we will get to that this crazy view of the sideways moving snow in center city philadelphia, keep going there i think march has officially, been coming in like a lion. 33 degrees. northwesterly winds at 32 miles an hour, absent the gusting, and feels like temperature 19 degrees. brutal. we are dealing with the powerful nor'easter that did bomb out our rapidly intensify , very apparent, driving all this moisture in from off the atlantic and now we are dealing with primarily snowfall across the good chunk of the delaware valley. seeing some pockets starting to break in of some dryer air but this morning we started off with rain/snow mix and new all that just heavy, wet snow, heaviest right now in and along i-95 corridor from center city philadelphia, wilmington, northern delaware, those purple returns of snowy sentencely pouring down, also in the poconos, snow, still falling up toward lehigh

thirty-four in atlantic city. 33 degrees right now in philadelphia. thirty-four in allentown.story of the day to day but starting to see dryer air indications of dryer air with some dryer pockets now, prevailing, portions of the poconos, seeing a little bit of drying in upper bucks county but still dealing with heavy persistent snowfall over chester county, down in northern delaware, central delaware, as well, snow coming down at a rate, of intensity of about an inch per hour, at times in and around wilmington area seeing that snow, just pummeling your your use, south jersey, down the shore, snow continues to fall and in the really mixing with rain anymore but it is that heavy wet snow but starting to see drying, on the western edge of the poconos, getting a break from all of that snowfall where totals are pushing now 2 feet in some locations. future weather showing in the next couple of hours still dealing with snow, primarily east of the i-95 corridor still lingering snow showers and mixing with rain as we head in the second half of the evening down the shore but really by 1

in philadelphia if your car is park along snow emergency route, it will be towedo move it. cityoffices and courts are closed philadelphia's code blue is in effect, first responders and outreach will patrol streets to take people who are homeless into shelters >>> of course, across the river in new jersey a wet combination of route rain and snow. this is near wegmans. new jersey governor phil murphy issued a state of emergency across the garden state. >> department of transportation stand ready to activate more than 2500 pieces of snow fighting equipment at its disposal with plows spreaders, loaders, dereplied across the state as necessary. >> "eyewitness news" in bellmawr camden county as teams got it ready there rain arrived before the snow, delaware has in the declared a state of emergency but they are urging drivers to use caution. >>> we have much more on the nor'easter slamming the region with snow, sleet and rain. >> we are checking the roads jan, good morning. >> reporter: we have seen everything rain sleet abe snow, we are coming to you live from within the mobile weathe

along i-95, south jersey and shore as well, primarily snow in south jersey up toward center city philadelphia inn a urn no delaware with rain mix nothing closer to the coast we're seeing primarily rain with snow mixing in. as we head in the second half of the day for most of us, say along along immediate coastline this will transition over to a heavy snowfall by late morning and lunchtime, blustery conditions as well, temperatures generally in the 30's today as we move in the afternoon hours, that is going to be the prime time of this storm especially early afternoon, heavy snow, maybe a few embedded thunderstorms so we could hear thunder snow i'm nerding out about that already forecast snowfall totals looking on track as well. we have slid the higher totals a little bit off east as the track has moved a little bit shifted just a little bit so six to 12 has expanded in to south jersey and still expecting 10 to 14 up toward lehigh valley and poconos in and along i-95 corridor including center city philadelphia, meisha expecting six to 12 inches of snowfall for this evening. >> dangerous. >> ye

along the coast dealing with the rain/ snow mix, we have had one going in and around center city philadelphia radar returns indicating wet snow at this point but i-95 wet snow coming from philadelphia into wilmington back into parts of the south jersey and we have had snowfall accumulation this is morning ridley township, delco, 3 inches of snowfall, nottingham chester county, close to three haverford montco up to 2 inches and already at phl an inch and a half of this wet snow. as we head throughout the morning hours we will see snow sleet, rain mixture in the nine or 10:00 o'clock hour and as main energy and lift arrive as we head in the second half of the morning and through the afternoon hours that will transition over to heavy snow for most of as you cross the delaware valley. this is peak intensity of the storm and we could hear a few rumbles of thunder. as we head in the evening hours that snow will move out but it will leave behind its mark, for sure, snow fall forecast totals looking the same or similar to what we showed you yesterday. we have expand that had six to 12 swath into sout

and taking a closer look at center city philadelphia, stretching out into burlington county that is indicating heavy intensity snowfall we saw that heavy snow come through chester county that moved up into berks county the lehigh valley and the poconos. snow still coming down at a moderate to up tense clip so now until this afternoon mix to snow increasing in intensity storm peaking as we head throughout the afternoon hours. and then after the 7:00 o'clock hour, this really wrapping up very quickly we're not going to see lost lingering snow on the back side of this system but it's going to pack a punch over the next couple of hours. snowfall six to 12-inches as i mentioned in chester county we're already at that six to 12-inch mark along the i-95 corridor. possibly ten to 14-inches up towards the lehigh valley and poconos. lesser amounts but we still do have a period of all snowfall that is possible in along the coast. we can see quick accumulations as we head into this afternoon of course we'll talk more about all of this snowfall and what you expect as we head into the evening hours coming u

