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>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> a major winter storm is bearing down on the delaware valley and now crews are working hard to get ready. blizzard and winter storm warnings go into effect in about three hours from now. a potentially dangerous march nor'easter won't be too far behind. it is monday night and the big story on "action news" is the snowstorm looming off to our west. >> the city of philadelphia could see a foot of snow and that is prompting the city school district to close all public schools tomorrow. the same goes for archdiocesan and parochial schools in the city of philadelphia.

of course we have school closures for you running at the bottom of your screen continuously. those are also available on our web site 6abc.com. >> live to philadelphia city hall where officials are expected to give an update on snow preparations. we're streaming this for you on our web site 6abc.com as soon as it gets under way. in the meantime we have live team coverage tonight from the suburbs to the shore and the impact this nor'easter will have on our region but first let's get the latest from accuweather. meteorologist cecily tynan at the big board tonight. cecily. >> hi, rick and double scan live showing a major snowstorm that is beginning to gel, to come together. we've got a few pieces that will work together to create this storm. we've got low pressure surface low over the gulf of mexico. what in will do is head over to the carolinas. at the same time this piece of energy from the northern branch of the jet stream will dive down, they come together, they fade, they bomb out intensify and then that storm system will hug the east coast as it moves up to the north

and that will pull in a lot of moisture and some cold air. now, the a blizzard warning has been posted to are areas north and west of philadelphia. all the counties in orange. these areas can expect 35 miles an hour winds reducing visibility to less than a quarter mile for three consecutive hours so it's not just the snow piling up, it's the snow blowing down creating near whiteout conditions. most of our viewing area in the pink under the winter storm warnings. those go in effect 8 o'clock until 6 o'clock tuesday but really the snow should be holding back until about 10 o'clock and 1 o'clock moving in from the southwest to the northeast. it will start light but it's in the middle of the night it's cold out there, it will be sticking on untreated roads immediately. the height of the storm between 3 o'clock in the morning and noon. this is when we're looking at the heaviest precipitation, the strongest wind. when that storm system is really intensifying and closest to us. by mid to late afternoon it will be ending as light snow,

winding down and what you get is all based on your location. north and west of philadelphia, this is going to be a snow event. near philadelphia and areas to the south and east, snow changing over to a bit of mix ending as snow and southern delaware extreme southern new jersey this is just mainly rain but the precipitation isn't the only concern. for more details on that let's head over to adam joseph. adam. >> exactly cecily. a lot of snow to the north and west and a lot of rain along the shore and in addition to that coastal flood warnings going into effect mainly for high tide tomorrow morning between 9:00 and 10 o'clock in the morning on average for moderate coastal flooding, breakers of six to 9 feet along the coastline. this also goes into the delaware bay and major erosion is also expected. winds, that's another powerful part of a nor'easter. right along the shore 50 to 60 miles an hour. you have no friction meaning that wind comes directly off of the water, has nothing to stop it but once it hits land it hits that friction and it slows down so 45 to 50 miles

an hour from philadelphia through trenton and dover and then 40 to 45 miles an hour to the north and west where that that wind will combine with the snow creating blizzard conditions. the biggest concerns with this particular storm will be that heavy wet snow, the consistency of it weighing down on everything. we'll see rates of one to 3 inches per hour especially philadelphia to the north and west creating low visibility, snow packed roads. you do not want to venture out in the height of the storm tomorrow morning. also with the weight of that snow, do prepare for possible power outages first thing tomorrow morning throughout the afternoon. also when you take a look at our latest snowfall map there's going to be a sharp cutoff where there's snow versus no snow for between roxborough and millville, this is an example, there's going to be a 12-inch difference over just 45 miles. it's all about location and where this is exactly going to set up. we'll throw numbers on this for you in that full accuweather forecast coming up in just a little bit, guys.

