you, we are under a winter storm advisory this morning. you'll see snow and freezing rain. that is creating slick conditions out there on the roads. we have live team coverage of our wintry weather mix. chris sowers is tracking the slick conditions, bob brooks is out in the elements in the suburbs. we'll begin with chris sowers at the "action news" big board for the latest. busy morning, chris. >> reporter: busy morning, i want to show you what's going on. this is taking place across the large portion of the viewing area. we're no longer seeing snow in the lehigh valley, just ice pellets and freezing rain. this is was sent in to my twitter account. this is a cover of the grill it's a sheet of ice. it's raining and the rain freezes on contact with the

grounds and grill covers and everything else, because temperatures are so unbelievably cold. he is this in the rain is freezing on contact with the cold ground. for the -- fortescue you're seeing cold rain, areas west of atlantic city, atlantic city expressway around the toll plaza. you go farther to the northwest we're picking up snow north of the pennsylvania turnpike. an icy mix for pottstown, boyertown and green lane, snowing in quakertown and allentown and the poconos, temperatures are way down. 24 degrees in slatington. 22 in quakertown. saint davids. 27. center city up to 30 degrees, all locations are below

freezing. the freezing mark is 32. gandys beach, 32. cinnaminson, 27. the villas, 37 you'll top out in the 50s and hammonton, 29 degrees. the timeline looks like we are switching things over from snow to an icy mix now. eventually going over to rain by mid morning. during the afternoon hours we catch a break or a lull in the action that's when the dense fog settles in. look at sunday, we get ahead of an approaching cold front, temperatures in the 60s in the morning and crashes into the 30s and 40s in the afternoon. i'll be back with the snowfall totals and the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. >> we look forward to it. holiday decorations look more festive with the snow falling as you see there. action cam was in camden county this morning, as the snow was covering haddon avenue. but it's not going to last.

bob brooks engines us live from king of prussia in montgomery county. hi bob. >> reporter: things getting slick, that freezing rain is starting to fall. i'm going to pick up some of the snow that's come down. with the freezing rain you can see how it crumbles a part. it's part ice at this point. the roads are getting slick. this is what crews were worried about. this is off mall boulevard. the snow was coming down, it's mixing with freezing rain. the temperature are so cold, the roads are slick, you're asked to use extreme caution if you have to drive. i want to bring up video here, this is upper darby, this is what it was early this morning, lots of snow when it was coming down so quick. crews i know they are working hard, it's hard to keep the roads clear when you're seeing so much falling at such a fast pace. penndot has 340 trucks

throughout the area dispatched. they are working as hard as they can. we spoke with other people this morning, a new cab driver new to his job was scared about the storm. >> i am a new cab driver, this is my first snow driving a cab, it's pretty scary. >> reporter: okay be back out live. i want to show everyone, this is a good indicator, this is the box we use to hear the show. that's the ice and freezing rain hits our equipment here and freezes almost immediately. so, again, the freezing rain is out here in king of prussia. that's going to make roads slick, so everyone needs to be careful morning if they hit the roads, gray. >> thank you a good demonstration. thanks for the reporting out there. flakes were falling in hatboro, montgomery county. the roads were prepped ahead of

time and not a lot was sticking on the roads. still enough tore drivers to take extra precautions and be on the look out for slick spots. >> reporter: warminster, bucks county this is street road at york road. we are told there's still freezing rain in the area that was happening just before 6:00 a.m. if you're out in the area word of the morning caution, take it easy. there will be no need to break out the shovels at the jersey shore. a light layer wet slushy snow covered the boardwalk in atlantic city. a few people braving the elements this morning. go to 6abc.com throughout the morning for the latest on the snow, ice and rain mix. use storm tracker 6 live to track the snow and changeover to rain. check in with our meteorologists on social media, follow them on facebook and twitter for the regular updates. if you're just waking up, 7 old 5. new information to tell i about

