the north and 71 in washington and 73 in richmond and the southerly wind is taking of and temperatures continue to warm into the evening and overnight hours. in fact by lunch time tomorrow 61 in philadelphia. as we approach the high for the date. 62 in washington and at the same time you look to the north and west and cold air is pushing in later on wednesday and by thursday morning when we wake up. there is the low across the coast pulling down the colder air, we drop to 32 degrees pretty quickly, 33 in washington, and after being in the 70s today. so looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan there is a couple of pieces of energy that come together to develop the storm. the first piece of energy is now entering the pacific northwest and the second piece is in central and northern canada and the two come together wednesday night and thursday off the coast.

a winter storm watch in effect from the northwest suburb as long the pennsylvania turnpike, all points north into the poconos, this is where we expect the heaviest snow. the most accumulating snow. it does not at this point include philadelphia on the verge there and we'll continue to track it and it's not a definite. here is the storm timeline, it begins wednesday night ends at noon on thursday, the heavyiest is falling during the morning rush. as the rainfalls to snow even in areas south of the city. we track it closer for you and give you estimates what be need for the first call map coming up in just a bit in the full accuweather forecast. >> whiplash seems like an understatement. keep an eye on the snow with 6abc.com/weather storm tracker 6 be hour by forecast is wall right there to prepare you for the dose of wintry weather. turning to an unprecedented

day in washington. vice president mike pence was the tie breaking vote that finally confirmed betsy devos as the new secretary of education, the first time a vice president had to cast a tie breaking vote for a cabinet nomination. we are live now on capitol hill with more of what happened and another confirmation controversy. >> reporter: well, some of the president's most controversial cabinet picks are up for votes on the senate floor including tom price, for health and human services and steve mnuchin for treasury but the vote here says that the president has the numbers on his side. >> a 50/50 slit. >> the yeas are 50 and the nays are 50. >> democrats pulled out all the stops, talking to 24 hours hoping to get one republican to

vote against betsy devos. >> she did not go to a public school and never taught an a public school and didn't send her children to block schools. but not enough to block the billionaire and suggestion that guns may be needed in wyoming schools to fend off grizzly bears. >> the vice president votes in the affirmative and the nomination is confirmed. >> vice president mike pension cast the historic tie breaking vote. >> we look forward to see more of the president's pick and the departments confirmed in the upcoming week despite the childish tactics with the democrats in the senate. >> and saying in a statement to abc news, he was not aware that the housekeeper was not legally permitted to work in the u.s. and when he learned of it he ened her employment and fully

paid back taxes to the state. >> and jeff session who's helped to security devos's confirmation will be up for his own vote for attorney general as early as tomorrow. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. later today a federal court will hear oral arguments over president trump's travel ban and refugee ban. during a meeting with sheriffs across the country today the president said he defended his executive order saying he could not believe it ended up in court. >> we have to have security in our country. we have to have ability when you take a place like syria and all the different people, if you remember isis said we are going to infiltrate the united states and other countries through the migration. and then we are not allowed to be tough on the people coming in explain that one.

>> the president went on to add that the fight could end up on the supreme court but hopes it does not come down to that. >> a concerning crime pattern is developing across three philadelphia neighborhoods. that this man sought out three unsuspecting women and knocked them to the ground and took their purses. bob brooks has more on that story today. >> reporter: well sharrie, on top of stealing these women's purses, the suspect is beating the women up. just very sick. one of the locations where this happened, 10th street and oak lane, coming to residential neighborhoods, quiet neighborhoods. philadelphia police want to you take a good look at this man. detectives say his beard is unkept and mostly gray and they say he is dangerous and attacking women if the morning and afternoon and taking their purse. philadelphia police captain,

malaki jones. >> these women could be his mother or aunt or somebody and he shows no compassion who so ever. >> the attacks happened in the german town west and east oak lane in the mt. airy neighborhoods. >> they take place in the morning and afternoon. >> neighbors want him caught. >> very scary. very worried about one woman that was walking alone in east oak lane does not plan to stop her routine. >> that is to fret not. because of evil doers and i can't live my life in fear. >> and this suspect choose streets like morris street that have low foot traffic and ones that are wide open. what you are about to hear is a car that should be easy to spot. the missing centerpiece in the rear tire. >> the car looks beat up it's a buick and the missing center of

