guns drawn were patrolling the base today. after possible suspicious activity on monday and tuesday. >> the suspicious activity what we deemed suspicious is a series of vehicles approaching our gate and asking for directions or approaching our gate and turning around before they came in can't with our security forces personnel. >> they say that five vehicles were involved, but he stressed there was no specific street and it's not uncommon for drivers to pull off and ask for directions, but the frequency for those asking for directions was unusual. >> my understanding was it's not the same vehicle or people coming through the gates. >> the air base is used frequently by vice president joe biden, when he returns home to delaware. the lieutenant colonel would not get into specifics about the

security but that it will be more scrutinized and the state police are helping with extra patrols around the state. >> we'll find out if it was a cosentences or if it was indeed suspicious activity. >> investigators are going through surveillance video of the entrance of the base and looking at license plate numbers of the vehicles involved to track down the drivers. i'm chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >> thank you chad. police in north philadelphia are continuing their search for the person that kill aid woman as she waited for the bus. 56-year-old kim jones was shot in the head at 12th and jefferson she was waiting for the bus she takes to work and police say that jones was targeted but didn't say by whom or why. vernon odom will have a live report at 5:00. the man accused of murderering two brothers from

paoli is in police cust day today. they caught tam lee in ashland, virginia police say he stabbed three men and tied them up and dumped them in the schuylkill river in august one of them miraculously survived. lee has a criminal record and was on the u.s. marshals most wanted fugitive list. we have more on this arrest at 6abc.com and though lee is behind bars, the marshalls are hunting many more fugitives nationwide. we have more on the dangerous suspects at 6abc.com. here with more on the video of the aftermath of a police chase that ended in delaware county, an suv slammed into this collingdale home, it started at 7:15 this morning, officers followed the chevy suburban from the motel in tinicum township because of erratic driving, the

chase ends with the suv crashing into the house on the 100 block of chest ever pike but not before the suspect hit another driver on the roadway and then a parked car along the way. this chase left a trail of wreckage, the bad guy ultimately struck a house and exited his vehicle and ran off on foot and officers pursued him and they did apprehend him. >> officers found a gun that was tossed into the yard but no word on if it was the suspect that tossed the gun and the driver of the truck did suffer minor injuries and now this accident is under investigation, a busy morning no doubt in delaware county. >> thank you alicia. a 76-year-old woman died today when a fire tore through her delaware county home. the blaze was under control in 20 minutes but family says that marilyn cramer did not make it out alive she was found dead on

the front porch and her nephew thinks he knows what sparked the flame. >> i think she was smoking and probably fell asleep while she was smoking and the porch went up in flames. >> fire investigators are working on the official cause right now three of cramers relatives were able to escape the blaze through a back door. police are asking for your help identifying a man that robbed a convenience store they filmed the man walking through the store and walked to the back and the office and police say he took $4000 and walked out. they are asking anyone that can identify this man to call them. some parts of our area got a fresh coat of snow and it was not much. john rawlins has more from the jersey shore. >> from atlantic city south

folk as long the shore woke up to a wintry mix. >> sleet and snow. >> what a surprise who knew? >> well, it's january. >> i guess. >> for this woman mother nature failed to impress. >> no i think it's pretty unexciting for me growing up in the northeast this is not much to worry about. >> good day shoveling snow. >> there was enough to shovel just barely, city workers in cape may brought out this shovel that made quick work of this snow. as the day wore on an above freezing temperature made most of the white stuff melt away. for the little ones, snow men not on the agenda. but you don't need a lot of snow to make a snow angel. the snowfall only measured a half inch. a series of storms came in this

area and dumped three feet of snow on this picturesque town. >> it's time now for the accuweather forecast and another cold day out. >> yes it is. but the warm stuff is coming or the warmer stuff. cecily tynan is in today for ableage. >> the clouds are clearing out. and the woman that john rawlins talked about that was surprised by the snow must not have been watching "action news," i have been talking about this for days. sea isle city .7 and atlantic city a trace of snow dover delaware, .2. satellite 6 along with action radar showing the bulk of the snow occurred at 7:30 this morning that is when we had the steadiest snow in south jersey it moved out and we had a mix this afternoon and plenty of

