snow is on the way, and a lot of it, a system had a big impact already in the midwest. stocking up, stores are packed as people prepare to hunker down. battling the flames. crews fighting a fire in cold weather when a local home is engulfed. nbc 10 news starts now. right now at 11:00, we declared a first alert as the radar tracks a major winter storm on the way in less than 12 hours. the entire viewing area will feel the effects in one way or another. the storm coming our way is causing trouble in the midwest. in iowa this morning, strong winds mixing with heavy snow made for rough road conditions. drivers slid off highways and

many caught in long traffic backups. right now, it's the calm before the storm. here's a live look right now at broad street in center city. this is looking north there at city hall. this time tomorrow, though, it's going to look very, very different. >> in a big way. >> good morning. >> we have you covered today. in the next hour, we'll give you everything you need to know to prepare for the snow headed our way. pamela is showing us how people are stocking up, and our meteorologist have prepared your most accurate forecast. let's check in with crystal. >> this is a first alert for our entire region, but it's broke undown into neighborhoods because with our neighborhood forecast, it gives you a better idea of what to expect. so, the i-95 corridor and surrounding cities, areas north and west of the corridor as well. these zones starting tonight through late tuesday looking at heavy accumulating snow. strong winds. as a result of that, blowing

winds and blowing snow. limited visibility as well, especially during what would be a morning commute, although, tomorrow, not a lot of commuters out there. south jersey, the shore and southern delaware, same timeline. heavy snow starts, but quickly, especially along the jersey shore and delaware beaches is switches to heavy rain. as a result of the strong wind gusts, we have damage concerns and coastal flooding expectations with high tides, moderate coastal flooding is likely. this is the wide view, a coast tallow causing the biggest issues. there's the snow in the west. wreaking havoc and will continue to in our direction. the two combine to make a big snowstorm over the area. at 10:00 p.m. tonight, the flakes start falling in the southern and western zones. continuing through, there's deep, deep blues at 4:00 a.m., that's heavy bands passing by.

the i-95 corridor and areas north and west, heavy rain falls as we go further south. notice that rain/snow line presses against the i-95 corridor at 9:00 a.m. with the heaviest rain pummelling the shore points. in a few minutes, a look into the neighborhoods and future models and potential snow totals. all right. see you in a bet. continuing team coverage, if you've been to the grocery store today, you know there's a storm coming. >> milk, eggs, bread, it's a joke, but really stores are packed with shoppers picking up last minute supplies. pamela is checking out stores this morning and is live from winfield heights. what's it been like, pamg? >> reporter: since this morning, people are out and about really taking care of business ahead of the storm. grocery stores throughout the area like this here seeing a steady stream of customers coming in, stocking up on essentials ahead of the storm, filling up gas tanks as well, and yesterday, grocery stores

were packed with people buying everything from bottles of water to milk. we talked to one woman who says she was ourt sht shopping last , forgot a few things, and stopped on the way to work this morning not to worry about the rush later on. take a listen. >> just grabbing a few items. i'm expecting school to be cancelled tomorrow, possibly wednesday, i guess, and from then on, what happens, i'm supposed to travel tomorrow, so we'll see how that goes. >> reporter: and she might not end up going anywhere at all as much as you find out tomorrow as well. there's a good point about schools, though. the philadelphia school district is going to be meeting today at 3:00 to decide whether or not to cancel school for tomorrow. we'll, of course, keep you posted on that. meantime, if you're at work now, if there's a few items to get, mooigt not be a bad idea to take lunch breaks to get that stuff done because as we said, it's expected to be a mad rush later on this evening.

