right now go to today show for a look how the winter storm is impacting other parts of the northeast. stay safe. good morning. breaking news. the nor'easter of 2017 in full swing. snow piling up in philadelphia, washington, d.c., and boston. roads a harrowing mess. thousands of flights canceled nationwide and the worst is yet to come. our cameras and correspondents are fanned out across the region. and dangerous diagnosis? a nonpartisan review of the plan to replace obamacare, says it would increase the uninsured americans by 24 million. democrats quick to pounce. >> it's indecent and wrong. >> as a five-month-old recording

emerges of paul ryan talking about the man who would be president. >> i'm going to defend donald trump. not now. not in the future. >> how the speaker the responding today, tuesday, march 14th, 2017. >> from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today", nor'easter 2017. with matt lauer and savannah guthr guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. everybody. it's a snowy tuesday morning. that's a good crowd. they're out here. we are measuring the snow in centimeters right now. >> let's be fair, though. we're in rockefeller center. they do an amazing job of removing snow in a big hurry. on some of the other streets, it's a different story. >> and it's just beginning, right, al? >> that's right. we'll see a changeable situation, from snow, rain, pleasing rain, sleet, and back to snow.

>> what was it like coming in? >> i took a nice commute in. >> it was scary. if you don't have to be on the roads, stay in. >> it's our top story. a snow day for millions of students from philly to boston. more than 6,000 flights canceled through tomorrow. we got it covered all angles, starting with craig melvin. he's a few blocks to our north in central park. hi, craig. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. in just the past few minutes here in central park, it has already started to come down a little harder. and a little faster, as well. multiple governors have declared a state of emergency. officials urging folks to stay inside for their own safety. let the blizzard begin. snow, quickly piling up in the northeast overnight. the storm, affecting 70 million people. new york city anticipating up to 20 inches of snow.

parts of massachusetts, could get two feet before it's over. thousands of schools in the storm's path closed for the day. >> i jumped out of my seat and shouted hooray. >> reporter: wind speeds expected to reeach 50 miles per hour. reducing visibility on roads and tearing down power lines and trees. officials urging the public to stay off the roads. connecticut, taking it a step further, issuing a state-wide travel ban this morning. word of the powerful storm system has already left a mess in the midwest. in chicago overnight, a pileup of at least 20 vehicles, shut down an expressway. minor injuries were reported. and in wisconsin, officials are investigating two snow-related deaths. millions now hunkered down, riding out the storm. as this potentially historic nor'easter buries the northeast. snow days galore right now.

boston, philadelphia, new york city, fairfax county, virginia, all of them cancelling schools. we should also note here in central park, right now, we are on pace to break a record that has stood since 1888. matt, savannah? >> all right, craig. thank you very much. al, this could be one of those days when a couple of miles can make a big difference. >> we are seeing that right now. heading towards the jersey turnpike. here's the radar. and look closely. you can see this area of pink and purple starting to move towards philadelphia. this is ryan, atlantic city. back in washington, d.c. we've got a frozen mix going on right now. that's going to be the situation this morning. changeable weather, as we move during the day with this storm. right now, winter storm warnings, advisories and blizzard warnings for 70 million people. as we drill down, 31 million

people at risk for a blizzard. midday new york, heavy snow, changing to sleet and back to snow. boston, heavy snow, two to four inches per hour. rain into new york state. a frozen mix and back to some snow. this mix in boston will turn into a wind-swept rain. and it will continue to push to the north wednesday morning. it gets out of the boston area, new york. the wind dies down but we have a frigid morning. whatever is on the ground, is going to stay there. here's what we're calling for right now. philadelphia, five to ten inches. it will be closer to the five and the ten. mt. pocono, away from the warmer waters and the warmer easterly winds. you'll see 22 to 28 inches. new york city, 9 to 15 inches of snow. albany, 16 to 22 inches. boston, about 8 to 12.

portland, 10 to 16 inches. and with all this wind and all this heavy snow, we've got the threat for wide scattered power outages from eastern pennsylvania and especially as you get up into northern new england. guys, again, the difference between this storm tracker that gets closer to the coast, that's going to bring in warmer, moister air. >> not going to be a nice day, no matter what. >> al, thank you so much. when a storm like this hits, travel of all kinds, brought to a stand still. above-ground subway service halted in new york city. a travel ban in connecticut and thousands of flights are canceled for today. tom costello is covering that angle. he's at new york's la guardia. good morning. >> reporter: it's a ghost town here. and not just the american airlines termterminal. all of the terminals are empty.

the tsa checkpoint is closed. nothing happening here. and that's to be expected in the busiest airports of the country. take a look at the flight aware misery map. new york city, lots of red, with a total of 7,600 flights canceled nationwide between yesterday, today and tomorrow. all of the airports in and around new york city, affected. move up to boston. big red there. american airlines tells us, in boston and new york, they don't expect to recover and reopen until midday tomorrow. let's move on down the coast, to the flight of our misery map to washington, d.c. and philly same story. they're not going to recover fast. washington, reagan and dulles, they may recoffer today. but flights and planes were out of position. if they miss a flight, for example, a dallas to la guardia leg, and that plane is not in

position for the next leg, there's a ripple effect across the country. this could take several days to recover when you have so many people who have mised their flights and need to get from point "a" to point "b." the airlines have waived the change fees. >> tom costello, thank you. indra petersons is driving through the storm. indra, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. evident, the blizzard of 2017 is here. very easy to see. right now, we're driving north on i-95, near newark airport on the turnpike. this is where you see the change in forecast so clearly. what we're looking at is the quickly transition from rain to snow and ice. no better way . we talk about nor'easters and i-95. it is almost an imaginary line

between all three types of precipitation. if you see a radar, you can tell. if you're going to be driving to the south and to the west today, or south and east today, you'll see more rain. you're going to go from heavy snowfall, down to what's going to start looking like rain. and there's a lot of reason that matters. as we've been driving today, in the last five, ten minutes, we went from heavy snow and we started seeing sleet. you start to slip and slide out there. what also happens, they're trying to treat the roads here. some places look great. but if you see rain, and you switch back to snow, no more salt on the roadways. it's going to be an awful mess, matt. >> is someone in the backseat snoring or is that the windshield wiper? >> reporter: let me check. i'm going with windshield wiper. >> thanks. it's all hands on deck for the department of transportation in philly, of course. morgan radford with the storm there. hi, morgan. how is it going?

>> reporter: savannah, good morning. you can see the snow and the sleet pummeling us here in philadelphia, where we saw two inches overnight. up to seven inches in other parts of the state. currently we're under a snow emergency with blizzard warnings north and west of the city, what experts are calling the deadly and life-threatening storm. these streets for the tuesday morning commuters who are determined to get to the office, they have to be extremely careful. that's when the snow and the sleet is expected to hit the hardest. and temperatures right now are just at freezing. that is expected to stick. once the wind gusts come, we have to see up to 35 miles per hour. that's why the city has already deployed more than 400 plows. they have up to 50,000 tons of salt at the ready. people are stocking up on food. they're stocking up on water. schools are closed for the day. wean under a winter storm warning until 6:00 p.m. savannah? matt?

>> morgan radford, in philly. in massachusetts, blizzard warnings have been expanded to the western and central part of that state. miguel almaguer is west of boston. how are you? >> looking for a potential of a record-breaker in massachusetts. here in whistler, upwards of 16 inches of snow. in boston, about a foot. they're worrying about what they are calling the potential for killer cold. with all of this snowfall, they expect hundreds of thousands of people across this region to lose power. that's a major concern here later on today. the light snow that's falling now will turn into steady snow later on today. they're worried about coastal flooding in the area. the governor asking everyone in this region to stay off of the roadways. at grocery stores, they are stocking up as quickly and as fast as they can. we have seen a rush on every kind of perishable imaginable.

they are bracing for a steady storm. we have light snow butment expect it to come down steady and all day. >> miguel, thank you very much. we're going to have the latest on the storm all morning long. and we'll get you an app if you brave the roads and get stranded. anticipated estimates of the replacement for obamacare are out this morning. this report shows that the new plan would drive up cost and cause millions to lose their coverage. we'll talk about that with tom price in a moment. first, peter alexander at the white house for us. hi, peter. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. a lot of mempb americans will be digging out of the snow today. right now, the trump administration is digging in, dismissing that nonpartisan analysis. tom price says the budget office simply has it wrong. the findings are making republican plans for overhauling health care a lot tougher sell, even within their own party.

its first checkup, not a clean bill of health for the republicans obamacare replacement. >> trumpcare means higher costs for less coverage. >> reporter: the plan would leave 14 million uninsured next year, according to the congressional budget office, which estimates that number can jump to 24 million in the next tech ca deca decade. >> taking 24 million people and pushing them off their coverage. >> reporter: the gop plan would drive up out-of-pocket costs and slash 8$880 billion from medicaid, despite trump's campaign promise. >> save medicare, medicaid and social security, without cuts. >> if there was ever a war on seniors, this bill, trumpcare, is it. >> reporter: but republicans were quick to push back. >> you read this report. i'm encouraged by it. >> we disagree strenuously, with the report that was put out. it's just not believable. >> reporter: trump's team

touting reports, finding the bill would save the government $337 billion over the next decade. but some prominent republicans are skeptical. >> i don't think this is particularly good news. if they're half right, that's a lot of people that would be uninsured. >> reporter: new signs of an old rift between paul ryan and the white house. >> i'm not going to defend trump, not now, not in the future. >> reporter: newly released audio from the fall, has paul ryan talking to republicans, expressing concern over candidate trump. >> we have concerns of our nominee. is it going to be a turbulent month? with respect to donald trump, i would encourage you to do what you think is best and deal what you feel you node to do. >> reporter: nbc news has not been able to verify the recording, the substance of the call and ryan's comments were widely reporting at the time. trump tweeting, our weak and

ineffective leader paul ryan, had a bad conference call, when his members went wild with loyalty. the world is well aware of this history. and obviously, a lot has happened. still, this morning, no proof, ten days after president trump accused his predecessor of wiretapping his phones. >> he said they were in quotes. >> reporter: the two tweets accusing mr. obama of tapping mr. trump's phones, did not have quotes. when should the americans trust the president? is it phony or real when he says that president obama wiretapped him? >> he doesn't think that president obama tapped his phone personally. >> reporter: but aides are not ruling out that someone in the administration did. can you say firmly, that when the president says something we can trust it to be real? >> of course. he is speaking as president of the united states. >> reporter: the trump administration, by the way, missed the house intelligence committee's monday deadline to

turn over any terms that back the president's claim. the justice department has asked for more time. the committee says it wants the wiretapping information by next monday. that's notable. that's when the russia hearing gets under way. >> thank you. let's get back to health care. tom price is the secretary of health and human services. mr. secretary, thanks for being with us. >> wonderful to be with you. thanks so much on this chilly morning. >> i know you have issues with the numbers. before we get too wonky, let's try to cut to the chase. during the campaign and as recent recently as january, the president said, in no uncertain terms, insurance for everybody. everybody has got to be covered. and he added, they will be beauteously covered. this is not how it's turned out. is it time for the administration to level with the american people and say, some people are going to lose their coverage? >> the fact of the matter is, if you look at the plan, what the

president said is absolutely right. let's think about why we are in this situation. the fact of the matter is, that obamacare has failed. the president met with a group of folks at the white house, who have been harmed by obamacare. moms and dads that couldn't find coverage for their kids or -- >> can i just stop you right there. want to zero in on that point. >> it's better to look at the whole picture. >> are you saying no one is going to lose coverage under this plan? that's what the president promised. >> what we're saying is that the current system has failed. you got one-third of the counties in this nation that are offering one coverage policy. five states, only one coverage policy. premiums going up. deductibles going up. the current system has failed. and the cbo doesn't account for that. >> secretary price, though -- >> what the report looked at, was one-third of the plan. you can't look at this in isolation. with our whole plan, every american will have access to

coverage. it will be coverage that is more responsive to them. that will allow them to choose and less expensivexpensive. >> you heard what lindsey graham said. if the cbo is wrong by 50%, you're looking at some 7 million people without inshurps in a year. and some 12 million more down the road. that doesn't sound good, either. does it? >> no. but that's not the whole plan. that's the problem. if you're a mom or a dad sitting out there right now, trying to figure out how you're going to get health care for your child, the current situation is a disaster for you because costs are going up, deductibles are going up. you may have an insurance card but you don't have care. we're trying to fix this situation. trying to move to a situation where patients and families and doctors are making these decisions. >> are you trying to fix it with a game of semantics? having access to health insurance is a different thing than being able to actually get health insurance.