clouds elsewhere. as we zoom in we see sprinkle activity and icy mix just to the north of tuckahoe than moves out tonight and brings an end to the precipitation and clears out the clouds and right now it's cold, 32 in philadelphia and 27 in allentown and 32 in millville and i'm tracking a cold night and then a little bit of a warm-up. we'll have all the details in the full accuweather forecast. >> you had me at warm-up cecily thank you. check out the new features we put on the 6 abc storm tracker app tap the icon adding your conditions and a photo and share a digital postcard from your device pick a photo and share it with your family and friends and us. the cold temperatures can cause a lot of water main breaks this time of year and we saw several of them today including one that gave drivers headaches. the action cam was in roxborough

where the main broke at 6:30 and left a muddy mess, the water ran down on to henry avenue forcing people to close the road and it immediately iced over and police had to call for salt trucks to treat the intersection before they could reopen it. just 45 minutes earlier this was a break in upper dublin county the action cam was on the north limokiln pike and susquehanna road it left icy patches on the road. and crew his to make repairs. we have breaking news, i was just handed this from joint base lakehurst new jersey a suspicious package was found just after 2:00 this afternoon it was found at the base ex exchange andsary.

first responders are on the site right now investigating and we'll bring along to you the latest. plus the people of france line up to buy the first issue of charlie hebdo since the newspaper was attacked and the agency that says she are responsible reveals more details about the violence. #1 in internet speed and reliability, and hd picture quality. get a fios triple play online at an amazing price guaranteed for two years and get a $400 bonus with a two year agreement. hurry! it's your last chance! this offer ends january 17th. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v

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hate speech and anti-semitism. french officials say they will send an aircraft carrier to the middle east to help with the coalition fighting ice sis. and today a group claimed responsibility for the attack. they say it was in revenge for mocking the prophet muhammad and they were planning the attack for years. well, those attacks in france are not a significant reason to delay the trial of the boston marathon bombing the judge denied the request to push the trial back they asked for the delay because of the week of terror in france but the judges decision means the jury selection will continue tomorrow. part of the international space station was evacuated today because of a possible leak everybody had to leave the

united states portion of the station because of a possible ammonia leak, they are not sure if there was an actual leak or continues to be one they are staying in the russian part of the station while they look into the problem. stocks took a beating on wall street the dow closed 187 points and the s&p lost almost 1200 points. chipotle stopped selling pork because one of their suppliers were not treating their pigs humanely. chipotle says they kept the pigs outside that means the colorado based chain is working on ways to restock its supply. call it an ipo for the hipster crowd epsy is getting ready to go public, bloomberg is

getting ready to raise $300 million in the offer that could take place in quarter, a website that lets people sell hand made crafts and vintage items it's working with goldman sachs and morgan stanley. it's a great website. >> get in now. we made it halfway through the week. it's time for the traffic report. and it's matt pellman's favorite day of the week. >> we have had this conversation before. happy hump day to you guys, from the etsy to the betsy if you are headed there on the 95 northbound, have you company coming away from the vine street expressway to allegheny to cotman it's slow speeds and a 27 minute travel time, that is almost double. on the big picture slow speeds on the schuylkill, 18 miles per hour on city avenue and a bunch

of water main breaks one in camden at mount eve ephraim avenue. so that is open, availableable to you and ready for your use, so enjoy it please. another water main break in princeton along allison road and elm road and newcastle county a crash brought down poles and wires. mckenna's church road will help you around that. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this hump day afternoon. michael is talking about a problem on the county border steer around that and we'll check it again in the next half

hour. >> thank you. if you feel like you have to sneak owe log on to facebook at work the social networks site is trying to make that easier bosses beware. monica malpass is live with the details on this one. >> facebook is rolling out a website that has a similar design to the one you use to connect to family and friends but there is a slight difference you'll want to know about that, instead of connecting you to loved ones it allows you to send messages to colleagues. we'll show you how it works and how it will look. >> plus, there is an update to a popular app making it easier to speak and understand other languages coming up we'll show you the technology making all of that possible. those stories and much more coming your way. >> we'll see you again soon. thank you monica. from crowded hospitals to sick students flus and other

illnesses will righting our schools hard. we'll check in with one school that had to shut down today after dozens of students called out sick. and take 6abc.com with you everywhere you go the smart design changes size to fit your smart phone or tablet visit 6abc.com, any time anywhere.

