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snowflakes in our area. going to melissa magee live at big board. >> as we get to the overnight hours and slight chance on tuesday, wintery precipitation north and west of town. so far in philadelphia climbing up to 63. 69 in washington, d.c. you see the arrival of the cold front. the 30s for buffalo and pittsburgh, pennsylvania. we show you the arrival of the frontal boundary. it moves across state college. it sweeps as it works to a wiest-east direction. we widen out the picture. we are tracking more energy. the initial wave moves through tonight. and more energies a energy as is north word. and we have wintry precipitation
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north and wes west of the i-95 corridor.ve wintry precipitation mid-morning hours a chilly rain for philadelphia. a little mixed precipitation north and west. the winter storm warning and the winter weather advisory is calling for snow, sleet and changing to rain. a closer look at system on the way with a full and executive accuweather forecast guys. thank you, melissa. the award went up today about the missing college student shane montgomery. there was no sign of him today. they spotted early billboards up asking anyone to come forward that can help find the westchester university student. it involves the fbi. vernon odom is live in manayunk where montgomery was last seen. vernon. >>reporter:they tell us that
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there was no major progress in the search for shane montgomery. the fib is gathering surveillance video from the time in question here on main street in manayunk and reinterviewing family friends and bar room personnel. in some cases lie detectors have been used. they posted his picture and word of the 25,000 reward on more than 30 digitized school boards. the college student was missing since thanksgiving. he was last seen leaving a manayunk bar on tuesday morning. >> there is no reason to believe that he would leave and break contact with family and friends. >>reporter:a pin was picked up near the cvs pharmacy, about an hour after he was believed that
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he vanished. they were busy distributing leaflets in the manayunk section. it stands at $25,000 reward. the pub put up some of that reward. moments ago the manager of the kildare pub made a carefully worded statement to the media there is was no altercation early that thanksgiving morning. he was not acting drunk. he bumped into the deejay's equipment accidently. then they escorted out of the door by security because it was closing time anyway kildare says. kildare says it cooperating fully with the police and the fbi. live in manayunk, vernon odom,
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"channel~6 action news." thank you, vernon. president obama tapped charles ramsey to head up a national task force. that committee will dealing with 21st century policing. he will head the task force along with rory robertson. they are going to look how to best reduce crime and build trust in the community. it comes as he hosts a full day of meeting on the protests in ferguson, missouri. more on that at 4:30. >> here at the big board with a enough warning against isis. members of the service members here in the united states. the warnings are being called the strongest yet. overnight the fbi and department of homeland security released a joint intelligent
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looking for military personnel in the military. it killed an oil worker. after two canadian uniformed soldiers were killed by the isis sympathizer. those that work in uniform to remove any social media accounts, to help isis learn their identity. >> we are telling you that that is how isis targets. for your family's safety you need to your "social network" profile. >> they have deacted their accounts including facebook andd
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their tweeter and facebook accounts to be safe. the fire started at 3:45 this morning. he heard a big boom and woke up. when he went to the front porch he found two large canisters on fire. there was a 3-year-old and 1-year-old children. everyone was able to get out through a backdoor. >> he started to set my house on fire. >> for what? we don't even know the people. this fire was set on purpose. they have been called out to this house before. the red cross is helping the family to find a place to live. from our delaware newsroom a street was closed off all day after a tree fell on a car. you see the tree landed on top
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of a station wagon. crews have been working all day to replace the utility pole. miller road is shutdown until the work is complete. as you know now it's cyber monday. 27 million people were expected to take part in this day looking for deals. it's one the busiest shopping days of the year. they did not wait until today to cross items off of their list. hi, lana. >> hi shalhi, brian. you can bet that the retailers are after their chunk of that change. >> shopping online had advantages. no crowds and no lines for many of the joy of sneaking a little shopping at office. it's a little wonder that the rarelies arretailers are boostir
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profits. sales from black friday were down 11% from last year. analysts say that the shoppers hit weeks earlier. we use apps to take advantage of sales. >> i like poach it is phenomenal. you can install it on your browser and click on it before you check out any website. it scrapes the internet for any coupon available. you are using a discount gun. if you are looking for the best sales today here is one more suggestion. load up the cart and you will get an e-mail from the retailer if you come back and make the purchase. >>reporter:and if you are worried because you have not
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started shopping yet, here is a little pause. many online retailers are releasing their best sales tonight. >> where else but online at 6abc.com. we have offers from the biggest retailers. robert, from ""shark tank"" keeps you safe while shopping online. and still ahead a hack attack or a war thinks that north korea just breached its security. since ray wife's husband's suspension was overturned she
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ray rice's wife is telling her story. janaris never lifed by knocking heja -- janay said that he did . they only punished her husband since the video when viral. rice can sign with any team that wants him. >> i would be surprised if another nfl team picks him up this season. going forward i fully expect ray rice play again. watching the video made her break down in tears. she continues to support hear husband. there was a free speech case.