reporting live now, nbc 10 news. >> pam, thank you. in south jersey, crews were priming the roads there. this is video from this morning near winslow township. philadelphia international airport is warning travelers to check with the carriers ahead of the storm. the airport tweet the out that airlines are often waivers to change the flight without penalty, and now east a got time to ensure you the app. parents, get an aletter the minute your child's school closes or opens late. get interactive radar on your neighborhood. when you're on the nbc 10 mobile app, learn about the plug-in and powerup program. we are partnering with comcast to ensure you are fully charged throughout the storm as you can safely get to a comcast store, charge your phones or tablets there for free. sky force 10 over a raging house fire in philadelphia neighborhood, a fire destroyed

the home on north 23rd street at 8:30 this morning. two people are treated for injuries. this is how the fire looked from the ground. 80 firefighters responded to the call. they rescued victims from the building, especially the third floor, and red cross is helping families displaced by the fire. a deadly accident involving a tour bus. a person was hit by a bus in dante and lincoln avenues. we are working to learn more about the city and how it happened. a school bus hit a pole in northeast philadelphia this morning, but there were no injuries in the crash. this was roosevelt boulevard. the accident happened at you have 30, knocked down a traffic light, bus window had damage, working to find out what caused that accident. in south jersey, route 73 shut down in both directions in the early morning rush because of this. this picture shows the reason why. a tractor trailer involved in an accident caught fire between flemming poo ining pike.

no one was hurt. further north from where that accident happened in the early morning hours, looks like we're having problems on route 73. tell us about that. >> let's get you updated. jess? >> headed back to route 73 for another crash as route 73 near fip road, northbound side, there's an accident here. investigation underway. on the left hand side, the lane is blocked, traffic northbound is getting by. on the southbound side, even we're losing lanes as you can see. a little bit of a delay approaching either side of the accident scene on route 73 and around valley road, here's the expressway. we're seeing that eastbound delay towards center city right around girard avenue here, but that total drive time, 20 minutes blue route to the vine, speeds down in the 30s as well. mass transit has delays. 16 minutes on doyletown trains.

nothing major. back to you. >> jessica, thank you. nick is coming back to philadelphia, the former birds quarterback will be a backup for carson wentz. he left in 2014 after breaking his collarbone. here to talk more about the move, amy, welcome, good to see you. >> thank you, as always. good to see you guys, but now in person. >> in person. >> makes sense on paper because he played for peterson when peterson -- when fulls was a rookie and makes since financially because he makes less money than chase daniel, but does it make sense? >> there's a little bit of luck, and people are wondering what's chase daniel going to do? came out, yes, fulles backs up wentz. the two year deal, $11 million, but it's a guy making $13 million a loan in chase daniel. reports are he's asking for release and eagles will grant

that, hopefully by the end of the day, creating a cap issue because that could be about $7 million in dead money, but it is a better investment over the course of the year and next as well. >> how do you think you'll doe this time around? started out well, went downhill last time. what about this time? >> yeah. look in 2013, yeah, 27 touchdowns, three interceptions, pro-bowl year, and then has an injury and he derailed after that. never really got off the ground, kansas city, tracy, so he had a little bit of a stumbling block. you wonder if the change of scenery, the reintroduction to philadelphia could help him, but in this case, also, it's a backup quarterback, you wonder how much you're going to see him. it's nice to have a veteran presence. everybody knows you need toe have a really good backup quarterback just in case. >> i expect the first time we see him is at the airport, john clark. >> john clark. >> that's first. >> get him as soon as he lands here in philadelphia. >> amy, happy to have you. you're back in the next half

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here's a live look now at the first alert radar as we are tracking that major snowstorm on the way. it starts in the southern and western parts of the viewing area at 9:00 and 10:00 tonight. our team of meteorologists will be back in a minute with the most accurate forecast, expected snow totals for your neighborhood. president trump is facing a deadline today to prove those wiretapping claims against former president obama. earlier this month, the president tweeted accusations that obama tap his phone in trump tower in new york before the election. the former presi trump's claims, quote, simply false. lawmakers investigating t asked department to turn over any evidence by today. in philadelphia, pennsylvania senator casey faced a friend lly crowd