if are you looking for hardy meals this winter the main branch of the library has you covered. the new culinarily literacy center has more on the ease of healthy cooking the chow down on the workshop shows how to create vegetarian dishes and there are more free classes on the schedule and sign up to take advantage of this cool stuff. >> sounds good, it's time now for the accuweather forecast. i hear of things that sound good but today -- not to me.

cecily tynan is here with stuff that could sound better to you. >> i'm talking about the return of sunshine and slightly warmer air and today we were shrouded in clouds and the ben franklin bridge and we had snow in new jersey and philadelphia that is the trend all winter long, taking a look at the snowfall so far this winter a measly 1.6 inches in philadelphia the average snowfall 6.2 and remember last winter the second snowiest winter on record by this time, we had more than 20 inches of snow. but no snow out there for philadelphia today. we did get a little in millville and south jersey and parts of delaware but cold enough for snow 32 in philadelphia and allentown 27 and wilmington 32 and millville 32 degrees, you factor in the winds we have another day of windchills, windchill factors generally in the 20s and the windchills are

with us through the evening. satellite 6 along with action radar showing all the clouds from the low pressure that just provided a glancing blow through south jersey and delaware that is moving away and as it does we have another cold night. temperatures are a little bit warmer tomorrow and we'll be brighter. future tracker showing 8:00 tomorrow morning instead of the clouds and snow showers, we'll see a good amount of sunshine you'll see more sunshine by the afternoon so the sky conditions definitely improving. tonight though bundle up yet again, we should be used to this mostly cloudy and cold night. 24 in philadelphia and 22 in millville and 15 in allentown. the exclusive accuweather three day clouds and sun in the afternoon tomorrow seasonable with a high of 32 degrees, on friday we bump it up to 40 degrees but it's not going to

feel that mild because the cold front kicks up the wind and a good amount of sunshine behind the system and temperatures drop to 35 degrees and plenty of sunshine and then sunday we get a tradeoff the clouds roll in and it's milder but the possibility of some rain, how much depends on where the low pressure sets up. it doesn't look to be snow but rain. more details on that as we head through the week. 40 degrees will feel balmy. >> we'll take it. >> if you are a driver who lives in delaware and loves animals there is a new license plate just for you. officials revealed a newly designed animal welfare license plate, check it out, a local artist submitted the design and won and from the look of the animals in attendance, they won. they helped to provide free services, for pet owners and

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time now for the buzz, and twitter has been royally invaded. as of today it's official the young royals will, kate and harry have their joint twitter account at kensington royal. they say it's the place to go for updates and videos from the palace about the duke and duchess of cambridge and prince harry. no word on if they will produce selfier is on this account. and taylor swift is not just a super star but is super charitable. and this time she has out down herself. this is swift super fan rebecca she got a care package in the mail from taylor swift

herself. inside was a check for 889 the check was meant to help pay off her student loans. >> what do you want to say? >> i have nothing to say. so beautiful. it included a necklace a hand me down, a water color that taylor swift painted just for rebecca and a picture of taylor swift painting the water color so she knows it was authentic and real. and where she said fedex she wrote swift ex. >> is that is sweet. it gave me chills the girl was so touched by it. taylor swift said you need the help with student loans and i'll

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"action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph shirleen allicot, and dan ryanbrian taff. >> "action news" continues with a heart breaking news out of colorado, why a church allegedly canceled a funeral service after photos of the woman kissing her wife. and why it's hopeless for some people eating food, it's to help people struggling with bring eating disorders. we'll tell you how a teenager managed to save the life of an officer that just arrested him. and now a perfect storm of sickness sweeping through philadelphia illnesses from strep throat to the stomach flu forced one school to shut down and the hospital to use a rarely part of the building to accommodate all the extra opinions.

