that's the accuweather seven- day forecast. maximus with a fur coat, i am so into you right now. >> there you go. >> come get inside, amy. >>> let's go to heather for a check on the commute. >> she is wearing a perfect color for maximus. >>> troubles outbound side of the george washington bridge. newscopter 7 is up above. we check in with john del giorno. good morning, john. >> good morning, heather. we have live pictures from newscopter 7 looking at the this is the city side looking across to new jersey. problems on the outbound side underneath the apartments. you can see the flashing lights, some of the overhead signs that are lit up. there is emergency construction on the outbound upper level. you see the tractor trailer at a standstill. this goes to the cross bronx. it begins by westchester avenue. >> that's a nightmare. nontruck go to the right and the lower level. f trains track work west 4th. downtown express only 34th to west 4th. mechanical problems at 14th. downtown trains are business passing 14th street as a result.

i'll be back in a bit with the accuweather forecast. more sun coming in. >> stay tuned for that thank you david. a reminder to stick with 6abc.com/weather. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar has you covered one dated forecasts from the accuweather team. >>> and a man died from carbon monoxide poisoning, michael may died while sitting in his car on eastwood lawn street on monday, the exhaust pipe was blocked by the snow and the fumes backed up into the vehicle. >> a fast moving fire went into the crescent section of philadelphia into the street this morning. the flames broke out at 2:30 at an apartment building on east hill creek drive. there was heavy smoke coming out of a first floor apartment and the fire marshall was called in to investigate the cause. >>> a 17-year-old girl is under arrest accused of making threats to schools. the post threatened to shoot up students in the chester upland school district. police and the fbi are now looking into the matter. >> as a parent i think it's ridiculous that someone would do that. but i a

so the exclusive accuweather forecast 7 day forecast blus blustery and cold tomorrow mostly sunny. few flurries and look at the low tomorrow night, 14 degrees. coldest night since early march of last year. tuesday when the cole air is right oaf us or afternoon highs 31. not even touching freezing mark and wednesday not quite as bad, seasonably cool, 40. on thrs a mixture of clouds and sunshine and temperatures rebound up to 4 6 and friday. >> the front arriving friday afternoon and night and rain linger into first half of the day on saturday. 48 degrees and then on sunday clouds break for some surprise with highs in the mid 40s. 46. people explaining it doesn't feel like winter they'll enjoy it. >> here it comes. >> it's only two days. good point. thank you cecily. "abc worls news" sunday is next on channel 6 and don't miss "action news" at 10 on phl17 tonight and we're back here again on 6abc at 11. >> for cecily tynan, melissa magee, jeff skversky, walter perez and entire "action news" team, i'm sarah bloomquist, we'll see you right back here team, i'm sarah bloomquist, we'll see

accuweather is going with 48 degrees later on.ou can see mid to upper 40s for south jersey and delaware. overnight tonight, once the front pulls through, the numbers will drop off. allentown 6:00 p.m., 25. poconos going to be able to make snow up there, 19 degrees, wildwood 33. as we advance it 33 degrees for the high temperature tomorrow. 20s north and west. tuesday morning temperatures down in the teens area wide. they will be better by afternoon, but below where we should be for this time of year. we've been seeing beautiful weather as far as temperatures are concerned for the last 45 days, every single day, maybe one or two above average. now we'll see temperatures a good ten to 15 degrees below average. 2:00 p.m., sunny, clouds overnight tonight as the fronts crosses the area. monday, combination of sun and clouds, flurries north and west. monday night into tuesday, we clear it out nicely again. tuesday is quiet and clear, wednesday is quiet and clear, thursday for the most part quiet and clear. forecast for this afternoon, 4

accuweather alert day. you need to bundle up before you head outside like truly on this brutally cold day. >> a live look how it feels due to the windchills. feels like the single digits. this is as we tray a potentially major snowstorm this weekend. >> good morning, i'm lori stokes. >> i'm ken rosato. you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist jeff smith is in for bill with the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> it will be such a deceptive day as well. a lot of bright sunshine. it will look nice when you look out the window but it won't feel nice. temperatures around 17 right now in central park. a wind advisory by the way western you will tear county until 7:00 p.m. winds could gust 50 miles per hour in the higher elevations of the catskills. the rest of the region 30 to 40 miles per hour. 17 in the park. 16 newark. 16 white plains. these are actual air temperatures. 10 monticello. upper teens on the island. windchills down to 4 in the city. feels like one below

storm in the accuweather seven- day forecast. heather o'rourke is standing by with the early morning commute. >> we have an accident on the l.i.e. westbound near sierra ripping town road. use caution through that spot. we want to show you on the fdr drive, traveling on fdr into the 90s, we have construction set up. we have construction northbound and on the southbound side. both directions between the 90s and 70s you will find lane closures. street cleaning rules are in effect today. lori and ken, over to you. >> thank you. >>> our storm team coverage continues. tri-state area. coast. eyewitness news reporter dray clark is live in soho with more on the pep rare rations in the >> >> reporter: mayor de blasio on how the city is preparing. across the five boroughs, people are getting ready in the normal way stocking up on groceries and supplies. shovels and rock salt were at the top of the list for many shoppers. snow blowers are getting a lot of attention. they anticipated a big rush when it became clear that the the city. they exp