this morning, a -- tell you about this morning, a man was critically injured in the parkside section overnight. shots were fired in the a-plus mini mart 52 and lancaster avenue at 1:15 a.m. detectives say the man was shot several times. we are told he is in critical condition. no words on what led to the shooting or if any arrests were made. there's uplifting end to the package theft in northern liberties. we showed you this surveillance video of that man spotted taking packages off the front step. inside the packages were coats to be donated to kids in need. danielle was worried she would not meet her goal to collect 50 coats for the children at gw school. >> philadelphia is the city of brotherly love, i think you can see where there are people in need people step up to help. we have a lot of love to give in

philly. >> a lot of of love. we thank you for the love. thanks to everyone's generosity she has collected twice as many coats. the suspect was arrested after the story aired. a montgomery family is heading into the new year with new hope despite their daughter's desperate medical condition. jeff chirico shares their story. >> reporter: like most 3-year-olds molly duffy of hatboro is active and adorable. but she lives with an extremely rare disease called spg47 which causes delays in cognitive and physical function like talking and walking. the diagnosis came last year. >> we were devastated and not having information we didn't know where to turn. we didn't have anyone to talk to. >> we were told there are 7 medically documented cases and none of them in the yieltdz. you're the only one.

>> reporter: no cure and no active research, kevin and angela tried to remain hopeful. it was easier when they learned about robby edwards of massachusetts a 3-year-old with the same condition. their parents connected on a facebook support group and met last year face-to-face where the girls received treatment at boston hospital. >> our hearts started racing, there's someone else and they are in boston. it change our outlook. >> even though caring for molly can be a full time job, the duffys have started a nonprofit organization to raise awareness and find a cure for fpg47. >> there are gene therapies that are on the horizon that show promise that will stop the progression. >> reporter: until then, they hope that spreading the word about fpg47 will help diagnosis

others like molly and robby who they believe are not alone. jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> they made beautiful sounds of the season. ♪ hear how local singers are delighting crowds with their christmas concerts. plus, old man winter has brought heavy snow to parts of montana. look at all that snow. chris. >> reporter: that's a lot of snow. for us, freezing rain is becoming a big, big problem this morning, we're seeing slick roads icy patches from the lehigh valley down to the city of philadelphia. i'll be back along in a couple of minutes here and what to expect in your neighborhoods and when it changes over 0 rain and when we hit 60 in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast.

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even if you're not a customer. looking at your screen not to worry, this is not here. heavy snow blanketed montana.

temperatures will sink like a stone. 20 inches of snow fell on the city of billings. they have not seen numbers like this in nearly 40 years. parts of southern montana could see temperatures fall to negative 20 this morning. the windchill negative 40. chris do you still love the cold tell me no. >> reporter: the cold not so much, but the views. gray loves that snow, let me tell you. at least you can track and get footing on snow, when we're we're dealing with freezing rain everything becomes an ice rink. especially anything untreated it become slippery and dangerous. that's what we're seeing taking place now. the lone exception to the rule is along the ocean front, cape may, avalon, stone harbor, those areas there, you have gone over

to plain rain, it's a cold rain, but temperatures are above the freezing mark. everybody else you see that shade of blue that's freezing rain. when you look out the window, appears as if it is raining. the ground is blowing freezing as the rain continues to fall it freezes on contact. glassboro, freezing rain. hammonton, freezing rain. millville, as well. mays landing. freezing rain. middletown, smyrna seeing freezing rain. the freezing rain extends all the way up into quakertown. you're seeing the changeover across the far northwestern suburbs. allentown and bethlehem, the poconos, the chainover line will add -- changeover line will advance to the north. even though the temperatures are in the mid 20s it will appear it's raining in the next are 45

