our way. nbc 10's first alert weather has team coverage of the cold conditions and how much snow you can expect this weekend. >> then the scam artist that is conning businesses all over our area. hear from victims about what he's saying into tricking them to turn over cash. plus, a hefty fine and jail time, the price you could pay in new jersey for texting and walking. sky force 10 is live over breaking news in montgomery county. two cars collided on route 202 north, near the ramp to 76. this is in king of prussia. two lanes of 202 to cal be pike are clocked. keep that in mind. traffic is beginning to back up. >> now to nbc 10 first alert weather coverage of a snowstorm for the first day of spring. >> sunday, the first official start to spring, the snow could last for hours, the question, when will it start, how much will we get? our first alert weather team has

the answers and is monitoring the changing conditions to make sure you are prepared. >> let's begin with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz, glenn, how much snow could we see from this storm? >> well, looks like areas north and west and up toward the poconos like the lake wallenpaupack we're seeing here could see the most. i don't think anybody's really going to get hard by this because the storm is not coming together soon enough. new england will get hit harder. we have rain showers up by lake wallenpaupack now. it's way too warm for snow at the moment. there's a tremendous amount of moisture as you can see from missouri down into the gulf of mexico, just not necessarily going to organize fast enough. here is that storm that's going to develop along north carolina coast. bring moisture in from the atlantic. at the same time cold air is coming in. that adds up to snow. especially sunday afternoon and into sunday evening. and especially after dark it's got better chance of accumulating.

but it could start even before daybreak on sunday. as a mixture of rain and snow. could even start as rain in many parts of the area and even if it's snowy it will be melting because cold air isn't in yet. noon to 6 p.m., the cold air is coming in more so. and so, a mix changes over to snow in philadelphia and stays snow north and west. the best chance for accumulation again 6:00 p.m. to midnight. and we're going to be seeing some of that mixing with rain during the daytime hours. and nearly all snow to the north and west. more on how much to expect where you live with the 7 day in a few minutes. >> all right, glenn. our first alert team coverage continues with cydney long live in lafayette hill. >> this is going to be a shock to the system for i think all of us. >> reporter: considering we've seen the temperatures climb well in the 80s over the last couple weeks, many people, they have packed away their essentials, winter gear, their hats and

gloves so a lot of them out in shorts and tees today, they are a little confused and upset with mother nature. for 4-year-old sammy he is a spring kind of kid. >> i like to dig for worms. >> you do. in the garden, right? >> he shared a picnic with his grandma as families were out all taking in the sunshine at the park. it's where the easter bunny will hide eggs on saturday and where old man winter could move in late day sunday. >> we love playing outside, going to the playgrounds and it tires him out. >> so that's good for mom. >> that's good for me. and snow is not so good because then you're stuck at home. >> amanda packed up the gear. >> we still have our sled, our boots. we knew it was too good to be true to have one snowstorm. >> we'll cart everything up and bring it inside to protect it.

>> the easter flowers and tulips will find warmth in the green house, this as their shovels and salt are coming out of their storage shed and placed back at the front of the store. >> we can get to it quickly. but we always store it over the season, so i'll have it if the storms get that bad. we'll have it. >> all my plants are blooming. the daffodils, and my crab apple tree blossomed. that means the snow is going to kill the blossoms. >> you're a little mad. >> yes. >> reporter: and folks here say right now before spring snow is the best time to lay down grass seed. any snow that sticks will seal in the moisture and prevent the seeds from blowing away so it may make your grass a little bit greener when spring decides to stick around for good. live in lafayette hill, cydney long, "nbc 10 news." >> the storm headed our way will be changing throughout the weekend. so, count on nbc 10 first alert

weather to keep you updated on air and on the nbc 10 app. right now at 5:00 police across four counties on the hunt for a thief posing as a fire marshal. >> he gets cash from small businesses by pretending to inspect their fire equipment. so far police say the thief has hit businesses in montgomery, bucks, lehigh and northampton counties and also in scranton and investigators believe more victims could be out there. deanna durante joins us live from roslyn. >> the thief may be doing more than bilking these businesses out of cash. >> reporter: police believe he could put lives in danger by pretenting to examine equipment and he's not just hit this business, but many small businesses along the street. >> she's the pit bull. >> chuck says when a guy walked in last month offering a deal on fire protection services.