meteorologist adam joseph standing by outside with a first look at accuweather. hey, adam if 83 changed the calendar, changed the year and changed the weather pattern along with it. temperatures are back to seasonable averages for january. 41 right now in philadelphia, 39 in wilmington, 36 in allentown, 39 in millville. the poconos make something snow finally with your temperature there at 27 degrees but you felt it today, that wind out of the westerly direction. feels like 27 right now in reading, 26 in the lehigh valley, right around freezing for philadelphia to trenton and a little bit above freezing in southern new jersey and delaware where it's between about 35 and 38 degrees. a lot of thick cloud cover through much of the day today but that cloud cover is starting to push now to the south and east and as i look above here on city avenue a lot of breaks in the clouds and that's going to be the trend overnight tonight. so, as we look at the evening planner, if you're heading out this new year's day eve for maybe some dinner, 36 degrees at 7 o'clock, 35 or so

we'll have the latest from accuweather. >>> yesterday philadelphia' new mayor took over, richard ross was sworn in as police commissioner, in a ceremony that highlights his roots and his commitment to keeping people safe. vernon odom has more. >> congratulations! >> with that only richard ross became philadelphia's 30th police commissioner, he chose his alma mater as the venue after a quarter century rising through the ranks of philadelphia's finest. he was mayor kenney's first choice. >> he instilled a decently and dig nate. in order to lead a police department in 2016. >> i am not ashamed to applaud this department or ashamed to say that some things need to change. >> he will work to improve police relations with key elements of the community. >> -- even thoughs we don't trust and don't want to connect with us -- >> richard ross graduated from central high in 1982, the kmigner's speech was an inspiration. >> it gives me inspiration to know i could be whatever i want to be and do what i want to do. >> it was an inspiring speech, i also want to pursue a career in law enforcement, firs

accuweather seven-day forecast, on thursday, mainly sunny, quiet, mid-30s. turning mostly cloudy friday. snow should begin to start late in the day or friday night lasting through the day on saturday. it's windy, cold, snow of varying intensities during the day saturday. maybe saturday night before we finally clear things out sunday into monday. still a lot of sun certainty as to where this storm forms and the exact track of the storm. that will make all the difference between getting a fee inches of snow and potentially over a foot of snow. the top end potential of the storm and a storm with a lot of moisture. back to you guys. >> those words of varying intensities stick out in my mind. >>> let's get a check on the traffic with heather. >> the george washington bridge is getting intense across the upper level. check out this delay across the span. that will take you into the bronx. lower level picking up delays as you come inbound. let's go to the maps. i can tell you that the cross bronx expressway eastbound at jerome avenue, you have an accident. again, d

accuweather alert day. we have cold temperatures and looking from astoria down the east river this morning, our camera in brooklyn, looking to wall street, south street seaboard, 11 degrees the temperature. skies are clear. we are getting into the center of this high-pressure ridge. high pressure works like a mountain. once you get to the ridge or the center of the mountains, the winds calm down. we have a little wind left today. this arctic high slides across. 18 by 10:00. 28 this afternoon. 30 the temperature later on. 38 the normal high. windchills will be in the single digits to start the day. after school 29. this morning is no picnic. after school it's cold. dress warmly. weather and traffic every seven minutes. how cold is it, heather? >> how cold is it? so cold that a snake could freeze on your windshield. out my facebook page. this is the southern state parkway, an accident in the process of being cleared away. another look here. this is the van wyck expressway where weave another accident being --

chris sowers is here with a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. it's going to be cold. >> reporter: the big story will be the arctic express that arrives overnight tonight and sets up the coldest air mass of the season so far monday into tuesday. in the meantime, we get you outside and look over the shore there. we see cape may. it's nice and quiet. we see clouds increase and we'll see snow showers developing, as well. double scan live you can see the moisture approaching from the south. there is another coastal storm that developed around the peninsula of florida. that's like the tallahassee area. that will continue to pull to the north even work off the coast of the carolinas. the heaviest moisture will work out to sea. some of this will push farther to the north an get into philadelphia, millville and cape may and delaware, as well. there could be a slushy accumulation in cumberland, cape may and atlantic counties, maybe just a coating that would be about it. temperatures will be above freezing so we're not worried about any slick spots out the