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anthony alonis of bethlehem wrote a song. he said he was joking in the lyrics. he was venting online and that his post is covered by the first amendment. it is time for a business. stocks are down on cyber monday. the dow lost 49 point. the s&p was down 14 points. the fi fbi is trying to find out who hacked sony pictures. someone posted five upcoming movies on the internet including "fury" and "annie" the studio is about to release a movie about "the interview" about north
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korea's kim jong-un. they call it an act of war. the traffic report. going live with matt pellman. i hope you had a good weekend, matt. >> you guys also. hopefully. isn't everybody supposed to be in front of the computer doing shopping? they don't appear to be w. this afternoon at this point it's heavy westbound traffic that we are watching in the normal busy spot at city avenue. there was an accident at the conshottocken curve. that is long gone now. 76 is a mess. 95 is busy. southbound in the work zone by cottman avenue. it cleared literally the last minute. it's a slow go at academy.
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a new construction zone started in camden county. orr road is shutdown. you have to stick with the peter cheesman road. and also another new work today in pleasantville, delila road is closed. check with reading or leeds avenue. on the back to work monday, as we check your waze app. 4:22 i4:22 in the422. we are getting reports of animals on the road. and college road and upper providence a vehicle broke down. it is off to the side. not causing an issue.
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let's see what we have cooking at 476. someone is using the waze app giving us an alert. it's near lansdale. a vehicle is stopped on the shoulder. no big deal on that one. checking in the next half-hour. thank you. philadelphia police officers are pulling double duty as gift givers. the reserve is teaming up with the department for the annual toys for tots gift drive. everyirehouse is designated a dropoff. people around the world are pausing to raise awareness ever men or women that live with h.i.v. aids. there is one group that they want to draw attention to. monica is in the newsroom to explain. hi, monica. >> hhi, shirleen.
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they are focusing on groups age 50 and up. folks are in the fastest growing segment much americans. healthcheck at 5:00, ali gorman has a couple's store and more to stop the virus within this group. plus, we will cover the fire that started in wilmington, delaware. "action news" is live at the scene on that story. more is coming your way at 5:00. back to you brian and shirleen. >> and melissa is back with a check on the wet weather heading our way in the accuweather forecast. later stealing from the library. they are not just any book. they are accused of taking rare books from a local collection.
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it is time for the accuweather forecast. and weather like this makes
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mondays that much easier. i love it. we are going to have a wet tuesday. and melissa is in for adam with the details. hi there, brian and shirleen. the mild weather is not going to last long. you take a look behind me the double scan radar showing the leading edge of the precipitation moving eastward. and showing what can coming in on the street level, the leading edge of that precipitation across the northwest suburbs. and light rain in lancaster as you travel along route 222 and 422, near hamburg there is a concern of north and west of town of wintry precipitation. we'll talk about that in a moment. the height today in philadelphia it has been a mild monday. 15 degrees above normal. this high is something that you see typically in the middle of
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our april month rather than the first day of december. a nice treat to say hello to december. it's not going to stick around. sea sails city 67. wilmington at 63. the cold air off of the north and west 59. you see the colder air behind the frontal boundary we are tracking. international falls and single digits in minneapolis. that is where we have the dominating pressure in the core that is moving eastward. it's not that harsh. it gives you an indication that we are still getting closer and closer to our winter season. here is satellite 6 along with action radar, you see the leading edge of that cold front. there is more moisture off to our south and west. that moves in overnight tonight and into tuesday. for the rest of the evening hours we have light precipitation for philadelphia and areas to the south and east.