>> people believe that the government ought to be in charge. if they dictate the government tells you what to buy, is better off. we don't believe that. moms and dads should be selecting the coverage they want. that's what our system is. it's a system more responsive to them. provides greater choices, lower costs. if you look at our entire package, that the cbo didn't look at. not because they're bad folks. that's the way the rules work. they didn't look at purchase across state lines or medical malpractice, that in their totality creates a system that works better. >> to get back to the original point. you're saying that you agree with president trump, under this plan everyone will be covered. no one is losing insurance? >> everyone will have access to the coverage that they want and there will be a transition says. >> that's the access, as opposed to being covered. >> the only way you can assure

the people are going to be covered -- 20 million folks right now aren't covered under obama. and they are covered because they've taken the penalty, they said tphooey on the federal government. >> when you aaccess, if i'm sitting at home and i make $25,000 a year, i have access to buying a bmw, but i can't afford it. >> you got a good bernie sanders line. >> is that a bernie sanders line? i thought i made that up. >> that's a bernie sanders line. what we mean is every american will have access and have the financial feasibility to purchase it. that's why we think that medicaid ought to work better for the medicaid population. you have docs that won't see medicaid patients because the system doesn't work for them. we think that every american should have a tax credit that allows them the wherewithal to purchase the coverage they want. >> tom price, thank you very

much. appreciate it. >> thanks, mr. secretary. let's get back to the big story of the morning. the other big story of the morning, the weather, mr. roker. >> new york governor cuomo saying at 9:00 a.m., a tractor-trailer ban on the freeway. and they will close the xheeter system. that's what's going on. we'll get to your -- we're going to get to your local forecast and giv

good morning. first alert meteorologist krystal klei. look at snow passing through the parts of mid atlantic states and northeast. i-95 corridor. along the corridor pink indicates that mixes area we're tracking rain, snow, and icy conditions. heavy rain along the shore. begin gusting through the later part of the morning as well. could see snow starting to return back parts of i-95 corridor into early afternoon. >> we'll have a lot more on the storm. e on the s the storm just ahead, including the latest on how long it will take for the airports to get back on track. and u.s. citizens being stopped at the borders to turn over the cell phones and their passwords. is it legal? and what are your rights if it happens to you? we'll investigate. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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was enough for us to see we are getting a mix of freezing rain. sleet rain and snow. heavy rain further south along the shore point and southern delaware. those zones we are worried later today coastal flooding concerns and damage from winds. so each location neighborhood by neighborhood has separate concerns. the problem with the mixing layer where we're seeing rain and know mixed together are those temperatures. warm air from the ocean pushed in by the strong coastal storm moving up towards us. see we're right at the cusp. 32 degrees for philly and womening thwomen womeni womenington. steady in the 20s. snow accumulating throughout the morning hours. look at the shore. 40 along that line where the ocean air is brushed again. there are the hours. 7-8:30. still right up again. mixes line for philly, wilmington, and trenton. we'll be right back. (vo) love.

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live look at the street around center city. use caution. take it easy if you have to be on the road. icy conditions throughout the area. we have you covered with all of this. all the information you need to know. >> welcome to live extended coverage of major winter storm right now.

parts of our area are dealing with snow. others are seeing sleet and freezing rain and all depends on where you live. first alert meteorologist krystal klei has been telling us about changing conditions and ep r keeps up up to the minute on the rain snow line. >> where do things stand right now. >> we're very closely watching line in pink. that's the area we have sleet, freezing rain and even rain snow mixture falling. problem is that line extended very quickly this morning. in fact right around 4-5:00 a.m. spreading across the region. that cut down on expected snow totals for that region. does not cut down on the threat of danger we see throughout morning hours. the blues that you see, that's snow that is fall lg. more steady to heavy snow in parts of the suburbs. wilmington to philly has been the biggest mixing zone we've been watching. what we're tracking here are

conditions that are actually changing as we get further south. see the green, yellow as we get near the shore. forcing in heavy rain further south. >> showers into early afternoon. high winds gusts. wind damage and some coastal flooding. here's the time we're looking at. now through 11:00 a.m. heavy snow is going to continue falling north and west. periods of heavy snow. not consistent. periods. now through noon, looking at sleet, snow, rain mixing together. noon through three in the afternoon. snow should gradually start to taper off. notice i say know. i-95 should turn back to snow as this moves out. as storm center passes cold air can take back over. switch back to snow. threw the evening. snow showers linger, but they will be breaking apart.

because of the fact we're seeing line. remember that for days now we've been says it was going to be very strong for these areas. not a surprise that this is happening. it was something we were giving a wide range of snow totals because we knew there was a potential. very low amounts to no snow collecting on the shore. 2-6 i remembnches through jerse i-95 corridor 5-10 inches possible. that's as we get north and west. especially right along berks county and lehigh valley. still could see some reports of 20 inches by the time this whole system moves out. hours of snow and for some rain before this is completely out of the area. we are going to continue tracking this. and we will talk more about where the storm is going and what we're looking at for your afternoon coming up in just a bit. quickly, i want to backtrack so

we can look at the radar map an about the rain snow. >> you warned us about that. that wobbling would change and change the total. >> exactly. this is something we have been talking about for just days beforehand. the track of the storm. the track of the storm. when a storm center is closer to the coast, it's very easy for the winds that are strong wrapping around it. kind of force warmer air rather overland. that's what you're seeing over shore and delaware beaches. too close to coast, then it forces warmer air to parts of philly and wilmington and we start getting sleet icing mix. not surprised. we knew it was going to be a close call 12 inches by the end or 4, 5, 6 inches by the end. just starting to lean that destruction. >> that band i think you see there is the mix you talked about. >> it can be a danger zone. even though people looking out the window and saying oh, they got this wrong or something like

that. >> you did say it could change and you're right. continue on. this could be dangerous. >> it's a different kind of danger. when you get freezing rain we've seen in philly. watching ground reporteds here. seen rain. freezing rain. and sleet and snow all through the morning hours. when you get freezing rain especially, sticking to power lines. icing upon impact. could be very dangerous for driving as well. >> let's talking more about the driving and conditions on the roads. thanks. take a live look at i-95. street department currently has 450 pieces of equipment on philadelphia roads to clear the snow, to put salt down for icing. snow response began at midnight. continue until all the streets are clear. use caution no matter where you're traveling. >> not a lot of cars out there. the few that are, be very, very careful. check in with jessica boyington and first alert traffic center. >> good point to make really is not a lot of cars out on the roads. we're still sees a lot of accidents. the percentage of the cars

getting into accidents is way higher than it normally is when we have a full on rush hour. watching the new jersey turnpike just around route 541. just near exit 5. just moving through the toll plaza. i want to show you the road. the rain coming down on the roads here. also watching slippery spots in the area. out of view of camera here. just around the area in the northbound side. just around route 541. right here a crash there in burlington. atlantic city expressway watching spread restrictions and slippery. both directions east and westbound down the atlantic expressway. we are seeing some of that as well. schuylkill expressway. cameras just around mont gromry drive. had a crash on the webb side. approaching boulevard that just cleared in the last couple of minutes. definitely have snow on the shoulder here. more snow this morning. now with switchover starting to see cars move into area as well. starting to turn into slushy and icy mess.

be careful on on and off-ramp too. >> live look now at center city. nearly all schools closed today. near 800 schools at this point. philadelphia city business offices will be open. at 10:00 this morning. delayed opening because of this winter storm. street crews have been busy in philadelphia. nbc 10 rosemary conners checking out the roads for us. live for us in storm city. >> we're on broad street. heading north towards city hall. make our way around city hall and get over towards market street. roads like broad street. : we've had this freezing rain since 3:00 this morning. overnight hours saw big fluffy

flakes. then 3:00 a.m. that's when it switched over to freezing rain. this has been coming down now for more than four hours. so people who are heading out today need to be careful. we've seen a few people heading into work carrying umbrellas. that's going to come in handy if you have to go into the office later. quick reminders for people who live in philadelphia. residents must shovel their walkways within six hour of storm end. presumably by late today. track and recycling is suspended today. keep that in mind. reporting live. nbc 10 news. >> thanks for that. one of the areas expected to see some of the highest snow totals up to 26 inches is in berks county. nbc 10 pamela osborne in redding for us. tell us what's happening now. >> it's a little bit of sleet or snow, i guess, you would call it. little bit thicker. heavier. stings when it hits you this morning. want to let you know i got off the phone with local state police. tell me it's been very quiet so

far. that's a good thing. probably because people heeded the warning. telling people not to be on the roadways unless they absolutely had to. one gentleman cleaning up now. plows going up and down penn street. we know there are about 20-24 plows that are in service in the city of redding this morning. also know that city hall is going to be closed today only essential employees showing up to work. so very quiet, no school. no trash collection. keeping people off of the roadways this morning. we've also been monitoring the power situation out here so far. no major problems, no problems at this exact moment to report. continue to check in with some of these local agencies and let you know what conditions continue to be here in redding because it changes pretty kreektly. reporting live in redding. pam osborne, nbc 10. from redding to jersey shore, conditions are very different. this is new video into nbc 10.

want you to take a look at it. high tide is less than two hours away. the water is already creeping up. you can see it inching towards the steps of homes chls along long beach boulevard 33rd street in long beach township. >> there's a high wind warning. hear the wind blowing there pretty strong at the jersey shore. that's not the only threat. of course they're facing flooding as you saw. very much a concern. >> nbc 10 matt delucia live. give us an update on conditions. >> tracey and vai. talked about wind and rain. experiencing both condition and have been for several hours. rain has not stopped or let up. let me walk out of the way. i want to show you the ocean here. see the waves crashing along the rocks here along the homes here along the beach front in long port. this is going to be a big concern over the next couple of hours. when we do expect that high tide to happen at around 9:15, 9:30 ocean front and another hour

later on the back bay. that of course you could get the coastal flooding that might be an issue here. in this area. you also have ocean city see the areas i generally see flooding when you have storms like this. we'll be watching those areas and of course you also have the issues with possible power outages. i've been in contact and checking in with the atlantic city electric. no major outages in the atlantic county. cape may county. area. we're going to continue watching the area here. occasionally see folks driving by the area to check out what the ocean looks like. it does look quite picturesque if you're just watching it on television. and fortunately if you don't have to be out here, don't do it. for now live. matt delucia nbc 10. now show you conditions above the art museum. mix of rain, sleet, ice. depending where you live. you maye different out your window. as we have within showing you

around the area. >> look at the difference here in the poconos. pounded throughout the night with heavy snow. been snowing there steadily throughout the morning hours. stay with us of course as we continue to go neighborhood by neighborhood. breaking down the forecast right where you live. >> nbc 10 first alert severe weather update brought to you by colonial generators. never lose power again.