in philadelphia that means if your car is park along snow emergency route it will be towed. city offices, courts will be closed to day, yesterday philadelphia hardware stores were, busy as people stocked up ahead of the storm. >> today has been very crazy, pretty hectic everybody coming in, and storm will hit heart. >> we have to prepare them for the residents. >> philadelphia's code blue is also, in effect, first responders and outreach teams will patrol streets to take home less people to shelters. >>> new jersey governor phil murphy announced state of emergency yesterday from trenton well ahead of the start of the storm. he urged residents not to panic and instead use good judgment to deciding whether to venture out in the storm. governor murphy says snow equipment is ready to go. >> department of transportation stands ready to activate more than 2500 pieces of snow fighting equipment, at its disposableal whether it is plows, spreaders, loaders that can be deployed across the state if necessary. >>> "eyewitness news" was in bellmawr camden county, crews say brine won't help mu

we're giving you a look at the skyline in center city, philadelphia. you can actually see it. just a few hours ago, 4:00, even as we're getting into 5:00, visibility was still low. but since the snow has cleared, we're looking much better out here. reporting live outside 30th street station, i'm rosemary conners, nbc 10 news. >> you can see the top of the comcast technology center. the major storm it is some counties harder than others. >> snow totals around the region. >> that's right, guys. some sections getting close to a foot of snow. we've gotten new numbers if from new jersey. and again you have to think about the water content in this snow. an inch and a half of water within that several inches of

like lan kaster temperatures bumped up at 40 degrees and philadelphia 32 degree the last hour and trenton 33 and millville 34 and atlantic city airport 34 degrees. and west of philadelphia this storm is done, visibility is not bad in philadelphia 3 miles right now. and trenton reporting a third a mile visibility. and a band of snow a half mile. the storm system is moving out of here about 35 miles per hour. moving quickly and snow will be completely done by 6:00. and already over west of philadelphia. and temperatures dropping below freezing and a wet fluffy snow and you want to shovel it before temperatures drop and icy spots developing overnight. more details of what is to come over the weekend if the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you cecily. great work. >>> lets go to "action news" reporter walter perez in bethlehem. you have your umbrella so things tapering off a bit here frmg i was bemoaning the fact that i forgot. right now the snow kicks back in of course because it stopped a few minutes ago and a little bit of good news, pennsylvania state police shut down eastbound i-78 because of a multivehicle crash by the ro

philadelphia. the winter storm warning into the city. winter weather advisory for new jersey and delaware counties adjacent to i95. between now and and 3:00 will leave a quick accumulation especially on untreat surfaces between 3:00 and 10:00 a.m. the snow will back off, it will be spotty with more rain especially southeast starting around 9:00, 10:00 marked the snow will intensive and the actually nor'easter. as far as precipitation type, you can see where the mix is generally right around the city and points south and east all snow and heavy snow for the north and west suburbs up towards the poconos and mainly rain for the shore and delaware. this could end as accumulating snows in those areas, i'll show you are our latest i'll have tweaks to it in the past hour or, so stay tuned for that. william talk about the winds. as well. >>> penndot crews are in position. they spent much of the day brining roads. one of the higher know stole thes by the time it's all said and done. >> reporter: in we went from tiny little pellets to essentially

philadelphia. the winter storm warning into the city. winter weather advisory for new jersey and delaware counties adjacent to i95. between now and and 3:00 will leave a quick accumulation especially on untreat surfaces between 3:00 and 10:00 a.m. the snow will back off, it will be spotty with more rain especially southeast starting around 9:00, 10:00 marked the snow will intensive and the actually nor'easter. as far as precipitation type, you can see where the mix is generally right around the city and points south and east all snow and heavy snow for the north and west suburbs up towards the poconos and mainly rain for the shore and delaware. this could end as accumulating snows in those areas, i'll show you are our latest i'll have tweaks to it in the past hour or, so stay tuned for that. william talk about the winds. as well. >>> penndot crews are in position. they spent much of the day brining roads. one of the higher know stole thes by the time it's all said and done. >> reporter: in we went from tiny little pellets to essentially

possible returns, and great in some area but that cannot be said, tough slow down i-95 from center city philadelphia down into wilmington, dover, the snow, pummeling part of the delaware right now in the northern, central portions and poconos we are getting a little bit of lull in the activity but that hasn't been the case all throughout the day, snow totals here, nearing 2 feet, in locations, and, and, down the shore seeing snow coming down, heavily in and around atlantic city, toby hanna in the poconos, 20 inches of snowfall, so far, albrights ville five and a half inches. doyletown two and a half inches. philadelphia county at 2 inches of snow and slush. hammington an inch of snowfall we have snow to add insult to your injury, we have intense wind on top of that. numerous reports of down and even up rooted trees, down wires, streetlights out, winds gusting 51 miles an hour in philadelphia, 52 in wilmington , close to 50 in allentown, high wind warning does remain in effect until 6:00 o'clock tomorrow morning as we will continue, to deal with these strong, intense wind gusts especially over next c

