troubled spots in new jersey and delaware. first alert traffic reporter jessica billionairi jessi jess boynton is tracking the roads for us. >> and we get a look at the lehigh valley and down the shore. let's begin with first alert meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> that's right. the types of precipitation that it is producing, there are several different types. first of all, it has stopped in the poconos and berks county and lehigh valley. it has not started at the jersey shore or parts of southern delaware and the pink area is freezing rain. that's the most dangerous type of winter weather.

raindrops ha raindrops are freezing on contact. the purple may be a mixture of freezing rain and sleet. it's less dangerous that the pim pink freezing rain. you can see there are patches here in new jersey making it not a solid thing. it's not continuous and some of this is not even reaching the ground. but it is, all through the philadelphia area, and points to the north and west, in philly, this is all freezing rain, an icy mix, maple glenn and norristown, all freezing rain just to the north. it is snow and it would be the best thing because you can deal with an inch of snow.

and to the west now, it's changed over to snow. again, farther to the north and west, we don't really have any problem. here we are in new jersey and we're getting some icing in mercer county, too. the wider view shows that this is a fairly narrow area. it's not going to last all night. the temperatures, of course, are critical. and even in philadelphia, we have temperatures below the 30-degree mark. and with the freezing cold that we've had recently, even a 32 or 33-degree temperature would cause problems and steve will tell you more about that. >> that's right, glenn. your car may show 33 or 34 degrees but the surface temperature may be colder than that. so don't just trust your car

thermometer. do not brake suddenly on the roadways. this is a live look at philadelphia international airport. flight travel has been slowing down and this camera is up in the lehigh valley where it was snowing just an hour ago. now it has come to an end. this is good news for the lehigh valley where a lot of this is coming to an end. now, even in reading, it's iced over. notice in the lehigh valley, it's coming to an end as we walk through 4:00 to 5:00. notice what happens in and around philadelphia. you can see the pink colors and that's the concern. that's freezing drizzle. it's not coming down in a lot but notice how we don't push that band away. even and around the city, central and southern new jersey, the concern is several more hours of icing through 7:00 or

8:00 before pushing that band down to the south. in the next half hour, we'll break it down for you hour by hour. this is a live look at allentown from our camera at the pbl center. icy mix across our region, not dealing with snow here. it's ice. it's the most dangerous. >> nbc 10 steven fisher is in allentown for us. lehigh valley is one of the first places to get hit with all of this? >> reporter: yeah, jim, we were one of the first to see the freezing rain. the snow has just tapered off just ahead of that afternoon commute, which has just begun. this is lehigh street. take a look at the roads that you can see in the median. there's a lot of snow coverage. people are driving on the lanes and you can see some blacktop so it's not frozen over yet but it's going to be a slick ride

for drivers here. in allentown, a concerning mixture that could lead to a slick commute. >> for me, it's the ice. i don't like driving in it. >> it would be one thing if it were snowing. >> reporter: chris hendricks and others took refuge inside the queen city diner. chris doesn't look prepared for today's weather wearing shorts and sneakers. >> it's sort of invigorating. >> reporter: but he says his car is. >> i have a big four-wheel drive and i won't push the issue. i know it's ice, not snow. >> reporter: some had to go out in the bad weather. >> it wasn't as cool and everybody came out, all of them. >> reporter: an early dismissal on account of the weather.

>> here's another realtime update of the road conditions in allentown. we got in touch with penn-d.o.t. there's not a lot that they can do. the best defense, which is on the road right now, is really just putting down some salt. steven fisher, nbc 10 news. >> all right, steven. let's look at our kimmel center campus center. really worried about the temperatures dipping below the freezing mark and untreated surfaces. lauren mayk is joining us now. >> how are people preparing for the worst. >> reporter: jacqueline and jim, what they are seeing in northeast philly is just a light rain. this started about an hour or so ago. it's been off and on since then. we're at sally street and you can see people out this afternoon. we have been seeing people

heading home. some folks got to go home early today and others are out doin r doing er rands. >> we heard it was coming early this morning so we might as well get everything while we can. the lines are really big already, you know. >> reporter: today we're heading home. we didn't have too far to go, which is a good thing. when it snowed last week because of the cold temperatures, it's stuck around. you can see that all along the sides of the cars back there. all of that is just going to ice over, which could make it a lot more difficult to get out of places like this later. live in northeast philadelphia, i'm lauren mayk, nbc 10 news.

