. >>> now a look at accuweather with adam joseph. >> it's the wind out of the north that drives through you especially if you are standing in the shade. how it feeled, 28 in philadelphia and 27 in new york city and only teens in northern new england and quebec, but things are about to change for the warmer. high pressure is to the north near syracuse but the high slips to the southeast and east and the clouds move in and thicken up and that sends warmer air in for the upcoming weekend, for this evening it's clear and cold and 30 at 7:00 and dropping to the upper 20s at 8 and 9:00. and the breeze starts to ease in the overnight hours. we are not looking at a deep windchill. 37 in philadelphia and 40s in the ohio valley. that comes in tomorrow. and you can see a good chunk of the country in the 50s, 60s and 70s. that is all heading in our direction just in time for the upcoming weekend sharrie. i'll show you the number in the full accuweather forecast. lets start to make the outdoor plans now. >> i'm doing it now. adam thank you. >>> today we get our first look at the 2016 philadelphia ph

. >> adam joseph is standing outside with a coat and scarf. >> little in the way of sun this afternoon clouds adding to the chill in the air, but today will feel balmy when you look at temperatures into the upcoming weekend. 35 in philadelphia and 33 in allentown un32 in wilmington and above freezing in millville and the atlantic city airport and we are drive after the morning snow showers and flurries, at 6:00 a.m. they started to pass through the region and one last area of precipitation that moved off the coast and we saw some breaks of sun but they filled right back in with the cloud cover and the cloud cover is locked in as we go into the overnight hours. as you head out on to the town this evening, 32 degrees and clouds through the 9:00, 10:00 hour with temperatures dropping below freezing by 9:00 and upper 20s by 11:00 and a lot of clouds overnight and could be a brief snow shower with the front passing through overnight with a low temperature of 32 degrees. but the numbers really drop off. 5 below zero and 11 below in suddenbury your temperature is 1. five days below zero, that

lets go to adam joseph live at the big board with the latest from accuweather.oks like the worst is behind us now? >> it has completely moved away, with the intense rain this afternoon. low pressure pushed from the southwest and then moved to our north and west. this low tracked well to the west pumping up the southerly strong winds and the rain is lifting all the way into northern new england at this time and the western side of the low where it was all snow near rochester and buffalo, they saw 20 inches snowfall with this storm, as we look at the wind gusts with this squall line, 27 miles per hour and northeast philly, damage there of 50 miles per hour and 57 in west depford and pitts grove township an estimated 57 miles per hour wind gusts and wrightstown 49 miles per hours. we have minor flooding going on in parts of berks county and delaware county this until 7:15, the crumb creek and the west and east branch of the branny wine creek and the perkiomen creek and east of reading seeing minor flooding and all of that should subside by 7:15 tonight. when i come

for sharrie williams alicia vitarelli and adam joseph, i'm brian taff. e along with sharrie adam and ducis rodgers tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> now here are rick williams and monica malpass with a look at what's ahead at 5 o'clock. >> we're learning more about yesterday's deadly shooting spree in kansas. details released by police within the last hour. >>> plus the owners of a popular restaurant in germantown are cleaning up tonight after it was destroyed by flames. >> also police in delaware are looking for three taken agers after more than a dozen car owners woke up to find their tires slashed. those stories and much more coming your way next on "action news" at 5:00. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> almost like a smile on his face. deutsche, deutsche, deutsche. my friend is like go, go, go, he's shooting. i'm like dude is shooting. >> we're getting new information from kansas tonigh

meteorologist adam joseph standing by with sunshine now adam. >> yeah, that sunshine in control this afternoon. after that ribbon of rain that passed through early in the morning and those temperatures have skyrocketed this afternoon. in fact our high today so far 64 degrees in philadelphia for those leap day, the last day of february. 60 in new york city, 64 in washington. even to the north not bad, buffalo 55 degrees and binghamton on the verge of 50. so, another 60 plus degree day in philadelphia. we've had a record amount of 60 or better days in the city of philadelphia for what we call the meteorological winter, those are the months of december, january and february. we've had 22 days of 60 or above this year and that smashes the old record of 16 back in 2001-2002 and in fact, 10 of those 22 days came within the last 10 days. as we look at satellite and radar, we're looking at that brief area of rain that passed through early this morning. that front is now off the coast. we've dried out, the sunshine has returned and that accuweather forecast will talk about march entering in l