. >>> plus, chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. we're warming up. >> reporter: temperatures will skyrocket today and later this week it will feel like spring. let's get you outside, sky6 live hd looking at the center city skyline. the clouds have helped the temperatures out this morning the numbers have not dropped off too much. 38 degrees at this 9:00 a.m. hour. already in philadelphia. 42 in millville. sea isle are 450. atlantic city, 44. allentown below freezing, 28 there could slick spots up here, so go slow. the poconos, 39 degrees, even the mountains closing in on 40. satellite and radar, high, thin clouds overspreading the area from west to east, we should see the sun beat through that today. it's a nice looking day, sunshine high clouds mixed milder. highs around 50 degrees, although there are forecast models that have you as warm ago 52, 53. a nice tranquil afternoon a nice finish to the weekend. record highs by midweek and we're tracking rain, i'll have that in ten minutes. >>> we have several stories we're following this

accuweather is coming up when we come right back. >>> david here now with a check of the accuweather forecast. we continue to warm up and the snow is disappearing. >> it continues to melt sara, making nice inroads on that snow, take a look at stormtracker 6 live double scan we are looking at no precipitation and as we take a look outside, down around wilmington, delaware, a tribute to andrew wyatt there. he painted old farm houses and the brown colors you see in the foreground they were prominent and that is an appropriate spot for that right? and it's also sunny and cool but a better day than a couple of days ago. 41 in philadelphia winds out of the southwest at 8, as strong as we have seen in philadelphia all day. and 41 in philadelphia and 38 in wilmington and in fact much of the northern tier still in the 30s and then down south toward the shore and the airport in atlantic city up to 45 degrees. lots of sunshine on the way today and clouds to the west are high and thin enough if they make a run at us it will still probably be a sun and clouds mix. dress appropriately because ther

i'll have much more coming up in the full accuweather seven- day forecast. right now, though, the latest on your drive and commute getting into the city. that is weather, here's heather. >>reporter: yeah. so not -- the storm is not going to affect the traffic today, however, think about this, a lot of people are going to try to get their situation that they were taking care of for saturday and sun, all of those needs taken care of today, so there may be some rushing around. so here is the route 3 ramp to the new jersey turnpike where we have this overturned tractor- trailer. so let's head over to our maps and we'll talk to you about -- just show you on the map where this is. route 3 as you go onto the westbound side, you try to get onto the new jersey turnpike, that's where the overturned tractor-trailer is. so as a result leading away from lincoln tunnel, getting onto route 3 west, that ramp is closed down. and the ramp from route 3 west to the new jersey turnpike is closed down, thank you very much, john del gorno, from newscopter 7 for those pictures. but

. >>> we have a mixed bag, meteorologist chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: neither one of them is going to last very long. for the rain that's good news, we have a rude awakening heading this way. there's the view in cape may. one of the big concerns is down the shore right now. coastal flooding, clouds, strong gusty winds out of the southeast, gusts as high as 30 miles per hour and still a little leftover moisture from the storm that continues to march east. the heavy shield of rain is long gone at this point all the way up into new england. we have to get the upper level low through. the rains will increase from west to east as the low approaches and notice on the backside of the storm. we're changing the colors from green to white. that's the cold air rushing in. that's heavy snow flying across western portions of ohio. getting back to the coastal flooding advisory. we have flooding in the back bays of ventnor and margate and this was sent in from my twitter follower in manasquan, get off the coach and move the car. here's the brighter side

so, the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, we have a mess tomorrow. the blizzard of 2016.off the roads. whiteout conditions. the high only 29 degrees. so, again, that snow is really going to pile up. on sunday it turns sunny. the winds start to die down, 34 degrees. and then we don't have really any big weather troubles next week. the snow will be melting. tuesday and wednesday temperatures in the 40's. then it cools off a bit by friday with a high of 40 degrees, so a lot to go over tonight. i will be going over in it details on my facebook chat again at 6:35 and also stay tuned on world news tonight i will be representing philadelphia again in a few minutes with david muir. >> thank you cecily. >>> finally tonight there was a hoagie showdown in south jersey today to celebrate the grand opening of a knew what. what the mount laurel police department competed against the fire department in a hoagie building contest at the new store on route 38 and marter avenue. the fire department wins. they got a trophy and wawa made a donation to a charity of their choice. >>> abc's "wor

rely on constant updates from accuweather expawr team -- as to your team of meteorologists safe. >>> crews are on the scene of a fire in south jersey, the three-alarm broke out at the hillcrest tavern in bridgeton, cumberland county. heavy smoke and flames were shooting from the roof when the crews arrived. it is not cleared what sparked the blaze. we'll have more on the story coming up in a live report at 12:30. >>> philadelphia police are searching for a gunman after a woman was shot during an attempted robbery on charles street in the wissinoming center. she is in stable condition at this hour. the gunman was dressed in all black and used a black ban deferment -- scarf to cover his face. >>> police are looking for a shooter who killed a worker who was evicted from the station house transition shelter on north broad street. he came back yesterday morning entering the security checkpoint with food service workers and got into an argument with a worker and pulled out a gun and started shooting. mayor jim kenny said the shelter security will be reviewed. >>> of people all over the cou

good luck. >>> still ahead on "action news" at noon, another check of the accuweather forecast outside as we step outside looking live from sky 6 hd showing you a cloudy cape may and melissa magee has an update from accuweather when we come right back. i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, it could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. call now to request your free decision guide. i've been with my doctor for 12 years. now i know i'll be able to stick with him. [ male announcer ] you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients. plus, there are no networks, and virtually no referrals needed. see why mi