yesterday in contrast to republican town halls across th opposition. he was challenged about how he plans to mobilize democrats and attract independence after his party lo and congress. >> there's no question that our party at the national level, and i include myself in better jobg on issues that will allow us to grow our party. >> one audie casey for holding a philadelphia town hall up like his counter part toumey. now your nbc 10 first alert weather. and right now, sta with thos out there currently because this is key to our forecast. we had snow on friday, but it was in thebefore. the ground was warm. that's not the case for this upcoming storm. the temperatures now in philadelphia, 28 degrees. 26 pottstown, and look across

the map, nowhere made it freezing yet. we're all below freezing. later today, cold, o go into th hours. so, what that means is once the storm moves in, it will be very easy for accumulation to occur. here's part one of the storm. that's the system that' to the west. now moving through parts of indiana, illinois, and that's quickly moving our way as we get into this evening. here's part two, that coast tallow is ready to form. as we get i e going to start to turn up the east coast by tonight making it right to us. all arrows mean a big storm hitting parts of the mid atlantic and northeast right on through the overnight hours into tomorrow. this is the hour by hour, tighter look from ten minutes ago. starting at 9:00 p.m. you see the southern most zones, first flakes fall, quickly turns to rain, snow spreads by 10:30,

now through wilmington and filly, and then 3:30 in the morning, the area is covered in steady rain or now a heavier snow. take a look at those deepestwil. that progresses from 3:00 to 8:30 in the morning across the region with the heaviest rain down south. that moves out later into the morning. at 11:30 is the last of the heaviest snow, scattered throughout the afternoon, and we clear on wednesday. now let's talk about the impacts of the storm including the winds and the snow totals with wantso know how much snow can we expect? this is a neighborhood by neighborhood forecast. let'srt what our snow totals look like inwareall. sea isle city, 0-4 inches. cumberland on a gradiengradient 4-8 the further west you go.

philadelphia will see about 4-8 inches, 8-northward, and some maybe seeing upwards of 15 inches of snowfall in total when it's said and done. to shot the out. it's a two-part system. first i e west of us, and the second one, more importantly, is this area of low pressure thas a nor'easter, essentially, that will continue to work its way off theastern sea board, 5:00 a.m. tuesday morning, developing off the coast of at 10:00 a.m., and we see it here approaching justouware now, here's where the biggest concern lies, especially if you jersey shore, delaware shore, really strong winds, indicative could have really strong winds

that will continue to affect the region as this nor'easter continues to move out towards north to nova scotia and out to sea. we have a high wind warning that has been issued, and that's to be expected with hour by hour wind gusts showing us gusts topping out between 55 miles per hour. i think this is a little conservative. we could see gusts topping out at 65-70 miles per hour. we do have that high wind warning that has been issued. of course, if you follow us, we'll have more information for you on social media. back to you. all right, thank you. breaking news right now. because of the storm, southwest airlines has cancelled all operations on tuesday in philadelphia. you're looking at live picture right now, philadelphia international airport, and they're warning travelers to check with your carrier ahead of the storm. the airport tweeted airlines are waivered to change flights without penalty. monitor and keep our eyes on that situation. well, with the winter storm approaching, the american red cross is reminding people about

the best way to prepare and stay safe. the ceo of the red cross is here, joining us live in studio. always great to see you in the studio. talk to us about winterizing your car. >> so, thank you, it's so important the community hear from you about getting ready for the storm. when you winterize your car, there's a couple simple things to do.mb one, fill up the gas tk to prevent freezing. you temergency flies should bee car, flashlights, they need a blanket in their car, they need some things that they can hold overwarm. if they have a glass breaker, that's really important to have. >> fresh bottle of water. people get stranded, run or slide road, you get stranded, rely what's in the car. >> and some granola bars.