that is next. >>> adam joseph along now with the tornado watch in effect. weather coming up this way is severe. >> it is we are seeing tornado warnings, that means an indicated tornado on the ground and the watch mes we are watching for the potential and there was a bunch of warnings with this line in virginia and north carolina now. as we look at double scan live radar we are tracking torrential rain in parts of delaware and southern new jersey and chester and lancaster and parts of berks county. you can see the pops of reds developing by the bypass in western chester county and oxford, again a lot of water falling in a short amount of time but only one lightning strike now in this entire area. but we are tracking heavy rain south of wilmington south of wilmington and newark and middletown heading from the south to the north and we'll see waves of heavy rain this evening and then we'll watch the squall line pass through between 7:00 and 9:00. the tornado watch in effect until 11:00 p.m. tonight and the entire delaware valley to the shore and the entire sta

and walter perez in just a moment but we'll get things started with our team of meteorologists adam joseph and cecily tynan. adam live at the big board with storm tracker6 live double scan to track the changes in your neighborhood. adam. >> it's all about location here this afternoon on double scan live radar. some of the region seeing the white, which is that snowfall, the blue which is the transition from that snow to sleet and freezing rain and the green and far southern areas the transition is over with. it is now raining will stay rain. as we look at double scan live radar some very light snow across much of the area and you probable are noticing kind of this band of purple here from chester county and downingtown east to parts of delaware county, the blue route, center city philadelphia, lifting off to the north. that is the transition from that needle like fluffy snow and this band is a heavier bigger flake type of snow consistency and that is the actual transition zone from all snow to eventually mix of sleet and freezing rain. in fact as we head to the south, the blue is all sleet

. >> meteorologist adam joseph standing by outside today. sun is shining. tiful day, adam. >> we've had a nice seven the last three days with a hint of spring with that on and off sunshine. saturday, sunday and today. here are the numbers. 60 degrees in philadelphia to begin your weekend. yesterday 61 degrees. so far today we've slipped a little bit to 52 degrees but it still feels very nice and above that normal of 46 degrees. other numbers, 52 in the lehigh valley right now, 50 in reading, 50 in wilmington, even low 40's in the poconos and a bit of a sea breeze at the shore so that ocean at 41 is around 45 to 46 degrees wherever your favorite shore town s as we look to the south on double scan live radar you see a stripe of showers from raleigh charlotte to new orleans and gulf of mexico. first area of low pressure developing near jackson, mississippi will slide to our south late tonight and throughout your tuesday before a second system, a more powerful system moves to our west on wednesday. for the next two days -- tomorrow is the appetizer. light rain o

and adam joseph returning with the full forecast that should include the weekend right?en "action news" continues next. >>> a dramatic rescue played out in rock away beach, new york, coast guard tried to reach a ship that ran aground and rough seas flipped the vessel, the five men managed to swim to shore. and a helicopter was called in from atlantic city to lift the fishermen to safety. check it out the crew lowered ropes and a basket as ten foot waves rocked the ship. seven fishermen were taken to the hospital for observation. >>> investigators say that richard perry admits he was at the casino drinking and playing slots before he was called in to help with an emergency surgery, he is facing charges after preparing the patient and materials in the operating room at the va center. the va does not think the incident had impact on the patient. >>> this is samuel harrison, they say he is a ukrainian national who claimed to be a high school students named asher pots. he was on the honor role and part of the national honor sew tight and was also a member of the rotc and nave

lets head over to meteorologist, adam joseph. to the party. >> reporter: not silent is mother nature. ringing out moisture and tomorrow they will roar with strong winds and heavy rain, but for today stormtracker 6 live double scan shows light showers in the area breaking apart south of wilmington and dover as expected. some of those steadier showers moving over to more drizzle during the evening and overnight hours. we are still dealing with moderate pops of rain moving north of oceanville on the garden state parkway but north parts of burlington and ocean county and one to the south and east of millville. it's a steady light rain here in and around philadelphia 95 towards trenton and montgomery county and chester county and buck county into the lehigh valley. a solid area of green begins to break apart over the next few hours. rainfall totals we expect a quarter to half inch of rain than is pretty much what we got s philadelphia .20 and allentown .10 or so and .25 for millville and same for atlantic city, coming in with .42 inch