david murphy joit inn terrace with details from accuweather. >> not a bad shapingn feeling like winter and looking like it too with a lot of snow yet to melt sara as you look at osatellite we have sunshine and high cloud cover trying to sneak teaeough every now and then than could increase a bit as the afternoon goes on. morning lows were something e spe, we got down toppr4 in philadelphia and down to 10 in allentown and 12 in reading, matt pellman and i were warning yos fabout icy sidewalks and streets. like yesterday we are melting more of that snow 41 in philadelphia and down in washington cooler upper 30s but omeove freezing and in leittsbuu.h, pennsylvania we are still above freezing. as we roll teaeough the rest of the day, 41 by 2:00, and 40 by 4:00 dipping down from a high of 43 and then 36 degrees by 6:00 and we'll have to waitn about 10:00 before we start to hit the frelking mark but after 8 are to be careful under foot if there is another freezeup. we are in the process of melting snow in the wake of our passing snow storm, we woundn record 31.2 down to 22 and philadelphia d

. >>> turning to accuweather now, it feels a bit warmer outside tonight compared to the freezing way we started the work week, hey cecily. >> everything is relative, a cold morning and we had a windchill factor below zero, and philadelphia dropped down to 18 degrees, reading 9 and wilmington 14 and the atlantic city airport 10. be winds are beginning to shift to the southwest and making it to 40 in philadelphia, that is the average high for this time of year, if you look at the eastern half of the country, there is no arctic air even bismark, north dakota 24 degrees and that is not bad for this time of year. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing as you look across the ohio valley there are clouds streaming in and as we warm up we'll see more clouds moving in and i amtr tracking a storm ove the weekend and this is not a snow storm, tomorrow 4 degrees warmer than today and friday 5 degrees warmer and saturday 10 degrees warmer and sun a whopping 17 degrees warmer. this is what is ahead a warm weekend with temperatures in the 50s but sunday a soaking rain especially the first half of

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here's your accuweather 7- day forecast. clouds increasing on tuesday. there will be a few snow showers, mainly during the afternoon and evening hours. the high getting up to 42. there could be a coating well north and west of the city in the highest elevations. much colder and windy on wednesday, only 31 for a high. it will feel like it's in the teens and low 20s. 34 on thursday. back into the upper 30s on friday. and our next shot at something, could be in the form of snow, would be later next weekend. many more days to watch that one. >> yes. >> we're going to pretend we didn't hear that. >> laura behnke next with sports. >>> hear what? what are you talking about. >>> when you've lost four in a row, are the third worst team in the league and have the worst record since moving to your fancy new digs, that is not the nets responded. owner cleaning house who's out and where do they go from here? and did that really just happen. if you didn't see the end of the vikings seahawks game or fi okay. so right now, everyone is saying, "hurry! you gotta get fios.

real arctic air comes into your accuweather seven-day forecast. we will detail that a little bit later. >>> and we are following breaking news in new jersey where an earthquake rattled people who live there overnight. >> that's right. it hit in passaic county. this morning. the dispatcher at the police said she started getting fon calls at 1:00 in the morning. shook. there was a little bit of shaking going on. confirms that there was an earthquake that measured 2.1 that was centered in ringwood and it did happen just after 7:77 this morning. so it was enough to prompt some people to call in. no reports of any damage anywhere. but people did report that their houses had been shaking. not terribly unusual. ringwood does sit on the fault, which is one of the oldest and longest cracks in the earth. even though it is a fault that is not expected or is not believed to cause major earthquakes. so a minor one this morning. 2.1. yes, earthquakes are an everyday occurrence. so far today there have been 69 measurable earthquakes around the world, including t

and we continue our accuweather alert coverage this morning. we have a blizzard warning now issued for much of new york and new jersey as this powerful winter storm roars up the coast. we have complete coverage from the jersey shore to long island. >>> snow is already falling in parts of the south. this new video showing the perilous conditions for drivers in arkansas. >>> and even the blizzard can't stop the november election. why governor christie says new jersey is prepared to deal with the storm without him. >>> and meteorologist amy freeze will be back with the very latest maps and the snow

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, here comes the cold shot. 52 today. ten lower tomorrow, 42 sunday, mostly cloudy skies, sunday into monday that's when the arctic front arrives. monday and tuesday, 28, 29, windchills in the teens. wednesday, 38 degrees, thursday, 39. friday, sunshine, shower by afternoon, 42. doesn't look like a lot of wet weather, colder temperatures, but there's no snow. i know you guys are probably happy about that. >>> which is good. >>> chris you know us so well. >>> thank you. >>> 5:45. this may warm you up a little bit. for the 4th year in a row, bacon week is taking over the tropicana in atlantic city. it's hot and sizzling we have an fyi for you on the celebration down the the shore. >> reporter: the sizzle, the crispiness, bacon week is back. more than a dozen vendor will bring over 50 unique bacon creations to life at the tropicana. >>> our bar teshedz -- bartenders and chefs are creative expwtd have a lot of -e a lot of the fun with it. >>> we go through 3,000 pounds of meat making super blts through the week. there's choco

