ng on the ben franklin bridge tonight, the timing of the storm the big problem it's hitting during the evening rush and recently speeds along the delaware bridges all of them are reduced to 35 miles per hour, the big story on "action news" another winter storm delivering a mix of snow, ice and rain. >> not everybody will see snow, what you get of course depends on where you live. we have team coverage of this. walter perez and chad pradelli and lets begin with our team of meteorologist. cecily tynan and adam joseph. >> and this storm system is coming in three ways, ice then rain and then snow. we have a lot of blue on the map and it's freezing rain and sleet pellets mixed in to the north. zooming in where you see the darker shades of blue, that is the heavier shades of rain, we

have pretty good rain in chester and delaware county and chadds ford and media lighter and an area of heavier freedsing rain in trenton and right now the plain rain is to the south and we have to get the winds to pull in the warmer air before we get the change over to the plain range, winter weather advisory has it posted for our area until 1:00 in the morning for the freezing rain and we'll see a change over in philadelphia before 1:00 a.m. it will happen in two to three hours. right now the temperatures tell the story 21 degrees in philadelphia and allentown 26 wildwood has now moved up to 34 degrees, so they'll be seeing the change over to plain rain quickly. philadelphia and the i-95 metro area we are looking at up to .10 inch of ice, and it will be changing over to plain rain, liquid rain between 7:00 and 9:00. that change over will happen a

lot later in the lehigh valley we are looking for the potential for an inch of that sleet and the potential of ice and changing to rain between 10:00 and 1:00 tonight. it will take longer in the areas up to the north and in the men time it's a battle between warm and cold air lets go to adam joseph for details. >> typical cecily for march, the battle of two seasons beginning and winter is still lingering bismark 13 degrees and cincinnati 50 and memphis 50s and it's how it feels where the battle zone is going on. the warmth wins out overnight tonight and through your wednesday the morning rush tomorrow is damp and mild and rainy, the same thing for tomorrow evening's rush hour we are still dealing with plain old on and off rain showers, but as

we zoom to the south you can see the zone where we have the snow to the north and the rain to the south tomorrow evening, as you will of this moisture moves along that boundary we'll see that cold air win out from the north and west by thursday morning when everyone flips back over to snowfall and in fact we look at the accumulated snow from the tennessee and ohio valley and the mid-atlantic and the darker blue here is the heavier snow bands and we are in the zone of the i-95 corridor we see a significant amount of snow here and the winter storm watch for the entire viewing area for wednesday night into the day on thursday. for the possibility of that accumulating snow. when meteorologist, cecily tynan returns we'll talk about how much we could see here in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you adam, the commute home is always difficult when the roads are messy and it takes longer to get to your destination tonight and david henry is live in willow grove.

>> hey monica, we are right in the middle of the wintry mixing ball starting out with snow and freezing rain and now it's sleet and freezing rain, the sidewalk here the surface is getting coated and slippery. >> it's relentless. >> you have had enough? >> yes. i'm ready for spring. >> that seems to be the overwhelming sentiment on a bleak messy day. winter may be winding down but that spring weather still seems a long way off. >> it's very difficult, and i volunteer for cradles for crayons we are having a hard time getting in to help the little ones. >> not easy to get around? >> no it hasn't but we deal with the best we can. >> that is all you can do in the face of the mother nature but time is on our side. and there is always hope. winter is just hanging in there have you had enough of it?

>> yes, about a month ago. it's too frequent now. >> are you counting the days? >> yes can't wait to see the sun. >> you don't need the shades yet on days like this and for all of us yearning for spring there is always a notable exception. >> the kids love it and very a four-wheel-drive so i can get where i need to go? >> you are not desperate for spring? >> no i'm all right. >> when are you moving to alaska? >> no time soon. the rest of the family does not like it as much. >> ron is out numbered the rest of us are ready for a break. >> i'm ready but i see the light next week, it's breaking next week and this is gone. >> that is guaranteed? >> absolutely. >> can you come work for accuweather? >> great question there that was david henry reporting, when you see severe weather or breaking news we want you to help tell the story email your

photos and video to join the action@6abc.com or use the #~ 6 abc action on social media it's how you can be a part of "action news." lets head out now to walter perez live along lehigh street in allentown. >> reporter: sharrie, conditions have deteriorated over the past hour, a great day for me to forget my umbrella and it was snowing a short time ago and it turn nood a sleet that is it sticking to lehigh street and the sidewalk for that matter one more reason for our area to anticipate spring and we found at least one person who is loving this. >> it's fair to say there is no shortage of people out there who are anxious for this winter to finally end. kenneth winger is not one of them. >> we are having our best january and februarys ever and generally january, february and march could be real slow if we don't have the winter weather.