let's start 4:30 with "action news" meteorologist adam joseph and the latest from accuweather. . >> sharrie and brian this will be a quick hit of rain this evening. that's the good news. it's stretching basically right along that i-95 corridor a little bit to the north and west and to the south and east. as we close in closer to around philadelphia to the south glassboro wilmington and newark dealing with some pops of yellow as this rain is working from the southwest to the north and east so quick hits of some heavier bursts of rain but already the ending line, the leading edge there just to the west of honey brook so it only lasts about an hour or two once the rain starts and then it will be off the coast as we get into the seven to 8 o'clock hour. then as we go into wednesday, a whole separate storm. tomorrow is beautiful and sunny but a flood watch will go into effect on noon on wednesday and it lasts through thursday at 5:00 p.m. and that's because of snow melt in addition to about an inch of rain and it basically is newark, delaware, also wilmington, new castle county, part

that will do it for "action news at 4:00 for sharrie williams, alicia vitarelli and adam joseph, i'm 'll begin me along with sharrie adam and ducis rodgers tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> now here are rick williams and monica malpass with a look ahead at what's coming up at 5:00. hi, guys. >> hi. coming up next at 5:00 friends and family are mourning the loss of a young hero who died trying the save his own dad from a raging house fire. >>> plus, police are looking for this man in connection with an attempted armed robbery in upper darby. the other holdups in the area that officials are now trying to link him to. >> and a 62 and a half million dollars ultimatum. why one atlantic city casino says it won't pay taxes until the city forks over some serious cash. those stories and much more coming up next on "action news" at 5:00. >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> the flames were ridiculou ridiculously intense. if you weren't ge

we go outside to adam joseph with a first check. >> it's chilly and seasonable and i don't think anyone will complain especially after how the week started with the wintry precipitation. the numbers in philadelphia, 41 degrees and a lot of clouds and sun trying to fight that cloud cover. 30s pull in and then a lot of warmth building in the deep south that arrives in the upcoming weekend we have temperature changes day by day, as you look at satellite and radar a weak cold front from pittsburgh to buffalo and they will dry up for the snow showers arrive and as you step out on the town, 37 at 7:00 and as we go deeper into the evening clouds break apart and temperatures stay above freezing through the 11:00 hour with the low temperature dropping to 27 by tomorrow morning. so in that full accuweather forecast. we talk about a chilly breeze for thursday and it comes with a lot of sunshine and then 60s by saturday, and it stays mainly dry through the entire upcoming weekend. we'll chat about that and look at the seven day coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> 60s we like the sound of

lets head over to adam joseph at the big board. >> we complicate things further and the snow pack is leading to reducedib reduced visibility because of fog and we are starting to break the precipitation up north and west of philadelphia and the heaviest rain over there now sliding to the south and we'll see the trend continue as we go through the evening hours. in fact as we take a closer look at double can live radar, you see the holes developing after most of the atmosphere's energy is pushing to the east or breaking things up and dealing with light showers during that evening commute in and around many of those major thoroughfares moving out of the city of philadelphia and double scan to the south in new jersey and delaware you see yellows in fortescue and dover and millville, those move from the southwest to the north and east. and we put that in and show you it's north of hammonton and now it's ending in the lehigh valley and approaching pottstown and we'll watch that progress over the next couple of hours from the west to the east. as we take a live look at cam pel back mountai

meteorologist adam joseph tracking the system that's coming our way right now. . >> yeah, a lot of clouds out there on storm scan six. low pressure system off to the west over the great lakes. a few splashes of sun helping the temperatures to move up. right now 42 philadelphia, 40 in allentown, 40 in reading, 41 wilmington and 40's down to the south, so again, going into the snow, these temperatures are warm enough that those pavement surfaces which have been treated and if they're highly traveled once that snow starts overnight could keep most of those rage major roadways on the wet side. take a look at this massive storm which scraped new england with blizzard like conditions. you see that spin. there were hurricane force winds out over the open waters of the atlantic with that storm. that's pulling away and there has really wiped out the atmosphere because of how strong that storm is and as you look to the west you don't see much of a circulation. do you see counterclockwise flow with the precipitation but no true spin and you notice that the precipitation is