nice seven day accuweather forecast. happy new year i hope you have a great day and a great weekend. >> all right thank you bill you too. >> nobody out here, someone do the back rub. [ laughter ] >>> crazy man. okay. check in with debbie duhaime for a check of whatever commute we have. >> actually a couple of problems out here ken and bill. let's show you one right now on into south brunswick, it's an accident investigation right at deans lane. so avoid route 1 as we highlight the minneapolis i'll tell you try to -- maps i'll tell you try to take route 130 instead. 1 is closed and south brunswick. 17 northbound closed in east rutherford with an accident being cleared. a. c. and e. uptown delays with a police investigation and delays on 2 and 4 and going out to our other cameras here's a look at times square. alternate side of the street parking is suspended. back to you ken, lori? >>> all right debbie thank you. facebook users got a rather unique and confusing note on the feeds at 2015 closed. >> abc reports. >> reporter

i'll give you that accuweather forecast. we saw snow showers today, a little cooler on saturday but wait until you see the numbers in that four-day as we go he into the month of february. that coming up when "action news" returns. >> ♪ >> michigan governor rick snyder says he didn't know state workers in flint michigan were getting bottled water a year ago. even as the city's residents were told the water was unsafe to drink. well... was safe to drink. that's according to a spokesman for the agency that manages state buildings. he says those buildings switched to bottled water in january of 2015 after the town's drinking water failed a test. but officials say the failure was not because of the lead that's currently contaminating the town's water supply. an official warning about the water didn't go out until the fall. everyone in the city is now drinking bottled water. >> the philadelphia eagles made a move today to lock up another one of their key players on offense. the team signed offensive tackle lane johnson to a six ye

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. like a pretty nice weekend, a lot better than last weekend. 40 degrees, sunny, clouds, chilly, but seasonable. the normal is 41. tomorrow, 50 degrees, milder, mostly sunny skies, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, every single day is above average. not looking bad. 54 degrees monday, 50 tuesday, 63 wednesday, unfortunately wednesday we have a cold front coming through, lots of rain and winds, so that 63 may feel miserable with all the rain. 46 degrees thursday, friday, 42. still above average. not a bad day seven-day forecast. the following week a different story we'll keep it quiet. >>> it is 9:56 jack hanna's "wild countdown" is coming up next on channel 6. "action news" continues later tonight we'll be back tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. him here's some of the stories we're working on for you. she has won numerous awards including multiple grammies, now carol king's life story is coming to the stage in philadelphia. >>> car seat safety did you know that winter coats in ca

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. how does it feel out there, chris? >> reporter: it's a little chilly, it's obviously damp, but not too bad for january standards. the temperatures are in the 40s south and east. satellite and radar showing there goes the coastal storm pulling into new england, bye-bye then, no rain for us at this point now. we see light drizzle across the lehigh valley. spritzes and sprinkles around the immediate philadelphia area. from this point on, the skies will begin to brighten up a little bit. we'll go a combination of sun and clouds, 43 degrees in philadelphia. the normal high for this time of year, which usually occurs for this time in the afternoon is 40. we're above that. millville, 42. sea isle, 43. trenton, 41. remember those numbers. wait until you see the changes in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. it's a damp start, clouds and sunshine, mild, 52 degrees is the forecasted high. a little bit cooler north and west, highs topping out in the mid to upper 40s, but again not too

let's get the latest from accuweather and meteorologist adam joseph standing by outside right now. >>h, those temperatures have tumbled since the new year when we rang in at midnight and numbers presently right now are in the 30's up in the lehigh valley. it is 38 degrees right now in allentown, 37 in reading, 41 philadelphia, 41 in millville. and upper 20's up in the poconos but we have been dealing with the wind entire day out of the west so you have to factor that in. feels like 27 in reading, 35 in philadelphia, even 30's at the shore and teens up in the poconos. a lot of clouds again today but you can see the progression of those thicker clouds beginning to push to the south and to the east, even a few floating flurries through the lehigh valley and the poconos and the sky will start to clear as we go through the evening hours and that will help those temperatures drop as well. 36 degrees at 7 o'clock. at 8 o'clock, 35. the same for 9 o'clock and at 10 o'clock, 34 degrees with a decent amount of stars reappearing. then we're looking at numbers to the north and eastern canada arou

i'll have the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. guys. >>> that cold is coming back. >>> in case you venture heard powerball -- you haven't heard, 0 powerball fever is heating back up. >>> the powerball is expected to climb to $1.3 billion or more than that. chad perdelli is live in south philadelphia with reaction and people continuing to buy those tickets, chad. >>> hey alicia as you get into the afternoon, more and more people are buying lottery tickets, we just had a few people they left the sunoco station in south philadelphia. obviously this is life changing money. the jackpot expected to reach more than $1.3 billion on wednesday, and people are taking their chances. after last night's drawing ended with no one hitting the roughly 950 million-dollar jackpot. people were back buying powerball tickets this morning. the pot is expected to soar in the billions. >>> 1.$3 billion. >>> probably 1 1/2 by the time everybody gets down. . robert bought his tickets early. >>> i don't want to be caught in the crowd. >> reporter: morgan at