the hub cap and it's report that he used the car every time to commit the attacks. >> i pray they find him and take him off the street because he say dangerous animal. >> go get a job. whoever you are. go get a job. zblch certainly hope he is caught soon. we have seen detectives in police cruisers going around the east oak lane neighborhood on the hunt for him and keep an eye out for that buick and the color is maroon and dirty and beat up and should be easy to spot. reporting live bob brooks, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. >> a buck county man denied being a serial child rapist today even as police are working to find more possible victims. william thomas told a judge that he never inflicted pain on a child he made the statement from prison via arraignment. prosecutors say he raped at

least six children and had more than 1,000 expolicist photos of children insized his trailer. two homes in kensington were badly damaged by a fire overnight. this is video of the homes engulfed in flames after 1:00 a.m. it started at a home on jasper street and spread to the home next door. pennsylvania governor, tom wolf, implored lawmakers to fill a budget deficit. the governor laid out a spending plan in harrisburg including tax and fee increases and controversial cuts. john rawlins was there for the speech today and joins us live in harrisburg with the details. >> reporter: right, this time last year the democratic governor and the gop, in the majority here were were mile as

part and this time the governor seemed to reach out and pitch ideas from the gop play book and he did not pitch the idea of increasing taxes either as far as the income tax is concerned or the sales tax. >> let start here. in my proposed budget there are no broad based tax increases. [ applause ] much of wolf's efforts for a balanced budget calls for streamlining pennsylvania government. >> it contains the largest cuts to and consaldations of cuts in bureaucracy in our history. like human resources and information technology. >> wolf is proposing a new pennsylvania department of health and human services for existing agencies would consoldate under the umbrella and they could extend almost 3,000 more clients but save $100 million. and they want municipalities

that rely on state police to pay for the service. and wolf wants taxes on custom software and raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour. >> this also closed corporate loopholes that let company as void paying their fair share. >> the gop majority leery of some proposals saying it could cost in workers jobs. >> but we are hearten that he put together $12 billion worth of spending consolidations and cuts. >> that opens up for discussion over the next couple of months, we can iron out the detail to make government more efficient. >> reporter: well, certainly not total agreement here. the two sides did not link arms and sing, that is for sure. but there say sense there is

common grown at least at this early stage of the budget process. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> back to you. >> thank you. and up next on "action news" today a strong warning from a florida sheriff as agencies launch an all out manhunt for two triple murder suspects. and call for change in delaware on the heels of the deadly prison takeover. we'll look at the request from advocates. and later reunited with a bundle of joy, new jersey state troopers get to meet the baby girl they helped deliver. where things come from?

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serial killer and his alleged partner. will he is wanted for killing three women and wounded another over a four day period. and she is charged with capital murder and robbery. police and u.s. marshals are feverishly searching the area from pence pensacola, florida to mobile alabama they will take boyett dead or alive. >> there are two places you can end up prison or a cemetery. the choice is yours the people coming for you are not the unarmed defenseless victims professional law enforcement officers that will take you off the streets. >> initially police were not clear on rice's role hostage or accomplice but after they war spotted at a wal-mart in florida, they say they have no

doubt she is working with him. they are concern that the pair may be on spice ark drug that allows them to stay awake for up to six days at a time. and a manhunt continues today for these two. >> and a stern message from police there thank you. a group of community leaders in delaware are calling for improvements in the state's prison system a week after the deadly prison takeover in smyrna. the coalition is calling on governor john carnie for more training and funding for prison staffers. they held a press conference to express their concerns and the group wants a federal investigation into inmate conditions at the prison. four dep of correction employees at james t. vaughn were held hostage and one was killed last week. now to look at the closing numbers last week, modest gains in all three indexes here, and

the nasdaq up 3.5 points and suspect 500 rising just about one half of one point on the day. and eagles fans may want to look away here. the super bowl winning patriots took a victory lap in the snow today. thousands. fans braved a wintry mess to see tom brady and the rest of the team parade their championship trophy through boston again. the players rode duck boat as long the downtown route to celebrate their win over the falcons on sunday. this for those counting is the patriot's fifth championship. >> to say the least they have been there and done that. here we go again with the celebration. >> doing it in the cold today and maybe we'll get something like that in the coming day. >> snow coming our way too. adam joseph tracking record warm and and then snow. it's amazing the changes we'll go through here over the next 36 to 48 hours. as we look live at the pagoda