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adam joseph has a closer look at the evening forecast. not a bad wednesday night? >> no, not after monday and tuesday. fairly perfect despite there is a lot of clouds, there is no precipitation. it's pretty seasonable today as we look live on sky 6 hd at cape may, new jersey, a pop of clouds or two, and now a cold front from the north and west. 41 in atlantic city in cape may county, 39 and 41 in millville and 40 in philadelphia and upper 30s to the north and west and the cool spot in the poconos at just 28 degrees, as we look at february, still only halfway through the month, it's first seven days, temperatures ran above normal for afternoon highs, then as we went through the 8th to the 15th, the brutal stretch that came on october 13th and 14th, and then below average above and today below, average it out and we are running just above normal for the month so far. but it is a far cry compared to december and january where temperatures really ran above normal for the month but we have a week and a half or some left to see what happens. there is the front to the nor

"action news"'s adam joseph -- >> who. >> it's so cold i can't even talk. l talk more about that in the seven-day forecast. >> nice to meet you. [laughter] >> back to you guys. >> all right. thank you cecily and adam. "action news" at 5:00 will be right back. >> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> hello again. monica will be along at 6:00 with a lie report from new hampshire. sharrie williams joining us tonight and here's what's happening on "action news" this evening. a frightening ride on the high seas for thousands of passengers when their cruise ship runs into a massive storm. you'll hear from a local family on board. >>> plus, we're learning more about the man accused of dragging a philadelphia police officer during a traffic stop. >>> and more changes to the eagles offense as the birds part ways with riley cooper. ducis rodgers has details coming up. >> we are continuing to track an approaching storm which will bring snow to our area late tonight and into tomorrow. >> that'

we are checking in with adam joseph live at the "action news" big board. >> reporter: right now we see a split decision of what you are getting. some areas nothing. some areas a few rain drops and some with flurries and one zone, a stripe of purple and double scan with heavier snow and showers passing through. this is the brighter area of white, we see steadier snow in lancaster and chester and newcastle county and salem county and where you have this little hit of pink that is passing through here downingtown and westchester and media as well as pal vernon and berwyn and eventually towards norristown and parts of central montgomery county, a quick hit of snow that reduces visibility and coats the grassy surfaces. as we look at temperatures, all roadways within the band that is passing through, above freezing in philadelphia and 33 allentown and 33 in millville and at the shore temperatures around the 40 degree mark. visibilities with the area of snow especially to the northern and west of the city, down to a mile and a half. 5 miles in philadelphia and much better to the south with 10

very much. >>> that will do it for "action news at 4:00 for sharrie williams alicia vitarelli and adam josephu'll join me along with sharrie adam and ducis rodgers tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> here are rick williams and monica malpass with a look at what's ahead. >> coming up next, we're getting new information from chester police about an arrest after a 24-year-old delaware county woman was hit and killed earlier this week. >> also the campaign trail is getting ugly. the harsh words being traded by presidential hopefuls ahead of the next batch of primary show downs. >> and a live team coverage of the bitter cold continues for you including an update of course from accuweather. that and more next at 5:00. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> freezing cold. yeah, you got to dress warm. >> thermals, sweat jacket, this coat here, scarf and stuff like that. >> an arctic blast is gripping the delaware and lehigh valleys tonight and

. >>> adam joseph has the accuweather forecast when we return in just a moment. >>> there is going to be a warm-up. i promise you, it feels like spring training around here. ducis rogers gives us the thumbs up. lots of sunshine today but with that sunshine didn't warm us up all that much. with that northwesterly wind driving through the region from start to finish. the highlights in the accuweather forecast, it will feel winter like tonight with temperatures in the teens. and most of the suburbs, 1 wilmington and 13 allentown and 13 in philadelphia and 20s at the shore and the winds we felt today will ease. a low windchill factor late tonight and saturday's warmth here it is, allentown in the upper 50s and 60s lancaster, and near 60 philadelphia and low 60s in dover and a southwesterly wind. temperatures on the boardwalk, and temperatures on the boardwalk in the upper 50s, but today well below the average of 44, philadelphia 37 and 34 in allentown and 35 in trenton and upper 30s in wilmington as well as atlantic city. the windchill now is 23 in allentown and 25 in trenton and 26 in mi