>> he needed a haircut bad. >> i knew there was something wrong. only because he didn't even have tags hanging, anything professional to say who he was representing. >> reporter: he went for the fire extinguisher. >> i said we don't need it changed. >> reporter: he offered services cheaper. >> he was kind of bold, actually. >> reporter: marie and chuck figured the guy wasn't who he said he was. they watched him leave and never called police. >> i didn't think to call 911. i didn't think that would be a 911 thing. >> reporter: that's how the guy's gotten away, he poses as a fire marshal. no one should show up asking for money and if anyone does should have i.d., a badge and uniform, all things the guy lacked. >> scroungy looking blond, unkept, reddish blond shaggy hair. >> when that guy came in i felt sorry for him. but he looked like a homeless guy carrying a bucket.

>> reporter: investigators hope that someone out there now that the word is out will know. maybe they have video equipment. he hit small mom and pop businesses, he hit across the street here and across town. you know anything about this you are asked to call police. deanna durante, "nbc 10 news." a new jersey corrections officer accused of selling drugs to inmates at a youth prison. the 23-year-old is charged with drug possession also intent to distribute. the charges come after a 10-month long investigation into the facility. holins head is free on bail. sky force 10 over a deadly shooting. there's the scene there. officers found a man dead on the sidewalk in front of a home on mcdowell avenue. the victim's name has not been released. >> it will be a noisy start to the weekend for some residents in north philadelphia.

an implosion like this one is set to take place tomorrow at 7:15 tomorrow morning the philadelphia housing authority will implode two of the three high rises here. it's the norman bloomberg apartment buildings at 23rd and ingersoll. everyone in the red zone on this map must evacuate. if you live in the dust zone and stay you cannot leave your house until the all clear is given. we have more information on the implosion on our website, and on the nbc 10 app. it's been about 18 months since the last implosion of a philadelphia housing authority building. this high rise on queen lane in germantown came tumbling down, in 2014. new information on the bill cosby case, his lead criminal lawyer is fighting a subpoena to detail his ties to the former montgomery county district attorney who declined to charge

cosby. he co-hosted a political fund-raiser for bruce castor and donated money to him but says that happened months before he joined cosby's legal team. castor is the d.a. who promised cosby he would never be prosecuted. andrea constand accused cosby now wants him to detail his ties to castor. she has sued castor for defamation. >> the red cross is helping three families affected by a fire in camden. fire started inside this home on high street and spread to two others. no one was hurt. today three former religious leaders were arraigned on charges of child endangerment. this is video of the friars arriving at a court house outside of altoona. the men were part of the franciscan friars. state prosecutors say the accused men allowed brother stephen baker a suspected child predator to hold jobs where he

molested more than 100 children. a mother drove from ohio to see the men arraigned. she claims that baker molested her son in 1991. he took his own life in 2003. there were things that he had said and written when he was in school there that i didn't pick up on until i found out about brother steve when it became public knowledge. >> brother steven baker is a priest at the center of the case also committed suicide in 2013 shortly after the allegations became public. the philadelphia police department promoted dozens of officers this morning, nbc 10 was at the ceremony at temple university's performing arts center. packed house there. mayor jim kenney and police commissioner richard ross joined others in congratulating the officers on their new ranks. we all know the dangers of texting and driving, and a local lawmaker says texting while walking is just as risky.

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tournament time is under way for three local college basketball teams, and the

wildcats move on. villanova students on campus watched as the team grabbed a first round win. we have to talk about what's going on with temple. big game still happening. >> this is a nail biter. lauren mayk is joining us from north philly, temple versus iowa. fans must be going crazy. >> reporter: yeah, we're at a watch party on campus. let me pan over a little bit and take a look at these students, these fans here. they are very nervous. it is definitely a nail biter. they are making me nervous. there is just eight seconds left and they are three points away. they are three points down so they are very, very nervous. hoping that their team can pull this out. over at villanova, they had an exciting day, it was a big day for basketball fans here in philly. >> for me it's the best month of the year by far. >> for fans like chris, the

excitement starts today. and he's had two big games to cheer. as a temple student who is also a big villanova fan. >> i love basketball in general so this is great for me. it's a holiday for me. >> a holiday with school spirit swagger. over at villanova, students feeling pretty good as their wildcats took on the bulldogs. >> what's your prediction? >> win by 25. >> for the whole thing? >> final four. >> he was pretty close on the score, we'll see about the bracket. >> i am a big fan. i watch every game. i'm a little obsessed. >> what's it like on game day? >> a buzz in the air. everyone is excited, counting down until game time. >> reporter: and winning, well, it can make that school spirit a little contagious. >> i wasn't a big fan until i came here now it's like i'm a big fan girl. >> reporter: take a look what is happening. they are getting very excited.

