>> good morning, it is 4:00 a.m. on this monday, february 2, "action news" is on early to bring the latest on a wintry mix here's what's happening. >> whether you're seeing snow or rain or the mix we've live team coverage including mobile 6. >> breaking news out of north philadelphia where #-year-old girl frel from a 2 -- fell from a 2 story window. >> the brady and the pat game

won the lombardi trophy. >> you predicted the score. >> reporter: congrats to the pats whether their football was deflated or not. we did have rain, and it changed over to freezing rain. you step outside your door you're liability find there's -- liable to find there's ice lingering there. there's slush on it is roads there's a chance of rain to sleet and freezing rain. you mean in allentown we're looking at snow. this is progressing south to north with the warm air pushing up. notice how temperatures are above freezing in the i-95 corridor. again, that doesn't mean

instantly that the ice up stuff is gone. in allentown we're closer to the freezing mark and the farther north you go the more careful you have to be. we have a winter weather advisory in effect for philadelphia, trenton and wilmington all the central counties highlighted in purple until 5:00 a.m. then we think it will be warm enough. up north there's the possibility of the warning extending until 1:00 p.m. because the icy and snowy conditions will linger longer there. it's slushy and icy, may have flooded roads with the rain coming down and the slush trying to do get into the storm drains. as we roll through the day we see the numbers jump and drop. 8.m., 37 and 2:00 p.m., 43 and

we're below freezing by 6:00 p.m. anything that doesn't dry could freeze up in the afternoon. karen, what are you looking at now? >> reporter: most of the highways are slush. lionville route 13, it's a day you have to take your speeds down and expect slick areas. we have a jackknifed tractor-trailer on the northeast extension northbound between quakertown and lehigh valley it's blocking the right lane and blocking the shoulder. we're not hearing of any injuries but expect blockages if they expect to remove the jackknifed trailer you may see restrictions there. this is montgomery fort washington, 309 from the pennsylvania turnpike, traffic is moving okay, driving slowly through the rain and slush out there. it's mostly wet on i-95 approaching cottman southbound

traffic having no problems, traffic is moving just fine at cottman and approaching the commodor barry bridge in delaware county. i drove in from the south certainly we had snow yesterday and the rain. you're crierving in slush. a good month of it -- driving in slush, you have a good amount of it on the local roads and rain on the main roads. >> let's check in with chad perdelli. >> he has an icy mix. what's going on, chad. >> reporter: i would say it's sleet at this point. a few minutes ago it was rain and now it's sleet. earlier overnight we had snow we got between 2 and 3 inches, a very, very wet snow. if they will have no school in allentown, or delayed school this is perfect snowman material, perfect for snowball

fights. this is airport road. the road is slushy at this point. slush is good, some of the tires can get traction. with the rain expected later on, penndot may not take all the snow off and go to blacktop because the rain could freeze over. they like to keep the snow on the ground and with the brine they let the snow turn into slush. he said the line where it got nasty was quakertown, before that it was all rain rain, there was plenty of traction. watching for the vehicles on airport road, it's touch and go, they are not moving along nicely, they are not sliding off the road. if you're driving in the lehigh valley they have the sleet going on right now it may take a little bit longer as drivers

take their time to get to work on monday morning. live in allentown, chad perdelli channel 6 "action news." back to you guys. >> let's take a ride on mobile 6 we're in south jersey right now. this is the admiral wilson boulevard heading toward the ben franklin bridge, in fact looks like we might be on the bridge right now. as you can see it's raining right now. at this point seeing rain and wet roads on the ben franklin bridge. the flakes are falling at a good clip earlier this morning northeast philadelphia. the action cam at the grant and the boulevard. the drivers are taking it slow on the what were snow-covered streets. annie mccormick is live in king of prussia. good morning annie. >> reporter: good morning, i'm at 202 at henderson road. take a look behind me, you can see that the roads are clear you can see they are wet and slick and the rain continues to come down. we headed up # 6 -- 76 westbound