minutes or so. it will freeze on contact with the ground. be very, very careful. allow a couple of more hours, after midday if you ever errands to run, that's what you want to do it. 22 in pottstown, a lot of work to be done here, temperatures very cold here, chester, 28. glassboro, 31. cinnaminson, 28. ewing, 25. hammonton, 29. gandys beach, 32 degrees. future tracker 6 what it is suggesting in the next half-hour or hour, the changeover line will advance to the north. it gets through the city of philadelphia, the freezing rain drops, changing over to cold rain by 8:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m. still seeing the icing problems north and west, however, as well as the poconos. 11:00 a.m., getting closures to mid he -- closer to midday. everything shut off. it's a cold rain, heavy rain at that for the south jersey and the jersey shore that will continue into the afternoon. most of the afternoon, let's say

after 1:00 p.m. it's dry, with maybe patchy drizzle and dense fog starting to settle in north and west of philadelphia. and then we get into sunday, temperatures spike into the 50s and 60s and all this washes away very, very quickly and melts. and then we see more rain move in with an approaching cold front. front end snow, basically from allentown south, the snow has ended. the snow on the ground is all you'll get with this system. a coating across south jersey. 3 to 5 for the poconos. now the big concern has switched from snow to sleet to freezing rain. icing concerns, mainly i-95 and areas north and west. south jersey you're seeing it, as well. all untreated surfaces becoming a sheet of ice. very slippery travel conditions, be very careful over the next couple of hours. sunday's breakdown looks like.

60 degrees by dawn. we were in the teens the same time yesterday. 60 by dawn tomorrow. rainy with rain developing by midday. rainfall totals between a quarter inch and three quarters of an inch. by evening we're back in the 30s. snow, ice rain, icy patches. 44 doesn't occur until this evening. cloudy this afternoon with the fog starting to develop. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we've highlighted today because of the icy concern. 44 degrees is the forecasted high late in the day. we're up to 06 tomorrow. monday, brisk and cold, 34. windchills in the 20s. tuesday, partly sunny and chilly high of 39. the next chance of rain looks like it arrives on thursday with temperatures in the upper 40s, 46 degrees friday a colder one with a high of 44. the good news the winter buffet will not last all day in and out.

>> reporter: right, a couple of more hours. 7:16 in the art of aging tamala edwards brings us the joyous sound of the season a rising from the choir of white horse village in newtown square. ♪ >> reporter: white horse village singers is a group of 80 retirees who put on a show for their fellow retirement residents. kay who spent her life doing choreal work co-founded the choir 20 years ago. >> we're the luckiest people in town that we can do it at this age and be supported by everybody else is just a total delight. >> reporter: the course presents two programs a year, the holiday concert and spring show full of show tunes designed by kay's husband tom. >> the people in the choir get a sense of community.

>> reporter: the theme of this year was a celebration of light. kay makes sure her audiences are actively engaged. >> they sing along and get 0 so much out of it. they get a physical workout, it's spiritual. >> reporter: the choir is known as village singers. >> i love to sing and i love to be on stage. the singers fulfill that need. >> reporter: the average age of these late in life performers is 83. >> it's a delight to find this group here at this point in my life. >> reporter: our doctor here says you guys do more good with the choir than i do with my medicine. i'm convinced people need to sing. ♪ >> reporter: tamala edwards channel 6 "action news." >>

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everybody, 7:21 saturday morning, it is 0 degrees out there. sky6 live hd giving you this flips right here of the camden skyline. you can see it's dreary out there. meteorologist chris sowers says we're done with the snow, now folks are dealing with the freezing rain. be careful if you have to drive in this. >> here's are a look at what's happening in and around the delaware lehigh valleys this weekend. 'tis the season for reading. brandywine high school hosts season readings that provides ho thousand books, ten free books available per child. educators can select up to 50 books this happens today from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and you can help a cat or kitten find a forever home at