>> thank you so much adam. system headed our way has already left a wintry mess here across the midwest. this is video from rochester, minnesota. areas in the region and got between six and 9-inches of snow making for slick conditions on highways and side streets. >> well, now cities across the east coast are preparing for what's next. from the d.c. area all the way up to boston, everyone getting ready for what could be the worst taste of winter they've gotten all season long. >> of course preparations are well under way in our philadelphia area. "action news" reporter john rawlins continues our team coverage in norristown where penndot officials just gave an upday. hi, john. >> reporter: hi there. well, yes, we did have a briefing here a short time ago. i think it's safe to say that penndot is pretty concerned about the forecast and the direction in which it's going in. they have announced they're going to impose speed limits during the storm on major highways. they're going to drop to 45 miles an hour, the speed limits on a you can in of highways including i-76, i-95, 476, u.s. one, u.s. 30 and 202. as they said here, they are.

expecting two to 3 inches of snow an hour at certain periods in the morning. that plus the wind will make for very poor visibility. they are asking people to avoid unnecessary travel. in other words, sit this one out at least during the morning hours. >> the way it looks right now during the a.m. hours, anywhere from 10 to 4 o'clock, even -- even before that, as early as 2:00 a.m. to 3 a.m. you're looking at two to 3 inches an hour and that can be blinding conditions. >> reporter: across the region, workers getsing trucks ready to go p mechanics connecting how wide drawing lick lines. elsewhere other crew members loaded trucks with salt to combat tuesday's predicted nor'easter and snow. steve oversees the city's fleet. >> it was more of a mild winter so we really didn't exercise the trucks as a typical winter so today we're testing the spreaders make sure they're working the truck scales making sure they're up

to speed and the plows as the day goes on. >> reporter: the brining of roads was done yesterday and early this morning. the city of philadelphia has more than 2,000 lane miles to clear. tomorrow it hopes to have about 400 vehicles to salt and plow. big trucks will be used for the main roads and at least 100 smaller four by four pickups like this one will be ready to use on the narrower residential streets. >> that's our goal to make every street in the city passable. may take a little longer on some streets than others because of the tightness of the streets, the way folks are parked but we will make an attempt to get down every street. >> reporter: back to that briefing by pen do. they're asking people to avoid unnecessary travel tomorrow. should you venture out they're stressing you should have an emergency kit in your car that are would include food water warm clothes or blankets, a cell phone and charger as well as a shovel. they are expecting a potentially very severe storm to strike this portion of the

region. that would be the region of montgomery county and points north of here. live in norristown, john rawlins, channel6 "action news." back to you all. >> john, thank you. the city of philadelphia is not under a blizzard warning but a snow emergency will go into effect at 9 o'clock tonight. septa will have addition additil staffers to monitor conditions. the city will begin ticketing and together cars on snow routes beginning at midnight and tomorrow trash and recycling will not be picked up. residents with tuesday pickups are asked to hold everything until next week. >> philadelphia international airport has been heavily impacted. more than a thousand flights have been canceled out of phl including all flights out of philadelphia tomorrow on southwest airlines. american airlines has canceled all of tomorrow's flights through 5:00 p.m. all major airlines are offering to waive change fees because of the storm ahead. >> in new jersey many eyes are on the shore and what might

happen to beaches once this winter storm moves in. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic is live in ortley beach with more on that tonight. hi, nora. >> hi there rick. the good news is ocean county is no longer under a blizzard warning. the bad news is that there's still lots to worry about. take a look over there, that's the dune, the erosion problem they're worried about, high tide heavy surf and wind could cause more serious beach erosion to areas like this and officials are preparing for the big nor'easter: at the ocean county road department yard on chestnut street in toms river, crews are loading salt onto trucks and brine trucks filled to treat the roads. >> we hold about 30,000 tons of salt between our 7 yards. we have about 200 men. and i have about 1600 lane miles of road that we have to take care of to clear. >> at the county communications center extra dispatchers are being called

in to deal with the explosion of 911 calls expected. >> you have motor vehicle accidents people on the road that shouldn't be on the road, are you have the wind blown so you have house damages, you have injuries,. >> heavy wet type snow so we have concerns for be downed power lines industries. >> reporter: high water rescue vehicles have been placed in areas known to flood and each sheriff officer has been given extra gear including tow lines to pull out cars that may get stuck in the snow. >> loaded up with shovels brushes medical supplies. we'll be out on patrols for the entire county supplementing what the local police have. >> reporter: some residents have piled furniture hoping it won't be blown ay what. others who live on the bayside have that sand bags on stand by if the streets flood. at the ocean in toms river's ortley beach section which had its dunes scraped back to the boardwalk during a january storm there's concern about what this nor'easter will do.