welcome back. starting with look at first alert radar. what a variation of precipitation we have on the board in just our viewing area. we go to north and west zones. still snow that's falling, but that rain snow line is just continuing to press further north. this is something we were concerned would happen. yes, it is going to affect your snow totals by the end of this. take a look at where you're seeing the pink. now stretching to parts of chester county. not showing up on radar. on the ground stretching through parts of lower mont gromry and

bucks county as well. mix of rain and snow and sleet and freezing rain. depending how much warm air slipped in overhead in your neighborhood. as we go along i-95 that's pretty consistent what we've seen. now i took a closer look at this. we'll get to that in a second. want to show you first the snow area because these are the areas starting to accumulate in some spots half an inch of snow or more. we drop further south that is the line we've seen freezing conditions and icing conditions. we're going to talk more about the distance and how this all happened. coming up in a few minutes. see you in a few crystal. delaware new castle county. government offices closed today. goe governor is urging you to stay off the roads if you don't have to go out. >> continue the coverage. area has seen plenty of rain. change the operation because of that. >> put me on the list of people who woke up this morning and

went, oh, man. no snow. the a lot of freezing rain and sleet. plows have come by. newark near the mall. the plows are down just pushing slush around at this point. you can see the road here. churchman road. you can see the black top. i will tell you this. 95 this road here. i had it in four wheel drive slipping all over the place. see it's what we have here on the ground. kind of a crusty snow. we had about an inch or two fall last night before i went to bed at 11:30. now see it's all coated over. not much accumulation here. not really a shovel day as much as nbc 10 free ice creper day. i also want to show you situation what you might find nr your car. i'm having trouble getting it off. look at this. look at that. see how deep that is on the car right there. it's tough to come off. that is a caked on layer of ice. took me ae while to defrost the windshield. have to do the top of the

vehicle. that can be a pretty bad seen for the driver behind me. governor carney said level one driving warning basically means if you're going to go out. make sure you use extra caution on the roads. you can see it looks like slush here. there is a lot of slush. also very icy. going to do a lot of shimming and shaking down the highway. not a lot of traffic in delaware. that's a good thing. most people called off school. called out of work. still not a good day to go outside. unfortunately for those wanting a sledding day. not a sledding snow angel day. it's crusty nasty icy snow that i'm going get out of now. >> and spu >>. live look outside of redding berks county. some of the heaviest snow expected to pile up here. already has here. some would say you can see just that. now at the scene in center city from kimmel center campus

camera. streets are mostly clear. kind of quiet for almost 8:00 in the morning. don't let that fool you. it's a little bit slippery. a lot slippery out there. >> storm 4 ten giving us a street level view of conditions checking out roads around philadelphia. live picture from vine street expressway. remind you to stay off the roads unless absolutely necessary. let them do their jobs. no snow at the jersey shore. telling you about the extremes. here's a live look at cape may. seeing rain all morning. windshield wiper on cue. high wind warning in effect as well. we'll be checking for flooding during high tide and that is just after 10:00 a.m. here. now a live look at the radar. that shows the differences. the heaviest snow falling right now. see where that's happening. you can also see that line that has been wobbling, changing to rain, snow, ice, and then the rain line offshore. now lest head to south jersey where it's raining right now.

>> nbc 10 is live for us in gloucester township. give us an update. >> vai and tracey. good morning. it's raining. it is wet. it's very, very windy here in gloucester township. berlin road. you can tell out here by all of the water in the parking lot how much rain we're getting, but photographer smith is going to follow me this way right now. we did get snow overnight. take a look. what was about at least one to two inches on the ground. this has all been pressed down by the heavy wet rain now. turning into this crispy layer if you will of snow. because of all this rain. of course it's not freezing rain. we're at about 34 degrees right now. not cold enough to wibe freezin with the snow and rain we're getting right now like here on berlin road we are seeing slushy conditions. get ponding on the side of the road. like what we're seeing here. runoff here with the melting snow and with this rain going to

get this runoff on the side of the road. traveling the morning. be careful on the corner. you can see while the roads are wet. they are slick. it is black top. the roads here are passable. then take a look. i want to show you a couple of other things. normally, we would see this mcdonald's open and getting breakfast sandwiches and hot chocolates and hot tea. this is either closed on on delayed opening now. a little further across the street. walgreens looks like they just turned lights on. people getting out for medications here this morning. right now just dealing with this very, very windy and rainy condition. that is the latest. live in gloucester township this morning. sidney long. back to you. well, you can almost forget about flying out of philly international. latest information. only delta is operatoring. all flights from southwest, jetbl jetblue, british air waying, qatar. all cancelled. american airlines will begin

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county. not seeing any major problems on the roads which is good. on the route 30 by by pass. i want you to take a look at lancaster avenue. when we last saw you during nbc 10 news today, we could not see the pavement. the plows have been doing a pretty good job since early early this morning. since well before any of you were up. they have been plowing this really lancaster avenue from the entire stretch of west philadelphia throughout all the main line towns. you can see the pavement now. ill doesn't mean it's not slick and treacherous. snow totals are staying around 2-3 inches, but what the difference frl early this morning when the snow was first coming down. light flaky snow that was really

quite enjoyable. now it's not. driving sleet that is falling on top of that, you know, light snow and really packing everything in. making surfaces parking lottings sidewalks the streets pretty slick if you are to walk out or even drive on them. we'll have an update for you coming back in a half hour. back to you guys. >> storm 4 is on 76 right now heading to mannon show you the conditions on the highway and local roads. want to keep you updated. stay with us on air. online. also on the nbc 10 app. and conditions are varying across the area as we've been showing you we would love to show you see what you've been seeing out your window. we're back in a minute.

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icy conditions out there and heavy rain along the shore and southern delaware portions. going to continue tracking these conditions coming up after the break.

there are icy conditions throughout the area. good morning to you. i'm erin coleman. >> and i'm vai sikahema. we are bringing you extended coverage of this winter storm to make sure that you and your family remain safe this morning. right now, some parts of our area, dealing with snow. others are seeing sleet, freezing rain, and it all depends on where you live. first alert meteorologist krystal klei has been telling us about the changing conditions and keeping us up to the minute on the rain/snow line. crystal, where do things stand right now? >> that line pretty much where it's, the whole morning, along the i-95 corridor. a little farther north, some of our lower suburbs experiencing a mix as well. it's still a good, steady snow in the upper suburbs, like upper montgomery, bucks county, and even upper chester county, the lehigh valley and berks the same, seeing mostly snow and ice pellets and heavy rain for much of jersey as we go along the shore and those yellows and oranges indicating a pounding of rain we're looking at. if you're a snow lover and in philly right now thinking, how

did this happen, i want to explain how easily something like this can happen. this is now the center of the storm, right here. what's happening is, it's wrapping the moisture around it. so now that we've gone out, let me explain. that's the center of the storm. we were thinking the center of the storm would be right here. this is not a big difference in location. say 50 miles or so. if we zoom in, now we have a closer track. the storm has warmer ocean air, forcing it inland. and i mean, really inland, all the way to the i-95 corridor. now you're saying, whatever, 50 miles? take a look. 46 miles here from the suburbs down into south jersey. that's the mixing zone. so we've seen that track, just a little farther out to sea. this would have been a very different scenario. that's how tight that gradient of max snow versus max heavy sleet and icy, crunchy conditions, that's how tight of a gradient it was. we are seeing snow. it's definitely falling. and it actually will likely turn back to snow in some of these

areas. that will be as we hit noon from two. also i've gotten tweets saying, is this mixing line going to drop back south? that's not likely until the actual storm itself, the center starts to pass us and we can see a little better conditions. right now, here's where we're sitting. look how close we are, 32 degrees, right at the freezing line. that's the problem. the areas that have held tight to the 20s have held tight to the snow. so this is a difficult forecast. a couple degrees, 50 miles made all the difference from seeing the heavy rain to the heavy snow in areas farther north and west. and that's what we've been tracking throughout the morning hours. hour-by-hour forecast shows us this. this is at 8:00 a.m. you can see the heavy rain along the shore points. my big concern here is also coastal flooding, as we've got those stronger winds forcing in the higher wind. there's the mixing layer. the blue is the snow that's falling in the northwest zones . if we continue to track this out, you can see the pink, the mixing zone, that sticks right

where it is, currently through philly. >> crystal, you've got to keep things very, very simple for me. i'm an old football player. you used the term wobbling. if i understand it, it's when it's snow, rain, sleet, and back to snow. if that's right -- >> it's a little bit of everything. in fact, trenton is a perfect example. the freezing line has been right up against it. and what we've seen there, i've seen reports of freezing rain and back to snow, seen reports of the sleeting conditions out there. and we've had viewers tweet in saying, this is what i'm seeing, this is what i'm seeing. there's the look again right where that mixing line is. when i say wobbling, it's because temperatures have been holding tight around 31 to 33 degrees. so you might see some flakes and right back to rain throughout these morning hours. the other problem with that is that it really is compacting the snow that we had, 2 to 3 inches overnight, into this hard, crunchy layer and some icy spots on roadways, as well. it's still dangerous. >> you can hear it hitting your windshield as you're driving in.

you've got to take it easy, because there are some slick spots out there. now to a live look at i-95 in south philadelphia. the streets department has more than 400 pieces of equipment. we're told 450 on philadelphia roads to clear the snow. their snow response really began at midnight. so at it now for more than eight hours. and it's going to continue until all the streets are clear. >> speaking of the roads, let's check in with jessica boyington in the first alert traffic center. jessica, tell us what you're seeing. >> what we're seeing is exactly what krystal just said. just because you look out your door and say, i don't see a ton of snow accumulating in front of my house, use extra caution. i'm seeing a ton of accidents. and with half the amount of cars on the road. you can imagine the percentage of the cars that are actually driving out on the roads are getting in crashes, a lot more than we normally see. this is the garden state parkway. mostly dealing with, it looks, at least, like rain in this area. this is just near the cape may toll plaza. we're watching that both directions, just look willing mostly like rains.