toward king of prussia it was heavy rain. take it slow, the heavy rains are coming down. the visibility was a little bit poor. you can see here this is where you see snow, this is where you see some of the slush, this is on the untreated areas on the sidewalks you're seeing it in parking lot that's what you're seeing here. you heard how chad said penndot likes to have the fluffy conditions with the salt on the roads, they like to ray void having the blacktop. one thing you have to watch out for the temperatures that drop in the areas the roads that are bare will be slick. we caught up with people who come out who wanted to take advantage of the snow to make money, some of them might be disappointed. >> a lot of slush not too bad. >> reporter: what's the difference between major roads

and side roads. >> major roads are clear mostly wet, back roads are slushy, again, not too bad. >> reporter: that gentleman telling us he is not sure if he will have too much work to do, under the lawly with plowing conditions you try to wait for an inch of snow or slush for you to move. take a look at the untreated areas, these are areas you need to watch out for. these are the areas if you're walking along again you definitely want to be a little careful. reporting live in king of prussia. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >> thank you for that. and stay on top of that latest forecast with the 6abc storm tracker 6 live app from live radar to the latest hourly and seven-day forecast all there for you right there at your finger tips. breaking this morning a 2-year-old girl in stable condition she fell out of a two story window in north philadelphia. it happened on the 1800 block of

susquehanna avenue. the girl fell 12 feet. she was taken to hanheman hospital in stable condition. the incident is under investigation. developing this morning a northeast philadelphia man is under arrest charged with killing a social worker who was waiting for a bus. the suspect not only new the victim, he was her could -- co-worker. kenneth moten has the story. >> reporter: one woman who dedicated her life to charity was executed at the northeast philadelphia backup. the man who killed her spoke "action news." john paul jordon's mother was at jefferson street gospel music playing on her headphones. surveillance video captured the man in disguise who walked up and shot the women in the head. the man is 36-year-old ran dove

sanders. the nonprofit has a contract with the department of human services. sources say the victim suspected sanders stole money from the program and she was going to meet with dhs to turn him in. >> the fact that this guy's main goal was take. >> reporter: saturday sanders was picked up at his northeast philadelphia home where police found three guns. the man told us weeks ago he was close with his supervisor. >> tuesday she celebrated her and varies for married. this is disturbing. >> reporter: crime scenes were back looking for evidence. while jones' son continues to ask why. to find out that's the reason,

i'll never see my mom again and my inspiration is gone for life, it's heartbreaking. >> turning point said last night it's relieved, but devastated by the arrest, it's difficult to say why the tragedy occurred the nonprofit will begin conducting an internal investigation. jones' son said her legacy is important to get involved and it's important to help the world. kenneth moten channel 6 "action news." >> the patriots rallied in the 4th to win super bowl xlix. tom brady made history passing joe montana's mark. the play of the game at the end of the game.

a lot of people wondering why they chose to pass rather than run it in with lynch. >> everybody will be a head coach one day. >> reporter: it was a great play too where they chose to throw instead of taking the obvious field goal with 6 seconds left. a lot of good and bad happening in that game it was exiting. we could have an not so exciting commute, depending on how far and north you go of philadelphia. we have rain changing over from ice. we do not have all the slush gone from the area roads. take it slow. there might be ice melting on the sidewalks as you step outside, the farther north you

go in this area the better chance you have of running into trouble with ices on the sidewalks and ice on the streets. although we're in the immediate region of changing over to slush. up around green lane and north of doylestown and quakertown and fleetwood we have the changeover to freezing rain and sleet mixing with snow, rain trying to inch its way up in here, that would be an area where you would have slow going and freezing rain and icy patches sidewalks. in allentown easton and bethlehem we're looking at snow mixing in, as well. as we take the wide view down south, bands of rain coming in highlighted in yellow. as we look outside, we have wet conditions in and around the immediate region. there we're trying to see penns landing, we have rain falling fairly steadily here, a little bit hard to see the ben franklin bridge in the distance. 34 degrees is the current temperature.