floyd moreland says there's no dune at all at seventh street. >> high tide with waves, the waifs are going to com -- wavesg to come right over here. hopefully that's no the going to happen. >> reporter: that's what we're all hoping because some of the beaches like this are extremely vulnerable. we'll be back with more for you at 6:00. for now we're live in ortley beach toms river, i'm nora muchanic. back to you guys. >> thank you nora. crews in delaware also on stand by. the action cam in christiana where workers were loading up salt trucks and the department of transportation yard. crews brined most roads yesterday so workers could catch a break today. deldot says 50,000 tons of salt is at the ready in the event that it is needed. >> well, this reminder as the storm approaches stay with 6abc.com/weather. you can watch the weather move in live on storm tracker6 radar and you can connect with our team of meteorologists on facebook and twitter. also the "action news" morning team will be up early tracking the impact of the storm on the morning commute.

so join matt, tam, karen and david starting at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. >> all right. it's coming. time right now for a check of the "action news" report right now. >> i think matt pelman will be there tomorrow morning as well at least if you didn't know that many by now you'll be working tomorrow morning. >> all eight alarms are set. i'll be ready to go. good evening now to you rick and monica, as we're out here live along the schuylkill expressway, belmont salt shed is stocked and ready to go as the eighty two us are out tonight. be sure to give them plenty of room to do their work. right now we're also stocked with traffic here on the schuylkill eastbound side travel time o is more than 20 minutes more than what it ideally should be. we're watching a crash in plymouth meeting on allen wood road at ridge pike. one on city avenue by the bala cynwyd shopping center. bad one in south philadelphia at penrose and pattison by the sunoco station. use passyunk oregon. a number of adjustments going

into effect on mass transit. we'll talk about that, rick and monica, in the next half hour. >> okay. >> sounds good. it was an unusual discovery made under an olde city construction site. hundreds of coffins buried under the ground. chopper6 overhead as crews moved those coffins aground we're learning more about where the remains are being stored and what's next for the findings. vernon odom is live in olde city tonight with the new details. vernon. >> reporter: are good good aften rick and monica. scientists have now wrapped up their work looking into the treasure trove of activities artifacts and skeletal remains they and found at this olde city construction site. it has yielded a treasure trove of artifacts and skeletal remains that open up yet another window into philadelphia's lifestyle of centuries ago. late today anthropologists and

archaeologists uncovered the remaining few a bodies. this lot is in the 200 block of arch street. it was once the cemetery for historic first baptist church from 1703 to 1859. the experts just keep finding gems in the dirt as a real estate developer clears the way for an apartment building. >> this is one of the handles. this is some coffin hardware and it's this sort of artifacts that is associated with a particular individual that we can clean up and it will help give us a date as to when that person was buried. >> the mountain of skeletal remains are being sorted in the science building on the rutgers camden university cam pulse for extensive study and research of those old bones and hair. >> we're going to be doing various analyses of hair and teeth. there's months and months ahead of us. >> reporter: today chopper6 spotted some of the coffins and remains being taken from temporary storage in this local apartment building basement for separation. the the skeletons to camden the coffins top a secret

location for study. these coffins and remains were supposed to be taken to the mount moriah cemetery in what is now cobbs creek which back in the 19th century was a philadelphia suburb. the museum is helping supervise the study of what the professionals consider a jackpot. >> it's going to open up a lot of knowledge about not just this congregation but how it reflects on the early history of philadelphia. >> reporter: rick and monica, the recovery team was literally racing the accuweather forecast trying to make sure they cleaned out this area of all the artifacts and skeletal remains they were worried that could be destroyed. some key elements could be destroyed by tomorrow's snow forecast. live in olde city, i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news." >> all right, vernon thank you. right now philadelphia officials are laying out their plans for the winter storm headed our way. we're looking live at city hall right now. we're streaming this for you on our web site at 6abc.com. if you would like to listen in. in the meantime our coverage continues after the break. >> ♪ des video games.