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as we get into tomorrow morning, 7:00 in the morning it's cloudy. most locations stay dry. you may have light precipitation down to coastal new jersey. we stay dry from a southwest and northeast direction. we have a mixed precipitation across the suburbs. the mild air moves in on tuesday evening. you find the precip in the form of liquid. and the best chance of finding any grassy coating is in the suburbs fork berks and lehigh valley and camden counties. it's a holdin colder day tomorr. a passing shower any day. back up to 55. thursday is the best day of the
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week. it will be dry with a temperature of 48. we will track.rest of the wintry precip in the evening. the applebee's is ready for the holiday's. the restaurants windows have been painted for the season. each window bears themes of christmas,kkah and kwanza for all to see.
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it is time for "the buzz." it's a guilty plea from "the cake boss." he is disappointed in himself for drinking and driving. buddy will lose his license. he opened a new carlo's backship in marlton, new jersey.
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herbakeshopin marlton, new . and dina the voice of e elsa a second movie is in the works. she had no idea. she assumed it will happen. we sit and wait for the official word on disney for more on that one. mo'ne davis is having a great year. she's a cover girl. the 2014 sports kid of the year on sports illustrated kid. over of the summer davis was the first little leaguer to grace the cover of a mainstream cover. the whole of philadelphia is
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beaming with pride. i love mo'ne. thank you, alicia. and breaking news about bill cosby's ties from temple university. and sinkhole surprise. a narrow escape in china as part of a road opened up before their eyes. it'll come from my kitchen. the biggest surprise this season won't come from an upset, try our new philly cheesesteak pizza. a large for $12. add a red kettle cookie for $6 and a portion
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hello, again. 4:30. we begin with an important warning. so many parents are putting their infants at risk when they put them tobed. a videographer that was ripping off those getting married. $100,000 turned up in the background of a children's blockbuster. >> we start with breaking news involving bill cosby. the philadelphia native announced he is resigning from the board of trustees. he said i have been proud of any association with temple university. i wanted to do what is in the best interests of university and its students. as a result, i have tendered my
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resignation. in their own statement they accepted his resignation and thanked dr. cosby for his service to the university. the police have booked a pair of book bandits. this is inside of the reading public library. it is not out of the ordinary. two men casually strolling the aisles checking out the books. they were there to steal the classics. and walter perez is outside on what the thieves were after. walter? >>reporter:shirleen they were after collectibles and valuable books that they were trying to sell later on. moments ago the reading police announced they did make two arrests in the case. the officials from the reading public library system say you can tell by watching the video
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that they knew exactly what they were doing. >> they knew where to reach and how far the security cameras went. they took the best 11 out of 22 books in their collection. >>reporter:that collection is part of a limited edition series of the passing scenes. much of the value of the 22 vol series is wrappe22volume is a t. >> what i look for is the unusual material. those two men are robert verman and eric both of the reading. one is a lookout. he puts the books in a bag and walks out. the books never surfaced online.
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copies of the same books are selling on ebay for a pretty good chunk of change. >> some go for 70 or $80 or hundreds of dollars. >> the author hopes that the books are not damaged and return to the library where they belong. >> i hope that the books are returned to the library. the library is for everyone. >>reporter:you are not allowed to remove the books from the library. they made it out without the alarms. two arrests were made robert berman and eric his brother are arrested. walter perez, "channel~6 action news." thank you. a wedding videographer is facing a number of charges thanks in part to an "action news"'s trouble shooters report. nydia han told you about
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in full. he closed up had its bensalem shop and vanished. "action news" was there. >> anyone that want to say to you the 44 victims? >> i hope that you spends a much time doing this to me once you find out what happened. >> why don't you tell us what happened? >> i wish i could. >> he was arraigned for felony theft. nydia han gave him all the time that he wanted. that is coming up at 5:30. a driver was heading north on route 1 in falls township at 9:30 this morning. when he approached the ramp he
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lost control and rammed down the embankment. route 1 was blocked as they tried to reach the tractor-trailer and remove it. starting today, 31 philadelphia police officers will be wearing body cameras while on patrol. it's a necessary phase of a program. it trust through transparency. that is after obama calls for $30 million police spending for on body cameras. it will be co-chaired by charles ramsey. all of this as the protests continue across the country in the wake of a grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer that shot and killed michael brown in ferguson, missouri. this was one protest in washington, d.c. over the weekend. this was a large but peaceful protest in new york city, hundreds are holding signs and
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questioning the police practices there. the police association has filed a complaint with the nfl after the ram's players yesterday. it was offensive and inflammatory. the players will not be disciplined. a project is underway that gives parts of wilmington a much-needed facelift. it occurred in bennett street on the east side. it is demolished. it's part of an effort to revitalize the income and high crime area. the building is replaced by five townhomes. things are going to change for a little bit melissa. >> a great day today. as you take a look at the double scan radar, the moisture is across the northwest suburbs. as you look down to the ohio and
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tennessee valleys with that a chance of winter precip north and west of town. it's an advisory for lancaster county. snow and sleet changing over to rain is a concern. i would not we surprised if we had advisories in areas of berks and northampton counties. the i-95 corridor south and east is mainly rain. lancaster up to reading you can find a brief mix and changing over to rain. a light mix accumulation for allentown up to the poconos. we'll see the up and down week going on with the accuweather forecast. and 6abc/weather is there. and check the live radar and see the seen-da seven-day.