meteorologist adam joseph is here now with the first check of that accuweather forecast. adam. >> those snow guns are on trying to make that snow after a little bit of a coating on spring mountain this past weekend but this morning we woke up, yeah, we were in the freezer. 4 degrees in philadelphia was the wind chill, reading one below zero, trenton five above, wilmington two and atlantic city this morning it felt like 4 degrees. presently those numbers not much better. it feels like nine in philadelphia, three lancaster and reading, four in allentown, teens down to the south and even atlantic city right now feeling like seven with the poconos at five below zero tractor-trailer at the present time. azero at the present time. through much of the area trenton philadelphia wilmington to the shore southern delaware feeling like zero to five the entire night. it will feel like below zero late tonight tomorrow morning for most of our pennsylvania counties and then north of the lehigh valley tunnel into the poconos between five and 10 below zero. and in that full accuweather for

as we look ahead in the accuweather forecast to the 50s we go for the next couple of days, the friday night soaking, and then more arctic air coming in we'll chat about how much rain to expect and how cold it will get, as cold as the last round coming up in the accuweather forecast. >> thanks adam. >>> pat toomey met with injured philadelphia police, jessie hartman, too muchy and senator bob casey talked about the investigation and the possible terror threats that philadelphia is facing. gray hall is live now with all the developments on this. >> reporter: hi brian, we are actually here at the fraternal order of police lodge number 5, they will hold a benefit for officer hartnett, in the meantime as he recovers investigators are searching for a motive and learning everything they can about the suspect. >> that many gunshots at that close range he was trying to do serious damage. >> as officer jessie hartnett recovers, the investigation continues, local and federal authorities are working around the clock to get information about the suspect, edward archer. >> they are not limited to c

he's got accuweather and matt pelman is in for karen rogers with traffic.rning. >> heading into what appears to be a busy weekend around here looks as though we're looking at less harsh conditions today. we're seeing the numbers come up a little bit. sunshine early on with clouds trying to dig in through the north. overall looking at a sun and clouds mix through much of the day. temperatures are still cold this morning.

the accuweather seven-day forecast shows a nice trend to the mid- to upper-30s and a return to above normal perhaps by the time we get to sunday. before that there is a chance for a coastal storm. big story is just how cold it is out there. heather o'rourke is standing by. you had to chip away. >> i had to chip a way for a while. give yourself extra time if you are driving to work and you park your car outside. we have the bronx river parkway southbound scarsdale street, all lanes closed down as a result. on to the l.i.e. eastbound near exit 18 maurice with a crash. minor delays george washington holland tunnel. we had police activity at the the ramps were closed to the holland tunnel. everything has been reopened. that earlier police activity has been cleared away. the n trains are skipping spots as you go through brooklyn. dray clark will give us more information about that. long island railroad on a holiday schedule. new jersey transit weekend. metro north on a saturday schedule. suspended today. metered in effect. lori, over to you. >> thank you. >>> comedian tracy morgan is set

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here's a look at the accuweather forecast. we'll start with these early days in the week. 35 this afternoon. more melting occurring, and then foggy conditions early shower in the afternoon with a high 41. mostly cloudy on wednesday, 40, and partly sunny on thursday with temperatures in the mid 30s. that will begin a gradual melting process, which we hope that people will be able to manage their snow and the runoff with. that's a look at weather, here's heather o'rourke, looking at the streets out there. looking at the rails and problems. >> you were talking about slick streets and we still have this accident on the l.i.e. this is near the queue garden interchange. it's right near the expressway. we have only one lane open. it was closed down. i have to tell you that i just found out about an accident at route 24, 78th. that intersection in new jersey. it's an overturned vehicle. is this serious out there. you want to keep it slow. going south, we have that accident, d and f trains, some local service only, but all of track. we

more details in the full accuweather forecast. right now we send it to debbie duhaime with a look at the commute. >>> we will go to a view from newscopter 7 and somehow the eastbound l.i.e. eastbound l.i.e. into junction boulevard still have the right lane blocked here because of that accident it looks like you still have activity here on the eastbound l.i.e. into junction boulevard and another fire truck pulling up on the scene. let's go to the maps. on the garden state parkway south of 148 in bloomfield, a collision. the northbound garden state parkway at the asbury tolls an accident there. lincoln 30, hole lane 20. alternate side in effect. back to you, ken, lori? >> debbie, thank you. pakistan. the prime minister is vogue revenge for this morning's deadly terror attack on a university. the assault at the university killed at least 20 people including students. four attackers are dead. the campus rocked with the sound of gun battles and explosions after the militants attacked a large crowd which gathered to celebrate the school