walter perez is now live outside of area torresdale hospital. i hope you are keeping your distance from there. >> and washing my hands too. we are using parts of building they would not each 24 hours a day to accommodate all the people. >> reporter: officials here at area torresdale hospital say they have more patients than beds to accommodate them. and while many of them have been diagnosed with the flu its not limited to influenza we see a lot of people coming in with upper respiratory symptoms and influenza. the hospital's population explosion is no surprise to sister mary ellen gamel the president of the nearby elementary school. after 55 of the school's students called in sick this

past monday and 75 called in sick today. after this nazareth decided to close schools giving kids a chance to rest up. >> we were able to air out the school and clean out the areas and open it up and it's freezing now but hopefully tomorrow everybody will be back healthy and ready to study. >> michael driscol whose children attends the academy, the school made the right choice. >> whatever the strain is it's hitting the kids hard. usually they get the day off, they are running around a bit. but they are not running around they are in bed. >> the number of confirms cases of flu around the state is not high for this time of year but there is an outbreak around the

area torresdale hospital. >> it's higher than a month and a half ago. >> to be clear they are not turning people away from the hospital, primarily because many other hospitals are near or beyond capacity. meanwhile nazareth academy elementary school will reopen tomorrow. >> walter thank you. can you fine the latest developments on the flu at our website at 6abc.com that includes a closer look at the flu in our area and homemade remedies for the flu. one car struck to stfrs as they got off a bus in berks county it happened outside of riverside elementary in reading police say that the fifth and sixth grade siblings took the

bus because they were running left. neither of the sisters were seriously hurt. two people escaped a school bus inferno in toms river knowledge this morning, this video shows the bus on fire near old freehold road and dougan lane, they told officers that they pulled over after they smelled something burning, seconds later the bus burst into flames. a strong will and snow. that is what kept a would be criminal from robbing a woman last week. surveillance video shows the suspect chasing her and slipping on the snow covered grass and that fall gave her enough time

to get inside and hold the door shut. the suspect ran off after trying to kick the door in a man is recovering today after accidentally shot himself on the job this morning. it happened on freedom court at 11:30, the officer was not badly hurt and there is little information on why they raided the house in the first place several people were take and into custody and children were removed from the home. a chase ended in a crash and one suspect got away. officers are pursuing the driver of this car, the driver plowed through a guardrail at 2:00 a.m. and one man was taken into custody. a large flat screen tv was visible in the back of the car. a two car accident in south philadelphia sent a 29-year-old man to the hospital this

morning. chopper 6 hd was over the intersection of washington avenue and south third streets, that is where the cars collided at 9:30, the impact sent one vehicle into the side of the building, the driver was taken too the hospital in serious condition. >> more bizarre testimony from the courtroom where kurt busch is fighting again his girlfriend and he claims she is an assassin and they once returned home wearing a blood soaked gown, he is trying to disrespect her after she sought a protection order against him. she says his claims are baseless. cecily tynan is joining us

on this cloudy wednesday the sun will come out tomorrow? >> bet your bottom dollar. that song will be stuck in my head all day now. taking a look at philadelphia international airport it's cold and gray and 32 degrees and winds are not strong out of the northeast at 7 miles per hour. but it does create a windchill factor the windchill factor is 28 degrees, cape may got a tough of snow, and it has melted with a temperature of 37 degrees and a glaning blow from the system that brought snow to sea isle city and cape may. dover.2 and harrington .4 i'm not tracking snow for the weekend but i'm tracking rain for part of the weekend and i'll have details on that in the full

accuweather forecast. >> maybe snow showers next week. >> and more show tunes? >> i don't think so. >> we are not going to rule it out. >> you can show us the conditions in your neighborhood with the upgraded 6 abc storm tracker app use the share a postcard feature, keep tabs on the hourly forecast along with live radar and weather alerts. >> young artists face new restrictions this year. the pennsylvania festival of the arts will ban kids from selling toy weapons of any kind that includes rubber band guns on light sabers and anything that has a project i'll. still ahead it pays to be pretty why one restaurant is offering attractive customers free food. >> and breaks from binge eating more on a drug being tested for

people that suffer from food. and we'll tell you about a suspect that saved a police officers life. and cecily tynan is back with the full accuweather forecast.