>> and first alert traffic reporter jessica boynton is watching the roads to try to beat this mess. how does it look out there, jess? >> as you said, everyone is leaving earlier to get out so we just have traffic earlier. southbound 295, blue route southbound, right over here it's seeing red. on the northbound side, you can see the huge delay approaching the scene there. we're seeing some delays on the southbound side and northbound as you move towards northeast philly. 24th street, eastbound moving towards 95, it's actually not moving at all. that's a pretty good way to describe it. over here, westbound delays but that's because the expressway is slow in both directions. we're already seeing really big

drive times for the eastbound side especially. 40 minutes into the red. that's rather for this time. 19 miles per hour. you want to leave extra time before you head out the door right now. >> good information. all right, jessica. nbc 10's tim furlong is live for us. >> any icy conditions where you are right now? >> i'm getting on to route 141 in north wilmington. you can see that the road doesn't look too bad. the side streets are not doing well. we have the cold and slush and it's all refrozen and there's a sheet of ice now on the ground and i was walking up my driveway and it looked wet but i almost busted my butt because i felts my feet come out from under me.

and i'm going pretty slow. people are flying right by me here. every now and then, especially when you go anywhere near a side street, you feel a shimmy. so we're going to be careful. i'll check in with you and let you know how it is in that part of northern delaware. tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >> it looks like you're going faster than you are. it's an illusion with our camera but you are going slower. it just happens to look like you're going faster. you can go to our nbc 10 app and get interactive radar and our hour-by-hour forecast for your neighborhoods. 20 minutes of nontop nestop new. a firefighter was honored.

he was killed in the line of duty on saturday. cydney long has more on the story. >> reporter: the collapsed shelf this row home remains a crime scene. it's been more than 48 hours since fire lieutenant mattç laterno became trapped and took hi h his life. >> he was loving and caring. >> reporter: he said on thursday he jokingly asked for a loan. >> i said i've got this big check right here if you can get somebody to cash it. he laughed and turned away and 30 hours away i was at temple hospital. >> reporter: state representative remembers laterno being larger than life. >> he's a really tall guy and so for children, he's this big guy but he was very friendly and always smiling. >> reporter: she says his

station was one of love and absolute passion. >> it definitely was his passion. he was very much in love with his job as a fireman. >> reporter: butler says laterno loved that they gave his shop credibility, posting this video of a 2016 fire fight. >> they put the slogan on their t-shirts and materials and live by it. >> reporter: we asked about the possibility that the family here relied on a space heater to keep warm the night before the fire and could the weight of snow on the roof have caused the collapse but, so far, there are no solid answers. >> i don't know how much snow was built up. i don't even know where the collapse was, whether the roof collapsed or floors collapsed. >> reporter: mark says multiple agencies were involved and finding out what the cause was could take as long as a year. from north philadelphia, cydney long, nbc 10 news. in west philadelphia,

firefighters say one person died in a house fire even though they were on the scene within three minutes of getting the call. the fire started early this morning on north holly street. investigators are working to find out how it started. here's a look at some of the other news making headlines at 4:00. nbc news has learned the president's legal team is talking about the fbi about a possible interview with president trump. it's related to the ongoing russia investigation. it's unclear if donald trump would be interviewed directly by special counsel robert mueller or someone else on his team. the president's team is also discussing the format of the interview and whether the president has to take part in an interview at all. meantime, nearly 200,000 immigrants from el salvador living in the u.s. must leave the country by 2019. homeland security confirmed that the trump administration is ending a program that protected their temporary status. the program provided humanitarian relieve for foreigners whose countries are hit with natural disasters. many have been living here as a

result of an earthquake in 2001. the deal is done. the colorado developer bought this former revel city casino. $290 million was the cost of the property. it cost $2.4 billion to build. it will be renamed the ocean resort casino. we're getting you ready for the playoff push. >> it's the battle of the birds at the linc on saturday. john clark is joining us live. >> john, the eagles have that home field advantage. they are in the top seed but they are still the underdouging? >> they. this is historic. they are tied for the best record in the nfl and they are home underdog. the eagles don't want to hear