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>> today is the calm before the storm. sky6 taking a look at the center city skyline. we just have some high thin clouds out there. actually some people tweeting me saying no way we're getting a snowstorm its beautiful out there. the storm is still down to the south. right now, though, temperatures are pretty cold. 42 degrees in philadelphia. the normal high for this time of the year is 52. allentown it's 35. wilmington 37. cape may 33. and trenton currently 36. satellite6 action radar showing some high thin clouds beginning to stream up from the south. we've got some sprinkles moving across parts of virginia. a lot of that is verga not reaching the ground but this is where the storm system is right now. actually you can see this convergence right over the gulf coast. this moves off the carolina coast. if you look you can see that snow across the ohio valley. that's a piece of energy that moves in really intensifies the storms helps pull some colder air and that storm system will really be hugging the east coast. actually the latest computer models tracking that a little bit farther to the west so that means it will pull in some of the warmer air from

the atlantic areas east of philadelphia. so, future tracker showing by 11 o'clock, this is when we begin to see the first flakes sneaking up from the southwest. really intensifying by 3 o'clock and notice you can see that rain-snow line across south jersey and delaware. that is really going to be limiting the snowfall totals there but areas north and west of philadelphia, it is going to be snow. 7 o'clock in the morning bands of heavy snow across the lehigh valley, berks county. we've got some sleet moving into philadelphia but then as that storm system moves closer to new england it will actually pull in some colder air so we'll get that changeover back to snow around philadelphia, south jersey by 4 o'clock we've got some lingering snow showers and the storm system is basically over. so, expected snowfall amounts. we've got a lot of lines here. it really depends on where you are. berks county, lehigh valley to the poconos this is what i call the jackpot zone. 16 to 24-inches of snow. you get across the northwest suburbs of philadelphia, 12 to

16. philadelphia right around the foot line. it really depends on how much sleet we get in here and then across south jersey, a very tight gradient. we've got six to 12 counties closer to philadelphia. then it drops off dramatically. this line here from millville to dover, two to 4 inches. that likely will be washed away by rain. i know it's a lot to digest. i do have a closer-up map on my facebook page that you can look at. winds also a major factor. future tracker showing 10 o'clock in the morning wind gusts 65 miles along the shore and even some gusty winds by 5 o'clock as that storm system pulls out. the five day at 5:00 showing tomorrow we got that powerful nor'easter hitting our viewing area. areas farther northwest really getting the bull's eye of the snow. 34 degrees reaching that high late in the day t wednesday some snow showers its windy and cold, 29. thursday finally some melting going on, 36. saint patrick's day luck of the irish partly sunny, 38 degrees and saturday clouds, some sun, 43. more details on the storm

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williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> hello again. here's what's happening on "action news" tonight. the most powerful snowstorm of the season is knocking on our doorstep. and it's prompting communities to issue warnings to folks to prepare now. we have live team coverage. those trying to beat the storm by getting out of town are running out of time. airlines are already making changes ahead of the approaching storm. how it's impacting travelers. and villanova is not letting the big snowstorm keep them from their quest to defend their ncaa championship title. we're with the wildcats as they take off for the tournament. >> now back to our top story tonight. we are continuing to track a very powerful winter storm that's now triggered blizzard warnings in parts of our region. other areas are under a winter storm warning because of the snow, sleet and powerful winds that are expected. >> because of that schools in our area are already making preparations. all philadelphia public and archdiocesan schools will be closed tomorrow. so snow emergencies for many

communities will also go into that effect. >> we have live team coverage. bob brooks has preparations in communities under that blizzard warning. sara bloomquist has more on what airlines are doing ahead of the storm. >> but first let's get the latest on the track of the storm from meteorologist adam joseph live at the "action news" big board. hi, adam. >> that track is key. because it's going to stay just off of our coastline and that's going to create a big difference from south to north with a lot of rain to a lot of snow and the blizzard warnings are up for the northwestern suburbs of philadelphia and they also extend to new york city hartford boston up to portland so many areas, major cities in the northeast under blizzard warnings starting at 8:00 p.m. tonight and then lasting through the day on tuesday. the low itself is still in the gulf of mexico and you can see it firing up with all the lightning strikes to the south of that low. this will be working off to the carolinas. at the same time energy will be injected in from the ohio and tennessee valley and that's going to create that power house of a storm fast enough that we take advantage