>> the only problem at allbright's is to find the shelf space to fill them with supplies. >> we still have plenty of snow shovels and ice pellets enough to take care of the next couple of storms but all of our spring stuff is here too. >> and then the untold number of moms and dads reworking their schedules for another abbreviated school day. the penn district is one of several that called for early dismissaled today because of the impending weather. we spoke to parents that say because of this and the delay openings, it's been one rough winter. the inconsistencies two short days this week and it's been rough. >> i'm a preschool teacher, we follow east penn when they close we close. >> jodi has three kids from elementary school all the way to high school. >> on a two hour delay they have

to be in at 11:00 and my high schoolers get out at 2:25, it gives me enough time to go home and get showered and go to the grocery store and then do pickups again. >> a rough winter for you? >> very. >> once again live conditions are going downhill fast in allentown. if you have an activistity ityity scheduled for tonight you may want to check that. >> the abc storm tracker app has you covered as wintry weather continues. you'll get automatic alerts for severe weather watches and warnings it's a free download for your mobile device. time for a check of the traffic report. matt pellman is a busy bee for a tuesday. >> buzzing along and traffic is not buzzing along. nothing about this evening commute will be quick we are

looking at a stand still on the 30 bypass westbound side for miles and miles and we have several accidents in the westbound direction and if you look at the eastbound lanes where there is not quite as much traffic, you can see the tire tracks that means there is an accumulation of ice and slush creating slippery conditions even with all the salt on the roadway, we see slickness and therefore a lot of accidents. in doylestown a crash on 611 and ben salem a car plowed into a tree and on the schuylkill expressway a stand still in both directions traffic like this at the conshohocken curve this 34 minute travel time should be just five minutes. extra heavy on the westbound side because of the earlier overturned truck on the ramp to the pennsylvania turnpike westbound. a broken down vehicle on 38 westbound a gas main break on 70, something for everybody.

and here on 42 in camden wet at this point you have to take it easy. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> thank you so much. pennsylvania governor, tom wolf laid out his first budget proposal. he wanted to add $4 billion in taxes on income gas and tobacco and most will go to public schools and he proposed pumping $40 billion in education and giving corporations a tax break statewide. and commissioner ramsey attended the task force conference on policing in washington, d.c. it was about how to rebuild trust between police and communities nationwide. ramsey says officer's attitudes must change. >> we have to distinctish who is causing harm and take the action

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time for accuweather at the "action news" big board. cecily tynan is keeping an eye on the skies and a lot of blue out there and it doesn't mean blue sky that is the worst kind of color you see on "action news," it's the sleet and freezing rain and i tweeted out hours ago if you can get home earlier this afternoon, try to do so because the evening commute is going to be a mess and this is the reason why. zooming in you can see we are getting the change over right now, where the blue is changing over to green in parts of cape may county and wildwood now it's above freezing and we'll see the snow and sleet line to the north. and up to the north pockets of that snow in parts of the lehigh valley holding on until we get

the change over to the sleet and freezing rain and lehigh valley the change over to rain, the latest in our viewing area, a lot of people are tweeting photos and posting on my facebook page, this is from don this was taken 25 minutes ago and you can see chester county showing quite a buildup of ice on road. be careful if are you walking or driving anywhere this evening, a big mess out there. wilmington 30 and allentown 27 degrees and reading 26 wildwood has now risen above freezing now 34 degrees, we'll see the change over again happening from the south to the north through the viewing area tonight. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the wider picture, what we are dealing with right now, this is a warm front moving through and as it lifts and as we see it it's happening aloft and the warmer air is gradually

making it to the surface, happening at 8:00 tomorrow on the i-95 corridor, and the plain rain and sleet and freezing rain holding on in the northwest suburbs, gradual 11:00 and 12:00 the change over reaching across the viewing area, tomorrow we don't have to worry about snow or ice or freezing rain just a dreary day and temperatures in the 40s already at 7:00, still in the 40s in the afternoon but then we get the third element late wednesday night into thursday as arctic air arrives along with another wave of low pressure, around midnight we see snow arriving and that will continue into the thursday morning hours it looks like we'll have a bona fide snow storm on the way and it moves out thursday afternoon what are the computer models saying three of the four we are looking at are showing a pretty decent amount of snow, 8 to 11 inches

