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residents brace for what could be the worst storm in years. and jimmy rollins could be heading out west. buts big story is the weather that affected our commute. we have several accidents and more on that in a moment. and people woke up to snow like here in chester county. drivers took it slow done the streets and some people got out the snow brush to clean off their vehicles, lets look at the center city skyline and visibility could be a problem if are you out there right now and it's cold and cloudy and we have better news in the forecast ahead now. david murphy is at the big board with the latest from accuweather. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan handling the snow, can you see what is going on here, the pinwheeling motion around an upper level low pressure center taking spokes of energy and

bringing it down to the great lakes and that one here in philadelphia which is a continuation of what we had in the broadcast. the white stuff is pushing into south of wilmington and south jersey. and northern and western suburbs you have most of the snow in the early morning hours, it's starting to taper off a bit. snow in northern chester county and a band pushing into allentown and parts of mercer county citying this as well. most of our temperatures in our region are so mild is creating just a coating on grassy surfaces and wet roaded. 37 in philadelphia and 36 in millville. even if you are getting a nice banding of snow it's not doing much on the surface, we have

seen the number drop a bit as the number comes through, down to 34 degrees there and 32 in reading. and some of these spots where the earlier precipitation has not had a chance to dry off the roads or where it's creating slick spots this afternoon. as we take a look at the worst of all of this, national weather service has a winter weather advisory p western pennsylvania, if you are driving into central pennsylvania later on around 3:00 you could run into snow and freezing drizzle that could give you more problems on the road, when we come back we'll look at the active snow happening now on stormtracker 6 live double scan, future tracker 6 will set you up with the rest of the afternoon, trying to plot where any additional snow showers will come in later. the weather conditions we learned caused problems at philadelphia international

airport we learned there is a ground stop until 12:45 p.m., it's best to call ahead for a flight or to pick someone up. you can download our free stormtracker 6 live double scan, it gives you hourly forecasts posted for your area. icy roads seems to be the reason for a crash that sent a cheltenham police officer to the hospital. "action news" reporter katherine scott is live near the scene on washington lane with the latest from there. >> the 50-year-old officer is a 7-year veteran of the force and he was talking and conscious at the hospital this morning. early this morning washington lane was closed and it happened further down washington lane, the second one the officer was injured. >> we were very lucky today.

>> lucky that a cheltenham township police officer was alive after being hit by this car. officers had initially been called to this overpass for an accident and the roads had been icy and at 6:20 a.m., one officer put out road flares. >> when he went to put the flares out he realized the traffic was coming quickly. he had a flare in his hand and the good part was that the flare fell away and not on his clothes thark could have been a disaster. >> the officer was rushed to the hospital with internal injuries. accident investigators gathered

evidence at the scene, family members are still being notified and the officer's name has not been released. >> we saw a penndot truck salting before they opened the road, this accident remains under investigation. authorities are now focusing on their search for shane montgomery on the banks of the schuylkill river, surveillance cameras captured the student walking across the bridge that leads to a parking lot across the river, police reviewed their cameras immediately thanksgiving morning but recently tried a different time frame and spotted shane, the reward now is at $65,000 for information. a carjacking ended in a crash at winfield, it happened

at 58th and lebanon avenue. the driver tried to get away but crashed into a parked car, the gunman fled the scene and the driver remains in critical condition at the hospital of pennsylvania. two vacant homes caught fire in the kensington section of philadelphia. the sun was coming up in the 1800 block of east clear field street, dozens of firefighters responded to fight the blaze and no injuries were reported and the city's fire marshall were called to the scene. now on the west coast they are embracing for heavy rain as much as 8 inches could call resulting in flooding and landslides. >> reporter: good afternoon this monster storm has been pummeling the west coast causing problems

from california to the state of washington, high winds and torrential rain is slamming the west coast. in washington state, large chunks of land cracking and ending up in the water. a third homeowner fears his home could be next. heavy rain across western washington flooding streets like this one, drivers defiantly trying to get through. in northern california, winds could reach up to 70 miles per hour and in san francisco, the great highway that runs next to the pacific ocean shut down because of blowing sand, hundreds of schools across the bay area are closed and the highway patrol is warning anyone on the road to pack an emergency kit. >> we already have saturated soil. >> down in southern california fears looming over more mudslides, workers emptying