there's a pole down from an earlier accident. a car actually hit a pole, knocked it over. now route 40 is closed in both directions around glaxboro. and right in between that pink-shaded area where we are seeing a mix of that ice, rain and snow. out in burlington, there was a crash around route 541, exit 5 pap right lane blocked there. and in vineland, another crash from 55 northbound, the right lane is blocked here, around garden road, around exit 37. crashes popping up all over the place. you can see how different it looks depending on the area you're in. this is near doylestown on the route 30 bypass. i watched a few cars earlier get stuck coming off of this ramp because of the snow. you can see, not plowed here as much as some other areas. definitely covered in snow here. watch for slippery spots and watch getting on and off those ramps. >> got to be careful out there, jess. let's go outside now to chester

county. >> harry hairston is live for us in thorndale where he's looking for hugs. tell us how things are there? >> reporter: it's just as nasty out here as it is everywhere else. the sleet is still coming down. that is the septa thorndale station right there, so that gives you a good idea of where we are. we're at the wawa across the street. and the sleet has been coming down soard and so much that this is not snow. this is just all sleet. take a good look at that. it's just wet, it's just nasty and it's heavy. this is the kind of stuff you really don't want to have to get out here and shovel. but speaking of shoveling, there's a young man by the name of road rage. he's been out here shoveling. how difficult is moving this as opposed to snow? >> it hasn't been too bad. i've been out here keeping up with it. but when i first started, it was harder. now it's compacting on itself and it's pretty hard to move. >> reporter: it's gotten kind of wet. and it's more a of like sleet and rain coming down. it's making it a little heavier to push zblm actually a lot

heavier to push and the wind's not helping. you turn one away and get blasted by the sleet and hail and whatever kind of mix it is. >> tough job, but keep it up. you're doing a great job. the wind has been picking up a little bit, and the wind will die down just a little bit. but they've been able to kind of keep the sidewalks clear here. but that young man has been out here over an hour driving up 202 and 100. we notice some cars had slid off to the side of the road and police were just pulled off behind them with their lights flashing and trying to keep other vehicles from crashing into those. it's been nasty, all the way up 202, all the way up 100, and business route 30 come can go out here into thorndale. we'll keep you posted on how the traffic is out here. not too much going on. a brisk business at the wawa, but it is a yucky, yaes tynastyf day. be careful, be safe. if you don't have to go out there, just heed that advice and

just don't go out there. back to you, guys. >> good quadvice, harry hairsto live for us in chester county. plow crews taking advantage in the change in weather to clear the streets. this is the scene in andorra, where snow changed over to a mix of sleet. we've been seeing that all over the area. nbc 10's rosemary connors is checking on the roads for us this morning from storm force 10. >> you just got to manayunk. tell us how things are there. >> reporter: let's get a look at main street here. you can see nobody's out on the roads. snow covered. this is where philly streets crews will have to be out today. this area, of course, gets really tricky. as we take a turn here in these narrow, hilly roads can be really tough for those plows to get through. they end up slushy, slick, obviously, people should stay inside. i did just get an update from philly's emergency office. they're telling me there's been

no drain on 911 all morning long. that's good news. that means people are heeding the warning to stay inside. a lot of businesses had told their employees to stay home for the day. we know that public and parochial schools are closed. and pico hasn't gotten any reports regarding outages, so that's good news, as well. of course, these roads are going to be slick throughout the day, because the streets crew is working around the clock to get that salt down, to get the plows out here. when you have these kinds of hills like we do here in manayunk and coing doming down, have to make sure you're pumping those brakes and taking it very easy, or, of course, stay home. i'm rosemary connors, back to you. >> absolutely, rosemary. thanks for that. a live look at the philadelphia art museum, where a mix of that rain, sleet with, and snow is falling. very fogged up, that camera there. depending on where you live, you may be seeing something very

different out your window. >> a live look here at the poconos. much, much different story there. look at how much snow fell overnight. it was steady throughout the morning. stay with us, as we continue to go neighborhood by neighborhood, breaking down the forecast right where you live. >> announcer: the nbc 10 first alert severe weather update is brought to you by colonial generators, never lose power again. my favorite part about being a dad --

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port. you can see some of the water already coming over the rocks here and on to 11th avenue. wave seen the beach patrol and some folks from the long port bureau come up here a few minutes ago to check out the conditions. this is what we've been concerned about, is that high tide is going to be happening in the next hour and a half. and especially right here along the shoreline. and that could cause some coastal flooding around the area. and that is what we are seeing here in long port. the other concern would be the back bays. that would be happening over the next two to three hours. it's usually about an hour or two after the high tide here along the beachfront. again, the saying goes, the sea is angry, my friends, and it sure is. this is not an area you want to be around. because we have seen these waves crashing over the rocks here. you have all of these beachfront homes here, as well, that, of course, you know, we haven't seen too many people who live in this area coming to their homes.

a lot of folks have probably already left, if they had that advantage of doing so. but we have seen some cars out on the roadways. it's really just the rain and the wind that we have been seeing at a constant rate all morning. heavy rain and heavy winds and now we're starting to see some of those waves crash over the barriers and come on to the mainland. and so we are going to be keeping an eye on this wins over the next couple of hours. you have this area of here, ocean city, sea isle, generate some flooding when we have nor'easters and those heavy rinds. we will be keeping an eye on those areas and awaiting reports as the morning continues. for now, though, stay safe if you are in the air. for now, live in long port, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >> let's break down exactly what matt was just talking about, the heavy rain that is hitting the jersey shore, delaware beaches, and even up through the delaware bay now. that warm air layer has extended from the i-95 corridor and into the lower suburbs.

those are the zones that are seeing mixing. but it's all rain down by the shore and now strong wind gusts, as well. gusts at 41 miles per hour for atlantic city, 43 for wildwood and 44 in dover. winds coming mostly from the east to now this northeast flow. those high wind gusts are wrapping around the storm center as it gets very close to us, and that is strengthening our wind speeds. the problem is, these fast gusts are forcing water against the shore. there's the storm center getting closer and closer to us. let's talk about some of the high tides. rehoboth's high tide around 9:59 this morning. we are getting close. 10:04 a.m., modern flooding is expected as a result in cape may. and if we go over to atlantic city, that high tide, 9:30 this morning. again, moderate flooding is expected already seeing with matt that that concern is becoming a reality. we'll continue tracking those conditions and let you know more about the concerns with the winds and possible damage at the shore. that will be coming up in just a bit. >> krystal, thanks for that.

we'll check back in with you. parts of brooks county could see up to 2 feet of snow. >> pamela osborne is in reading where she's been throughout the morning. sf it's been coming down steadily and things have changed a little bit over the morning. >> we're seeing it switch back and forth between snow and then kind of ice-type snow pellets that have been falling down. the good news is, i checked with state police in the area. they tell me they haven't had too many problems this morning, probably because most people are staying off the road this morning. a few people here and there braving the conditions. but everyone's driving really slow if they have to be out at all. i want to show you something this morning. spring township is registering about 8 inches of snow, according to t according to the national weather service. to give you an idea of how much snow we're getting here, when we first showed up, we could see the bottom of this. i'll dig it out here so we can

see how much snow has fallen. and i would say that's about 6 inches that we're seeing here, so far, in berks county, reading. the other thing, again, as i mentioned, there's kind of that switchover, where there's icier periods where the snow is coming down and it's wetting the ground, so you'll definitely want to take your time. if you don't have to be out today, definitely, stay home. reporting live in reading, i'm pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >> you can almost forget about flying out of philadelphia international today. only delta is operating. all flights from southwest, frontier, jetblue, british airways, air canada, air alaska, lufthansa and qatar airways, they're all canceled. also, american airlines won't be flying in or out of here until 5:00 tonight. best advice, check with your carrier before you get to the airport. >> and as you venture out today, we want to see what you're seeing. donna sent us this picture of a

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lancaster avenue, it's not there anymore. we have some video of it. look at this septa bus. it was carrying passengers. it was going at a pretty slow speed. i saw it go by. but it got stuck after it picked up some passengers on the corner there of lancaster after, actually right near the septa and amtrak train station. after a little time it was able to free itself. but it goes to show you the slick conditions and snowpack nature of the roads. back out here live, this is lancaster avenue. you're seeing how slowly cars are going by. those who do venture out, they're realizing it is hard to get traction. i've noticed that even walking. we have 2 to 3 inches along this sidewalk. so walking a few hours ago was not a big deal. you could kick it off and walk easily as i throw snow on my

photograph. but there's a layer of snow and ice and that's from the sleet that's been falling, and packing in the snow that existed from the overnight hours. county officials tell me, all of the county offices are closed here in chester county. all of the schools are closed and obviously for very good reason. when i see you in a half hour, i'll have an update from the airport and from amtrak officials, specifically about the keystone line. back to y'all. >> good point there, katy. you showed us what happens underneath your feet if you're driving, be very careful. in new castle county, the government offices are closed and they're urging yo uh to stay off the roads in you don't absolutely have to go out. >> tim, the area has seen plenty of rain, not a lot of snow, but the rain still doing a number o of. >> the rain and freezing rain. cars have come by and we've helped them scrape their windchills and mirrors. it's really ice pellets that are

hitting us. it's not really any snow to talk about. last night at about 11:00, midnight, it was a little bit snowy and got this caked on layer. not a lot of traffic here. that's a good thing. you can see this river of water going along here. that's from all the slush that's been plowed to the edges and pushed away. that's what we're dealing with. it is still a little tricky on the roads. i've been talking with people in the parking lot, you're still feeling that shimmy out on the road. delmarva power, i checked their outage map. if you have their app, it's pretty good. northern delaware and northern new castle county, we've seen a whole bunch of spotty outages because of that caked on, icy weather we're seeing. see that tree over there. you can see, that pretty much tells you what we're dealing with there. everything has this caked on layer of ice. and our news jeep, listen to that. that's not nice, fluffy snow,

that's flat-out ice and hard to get off. make sure you get all of that off before you drive. that's going to flip off your hood and the top of your rig and hit the people behind you. in delaware, you are allowed to drive. in new castle county, it's mostly rain, but in new castle county, it's a level one restriction which means use extra caution and if you don't have to drive, don't go out. most schools are closed and businesses are closed. christiana hospital, open. i want you to understand, when you go out, it's still not that safe on the roads and you can see what you're dealing with walking in the parking lots. slushy mess. if you're not wearing waterproof shoes, you'll be feeling that and walking around stores in that kind of goop on your feet. and it's not going to be a good thing. hopping back in the van, i'm tim furlong, nbc 10, newark. >> thanks, tim. be careful out there. look at radar and satellite now.

we are tracking that rain/snow. we've been watching it closely all morning. since the early a.m. hours. the whole weather team has been here. that pink you see along the i-95 corridor, what tim just showed us, more of that slushy, icy concern. the tree just covered in a layer of ice, that's because of freezing rain. the thing is, it doesn't really get on trees, it can weigh down and snap on your house, but also hits things like power lines. this is still a concern, a danger. see these deep, deep blues we're looking at? those are areas of heavy snow falling, especially as we track into parts of lehigh valley and berks county, where we're looking at those snow amounts not quite as high as we were expecting because of the warm air layer, but still above a foot as you get to the north and western zones. still a major snowstorm. and the heavy rain that is farther south. but for those of you whourp questioning what exactly happened here. why are we seeing more freezing concerns and icing than snow, which is what happened. we're pulling out a little bit to show you the center of the storm right now.

this is the coastal low. look how it's just right up against land. most of the models we're looking at in our projection had it just a little bit farther out. if it had tracked a little farther-out, say 50 miles farther out, there would have been a big difference. as it is now, so close to the shore, it's just forcing in warmer air from the ocean, which is warmer than our air temperatures in the 30s. forcing that warmer air inland. and really inland. all the way through to the i-95 corridor and actually even edging into some of the lower suburbs, as well. as a result, we are seeing that mixing line. take a look. this mixing lo ining line, abous wide. if we pulled that back 50 miles down, we would have seen more snow in areas like philly skban wilmington. a degree or two could have made all the difference. that's how tight this forecast and the gradient is for the high snow totals versus the lower snow totals. here's our updated map. no snow down to the south.

low amounts you can see as we go further into jersey and along the i-95 corridor, about 4 to 8 inches. we'll be right back.

it is 8:30 on the dot. we're covering a major winter storm in our area this morning. and just when you thought winter's over. not quite yet. here's a live look at camelback mountain resort in the poconos, where snow has steadied off a little bit, but plenty there overnight. this is a live look at reading, berks county. where you see the snow falling there. there's been a warning, a blizzard warning there in effect throughout the morning, but conditions are continuing to change minute by minute. >> let's show you now chester county. a live look in thorndale. you can see cars taking it easy there. the roads are a little bit more slick than they might look.