there are two seconds left to this game. they are two points down. and folks are on the edges of their seats. literally. you can -- they are one point down at this point. just watch the looks on these students' faces. they are so excited. they are so nervous at this point. they don't have to be in brooklyn. they can be right here in north philadelphia and feel the excitement for their team. it is pretty amazing to feel what they are feeling right now. they have been up and down on their feet, back down in their seats again. waiting to see what is going to happen. and you know we've seen this crowd grow as the final moments of the game have beenticking down. probably coming from classes, maybe hearing just how close this game was and wanting to be part of it. they are waiting for the final two seconds of the game to play out. to see if their team is going

to -- is going to take this. >> lauren, while you're live here, rosemary is getting texts from her husband who is a temple grad giving her the play by play. >> his last, down by one. one more shot. iowa call time out. temple on ice. >> you can see it on their faces. >> i can only imagine that you and your husband are sort of on the edges of your seats. >> it's tied. tie game. it is tied with 2.1 seconds to go. these kids are having quite the day. this is a tie game. >> lauren mayk, we're told we have to move on. i hate to do this, but we are going to check back with you a little later on. tie game right now. >> i'm not going anywhere.

>> we'll see you in a bit. >> nbc 10's keith jones and comcast sportsnet john clark will have live coverage from brooklyn at 5:45. we'll hear from john. happening now in decision 2016, donald trump's competitors showing no signs of slowing down. >> today, both governor john kasich and senator ted cruz held rallies in states that hold contests next week. governor kasich made his case in utah where he criticized politicians who he said made promises they can't deliver. earlier this week you may remember kasich came to our area for a visit to villanova university. senator cruz is set to visit the u.s. mexico border to discuss border security. he will be in douglas, arizona, this comes after former republican presidential candidate mitt romney said that he will vote for cruz in the caucuses in his home state of

utah. now to the democrats, senator bernie sanders is taking on another democrat and it's not hillary clinton. >> no, the senator from vermont says if he is elected president he'd actually ask president obama to withdraw the nomination of merrick garland to the supreme court. this is video of sanders speaking to supporters in idaho. the senator told rachel maddow from msnbc while he'll back garland's nomination there are more progressive judges he would like to examine if elected. >> i have said that i do have a lit mus test. must be loud and clear in telling us he or she will vote to over turn this disastrous citizens united supreme court decision. >> senator sanders is set to take part in a rally in salt lake city, utah next. in the next presidential contests are set for tuesday, both parties will look to pick up delegates in the arizona primary and utah caucuses.

the democrats will also caucus in idaho. and to get your complete decision 2016 coverage including the latest primary results, be sure to download the nbc 10 app. it's free. >> we're getting texts -- tied game, overtime. all right. temple is in overtime with iowa again we'll be checking with lauren mayk in the coming moments here. in other news, thanks, ben. appreciate the texts. in other news hover boards will no longer be avoyed on pass trains or stations. there vent been incidents but the director cited reports of fires and injuries related to the battery operated scooters. let's take a live look at philadelphia's 30th street station. amtrak and new jersey transit already have banned or regulated the use of hover boards. well, big changes coming

over the next couple of days as we head to the weekend. we have some showers that we're tracking now. they are generally light. we have colder weather over the weekend and hours and hours of snow coming on sunday for many of us. we have partly sunny skies now, it's 63 degrees, west at 25, gusting to 36 miles an hour. it is really windy out there. but it's warm, 60 in reading and lancaster and bensalem and mount holly and glassboro. 62 in wilmington. 64 in millville and dover. we're not going to see temperatures like that again until the middle of next week. temperatures going down tomorrow, out of the 40s, sunday may not get out of the 30s and then monday is going to be plain windy and cold. a few light showers up toward the poconos and the lehigh valley. that's about it. for this system. but there's a lot more moisture with this next one. now, it is not organized yet,

and it's going to take a while. the bigger the area covered, the harder it is to get it organized. and it takes longer. so, as this storm develops along north carolina coast, it won't be fully developed. won't have all of those pieces coming together. but there is enough moisture and cold air to change any light rain, into snow. during the daytime hours on sunday. and as the storm is offshore, it stays relatively cold or if anything gets colder and we stay with the snow. here's a closer view, as we go through saturday night and into sunday morning, starts as rain in southern portions of the area. and there's the area of snow, the darker the blue, the heavier the snow and as you can see, this is hour after hour after hour. this is a new computer model just in. and very consistent with the last one. then as we go through the evening you can see the snow spreading down toward the shore.