this. they've been good all year long except for a game or two. philly is used to being underdogs. rocky is one of our city's symbols. fletcher cox says this is nothing new. >> our record can speak for itself. we're a team and each week we come out and ring the bell every week. and this team obviously has been going off all year, tipping our shoulders and people doubting us every week. so we're going to go out and shut them up. >> the eagles have been underdogs three other times and they are 3-0 winning by an average of 17 points. they play the underdog role quite well. they're going to have to do it again. i'm john clark. we'll have more at 5:45 and 6:20. >> we like those stats there, john. >> yes. maybe that will get them fired

up and they'll come out strong. >> they are embracing it, really. >> love that. john, thanks. see you later. >> you got it. >> now, unless you have a ticket, nbc 10 is the only place that you can see the battle of the birds and at 9:30 it's "inside the eagles" and saturday they kick off at 4:45. there is going to be extended post game coverage. a few eagles kicked off playoff week with a different kind of competition. players and cheerleaders played bingo with patients in philadelphia. they posed for pictures and signed autographs rallying the crowd for the birds' playoff run. going now to our first alert weather, this is city avenue. the dangerous ice can really make a mess on untreated surfaces and you can see how slick it is. that is not just water, that's

ice out there. so careful when the ground is as cold as it is. that has likely been treated already. >> part of the danger is, you don't know what you're dealing with just by looking at it because you can't tell whether it's just wet or frozen over. glenn "hurricane" schwartz is back and we see it behind you there, glenn. there's a mixture, right? >> yeah. and the largest area of precipitation is the most dangerous. it's the pink area that is freezing rain. and, of course, this will get more difficult once the sun goes down and makes it even harder to see what's ahead but there is tremendous improvement here in the lehigh valley where the precipitation at least for now has ended farther towards the southeast towards the shore it hasn't even started yet. but in this area, in this zone, it's i-95 corridor, as we call it, and there's a lot of freezing rain falling and,

again, this is side roads, bridges, overpasses, your sidewalks, your driveways. even your car windshield may be getting some icing while the main road ahead of you is okay because it's been treated. well, here in philadelphia, we are full of freezing rain. there's a little bit of a mixture up in abington and norristown. it's all freezing rain. farther to the north, the at moth fe moss fear is colder so you get more sleet. this white area is snow. and just on the northern edge of that, to the west, we have the same issue. we have freezing rain, sleet, snow. so having the light snow, west chester is still in the icy mix.

we are drying out. even in the clear for the mouth, shanksville. and in mercer county, there is a wintry mix. we're looking back to the west and we see this area in west virginia that is riding to the east and that presents what is on top of us for moving out. i don't think this will clear the coast in the next couple of hours. it's 32 in philadelphia. remember, that's an air temperature. to ground, it's below that, i'm sure. but atlantic city and rehoboth, those temperatures are high enough so there's hardly any

icing. north and west we'll get more specific in these areas and chester county, 26. you know what happens when it gets dark and it's still damp. rain is still coming down and you've got temperatures like this. 28 in war enton and in delaware, we still have issues. especially northern portions of delaware. newark, harmony hills, all at 30. the farther south you go, icy issues farther to the south. and it hangs in there farther to the south it's just rain because the temperatures are higher. by 8:30, the rain is trying to come up but, remember, we still have that issue with the ground temperatures and, finally, later this evening, towards midnight,

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right now at 4:30, dangerous ice making a mess of the afternoon commute. taking a live look from both storm force 10 and on the right in norristown on trooper road. the weather is having an impact on train travel this afternoon. here's a live look at 30th street station. a number of septa lines are running anywhere from 10 to 25 minutes late. this storm will have a dangerous impact well into the night. >> and that's why nbc 10 has you covered. our first alert team is monitoring the impact for your neighborhood. jessica boynton is keeping track of the roads. let's go to glenn "hurricane" schwartz. you're tracking the path. where is it right now? >> that's right. the area is pink is freezing rain and that's the most dangerous type of precipitation. there's just raindrops that