storm force 10 checking road conditions around philadelphia. i want to take a live look at the streets in chestnut hill. you can see that slush y mix falling from the sky. take it eased if you have to be out on the road. if you don't, stay home. that's the best advice. there are icy conditions throughout the area. good morning to you and thanks for staying with us. i'm erin coleman. >> and i'm vai sikahema. we are bringing you extended coverage of this winter storm to make sure you and your family remain safe throughout the day. right now, some parts of our area, they're dealing with snow. other parts seeing sleet, freezing rain. it just depends on where you live. first alert meteorologist krystal klei has been telling us about changes conditions and keeping us up to the minute on the rain/snow line. krystal, tell us about where things are right now. >> things are pretty constant. what we have been seeing that rain/snow along the i-95 corridor and that's where it's been stuck as we go through the last several hours straight. these deep blues, that's more of a steady to heavy snow that's falling in parts of upper bucs, upper montgomery county.

and even upper chester county. in lower chester county, totally different scene. we've been seeing sleeting conditions for hours straight. wilmington in pink. that indicates the icier conditions. it even creeps up into westchester, along but permton and trenton is saying, freezing rain, then back to snow. then back to sleet that we are tracking outside. back and forth, this line has been lingering over philly and pressing at times into parts of the lower suburbs. that's been the concern, those areas, icy streets. i want to go back to the snow total mop. we saw exactly what we expected in terms of the storm strength, but it's that that warm air layer changed over our total. philly county is split. still a considerable amount. and because it's going to be that crunchy, united staticy am

to shovel. walkways or front yard will be very slick, roadways the same. and trees, power lines are going to get coated in ice. the purple you see now in the mid-parts of our suburbs, bucs, montgomery county, that's 8 to 12 inches and still looking at a foot, foot and a half as we get into the higher elevations. still think we could see our highest amounts, mt. pocono, where we see areas the longest. and heavy rain as we've been going through. this is the timing through the rest of today. now through 11:00 a.m., we'll continue with our heaviest snow through the north and west zones. through noon in the i-95 corridor, we continue with sleet. sometimes a little snow mixing in, back to rain, this mixture. noon to 3:00 p.m., that's some snow gradually tapering. when i say snow, i mean snow for many of us. past noon, we're going to see the storm center itself start to move away from us. and that means the cold air can kind of wrap back in and pull snow back over philly. and as we get 3:00 p.m. through the evening, that's when snow

showers will linger, but really be starting to break down as we go through and continue into the later hours. gusty conditions across the board, 30 to 40 miles per hour. 50 miles per hour across the shore and they pick up as we get into the afternoon. some wind damage is possible. and we have to watch for coastal flooding in the next hour. >> you mentioned that warm air layer. 1 to 2 degrees has made a world of difference. >> a huge difference. what happens is the ocean's warmer. so when the storm moves over it, it picks up some of the warmth and forces it inland. because the storm track is so close to the coastline, it's forcing it inland over us, we're going 31, 32, 34 degrees back and forth and that's why we're seeing that wobbling of the line. >> we'll keep checking in with you as we fine-tune this forecast and keep watching as this system makes its way through our area. >> now to a live look at i-95 in

wilmington. drivers being urged to stay off the roads. only a couple folks out there this morning. >> for those who are out there, let's check in with first alert traffic reporter, jessica boyington. tell us what you're seeing. >> we're seeing haver few cvery out on the roads, thankfully. here we're starting way up north. in the lehigh valley. you can see how different this looks than some of the areas if you're around philadelphia or in and out of center city. look out your window and think, nothing really happened here. that's not really true. we are seeing different things happening. and you can see here, one car going by at a too many. usually a plow or so. now the few cars that are on the roads, they are getting stuck in different places. moving farther south and down towards the jersey shore. near may's landing, reports of flooding around cologne avenue and moving a little further south. this is more towards north wildwood. flooding reported on route 137 around maryland avenue.

and more flooding also reported in lowertownship on 47 around rio grande avenue. and we'll end with some septa reports. we're seeing some swepuspension for the puss. trolleys suspended. the high-speed lines. and it's on a saturday schedule. trains not in operation this morning. the snow is deep enough in some areas to break out that snow blower. check out the scene in reading, brooks county, where some of the heaviest snow is expected to fall today. some streets here are plowed, but others still full of snow. take it easy. let's go outside now to chester count county. >> let's check in with harry hairston, live in thorndale. are you at wawa's? >> we're at a diner called happy

dave's across the street. you can see the thorndale giant and the street is pretty bare. a couple of pico trucks and a little bit of traffic coming around here. but let's go down to my feet. this stuff is pretty deep, but it's that gran utilitied kind of snow, and it's very, very heavy. i know glenn was talking about, watch out for this snow as far as shoveling goes, because it's the heart attack snow. this is really, really dense and heavy to move around. and i want you to know that, folks, before you head out to your driveways, wherever you are in the area and start trying to shovel this stuff. the wind has been picking pup. i don't know if you can see it, but a lot of the sleet and hail and wetness has been hitting me in my face and making it a little difficult to talk because of the cold wind whisking through. folks, don't come out here. it's really, really nasty type of day. some of the plow trucks are still coming down the road. charlie, can you take a quick

look this way? we've got some plow trucks, guys trying to get some work going. one plow truck is just right to the, i guess, it will be your right, my left, backing up. he's been trying to clear this parking lot out, so, mostly, we've been seeing a lot of plow trucks out here, folks stopping into the diner, refueling on a little coffee to get themselves energized and warmed up a little bit and headed right back out to do some work. very few cars out here of people just riding up and down the road who seem to be on personal business. we'll keep an eye on things out here as it seems to just waffle a little bit. the wind is just now starting to die down a little bit. but every now and then, it comes back up and the sleet starts to pound down pretty hard. we'll keep you updated on what's happening out here in chester county. back to you, guys. >> we can see some of those banners waving behind you. and plow crews are taking advantage of the change in weather to clear the streets. this is the scene in andorra, when snow changed over to a mix

of sleet. nbc 10's rosemary connors checking on the roads for us this morning from storm force 10. >> you just got to chestnut hill. i did sn't see a lot of vehicle although one just pulled out in front of you. >> it's one of few plow trucks we've seen here on chestnut hill. i've got to tell you, out of all of the neighborhoods we've been to in philadelphia, from old city to west philly, south philly, chestnut hill, not looking that great. in large part because the roads are practically untouched. again, few cars, few plow trucks out here. and so that thick snow fell in the overnight hours. 3:00 is when we saw the changeover from the fluffy snow to the freezing rain in philadelphia. so you really have this sheet of ice, practically, covering the top of this snow. and a few cars riding it over, with a few plow trucks out here. that's going to create a real mess for the day ahead. some of the slickest roads we've seen in philadelphia. we're going to continue to

monitor the conditions and keep you posted throughout the morning. vai and erin, back to you. >> thank you, rosemary. be careful out there. we have a fewer picture from mercer county to show you. this is the scene in hamilton township. you can see a few inches of snow piled up on deck furniture. send us your pictures on the nbc 10 app.

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alert forecast. >> radar is trying to give us more snow in wilmington. that's not the case at the surface. it's still a sleety, slushy mess we are looking at all along the i-95 corridor. heavy rain at the shore and more of a steady snow as we go farther north and west. let's talk about the winds. wind damage is something we've been talking about for a few days. it's another concern with this system. now that the track is getting closer and closer to us, look at these gusts. 24 miles per hour in philly. near 40 in dover. atlantic city, and wildwood, as well. certainly strong enough to start knocking around some tree branches and the garbage can if you didn't pull it in. a heads up on top of the snow, ice, or rain concerns. the winds are a big concern, as well. now we are worried about coastal flooding. take a look at some of the buoy data that is near our area. waves at 13, 12, 11 feet. all near our vicinity. those are as close as we've got to our zone that has available data. what it's indicating is that the waves are churning up. i checked these several hours

ago, they're about 8 feet or so. we've seen an increase of around 5 feet. moderate flooding is possible. we'll talk more about your wind speeds and track them throughout the afternoon, coming up. >> all right. thank you, krystal. most of us are driving vehicles with four wheels. this is an 18 wheeler, even it is no match for weather like this. nbc 10 spotted this truck stuck in snow in allentown. those wheels are just churning. part of the road here is plowed, but it appears that the corners aren't. the lehigh valley and points north are expecting some of the deepest snow today. >> those tires just moving and moving, not going anywhere. parts of berks county could see up to a foot and a half of snow. >> nbc 10's pamela osborne is in reading, where it's been coming down fy pam, tell us what's happening. >> yeah, i all view from the other side of the camera,

because we actually have a couple of icicles hanging from that camera. goes to show you what we've been experiencing so far here this morning. earlier, when we saw you, i was talking about the sleet, about the icy-type snow that was come down. you can see, it's a little bit lighter, a lot fluffier right now. i want to give you a look at the roadways this morning. pretty much a ghost town here so far. that's because a lot of stuff is closed. we know that city hall is closed today. only essential employees are being told to show up to work here in reading. they wanted people to stay home, so that way, the plows really had an opportunity to work on the roads this morning. you can see just a little bit of coating of snow there. i actually drove my car over to where we are right now, just to use the bathroom a little while ago, and conditions aren't too bad on the roadways. but again, if you do not have to be out, you shouldn't be out this morning. we're going to continue to monitor conditions here, as they change so much throughout the morning. we'll keep you updated on what's

happening here in reading. reporting live now, i'm pamela osborne, back to you guys. >> thanks for that. now, taking a live look at philadelphia international airport. very quiet there. i don't see not one plane in that picture. only delta is operating. that is the reason all flights from southwest, frontier, jetblue, british airways, air canada, air alaska, lufthansa, and qatar airways, they're all canceled today. also, american airlines will not be flying in or out of philly international until 5:00 tonight. the best advice, check with your carrier before you head out to the airport. and we want to continue to show you p that our viewers are sending us. this is the scene in hamilton township. look at the deck furniture. looks like a big cake with frosting. >> sounds good. >> send us your picture appon a it on tv for you.

a live picture of beach avenue in cape may, and you can see the surf kicking up. conditions are different depending on where you live. there's a high-wind warning right now at the jersey shore. you can see vehicles there driving in cape may. but flooding is a big concern down at the shore. >> let's go down to nbcma deluc. give us an update on the conditions. last time we saw you, we saw some of that surf starting to cause some flooding. p. >> reporter: that's right, erin and vai. we have seen some flooding along the beach. we moved up to 17th avenue. when we were over on 11th avenue, the water started cresting over the beach and the barriers that were there, along the street. so over here on 17th avenue. we haven't seen too much in the

way of anything going out on to the street. every now and then, you get some of these roadways that come through here and crash up against this little stairwell, where we are. so we have seen police going by this area. we've seen the beach patrol checking things out, as well. just making sure that but again, the big issue that we've been seeing today is the wind and we've also been seeing quite a bit of the rain. this rain has not stopped -- i'm going to get out of t way, because this is what i've been talking about. sometimes you start to get these waves start to come up and beach erosion will be an issue as well. high tide is an issue around e this. these are going to be the issues we'll be looking at over the next several hours here along the jersey shore. we were fortunate. we didn't get any snow here along the jersey shore. you don't see any snowflakes. it's just hard, heavy rain that's been falling here. and at least it's warm snouf it's not icing over. so it is cold, but we're not

getting any ice here. so here along the beach, this is not a good place to be. we're going to get out of here. we're going to try to get safe and you stay safe at home as well watching on television. live in long port, i'm matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >> definitely, take it easy out there and stay safe. a major winter storm is hitting up and down the coast. >> jay gray is live for us in new york city. you always forecast that new york was going to get bounded much worse than here in philly. tell us what you're seeing. >> vai, erin, good morning to you. what ef-what seen since midnight snow, a bit of sleet mixed in at this point. and the most intense part of this storm, still ahead. we could see over the next couple of hours, snow that is 4 inches or more per hour for several hours. accumulations from 12 to 24 inches across the region. so this is going to be a major event. here in central park, we have seen a few joggers, a few people out walking their dogs. take a look behind me right now

and you can see for the most part, this park has been empty. beautiful in the snow, but not a place you want to hang out today. yesterday, believe it or not, guys, there were people in shorts jogging through this park, that's how quickly the conditions have changes. out on the roadways, the rush we would normally see in the city at this time, nonexistent. nobody out on the roads. businesses have told their employees, stay home, stay out of this mess for the day and maybe even tomorrow as well. crews are closed. there's a state of emergency right now. and again, we haven't seen the bulk of this storm yet. that's still to come here. the flakes have gotten much bigger over the last 45 minutes or so. 1,600 snowplows out and about in the city, trying to clean up this mess. it's a futile effort, vai and erin. they can't keep up with the amount of snow that's falling. it's going to be a tough ghoo f the next couple of days.