debris basins hoping to protect homes. the storm expected to be the worst in years is reminiscence of pineapple express. >> it's like adding gas to a big fire. and the relentless rain and wind is causing problems across the roadways in california, here the san francisco bay area, a portion of the golden gate bridge had to be closed due to high winds. expect it throughout the day and into tomorrow. ted rollins, channel 6 "action news." and we are waiting for the official word that phillies jimmy rollins is heading to the west coast. he won the nagts league mvp in 2007 and was a key player when the phillies won the world series the following year. no word in what the phillies will get in return for jimmy

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of bright white, south of philadelphia, and that say pretty decent snow shower, and that continues to pop through. and we start in the central part of the region in philadelphia, and the immediate enenvironments there is a lot of dark gray mixed in and that is lighter snow that does nothing more than putting precipitation in the grassy surface. this is a brighter shade of white, woods town and glassboro and hammonton, and we'll give you the wide view down at the shore, and atlantic city the brighter shade of white, and putting down faster accumulation and still i don't think you'll see more of an inch or half inch on grassy surfaces, here in south jersey roads are remaining wet, in the northern suburbs we are not getting additional snow, and maybe a couple of lingering icy patches and temperatures

should rise and make that less of a deal, and the evening hours temperatures drop again, we could have some reicing on some roadways, the big of the problem was earlier this morning, as we take a look outside, we have cloudy skies over the wissahickon creek and the action cam is out earlier show that to you, i'm sure whoever shot this for us had a coat on and it's blustery and chill quli and 35 in philadelphia and the latest win is 21 miles per hour and the windchills are in the 20s and you need to bundle up if are you outside. roads are mainly wet in wilmington and some snow is falling there and be careful of slick spots. lancaster 32 and trenton and allentown close to the freezing mark. these temperatures don't necessarily represent the numbers across the entire county, where you still have an icy patch, and it takes the band

of snow and wants to get it out of here and there could be other snow showers and the model happens to wants to put them up north and past 6:00, 7:00, and if there is more of this falling, the roads are completely dried you could run into more freezing weather. it could be well above freezing then and by 7:00 we get numbers down to the freezing mark and close to it. and after 7:00 we go below freezing and the word to the wise, if you are driving around today or tonight you may run into icy spots that may have melted today, there are mainly wet roads, developing where the roads don't manage to dry. the exclusive accuweather forecast, a high of 39 degrees if the snow is not bugging you maybe the wind will, we have a couple more snow showers around and it will feel like the 20s,

still brisk and dry, and in the 40s, a high of 42 but not as much wind, more sun on sunday and mixing with clouds and 46 degrees, chilly for the eagles game at nitd and monday brisk and 48 and 48 for hanukkah on tuesday, more clouds and a shower at night and back to the mid-40s by wednesday. there was a big sendoff this morning for a high school football team, that is just one game away from being state champs, they held a pep rally for the archbishop vikings they are off for the title, the game is tomorrow night at 7:00, good luck to the vikings. more ahead in the next half hour of "action news," a woman fights for her life after a rare drug reaction after taking a friend's antibiotics. and the u.s. faces embarrassment in an effort to use hip hop to

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in the search for missing college student shane montgomery. and federal spending as both parties haggle over the budget. and the lingering affects of the nor'easter that hit on tuesday and it's causing drivers a trip to the repair shop. drivers like this one on kelly drive in philadelphia paid the price, the westbound car slid across the drive and hit a streetlight, the snow showers were enough to bring the penndot crews out while they caught a lot of activity in the penndot yard. sky 6 hd is looking live at philadelphia international airport where low visibility from the weather has caused a ground stoppage here until 12:45, lets go outside to meteorologist, david murphy and get the latest from accuweather. >> and we got blowing snow here and i'll tell you that the surface is