so there's a chance of at least a little accumulation, even in that area. so, how much accumulation is likely? we're likely to see just a little bit toward the shore. there's the time table, rain and snow in the morning, the best chance for accumulation is after dinnertime. there's the lightest amount of snow toward the shore. the greatest amounts north and west. even there it's not a huge snowstorm. it's just kind of late in the season. a chance of an early shower followed by clearing, 36 degrees for the low. during the day tomorrow, it's going to be chilly but not as windy as what we saw today. and the seven-day forecast, there's the winter storm on sunday, hours of snow, then hours of wind and cold on monday, and then we start warming up tuesday afternoon and get really warm later in the week. >> thanks, glenn. law enforcement giving support instead of jail time to drug

users. nbc 10 travels to the police department in new england where a unique treatment program is already helping the community. we'll explain how it works and how it could soon benefit people here in the delaware valley. next, a professional stunt at a high school pep rally goes terribly wrong. what caused the accident and how the fire eater is doing today.

a florida stunt man is recovering after accidentally setting himself on fire during a high school pep rally. the whole incident was caught on camera, ricky charles was rushed to the hospital with second-degree burns to his face, ears, head, forearm and calf. 20 others at the rally who presumably tried to help him suffered minor injuries. the stunt man is blaming an accelerant he had not worked with before for the accident. well, does feel like spring but the first day of spring will feel and it's going to look more like winter. >> a live look at first alert radar. glenn "hurricane" schwartz will have more on the timing and the conditions and it all depends on where you live. >> plus, nbc 10 takes you to the montgomery county company hoping to have a zika vaccine ready by year's end.

mother nature has big plans for our forecast this weekend. this is a live look at first alert radar showing the moisture that could develop into snow in our area as early as tomorrow night. >> crews who didn't have to salt and plow that much this winter can't call it quits yet. they were treating the roads today ahead of the storm. nbc 10 spotted this truck brining parts of i-95.

glenn "hurricane" schwartz is tracking the changing conditions. >> what's the latest on the timing? >> some of the snow could start even before daybreak on sunday, but i think it would be melting as far as accumulating snow would take during the daytime hours especially later during the day sunday. we've got sunshine on the ben franklin bridge now. we have a mix of sun and clouds out there. and there's plenty of moisture on the way from missouri all the way down to the gulf of mexico. it's not organized obviously, as you can see. it's a large area. it will take a while to get organized and there's enough moisture so that as this storm develops it's going to pull moisture in from the atlantic, colder air comes down from the north and voila, you have snow. and we're going to have a number of hours of it as we go through the day on sunday and into sunday evening. so, could start overnight

saturday night and mix of rain and snow, but that would mainly melt. temperatures should be well above freezing then. during the daytime hours, mostly melting as well. but as we get toward the latter portion of the day, the snow may get heavier, the temperature goes down a bit, may start to stick in parts of the area and most of the sticking is occurring during the evening hours. so, that is the one thing that we have to watch out for. we'll talk more about how much snow to expect and when it's going to end with the seven-day. >> we'll see you then. thanks. now to a live look from our cape may camera, looking good down there. nbc 10 reporter ted greenberg will have more on the impact our forecast is having on people at the beach this weekend. that's coming up at 5:55. remember, you can follow the changes of our forecast throughout the weekend by tapping the nbc 10 app. >> we've been following developing news out of europe all afternoon. a fugitive suspected in last year's paris attacks is now in custody.