cam in reading westbound. you don't see a whole lot. a lot of low lying fog, mist and drizzle in the far northwestern suburbs as the warm front continues to push through the region and it's all about location of how warm or chilly it is feeling, 39 in the lehigh valley and 42 in reading and 51 in lancaster and 51 in philadelphia. millville you jump to 58 degrees dover at 65 and the atlantic city airport at 54 degrees and the numbers will continue to climb overnight as the front lifts to the north and southerly winds take over the precipitation that passed through here in the form of rain this morning now into the new england with the mix of snow, and sleet and freezing rain are catching a break and it looks to stay dry as we go through tonight and throughout the day on wednesday. in fact as we look at the temperature profile. remember this is for philadelphia specifically, we are 51 right now and midnight we jump close to 60 degrees and

stay there through the overnight hours through the early morning hour and we start to climb lunch time tomorrow with sunshine break out into the lower 60s and we could be looking at a record tying high tomorrow in philadelphia of 63. the last time we were this warm on that date. 1925, wilmington 66 and trenton the old record and allentown 59 and mt. pocono 48 degrees. all of these numbers in reach. and just a few hours later after record highs, we are tracking snow this comes in 3:00 in the morning from a front pushing through and the wee hours of thursday morning heavy wet snow falling basically across the area, and mixing issue down to the south and then heaviest snow pull as way midmorning and by the early afternoon the snow departs and we start to see the snow end in the northwestern

suburbs. the heart of the storm so to speak is 4:00 a.m. until 8:00 a.m. and this is the four different models here philadelphia what they are predicting at this point. what will change depending on the track of the storm getting 5 to 6 inches of snow. and four day at 4:00 forecast here. 63 record warmth tomorrow, changing to colder weather, 35 on thursday, with the morning snow and turning windy and drier in the afternoon and cold on friday, sun to clouds and milder with showers here saturday back up to 47 degrees and we'll have a map for you for the entire region for what we are expecting for the first call here coming up in the next half hour. >> busy. >> yes. >> adam, thank you. >> we should savor this evening's commute because at least there is not snow out there. matt pellman standing by with how things are looking at this hour. >> and a roller coaster ride a

wild ride home on the commute. hands in the air, in marlton 70 eastbound side at cropwell road, still trying to recover be eastbound traffic heading toward route 70, a crash knocking out the right lane in mercer county, along i-95 westbound at 130. 4 miles per hour heading towards the accident scene as you come awhy from the knowledge turnpike. sluggish at the trenton norrisville bridge, the connect ser not an option at all that is still closed and the burlington bristol bridge up for a northbound tugboat passing in the river. and again route 1 the trenton morrisville bridge or scutter falls is the better bets. and slow zones, 21 miles per hour on the northbound side of the vine street expressway slow heading up to the work zone at girard avenue and newcastle delaware a pair of accidents

near paul road and the other along 13 near 441. and lets grab the ipad and do the commuter record. in feasterville close to the fire company look for a crash along street road causing a delay in that area as well. we'll check it again coming up in the next half hour. next, on "action news" at 4:00, a warning from philadelphia police that say that people are making themselves easy targets for thieves. >> and the reunion here, the four new jersey troopers meet the newborn they met in a parking lot. when we come back. and big talkers a feel good story of the day. meet the local barber restoring self-esteem for the homeless one cut at a time.

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>> i didn't think she would make it because when we were pulling in everything was just going wrong. >> if it wasn't for them i don't know if she would be here. >> the troopers had a chance to hold the baby today and sent her home with a care package. >> right there when you need them. >> still more to come during the next half hour at 4:00. identity theft is a real problem and recovering could be a problem. companies offer insurance but it is worth the price, we have answers coming up in what's the deal.