the home for the holidays humane pennsylvania's free cat adoption promotion. all cats 6 months and older at the humane society of berks county and humane league of lancaster county are free to a forever home all weekend. the events are happening at the lancaster and reading locations today and tomorrow from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. a winter storm is bringing a mixture of snow, ice and rain to most of the region today. sky6 live hd giving a live glimpse of the philadelphia international airport. we see snowplow operators busy at work clearing the runways. there are no reported delays at this point, but you should call ahead if you have a flight today just to be safe. we're coming right back. >> welcome back everyone, 7:24

saturday morning, let's take a quick break from all the snow and ice out there and talk about what's going to happen over the next couple of days, everybody will have a severe case of wardrobe confusion. here's the system that's bringing the snow and sleet. all of a sudden we get into the mild sector and temperatures spike into the 60 this time tomorrow. we'll see freezing rain and ice. by this time tomorrow we're in the 60s. monday here comes the cold blast. the frontal system is sitting like this. this is arctic reinforcements arriving from the pole swinging to the east in the next 24 hours. temperatures are in the 60s and 70s that's tomorrow. here comes monday and tuesday, look at 13 below in bismarck. it's not going to get that cold

here, but it's the same air mass. ready gray? >> don't scare us like that. 7:25, sports 9 -- 9 sixers honor alan iverson and he may have sent a message to the current sixers. >> reporter: last night, nerlens noel and embiid and okafor all playing together onin the game. alan iverson honored for his hall of fame induction and yes, sixers fans he loves you the best. >> i don't think you understand how much i love you all. 'til death do us a part for real. i'm not taking anything away

from the new era and the way things go now, but i could never, ever, ever, sit out a game if something wasn't broke. >> did a. i. take a shot at how the sixers are handlele embiid and company. okafor and embiid combine for 29. randall the steal, the slam, sixers go 100-89. they have the most losses in the nba. >> reporter: feeling the effects of a concussion darn sproles is out for the game against joe flacco. tackle alan barber is questionable with a hamstring injury. in a virtually meaningless game

should the eagles sit out carson wentz and keep him out of harm's way. coach peterson says no way. >> i'm a believer we finish this out the right way. we play our guys and play them who have been there all season long, he's been a big part of that. i don't want to do that right now with him. i want to send that type of message not only to him, but the team. >> flyers will try to win their 11th straight day in dallas. they will try to do it for the first time in 39 years. that's sports, i'm jeff skeverski have a great day. >> we have much more coming up on "action news" saturday morning. sky6 live hd taking you live outside right now, spring mountain, the resorts are getting a little help before they open for the season a bit later this morning. source sirs is tracking our winter wintry weather, stay with us 0 we'll be right back.

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rain. meteorologist chris sowers is here he has been tracking all this with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. chris, thankfully just a morning event. >> reporter: you were saying it looks like a winter wonderland. looks like an ice rink out there. i don't say this very often, honestly if you don't have to go out this morning, don't stay home wait until the temperatures climb above freezing and start running your errands. i would wait at least until 10:00 a.m. before i left the house. that's how bad the roads are right now. you have to remember the road crews can't drop the brine on every single road of every development across the viewing area. the back roads are a complete mess. we're seeing the freezing rain and dense fog settle in. it's a miserable morning around the delaware and lehigh valleys. you're looking at the colors, the green representing the rain, the white the snow, the blue shade is where we're picking up the mixture of snow, sleet and freeing rain. a lot of is freezing rain at

this point. which, remember, is rain falling that freezes on contact with the cold ground. it looks like a cold icy rain in southern cumberland and cape may county. the jersey shore, let's say route 9 or the garden state parkway looks like plain rain. rain causes slick spots, too, don't let you're guard down. drive slowly. along route 40 it's an icy drive from mays landing through buena into elmer. washington township, freezing rain, icy back roads. route 30 going into medford and cherry hill area, also seeing a lot of slick roads out there. north and west we go, allentown, it is still snowing, but you're about to -- actually it might have switched over to sleet and freezing rain at this point. ghani, this line is advancing very quickly now. quakertown, freezing rain. green lane, freezing rain, as well. 25 in allentown, 30 in philadelphia. 32 in millville.