>> very good. >> what are things people should do to stay safe in the at home. absolutely stay at home. if your power goes out, do not try to heat your home with generators, or ifectricity goes out using an oven to heat your home, don't do these things. best way to stay warm is lots o blanke blankets. this is important to have a shelter in place kit in the house. it, too, would have water, foo butter. it'll have flashlights in it, coloring books, puzzles for the kids to keep them from being re for three days. you want a gallon of water for each person in your home and a gallon it's critical that you can stay in. the other thing i want them to think about is that whenstop sn tomorrow night and they come out

wednesday morning, think about your health before you start to shovel. >> no reason why anybody should be caught off guard. it's a full day weit. we talked about it over the weekend. >> plenty of notice. >> plenty of notice. finally, letting the viewers know that march is red cross month, a time to recognize those who help people in our community. tell us about the individuals that you're recognizing. >> so we recognize our volunteers, and eastern pennsylvania we have over 4,000 volunteers. across the nation, we have 70,000. sounds like a lot. it's not enough. did you know on sunday night, there were absolutely ten disasters in eastern pennsylvania, ten fires, loss of life, so much. these volunteers are so critical, so march is a time we say thank you for volunteering, and offer people an opportunity to volunteer with us. we make the community stronger and safer. >> you want to feel better about something, you don't have to write a check, just show up and give time and volunteer for the

red cross. thank you, judge, for coming, as always. >> always, thank you. great to see you. >> see the full red cross emergency preparedness plan, go to our website and the nbc 10 mobile app. thank you very much, judge. >> thank you. >> thanks, judge and vai. the storm on the way is impacting travelers as we just toll you. we got new information from phillie international, the southwest airline cancelled all operations tomorrow in philly and american has no operations until 5:00. and important news for women who have had fertility treatment. if they did not work, there's something you need to be aware of. teams tried

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back now, the nbc 10 news first alert weather radar tracking a storm on hours. no matter where you live in the viewing area, you'll fee effects. right now, calm before the storm, a live look at the art museum in philadelphia. clear now as you can see, but by this time tomorrow? different story. those famous sights will be covered. covered with everything you need to know to prepare for the storm. new information this morning, first from southwest airlines cancelling all operations tomorrow, and american has no operations until 5:00. no emergencies declared by several municipalities, so check in the community if you had have to get the car off the roads,

and philadelphia school district meets at 3:00 today to let us know about whether or not to close school tomorrow. >> pamela shows us how people are stocking up, and our meteorologists are here to prepare your most accurate forecast, but we start with ys a forecast two-prong. we are tracking both wind gusts and satellite/radar. the winds will be thrusting into our area by tomorrow morning. as we can flip over to the other system that has our satellite/radar visibility on it, we can show you where the two separate systems are. there it is. there's the look. this is the first system from the west, pumping snow into our area as we get into the evening. it's the exact same time we have a coast tallow. you see the formation building there, the greens on radar. that's going to be tracking up our direction. the two combine to make the major snowstorm for us. the biggest we've seen this season. let's go from your radar and satellite to the timing of the

storm. 9:00 to 10:00 tonight starts in the south and west. they see the first flakes. at 3:00 a.m. through 11:00, i pushed it forward to 3:00 a.m., heaviest snow enters our area from the i-95 corridor north and west. by tuesday as we go later into the day, things will start to weaken. the actual storm center is moving off away from us from the northeast, so on the backside, scattered snow showers that linger into wednesday morning, but they will not be nearly as widespread or heavy. here's the storm expectations. heavy snow is a given, but also high winds. looking at coastal flooding potential. limited visibility due to high winds and snow and beach erosion on top of the flooding due to high wind gusts we are expecting. coming up in minutes, we break down some of the threats neighborhood by neighborhood. >> thank you. meanwhile, rush is on to prepare for the storm surge. >> there is a big rush to grab

milk and get gas this morning, a good idea. pamela has been talking to people as a they run last minute erran errands. she is live. pamela? >> reporter: i was one of the people who ran in the store to get last minute items needed. just pretty much same as everyone that we're seeing this morning taking care of business ahead of the storm stocking up on all of the essentials. we saw people, as you said, filling up gas tanks this morning, and yesterday, stores packed with people as well buying everything from bottles of water to milk. we talked to one woman who was shopping at the acme and said she usual i shops at 6:00 in the morning, but normally, she's by herself. there's not as many people inside. today, she was just there to get a few things, and there were a lot of people inside. >> i'm afraid of the wind. the snow doesn't bother me as much as the wind bothers me. i'm afraid of the wind. >> reporter: so everyone has their own concerns going into