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only from fios. "action news" continues with adam joseph, sharrie williams and brian taff. hello again, "action news" continues. with a simple thing that you do every day that could make you a target for criminals. >> ain local woman was driving to work and she heard a man in her backseat talking to her. >> i had a guy tell me that he loved me and it warmed my heart so much. >> and a philadelphia barber is helping the homeless one haircut at a time. >> but we begin now at 4:30 with the latest on our warm temperatures for february and then the big change that will very likely bring us some snow. we have one more day of the above normal temperatures and come early thursday we will see the sure sign of winter, snow

lets look live now at sky 6 hd giving us the scene outside. the rain came through earlier but that is now all gone. >> lets go to adam joseph with the latest from accuweather. >> i heard your chuckles and you are like record warmth and snow they don't go hand and hand. and we have to look at this particular system as if we were in the end of march here or even april snow storm when we were talking temperatures notice 50s, 60s and 70s down to the south, you see the warm air taking over from the south and that is our weather for the next 24 to 36 hours and maybe we were watching two pieces of energy that develop a storm and brings cold air back in. one piece of energy, we are looking at the upper atmosphere now, the present time one in canada and one in the pacific northwest. as we speed up time these two

merge here wednesday night into thursday, still here thursday morning, they are getting closer near chicago and atlanta, you see the red here, this is the energy in the upper levels of the atmosphere. they merge off the coast. that is what will develop the sizable storm off the coast. we look at the winter storm watch, at this point it's along the pennsylvania turnpike into the lehigh valley and the poconos, this issued by the national weather service, this means this is where the potential is for the significant snowfall accumulations as we break down the regions for you in the lehigh valley, and it is all snow with the total, along i-95 with brief range changing to all snow and then all rain with a little bit of snow at the tail end we'll chat about that with future tracker and give you the expected snowfall map from where you live coming up in accuweather forecast. >> looking forward to it thank you. >> and accuweather is looking

ahead to the rest of the winter, at 6abc.com you can watch the winter weather outlook, cecily tynan shows you what to expect for the rest of the season. perhaps because they are in a hurry or want to warm their car up. many people are leaving their vehicles unattended and running and today philadelphia police say that that habit is attracting thieves, sara bloomquist is live in south philadelphia. and police told you today they are seeing a rise in car thefts. >> reporter: and sharrie, particularly here in south philadelphia. dozens of cars were stolen in this section of the city in the month of january, and the thieves don't even have to break in it seems the people are living in the keys in the ignition with the engines running. >> it was last thursday night when this 19-month-old girl was reunited with her mother after a man stole an suv with her inside of it from the laundry mat where

mom works she ran inside to grab the child's toy. he dropped the child off block as way and then took off in the stolen vehicle. this crime is too common because motorists are making it too easy, people are leaving the keys in the car and they run into the cleaners or the store. or in and out of the house. >> the keys wither left in the cars soared in january here in philadelphia unusual considering the weather is relatively warm no need to keep the engine running. we have double digit numbers in places in south philadelphia. we know that the people feel safe and be safe at the same time you have to go into the house real quick even for a quick minute. please take your keys with you. >> we found the keys belonging to the pizza differ ry driver --

when he returned -- >> you ever worry about someone jumping in there and taking the car. >> residents were not surprises when we told them car thefts were on the rice. >> see them do it all the time. they do it all the time. >> they leave it in the parking lot with the keys in the ignition. >> constantly. they leave their dog in the car and kids in the car, they run in, i'm only in there for five minutes but it only takes 30 seconds to steal a car. >> we are talking about a huge area where this is happening from south street down to the sports complex and river to river. this isn't any kind of organized ring according to police just a crime of opportunity and typically the vehicles recovered someplace else later and sometimes damage is done to it. live in south philadelphia, sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> an important reminder thank you. in the lehigh valley, a woman got the scare of her life when she discovered a man hiding in the backseat of her car.

22-year-old reagan landis was getting ready for work in the morning and noticed a police officer walking down the alley behind her allentown home and she then got in the car in the garage and noticed the smell of smoke, unaware of what was going on she drove away. >> about halfway there from the backseat of my car i hear excuse me miss i don't want to scare you -- whoa. >> well, she was scared and landis convinced the man to let her drop him off at a hotel and police caught up with him he ran off from a traffic stop earlier that night. >> local students are showing support from immigrants and refugees coming from the united states, they spend the lunch period making signs for a rally in southwest philadelphia. tomorrow morning they plan to walk out of school in solidarity with those affected by president

trump's immigration order. two local universities made it official formerly announcing partnerships with former vice president, joe biden. the biden institute for developing policy solutions, the former vice president will serve as the founding chair. and the university of pennsylvania says that mr. biden will lead the penn biden center for global engagement. camden county is celebrating black history month with events throughout february. today the library in downtown camden hosted a festival with movies that explored the rich history of the african-american community. and hosting other black history month events in the coming week. >> the technology used for genetic testing is getting better and better every day and