of it with all that moisture working up the eastern seaboard. so, really the key time frame that you want to stay off the roads where you're going to see the sleet and where you're going to see the snow tomorrow especially is between 4:00 a.m. and 10 o'clock in the morning. that's the height of the storm. the strongest winds. the heaviest precipitation. even the chance of thundersnow north and west and then it starts to trail off as you go deeper into the afternoon. improving conditions from the sky at 4 o'clock but if you've seen the snow it's going to take some time to get it off the roads. in fact region by region, big variation from north to south. lehigh valley, 16 to 24-inches. in and around pottstown, if you're near there, 12 to 16-inches. in philadelphia, for center city we're going right around a foot with some sleet mixing in the morning and in fact 24 years ago on this date was the blizzard of 93 when we saw a foot of snow. millville two to four. that washes away to rain so you won't see anything on the ground when you wake up tomorrow morning and just a coating with about 2-inches of rain in cape may. so, you're going from 2-inches

to rain to 2 feet of snow in our viewing area. we'll break down the map for you coming up in that seven day and forecast and let you know about the bitter cold that follows in just a little bit. monica. >> thank you adam. of course 6abc.com/weather is one of your best resources as this storm approaches. from storm tracker6 live radar to the latest forecast details, you will be prepared and check in often with our team of meteorologists. you can follow each of them on facebook and twitter to stay fully connected. >> needless to say conditions are dangerous for our homeless population. if you see a person living outside call the outreach hotline at the number on your screen to get them help. we've posted code blue information on our web site at 6abc.com. >> amtrak is running a modified schedule due to the storm. acela express between washington, d.c., philadelphia new york city will be limited. the northeast regional train and the keystone service train will run on a modified schedule as well. be sure to check the

amtrak.com schedule state before you head to 30th street station. >> and impending major storm is already impacting air travel as well. >> hundreds of flights in and out of philadelphia have already been canceled for tomorrow and for more on that let's head to sarah bloomquist live at the airport. >> sarah, looks like airlines are trying to get a jump on things before the weather worsens. >> reporter: philadelphia international -- they are, rick and monica. philadelphia international airport fairly busy this evening and as we've been here throughout the afternoon we've watched more and more cancellations popping up on the board. that's exactly why it is busy. people are trying to book flights to get out of before all this snow arrives. >> it's expected to be very quiet here tomorrow. >> reporter: that's tomorrow. today the airport is busier than a typical monday as passengers try to get out of town before the winter weather rolls in. >> and i'm flying do unto see my sister in houston and when she heard about that, we heard about the snow, she moved it up to today. so, i'll just be beating it out to get down there for a week. >> reporter: airlines started alerting customers as

far back as friday. many carriers are waving fees when passengers change flights. some are offering vouchers to travel at a different time altogether. >> now they're trying to get us to not fly. >> reporter: they want to free up the seats. >> yeah. >> reporter: most travelers said it was easy to switch flights. >> united was great. i asked them, i told them where i live. i had like five different airports i could fly out of because i'm actually up in the poconos. >> reporter: oh. >> so, they had a flight going out here that worked with my work schedule, so i was able to change my flight. >> reporter: today a few cancellations dotted the board because of the storm's impact elsewhere. many airlines are canceling all flights in and out of philadelphia international airport for most of the day tomorrow. >> we have already been advised that american airlines will not operate any flights in philadelphia tomorrow until 5:00 p.m. also southwest airlines will not operate any flights in philadelphia on tuesday.

>> reporter: and other airlines now following suit including spirit airlines. spirit and american have said they're going to try to get planes flying again by about 5 o'clock tomorrow evening. for that reason, the airport's going to work to keep the runways clear. they'll be deploying hundreds of personnel and hundreds of pieces of heavy equipment as soon as the first flakes start to fly. live at philadelphia international airport, i'm sarah bloomquist channel6 "action news." >> all right, sarah, thank you. meanwhile philadelphia officials say they're ready for the approaching severe storm. the streets department says it has 400 pieces of equipment at the ready and more than 50,000 tons of salt available to keep streets drivable and walkable. remember, philadelphia snow emergency begins at 9 o'clock tonight. >> the camden county department of public safety will be standing by tomorrow to take calls for its snow removal program. this helps senior citizens and disabled folks. the program uses camden county inmates to shovel so that