>> you're giving the same advice we're giving people here. stay safe. >> reporter: thank you. >> all right, now let's go to your first alert forecast. you know, jay was just saying that the next couple of days, this is going to be a problem, a as you see the higher snow amounts. that's going to be the case here, too, because we're going to stay cold for the next several days. we don't bounce back up. we stay in the 30s. here's a look at your first alert radar. see that deep, deep blue? that's heavy snow that's upper . county, moving into berks and l at maybe some big kind of light-falling fluffy flakes, steady flow again. and it's now quite gusty up here. blowing snow is then we get to the i-95 corridor. this is in the trouble zone. fr rain, sleet, andwell

back and forth. this has been hanging out in this area. the heavy rain has been weaken tad. the winds are kicking up., t ra is not quite as heavy as it was, say, a coupl h starting to take back over. we talked about that earlier, on the is going to start to wrap back around. and it should move back into s our lower suburb locations. here are the new snow totals we got just in the lasal 5.2 inches in harleyville. in allentown, 7.2 inches. around 5 for valley forge and 4 in philly. more totals coming up after the break.

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>> reporter: well, i want to show you. this shovel is one of the tools you're going to need this morning, but check out, as i put it down, check out this layer of ice. it's really hard. i can't even brush it off with my foot. this is coated on the shovel, this layer eer of ice. that's just due to the below-freezing conditions, the sleet that has been pouring down for hours and that wind that's just making it really unpleasant out here. behind me, well into the distance, you can see someone along lancaster avenue here who's using his snow blower to clear the snow, which is the best thing. this shovel is not going to help. there's a layer of ice below the snow. so you'll want a snow blower or someone professionally to clear your driveway and property. back to you guys. >> katy, thanks for that. we've been telling you about the rain and snow line working through parts of our area. all of that rain leading to big

puddles. this is a live picture. a good idea, keep it slow, since some areas could see flooding. we're back in a moment.

our coverage of this winter storm continues to hitting our area and it's not over yet.

krystal klei says five more hours of prit's aive look where precipitation has been snow. >> flooding also a problem along parts of the jersey shore. storm force 10 drove through water that covered this street in margate. look at that, atlantic county this morning. and here's a storm force 10 side view of those floodwaters in margate. you can see it covering the road. heavy rain, high tide churned by the winter storm combined to swamp streets a few blocks inland. storm force 10 is checking road conditions right now around philadelphia. this is a live look at the streets in chestnut hill. take it easy if you have to be out there. you can see a lot of people heeding that warning. not a lot of folks on the road, because there are icy conditions throughout this area. and it can be deceiving. good morning and thanks for staying with us. i'm erin coleman. >> and i'm tracier davidson. we're bringing you extended coverage of this winter storm to make sure you and your family stay safe. right now some parts of our area are dealing with snow.

it's gone back and forth. it depends on where you live. first alert meteorologist krystal klei has been telling us about the changing conditions, keeping us up to date on the rain/snow line. >> that map we were just looking at a moment ago, showing us a lot of areas north and west of philly see limited visibility due to the heavy snee coming down and the wind whipping it around. there's the radar and satellite view. the pink line is the rain/snow mix. it's actually really hanging all the way through newcast castle county as well. right before it makes it to us, it's melting. which means our snow totals are lower instead, but what we're getting is that freg slushiness hitting the snow we saw from earlier this morning. it's impacting, squishing it down. and instead of getting higher totals, we get these stuck, hard, and crunchy snow amounts we see just sticking to everything. farther north and west, the purple you see is more heavy snow. and we have a more lighter to

moderate rain now along our delaware beaches. these are the snow totals. now we've sweeched from pennsylvania to new jersey, dairy. to 2.9 inches. florence at 4 inches. in burlington county and cinnamonson at 3.5 inches. we are seeing numbers through parts of jersey and delaware. it's just along the i-95 corridor, where that mixing happened a little too quickly. so we have adjusted the values. along the shore, not likely to see anything. just a couple of inches through parts of south jersey. and then you see that lighter blue through least half of philly county. 3 to 6 inches. the rest as we gets to hears like chestnut hill. like 4 to 8 inches. the purple is 8 to 12 inches. and the pinks, the lehigh valley, berks county, 12 to 18 inches. you could see a little higher around the poconos where the longest lasting snow will be, but overall, still tracking a

major snow skprevent and now th flooding concern. those are your snow totals, here are your wind gusts. this storm is starting to cause damage. gusts at 40 in philly. 45 in dover. biggest problem is, these harsh winds are forcing water inland. the waves hit and they've got to go somewhere and now we're at high tide. on top of that, the high wind gusts that could cause dak can also lead to the coastal flooding. we just saw live video showing off that we are now dealing with that in some areas. the high tide is at 9:30 in atlantic city and not until 10:00 a.m. in cape may. >> really depends on where you live. >> this is such a typical nor'easter, where you've got so many different elements to it. because it's brushing so close to the coast, that's why the

warm air has wedged in a little closer. all of those icing concerns. tim showed off a tree that was complete coated and encased in ice. power lines, cars, roadways are looking like that, too. >> and there's more to come. >> that's right. >> crystal, thanks more that. now to a live look at i-95 in wilmington. state of emergency in effect in delaware. drivers are being urged to stay off the roads, not only here, but really all around our region. >> we've been talking about how sometimes the mix makes it even more dangerous. and we've been hearing from viewers about kps outsiconditioe their window and conditions driving. one out of our employees tried to go the short distance, got stuck up three times end anded up walking. she said the point is, really, don't go out. don't be deceived. and i know you've been seeing that on the roads as well, jessica. >> definitely. we've been watching this all morning long and even though there are certain areas that may look like they're not going to be a problem if you head out the

door, we're seeing a lot of reports of problems with almost less than half the amount of cars that are normally on the roads. the percentage of vehicle that is resulting in a problem as they head out the door. this is the schuylkill expressway. no problems to report, but typically you should be able to see it right here. this is the city skyline back there. you can't even see it here. the reduced visibility is pretty severe. and snow on the shoulder. some of the worst places i've been seeing, up and down 295, portions of new jersey, we're seeing a lot of problems. now downed trees around, hattenfield, 295 around wood crest station. another one out in cherry hill on 295. that's southbound, moving a little farther south, but on the northbound side of 55, this is northbound. just around the 42 freeway, another downed tree blocking some of the roads there. and checking in with mass transit, new jersey transit

dealing with weekend delays in place for the rails and light rails. the the suspended buses and access link service is still running suspended for the rest of the morning. modified schedule running for amtrak and patco is running on a schedule. >> now to delaware where all d.a.r.t. buses, the delaware statewide paratransit operating with delays. >> we continue our coverage with tim furlong. we talked about this and now we're starting to see some power outages. tell us more. >> reporter: here's the thing. i've been keeping an eye on the delmarva power outage map. there are a lot of outages right now. a lot of people telling me they're starting to see branchs snapping welcome things like that. good news, there's not much of a rush hour. i know there are a lot of people disappointed we didn't get more actual snow, but you can see, there's a layer of slush and ice on the roads. there's a little bit of a shimmy you're going to do when you're out on the roads.

it's an juuphill battle. pellety, icy kind of snow, sleet, freezing rain our way. this is darryl. darryl's with true green. he's been around the area today. obviously, not seeding any lawns today. >> not today. >> reporter: tell me what you're seeing out on the roads? >> myself and another manager just came down here because we had to get coffee this morning. it was a little battle to get here. it's passable, but you've got to take it easy. there is a layer of ice down on the road that there is del doth plows out now that they are just basically pushing it around. >> if you had to tell people at home, if you have a choice to stay in, just stay in. >> i would stay in, stay home, stay warm. it'll pass by the afternoon and should be cleaned up and let the emergency crews do their job and we should all be good. >> thanks so much. this is my man from dunkin' donu donuts.

he has what appears to be a brand-new shovel. you're struggling a little bit. it's heavy out here. >> it's really heavy. it's messed up all around and it's literally icy over here. and i'm just cleaning stuff so customers can come in. >> they have you a nice jacket, but you need a heavier jacket. >> it's good. it's warm. >> don't hurt your back or have a heart attack. it's that heavy kind of wet snow. and you can see, we haven't gotten a lot of snow. but what we have is that heavy, icy kind of gravelly snow. so it's not snow angel snow or sledding snow. it is the hit you in the back kind of snow, and slap you in the back of the neck. dress for it, it's pretty nasty out here. >> thanks for that. i like darryl's advice. stay home, stay warm. stay with puus. nbc 10 has been on the air live since 4:00 a.m. this morning.

>> deanna durante, the king of prussia mall opens this morning at 10:00 a.m. tell us how you got there, how were the roads, and can shoppers make it there? >> reporter: i don't think it's advisable. i spoke to the police chief a little while ago and he says they are dealing with people who are slipping off the road. there's about a dozen accidents that are coming up, being reported all across montgomery county. take a look at route 202 here. when's the last time you ever saw it look like this here in king of prussia. we are a little further away from the mall, near the new target if you're familiar with that and the valley ford shopping center here. normally, this is wall-to-wall traffic. take a look. not too many people out today. you can see two penndot trucks heading towards us trying to clear. that's what plows have been doing all night long. just starting in one spot, getting it clear, going back to write they started, starting over. you asked about our trip here. take a look at video we shot as we were coming a mile down the road. this is not snow.

this is ice, it is slippery, it is dablgngerous. and if you are out here, you want to take it slow. of course, heed the warnings and stay inside is what police and snowplow operators are asking you to do. we just talked to a gentleman who stopped to get himself a cup of coffee and says he's been on the road since 2:00 a.m. he says there's too many cars out right now. stay inside if you can. that's the latest. >> as snowplow goes behind deanna in her live shot. plow crews trying to stay on top of this weather and clear the streets as quickly as they can. important for you if you're out on the roads, stay out of their way. this is the scene in andorra where snow changed offered to a mix of sleet.

we continue our coverage now with major storms like the ones

we're experiencing, some potential scammers offering to remove your snow. >> the attorney general says to be on the lookout. harry hairston live in thorndale, p.a., with some of the warning signs, harry. >> reporter: yeah, first, i want to give you a little update here in thorndale. conditions have not changed. they have not gotten any better. so folks, if you're in the house, stay in the house. if you're off the road, stay off the road. if you're on the road and don't need to be out here, try to get off the road and get somewhere safe. i want to tell you about some of these things to look out for. these are people going door to door, trying to run a little scam on you. they'll come up and try to request payment up-front. don't do it, folks. if they come in and don't have a written estimate or contract, you donate want to be associated with them whatsoever. there's no start time or end time or anything that legally connected you to them. and they may offer to perform some work at a discount. don't go for these high-pressure sales.