the storm. for some people, it's shoveling as you heard from the woman there, it's the wind. if you have a little bit of extra time on your lunch break or wiggle room in your shift today, not a bad idea to go ahead and hit the store if you need to errands because it's going to be packed later on reporting live this afternoon, pamela, nbc 10 news. >> absolutely right, thanks. philadelphia street crews work hard to get ready before the snowfalls. we just spoke to the chief highway engineer about preparations. the biggest challenge is going to be the rate it's coming down. it's going to expect to come down 1-2 inches an hour. just hampers visibility of the drivers and other vehicles out on the streets. it's going to be slow moving. crews start out salting and switch to a plowing operation. there are about 50,000 tons of salt available and some 400 trucks should be on city streets. deldot loading trucks with

brine and salt to prepare the roads before the flakes fall. others doing the same as the storm approaches. now let's talk about flying. southwest airlines just announced they are cancelling all operations tomorrow at philly international. american not having flights in or out until after 5:00. >> this is how travelers are getting out ahead of the storm. >> reporter: most flights at philly international are on time for now before the first flakes father and mother. crews are ready inside and out. >> we're always prepared to deal with any kind of storms, and we've had several days notice this storm was pending, so we have been very prepared. >> reporter: this group of coworkers are getting out to florida just in time. >> we work 12-hour shifts, so we were watching every time it came on with the weather thinking, please, please, please. >> reporter: if your flight scheduled later today or tomorrow, there may be open after all. >> many of the airlines began to

waive the customary fees that people have to pay when they want to change their itinerary, and this is good if you're flying to and from certain cities or states. philadelphia among them. >> reporter: flexability is key. business at usual before the storm. some travelers are not taking chances and switched plans. on the road, this man from wyoming who is worried if he can fly home. >> i'll get to where i'm going, shut down for a couple days, and get home on thursday rather than wednesday. >> reporter: if you can't get out early, in addition to keeping tabs on your airline, the airport folks say keep an eye on twitter for updates throughout the next couple days. nbc 10 news. now's the time to get the free nbc 10 app. parents get alerted the minute schools close or open late.

get interactive radar focused right on your neighborhood. when you're on the nbc 10 mobile app, learn about our plug-in and powerup program. nbc 10 and telemundo 60 partnered with comcast to ensure you're fully charged throughout the storm. if you can safely get to a comcast store, charge for free. for nearly 20 years, basketball coaches from our area have taken on an aggressive opponent, unremitted to the game. >> part of the coaches versus cancer. this morning, on the fall of the iconic, the local coaches including jay wright kickoff with a breakfast and coaches of philadelphia raised about $14 million for the program over the years. the program supports the american cancer society. the villanova wild calculates have a lot to celebrate, ranked no. 1 overall.

wildcats play the winner of the st. in buffalo. get this, they are goingwins, te most ever for a defending champion the court in buffalo on thursday opponent unl the play round is keith jones is traveling with the wildcats this week in nbc alo. 10 and behind the scene >> he's passionate. >> star hockey players a name for herself on the ice. >> eighth grader plays d warrioy ame boys' team, and playing boys hockey does not phase her one c of her club team ahey embrace h

there is friction, it doesn't bother ioff, playing my game, doing what i do, i don't want to let them affect what i say, and there's not that much that they are saying that can i. >> for other inspiring stories like oy, a documentary highlighting gender in sports. the challenges girls airs tonig. here to tell us more about the documentary is comcost net, amy, joining us live."mboy. >> the word "tomboy" evokes a lot of emotions, maybe, poseneg. it's been interesting to talk to young girls like that where the "tomboy," but in the documentary, you'll hear from women, billy jean king is one od to think it was great to be a tomboy, but semantics of the word got turned on her.