the delaware like we got cape city, and center city philadelphia.ng. we got to get to the main part there. is. beautiful very nice all across the region. if you're able to enjoy it and we certainly deserved it after all we endured yesterday with that nor'easter but the clouds in place, they made for that beautiful sunset. mid level clouds hovering over the delaware valley right now on storm scan3 but no precipitation. yes, we like that. but these clouds are a product of our old friend, the nor'easter still out over the atlantic, actually retrograding or moving southbound which you don't typically see. otherwise, though, we are quiet save for a few clouds and the windy conditions staying with us. elevated wind speeds up around 14 17, 26 miles per hour and then we have those higher gusts. made for a chilly day today but with that sunshine and the lack of those damaging winds certainly made for a pleasant start to the weekend. 43 our high temperature in allentown. topped at 46 in philadelphia. few degrees below average. we topped at 50 in dover. temper

lets get the full story from center city philadelphia. sara bloomquist is live at 12th and market street. >> hi jim, the snow tapers off here a couple of hours now, now we are dealing with the slushy wet situation. here in center city philadelphia. look along the side of market street. all the slush that it has build up. that will be problematic if it freezes over tonight and looking out on market street we are down to the pavement and the plow trains are coming through and not a lot to do anything more on the main streets and the side streets could be snow covered. all in all a difficult day to get around. >> this morning the nor'easter got into a slow start with the wintry mix of snow and sleet and mid-afternoon the flakes were flying and big heavy snowflakes coating everything and coating streets in slush and making sidewalks slick. >> dangerous i think. i literally have to buy new boots and the traction i had were not good and slipping and sliding. >> you come from macy's with new boots i had too. >> big chunks of heavy snow fell from

this is southbound traffic heading towards center city philadelphia.ting the problem out there. it's about a 25 minute drive. we are seeing speeds slow to the mid-30s right now, which is typical for this time of the morning because we see an up tick in traffic because of the morning rush. it's getting pretty dicy out there, and this is a shot of the wet roads. this is cherry hill route 38, light traffic here. so that's the good news. throughout the -- across our region you're really going to have to be tapping your brakes. and we are going to be finding some crashes. we don't know if it's a result of the bad weather, but one can only guess. this is new castle county right before you hit the 495 split. >>> all this week we have been focusing on medical debt that has been putting families everywhere in financial strain. >> what you can do to avoid falling behind when medical bills start coming. >>> plus our live team coverage on a major storm moving through continues. we'll have that straight ahead. hello, peco. hi. can you help me save on my energy bill

upstanding tax paying citizens then we have to educate them. >> reporter: now that the city controls the philadelphia school district the marries promising to help properly fund it. it is fiscal year 2019 budget proposal the mayor asking city council to increase property tax by 6 percent, slow rate of the planned wage tax reductions, and, increase transfer tax rate, all in the changes could bring 980 million-dollar to the district over the next five years which would help fill a nearly 1 billion-dollar school district funding deficit. >> i think it is good idea. >> reporter: dan edward bought his home in queen village in 2012 as public school graduate and new father he wants the philadelphia school district to succeed. >> if we could keep her in public schools and not send her out to private school it is worth it. >> reporter: as a home owner he is torn which would add hundreds to his yearly tax bill, so he is putting exactly how money from the increase to be spent before he decide to support this plan. >> if the money isn't well spent, then, you know, it is all just for nothing. >> reporter: you're

snow emergency goes into effect in philadelphia tomorrow morning and across the area. other citiesnd counties remainder states of emergency. philadelphia says it's ready for the storm. the streets department changed over trash trucks to plows to help clear the city's roads when the snow starts falling. this is a storm that requires team coverage from your fox 29 weather authority. delaware county where it's already coming down. shawnette wilson is standing by in wynnewood, montgomery county, but let's begin tonight with kathy orr. kathy, you just tweaked your forecast. >> oh, we are definitely tweaking this forecast. the trend is colder and that means more snow and you saw chris he's in the snow chadds ford seeing the snow and you can see it on ultimate doppler. now we'll take a zoom in. this is our doppler triple sweep our life radar you can real seal where the coming down even parts of south jersey, delaware county, chester county into lower parts of montco and into northern philadelphia so snow moving in temperatures still above freezing. so not sticking to the surfaces just yet

the storm is disrupting travel to and from major cities like boston, philadelphia, new york city and baltimore. airlines are waiving rebooking fees. they try to cancel the storms ahead of the storms. keeps flyers and their planes from getting stuck at arpts during the storm. they want to do that because it makes it easier to reset for the next day. so once the snow passes, they're going to start begin restarting service. they want to ramp up so tomorrow is a somewhat normal day. conditions in the new york area, not so bad right now. that's going to deteriorate and that's when authorities are asking people to stay off the roads and stay home and enjoy the snow. >> or go out sledding. >> or make snowmen. there's a wide variety of things available to you in the snow. we're trying to look on the blight side. not on a bright side, flooding. warnings and advisories are posted along the mid-atlantic coast. more will go into effect later this morning. more than one of 300 towns in massachusetts could be destroyed. some homeowners are getting ready to evacuate. demarco, good morning. >> repor