we're above the freezing mark just a bit not all the ice that form over the last several hours has melted, you have to be careful. winds in from the south at 8. that's warm air from the south continuing to push in from the north. 4:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. the rain may overtake allentown, as well. although we'll have iciness involved there. by noon we may see this dieing down and showers left, maybe a snow shower, as we go from 4:00 a.m. up to noon, you can see we stay mild up in allentown there could melting very quickly this afternoon we're back to the freezing mark by 4:00, back in the 20s in philadelphia by 7:00, on down from there. i have a concern of refreeze in the afternoon and evening. by 5:00 p.m. close to the freezing mark. so temperatures do plunge, so

any surfaces that are wet and don't have a chance to dry out expect reicing on sidewalks. that could happen in philadelphia. rain and snow today 45 degrees, the snow giving way to rain and easy freeze up later in the day. tomorrow colder, high of 24. after that, temperatures don't know what they want to do. we're back to 43 and sprinkles on wednesday. thursday it's cold and frigid own friday and the numbers bounce back up into the mid 30s over the weekend. >> happy groundhog day, by the way. >> reporter: you, too,. >> a man is critically shot at a delaware apartment complex. >> we have not one but two big trials that are going on up in new england. >> reporter: mostly wet here on

the blue route approaching the mid county tolls. we have problems elsewhere on 476 the details coming up. >> we have reporters out there to see how conditions are shaping up. "action news" will be right back.

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roads. >> reporter: yeah we're seeing a lot of slush in the region. this is the montgomery county/bucks county line border here, stump road at county line road. it's raining out here, you can some kind of tell under the streetlights. be prepared to drive through the slush as you head out. we've got a jackknifed tractor-trailer in the area where it's icy. this is an area where you're getting sleet, northeast extension northbound, quakertown, this jackknifed tractor-trailer blocking the right lane and blocking the shoulder. no injuries reported, hopefully they will be able to take the tractor-trailer out of there but expect icy conditions in this region, as well. you heard chad perdelli saying once you get to the quakertown area it's slippery as you go up north. this is the schuylkill expressway at montgomery drive.

it's mostly wet. the penndot crew on the ramp. i saw crews on the schuylkill driving in. the lower speeds on the interstate highway, 45 miles per hour. reinforce the idea you have to slow it down. this is a look at the boulevard, but in new jersey it's slushy out there in particular we got the snow and the rain so you're traveling through that, we're seeing speed restrictions on the ton pike and the atlantic city expressway at 35 miles per hour. let's look at storm tracker 6 live double scan, most of the area we're dealing with rain at this point. you saw the change over. it's kind of a mix in honeybrook, and reading. route 100 you're getting rain, up north you're getting ice quakertown and the northeast extension. we have icy conditions in allentown. be careful as you head out and give yourself extra time and

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>> will we see an early spring or 6 more weeks of winter, we'll find out some might say. today is groundhog day. in a few hours all eyes will be

on punxsutawney phil. if he does not see his shadow means spring is around corner. how they figure out with an animal that doesn't speak continues to amaze me. >> i think the scenes from punxsutawney are amazing. the platt bridge, it's wet here, but expect ponding and puddling on the road. you'll be driving to slush to get on the the main roads. the ben franklin bridge, speed restrictions of 25 miles per hour on most of the area bridges. mass transit on time so far dave. >> reporter: we have rain moving up from the south pushing in from the northern suburbs but there's slush on the roads close to areas in philadelphia where it was snowing earlier. the areas where you could get into the blue that could be icing with freezing rain. even if philadelphia, stepping

on the sidewalk. we're looking at snow, later on today we could have a plunge in temperatures. in fact we're warming the kids with not as much here with the umbrella. they might want extra gear to throw on, temperatures are dropping this afternoon. 38 degrees by 9:00 a.m. 42 by 3:00 p.m. that's dropping down from a high of 45 around 2:00 p.m. by 6:00 p.m. we're all the way back to 28. anything that hasn't dried out could actually refreeze. a quick check at the airport no major delays at the airport but a lot of spots looking at precipitation this morning. we'll be right back.

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a messy winter storm is descending on the delaware and lehigh valleys. this is a live look at the double scan radar and accuweather is tracking the latest. >> temperatures are near the freezing mark and that could lead to slick spots on the roads this morning. >> a philadelphia police officer found that out the hard way, what happened in the police-involved overnight crash. >> good morning it's groundhog day. let's go over to david and karen. >> reporter: , good morning, guys we're looking at areas around the i-95 corridor, areas that changed over to rain. earlier we had snow and sleet mixing in. even in these areas even though it looks like rain, you have to be careful as you step outside on the pavement. there could ice that hadn't melted yet. the streets could be slushy, even though that's an evolving situation, you