the big story on "action news" is the frigid conditions across our region, but good news accuweatherrt to warm up tomorrow. cecily tynan is at the big board with the details. this is tough to take but there say light at the end of the tunnel. >> we have another shot of cold air next week but this morning a tough morning to get out of bed, philadelphia the temperature dropped down to 12 degrees, that is 14 degrees below normal, allentown 8, trenton 9 and wilmington 12, it's big problem was that we had gusty winds and the lowest windchill in the wee hours of the morning down to 25 degrees below zero in the poconos and philadelphia dropped down to 4 degrees below, and reading 5 below and trenton 6 degrees below zero. and the winds eased and it's not feeling that bad now, satellite 6 along with action radar showing high pressure building in from western pennsylvania and as it moves over us, the winds calm down and what happens tomorrow is this high pressure

we'll talk about it's arctic blast and howl it will last in the accuweather forecast. >> adam thank you. >>> many counties have declared a code blue, an opened warming centers through the night and crews are ready for any areas that has snow pop up. walter perez is live at a penndot salt yard in allentown. >> reporter: hey sharrie, as adam mentioned. a nice shot of snow came through here an hour ago and nothing really stuck and the clouds broke up and the sun is out in this allentown region, but right now old man winter is still dragging his feet. the winter season arrived weeks ago but it's putting off its appearance. the folks at allbright hardware say their decisions have been dictated by el niÑo. >> with this mild weather we are able to sell other items other than the snow items, it's a positive thing. >> it's a positive thing for penndot, like many of us they are preparing for the worst and hoping for the best, approaching the middle of january, the snow packed piles so far in our region. so penndot is ready, the rest of the us not so much. >> was going to buy a snow blower but i h

time now for a check of accuweather forecast. lets send things over to adam joseph a busy man. >> you should see my desk, there are papers everywhere with scribbles of what could or could not happen. you look outdoors, the camera is bouncing around and the wind continues to funnel in from the westerly direction pulling the windchill values down, the latest gust in philadelphia 30, and even the shore in atlantic city, 36 miles per hour this is some 36 hours now we are dealing with the very strong winds and the windchills remain in the teens, low teens to the west and middle teens philadelphia and at the shore anywhere from 11 and 16 degrees. satellite and radar, a few fair weather cumulous clouds try to break south of interstate 80 but fell apart. we have bone dry air, not much moisture locally and it will stay quiet all the way through the end of the week, lets say the middle to latter part of friday. it's clear and cold and the brutal windchills continue. factor in the winds that remain strong all night long and bring windchills

. >>> those stories and more in just a few minutes, but first the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. the cold, bone chilling. >> reporter: it is bone chilling, teeth chattering, puffy coat and boots with the fur cold. i can't believe i just remembered all that, actually. here's the view as we look live on sky6 live hd. we're down in cape may holding on to cloud cover this morning. there's actually a few areas of drizzle and mist taking place, as well. by afternoon we'll see the skies brighten up, it will be a decent day. 44 in philadelphia. millville, 44. allentown, 40. poconos showing 36 degrees. visibility becoming an issue now in parts of the area, but a lot of numbers are starting to improve as that northeasterly continues to -- nor'easter continues to pull away. poconos, 1 1/2, wilmington, 1 and three mills in millville. snowing pretty good in upstate vermont and new hampshire. the majority of the system was rain across the mid atlantic and the northeast. cloud cover to the west clearing taking place across the virginias and the carolinas. that is heading this way. it's a damp

details coming up from accuweather. >> dry today. yes it's cold but it's dry. looking live on the vine street expressway approaching the schuylkill that's your westbound traffic. moving just fine. the vine has reopened in both directions. construction has cleared. the crew will return at 11 o'clock tonight and shut down the vine in both directions. we have a new accident coming in to us in university city. we're hearing there are minor injuries with this so we've got emergency workers coming to the scene on market street at schuylkill avenue. police, fire crews all on hand right now so that may take you a little longer here on market street. in norristown here there's an issue on rittenhouse boulevard right near if he is sander lane. this is some fire department activity. we're hearing they are restricting lanes and you have to watch any time you have fire activity with below freezing temperatures. you could have slick conditions so just be careful if you're traveling in that area. in south brunswick 130 northbound at day road construction blocking the right la

accuweather is next at noon, david murphy will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back. >>> looking live chopper 6 hd over ocean city, new jersey. boy this weekend blizzard really battered parts of the new jersey shore. the huge waves stripped the beaches of sand there was widespread destructive flooding all kinds of debris washed ashore. i'm not sure what's on the beach right. we did see heavy equipment. they just had a beach replenishment project in ocean city. they moved in construction equipment. some of that was undone by the storm last weekend. the lieutenant governor and the commissioner of environment protection plan to visit toms river holgate, stone harbor and north wildwood today to assess the damage there along the jersey shore. some of them saying it rivaled or exceeded that of super-storm sandy. >>> i remember we saw a buoy that washed up along the shore over the weekend. nora muchanic taking pictures of it. back here on monday afternoon, we're digging out and david murphy says a little sunshine will help. >> reporter: sunshi