that could be happening, saying they want to do your sidewalks, but all they want to do is separate you from your money. don't fall for it, folks. if it seems too good to be true, it is too good to be true. so, be safe. stay inside, stay warm. and watch out for people who are trying to dupe you out of your cash. back to you in the studio. >> we are looking at the art museum, and you can see on this camera, the reason i picked it, you can see this white-coated ground. that was from the snow nathat fl this morning. about 2 to 4 overnight. since then, we've dpon back and forth tw sleet, and freezing rain conditions to m there, as well to stuck to most tefrg outside. radar and satellite showing once look at these deep blue returns on radar. that's a heavy snow that is falling in the upper suburbs, and quickly it changes over in the pink right along the i-95

corridor to a rain and snow mix, sleet and freezingn ground reports is py off, back and forth, all morninglong. the heaviest rain that was falling along the shoref we taka look here, it's starting to thin out. this is one of the first zones that will start to lose out on any precip at all. these zones did not see snow and likely will not see any snows with areas farther north on the backside may start to pick up a little action. here's the hour by hour. here's the rain/snow line. may thicken up a bit into parts of o south jersey, but notice, it just doesn't leave this zone. we continue with the icing conditions. i was talking about this earlier. 50-mile track difference in the storm center. if it could have been 50 miles farther to the east, this could have been all been snow. philly would have seen much more impressive push this out by around noon. we may south jersey and delaware. but on the backside,w f

several hours and some scattered, lighterw tuesday. and may even be spotty overnight into e tracking as we morr, we will start to see conditions improving. your winds ho coatesville, and at 45 in talking about is the coastal flooding. look at wib winds have now picked up waves . these were around 8 for the height just several hours arou morning for atlantic city. high ate is moderate flooding is a possibility as we move fod. rep of those flooding ape may, mode as well. it's an hour or two dan in atla looking atound 9:30 this mornin.

just keep to up toconcerns. >> nbc 10's team is working bri complete storm and photographers ever where, be so we want to show you how it's different. gy live in foeg l sville. you've already seen some people getting stuck? >> reporter: the roads here in winds have really been picking up. but it's been like this morning, at least 7oundight now. we're in a wawa parking lot and a lot of crews trying to keep the parking lot clear. that's nearly impossible. these roads are complete whiteout. we're being told by penndot that all major highways have one lane, maybe, moving. the rest is covered with snow.

the secondary roads and neighborhood streets are definitely snow-covered and will remain that way. officials in allentown tell me they're asking everybody to stay off the street because of just how much snow is blowing around. that's going to be the concern going into the next few hours, as this blowing windy snow that's causing a lot o af snowu much snow is on the ground, because it kee around. i talked to pennsylvania state the main the issue they're dealing with is disabled vehicles. let me show you some video we shot in allentown of a big rig. a semitruck getting stuck in the snow, unable to move. this was not even a highway, a secondary road that remains covered in snow. he was spinning out, unable to move. if a truck is having that kind of difficulty, you can imagine what a honda civic might be dealing with or one of the smaller cars. back here live, we're in foeg

lsville. we'll keep monitoring the conditions here in the lehigh valley. it's been like this all morning, nearly whiteout conditions, aso within the last 30 minutes. we'll stay on for you. for now, live infoglesville. to the airport now. air traffic at philadelphia international. you can barely see through that camera. about every carrier has canceled all lights. that includes southwest, jetblue, british airways, air canada, air al and qatar airways. they arell is operating and american airlines won't be in o tonit. check with your carrier before you head to the snow are coating the roads in this is a view this morning from stormaviging its way on to routeomer county. we'll continue to track the conditions around the area, dif,

depending on where you are. our team coverage continues in

our live team coverage youe very different conditions, rain down the shore, but in foeggl fogleville, pennsylvania, you can see the snow really coming down. meteorologist krystali precipitation in this area likely to continue to be snow. >> hard to see up there on th nbc 10's rosemary connors checking on the roads for this morning from storm force 10. >> you have an update from bring us up to ee and erin, a similar strat fhiladelphia and for penndot. they say, where you seeken cert germantown avenue here in they're going to be salting throughout the day. and then, of plowing wherever they can.

as you can see, a little bit slick out re stayed off the roads. they appreciate it, because their cwork. their drivers are describing this as not heavy sleet. it has been nonstop sleet that the crews haven't seen all season long. theye treat the roads. they do want to remind people, careful, because they have seen a few spinoutswo spinouts in our travels this morning. 'r on the road and coming up a little bit later, we'll give y we'll be out of storm force 10 if you get a chestnuthill. erin, tracy, back to yo straigh another live camera look. we werehekd ago in the lehigh valley. look at the limited visibility we're now dealing with as a result of the blowing snow that is now more heavy snow, as well. already, we've got reports between 7 to 9 inches of snow in the will have and that's still accumulating several more hours into the early afternoon for the

snow to fall. so, we are seeing, making it to a foot or above. we were going to really look at that foot or above through the lehigh valley/berks county. here's the area that saw trouble with our totals. we w happening. you see the coated ground. it's white. this is a view of the art museum. you can't see the art museum because the icing over to the freezing rain we have been experiencing f tor houre's the freezing rain. radar iscold air and snow over of philly and wilmonigher up in the sky. remember, radar takes atu at the ground. the surface, unfortunately, fal. what this shows us, how ceavy s versus more of a heavy rai we hn seeing. the heaviest part of the rain is thin o

seeing some breaks in precip in these southern-mos sussex county. continue for to continue an several more hours in the northern-most zo af this systemw that the storm center, notice, is right nr us. it's starting to move away. the gusts will continue very trong as a re o set up to our all the difference. i've been saying this all morning long. they havhe 2 north and west. that's where the snow has been accumulating steadily.long the i-95 corridor. that's where we've seen and 40s along the shore. that's where then and where we've only seen rain. it are continue this much throughout the entire day. we stay cold and that will stic. especially the snow in this zone, the deep blue, 4 to 8 inches. that cuts through partsthose areas have been sno on top of the snow has been the freezing rain. g that or

sleet? as it compacts the snow and makes the top this crunchy, hard layer that's hard to shovel and dangerous to drive on. so back roads haven't been treated and won't be good at all until they can be plowed or treated later today into tomorrow. later, there'll be a better potential to start cleaning things up. the purple, that's 8 to 12 inches of snow and that's mostly leaning towards the northern-most parts of our suburbs, where the more heavy snow has been. the lighter snow you see, the 3 to range through jersey and no snow expected throuollow the conditions on the roads. some roads are downright soaked, wipers getting a workou no matter what the conditions, if it's snow, thedown take it sy

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snow, sleet, raindingn wher are. this is a live picture of fogleville, where it is certainly snow and it has been. we're tracking this major winter storm hitting our area. >> flooding also a concern, becoming a problem along parts of the jersey shore. storm force 10 drove through water that covered this street morning. >> we have you covered with all the changing conditions. good morning. i'mon. >> we're bracing you for extended coverage of this winter storm to make sure you and your family stay safe. that is the important part right now. some parts of our area dealing with snow. others seeing fleet, freezing rain. and it really all depends on where you live. >> that's why

fanned out across the area. team coverage of this storm. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist krystal klei are taking a look at the dramatic conditions in each neighborhood. krystal, you've been telling us about that rain/snow line. >> along the i-95 corridor. and it's really kind of dampened the tolds expected in that area. we were knowing that it was going to rangeuth jersey to rig corridor, and pressed it to around philly. i want to show off the dark blue around reading and allentown. that's where the heavy snow is just hitting and dumping snow over the area. tammy will get to this in a moment. the high windmileper hour in ph. close to 40 in wilmington. 45 in dover city. these high gusts are hitting just as we sta ousts with high tide. here's the buoy data. 15 feet now for the waves. it was at 13 just a half hour

ago. now it's increased by 2 more feet, right around high tide. cloe coastal flooding is going to be an issue, at least minor to moderate throughout the area. you see other 12 to 15 feet. the waves are certainly been picked up a inland. here's a look at the high tides we're tracking. rehoboth beach, 9:49 a.m., we're almost there if more cape may, the high tide at 10:04. i think it's going to be minor. a little higher i not for atlantic city and it's right now 9:30 that we're hiing. these are the areas we'll be actively watching as we move forward. now let's talk more about the snow that is out there, moving through right now. a closer look at radar and our projected totals by going over to meteorologist, tami sousa. >> we're looking at the fact that we have a huge line. we see nothing but snow up into

the lehigh valley valley and up into the poconos. but down along the shore, it's been rain, and every now and then, a sloppy wet snowflake gets into the mix. let's talk about what we are expecting these totals to be. i think we change back to snow at some point during the day and pick up another two across the area. let's start off here first taking a look in philadelphia. we'll be looking at about 7.2 inches at the airport. already, we're up to close to 4 inches. we get up to chestnut hill and could see a foot up there. that's going to head up a little bit more elevation. a little bit further up to the north and west. now let's take a look what's going on in montgomery and bucks county. this is where we've seen some to see these pumping up. we could very easily be look at totals that exceed 6 inches up towards 7 inches, some places picking up a foot there. as we head into chester and

delaware county, we're going to be looking at anywhere from 8 inches, 10 inches. the higher totals will be a little further north and west. let's go now out to the berks and lehigh valley area. this is what's still yet t ther. we're going to see perhaps another 4 to 5 inches falling out there on top of what's already there. allentown still falling. that's where they've seen a steady snow. and now we'll go ahead and take a look at what's going on in south jersey, where really pretty much not a whole lot more is going to go on. maybe in gloucester, 2.6 inches. in woolwich, another 3.5 inches. as we head towards the shore, all these numbers start to taper off and that's exactly what we're kpcexpecting, especially h warmer conditions along the coastline and sleet and rain mixing in. 2.5 in wilmington and perhaps another quick trace is what we'll see a little bit farther offo the south and along the shore, not a whole lot.

up into burlington, when you0.3 fell, didn't really accumulate on the ground, at all, but it did quickly get measured and it will melt away. we're not expecting to see much of anything, anywhere, along the shoreline. >> this is why i love that we do neighborhood forecasts. because it's so different, depending on where you live, and some people are not going to see much more of anything. other people, this storm still has a long way to go. righ >> that's exactly right. we're looking at the backside of this storm. the center is passing us. but this is goingsnowo and as tammy mentioned, likely is going to turn back over to snow in areas like philly around the noon hour. >> it's not gone. >> stay with us. >> a lot of falling branches out here. this is a heavy snow, if you're going to shovel, use your knees and not your back. if you have snow to shovel, please be very careful with that. that is heart attack snow.