however there is an outlier showing that the bulk of the snow will miss us to the south, that is why we use a blend right now 4 to 8 inches of snow on thursday the biggest storm so far this season 4.8 inches for philadelphia this has the potential to be the biggest snow storm of the winter tomorrow damp and dreary and mild and temperatures in the 40s, 45 degrees, thursday the snow storm with a high of only 30 plenty of cold air on friday it's sunny and dry and 29 degrees, hey the weekend as we given day light savings time a good amount of sunshine with temperatures in the 40s, we'll talk about the snow storm on the way in the full accuweather forecast. >> it's march but still winter. >> how about the weekend? >> that will be great. >> thank goodness cecily. more ahead on our next half hour of "action news" at 5:00, the man arrested in the attack of two of nicki minaj's tour

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hello again here is what is happening on "action news" tonight, another round of mixed precipitation is moving through our area right now, we'll have the latest on conditions on the roads and in the skies the man accused of the stabbing death of nicki minaj's tour manager is facing charges and a man accused of stealing from people under think charge. and this latest round of wintry weather continues tonight and the area is seeing sleet and freezing rain after a period of snow. the main precipitation started earlier this afternoon and continues now to push through the area and it creates slick conditions on the roads. >> take a live look right now at conditions along i-95 next to penn's landing and philadelphia international airport all

through our sky 6 hd cameras. matt pellman will be along in a few moments to update us on the roads and the commute home and at philadelphia international airport there are delays and cancellations for arriving and departing flights. >> lets head to meteorologist, adam joseph with more from stormtracker 6 live double scan. >> this is a storm that will not end until thursday afternoon this is the beginning stage of that icy mixture on double scan, the snow has pushed out of our entire region, we are dealing with sleet and freezing rain in much of the area right now as cold air is trapped at the surf as so winter weather advisories remain in effect until 1:00 in the morning, especially the lehigh valley, where the cold air will linger much longer than southern areas what is happening here, warm air light and buoyant is coming in in the upper part of the atmosphere at

5,000 feet, this is where the precipitation forms in the clouds and then you have a column of warm air where it forms to the surface it was snow earlier and now it invades and changes to sleet pellets and now the warm air it gets thicker into the atmosphere and we see freezing rain and once the warm air penetrates the surface, the last place it hits, it becomes rain that is 7:00 until midnight tonight. when we come back we'll talk blt second half of the storm, that could bring a significant amount of snow rick coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you lets switch live to new jersey correspondent, nora muchanic in trenton with more of the condition there's. >> we have gone from snow to sleet to rain and we are now back to sleet all of this in the last two hours. we are outside of the transit center where rush hour seems to be going okay, you have to watch

where you walk things are sliply now and this miserable weather is getting to people. we talked to folks when it was still snowing out. >> i didn't expect it to happen so fast, i thought it would by later. >> are you rushing to get home? >> yes. >> at first it was insanity and then i'm going through getting used to it and now i'm going through insanity again and it won't stop. i can deal with snow and ice in the morning and getting home and getting into work in the morning, horrible. way too much i'm from florida myself and it's just a day after day, season after season i want to go back. >> can we get a break? when is summer and spring going to start? i am so tired of this, we need to see green. am i right lady? okay. >> vanessa speaks for many of

us can we please get a break we know the answer over the next couple of day and that answer is no. spring where are you? you have to be careful walking the sidewalks and roads are slippery now. i'm nora muchanic channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. lets go to matt pellman live in the traffic center with updated information for us. >> no green here in king of prussia we white and a whole lot of red brake lights, the only thing that supis the travel times five times what they should be on the schuylkill expressway the westbound side is especially bad because of the earlier overturned truck from the ramp from 76 westbound to the pennsylvania turnpike thark is upright now but causing restrictions on the ramp and causing huge delays and the northeast extension past landsdale, a crash is taking out the right lane, speeds normally in the 50s and 60s are in the 30s and 40s, and that is good so