freeze upon contact with the surface. it could be the road or your car or the sidewalk or driveway but unless it's an overpass or bridge, you can sometimes run into trouble. now, we've had an improvement here from north to south. you can see that generally trying to end from north to south. but back here to the west, over the last half hour or so, it's kind of stopped its progress. it's going to hang around for a while. this is a narrow area. not everybody is affected by it. almost all of philadelphia and northern and new castle county and across the river in camden, gloucester county, northern burlington county, northampton,

middletown and salem, possibly sleet and snow is in the area in white but a little bit of snow is not really a problem at all, not after what we've been through. and in new jersey, in mercer county, hopewell, ewing, lawrence, all in that area that includes the sleet. the temperatures are below not only freezing but some of these areas, chestnut hill are going to have the most problems as we go through the next few hours, especially as the sun sets and meteorologist steve sosna will tell you more about that. >> that's right. glenn was showing you our national weather service radar. this is storm ranger 10. when we see that red sweep, which i'm about to show you, it helps give a scan of the sky

that is closest to the ground. this is why a mobile radar helps you as this rain and snow and ice mix is falling relatively close to the ground. you can see the dividing lines where it's not snowing, there's no ice north and west of collegeville, pennsylvania. and further to the south and east, south of the pennsylvania turnpike, that's where we are looking at the greatest amount of icing right now. so again, follow the red sweep. there's the truck in collegeville. you can see norristown, freezing rain on your roadways all the way south towards the interchange of 476 and moving into chester county. you can see where the bulk of the precipitation is. we have that red sweep on there for you. in terms of accumulation, we have not seen a whole lot. in fact, barely measurable but it's just that light glaze that is the most dangerous type of precipitation around here. your car can't get any traction

on it and we may get less than an a tenth of an inch of ice. i'll tell you what you can do is you're driving in these conditions. >> let's look right now at the walt whitman bridge. you want to take it slowly on the side streets and on those bridges. a messy and doiangerous sleet o ice. our team coverage continues with cydney long live in south philadelphia. >> cydney, you've been keeping an eye on the roads. how's it looking? >> i can tell you, for those commuters on oregon avenue, they will be in a rush to get to the walt whitman bridge. despite the slushy conditions right here on the shoulder of the road as well as on the sidewalk, it's really all pretty clear, although some businesses we can show you did shut their doors early this afternoon. take a look, it was just a

couple of hours ago, it was a case of getting one step ahead of this next storm for these drivers. so they rolled the dice, spending money to get rid of the filthy slush and dirt off their cars, making it shiny and fresh. people who live and work in this area hurried up, at least according to our gopro video before any icy conditions moved in. and the travel lanes of oregon avenue are perfectly clear and the shoulder is still snow and slush-coated. so there is still some time to grab the philly pretzel for dinner or dessert tonight but do so quickly as the latest storm is moving west to east. be cautious on the train

platforms. so far, no problems to report here in south philadelphia. i'm cydney long, nbc 10. >> i like your new dinner menu, cydney. >> absolutely. >> all right. let's check out the roads. jessica boynton is back. jessica, where are you under that blue symbol there? >> we're watching the expressway in conshohocken. on the eastbound side from the blue route to the vine, towards center city, your speeds are down into the 20s. we're still watching this crash on the boulevard and i'm seeing now they are reporting a crash on the southbound side which is really the same spot. either way, that's going to add a little bit of time heading north or south in or around northeast philly.

in springfield township, there's a vehicle off the road. you may see this with the new jersey turnpike, exit 6 and i'll end here, another spot in new jersey where we're watching some accidents here, 76. this is coming off the walt whitman bridge where you see we don't need help creating lanes with lane loss on the left. >> all right, jessica. thank you. in south philly, nbc 10 has you covered for this dangerous ice that is taking over parts of our area tonight. live team coverage continues next. plus, how this escape to warmer weather destination is giving you a winter getaway. >> good. yeah.