affected residents can get out to pick up prescriptions or go to doctor appointments. officials say they are nonviolent offenders and they are carefully screened. the program goes into effect only after 4-inches of snow have fallen. the number to call for help here is (856)783-4808. extension 5060. >> much of the suburbs are under a blizzard warning tonight as well. >> that's right. bob brooks live in lafayette hill with more on how folks there are getting ready for the storm. hi, bob. >> reporter: hey, rick and monica, they're buying stuff, lots of stuff. these supplies for when this storm hits. where we're at right now holly drew value in lafayette he hill. behind me that's their salt stockpile. they say they have tons here because the winter has been sort of mild up until now. they said last night they were slammed and they expect more to come after this workday is over. >> it's good for business. >> reporter: louis holland is one of a few people who

want more snow. that's because he's making money off of this. his true value in lafayette hills is selling salt. >> thank you. >> reporter: shovels. even new snowblowers. the register hasn't stopped ringing with folks getting ready for the storm. >> we knew if we put it away we would have to bring it back out. >> reporter: now you do. >> yup. >> reporter: nina bought a shovel and a bag of salt. she plans on using neither of them. >> just for him. >> reporter: as it should be. >> as it should be. he's really good. >> reporter: dominic was picking up salt for his plow truck. he says the hollands aren't the only ones looking to profit. so is he. >> i want 2 feet but 6-inches will be all right. >> reporter: all day the parking lot was packed just as it was at the giant supermarket just up the road. it was hard to keep essentials like water and bred on the shelves. chase samuel says she prays this is the last time she has to stock up on stuff for a snowstorm. >> i'm past it. i like to be somewhere warm

but granted i'm probably going to be here. >> reporter: while everyone prepares so is that montgomery county. they've issued a code blue. >> the county issues a code blue whenever the temperatures are going to be low enough that that people's lives could be in danger. if they see any problems with anyone outside that needs help they can call 911 and the county will send folks out to cheka on them and make sure they're all right. >> reporter: if you see someone that needs help do the right thing. another live look here out at the store. you see plenty of salt and if you don't have any better safe than sorry as we are again expecting a lot of snow. for now reporting live in lafayette hill bob brooks channel6 "action news." rick, monica. >> bob, thank you. "action news" will help you i navigate this latest storm. the matt, tam, karen and david will be on early at 4:00 a.m. you'll have updated information on the storm's path conditions on the road as well as update the school closings and delays. it all starts tomorrow morning at 4:00 a.m. >> all right. let's check it out right now see how the roads are fairing.

>> how we looking matt. >> i think i'm going to go home and eat a spaghetti dinner its like training for a marathon getting ready for tomorrow. it's going to be a busy day for sure at least this afternoon its dry but volume is heavy rick and monica here along 95. northbound side as it so often is approaching the vine street expressway. we're not going 45 miles per hour right now. we're slower than that but starting tonight at 10 o'clock, 45 miles per hour will be the max on most of the area interstates as we get ready for the incoming snow. still watching a crash along city avenue by the bala cynwyd shopping center. have one in south philadelphia at penrose and pattison by the sunoco station. stay on passyunk to get around that. let's check this crash involving the box truck. finally cleared from the local vine at 15th by the mormon temple so that's good news. one just cleared in jenkintown from old york road but still just 6 miles per hour there. have a and vehicle fire by the wyncote house in cheltenham township along washington lane at township line road and a few regional rail delays this afternoon but tomorrow all regional rails will run o an

saturday schedule. cynwyd line won't run at all. three septa buses will not run in the hilly areas. tons more are on stand by they may be suspended and patco and amtrak will also be on special schedules because of the snow. rick and monica i'll see you bright and early 4:00 a.m. >> we'll see you. >> thank you. still to come the wildcats are ready to dance despite the impending snowstorm. ducis rodgers with more from coach jay wright and the players and to get -- as they get ready to defend their national championship title. >> adam has that changing forecast, hm. >> right at the tail end of winter and we're getting our biggest storm. blizzard conditions for parts of the area with cold air, enough cold air linking with the storm for parts of our area with heavy rain in other areas. we'll have a very fine tuned forecast coming up in accuweather. >> thank you adam. those stories plus philadelphia police department issues a new friendly reminder about not saving shoveled out parking spots in the city. we'll show it to you when we come right back. >> ♪ (announcer vo) when you have type 2 diabetes