temperatures right now, 35 in philadelphia. 36 in coatesville. 34 in atlantic city. vineland 35. rybody is just above freezing. so we're seeing a little bit of slush out there. we're dropping below freezing tonight. 29 in wilmington. 29 in vineland. 29 in philadelphia around the same for coatesville out there. so let's move ahead now. this is going to be your day tomorrow. maybe we see some flurries tomorrow, and also into friday. we possibly could see some flurries. and saturday looks beautiful with sunshine. sunday clouds start to move. in we start with sun. and then by the time we get into monday torning, another coastal storm is approaching. this looks almost identical to the last two. i got to tell you, we're in a pattern every five days. so we'll have to wait and see. will it be a rain maker? close enough to bring us rain, snow? at this point too early to tell. but worth watching for monday. that's the monday time fraim. so tomorrow, 39 in philadelphia. 45 on the jersey shore. friday, 42 in philadelphia. 43 on the jersey shore. we move ahead to the weekend. and that's where

where, we will check back with kate in a bit with your up to the minute forecast. >>> today philadelphia cityd a hearing on impact of changing schedules and unstable hours on philadelphia workers and their families. ing and it is changing rapidly and today, huge swabs of philadelphians are now in the part-time work force and affords them too few protections and where lack of standard has allowed for troubling practices to expose parents and caregivers to un sustainable work environments and then family lives. >> there was also testimony in the hearing from work hours say they have been impacted by unpredictable, scheduling. >>> philadelphia fire department is working to keep residents safe in a neighborhood where daily house fire broke out last week. >> department members installed smoke alarms on the 2500 block of northewkirk street in mansion. last tuesday 71 year-old claire allen was killed in the house fire on that same street fema gave fire department a install 30,000 smoke alarms, all throughout the city. at 6:00 more than 200 the full prom dress shopping experience. >> "eyewitness news

more than 3,200 flights are canceled today, most to and from new york city, philadelphia, and boston. most airlines are offering travel waivers. amtrak is offering a modified schedule. with wind gusts of up to 60 miles per hour possible, widespread power outages are expected. four nor'easters in three weeks is unusual but not unheard of. >> i think everyone's ready for spring and ready for the snow to melt and to be outside. >> and that may take a day or two, anne-marie. it's hard to predict snowfall accumulations with the warm air and surfaces, but still, anne-marie, it seems like a mid-winter storm. back you do. >> indeed. eric fisher of our boston station wbz is following the severe weather on both coasts. >> whell, it is the first full day of spring, but it is a mess out there stretching from the southern atlantic. this is going to bring a thump of heavy know along the 95 corridor throughout the day to early thursday morning before it moves out. it looks like the full brunt will be felt in western maryland to around new york city. a mixture of ice last night and snow moving in tod

half mile millville, near quarter of a mile in center city philadelphia and below a mile in wilmington and allentown. temperatures are hovering near freezing, into philadelphia, millville, trenton, and wilmington, so that is why we're seeing that snow, on the roadways, and these temperatures, they are going to stay pretty low as we go in the overnight hours so we will deal with, some icing, as we get into the overnight hours tonight and wind, not as bad as the last storm as expected but there is wind out there and that is creating wind chills right now, only in the 20's area wide. the warmest spot, go figure in the poconos, at 31 degrees, while philadelphia is coldest spot at 21 degrees. so, snow, it is exiting the coast by 7:00 o'clock, it is already ending in those western suburbs, so we will continue to see that work and eat its way in the city of philadelphia over the next hour or two but temperatures will drop below freezing, overnight tonight, so good idea, is to remove the snow, before you head to bed here this evening. you don't want to deal with a basically slush going over to

christie aleto is live at philadelphia city hall and walter perez is in the lehigh valley. first we need to the latest information from accuweather and meteorologist cecily tynan and adam joseph. cecily i know this could be bad but just how bad are we talking about? >> it depends on your location. parts of the viewing area will see more than a foot of snow and other parts getting wind

he's excited. >> philadelphia became a blur of white from city avenue to market street where chunks ofnow falling from the hotel blocked the roadway. a tree crushed a car. >> just missed my car. it's my lucky day. >> for some tonight wasn't about cleaning up, it was about getting out of the house after a day cooped up inside. >> it's their first timeout today. >> you have cabin fever? >> a little bit definitely. >> since the snow emergency has been lifted you can park in the snow emergency route. if you didn't do that in time, today your car is missing, the city says it was likely relocated. 215686 snow to find it. reporting outside of city hall, annie mccormick, "action news." back to you. >> let's switch to reporter chad pradelli in broomal. >> 12-inches of snow blowers hummed as people dugout from mother nature's nor'easter. >> i'm getting too old to shovel it. i have an atv with a plow on it. that does it for me. i just got done. >> for snow removal company they call storms like this, liquid gold. >> financially, it's nice. you get extra money you might need. >> many residents of g

