the lehigh valley monitoring road preps and cecily tynan and melissa magee is tracking the system's path. lets begin with cecily for the latest from stormtracker 6 live double scan. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that the ingredients are beginning to come in place for the storm system. can you see all this have moisture surge agoing ahead of this low pressure in the gulf of mexico. it's pulling in moisture from the gulf and tapping into moisture from the atlantic as it hugs the coast 100 miles offshore and moving quickly at 40 miles per hour at its peak. this will have widespread impact i should say. can you see the warnings and advisories posted from the carolinas to eastern maine that, is about 1,000 miles and this is why we are urging people to really have your traveling tonight or wait it out until thanksgiving, because one change to this system is its speed,

it's picking up its speed and the rain will be here by day break. primarily philadelphia to the south it's starting as rain. however, the storm system will create its own air, mixing in fltd and then rain across areas of south jersey and delaware. so the timing is really key, the change over is quick in the northwest suburbs between 7:00 and 9:00, the changeover from heavy rain to snow. philadelphia to the metro area is close to lunch time, south jersey and delaware you'll get the action with some snow. it comes late 4:00 until 7:00, and for details on that lets go to melissa magee. >> it's hard to believe that yesterday we had temperatures of lower 70s and upper 60s and now the temperature as long the i-95 corridor are in the 50s and

overnight and more specifically on wednesday the temperatures drop below freezing and upper 30s and close to 40 degrees, a big concern if you are traveling tomorrow if you are out and about on roads, mainly wet on the i-95 corridor. turning fleshy, and we are expecting the heavier amounts of accumulation there. big wet snowflakes are a concern and reduced visibility because of the rain and wet snowfall is reducing the visible on the roads. in our northwest suburbs, heavy wet snow and branchs could be an issue with the wet snow and power concerns from lancaster to the east, down the i-95 corridor, this starts as rain and turning to wet snow in the afternoon hours and slushy accumulation on the grasses, from doylestown to glassboro and areas of salem in south jersey. soaking rain and this could end

as a flake or two as the storm system pull as way. coming up cecily has more on the importlanding storm and how much snow to expect where you live in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> thank you. the rain and snow will arrive on what is typically a very busy travel day on thanksgiving. penndot crews are gearing up to clear the roads when the snowflakes start to fall. walter perez is live now with more on the preparations. hi walter. >> hey guys, it's going to be a challenge for penndot crews, slushy in some spots and snow north and west of the region, and tomorrow is the day before thanksgiving one of the most travel days of the year and it could get ugly, but for some folks snow in november is like pennies from heaven. >> if you asked owners of all

bright hardware, it's pennies from heaven. >> the whole year is good, with the beginning of the year having the snow storms, that was great for us and people prepared for winter is good for us. >> are you gloating. >> i can't help myself. >> starting tonight the men and women who salt and plow the main roads across the delaware and lehigh valleys will begin working 12-hour shifts, 12 hours on and 12 hours off. now that winter is still a month away, they are ready. >> even though it's thank giving we hit this storm like any storm. folks are traveling and we'll make the roads as safe as possible. >> my road is covered with

leaves, and i thought i would be out there on thanksgiving raking leaves but i'll be out there shoveling snow. >> some say the sooner the better. >> i'm happy, i love it. love when it snows. >> i might make a cold turkey but i'll eat it inside. >> i don't know what he meant but it sounded so good. >> penndot says ease up the gas pedal and keep a safe distance from the car in front of you and if are you traveling long distance leave early tomorrow morning or early thursday morning. >> walter thank you. stay on top of the changing weather situation with 6abc.com. both the hourly and seven-day forecast and the latest video from the "action news" meteorologist and our collection of weather related photos and videos. now to the latest in

ferguson, missouri, a grand jury decided not to indict police officer, darren wilson in the shooting death of michael brown. the decision is over but the ripple affects are still being felt. this is the scene in overhead ferguson, buildings burnt to the ground, as some protesters responded in anner, they called the torching of property extremely heart breaking and this is a bit of cleanup, picking up the pieces including this mother and her children with at least a dozen businesses badly dpathed. also today a growing scene, a growing memorial for michael brown, being left in the spot in the street where brown's body remained for hours after the deadly shooting. >> we are monitoring the deadly scene over temple university's

campus. this crowd has gathered at cecil b. moore in response to the grand jury's decision, hundreds of people there and this is the scene a couple of hours ago, that same crowd made its way to city hall to cecil b. moore, hundreds of protesters march through the city showing their displeasure of the grand jury's decision not to indict darren wilson. >> as you see here hundreds blocked traffic and disrupted traffic in the city, protesters blocked the highway in ferguson, the fire department said it was unsafe to do their jobs because of gun fire in the area. this photo here taken inside a walgreens as the violence erupted after the grand jury's decision. they said it's time for all

police departments, to require cameras to be worn by officers. >> we want to propose it for the michael brown law, the proposal that ever police officer in every american city has a video body camera, so it will be transparent, and we won't have to play this game of witnesses, memories and secret grand jury proceedings, it will just be transparent. meanwhile darren wilson remains on paid level pending the outcome of an internal investigation. tonight he breaks his silence, he has an interview with george steph nop that is directly after "action news" at 6:00, over to rick and monica. >> thank you. time now for a check of a very busy "action news" traffic