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>> time for sports. ducis is here. villanova heading to buffalo a little bit early. they got a nice sendoff. >> trying to beat the snow. lots of people out there saying goodbye to them wish them luck this week.

villanova wildcats ranked number one in the polls but that's not their concern right now. a run at another national championship is. today the team left for buffalo site of its opening game. jaime apody is live on villanova's campus with more. jamie. >> reporter: yeah, ducis villanova left because of that impending snow. they want to et cetera boo it. you know what, that means that the march to a repeat championship and march madness around these parts begin right now. so, let's take a look at the scene a little bit earlier behind me here as a crowd of fans braved the cold to see the wildcats off. it was more mellow than their sendoff to the final four. the guys squeezed in a quick practice but no time for jay wright to actually speak to his team. here's what he told me plans on telling them once they arrive in buffalo. >> this starts a new season and, you know, whatever our seed is, whatever we did in the regular season doesn't matter any more. we're one of 68 teams, that's it and we could be beat in the

first round, we're done. >> it's so wide opened that the competition is amazing, the talent is amazing. it's no cake walk. it's the ncaa tournament. this is when you're facing the best teams at their best. so, we know that. we're ready for it. >> reporter: and with that off they go. a new wrinkle this year as the number one overall seed, they're not sure who to prepare for yet. the cats will face either new orleans or mount saint mary's those two teams play in the play in game tomorrow. now, never before has the defending national came come into the following year's tournament with as many as 31 wins, that's what the cats have. so, never before has the target on villanova's backs been as big. it should be exciting can. we'll be back with much more next half hour. live at villanova university jaime apody channel6 "action news." ducis. >> jamie talk to you then. eagles continue to make moves. chase daniel has asked the team for his release but don't worry, the birds have a backup

plan for the backup quarterback position. the eagles have bringing back nick foles. they are giving him a two year contract. foles was lights out for the birds back in 2013. he threw 27 touchdowns against just two interceptions en route to a pro bowl season. last season had a you a backup for the chiefs. chiefs are poaching a player off the eagles roster o benny logan agreed to terms with kansas city. logan had two and a half sacks last season. he was drafted by the birds in 2013. if the flyers are going to make a playoff push, they need to start right now. check that. they needed to start yesterday. time is running out. the flyers set to host columbus tonight. the orange and black have lost three of their last four games. they currently sit six points out of playoff spot with just 15 games to go. >> still got time to make it and, you know,. >> phillies and orioles in grapefruit league play. phillies hit two sinkers in

the afternoon. a solo homer in the fourth. it's his fourth of the spring. the phillies lose six to four. >> baseball coming up. >> there you go. >> thank you so much. sounds good. much more "action news" coming your way. we'll take a break and be right back. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in cutomer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. all for $79.99 per month, for the first year with a two-year agreement. it's the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the download speeds. plus get hbo for a year and free multi-room dvr service for two years. get the best. go to getfios.com

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the "game of thrones" you'll probably appreciate the philadelphia police departments are new effort to remind residents not to save parking spots. this is a new video released on twitter by the department called game of cones. a reference to the longstanding illegal practice of saving a shoveled out parking space using cones chairs trash cans, et cetera. the department first launched its no savings campaign back in 2014. and the effort is alive and well just like, well, john snow. >> there you go. >> i remember those days when i lived in manayunk. >> yup. >> saving everything. >> all right, we're about to get walloped. let's find out who is going to get the most. >> yeah, we'll see anywhere from 2-inches of rain in parts of our area to 2 feet of snow in another part of our area. it really is about location with this. as we take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan we're starting to see a little bit of white showing up between wilmington and dover but don't worry its no the starting early. this is way up in the clouds verga. it evaporates because the