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it's all on 6abc.com/weather. learning took a big leap in south jersey. the charter school broke ground on a new building to expand the science technology and engineering math campus. the $10 million expansion helps to develop and train teachers and accepting more students. it will house classes, fitness activities, health services and much more. if you are looking for something unique to buy for your loved ones the world meeting of families have established a retail website. it includes the visit from the real pope francis. it includes items like a bell-shaped pin, ornaments and hats like that one. it helps to defray the cost of
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the week-long gathering. the cyber monday deals are not over yet. the mouse and "the master" piece how a treasured painting turned up in the background of a kids movie "stuart little." people that are becoming human paint bom paintball targe. that is painful. and melissa magee has the forecast slightly painful after this. slightly. we put all the apps you love...
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give the gift of volvo this season and we'll give you your first month's payment on us. contrary to an article kurt douglas is not dead. they posted a prepared obit
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horning the store oveg the acto. my death is premature. i am looking forward to turning 98 next week. more than half of new parents put they are infants to sleep on dangerous soft bedding. researchers for disease control and prevention, 55% admitted placing their babies in beds with soft blankets and pillows and quilts, despite s. when you find yourself complaining about the potholes around here. check out the sinkhole that
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opened up in east china yesterday. the truck managed to avoid it. the white sedan is not so lucky. the driver and passenger had time to escape before it flipped over into that hole. check all the people watching there. it's blamed on soil erosion. here at the big board the big talker and a big job opportunity. a paintball company in the united kingdom is hiring a human target. salary is 60 grand. here is the human bullet testing gig. you must have a high pain thresh old. it involves being shot at with every new batch of paint bullets. making sure that they are safe to use on the customers. you may experience some discomfort and a bit of
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bruising. now to a kids movie. a missing masterpiece lost and found with a "stuart little" to the rescue. the picture above geena and hugh laurie. he tracked it down to the set designer on the movie that picked it up at an antique store. it's the long lost work of robert bereny. and "sleeping lady with a black vase" is auctioned on december 13th. it's expected to go to 100,000 dollars. ladies is this us onram.
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witty plus pretty. and so you know the green juice cleanse shot we seen it and taken it. they re-created the overdone basic girl pose. let me take a selfie here. holiday shopping with the mobile office at the beach. and finally that must take post-workout mirror selfie. oh yeah. is that how it goes. and #00tv. . i can't blame them. we do it to ourselves. i love the hair in the ugg. speaking of sexy a check on the roads now. >> well, my goodness, thank you. the traffic situation is hairy this afternoon.
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a driver pose is something like that. we have delays that are causing drivers a little frustration. and roosevelt boulevard is backedup to the schuylkill. it's backing down approaching the schuylkill expressway. wet conditions out in the chester county. westbound is slowing like normal to 282. you see that the road is damp in this area. it could lead to slippery condition. have a broken down vehicle on the ramp 202 northbound. as we are in this neck of the woods they are scheduled do more paving work. 422 and the schuylkill all comes together. delco at 452 on ridge road. miller road is still closed cause of the downed tree near haynes park.
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and business 13 as alternates. in camden county orr road is closed. and jarvis road is still closed for construction throughout early january. we'll check it again brian and shirleen in the 5:00 hour. you are a good sport, matt, thank you. and a look at the atlantic city skyline. the red sun peeking through the clouds. and melissa magee has the seven-day forecast straight ahead.