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to parents in tennessee are filing suit now against the police and school district because of the extreme way their son was punished. this is 8-year-old colton he has severe and emotional challenges last february the boy grew angry because the teacher would not let him have a book and he admits he hit the teacher in the face, moments later colton was put in a straight jacket and put in a juvenile jail, and put behind bars. this is video of him thrashing in the jail. >> i'm just as angry now as i

was when i walked in there. >> colton's parents say he suffers from trauma from the ordeal. neither the school district or the police department are commenting pending the lawsuit. wild animals on a river winded up getting more than they paid for. the manager started recording after he saw something large dip through the water moments later a huge hippo exploded from the river and came up just feet from the boat. they gunned it and got the tourist to safety. they had good reason to be scared. they say that the hippo is the most dangerous mammal in africa. in health check at 4:00, the government approved a method to fight obesity. the system used electrodes

planted in the abdomen that tells the stomach if it's full or empty and it can make you feel less hungry. the first new obesity device approved in over ten-years. a drug used to treat adhd may help people break free from binge eating and tests of the drug binge eaters taking moderate to high doses had fewer episodes of binge eating or they stopped all together there is no drug stopped for binge eating and they don't get psycho therapy. >> finding good treatments is very important given how many people it affects. >> it's estimated 5.5 million women and more than 3 million men are binge eaters most of them young adults. the maker of the new drug funded

the event and is asking the fda to approve it. >> here at the big board with the big talkers, a colorado pastor canceled a woman's funeral 15 minutes after it started because he was offended by her memorial video you see 33-year-old vanessa, a mother of two was gay and married to a woman and the video included pictures of her kissing the wife she lives behind christina they asked that the video be edited and the pictures removed so 150 mourners a casket and all the people were moved across the street. >> they moved the casket and her body that is not dignified. >> the pastor has since offered an apology but friends and family have since been protesting outside. >> now to a very incredible story out of florida, a teenager

in handcuffs is now being hail aid hero for helping to save the life of the officer that arrested him. the moment the teen comes to the rescue of the cop that arrested him this is growing viral. this is jamal rut ledge after he was arrested on burglary xharngs, there he is in the office he was processing and suddenly collapsed in the his chair, he started yelling for help and the officers come and perform cpr and rush the officer to the hospital doctors say had it not been for the teenager he could have died from the heart attack the city of ft. lauderdale is now honoring the unlikely allies. >> now there is such a thing as a free lunch but only if are you beautiful. a restaurant in central china picks up the tab for the most

attractive customers every day. if you think are you beautiful they bring you to a beautiful panel, of plastic surgeons the doctors aretisers in the shop and here is the catch if you don't qualify for the free lunch, they offer you advice on plastic surgery to consider. maybe if you get it and go back, you get the free lunch but the 50 people that are pretty enough get the free lunch. >> are they offering anything for therapy after that. >> it's not catching on. >> lets get another check of the roads right now. matt pellman is in the traffic center. you'll get a free dinner there. >> i'm not chancing it i'm not going that restaurant the next

time i'm over there. i said 95 and it got worse because the truck broke down close to allegheny avenue you see the disabled trailer blocking the left lane and penndot pulled up to the scene and three lanes getting by and northbound causing heavy delays now on 95 from the vine street expressway this afternoon. it's a normal afternoon on the schuylkill with speeds in the 20s and we are watching a handful of accidents one in monoco along 202 at skippack pike and quakertown, buck county a new crash at juniper street at 8th and 9th. and a crash here as well. southbound side of the blue route, a lot of emergency crews including ambulances on the scene. they are taking out the left lane. expect delays from villanova on the blue route but better news

in newcastle county the crash and downed pole has cleared and watch for the police activity in wrightstown. we'll check it again in the 5:00 hour. >> thank you matt, as we take a live look outside, sky 6 hd looking live at the ben franklin bridge tonight. >> looking lovely out there meteorologist cecily tynan has the exclusive accuweather forecast and within the sun is finally coming back out. puffs knows winter is hard on your face. the start of sneeze season. the wind-blown watery eyes. and of course, the snow angels with your little angels. that's why puffs is soft. puffs plus lotion is gentle on sensitive skin. they help soothe irritation by locking in moisture better. so you can always put your best face forward.

