further south here, 27 snept from barbara lane. she generally has clear skies. the north and south but xwi eight cross the board high pressure briefly in place and let's check in with steve johnson in the next half hour clear sky where he's located in west chester pa. not one bush moving out there. a hypothetical of northwest breeze. that's. it lots of stars to see out there in west chester this morning. it's definitely the case as i mentioned further south you go the clearer it s i want to take you to storm scan 3 next let's check in there where again there's go you clear off to the south and clouds off to the north we zoom it way out there what you will find we'll do it one more time. what you find is billowing clouds showing autopsy cross the canadian prairie albert us, >> that's beginning of clipper system that will zip across the u.s. and move in. don't worry about this stuff here over the midwest that's nothing to affect us today rather brings in a couple clouds. it's what's developing ever canada right now we get in on. here it is tomorrow moving through

bundle up, too because the winds is starting to crank. 30 degrees across the river here, meant from barbara lane. she in willow grove modest 4-mile per wind, just clouds there, too but again not going to only see skies clear out, wind kicks in as womenment next out to one of the field cameras, we go out to "skycam 3", where, it is a beautiful looking start to the morning here. we do still have some clouds out there but pretty high up in the atmosphere. and that said, you're not going to have any kind of visibility problems out there. in the the winds is beginning to pick up, 13 miles per hour, and, again, it is still a little damp out there on some of the roadways with temperatures marginal enough with freezing to lead to slick travel. so, keep an eye on your car thermometer. storm scan3 hey that system out of here. skies beginning to clear nicely in its wake. only matter of time before we end one full sunshine, too. down the road, nicer weather news if you're a fan of mild air. i know i am. i know many people in this room r it looks as though we'll get you into the low even upper four's, sunday

it's 9 degrees right now according to barbara lane in willow grove. it is beyond cold.t frigid outside. 12 degrees as we head little bit further into new jersey from robert stewart in clementon his help says 12 degrees very cold wind can't make up its mind from strong gusts to almost none. on and off here where robert is and check in one other spot here here. 5 degrees that's feeling pretty miserable chuck pressler up in the appalachian mountains and he says it's windy and only right around 5 degrees. if you love the weather you can be one of our "eyewitness weather" watchers zen us those reports always cool to see reports from your neighborhood to see just how cold it is. go to cbsphilly.com/watchers to sign um. let's take a look what things are looking like outside right now. you can't rolly see the cold but you can see a little bit of snow here perhaps on the field at campbell's field and the ben franklin bridge all lit up it is just a cold dark night clear skies just lending to that cold. on a clear night all that radiation escapes into the atmosphere and temperatur

we'll take you through the list as they came in most recent willow grove, barbara lane 8, 33 coming ine sent in 25. it's a chilly morning for most of our watchers and you as well. not terribly windy. it's a quiet day. things change however as you look out next stromtracker 3 and zoom of map here and going all the way out to canada where we continue to track beginnings at least of next clipper system. some of the snow that's coming along with it here down into dakotas that will eventually make a bee line across the great lakes and into our area. by tomorrow, especially towards night fall is snow moving in possibly starting off with rain through the extreme far southeast portion of our region. now, if this storm we'll call it a system as opposed to full blown storm if this system comes in late enough it may be more snow that anything because the later comes the colder air will be by the time it its us. i would say expect coating up to 2" sought of system inen type tirety for most of us and we'll see it intensify for the southern portion of our area as it moves through. it's all out by th

we will start off here barbara lane in willow grove reporting a clear sky and 34 degrees at the moment. farther north up to 35 degrees from eileen mur from gilbertsville. clear sky there beautiful day to start 2015. happy new year to all cbs watchers. happy new year to you as well. the let's zoom into find further, storms. we will head up to the north. 36 degrees. this is keith, in saylorsburg 36 there. he says clear cold and chris top day 3c's. happy new year to you as well, keith. we will head into new jersey, one more weather watcher, mark at chats worth at 34 degrees there and mainly clear skies. sneak in someone from delaware. the we have to get the first state. weather watcher john dell from newark 37 degrees and clear skies. skies have been clear all across the the board today but temperatures seasonably chilly feeling colder thanks to the win. if you would like to be a weather watcher, it is so easy to sign up. go to cbs philly.com/watchers. the start off new year with the new hobby tracking weather and being part of the team. lets peak at how things are shaping up because what