she's, like, i don't know if it's good or bad, but a lot of women carry it as a badge of honor. i know i was always called a tomboy, being a sports girl, tracy's nodding her head, called a tomboy. >> yep. symbolizes where the term has grown and evolved from, but a woman in the sports field in a male field, it's just, it's good to be a tomboy. i'm okay with it, i guess. >> tell us about youroc er room. i remember playing football, there's a woman who was sexually assaulted -- you remember the case? >> uh-huh. >> the new england patriots locker room, a long time ago, but timesed. you know, do you have you know, somebody has been disrespectful to you? >> there's always bad. i mean, there's as apple to spo bunch, but as a whole, i think women in the sports field are n.

not a thing people stare at, oh, what's at? in this town, they don't care male or female, just know your sport around here and talkflyer philadelphialys, basketball with keith jones and everything like at experience. there's a couple. you can't let that sour you. that's true for life in general, i feel like, so, yes, you know, be male-dominated industry, maybe there are pitfalls, but i think, you know, as you heard, she said, she let it bother her. put the head down, do what you love. i'm doing just that. >> well, we love your roberts and respect you. >> thank yo u,. >> tough business, tough to do, but you're great wlove having y. catch tonight at 10:00 on csnphilly. find a home for a special animal. coming up, how yo can help dogs

like this find a forever family and to take care of your pets during the storm. conditions for today are really going to be conducive for this storm that's developing to bring us lots of snow, so m comg up, we have what you can expect for this storm late tonight through early wednesday morning.

and this is a live look at the first alert radar as we track a major snowstorm on its way. it's already affecting travelers due to the storm, southwest airlines cancelled all operations on tuesday in philadelphia, and american has cancelled operations there tomorrow up until 5:00 p.m. our team of meteorologists will be back in just a moment with the most accurate forecast and expected snow totals for your neighborhood. >> we continue our ongoing effort to clear the shelters, and march is pit bull celebration month at providence animal shelterment joining us now to tell us more is the director of public relations and special events for the providence animal shelter. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> you brought cassidy.

>> yes beautiful cassidy, this is the foster mom, courteney. she's looking for a good home. >> tell us about her. >> she's deaf. that does not her any less adoptable. we rescued her from act philly, an urgent dog, and one of the may main focuses this month is to save as many dogs from act as possible and find them great homes. >> tell us about this special promotion. all the pities are no adoption fee or could be a $25 adoption fee, which is much more reduced than the $200 fee. including everything, spay, neuter, and we also have finished st. pities day weekend, but owners, reduce shock, reduce spay, neuter, trying to keep pities in good homes there and loved, and find homes for those who need it. >> tell us why the special love. >> they are our favorite breeds. i know rescues feel the same, but they are misunderstood. cassidy is such a lover.

she's a dog lover. courtney's she's good with ba p babies. you have to look behind the crossed ears to see she's beautiful hearted. so many are great pets. you want people to know about that. >> so pretty. so pretty. >> yeah. >> since we're on the verge of a winter storm, talk about reminders for pet owners as the storm approaches. >> sure. number one, bring the pets inside. philadelphia most likely will go into a code blue, meaning it's illegal to keep pets outside. there's animal control officers out and about looking for pets in need. then another thing, bring the pets out in the snow, be aware the salt burns the paw pads. be weary of that. i bring a cloth when i walk the dogs in the snow, they pull up one of the paws, watch for that. >> wipe them down. >> yeah. it really could burn the paw pads. watch for that. most importantly, bring them inside. they are a part of your family. treat them as such.