here's a quick peek at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast.oday's high, 46 degrees a wind making it feel like we're in the 30s. >> you can get the seven-day forecast and live look at storm tracker 6 live double scan radar at 6abc.com/weather. >> one man is under arrest, two remain on the run after a home invasion in center city. it happened on 16th street between spruce and pine last night. three men forced their way into the home. a fight broke out and one suspect dropped his gun. two suspects ran off, a third was taken into police custody. the family was physically hurt. >> mayor michael nutter delivered his final news conference while in office. he touted how 40,000 jobs were created in philadelphia since he bank mayor in 2008. he touted other successes. >> the fact is that philadelphia is safer today than it was the day before i came into office. the fact is that there is more educational funding support for schools than there has been at any other point in time. >> nutter hands over the reigns to jim kenny on midnight. nutter says he plan

let's get the latest accuweather.action news" big board. >> hi, rick and monica. all of us were shivering. we forgot what it feels like to have winter here after a record warm december a bit of a reality check. temperatures show right now it's 27 trees in philadelphia. what's going on, we've been very -- we have a very strong arctic high pressure over the great lakes. you got that clockwise flow and that's pulling down the winds straight out of the north so that very cold air that's been trapped over canada really all winter long is finally making it here. you factor in the winds, the wind chill makes it f

warmer weather, lets get the latest information from accuweather and meteorologist, cecily tynan. >> this morning is when the core of this arctic air was over us and we had gusty winds and the windchill dropped down to 4 degrees below zero in philadelphia and 5 below in trenton and 4 below in millville. and the windchill in the poconos 19 degrees below and the windchill advisory was posted and the windchill dropped down below 25 degrees below zero. the temperatures are still pretty cold and the windchill is 25 in philadelphia, everything is relative compared to this morning it's not that bad and what will happen overnight is the winds diminish, and that means another cold night that won't be as harsh as last night. it shows this arctic high pressure over western pennsylvania and what this will do is keep pushing to the east. it's a return flow to the southwest and a cold start to the day, not windy though and as we head through the afternoon, temperatures will moderate, so the day planner shows you will have to bundle up in the morning, 7:00, 18, and 1:0037 and by 4:00, a seasonably

accuweather is next. >>> meteorologist, david murphy, is back inside now.you were not outside yet. david murphy is here with a closer look at the forecast. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan shows us we are dry. isn't that nice and here is why. take a look barely any clouds on sky 6 hd and plenty of sunshine in the region and we go to montgomery county and spring mountain, they have things cold enough to make some snow over the last several days. and it looks like they have graded it and it's ready for the taking if you have skiers out there taking that on this afternoon, temperatures are cooler and above freezing and 35 degrees right now in philadelphia, and northern areas cooler, winds from the south-southwest at 3, not a bad day to be outside and on the chilly side, you need coats and extra gear and without much wind you feel relatively comfortable, 33 degrees and close to the freezing mark, allentown and reading and 35 in trenton and wilmington and a little bit milder down to cape may and the airport in atlantic city, mid to upper 30s there. satellite s

karen rogers has a check of the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: hi walter, look at the temperatures, not too bad for this time of the year. normally the high is 40 degrees. we are sitting at a high of 47. it's 32 in pittsburgh in our area, temperatures above average even for the evening hours. satellite and radar showing the rain from yesterday and overnight hours is long gone. looking at satellite 6 we saw breaks in the clouds earlier. we have mostly cloudy skies in philadelphia. we'll keep a good amount of clouds tonight and tomorrow. the winds were an issue earlier 234 miles per hour gusts in the poconos. in wildwood and the winds are gusting in areas. by 7:00 p.m., 44 degrees, feeling good if you're heading out enjoy it. 8:00 p.m., just a light coat at 42. 9:00 p.m., 39, by 10:00 p.m., 38 degrees in the overnight hours it will be drop tonight. it will be colder. here's what to expect having a seasonable sunday, not so mild. we'll bring the temperatures down a little bit. arctic air moves in and we'll have windchills in the teens. we'll prepare you for that in

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, blustery and chilly today, 43. clouds and sun, only 39 degrees and up to 48 in the afternoon on sunday after a chilly start. 52 monday, possible shower there. 54 on tuesday, wednesday, how would you like 60 for the high. we'll see rain at times on wednesday, you can't argue with that 60 degrees, a front gets out of here and we are back in the mid 40s on thursday. >>> we'll see a lot of grass next week. thanks david. >>> 5:10 we have more stories you didn't see last night. toxic gas causes 100 students to fall i will at a texas middle school. >>> busty controversy, a woman from new jersey claims a >> reporter: keeping a breast of traffic, we have a jackknifed tractor-trailer. >>> there's a guy who is homeless who takes credit cards to help him. that's later in the morning buzz. having lots of devices in your home can really slow your internet down. so keep things moving with 100% fiber optic fios. the fastest internet and wi-fi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. now for just $69.99 a month online, get super