zero, nada, no snowfall 4 to 5" and latest model runs are picking up und philadelphia and shore as well. inch an a half in atlantic city a a half inchs in philadelphia and poconos 13.6 model. stay tuned to evolving forecast especially yhe snowfal potential in and around the city, south scrzy and down the srewe're still windy into saturday and things finally s art to quiet down into sunday. 47, mix of sun and cloud. tomorrow. >> thanks a lot. >> don surprise nexig tonight be hottest neem hockey nraiz south philp it 7 in a row andoe t toe with i king and oh! there's one. surprising. what's "come at me bro?" friend. what's not surprising? how much money matt saved by switching to geico. saveou fifteen percent or more. >> did lebrongh schools during l star break for his case. the answer is no it. disgusting. that doesn't mean joel didn't try to recruit him to phillers . jo bronbron having all the laughs. 1st quarter we he gso nice we hu twice. behind the bang and in between'e scores and the f, we need more billboards please i qa close on. sixers showing talent. that's 18-9-8 and watching away and shades it and hakeem 17 po

bu look at centerto it why no city, philadelphia rights now. the ben franklin bridge. we rose up over philadelphia earlier in the evening. and tnthave a blue moon or two l moons hat will occur month of har. . chilly now to check out the moon.s currt temperature northerly wind at 23 miles an let up.d our feels like temperature 19 degrees yeah, remember meterological spring began marcheel like it h. one degree shiv normal high temperaturet 37 s this morning and temperatures are chilly. 3 allentown and3 mount pocono and 33 raxt c and 32 in pde cll and element single digits in thnod feeling like low he 20s down the shore and middle 20s delawae and we still have the winds. 153 miles an hour and 20 miles an hour and tugho the overnight period. and through first of ha of monday. this coast sknded until 2 p.m. tomorrow by the national weather service ag minor flooding along the coast. especially particularly in the back bays where we ol moderate t high tide time 11 a.m. tomorrow morning. the possibility of roadways blooded down the shore.t conditions and nice around of sunshine

potentially 4 to 5" and latest model runs are picking up totals in and around philadelphia and shore as well. inch an a half in atlantic city and 2 and a half inchs in philadelphia and poconos 13.6 renrengted in that particular model. stay tuned to evolving forecast especially if you focused in on the snowfall potential in and around the city, south scrzy and down the shore tomorrow afternoon. we're still windy into saturday and things finally start to quiet down as we head into sunday. 47, mix of sun and cloud. much more preferable than tomorrow. >> thanks a lot. >> don surprise next with sports. >> fun night tonight big one hottest neem hockey nraiz south philadelphia and see if flyers could make it 7 in a row and jojo goes toe to toe with i king and >> did lebron james scout area high schools during the all star break for his case. the answer is no. the king denied it. called speculation disgusting. that doesn't mean joel didn't try to recruit him to philly anyway. sixers visiting cavs. jojo and bronbron having all the laughs. 1st quarter we he go watch lebron. so nice we have to show you twice. behind the bang and in be

. >> we're in rhawnhurst right now it has taken us from center city philadelphia to the great northeast where we are trying to make our way to bucks county and check out road conditions, and for the most part it is not looking too bad, i necessity weather will only intensify and road conditions are going to deteriorate but i suppose the good news, silver lining is if you have to get up early and get out and maybe get back home, at lee traveling conditions right now aren't too bad at all checking with my photographer driving mobile weather watchers and he says in the really that slippery right now. we will see a lot of wet roadways we have seen rain, light snow coming down on our windshield right now, melting on these treated surfaces so that sheen you see on the road that is just wet right now, mobile weather watcher is reporting that the temperature outside is 34 degrees, but of course whenever you see moisture you have to slow it down there can be areas with ponding, we have seen that, of course, we have seen when a car goes by they will, throw up a little bit of slush on your windshi

philadelphia. trenton down to one mile in atlantic city, 2.5 in millville. here's the bigger picture with this system and it's just revving up here as we go into the next couple hours. it's going to organize itself and become that weathermaker that's going to drop a lot of snow right over parts of philadelphia, but if you were closer to the shore you're going to continue to see rainfall coming down. here's a closer look at some of our snow totals. our forecast snow totals. not a lot here near ocean city, cape may. if you're closer to some of the south jersey suburbs we'll be in the 2 to 6 inch category. mill toing ton, 4 to 8 inches of snowfall. the bull's eye will be closer to upper bucks and montgomery counties. allentown, lehigh valley in the range of 6 to 10 inches, some areas could see upreasonable doubts waf a foot of snow. for a laoser look at what we expect in terms of our radar and where some of the heaviest snow bands are we'll so go over to steve '. >> thank you. we're finally starting to see this storm rev up. we've seen it come in chunks. we had