lets go to adam joseph. >> 10 to 15 degrees above normal. lets go to storm tracker, we are tracking a front to the north and west and ahead of the front the clouds moved in and no precipitation expected as the boundary passes through, as we look at the accuweather highlights, thursday tomorrow during the afternoon especially. we are talking windchill, so we'll have one brief day where temperatures drop below normal for thursday, 25 in allentown during the peak of the day tomorrow 28 in philadelphia and 28 in millville and 28 in atlantic city. a popular number and only in the teens in the poconos and then we flip the page and speed up time to the beginning of the weekend on saturday, nice and mild 53 in allentown in philadelphia and 50 along the shore and the poconos a taste of spring with 45 degrees during the afternoon. we are a little more than halfway through the month of february. we went through an eight day street from the 8th to the 15th where temperatures were below normal with the cold arctic outbreak especially last weekend and the

adam joseph is here with the latest. >> before the snow falls, the rain will fall and it's beginning to built in southern parts of new jersey and southern delaware, this is all in response to the front that passed through yesterday with some of that heavy rain and it's backing in as low pressure develops and throws extra moisture inland and pockets of downpours especially along the garden state parkway and 72 and parts of long beach island the northern end of it starting to lessen the intensity of the rain and some lifting to the north and catching a break but overall the rain intensifies especially in the delaware and southern new jersey into the evening hours. it's extremely mild out there, you say how could it snow with temperatures in the upper 40s to near 50 degrees, well colder air is wrapping as the low develops from the north to make the switch over but that is not until well after midnight. there to the south plenty of moisture building in raleigh and charleston, south carolina. we are still in the mid-40s at 11:00 tonight with rain all the way far west as philadelphia, and

switch to fios. >>> meteorologist, adam joseph is back now and rainy days and tuesdays always get men. >> why is that? it's on mondays. what generation was that? >> the carpenters. >> any way the a little wet out there. >> i'll rap next segment. >> just another manic monday but it's tuesday. double scan live radar spotty showers and light drizzle around in spots and it stays this way through the rest of overnight wren not looking at intense rain pulling in overnight or tomorrow morning. we are dealing with the light drizzle and it's really chilly and miserable out there. and keeping the roadways on the wet side and as you can see spotty in nature and it will fall apart further as we go deeper into the overnight hours. 36 in allentown and 38 in trenton and 34 in wilmington and 46 in wildwood and 30s in the poconos where they are dealing with light freezing drizzle. and temperatures stay steady overnight and tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m., we are right around the 40 to 42 degree mark, 10:0056 and then in the afternoon a warm front passes through and the temperatures spike from the 50s t

. >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monicapass. >> hello again monica malpass will be along at 6:00 with a live report from new hampshire. sharrie williams is joining us tonight. >>> the latest snow showers are moving through the region and it's not done yet. we have the latest track and the conditions on the road coming up. >> my fellow pennsylvanians, our commonwealth is in crisis, a crisis that threatens our future. and what republicans are saying tonight. and the captain that battered cruise ship talks to the passengers as they endurextremely rough seas. >>> we are tracking snow showers across the region and as you can see from our live cameras from broad street and philadelphia city hall and also along i-95 near penn's landing, the ride home may be slow and slick. we have seen on and off snow showers throughout the day today and parts of the jersey shore dealing with flooding tonight and depending on where you live changes what you see. adam joseph is live now at the "action news" big board and the latest from double scan

adam joseph has the exclusive accuweather forecast when we come back. >>> time for accuweather at the "action news" big board. adam joseph is in for cecily tynan and we had sunshine today but it did not really worm things up. >> no especially with the wind out of the north-northwest and windchills in the 20s this afternoon. this is a live snapshot from north creek resort. this is their type of weather waiting to go up the chair-lift and take a rundown or two this afternoon. the winds continue out of the northwesterly direction, 13 in allentown and 15 in wilmington and teens at the shore and with winds, you factor in the winds with the air temperature, this is how it feels, 4 in the lehigh valley and 20 in reading and similar in wilmington 37 in millville and mid-20s at the shore with the poconos coming in at 12 degrees. warm thoughts and as we look ahead. daylight savings time we spin the clock forward an hour when the sun is setting closer to 7:00 and only a month from now spring will begin and then 102 days, we are countsing down to memorial day when many of us will be thinking of t