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there are lots of reasons to finish college at devry university we can help... by maximizing qualifying transfer credits, so you can graduate sooner. all you need... is a good reason to finish now. get started at devry.edu to the accuweather forecast. feeling more like winter? >> yes we had a nice start in
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december. the changes are coming in as early as right now, guys. the double sky radar the change in the form of rain. it's thanks to a cold front. you see light precipitation down to toms river. and the areas north and west of town, steady precipitation moving across areas in reading and pottstown and cookstown and hamburg. this is the beginning of the cold front moving through. when the cold front moves on in, so the colder air into tuesday. big changes on the way. hopefully you had a chance to invoice the milder weathered to. 15 degrees above average. normal this time of year is 50. it's a taste of spring for the first day of december. it's 53 in beach haven. millville, 64. 44 in reading.
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36 north up to the poconos. you see we have a fair amount of cloud cover. here is the cold front and the initial batch much moisture. as you look to the south and west there is more precipitation on the way. you see clocked areas in the ohio valley, mixed precipitation. that is a concern for some locations north and west of that i-95 corridor. 7:30 this evening we have light precipitation overnight. if you are stepping out on the town this evening make sure you have light gear. there is a lull in the action as you wake up tomorrow morning. most locations are dry. and the exception is down in delaware. and the northeast direction as we get into tuesday, at 1:00, you notice there is mixed precipitation that is why the national weather center issued a weather veteran' veteran's advi.
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by 6:00, tuesday evening a lot of the moisture is starting to pull over in the form of liquid as we get into the nighttime hours on tuesday. the best shot of finding wintery precipitation, northern berks through reading and hamburg and east and northampton, you find a grassy coating as you get a quick switchover terrain on tuesday. early showers turning colder with the cold front. 30 north and west of town. the exclusive seven-day forecast a mix north and west in philadelphia. thursday it's cool. a high of 48. it's a bright day. not a bad day. on friday more clouds move on in
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in. the high of 44. there is still time for the cyber monday deals. alicia will have them for us straight ahead.
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time to save with 6abc. you still have about seven more hours to grab the cyber monday deals and get cracking. it expects 127 million of you are doing that today. the deals are hotter than ever this year. >> i would focus on the two categories that i am seeing that are the most deepl deeply discod namely, apparel and electronics. a few retailers are offering deep discounts.
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>> hp and lenovo are offering strong deals. and acer chromebook for $149 and sony and samsung tvs. digital gifts paypal is selling $100 cards for $75 on e bay. >> in the apparel space i found deals from the j crew factory site. old navy and gap and macy's all 40 to 60% off. >>reporter:they are slashing prices sitewide. you can save back when you couple it with a coupon code. >> you can add a promo code and score free shipping or additional 10 or 15% off. here are a few deals to grab.
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express is taking 15% and free shipping. and american eagle outfitters 40% off and free shipping as well time to shop shirleen. i was not going to do it. that gave me my final nudge to do it. interspecies relationships are rare when they happen it's incredible. a puppy and an elephant playing tag. however we must note if you were the elephant it was frustrating. unable to catch up with the new friend. the calf throws a temper tantrum. it looks like he is playing tag. no, no, he is done. over you puppy. that will do it for "action news" at 4:00 for shirleen
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allicot and melissa magee i am brian taff. ducis rodgers is back for a full hour on phl17. we are following the latest on bill cosby's re resignation n the board of trustees at temple university. why the fbi are warning shoppers to be careful this cyber monday. those stories are next on "action news at 5:00". >>announcer:"action news" closed captioning is sponsor by raymour & flanigan. furnishing your style.
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the first day of december feels more like the first day of spring. while we enjoy the temperatures in the 60s today, more winter-like weather is moving in and bringing chilly rain into our area as well. the big news is the changing forecast that puts an end to the unseasonably warm weather that we enjoyed today.
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a drop in temperatures and rain. melissa magee has the latest from stormtracker 6 double scan tonight. >> hi, rick and monica. we have changes. a mild start to the first day of december. check out the numbers along the i-95 corridor. philadelphia 62. the 70s down in richmond, virginia. you look to the north and west the cold air is waiting in the wings. 30 in buffalo. 36 in pittsburgh. we widen out of the picture and show you the double scan 3d. it's moving across areas in pennsylvania. that is the cold front. we widen out the picture. there is moisture to the south and west. mixed precipitation moving across the ohio valley. that worked its way in our area as we get into tuesday. with that a threat of wintry precipitation for some locations. we'll break down and talk about the timeline. we are tracking rain th

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