here's a live look at center city, philadelphia, where drive drivers will be facing a slippery commute this morning for sure. >> and here's a live look in allentown where the brunt of this storm is going to hit the lehigh valley. most likely getting the most snow out of this storm. could get up to a foot. >> and our first alert radar shows this storm. it's sticking around for hours, like 16 hours. >> we have issued a first alert for our entire area this morning. the storm is also causing nearly 650 schools to close so far today. we'll have the full list scrolling at the bottom of your screen. let's get right to meteorologist brittney shipp. >> that's right. most of the area under this first alert until tomorrow morning. we'll still see messy roads for tomorrow morning's commute. you're still going to have to take it easy getting back to work tomorrow as well. we have a nor'easter coming, accumulating heavy, wet snow which will mess up your morning commute and especially evening commute. you combine that with the type of snow, and we're more likely to see even trees going down and snow

here's a live look at center city, philadelphia, where drivers will be facing a dangerous commute. and here's a look at allentown. lehigh valley will likely get the most snow out of this storm. and don't expect it to let up anytime soon. we have you covered with everything you need to know around our area. >> we have issued a first alert for our entire area this morning. the storm is causing -- just checked, exactly 600 schools closed so far today. we'll have a full list scrolling at the bottom of your screen. lets get straight to meteorologist brittney shipp. >> it's great the schools are canceled because this is going to affect your morning commute and evening commute. that's why we are under a first alert all the way until tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. so, again, please be careful inyou plan on leaving the house throughout the entire day. the concern is going to be accumulating snow, which has already started for us, and we're going to factor in our gusty wind speeds which could bring down tree, power lines and power outages. a closer look to what the system is doing now and what it's d

and also a number of construction companies working through the city of philadelphia. the city warning the construction companies the debris, the fencing and such could go flying. we also caught up with peco. they'll be dealing with those winds on the power lines. they tell us stations will be on standby throughout the city. >> if it's safe our crews are going to go out there and continue to work. it doesn't matter if it's raining our crews will go out and continue to restore service. if it does become a point where the winds become too strong, we will and them for their own safety to hold back until it becomes safer. but our crews will be out there and working to restore service. >> reporter: yeah, it's going it pea one of those days where you're walking to and from work and your umbrella gets turned inside out as the wind gusts start to pick up. if you're working early today, get it done now because those wind gusts will pick up. randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. >> and one of the first parts of our area to experience tropical storm force gusts will be the jersey shore.

here's a live look at center city, philadelphia, from the aqua cam in camden. the cloud base has lifted, so that's good news in terms of the heavy rain starting to subside. now we walk you through the second and third changeover. you will see the ponding of water on the roadway, but it really is midday through the afternoon we're concerned about for strong and potentially damaging winds and the changeover to snow. southern montgomery county, so abington, down towards glenside, and springfield you're in the snow with 50 mile per hour winds. that's tropical storm force wind gusts even here in philadelphia and surrounding suburbs. and that continues at 9:00 tonight with potential snow falling. up in the lehigh valley this is where our concern of sticking snow is this morning through this evening. at 7:00 this morning you can see the changeover happening. winds stepping up. as you can see 50 to 60 mile per hour gusts here as well with the snow especially in the higher l elevations. if you're up on one of those higher elevations you'll see the snow. down at the leer

that's a live like at center city philadelphia. we'll be right back. >> it is ay morning to say the least. mobile 6 is driving out there right now, so you can see it before you drive out there. taking a live look here, i-95 traffic building, do be aware of the conditions that could deteriorate as the morning rush progresses. >>> community organizers and neighbors in north philadelphia voiced their concerns on temple university proposed football stadium. they met at carver high school at 16th and norris street across from where temple wants to build the stadium. it's part of the temple's continued efforts to gent fie -- gentry -- gentrify their neighborhood. >>> philadelphia flower show kicks off tomorrow and this year's theme is wonders of water. you can get an up-close look of all the wonder of this career's flower show watch the special tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. on 6abc. looking forward to that. >> nice to get a taste of spring. >> 457. now we're tracking a massive nor'easter that's bringing rain right now strong wind and flood

here's a live look at center city, philadelphia, where drivers will be facing a dangerous commute. and here's a look at allentown. lehigh valley will likely get the most snow out of this storm. and don't expect it to let up anytime soon. we have you covered with everything you need to know around our area. >> we have issued a first alert for our entire area this