those stories next at 6:00 for adam joseph cecily tynan jaime apody, the entire action news team, i'm have a good night. >> good night. introducing longhorn's big, bold, steaks. the only way to make em' better was to make em' bigger. our new center cut 10 ounce filet. our perfectly seasoned 16 ounce t-bone. and our fire grilled 18 ounce outlaw ribeye. big, bold, steaks. only at longhorn steakhouse. you can't fake steak. for lunch, try our steakhouse burger or any steakhouse lunch combo starting at $7. >> ♪ >> "action news" o. delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> the snow continues to fall in the tri-state area and it will stay that way perhaps longer than first expected. but as warm weather moves in, this will turn to rain and you won't believe how warm it will be tomorrow. >>> it is monday night and the big story on "action news" tonight is a wet and white way to start the week and get ready for another shot of precipitation but this time it will be rain and plenty of it. but for the time being, it is all abou

switch to fios. >>> we are back adam joseph is here now. >> any way you want to hear about this colding. you probably don't want to hear about that but you want to be prepared. looking at double scan live radar lots of cloud cover today and a few splashes of sun after morning snow showers for that commute and the high temperature despite we didn't see any sunshine tried to recover a little bit and honestly we went up a few degrees from the morning low and hit 36 degrees just after lunch time and the record is minus 6 in 1899 and we are dealing with the wind out of a westerly direction, and that remains 10 to 20 miles per hour and windchills are in the 20s pretty much across the delaware valley, colder in lancaster and the poconos only feeling like the teens. as we look at satellite and radar, cloud covering pulling out of canada and cold air is pulling in and pieces of energy in the form of cold fronts that are swinging through here, the clouds really marking their territory over the next few days and even a snow shower or two could past by. tonight brisk and cold 18 to 22, and with

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important thank you. >>> that does it for "action news" at 4:00, for brian taff, alicia vitarelli and adam josephrrie williams. join me along with brian, adam and ducis rogers tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. here is monica malpass now with a look ahead. >>> coming up next at 5:00 bill cosby is back in court to try to get the charges against him thrown out. the argument they used today. >>> and all eyes are on new hampshire as the presidential hopefuls make their push to the white house. >>> and the drug maker with local ties doing what they can to stop the spread of the zika virus. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist, cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> comedian bill cosby was back in court today this time in norristown all part of a push by his attorneys to get the sexual assault charges he is facing in montgomery county dropped for good. brian taff is joining us and the big story on "action news" is the hearing still underway at this hour. a live look in norristown where we are wai

. >>> "action news" continues with meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monicaalpass. >> hello again, here is what is happening a proposal to nearly double the minimum wage in new jersey. and an emergency behind the wheel sends two people to the hospital in maryland. and tom wolf lays out his plans to fund education in the state. >>> first, as we mentioned we are tracking snow heading to our region but we are not expecting more than a few inches but it could make the morning commute messy. lets getity latest from adam joseph live at the big board. >> this is mainly a coastal storm, the immediate coast from plain main to southern new england and parts of delaware and maryland will be hit by some wet snow early in the morning. winter weather advisory goes into effect for our region along the shore in southern delaware starting at 1:00 a.m. at first it pushes in as rain, temperatures in the 40s and it's warm and the low is pulling out to sea and enough precipitation backs into philadelphia and the immediate western suburbs but once you hit the lehigh valley and ber

now lets head to meteorologist, adam joseph. >> the rain is breaking up north and west of philadelphia pockets of rain northern and central new jersey, and delaware taking a closer look a batch of heavier rain route 1, oxford to chadds ford and wilmington and newark getting steadier rain here the same for philadelphia and southern parts of new jersey dealing with rainfall and pops of yellow from tuckahoe, this area did not see rain tomorrow, they can handle the heavy rain passing through and another good sign here is visibles starting to bounce back up, from allentown reading and lancaster, down from a quarter mile this afternoon from the heavier rain and wilmington and trenton still visible from a half mile or so. from now until 6:00, heavy rain continues with flooding and at 10:00 the rain moves out and we'll watch the creeks and rivers in the overnight hours. >>> now, lets check out the traffic scene with matt pellman with an update. >> lets set the expectations nice and low for the drive home. it's very wet and a ton of accidents and now a disabled vehicle on 95 in the work zone at

meteorologist, adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >>> hello again, 5:30 and rick is off and i'm brian taff. the iowa caucus is in the books. there was record turnouts including a substantial amount of first time participants. >> it took until this morning for iowa's democratic party to declare the winner. hillary clinton officially won the contest but by a razor thin margin. she earned 49.8% of the vote and bernie sanders won . s.6% of the vote. the last time the iowa caucus was even close or this close was on the republican side, at first it was project that mitt romney equaled out a win by rick santorum. but a recount was done and won by a margin of 34 votes. >> ted cruz earned the top spot in the republican caucus. and donald trump second with 24.3 and marco rubio came in thpod with 23.1%. marcy gonzales is in new hampshire now tonight. >> reporter: on the trail in new hampshire, fueled by iowa inspired optimism. >> so what a victory last night. ted cruz pulling off the big win in the caucuses ahead of donald trump, the one time frontrunner calling the sec