report. lets go live to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> oh my. me oh my. i have an unpleasant ride home. in plymouth meeting we saw flames from a fire, and now police are pulling away from the vehicle fire and now they extinguished the fire and the suv is towed away and the lanes are reopen, and serious backlog, on the blue route 76 a stand still up to the scene just north of the mid county toll plaza, where you get on the eastbound side of the turnpike. it's spilling back on to the schuylkill, from 202 to 476, with the whole way to the montgomery with speeds of 10 miles per hour. think alternates to the schuylkill this afternoon it's continued protests in north philadelphia, north broad street blocked by temple and in

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restaurants with 20 or more locations, will have to have calories posted no matter their location. >> it's estimated americans eat a third of their calorie as way from home and without information posted it's hard to tell how many calories you are eating, in order to change that and make healthier choices, the fda finalized two rules when it comes to labelling. all food publishments with one or more locations have to list calorie content and fat, sugar and sodium must we be available upon request and the new rule includes some alcohol beverages and movie popcorn and vending machines. owners that have 20 or more vending machines must display

calories. >> reporter: the national restaurant association welcomed the rules saying they would make one consistent standard for the whole country eliminating the variations in some locations like philadelphia and restaurants have until next year to comply. vending machines have two years to comply. as for posting the calories helps make healthier choose, it depends on the study you reed, some say it does and some say is it doesn't. tell us on my facebook page. we already have a lot of people weighing in on this. >> thank you ali. holiday shopping is about to shift into high gear and for your spending and savings, here is nydia han with a preview of the special report. >> once again this year, you

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time for accuweather at the "action news" big board. cecily tynan is here with more just in time for preholiday travel. >> i am urging people to go now if you can or you may want to wait until thanksgiving because tomorrow is going to be a big problem especially in the areas that you see in pink. this is where the national

weather service is, the winter storm warning where we expect the heaviest snow accumulation. north western buck county and all areas north and west, those are the warnings and can you see the advisories extend farther down to the south including philadelphia and delaware and mercer counties, these are the areas we'll see accumulating snows but part of the reason is the temperatures, we were in the 70s and now in the 50s, allentown dropped down to 45 and philadelphia 52 degrees, tomorrow when the moisture moves in in the wee hours in the morning it's still really warm, temperatures except for the poconos well above freezing, the poconos the one part of the viewing area will be all snow. as we head into the -- the

temperatures drop at the surface and are marginal and the temperatures will fall. this is not a blockbuster storm for the i-95 corridor, that being said, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing this storm system has plenty of moisture. they have about 400 lightning strikes in the last few minutes, it will be intensifying quickly and it also races up to the northeast at 40 miles per hour. that brings the moisture in a little earlier than we were talking about yesterday, probably between 3:00 and 6:00 in the morning, by 7:00 the rain is here and light snow in the poconos. the far northwest suburbs, it changes over to snow very quickly. but when you see the purple here, it's heavy snow, we'll see banding in the far north and west suburbs and the rain south and east of philadelphia and the changeover in philadelphia, still mainly rain in south

jersey and delaware. 5:00 the snow is tapering down and by 9:00 it's out of here, there is no blocking high pressure to capture the storm system and slow it down. the expected snowfall amounts in line for where we are talking about yesterday. mainly rain and the i-95 corridor and wilmington and trenton, 1 to 3 inches. we get into a part of the regions for the winter storm warnings, western montgomery 3 to 6, this is one change we are making, we are including the lehigh valley and allentown in the 3 to 6 plus band. if you are traveling tomorrow, philadelphia may be raining but it's snowing hard in the lehigh valley and the poconos. the biggest concern is travel delays, the reduced visibilities, these are the thick, chunky snowflakes, mainly wet, the i-95 corridor and the new jersey turnpike is slushy

across i-78, the winter storm is here and 40 is the high when hit that early. for thanksgiving it's out of here, 40 degrees and chilly, and friday 39 and saturday 43 and sunday warmer at 55 degrees. the "action news" team is getting up bright and early at 4:00 and tracking the system as it moves in and they'll have any changes as it comes in. >> thank you cecily. we'll take a quick break.

. "action news" continues. hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. a winner storm warning is up for parts of the area and accuweather is tracking snow as folks and road crews try to make sure they are ready. plus, a suspected robber is now behind bars and if you ever ordered a drink at a tgi fridays in new jersey listen up, a group of customers are suing the franchise. >> now the details, we are

tracking the winter storm warning coming into our area ton. the entire area will see rain, snow or a mixture of the two. road crews are making sure that they are ready for whatever falls from the sky. >> the store in newcastle delaware was buzzing with people stocking up on supplies, it was about getting bags and bags of road salt and shovels before they ran out. "action news" was along route 29 in ewing as a truck spread brine on the roadways and dozens of trucks are ready to roll out of the maintenance yarded when the roaded get slushy. the storm is hitting a day before thanksgiving, "action news" reporter, sara bloomquist is