. >> women in center city philadelphia the girl scouts of eastern pennsylvania recognized four womenor making the community a better place and ran take the lead program at the height of the bellevue from start to finish these young girls remerging rz as leaders themselves and a look at the accuweather. >> the snow is going eastward and double scan it's moving quickly and snowing in philadelphia south jersey and getting that evaporative cooling 1-3" at dawn and nor'easter cranks up north and west of philadelphia 10-16" and looks 6-10 along the i-95 corridor and less because of mixing and the wind is certainly going to be a wild ride tomorrow. >> jimmy kimmel is live followed by night line and neil patrick harris and the bachelor and musical guest john party and action news continues early at 4:00 a.m. for the latest on the information and school closers with matt and tamala and karen rogers and dave murphy and for cecily tynan and ducis rodgers and the entire news team i'm jim gardner. >>> tv's number one daily viral video show, "right this minute." a mama dog left in the road tries t

see rain and mix but closer to i95, expecting six to 12 inches of snowfall specially in center city philadelphia the higher end of that than just west of i-95, likely seeing accumulations of ten, 12, 14, maybe even higher, as we head late tomorrow night, into early thursday morning. so, this will be a significant snow event for most of us, and it will be that heavy wet snow , as as far as levels, pushing it maybe to the high category, models starting could into more agreement. the only question that period of when we could see some rainfall transition early tomorrow morning, and possibility of some sleet but we still have concerns for downed trees and downed wires the weight of the heavy snow, wind gusts cents 40 miles per hour still weakened trees, and saturated grounds, so we again could see problems with power outages, downed trees, and more damage with this second storm. >> no doubt, and that is going to happen and it will be dangerous and disrupt a lot of commuting, thanks, lauren. looking outside right now, looking at construction here on the schuylkill eastbound between vine and south str

starting at rain in some locations specially south and east every center city philadelphia, then changingnow, then tomorrow morning, as we see some mid- level warm air pushing in could see change over back to rain in and around center city , south jersey down the shore maybe even heavy sleet possible throughout the first half of the morning tomorrow, but then as we head into afternoon, as colder air wraps around the back side of this system, we will turn over back to snow specially along i95 and in and around the city. >> this will primarily and snow event west of i95 throughout the duration, as we head tonight and through the day tomorrow and that's where we are going to see the most significant snowfall totals, ten to 14 inches, in some of the western suburbs, up toward berks, lehigh valley and the poconos. right along i95 corridor, expecting six to 12 inches, then pretty sharp cut off far lower totals push into south jersey and down the shore. the rest of the forecast, doesn't even matter. we have to get through tomorrow. >> you're absolutely right. kind whatever we are thinking about

rid now getting live look at center city philadelphia, pretty quiet. still heavy snow falling. we like that, 38 degrees, so little chilly, winds out of the north at 18 miles per hour , so wind speeds still elated feeling like 28 degrees. still gusty winds, not gusting to the 50, zero six, 70-mile per hour range, gusting to the 20's, it will be the case through the overnight periods. some gusty winds. still do have coastal flood warning in effect until 3:00 a.m. wildwood, reporting coastal flooding in that area at high tide. it is lingering and shutting down roads, be aware that far along the coast, winds do start to relax finally to calm levels as we head late day into monday, but then we have the potential for another nor'easter, number two,, inside after week as we head into wednesday. we will talk more about that coming up in your full eyewitness forecast in just a few. >> sounds like fun, lauren, thank you. the storm clean up is also underway from winds and flood damage, all along the east coast. governors in massachusetts, maryland, and virginia, have all declared a state

getting a live look at center city, philadelphia rights now. the ben franklin bridge. we had a beautiful moon as it rose up over philadelphia and this month we actually have a blue moon or two full moons hat will occur in the month of har. . chilly now to chec out the moon. 32 is current temperature northerly wind at 23 miles an hour an winds will just not let up. our feels like temperature 19 degrees. yeah, remember meterological spring began marchike it high 4. one degree shiv normal high temperature starting off at 37 this morning and temperatures are chilly. 3 allentown and down to 23 mount pocono and 33 philadelpa t chill and element single digits in the poconos and teens in the lehigh valley and feeling like low he 20s down the shore and middle 20s across portions of delaware and we still have the winds. hamondpeeds around5, 1 and 20 this coast sknded until theio service and again we could see minor flooding along especially particularly in the back bays where we owe could see local moderate flooding at high tide time 11 a.m. tomorrow morning. do watch for the pos

from this next nor'easter filtering into the sky, although quiet right now, live look at center city philadelphia but there are the first of the moisture mo southwest at around 7 miles per hour, and storm scan3, showing us, quiet conditions but already some hints of moisture seeing some returns on the radar over lancaster county not hitting the surface but it is picking up on some of the upper level >> 7:00 p.m. this evening, and runs until late tomorrow night , storm, impacts, this is going to be a heavy snowfall maker. specially in that winter storm warning, area, and looking low at this point, wind threats, not going to be as damaging or as widespread, good news there , as we saw, but we still have fairly high risk of power outages because of the weight of this heavy snow, and already weakened trees and power lines from lags week storm, we head into the evening hours start to see light rain, wintery mix developing we head into the overnight peer precipitation will start get going, rain and mix changing over to some wet snow. low temperature at 28 degrees. so talk about what to expect through t

if you're closer to atlantic city you're seeing rain, philadelphia seeing more of a wintry mix. allentown the poconos all seeing a steady heavy snowfall at this time and it's really blowing around because our wind speeds are over 40 miles per hour. let's break it down hour by hour for you. at 12:30 we're seeing wind gusts closer to 44 miles per hour, 41 miles per hour. those balloon up to about 55 miles per hour as we push in the early afternoon and for your evening commute. you want to be really careful especially if you're closer to the lehigh valley and the poconos where a lot of this snow is starting to stick to the ground. but if you're closer to parts of philadelphia or pottstown, it looks like right now we'll see the roads just a little too warm for this to accumulate, but regardless still going to be a rough messy commute for you just based on our wind speeds alone. we'll talk more about philadelphia and the shore. >> one of the areas seeing the most impact so far from this storm is in northampton county and that is where steven fisher is live for us. you've been seeing