adam joseph and cecily tynan. >> and jim, double scan live showing that right now we're getting snow in our far northwest suburbs. we have the sleet and freezing rain along the i-95 corridor and then you get closer to the coast, this is where it's all rain and this whole line, the sleet, the freezing rain and the rain line will continue to push to the north and west as we head through the evening hours. but zooming in, this is a big problem. right along the i-95 corridor really right in time for the evening commute we have sleet and freezing rain so do you want to be careful. anything that's untreated, any roads, this will cause a glaze. sidewalks i've been told very icy. i-95, the schuylkill expressway really the blue route into the new jersey turnpike and then when you get closer to the coast along the garden state parkway this is where we have the pure rain and this rain line will advance to the north and the west, gradually as we pull in warm air. the problem is that the atmosphere works from the top to the bottom. so, the cold air lingers at the surface the longest. this means t

for rick williams adam joseph cecily tynan jaime apody brian taff the entire "action news" team.alpass. the "action news" team at 6:00 is next. have a good night. >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> monday night a former reading city council president is sentenced in a bribery case. >>> and a projectile strikes an amtrak train traveling through philadelphia. >>> but the big story on "action news" tonight is the presidential campaign. for the first time tonight we will actually hear from voters as they hold their caucuses in the state of iowa. and that will happen in the wake of a new quinnipiac poll that has donald trump leading the republican pack with 31 percent of the vote. ted cruz and marco rubio are two and three. on the democratic side, bernie sanders is leading hillary clinton 49 to 46 percent. >>> live in des moines tonight is rick williams and rick, for the candidates it's about meet organize exceeding expectations when you think about it the same is true for the media cov

that will do it for "action news at 4:00 for sharrie williams alicia vitarelli cecily tynan and adam josepharrie adam and ducis rodgers tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17. >> now here are rick williams and monica malpass way look at what's ahead at 5 o'clock. >> happy friday. coming up next on "action news" at 5 o'clock a philadelphia man is recovering tonight after a brutal beating in port richmond. how an invite from that man to one of his neighbors ended him getting attacked way baseball bat and a gun. >>> new jersey lawmakers laid out a new plan today to get the garden state's minimum wage up to $15 an hour. >> we're live from clearwater florida for day two of spring training workouts. we'll have those stories and another update on your weekend from accuweather. that was next at 5:00. >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪ >> looking live outside the calendar may read february but we are in for a warmup that will feel more like april. it is

for adam joseph cecily tynan jaime apody rick williams the entire "action news" team.ica malpass. have a good night and a good weekend. >> good night. >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> friday night the pennsylvania supreme court rules on the status of attorney general kathleen kane's law license and an iconic piece of trenton history comes down today. >>> but the big story on "action news" tonight is tragedy in the form of a fallen tree. the 200 block of james road in broomall was the scene where a huge tree crashed onto the roof of a house and ended up killing a 77-year-old woman. "action news" reporter gray hall is live at the scene. gray, you've got the details. >> reporter: right, jim, horrific and heartbreaking time for the family as you mentioned that 77-year-old woman lost her life in her home right behind me. her 79-year-old husband right now, he's recovering in the hospital and dealing with the loss of his wife. >> i was absolutely in shock. really good, good p

for meteorologist, adam joseph, cecily tynan, jaime apody and the entire "action news" team. i'm rick williams have a nice evening. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan, and jim gardner. >>> thursday night federal investigators released the cause of an aborted takeoff at philadelphia international airport and a pothole causing problems for dozens of commuters on i-95. >>> chopper 6 hd was overhead in salisbury township lancaster county today. the ef 2 twister carved the path of destruction over five miles long and 2 miles wide. 50 farms or home structures were damaged or destroyed. chad pradelli is surveying the damage season live in salisbury township. what have you seen personally today? >> reporter: well jim, what we have is a lot of what you see behind me, you can see the barn right there and see it is a shelf its former self. you can see the roof has been ripped off and officials tell us that this tornado had a sort of snake like path. and if you look here this house is seemingly untouched. but talking w