you have to drop the speeds and in chester county a legendry afternoon 71 minutes, when it should be 15 on the southbound side of 202 barely moving heading towards the 30 bypass at least three sents on the westbound side of the 30 bypass itself and buck county a vehicle into air tree on oxford valley road and you can see why when we go to doylestown, the roadway is mostly covered with slush and ice. back over to you. >> thank you for all of that good news. we appreciate that. >> the "action news" morning team will have the latest on the next round of wintry weather including the threat of snow, join them tomorrow morning starting at 4:30 a.m. this tuesday, philadelphia police say that the man arrested for stabbing two members of nicki minaj's tour crew is taken

into custody after posting bail on attempted murder charge last week. he allegedly stabbed the two outside of aeast mt. airy bar four people with ties to philadelphia were killed during a family vacation in the dominican republic they were caught in strong currents and drown in punta cana, they ranged in ages from 27 to 30. a federal customs enforcement agent based in philadelphia is charged with stealing from people he was deporting, 30-year-old justin ford is charged with theft and receiving stolen property and official oppression. seth williams announced the

details of how ford was caught, they planted $2000 on a federal agent and authorities say that $200 was stolen from the undercover agent and s.w.a.t. members searched for it and allegedly found the cash on him. >> justin ford was willing to throw away his entire career over $200. >> the d.a. added this is not the first time ford has stolen from deportees and will be punished to the fullest extent of the law. fire erupted in camden county overnight, and a resident's quick thinking helped firefighters a tenent pulled the fire alarm and that allowed the firefighters to get a quicker handle on the flames and smoke and one firefighter fell on the ice and he was trited and released from the hospital. from our delaware newsroom, the public has a chance to offer ideas for a 1.3 mile stretch of

high wa in newark between route 40 and 896 they want to make it safer for walkers and bikers giving it a main street feel without shutting down the road. the public can weigh in tomorrow night it's from 6:00 to 8:00 on executive drive off 896 in newark. the ideas will not be in place for a few years though. >> still ahead on "action news." the u.s. justice report on ferguson, missouri, is shining a bad light. we'll have the details. >> you see the blue on double scan radar a mix of sleet and freezing rain, we'll let you know when it flips to rain and goes back to snow.

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of discrimination in the police department in ferguson missouri the feds say, a new report alleges that police are more likely to stop blacks rather than whites and to use excessive force against blacks unarmed teen, michael brown was killed by a white police officer there setting off weeks of protests. >> a bill to keep the homeland security department is headed for the president's desk tonight. they approved the $40 billion bill to fund the agency they are trying to attach exceptions to the measure to undo president obama's immigration orders. but republicans backed off today's bill was passed with no conditions and the president is expected to sign it as soon as possible. >> time for sports the eagles cut ties with another important player. jaime apody is live now in the sports center.

>> yes, hey there guys, ever since he arrived in town, he was a controversial figure remember the time kerry williams skipped ot to attend his daughter's recital or fix his house. now williams had five interceptions and started every game over that time but became known for his blown coverages and comments. malcolm jenkins is the only member of last year's secondary that is still under contract. let the games begin the phillies begin their grapefruit league today look at this what a scene a bright house it's snowing and sleeting there and 85 and sunny there. look who is in mid season form, ryan howard ruben amaro thought they would be better off without them but he went 2 for 2 and he

lost 30 pounds by eliminating sugar. mario hallins gave up a homer and the game ended in a 5-5 tie and then howard broke his silence for the first time and said that being in such great shape helps his confidence. >> its a great feeling i'm confident in my ability and now it's getting in the game and getting the reps and putting it all together. >> the flyers move forward taking the ice for the first time since yesterday's deadline. they hope to move ahead of rival boston for the final playoff spot. craig berube says it's good for his guys to get back out thereafter the stress of deadline day. >> i know how it feels you sit around waiting and you never know what will happen, you come in and get life and energy and carry it towards the ice tonight

for the game. >> i think it's important that we go right back at it where we left off and you foe what? the last month, month and a half, we played good hockey and did good things and to be able to see a playoff spot in front of us it's important that we keep playing hard. >> tonight will be super special for one of their opponents. rookie john, group in new jersey as a die hard flyers fan will play against his team for the first time. he got permission to stay in his old bedroom in his parent's home instead of the hotel. big night for the best team in town, fourth ranked villanova travels to cretin and they won ten straight and they have their sights set on the number one seed. they credit one man. >> the coach he prides himself on getting his team better by the end of year and i think this

team has done yet. we continue to get better offensively and defensively and we never got concerned with where we were. >> pretty exciting stuff the tournament is around the corner. the annual george washington carver science fair is wrapping up if philadelphia more than 500 students took part in the second phase of the fair and lisa thomas-laury has the story tonight from temple university. >> reporter: today seventh through twelveth graders showed off their innovation and inventions. >> the shock for the egg was peanut butter. they will compete in more than a dozen categories including bottom any, engineering and micro biology. this hype hypothesis are bad