can detect life altering diseases does that mean you should delve into your dna, monica malpass is live in the newsroom with this interesting question and story. >> for some people genetic tests could help them make decisions that could help to save them from cancer and other diseases as well. so that is very important but other test maze be a waste of money and caution for unnecessary worry, when the test results come back. ali gorman has what you need to know. >> and two rare documents stolen from a philadelphia collection are now back with their rightful owner, how the notebook made their way back to girard college. those story and more coming up at 5:00. >> thank you. the philadelphia boys choir just donated $2500 from their holiday concert ticket sales, the money helps to fund renovations at the spring garden school turning into 37

affordable housing units, seniors are moving into the homes when they are ready, the building is sitting empty for decades. >> still to come on "action news" today. there are more dangers associated with using e-cigarettes. we'll tell you what other hazardous materials researchers town in the smoking products. >> plus, he says it's not about a haircut but spreading love instead why this philadelphia barber is doing what he can to help the homeless. adam joseph has the busy forecast from accuweather. we have snow on the way.

prince william is speaking outs about ening the stigma for menal health treatment. treating mental health the same as regular health should be the norm. the trio competed against each other in a 50 meter race on

sunday to promote that charity. >> a texas teenager fighting cancer got a big surprise from his friends yesterday. the williamson county repelled down the walls of the hospital where clayton dalton is being treated. when choete heard that the teen had level four cancer he wanted to do something. >> the s.w.a.t. team gave the team a signed helmet and patches from several agencies and a sheriff's uniform shirt. dalton hopes to join the sheriff's office some day was amazed by today's gesture. researchers at john hopkins university found five toxic and

potentially cancer causing metals in the liquid from first generation e-cigarettes, they were all in the five brans tested though in varying amounts. scientists don't know how much of these metalled get into the body when smokers use the devices. a syrian refugee is suing facebook for defamation, this is the 18-year-old here. was thrilled when he snapped a series of selfies with german chancell chancell chancellor merkel years ago and then the selfies appeared in fake news stories labelling him a terrorist and linked to crimes including the attack on the christmas market in berlin. he couldn't stop crying he didn't know what to do.

he even started receiving death threats and facebook says they disabled the content. still he is suing with the goal to force the social media network to do more to seek out fabricated posts to take them down until waiting for users to flag them and that this helps people everywhere. now the simple and powerful kind and. this is chester jones the philadelphia barber sets up on street corners in our city giving haircuts to homeless people that can't afford them. no cost and no questions asked. just a fresh cut and he throws in a light lunch and some toilet trytories like toothpaste and socks. >> most importantly i provide a sense of self-esteem and a sense of self respect. ly continue this?

absolutely i plan to go to every state and other countries giving back. >> as you can see jones got a national shout-out at the rachael ray show, she was brought to tears and got an $8,000 donation to help him keep ongoing this selfless work here in the city of brotherly love and started an organization called haircuts for the homeless and said it's not about the haircuts but spreading love. this is the kind of guy we like to see. this is the change we want to see in the world. >> clips his clipper in the car battery to keep it going on the street. >> awesome. >> thank you. lets get a check of the roads right now. matt pellman is in the traffic center with an update. we like to give the delays a trim and when the engine cuts out that means you are not moving at a decent clip because

the right lane was blocked until a minute ago and that is when they got the disabled minivan pushed to the shoulder heavy from montgomery job from this point at south street on the eastbound side of 76, heading towards 76 crowded on the westbound side of the vine street expressway there was a crash here until a minute ago. cleared out now but still a sea of brake lights lighting up westbound on the vine toward the schuylkill. and on the big picture, typical delays on 95 itself. northbound speeds in the 30s toward the work zone at girard avenue. watching a crash with the waze app during the last half hour of feasterville at bustleton pike by the arby's causing slowing in that neck. the woods. the connecter bridge remains shut down through april and cross that off the list for a while. an opening at the burlington bristol bridge. one of the alternates the bridge is back down and you can use

that. as another alternate. still single digit speeds an abyssmal drive coming away from the turnpike. stay on broad street or 672 as alternates. >> thank you. next at 4:00 we get the full accuweather forecast.