switch to fios. >>> meteorologist, adam joseph, is here we were talking about the flower show only ahave kind of turned the corner from the cold stretch. now double scan live radar we had that whipping wind today with the torrential rain brought a half inch to inch of rain in many spots but it has completely cleared out of the area. as it was pushing through the action cam along the delaware river overlooking camden on the camden side. the flags getting a workout and the rain falling and creating quite the white caps and choppy in the southeast 45 to 50 miles per hour at times today. as we look at temperatures in philadelphia over the last five days, we went through the heart of this particular winter over this stretch. thursday 28, friday 26, 24 on saturday and 20 on sunday and monday 33 degrees, we had tractor trailer five-day stretch with temperatures around freezing if not well below and when you look at the seven day you'll say we had the worst of the winter now behind us as we look forward we'll see the temperatures a little more spring like. right now 60 degrees in philadelphi

for adam joseph cecily tynan jaime apody rick williams the entire "action news" team i'm monica malpassshe could be your daughter. [laughter] >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> monday night, health officials confirm the first case of zika virus in philadelphia and police arrest a bucks county high schooler for allegedly selling marijuana laced brownies. >>> the billing story on "action news" tonight is the search for suspects in a drive by shooting in the grays ferry section of philadelphia. it happened last night at the corner of 31st and tasker. two teenagers were standing outside a restaurant when gun shots came from a white or silver car. both teenagers were hit. "action news" reporter vernon odom is live at the vare recreation center tonight where ironically the community will hold a meeting on gun violence. vernon. >> reporter: good evening, jim. and the guest of honor tonight is his honor mayor jim can kenny. he'll be coming here with encouraging words to pass out to this community

meteorologist adam joseph is here with the details. >> the weekend is here, the sunshine is going toround and the temperatures are going to warm up. >> we like that. >> as we go into march. as we take a look at double scan live radar around the area we can notice not much going on. a lot of sunshine today and a few clouds passed by early on in the afternoon but overall a pretty nice end to the week but it was a little on that cold side. 41 degrees was the high temperature in philadelphia. so, a chilly finish to the work and school week. 6 degrees below normal and winds today gusting to 41 miles an hour in philadelphia. and those winds have eased some at the present time but it's still bringing in a chill. it feels like 27 in reading as well as wilmington, 24 in lancaster, 29 millville, 11 in the poconos and trenton just 28 degrees. as we look at satellite and radar, we see the clouds breaking apart along the midatlantic and the northeast and those clouds will continue to diminish and collapse during the overnight hours so it's clear, it's cold. those winds will ease. 20 to 25 for tha

. >> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, jaime apody, rick williams and monica. >> ♪ >> hello again. here's what's happening on "action news" tonight a delaware county couple gets caught in their burning home and one does not make it out alive. >>> big news on the political front as republican marco rubio picks up two big endorsements and little hill takes her momentum to the southern states. >>> and phillies spring training in full swing as all players report to clearwater. we are live with more. >> and now the details. "action news" viewer took this video of a home consumed by flames in delaware county. once the fire was out, firefighters found a woman's body among the ruins. at this point the delaware county fire marshal is waiting to announce what else he found at the scene. this all happened late yesterday afternoon along the 2300 block of blue ball avenue in boothwyn. authorities say brenda mccabe died. "action news" reporter vernon odom is live outside the home with the latest on the investigation tonight. vernon. >> reporter: rick, at this hour the count

for adam joseph cecily tynan rick williams, the entire "action news" team, i'm monica malpass.. "action news" at 6:00 is up next. >> good night. >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rodgers, meteorologist cecily tynan and jim gardner. >> ♪ >> friday night delaware is celebrating a business decision by dupont and dow chemical and a veteran delaware county teacher and coach now faces charges of sexual assault. but the big story on "action news" tonight is the search for bandits who pulled off a huge diamond heist in philadelphia. this is the surveillance video from early saturday morning when the pair of thieves broke into barsky diamonds on jeweler's row. they came with nothing. they left with $400,000 in jewels. "action news" reporter gray hall has the full story. >> we need protection down on jeweler's row. >> reporter: jeff barsky owner of barsky's diamond center city asking for increased patrols after thieves target a story february 13th around 3:30 a.m. and got away with $400,000 worth of merchandise, mostly wedding bands and earrings. >

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