we are looking at 33 degrees, further north further north and check with barbara lane in willow grove, and again 33 degrees and 37 degrees checking in with jonathan block here in philadelphia again with the clear skies. his comment beautiful sunset in chestnut hill in wind good way to lead in the weekend. if you are interested in being a weather watcher sign up now at cbs philly.com/watchers and you too can be part of the team. we would love to have you. lets look at how things are shaping up on this friday night on storm scan three, in problems out and about tonight having dinner in the city or anyplace a across the region. everything is very quiet. temperatures dropping now that the sun has gone down but it will stay dry through tonight. we cannot say the same about the weekend. lets take a look at our local view, as we continue to zoom out we will see lake effect snow across new york state that is not a problem for us. what is a problem is this system a large scale storm remember it from the rain cold, snow in the southwest earlier this week. it is drawing in moisture from the gulf

thirty-five in willow grove says barbara lane, reporting a mainly cloudy sky there.ty into portions of new jersey. these are areas that will mainly see rain with this system. snow on the front even. 40 degrees said david dutch in clementon. heading down into delaware seeing 30's there as well. john dell is in glass go reporting 37 and mainly cloudy skies. if you'd like to be one of our weather watchers it is easy to sign up. we love getting observations in the middle of the storm. we will check in overnight. again, tomorrow morning to sees what they are reporting as far as snow and rain and conditions outside, it really helps us pinpoint our forecast. another look at storm scan three as this large storm lifts up the coast. we will zoom in. see what we are seeing right now. lit built of snow starting to form, north of d.c. they were reporting west of d.c. here at dulles international the airport. the this is lift nothing as mainly rain heading toward delaware. should get in within the next couple of hours. we will expect start time between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. in delawa

barbara, back to you. >> all right, thank you, megan. the cold weather caused problems on the 95 express lanes. chopper 4 was over the scene earlier this morning. we heard back from vdot. they said some of the gates could not open. they did not open automatically because they were frozen. the problem slowed down the opening of the lanes during the early part of the rush. the lanes were operating normally around 6:00 a.m. this today, we get news whether d.c. will be the choice to host the summer olympics ten years from now. news 4's aaron gilchrist breaks down what could happen today. >> the district and three other american cities are all hoping to be chosen here. the united states olympic committee is meeting in denver today and they're also considerin boston san francisco and los angeles for this bid. members are expected to announce their decision as soon as this meeting is over. we don't know how they're evaluating the candidates. but if you remember there were d.c. area leaders, politicians, sports figures, people like you that put together this video in hopes it would help their case. now

barbara. >> all right, thanks amelia. >>> crews just shut water off in the area of wilson lane and river road in bethesda. working to repair a water main break that's causing a big mess this morning. news 4's megan mcgrath has more on the repairs. how are they doing out there? good morning. >> reporter: we're seeing some improvements. we got word they shut down the water. so we no longer have that water going down on to river road. all the salt they laid down that has worked. all of the ice has melted. but they haven't started the repair work on this pipe so it's going to be with us for a good hunk of the day. of course this is just the start of water main break season. ice and slush across the outbound lanes of river road in bethesda. crews kept busy plowing and salting to keep the lanes open. but mother nature isn't entirely responsible for the mess. you can also blame old pipes. >> the one down on river road, we're trying to -- >> reporter: he has been pushing water mains for nearly 22 years. he was out here last night in the below freezing temperatures. after a main broke on wilson lane. >> it was bru

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more rain on the way in riverside, new jersey, ron russell leads the list at .69 ocean city .62 barbara lanen willow grove over a half an inch as well as vincentown new jersey douglas checks in at point 56-inches. if you love the weather and want to be featured in our newscast become an eyewitness weather watcher. sign up now at cbsphilly.com/watchers. >>> poconos -- actually no we'll go outside here in center city where we're dealing with a lot of fog and mist and drizzle. that's pretty much what we'll be expecting through the overnight hours into the start of your sunday. now, look at storm scan3. we do have a heavier batch of rain now moving into northern maryland into southern lancaster and chester county. then moves to the northeast so eventually parts of northern chester into bucks montgomery going to get some steadier rain in another half hour to an hour. then we get a break from d.c. south through southern virginia. then another batch of steady rain developing over eastern the tennessee. that's going to head northward. looks like tomorrow night we'll he -- we'll start to see milder c