note the direction of the arrows here they are out of the southeast, the ocean temperature is 41. eventually that milder ocean air will start pushing inland and change everybody over from snow to sleet and freezing rain and cold rain by mid to late morning. lehigh valley, mid morning, i-95 metro, freezing rain for the next hoff -- next couple of hours and freezing rain. jersey shore you're switching over to cold rain right now. when i come back i'll have the timeline from future tracker 6 and i'll the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast with a warm up in the 60s. >> 7:33 a.m. penndot has been busy all night long clearing the roads across the delaware and the lehigh valleys. "action news" reporter, bob brooks live for us in king of prussia, montgomery county. bob, what are thinks looking like where you are? >> reporter: gray, we have the freezing rain. we had snow earlier in the morning. it's turned into freezing rain.

i've sort of been digging around. this is ice, that's stuff, i can't bust through and i've been working at this right here. look at that, breaking off in chunks. that's snow that turned to ice at this point. this is the road condition off mall boulevard. keep this in mind next to king of prussia mall if you're coming out to get last-minute christmas shopping done you'll be facing that. be careful. we have slush, freezing rain and snow earlier making for a nasty mix. i want to bring up video from earlier this morning. this is the timetable of what we've seen, heavy snow coming down in upper darby. crews prepared all day yesterday for this, there's only so much you can do when you have so much snow coming down so quick. penndot says they have 340 trucks dispatched throughout the area. city of philadelphia officials said they have 70 trucks ready to go, 50,000 tons of salt at

their disposal. again, when you're fighting freezing rain it gets tough. drivers we spoke with this morning say they are up for the challenge. >> in the snowstorm we do 12 hours on and four hours rest and 12 hours back on. >> we prepped seven trucks for salt and plows, we're ready for a foot, regardless of whether we get -- >> reporter: make the roads safe. >> that's it, make the roads safe. >> reporter: glad to hear they are up to the task. i have seen plow trucks all morning doing a great job working hard. i've been doing this all morning in between each shot this is the box we use to hear the show so i can hear it in my ear. you see the ice coming off there. some of the rain has frozen. again, like criminals -- chris said, as soon as it makes contact, it freezes.

this takes a matter of minutes, i scraped it off a half-hour ago. it's cold and wet and nasty. if you're going to hit the roads be careful. back to you. >> this is the boulevard our assignment desk editor chuck snapped this picture on the way to work. he made it in, he heeded the caution. action cam live in warminster, bucks county. you can see the slushy conditions and light freezing rain is falling out there. the word of morning all morning, just use caution. this will clear up later today, you can see a truck driving really slow as you should be in this type of weather. the action cam was in absecon, atlantic county along new jersey avenue where snow left the streets and sidewalks lightly coated.

a few cars spotted on the roads only saw a dusting. you can keep track of the storm as it moves through the area this morning. head to 6abc.com/weather, there you will find the seven-day forecast and get a live look storm tracker 6 live double scan radar and a whole lot more. 7. 7:37 new this morning, a mother and child jumped from a second floor window to escape their, but home in west philadelphia. the fire started on north 61st street around midnight. crews arrived to flames shooting from the home and the woman and her son lying on the sidewalk. they are in the mom. no word on what caused the fire. the heat finally back on at the apartments on east church lane in germantown. pgw shut off the gas in april. the property owner failed to pay the gas bill and has an outstanding balance of $60,000.