authorities say salah abdeslam was captured in a raid in belgium. he was wanted in the attacks that left 130 dead. richard engel has the story. >> reporter: belgium officials ain and arounded that they captured salah abdeslam want forward his role in the paris attacks that killed 130. the 26-year-old has been the most enigmatic, believed to have driven suicide bombers through the french stadium and one believed to have carried out an attack himself but either had a change of heart or chickened out, left his suicide vest behind, then crossed out of france, went back to belgium and found not far from his own home. back in the neighborhood a sbub of brussels. police and commandos gathered at the building where they believed

he was. raided it inside. then opened fire on abdeslam. injuring him, taking him and others into custody. this has been an important step for both french investigators and belgian authorities working closely together. u.s. officials congratulated them on this accomplishment. they said it dealt a blow to isis and said that the victims of the paris attacks will still be remembered. richard engel, nbc news, istanbul. >> for the latest on the raid and its impact stay here for "nbc nightly news" at 6:30 here on nbc 10. we have of course been following the ncaa tournament, our local teams had big games today. and we've been watching temple's game. >> very closely. you know the outcome from your husband and lauren mayk is joining us live where temple

fans are really ñidisappointed. >> reporter: yeah, jim and rosemary, a lot of long faces here. it came down to the wire but temple did not pull it out today. some very sad students, this is one of them here. a freshman here at temple. how are you feeling? >> feeling pretty down, you know. we almost had it. we came back, we went to overtime. it was crazy. then at the very last second. >> kind of a roller coaster wasn't it. >> yeah. i never felt this way before. i don't know what to say. i feel like they fought to the very end. that's the temple spirit so i'll give them that. >> that's a good way to leave it there. a lot of sad long faces here today. they are feeling a little different at villanova but not the best day here at temple. live at north philadelphia, lauren mayk, "nbc 10 news." >> no villanova/temple match-up. a warm bed and help instead of a jail cell.

that's the compassion one police department is giving to drug users, the program has been so successful that a local police chief is bringing it here. and vince is here with more on how it works and how it can help people here in the delaware valley. >> as heroin left a mark in the small town of gloucester, massachusetts, he is police chief reports of deadly overdoses crossed his desk too often. something had to change. he realized that law enforcement should be doing more to help people, so he started with the angel program. it allows drug users to come to police and ask for help for getting into treatment. no questions asked. we traveled to massachusetts to talk to him about the program. it seems it had huge suck serks helping more than 400 people and that has inspired some local police departments to bring similar programs here. >> not to impose anything. we're out to be a safe haven for

people who are suffering from addiction who don't want to do it anymore, who don't want to engage in criminal activity, who don't want to suffer anymore. you know, that's it. that's what we're here for. >> somebody said how do you know if it's successful. but you know what, one person gets help and stays through it, then it's for the year because that person could do more damage in a year to society than what they pay me in a year. so if we get one person help, it's a good day for us. it's a good year for us. >> the angel program launches this month, the second of its kind in our region after upper darby launched its own version. join me and da ness and morgan as we take you into the world of addiction in the philadelphia area and beyond, in our special presentation, generation addicted, monday night, march 21, at 7:00 p.m. that's here on nbc 10. the first vaccine for the

zika virus may come from a company in montgomery county, representative boyle was in plymouth meeting today. the company developed a zika vaccine being tested on animals. boyle is working to speed things along with the food and drug administration to make it available as soon as possible. >> we are a very humid climate so that's all the more reason why we need to be involved in this effort. that it's not just a problem in latin america, it's a problem right here on our front porch and unless we identify a vaccine quickly it will be a much bigger problem. >> testing the vaccine in humans is expected to start by the end of this year. thinking of planning a vacation? the philadelphia travel and adventure show can help you get away, the exotic trips you can book right inside the convention center. plus, a zoo welcomes three baby tiger cubs, the video you have to see and what makes their

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>> the duchess of cambridge opened. the new each charity shop in norfolk is officially open for business, proceeds benefit the charity which supports families and children with life threatening conditions, this by the way is the charity's 21st shop to open. they are tiny, and adorable. we're talking about the columbus zoo's newest additions. >> cute factor going on born wednesday night. they appear healthy. you can see them here with their mother. thanks to this new arrival there are now seven siberian tigers at the columbus zoo, they are native to russia and critically endangered because of

overhunting. a lot of fluffy fur there. >> you can see a little. >> to reality. one team moves on, one team they are coming home. and one still has yet to play. >> john clark is live in brooklyn where temple just lost in overtime. a heart breaker especially i'm sure for you watching it. you're a temple alum. >> reporter: yeah, it is heartbreaking, you see a lot of temple owls leaving right now, very disappointed. they were that close, we'll have that story, we'll hear from villanova, they are advancing, all coming up next live from brooklyn. well, we've got some wet winter-like weather over the weekend. enough w's for you. that's going to bring a mix of snow and rain. i'm tracking the conditions you can see depending on where you live. my exclusive nbc 10 first alert forecast.