atmosphere is very dry so it's going to take quite a few hours for the atmosphere to ripen up so to speak for this precipitation to eventually make it to where we live. as we take a look at the temperatures, everyone pretty much in the 30's except philadelphia kind of sticking out like a sore thumb way above everybody else at this point so these temperatures cold enough at the onset that most of us will start as snow and then we have those mixing issues south of the city. satellite and radar, this is the very leading edge of the precipitation working up the eastern seaboard. few things going on. the energy to the west near cincinnati, that pulls itself into a low developing off the carolinas. primary low right now in the gulf of mexico that heads over jacksonville florida to the coast, develops into that nor'easter, that powerful storm as it pulls up the eastern seaboard and tapping into gulf moisture and also the atlantic. so at 10 o'clock tonight, again, you are going to see a little bit of snow trying to develop to the south and west. so many hours from now, a good still four hours before some

of us even see the first flakes. by 2:30 in the morning, the storm is really starting to crank up. philadelphia to the north with heavy snow. there you see the rain to the south and where you see this blue line that is sleet mixing in. that sleet line will flirt with the city of wilmington, philadelphia, maybe as far north as trenton for a brief time here 7 o'clock tomorrow morning and the question is how long does it mix with sleet. if it mixes for awhile, we're on the lower end of our numbers. if it doesn't for awhile we're on the higher end for our numbers along i-95 but it's heavy rain southern new jersey and delaware and then at 10 o'clock colder air collapses in as the storm deepens so it flips back to snow where it briefly changes with sleet and then by 4 o'clock in the afternoon the heaviest is gone and we just have some lingering light snow showers. so, you see a lot of numbers. a lot of colors on this map and that is because there's going to be a sharp cutoff with this storm as to where you see snow, where you see rain. north and west 16 to

24-inches, lehigh valley poconos, that's the jackpot area. most of southeastern pennsylvania between 12 and 16-inches. then as you sink to the south any of this two to four, coating to 2-inches far southern area that is going to wash away first thing not morning so you'll never actually see this on the ground if you're not up before seven clock in the morning. but bridgeton hammonton four to 8-inches before the rain. it eight to 12 wilmington to glassboro cherry hill before it switches to sleet and maybe a little rain. philadelphia to the north and west 12 to 16. this line right here is your 12-inch line. this right here is your 8-inch line so the city we're looking at right around a foot. so the heaviest snow again is north and west of i-95, even thundersnow tomorrow morning at the height, one to 3 inches of snow per hour creating blizzard conditions. avoid any travel and again power outages because of the heavy wet snow kind of weighing on our trees and the limbs. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, that powerful nor'easter tomorrow depending on location, a lot of rain or a lot of snow at 34. windy cold leftover snow

showers wednesday, a high of just 29. 36 thursday, a lot of sun. it stays cold through the end of the week into the upcoming weekend it slowly warms back into the 40's so there's no rapid melt with this snow as we go into the upcoming weekend but we'll keep fine tuning this for you on airline on our facebook and twitter pages. where that line sets up with sleet could make all the difference in the world. >> absolutely. >> all right. quick break and more news when we come back. stay with us.

>> right now jim guarder in and the "action news" team are standing by with these stories and more next at 6:00. parts of our region bracing for a blizzard. road crews gearing up to get to work when the snow starts falling as folks stock up on storm supplies. plus, two former penn state administrators make surprise pleas in court for their handling of the jerry sandusky case. >> and former vice president joe biden goes back to his alma mater to open his namesake research and policy institute. that and much more coming up

next. now for meteorologist adam joseph cecily tynan jaime apody ducis rodgers some. millimeter the entire "action newsmonica malpass, the entire"k williams. have good night. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> when many of us would prefer to think about the official start of spring just a week from now, instead, we're gearing up for a monster storm. you know the drill. they're loading up salt trucks and we're buying snow essentials at grocery and hardware stores.

yes, we're in for the biggest snowstorm of the winter by far. monday night, the big story on "action news" tonight is old man winter intent on leaving us with a potent parting shot. yes, philadelphia public and archdiocesan schools have announced they'll be closed tomorrow. "action news" reporter john rawlins is standing by at the penndot yard in norristown. walter perez will be live in emmaus where they're expecting blizzard conditions. nora muchanic is staked out in ocean county where they're preparing to deal with different kinds of problems. but first let's get the latest on the impending storm from meteorologist cecily tynan and adam joseph. cecily,etts begin wit, let's be. >> double scan live showing the ingredients starting to come together for a major winter storm. this looks more impressive than just an hour ago. lope starting to form off the coast of the carolinas. it's feeding in a lot of moisture from the gulf of mexico and then if you look