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nbc 10 is tracking dangerous ice that will be moving into our area tonight. this is a live look at storm force 10 along route 422 in norristown. once again, the roads could be slick so you need to slow down and take it easy, especially if you're on a side road that hasn't been treated. new information about the entertainment lineup for the upcoming super bowl. >> we've learned that a doylestown native will be performing. ♪ what about us >> pink is singing the national anthem. this is her first appearance on the super bowl stage.

her 2018 tour kicks off in april. and we already know who is headlining the halftime show. justin timberlake posted this on social media at last night's golden globes. he's also going on tour in march there. are no dates in philly just yet. nbc 10 is the only place that you'll be able to watch the super bowl. a family got kiquite a surprise on "the ellen show." >> malia dressed up as "ellen" for halloween but she was even more touched by everything that the family does from helping the homeless to taking in foster kids. >> what does your foster daughter want for christmas?

>> she asked us to adopt her, and we're going to do it. >> how dprat great is that? ellen gave the family every item given to audiences during her annual 12 daysç of giveaways event. every single item. >> that's so good. >> going back to our weather, the first alert weather team tracks the dangerous ice. a live look at i-95 from the camera in wilmington. >> glenn and the team has issued a first alert because we're hovering around the freezing mark and it's going to get colder and become more dangerous? >> that's right. you can't take this lightly because, whoa, what was that? that's cold, freezing rain on untreated surfaces and that

combination is a problem. you can see the wider view, we have no precipitation now in berks county, upper lehigh and montgomery are also drying out. the back edge of this is not really moving far enough south to satisfy me and i think that we could be getting into some issues for later on during the afternoon and into this evening. the radar shows that pink area, that is rain that is freezing upon contact with surfaces. that includes the entire city of philadelphia, camden county, gloucester county, northern burlington county. some of the northern suburbs are getting a bit of an icy mix. that's the purple area. that's what we're seeing.

northampton, salem, all in that mix. east whiteland is close to being out of it. we have sent storm ranger 10 out to the area where the precipitation is changing and the closer you get to it the more detail and accurate detail we can get on this, like where that precipitation ends and the freezing rain begins. so trooper, which was having some of the freezing rain, has just gotten out of it, according to storm ranger 10 and norristown on the east here. east norton has gotten out of the precipitation and bridgeport is just barely in it. storm ranger 10 is close to those places so it's getting detailed information. temperatures are way above

freezing. you can see all of these areas in the 20s north and west. even though there's no precipitation now, the roads are wet. temperatures are below freezing. nightfall coming in and not a great combination. we're very close to the freezing marks in parts of south jersey. woodstown, 32. florence, 32. hamilton square, 32. and we have seen these roads so cold that even these temperatures, which are air temperatures, working above the ground, it may be colder than that rate at the surface. hamilton square there. it's way below the freezing mark and we are not going to have any kind of melting there and it's going to be a while before we can end this precipitation. we're going to watch it our by hour but it can see at the

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they are psyched. no question who they are rooting for. >> tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >> they sound good. >> we want to hear you sing and join the challenge. and i'm social media. #flyeaglesfly. >> we're continuing first alert coverage of the weather threat bearing down on our region. >> freezing rain is falling tonight. we have a look at i-95 in south philadelphia. >> the number one concern from this system is potentially dangerous ice. our team of reporters are showing you what is unfolding in all parts of the area. >> and the system is going to be with us for several more hours, at least for some of us. what it could mean for yours commute and the warmup on the way. next, in my first alert forecast.

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the storm is bringing a wintry blast to the region. it is packing snow, freezing rain and making for a slick evening commute. nbc 10 in allentown where the system arrived early this afternoon with some snow. the main threat tonight is a dangerous ice. and here's a live look at the

expressway at vine street. freezing rain is creating concerns about ice and hazardous driving conditions. >> you can see the system on first alert radar. it's going to be with us for several more hours tonight. we'll be breaking it down neighborhood by neighborhood. here's a live look from collegeville in montgomery county. that's where storm ranger 10 is positioned tonight. the world's most powerful mobile weather radar and how it's impacting you and your family. we're here to protect you. good evening. i'm keith jones. >> and i'm erin coleman. we have reporters from philadelphia to the jersey shore and lehigh valley. you can count on nbc 10 to show you what the storm is bringing to your neighborhood. >> and we have coverage from our first alert weather center. receive sosna is taking a closer look at the impact of each region. >> yeah, we have quite a variety of conditions across