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adam joseph is here now with the accuweather forecast. >> the weekend looks really nice but we have a lot to go through before we get rewarded. as we look at double scan live radar, most of the area in blue, a mixture of that accumulating sleet and freezing rain and in fact as we look south of philadelphia only the shore communities is plain old rain from surf city to atlantic city and notice that green line is 23409 progressing to the north and west yet and it eventually will this evening but we are dealing with pockets of heavy sleet in some locations wall-to-wall blue in some locations, the worst color you can deal with, you are dealing with the ice from coatesville and malvern and north to quakertown and into the lehigh valley and the transition to rain is very slow. temperatures are at freezing in philadelphia, we have come up 1

degree in the last half hour, 31 degrees now in millville and upper 20s to the north and west and the only spot above freezing is wildwood. 10 miles inland it will be sometime before the southerly wind can nix that warm air from above to the surface. double scan live radar the brief period of snow is now in new england and the big period of sleet and freezing rain is puncturing pittsburgh and continues to move from the southwest to the northeast from 8:00 tonight along i-95 we are at or above freezing as we change to plain old rain and the northwestern suburbs dealing with freezing rain at 8:00, by 11:00 temperatures get to 40 degrees in the lehigh valley and near 40 in areas and a big improvement for the second half of the evening, 8:00 tomorrow morning, 40s with on and off

rain showers, and a mild wednesday with on and off rain for both commutes not ice but puddles on the roadways that could slow your commutes tomorrow and then colder air comes in as the storm lingers wednesday night into thursday this is midnight you see the change over to snow from philadelphia to the north and west and mixing to the south and then everyone gets into the snow activity by thursday moning at 8:00 as temperatures fall into the 20s as we transition from a wet snow to a fluffy snow. we'll break this down, it's confusing with the long period of precipitation, wednesday rain a quarter to .75 inch, wednesday night, that rain changes to snow from north to south and thursday we deal with nevy snowfall in fact on thursday we look at a general 4 to 8 inches of snow through much of our viewing area, the exception at the lehigh valley

to the poconos may be too far to the north to bank on the jackpot, we are thinking 2 to 4 inches. but we have to see where the front sets up do the numbers stay the same or go up or go down we'll iron this out over the next 24 to 36 hours damp dreary and mild tomorrow at 45 and the snow storm is around tomorrow especially the front end of the day and temperatures falling into the 20s in the afternoon and then very cold on friday despite the sunshine at 29, and then there is that weekend as we rebound back into the 40s with sunshine and a few clouds, we spring forward on sunday as we move the clocks ahead an hour and beautiful monday and tuesday upper 40s, a long period of potpourri of precipitation. a mixture get it. >> can we spring forward now? >> we can only wish, the 6 abc

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"action news" delaware v alley's leading news program. with ducis rogers meteorologist cecily tynan, and jim gardner. we are in the midst of a winster cycle that is bringing us snow and rain and ice. this is the way it looked today but it turned over to rain through much of the tri-state area and now it's ice. and then tomorrow night well you don't want to know. wait a minute that is why we are here. tuesday night the big story on "action news" tonight is the

full story from accuweather. whether you want to know it or not and suffice it to say that a winter storm watch is posted through thursday we are likely to get a substantial amount of snow. we have lehigh valley correspondent walter perez live in allentown and sara bloomquist is live in philadelphia and chad pradelli is live at the penndot yard in norristown but first latest from radar accuweather and meteorologist cecily tynan and adam joseph. >> better to know about the weather in advance than have this take you by surprise this shows a mess of the evening commute, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing a lot of blue across the region and that is sleet and freezing rain. that is coating a lot of the surfaces and roadways and sidewalks and parking lots and cars. zooming in down to the south we are beginning to get the green, that is the transition to plain rain a