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her been happier for a commercial break to end. >> we were singing annie song. >> she is annie you said the sun will come out tomorrow and it will. >> exactly.

it's pretty gloomy out there today. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we still have a few areas of some sprinkles across south jersey mixing in with a little bit of sleet near mays landing crossing route 47 over the garden state parkway, this is the last of it with this system that brought the dusting of snow across south jersey elsewhere in philadelphia it's a cold and cloudy day our morning low 20 degrees, 35 degrees below normal afternoon high the second day in a row just 8 degrees below normal and we are stuck in the cold air and it loses its grip. and allentown and reading 22 and millville 43 and trenton 31 degrees, we have enough of a breeze to create windchills generally in the mid-20s and tonight temperatures again will be dropping down into the teens and 20s, it will be another cold

night, satellite 6 along with action radar showing we have the low pressure moving away and clouds begin to break in the overnight hours and tomorrow we'll see a good amount of sunshine and it won't be quite as cold as today. the high pressure brings a mixture of cold and sun and more sun in the afternoon, temperatures are seasonable, up to 39 degrees, on friday ahead of a cold front we spike at 40 degrees and it will feel a lot colder this front kicks up the winds and wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour. and then behind that front saturday high pressure builds in and that brings us a good amount of sunshine and a chill with afternoon highs only in the mid-30s. so the call from accuweather for tonight mostly cloudy and another cold one and 15 degrees in the colder suburbs and 21 for center city and the exclusive accuweather forecast the sun will come out tomorrow with a little bit of cloud cover in the morning and a high of 39 degrees and we bump it up to 40 degrees and it will feel a lot colder

with the wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour. heading into the weekend, it's a 50/50 weekend with plenty of sunshine and cold again behind the front we drop it down to 35 degrees and sunday a lot milder ahead of the cold front 46 degrees and we cloud up with rain developing during the day on thursday. some models show a good soaking and other ones show the bulk of the showers along the coast stay tuned on that, behind the cold front on monday and it's chilly for mlk day the day of service on tuesday, mostly sunny and 36 degrees, on wednesday a clipper moving through brings us the return of clouds and snow showers with a high of 37 degrees, i know a lot of people are happy we haven't had a lot of snow but there are snow lovers that have a big winter storm. winter is not over yet. >> we have plenty more time. >> thank you cecily.

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less than a regular haircut if have you students perform the cuts at beauty schools and host clothing and shoe swaps you may by sick of something that your friend may be excited to wear and vice versa. if are you compelled to make a big purchase buy it and bring it home, and let it sit and if you still want it keep it and and if you are not wowed anymore bring it back and get the refund. like that coffee cup one. >> i like the clothing swap, i want to do that with you alicia. cecily you in? >> i'm in. >> i'm left out again. >> you can join us. for alicia vitarelli shirleen allicot, and cecily tynan we are back tonight for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl

17. here are monica malpass and rick williams with a look ahead. >> hi there. we are following a developing story at 5:00, at a prison where crews are battling a fire. details are next. >> and police are looking for a suspect in the murder of a north philadelphia woman we have the latest on an investigation coming up. >> and now heightened concerns about the flu registered nurse and reporter ali gorman has more on that.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with meteorologist, adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, shirleen allicot, and brian taff. the morning started with snow showers at part of the shore, that system left a coating that was a nuisance but as we move into the evening, accuweather says prepare for another chilly evening? >> the big story is the weather and after a morn that started with flurries in south jersey, now our entire area is preparing for a frigid night and cecily tynan is standing by where temperatures are now falling. hi cecily.

>> it was a cold night and it was snowy in parts of south jersey and delaware it was limited to the extreme parts of south jersey and cape may a little more than a half inch of snow and atlantic city managing a half inch of snow and harrington delaware reporting a half inch of snow, satellite 6 along with action radar showing the bulk of the snow fell at 7:30 see the white in south jersey it moved out quickly, and we do still have a lot of clouds in the region thanks to the low pressure and we have a few scattered light showers in south jersey some rain mixing in with the sleet and sea isle city and fortescue this is the last of it. as we move through the overnight hours the clouds will gradually break and this allows temperatures to nose dive yet again, 32 in philadelphia our high for the date, allentown and reading 27 and wilmington 31 and millville 32 and t