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southerly wind to scour out the low lying moisture. 1.3 mile visibility in caker town and 0 in the poconos with the warmer air melting the snow and it creates that fog. as we look at satellite 6 along with action radar and the front lifting to the northern and dry wedge right now remaining there

overnight tonight during the day on wednesday. and in fact tomorrow. breaks of sun is developing and a warm southwesterly wind where you see the asterisk is where you see record breaking or tying, other areas are within one or two degrees. the records tomorrow. going to be 65 in millville. 60 in reading, and 63 in wilmington. thenn the morning that is when it begins in the northwestern suburbs, beginning at rain in the southern areas, then the air takes over depending on the track of the storm right now it looks to be far enough south changing to snow in the areas with the heaviest being in the early morning hours at 7:00 a.m., continuing through 10:00 a.m. and breaking apart and move away, as we get into thursday afternoon. and peeks of sun before the day

ends on thursday. this is what we are expecting a good chunk of the area wilmington and glassboro, all points north and west 8 inches of the heavy snow, 4 inches in central new jersey and coating to two inches with the mixing issues down so the south. the heaviest to be 4:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. we could see snowfall rates of an inch or more an hour and roads will be quickly covered with the recent warmth and snow to fall so quick and so fast it doesn't matter how warm the roads are, the snow will pile up on top of one another and will accumulate on the main roads, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast record warmth, 63 tomorrow and morning snow thursday and turning windy and drier at afternoon and a cold dry friday before it warms up over the weekend, with rain pushing in and temperatures back to near 50 degrees and 52 on monday with a little bit of sunshine and then much brighter

on tuesday of 44 degrees, and the track is key with this just to see who sees the most snow and something we continue to track here on the newscast and social media as well. >> time for changes to happen. thank you. >> all right what's the deal is coming up next. >> remember that "action news" is about interacting with you. follow us on social media for the headlines and accuweather and breaking news and to communicate with us. on facebook, we are facebook.com/6abcactionnews.

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you can buy identity theft insurance but is it worth. >> it $15 billion was stolen from americans, but before you get i.d. insurance, listen up. identity theft say huge problem. >> i'm constantly changing my password. >> nothing is secure. i have a business checking account drained. >> i had to give the security code on the credit cards and that worries me, some companies offer identity theft insurance, for $25 to 50 there's a year, companies like all state and liberty mutual add on to your renal or home insurance they will cover you up to $5,000 for covered losses that sounds good but most banks and credit card companies cover you for losses due to fraud and most victims don't suffer out of pocket losses. >> what does it get you? coverage includes assistance in

dealing with the aftermath of identity theft. like covering out of pocket expenses or supplying a case manager to make calls on your behave. >> but that is not designed to alert you to identify theft. that is what the identity protection services do, there is something there for after you have been compromised. and consumer reports says that taking matters in your own hands could be cheaper, like signing on to free online apps to check your accounts daily. >> if you opt to purchase insurance make sure you look closely at what are you getting and what you are paying for. nydia han, channel 6 "action news." >> that will do it for "action news" at 4:00, for sharrie williams, alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff. we hope you'll join me tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. >> now here are rick williams and monica malpass with a look ahead at 5:00.

coming up on "action news" attack. the armed robbers in new jersey are looking for after they targeted three gas stations in search of cash. and a record breaking year in delaware. >> right now most of our areas are under a winter storm watch, and cecily tynan has an update next at 5:00.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. looking live outside 15th and jfk center city philadelphia right outside of city hall we get ready for a roller coaster week of weather and today a taste of spring with temperatures in the 60s and get ready for a sudden drastic change and accuweather says several inches of snow are on the way and the big story is in place for most of our area. cecily tynan is live at the big board with more. >> hard to believe talking about the potential for the biggest winter storm of the season for much of our viewing area coming behind a day of record warmth, tomorrow temperatures in the 60s and tomorrow night through thursday morning a winter storm

watch goes into effect. this has been posted for chester, montgomery, bucks, mercer county and all areas north and west. these are the areas with the potential for the heaviest accumulating snow on thursday mornings. now if you look at this on double scan live radar the main piece of energy that develops the storm is beginning to move into the pacific northwest. it doesn't look like much but there is another piece of energy driving down from canada and the two of them join forces over the tennessee valley and transfer the energy to a coastal storm and that is what likely will bring us some potentially heavy accumulating snow by thursday morning. so the timeline shows this is really an early morning event. the precipitation will begin after midnight tomorrow night, and wrapping up around noon on thursday. the heaviest will be right in time for the morning commute on thursday. and it likely will begin as rain