>> all right. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> good luck gets cassidy doo t adopted. appreciate it. here's the animal adoption deal. through march 31st. you can pay adoption fees between $0-$25 for pit bulls and mixes, six moments and older. visit the shelter at 555 sandy bank road in media. for hours and information, check the link and our nbc 10 mobile app. now the nbc 10 first alert weather. >> let's start off talking highs for today. it's important because it's keeping us cold. we're only going to see low to mid-30s for highs, a few spots may make it to the upper 30s in philadelphia, the shore, and delaware. overall, the cold air now is going to help tonight to see instant accumulation. as soon as that snowfalls, terroriit's not melting, but p sticks. the hour by hour forecast, here's the coldest air in the north and west. we expect high snow totals

because it stays snow for the entire event. right along the i-95 corridor, watch the numbers. that's the areas where we are just on the cusp of the heavier rain south. 9:00 to 16:0030, it spreads east. we continue to 4:00 a.m. heaviest snow moves in. look at deep blues and purples there at 32 degrees up to trenton. that's the line of the heavy snow continuing north and west, seeing the highest totals. the pink is the mix to heavy rain, down south, especially on the shore and our delaware beaches in the mid hfr 30s. as we continue long, 8:30, potential for heavy sleet. 8:00 to 9:00, back to snow, still heavy north at 11:00, and does move out and scatter as we get into the afternoon hours, and it should thin out entirely as we go through your wednesday. here are your snow totals. lowest amounts south because we are tracking there to be mix of

rain and snow. we see right in the blues for philly, 4-18 inches. purple and suburbs, that's 12-18 inches, and 15-20 inches for the lehigh valley and burkes county. highest amount in the corridor and then north and west. the impacts of the storm aside from the snow totals by going to erica. >> two pieces of energy as mentioned. more importantly, tracking a nor'easter that develops off the cape. right now, we're going to go ahead and track that for you and show you how it intensifies and continues to intensify as it moves up the eastern sea board. here you see the beginning of the energy starting to come together, and we get our future track into motion starting at 1:1:30 a.m., and we get this going, there's the low developing and continue to work up the eastern seaboard and towards nova scotia. as it does, continues to intensify once it meets up with the piece of energy moving from the west. we expect really strong winds

speeds and gusts. gusts that could top out between 25, 35 miles per hour, tonight, early tomorro65-70 miles per hour concerned. there's a blizzard warning issued for some, high wind warr many as well across the region. let's track the nor'easter out for you as it works eastward. here you can see that this does intensify just off the jersey shore, and as it does, you will see winds and gusts increase quite a bit here. this is a strong system, so hour by hour forecast, it's timing out for you, gusts increasing to about 45-50 miles per hour, and? why we have the high wind warning issued and in effect until 6:00 p.m. tuesday. keep in mind, however, we have the threat of some coastal flooding, beach erosion, and really that blizzard warning that has been issued for ocean county as well. >> two systems, one sweeping

across the country from the midwest, the other coming up the coast, and they are converging here tomorrow. >> and it's that line, too, that you're following, right? >> yeah. >> making the difference between a little bit of snow and lot of snow. >> absolutely. south sees rain, north, snow, big impacts either way. >> keepi ining fingers crossed. appreciate you two. stay with us.

breaking news because of the storm, southwest airlines cancelled all operations on tuesday in philadelphia, and american airlines cancelled all its operations there on tuesday until 5:00 p.m. philadelphia international airport is warning travelers to check with their carriers ahead of the storm. and we'll have complete live team coverage of the major storm for you beginning this afternoon at 4:00. plus, a local grandmother thought she was getting her grandson a great christmas gift, but she had to return it for holiday joy was gone. how we stepped in to help out today at 4:00. well, most golf lovers dream of green courses and springtime sun. >> especially now. not these guys, kicking off on a frozen lake in siberia. they participated, and all same

rules apply, but the colored balls, they could not use white. >> would you do that? >> i like to play sports in their season. >> in their season, not in the snow. >> let's learn more about the snow. what's the latest? >> look ag the the totals, that's the huge impact we see, especially for areas north and west, where we got totals, 15-20 inches we see in the lehigh valley, chester county, you see e12-18 inches, the suburbs, and then right along the i-95 corridor, inches. heavy rain south. we know that a means coastal flooding threat is there. >> that's right. high wind warnings as well. ocean county, that's one of the major trn concerns as well. >> we'll keep you updated on air, online, and nbc 10 happen. thank you for watching at 11:00. >> for all of us here at nbc 10, have a great day.

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