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it's tournament time and if you missed it in the last 15 minutes, temple suffered a heartbreaking loss in overtime to iowa. >> sad days for owls fans but villanova will move on sunday. that's good news. and st. joe's has yet to play. john clark is live in brooklyn at the barclay center. >> john, both excitement and i see a little disappointment on your own face there. >> yeah, what a heartbreaker for temp temple. a lot of villanova fans are happy tcht temple fans are extremely disappointed. we will not have thatvil villa a villanova/temple match-up sunday. take a look how temple -- doesn't advance. villanova advances. the first game this afternoon, villanova facing asheville and it was a tight game.

at the end of the first half, hitting a buzzer beater. the three. and then daniel really took over. 17 points, 10 rebounds and villanova wins by 30 points. 86-56. so they are moving on. here they are, the cats talking about their win. >> this was a good game for us. i really credit our two seniors, you come into a game like this and you're 1, 2, seed, young guys, we're supposed to win this. but daniel, they made sure. we played well. >> it felt good. whatever i can give to the team i know they are all locked in counting on me and you know, shot out to our coach and trainer getting me back to how i am now. >> reporter: so, villanova moves on, the owls were moving on to the barclay center on the subway. how cool is that.

and how about this. they were down three, under a minute left. quinn gets fouled and he makes all three free throws to tie it at 63 and force overtime. but a heartbreaker, adam woodbury for iowa, the putback here. and temple loses a heart breaker, 72-70. we were all hoping for that big 5 battle on sunday. but it's not going to happen. villanova is the chance for philadelphia out of this region to make it to the sweet 16. we'll have a lot more at 6:00, hopefully here from the owls. i'm john clark live, back to you. >> we hear the boos there, john. temple fans not too happy. thanks a lot. john clark and keith jones will be covering all of the action from brooklyn this weekend. look for their live reports here on nbc 10. i want to go to breaking

news from sky force 10. police investigating a shooting in philadelphia's kensington neighborhood. it happened at somerset street a few moments ago. a short time later police took someone into custody. that person we're told was riding a dirt bike. police have recovered a gun here as we look down on this intersection. ambulance there on the scene. other officers there as well talking to folks there. and police say they are look forge another suspect. we'll continue to follow this breaking news. we'll bring you new information on the shooting in kensington as soon as we get it. >> we all know how dangerous texting and crossing the street can be. a new jersey lawmaker wants to make it illegal in the garden state. the bill would make the punishment similar to jay walking, a fim $50 fine and maximum punishment of 15 days in jail. between 2000 and 2011 more than 11,000 pedestrians were hurt crossing the street as they used

their cell phonings. not looking up, not looking where they were going. it's not clear when lawmakers will vote on the bill. >> big story we're following this afternoon, tonight and this weekend. the snow. >> the snow is coming. how much we're going to get here is the man. >> the fact that we got to 64 today is going to help us because the roads are going to be warm at the start of this thing. we've got a few showers we're tracking now, it is going to get colder over the weekend and we've got hours of snow in the forecast on sunday. and for most of us, hope most of it melts. you can see that we've had a mix of sun and clouds, 63 now, the wind gusting to 36 miles an hour and week got up to 64 degrees today. tomorrow we don't get out of the 40s, sunday we don't get out of the 30s. monday is pretty chilly as well. temperatures in the upper 50s to the low 60s. quite mild for this time of the year. of course march has been quite mild. we may end up with one of the

top 10 warmest marches despite the snow on sunday. it's even warm at beach have within a land breeze. a few light showers up toward the poconos, the main action to the west. it's pretty disorganized but there's a lot of moisture with those things. and there is the coastal starm itself. as it moves offshore, pulls down enough cold air to produce snow. so we could be changing from rain to snow. the temperatures still marginal during the daytime hours, a lot of it would be melting, too, because of the time of year. so, it certainly could be worse. looks like it's going to be worse in new england than around here. close in we could see these temperatures are above freezing as we go into sunday morning. and even if we start with snow, it would be melting. there it is 1:00, we still see temperatures above freezing even in the snow areas. but those darker blues, that's indicating heavier snow and when