councilwoman cindy bass saw our report and she reached out to negotiate a deal between the housing authority and pgw and building owners to get the gas turned back on. >> we want to thank pgw for turning the heat back on. we know tonight our seniors will not be left out in the cold. it's very important on any given day this can any one of us. >> it could be. glad to hear the heat is back on for the folks. philadelphia housing authority subsidizes the rent money paid for seniors with disabilities. federal railroad regulators unveiled an am bishes plan to -- ambitious plan to speed up rail travel part track that could handle speeds up to 220 miles per hour. another proposal is amtrak stop

at philadelphia international airport so travelers don't need to switch trains to septa. pennsylvania governor tom wolf said he is eliminating thousands of unfilled government positions in the state. there is no word on jobs that are unfilled and how much money this will save. the state faces a large budget deficit. the ledge -- legislature nonpartisan fiscal office will handle the budget next year. president obama said whatever russia hands out we can counter. president obama made clear he thought putin himself was involved in the hacking of dnc and clinton campaign e-mails. he said he talked directly to the president about the hacking

back in september. >> i felt that the most effective way to insure that didn't happen was to talk to him directly and tell him to cut it out, there was going to be serious consequences if he didn't. >> in fact, we did not see further tampering of the election process, but the leak through wikileaks that already occurred. >> president obama refrained from harshly criticizing donald trump although the president-elect rejected the cia's assessment that the russian interfered to hurt clinton's presidential bid. president-elect donald trump on his thank you tour in florida, said he would vow to keep islamic radical terrorists out of america. he added to his new administration selecting republican south carolina nick

mulvane as budget director. we're tracking snow, ice and rain across the delaware and the lehigh valleys. meteorologist chris sowers is busy keeping an eye on it all for you. looking live at city hall the christmas tree there. folks are walking around the wet roads it is slushy, be careful, "action news" returns after this. ♪ ♪ how else do you think he gets around so fast? take the reins this holiday and get the mercedes-benz you've always wanted during the winter event. now lease the 2017 gla250 for $329 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer.

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video of a fire at the bore ton town --n public works there, that building stores equipment for public works employees. so far we're not hearing anything about injuries. we'll continue to monitor the breaking news stories throughout the morning and bring you update as they come into the newsroom. looking live sky6 live hd out at the philadelphia international airport. we've been seeing plows on the runways all morning long. because of the snow and ice there are delays causing arriving flights to be delayed about an hour, make sure to see if you're affected call ahead and check your departures and check delays by test --

destinations. call ahead to philadelphia international airport. this is viewer picture david posted this morning using the #6abc. you can do the same thing, because we want to see your pictures. this is what it looked like in marlton new jersey when it snow was falling this morning. viewer katherine sent this snow covered street in southeast philadelphia. you can see the snow on top of the cars this is near oxford and long shore. if you have pictures or video. we want to see them and we may share them on the air use the #6abc action. meteorologist chris sowers has been tracking the weather buffet all morning long. the snow is out of here, it is gone. >> reporter: the last picture with the snow covered roads that's what you want to see, the ice is impossible. you can't get a footing on ice. it's slippery and dangerous this morning. let's go live on sky6 live hd

starting out with a view of spring mountain in montgomery county. we've switched over from snow where it was coming down heavily. we're seeing the freezing rain. you pick up a coating to a half inch of snow maybe a little bit more. now we're seeing a coating of ice on top. now, this was sent into me by peter. take a look at the scene here, these are the back roads of williams town, this is all ice. everything right now, the sidewalks, the roads, you can see all the ice that has accumulated on the back roads. as i mentioned earlier if you don't have to go out, don't unless it's an absolute emergency. example if you have to go to the gym this morning, hold off a couple of hours until all this changes over to an icy cold rain which is going to happen within

the next couple of hours. as long as we're seeing this color of blue we're seeing the freezing rain, and right now some of the locations geelg with the ice -- dealing with the ice, millville, vineland, glassboro, it's all freezing rain. hammonton, freezing rain. mays landing. route 40 through elmer and buena is a very slow go, a lot of slick roads up there. a little bit farther to the north, thing this is all freezing rain, this is allentown, now the freezing rain line has lifted in orderward into the lehigh valley. no more -- north ward into the lehigh valley. green lane, everybody with the exception of the poconos seeing the icy mix. surface temperatures are well below freezing, aloft we're above freezing. quakertown, 24. pilots, 24. center city, 31.

