former new york governor mario cuomo. his funeral starts at 11:00 a.m. at a church in man halthattan. people started lining up yesterday. cuomo served as governor of new york for three terms. the 82-year-old died at his manhattan home just hours after his son, governor andrew cuomo was inaugurated for a second term. same-sex couples today in florida can say i do but the state's first same sex marriage took place yesterday in miami because the judge who lifted the ban decided not to wait until

12:01 this morning to perform the first nuptials. florida attorney general is pursuing state and federal appeals to reinstate the ban. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> we're waiting now for snowflakes to appear. the clouds have started moving in. you can see them in this view from here at the nbc 10 studios. fortunately, the wind has come down. a much lighter wind this morning and the wind chill isn't as big of a factor but it is much colder this morning. right now in philadelphia the temperatures are falling, we are in the low 20s to start with. 22 degrees. the wind chill 14 degrees right now with the wind at just 6 miles an hour. cold start and a cold day today. snowmaking equipment going on in the pocono mountains, but mother nature will help later this morning and the snow will move into the pocono mountains and take some time for it to spread across the area. the cold that's already arrived. 18 degrees in pottstown and

doylestown and wrightstown 20 degrees and 22 at philadelphia international, rocksborough has dropped to 19 degrees. here comes the snow just light system here. it's not a big storm. but you can see some steady snow in west virginia and though it is showing snow in maryland we've yet to see any reports of it reaching the ground. it's falling at dry air. so for a period today we'll watch the snow today on the radar move in but nothing will be falling for some time. we have to wait for the moisture level to increase. and that's when we'll see ethe snow start between 6:00 and 7:00 this morning especially in the western suburbs. and it will be falling during the day. 6:00 this morning, 25 degrees in philadelphia. you see the snow falling in lancaster at that hour. spreading towards philadelphia by 77:00. very light snowfall and 23 degrees. teens for reading and lancaster and then the snow at 9:00 will be falling across most of the

area and accumulating too, with temperatures like that. through the morning we'll see that very light snowfall. by noontime we could have an inch on the ground in philadelphia and then it really starts to fall apart as we go into the afternoon hours. scattered showers are possible late this afternoon. but the steadiest snowfall will occur during the morning hours. and look at the cold, too. light snow plenty of cold and temperatures in the 20s today. 26 to 29 this afternoon. not as much wind but just enough to make it feel colder. the southwesterly winds will be anywhere from 3 to 8 miles per hour. wind chills will be in the teens for much of the day today. >> the timing of the snow starting around 7:00 this morning. starting to see those flakes fall. is this an event where people should leave a little earlier for work or not that heavy at first. >> first of all, the first snowfall. real significant snowfall even though it's not that much snow we haven't had this much snow. some slipping and sliding. you might want to leave a little

early, but this one, i think the road crews should be able to stay way ahead of this one. >> they've already been at work for a couple of days in some cases now. >> they've been waiting for at least a month for one to two inch system to come through. >> plenty of salt stocked up and ready to put on the roads. more on those preparations too, later this morning. thanks, bill. hey, there's jillian. >> good morning. >> the woman who needs no introduction. you do have your hands full this morning already with a couple things before the snow is falling, jillian. >> are dealing with a number of problems and anticipate the number of problems increasing throughout the morning. 206 closed between 95 and carter road because of an accident there. take princeton pike as your alternate. heading to montgomery county a water main break between 76 and the blue route. so, you can take it isn't going to put you on 76 or the blue route right in that area.

depending how long that stays out there we could see tie ups in conshohocken area. the blue route is clear the entire length in both directions. chris? >> there's a question for you this morning. are you waking up a millionaire? well, someone in this area is. we'll tell you where a big winning ticket was sold. he took a gamble and won. but now rebel's new owner isn't happy. why he's objecting to the sale of the casino to himself.

4:26. the latest on the atlantic casino crisis. a judge approved the sale of that closed casino to florida developer glen straub.

he was the runner up at an auction last year but the auction's winner backed out of the deal so he gets to buy the deal for just under $95 million. he wants to pay less than that and plans it appeal. we're not done with the rebel saga just yet. you may be able to buy a casino or something else after you check your tickets. someone in bucks county won a million dollars in the raffle drawing. the lucky ticket was sold at a wawa in bucks county. if you're the winner sign the ticket right away and then call me. we'll talk. you have a year to claim your jackpot, by the way. now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> the cold is here, snow eis on the way. we're tracking light snow moving towards our area and looking forward to start between 6:00 and 7:00 in some of the western suburbs and a light accumulation during the day. it's cold though. bundle up if you're heading out. 20 degrees here at nbc 10 at

4:27. jillian mele is watching traffic. good morning, jillian. >> the majors are pretty quiet across most of the area. this is a live look at lehigh valley. no accidents and no delays. coming up in a few minutes, a live look at chester county.

we are bracing for snow just a few hours away now. we already see it here on first alert radar tracking the first winter storm of the year as it moves into the region this morning. with it comes bitter cold. it feels like the teens in some areas right now and even colder weather is ahead. it's 4:30 good morning. this is nbc 10 news