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what happened in my district is that i represent part of the city of philadelphia and part of the suburbs in montgomery county. , myistrict was split in two new district will be the second district of pennsylvania, entirely in the city of philadelphia where i was born and raised. as we going to november, i believe that six to seven of the 18 congressional districts will be hypercompetitive seats. basically 50-50 seats which is good for democracy. we do not want to have a fixed map where you have 13 overwhelmingly republican districts or frankly 13 overwhelmingly democratic districts and five the other way. is the second one of the hyper competitive -- hypercompetitive district? , if they thought the population which is very largely democratic. a few overwhelmingly democratic and a few overwhelmingly republican districts. the top central and south central parts are overwhelmingly republican. and the two district in philadelphia are going to be overwhelmingly democratic. and the rest of the state's competitive. host: what you take away from the 18th district election? guest: i was an early

moment that changes a school quarterback's future. >>> philadelphia getting back to normal following yesterday's storm. broad street in center city, the philadelphia skyline. offices and schools will reopen. if you normally have trash pickup on wednesday, that will happen today. >>> the poconos picked up nine inches of snow. that's great news if you're a skier or boarder. here's a live look here at camelback. fresh powder there for those heading that way. >>> now to an update on the story we told you about earlier. police believe a former salon skpi -- former russian spy and his daughter were specifically targeted with a nerve powder. >>> the just department is suing california over its -- the justice department is suing california over its sanctuary policies. >> the state limits cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigrants officers. the justice department says the policies hinder enforcement of federal immigration laws and endanger agents. attorney general jeff sessions blasted oakland's mayor who warned the public about impending immigration raids. sessions says 800 undocumented immigrants got away. >> how d

school in new york city, philadelphia and d.c. are closed today. already 3,000 flights have been canceled. amtrak is scaling back service on the northeast corridor and some states are banning certain types of trucks from major highways. >>> on. we've got temperatures running in the low to upper 50s in the south bay from los altos hills at 52 and milpitas at -- take a look at this shower. foothill boulevard. we've got san leandro street. all the way up to getting close to holy redeemer college. this is our biggest downpour. over moraga at 4:40. clayton at 4:59. it will skirt alamo and danville also. expect puddles on the roadways around that cell. here's a look at 101 and 880 showing you how wet it is this morning. the commute planner, the roads will be poor today. wet spots, if you're taking mass transit, rainy and breezy today. that's the difference from yesterday. it wasn't breezy yesterday. it's going to be significantly milder today. look at this. temperatures in the mid to upper 60s in most neighborhoods. low 630s in half moon bay, lakeport an

look at this beautiful picture of center city philadelphia and the circle. heading down toward the art museum. you can see the roads they're just wet. but anything that is untreated any sidewalks, roads or even parking lots will refreeze overnight. look at these impressive snow totals. yesterday we talked about the heaviest snow north and west of the city. eight to as much as 15-inches of snow and we got it in broomall. 12-inches look at that. garnet valley nearly a foot. doylestown 10.3. brandywine, delaware, 10-inches moorestown, new jersey, 8-inches lots of trees down there. bryn mawr 11-inches. flemington, new jersey, ten. langhorne pa10. media, 9.2. ridley park eight and in bordentown, new jersey, along route 137.4-inches of snow. ultimate doppler showing what's going on here. you can see our storm off the coast of new jersey moving toward the north and east and on the back side of this pulling down some real cold air with northwesterly winds. only place we're seeing the snow right now is through ocean county and monmouth county. we're drying out into m

philadelphia as of 8:00 a.m. this morning. overnight the city outfitted sanitation trucks with snowplows. means all parked cars must be moved off snow emergency routes. all municipal offices in philadelphia and its courts are closed today. a state of emergency has also been declared in other parts of pa as well as in the state of new jersey. >> it is not snowing everywhere right now but it looks like it is in this part of south jersey. mobile6 just got across the delaware river. now it's along the admiral wilson boulevard in camden. and we're seeing that some of the flakes there melting instantly hitting the windshield. havertown, delaware county suffered one of the worst hits from last week's nor'easter. "action news" reporter bob brooks is live there now where residents are saying, oh, no, not again. >> reporter: yes, matt, they definitely are. they don't want to get walloped again but i'll tell you what, it's coming down pretty steady right now. as far as we know, this is just the beginning. even if it's just stayed at this pace for the entirety of the storm you're talking about a lot