>> it totally is. that's that harry hairston was saying. it's very, very heavy. now to a live look at i-95 in wilmington. state of emergency in effect right now nor delaware and drivers being urged to stay off the roads. we only see a couple of cars out there right now and that is a good thing. we just checked with delmarva and right now more than 30,000 customers without power. >> downed power lines. tammy was just saying downed rees. that is one more factor that you could face if you go out on the roads. if you don't need to go out, don't go out. >> what are you seeing out there on the roads? >> a really, really dangerous drive. 13 disabled vehicles around the montgomery county area. i counted about nine to ten downed trees across parts of south jerry. heavy snow and some of the winds as well creating downed tree

branches and we're also watching some snow and a weird ice/rain combination as well. we'll start off with snoi around the 95. we're dealing with wind there, we're dealing with reduced visibility and slipper ji spoy moving both directions. the few cars out will are dealing with problems. this is the memorial bridge, slippery conditions on either side, speed restrictions reduced to 40. and the new jersey turnpike within speed restrictions, 35 miles per hour. moving north and southbound up towards trenton and further up north, the entire length of the turnpike and up towards ft. lee. at least up towards the trenton area, down to 35 miles per hour for right now. and again, we'll be back, i'll be back with you for the rest of the morning. i'll be checking in with more to have the flooding and the slippery spots around the area. >> all right, now to delaware,

where all darth d.a.r.t. buses operating with limited coverage. >> you're talking withensome on the front line of a storm right mow. >> we'll get to mike in one second. a abo about 20 minutes ago, it's back again. it's still coming down really hard here. and it's piling up. and we talk about this all morning today. this is what it really gets you i keep waiting for it to turn to fluffy nice snow. it's this rocky, pebbly, gravelly ice that keeps slapping you in the back of the neck. it's no fun to be standing out in it or working in. you have a plow over there, brother. you've been out there hustling. 3:30 this morning, what's it like out there? this is not easily plowed. >> it's not drivable. i should stay home, really. it's slushy. it gets hard. on the back streets and side streets, it's really bad.

go anywhere in the city of wilmington and it's bad. it's thick, it's heavy. you're better off staying home. >> and yorp saying to me earlier, too, as people plow this and push it up, you can see, like, fluffy snow kind of gets right out of the way. if you go out there and have to shovel the stuff you're using with your big truck, you'll hur one of the things we do is clear the sidewalks.y blower in the back, so i have to get out and mnskand man it. it took me 35 minutes to do a sidewalk that would otherwise take me about five. >> i have a snowblower at home. and this is not snowblower snow. my snowblower would get jammed up on this. >> yeah, it depends on the snowblower -- >> reporter: mine's cheap. it's not a great one. >> if i grab a shovel out of the back of my truck and scoop this, that's probably going to weigh about 70 pounds.

>> reporter: you're going to be headquart hurting. >> it's a lot of weight. you're better off leaving it alone. >> reporter: you're the man. i want to talk a little bit for one second about some of the ice canning conditions. i've been getting reports of power outages and branches snapping. look at that coating of ice on there. this whole tree is so covered in ice that i could probably just pull this branch and it will pop right off. probably not a great idea to stand underneath it, as well. wherever you are, be safe. it's probably not the foot of snow you thought you might want to wake up to. even though they're kind of plowing slush, i promise you, the roads are not very good. if you don't have to be out, don't be out, guys. back to you. >> that's good advice. >> ice a major concern. foglesville, p.a., already

seeing 7 to 9 inches of snow. we've got hours to go before this is done. extended coverage of the winter weather that's hitting our area right now. we're back in a moment.

our weather coverage continues. rosemary connors has been all over the area all morning long watching the roads from storm force 10. >> she just checked with emergency management officials. tell us what the latest update is, rosemary. >> reporter: tracy and erin, emergency management officials tell us that fortunately, people have been staying off the roads. they haven't had any emergencies to respond to, so that's the good news. we're still here live in chestnut hill. since the last time we saw you, seems like the winds picked up a little bit. that sleet's coming down at a steady clip. this is going to come in very handy today, this ice scraper. storm force 10, we've had to kind of dig off this ties periodically to make sure that the windshield wipers can do

their jobs. do their job as we've been heading out throughout the area today. here's the deal, on surfaces like this, obviously, we've had the defroster on, slush comes off, not too bad. on a more solid surface, it's been cold. that's what we're talking about. this ice is not going anywhere. for people who think that the roads aren't a big deal, they can get through, they really can't. for folks who are out and about shoveling right now, it's been very difficult. they tell us that they've had to take frequent breaks because the snow is so heavy in large part to that ice coating that's been on top of this snow since the early morning hours. the heavy flakes were falling overnight, say, from midnight until 3:00, and then that changeover happened right around 3:00 a.m. as you can see here in chestnuthill, a lot of these roads like highland avenue leading up to germantown avenue haven't been plowed yet. what you're looking at is just tire tracks from cars that have

tried to get through here. ten minutes ago, we saw a car spin out. we'll continue to watch the conditions out here. we'll keep you posted and also let you know what emergency management crews are updating us with. and also what we're hearing from penndot throughout the day. . >> thanks for that. we've been on the air since 4:00 a.m. telling you about all kinds of closures. one place open, king of prussia mall opens in about 15 minutes. >> deanna, even though the mall is open, really not a good idea to be out on the roads. it is slick out there. we've seen that. >> reporter: yeah, well, we've talked to montgomery county officials. they tell us they've had more than 450 calls to 911. many of those calls, weather related. we're checking on the number of accidents and disabled vehicles across the county. more than a dozen disabled vehicles on the road needing assistance.

a few minute ago, the tanks were full. private plow operators have been on the road all morning and they would appreciate it if you were not. one tow truck driver says he's, out since 7:00 last night. he says it headaches it dangerous for him, for you, and all the-over drivers on the road. we know that bus service is continuing to king of prussia mall, as you mentioned. take a look at 202 here. you can see penndot trucks out on the road. they have been clearing snow in one spot, start, kick back to where they had just finished. s this this isn't really snow coming down, it's sleet. it's rain, it's wet, it's icy and it's really making it difficult. this isn't the pretty snow we were all hoping for to be able to build some snowmen and some fun when this all stops. this is icy and it is dangerous and again, police here in upper marion say they are responding

to cars that are sliding off the roads and they would appreciate it if everyone would just stay home. that is the very latest reporting live in king of prussia, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> definitely some good advice. from montgomery county now to scho south jersey, drivers there dealing with slushy conditions on the road. some braved the slick roads in gloucester township this morning. winds and rain have really caused some problems in that area. we're also talking a little bit of ice. meteorologist krystal klei, you're tracking a mixed bag and it really depends on where you live as to what you're going to be seeing. >> big-time. we've got from no snow, the rain starting to move out to a very heavy snow coming down in the lehigh valley. you can see visibility is limited. i just checked on that. we'll get to it in a moment. across the region, the worst visibility is over parts of lehigh valley and the poconos. radar and satellite, the deep blues we see, those are the bands of heavier snow passing right through, like i've been talking about, the lehigh valley in berks county.

this is bumping up those snow totals as we speak. same for the upper suburbs. another band starting to head that way. why this way when the storm is down here. well, now the storm's moving this direction, so we've got the wraparound that's happening. it's starting to force some colder air in. i know it looks like we've got snow through new castle county. ground reports aren't supporting that. what it means is a little higher up, where the radar is actually getting a picture of the sky, it is cold enough. and it's probably falling as flakes, but it's melting and freezing upon impact. the problem is, that is very dangerous. you start to get heavy tree branches or power lines and those start to come down. plus, as we've been talking about, icy roadways consistently along the i-95 corridor and mixing all the way through south jersey, where we've gotten tons of reports of sleet and an icy mix. rain lingering at the shore, but thinning out in southern delaware. there's a look at your visibility. like i was mentioning, lowest visibility of yaeareas north. that was at a quarter of a mile. we would not see blizzard

conditions officially, although under a warning. we would have had to see those visibilities below a quarter of a mile for three hours. that has not been the case. pottstown, 1 kpaf miles, philadelphia, 1 1/2 miles. even areas like atlantic city, 3.25 meals. here's the hour by hour forecast. so a few people have said, well, is that rain/snow line going to draw south at some point? briefly, but not a long-lived event. notice how long we continue with th this mixing. it takes over by 11:00 a.m. through south jersey. then we move the front side of the storm out. and the storm does start to wrap back around into the early afternoon hours for another inch or two of snow. more about these conditions, coming up. >> krystal, thanks for that. we've been showing you conditions across the area. we've been showing you the flooding and rain down the shore. here's what it looks like in foglesville, lehigh valley, where the snow has been coming

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welcome back. we have new numbers on power outages from across our area. right now 30,000 customers in the dark in delaware. most of them in newcastle and kent county. atlantic city electric reports more than 5,000 outages also in south jersey. ps&g has more than 4,900 customers offline and pico has more than 3,400 outages right now. most are in delaware county. those -- the ice that we're seeing, forming on the power lines, branchs, we knew this could happen. one of the hardest hit areas, lehigh valley. lots of wind and snow there. >> nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal is

live in foglesville. the governor just tweeted to stay off the roads if you don't have to be out. >> yeah, local and state officials urging people, especially in places north and west to stay off of the roads. this is why. and you can see these plow trucks who are trying to do their best, but the snow keeps coming down at a rapid clip. for the first time here in lehigh valley, we're actually starting to see a bit of a mix. sleet is coming down. we're expecting that to change back over to sne. i just got off the phone with lehigh county emergency management. they're telling me no major issues right now. the roads are somewhat passable, but they're urging people to stay off of them. i can tell you, this is pretty unusual. the u.s. postal service, despite their motto, with rain, snow, or shine, they have canceled deliveries in the lehigh valley area today because it is just so treacherous out there. that's how unusual this storm is. the traffic remains, you know, pretty light. we're not seeing too many cars moving, which is a good thing. but right now these roads remain

terrible. we're starting to get this sleet coming down in the lehigh valley. and we'll keep tracking this for you. for now, live in the lehigh valley. i'm randy gyllenhaal. we'll be right back.

we continue to get pictures and information from our viewers. this comes to us there brian from bristol, bucks county. thanks for that. we look for your pictures. you can send it to us through the free nbc 10 app. >> and an update for you. just checked with the king of prussia mall closes at noon today. heed that warning. tammy, you have been following this storm. a lot to still talk about. >> a lot to still talk about. and frankly, you shouldn't g on the roads even at noontime. it's going to take a good part of the day to get the area cleared out. a lot of branches starting to fall across the area, as we've been telling you about. this is our storm system. you can see the big shield of snow off to the north. this has merged with this storm that came across from the midwest. it's starting to intensify.

it intensified to its full intensity once it gets past us. you can see this big demarcation, because it's tracking too close to the coast to place all of us in snoi. you can see the shades of pink wafting in and out. that's where you're seeing a true sleet. we also have a sleet and snow mix right along that edge where you see the lighter purple. the heavier purples up here where you see them in urk bucs and montgomery and chester, all of this area, that's where you're seeing the true snow that's coming down. it is a wet, heavy snow. you're going to have to be very careful shoveling. plain old rain when you get out here towards any of the beaches. down into delaware, the same thing. they're looking at some rain. let's go ahead and take a look at what's going to be going on. as far as the temperatures, they are starting to drop to be cold enough to support snow. but you notice, pretty much the snow maker is gone by the time that we really just dump off into the temperatures where we would be quite cold. that's going to be, it looks like by tonight, we'll get down

into the teens overnight. let's go neighborhood by neighborhood overnight. we updated these snow totals. it looks like in philly, 5 to 6 inches of snow. i think this might be a little shy. i think we could push anywhere from 6 to 8 inches of snow there. across montgomery, montgomery and bucks county, we're also going to be looking at slightly hire totals, but this is taking into affect -- into account the fact that we may be looking at this sleet and rain tamping down some of the snow. because you know what? it gets on the ground, melts, and you ended with that icy cap and it doesn't look like there's too much there. >> we're watching a lot of things. the snow in foglesville, waiting for high tide in atlantic city and cape may. high tide in cape may is at 10:00. there's a lot more to come. >> all the way through the afternoon. >> and as we go into the later parts of the day, we'll look at

those winds as well. >> continuous coverage after this. we'll be back in a moment.

live. not even 18 wheels can help in weather like this. wheels churning. can't get out. part of the road here is plowed, but it appears the corners weren't. the lehigh valley and points north are expecting up to two feet of snow today. krystal kl