glassboro, 31. at the freezing mark in gandys beach and vineland. later this afternoon, the late morning hours you can see the philadelphia area looks like you're in the clear changing over to a cold rain, icing north and west, snowing in the poconos. by 11:00 a.m. it's a cold rain for everybody. we've got the temperatures finally above freezing at that point. the exception being probably let's say allentown and the poconos. looks like the precipitation is actually going to take a break by midday. through the first part of the afternoon there could be leftover showers. the majority of the afternoon is dry, damp, nothing falling maybe patchy drizzle not a big deal. temperatures at that point are finally above the freezing mark. so the next few hours, this is for everybody except the jersey shore, dangerous conditions setting up, a lot of untreated roadways are a sheet of ice, parking lots, sidewalks, very, very dangerous stuff.

wait until 10:00 a.m. to do errands. if you're north of philadelphia, i would extend that to midday. the snow is done now, lots of patchy ice out there. 44 degrees doesn't happen until 8:00 p.m. tonight. temperatures most of the time today are stuck in the 0s. dealing with ice in philadelphia by 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m., it changes over to that cold rain. 1:00 p.m., cloudy. 3:00 p.m., 39. cloudy skies and damp. 5:00 p.m., 40 degrees with the dense fog starting to settle on in. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, tomorrow is much easier, 60 degrees, cloudy skies, rain developing by afternoon, but that's a whole lot better than what we're dealing with now. for monday, brisk, much colder, 34 will feel like the 20s all day, thanks to the icy-cold windchills. tuesday looks all right. chilly, but dry. wednesday, 45 degrees, first day of winter. it turns milder. 46 and chance of rain for thursday. again, stay home the next couple

of hours and do the errands later this afternoon. >> and tomorrow is tomorrow. >> chris, thank you so much. remember you can get the seven-day forecast and check storm tracker 6 live at any time atweather.

>> all right, welcome back everybody. 7:52 a.m., 31 degrees out there. we're seeing rain hitting the camera as we look live via sky6 live hd and the ben franklin bridge. we'll have an update on our wintry weather in just a few minutes, excuse me, that got me all thrown off there. in "healthcheck" what can be good for heart can be good for the brain. a new study of cholesterol lowering drugs lowers the risk of alzheimers. they found those who were supposed to higher leaves of statins are 10% less likely to

be diagnosed with alzheimers than those with lower exposure. type one diabetes is a disease that strikes in childhood. there's no cure for it. new technology is help with treatment the artificial pancreas is the size of a smart phone. users must test their blood daily, but the device makes correction if there's an error. christmas card has gone viral, it is easy to see why because it features the newest members of the fire station. the 6 doorable babies were born -- 6 adorable babies were born this year, ava is the only girl. >> chris sowers is takes a final look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast.

we're back as we be take a live look at city hall and the christmas tree there. we're back after this.

>> all right, folks, so glad you stayed with us, sky6 live hd taking a live look over the philadelphia international airport. we learned that there are delays because of today's wintry weather. we need to remind you the philadelphia zoo will be opening late, it will be opening at noon today because of the snow ice and rain out there. final check of the weather with meteorologist chris sowers. >> reporter: just about everybody seeing the freezing rain. let's go over to the radars this morning. it's a dangerous situation starting to develop. parking lots, sidewalks, bridges and over passes, off ramps

sheets of ice. i've put the surface temperatures on top of the radar. most of the areas are in the 20s. most of the rain is freezing on contact. that was sent in by my wife lori. this is our front yard. this is pretty much what it looks like everywhere across the delaware and the lehigh valleys. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 44 today. snow and ice changing over to rain by mid morning and then we get into tomorrow, all of a sudden temperatures are near 60. feeling better. >> we'll see you back here at 9:00 a.m.

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