that happens, the visibility can get reduced, can get slippery at times. but that temperature is going to help us out a little bit because we're going to get hours and hours of this. you can see there we are, sunday, 5:00, sunday evening as the snowline goes down toward the shore. how much snow? less than one inch overall in kourn delaware, south jersey because of its mostly rain or melting. and mostly melting in the philadelphia area. points to the south and east limiting the amounts to 1 to 3 and 3 to 5 with mainly snow to the north and west. and we don't really see potential for a big, big storm because it's not going to come together fast enough. a chance of an early shower, then clearing 36 degrees for a low tonight. temperatures only in the 40s tomorrow. with light winds and then the snow comes in on sunday, windy and cold monday. cold tuesday morning but then look at the warm-up next week.

back up in the 70s. >> we check in now with lester holt, he joins us from the nbc studios in new york. >> good evening. what's coming up on nightly? >> hey, jim and rosemary, our rundown includes the latest out of belgium after the takedown of the remaining paris terror attack suspect, a chaotic climate on the campaign trail presenting a tough challenge for the secret service. more on that and we'll tell you how some patients are unknowingly sabotaging their cancer treatments by taking dietary supplements, all coming up at 6:30 for nightly news. >> see you then. thanks. beautiful day down the shore but that is going to change. >> yes. nbc 10 reporter ted greenberg live in ocean city where the sun's out. >> reporter: it certainly is, and the search for summer rentals here at the jersey shore is in full swing right before some snow arrives for the start of spring.

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i'm katie mcginty and i approve this message because it's your turn. >> a live look at the nbc 10 first alert radar. it shows the spring snowstorm that will be heading our way this weekend. we could see the first flakes as early as tomorrow night. >> ted greenberg joins us live from ocean city, cape may county. >> a lot of people going to try to block out the whole snow

thing and get ready for summer. >> reporter: yeah, jim and rosemary, a lot of folks are definitely thinking summer as they look for a place to rent at the shore right before, yes, they might have to deal with snow. on this late winter day in ocean city, joan and her sister were treated to plenty of sun and mild temperatures. >> it's nice out there. >> they look forward a place to rent by the beach in june. the couple days before snow arrives for the start of spring. >> i guess it will make me that much more grateful that i have a summer place to go to. >> reporter: real estate agents expect this to be a busy weekend for bookings following what has been a strong season, they say summer rentals in ocean city are up about 10% from where they were at this same time last year. >> we've had some decent weather the last couple weeks, i think also that the summer was very good last year. not a lot of bad weather.

>> reporter: on long beach island their increase is bigger with rental bookings up 15 to 20%. >> people are booking earlier and earlier. >> reporter: joan is looking forward to her summer get away at the shore. but definitely not a spring snowstorm. >> my daffodils are blooming. done. no more winter. >> reporter: no more winter. while demand for rentals here in ocean city is up, i'm told inventory and rates have remained steady. coming up next on "nbc 10 news" at 6, you don't expect a twitter feud between a fire chief and his firefighters, but that's what is happening. we'll have the fire house showdown next. and i'm tracking snow that is going to be falling this weekend. i'll have the timing and the amounts to expect coming up next.

right now at 6:00, treating the roads earliment breaking out the shovels, preparing for a winter snowstorm on sunday. good did friday evening to you. i'm jim rosenfield. sky force 10 found several trucks treating the major roads. we're told the highways will be treated again tomorrow. we have team coverage of the weekend snowstorm.

we begin with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz and glenn, i know you've been saying this is not really coming together as much as we thought it might. >> that's right. that would limit the potential, so it's not going to be a monster snowstorm like remember the one we got in january. it's late in the season and people may not be expecting it after temperatures in the 60s today. well, the drive home is just fine right now. but it may be a different drive at times during the day on sunday because the visibility is going to be so much lower. this is an area of moisture extends quite a distance from missouri into the gulf of mexico. it's going to end up as a coastal storm, a nor'easter. but it does not look like it's going to come together soon enough to create an intense one. it will be providing enough moisture and enough cold air to produce many hours of snow during sunday and into sunday evening perhaps. the timeline some could s