dave kinchen has this story from coatesville. >> reporter: perhaps irony in this crime.he victims say if the thief needed any help at all all they had to do was ask. >> had they let us no he that they were in need, chances are we would have stepped up and helped them out. maybe bought them tree. bought them dinner. bought them a couple of gifts. it's just very sad that this is how it played out. >> reporter: joy turner's reaction after she and her husband say someone chopped down and stole a tree from thyrar. >> you can see the cut marks. somebody came prepared. crushing because more than just a tree. it's the meaning report roar that's because the turners planned this douglas fir as a family with their son david afjrotc member who died of natural causes at their house around christmastime in 2009. >> we had thoughts of it some day growing big enough so we can bring it into our home and use it as christmas tree. the plan didn't quite play out like we dreamed. >> for somebody to steal this out of our yard, you know, and risk the possibility of ending up in prison or whate

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it's 9 degrees in coatesville. and 16 in wilmington. 20 at the jersey shore. feels like temperatures the temperatures you need to dress for throughout the next few days and it will be whoa in the single digits. 4 in philadelphia. 6 at the northeast and already feeling like below zero from areas like reading over to coatesville. today's forecast is one you really need to dress for. layers, layers layers. ths a at the poconos where you will experience some of the most atures feeling like 6 degrees at lunch round 5 for the eagles game in philadelphia. the suburbs not much better. 4 at lunchtonight. then after dark tonight. 1 below in the lehigh valley this morning. right down intouteljeare andl the numbing temperatures. i'll walk you through another numbing cold blast in a bit. >> thanks steve. >>> the bitter cold didn't help firefighters battling a number of blazes overnight. in yeadon at the forrest creek apartments on front street the fire was in an electrical box just outside the apartment building. the building could be without power for days. authorities ca

reporting live from coatesville, walter perez channel6 "action news."thank you, walter. >>> a man answered a knock at his door last night and says two people just stormed in with a gun. the terror began at 11 o'clock here in the 100 block of west logan street in philadelphia's germantown section. the victim says the man and woman ransacked his home and then ordered him into his own vehicle while driving around they picked up a third person and drove to a convenience store. there they forced the victim to withdraw money from an atm before they took off in his vehicle. >> out west firefighters in california are struggling to contain the so-called thomas fire tonight. so far it's engulfed over 230,000 acres making it the fifth largest wildfire in that state's history. abc's danya bacchus joins us from los angeles with the latest on that devastating fire that's been burning for over a week now. danya. >> reporter: that's right, rick and just this weekend more than 2,000 additional firefighters joined the fight in the thomas fire. 8500 in total have come fro

the north and west there's a little bit of purple parts of chester county montgomery county near coatesville and malvern with a boast of heavier snow. to the west of reading it's starting to dry up and the edge is moving from the west a clearing line and that will continue to collapse in from the north and west here this evening. visibilities are down. half mile in philadelphia trenton because of that snow wilmington .3 miles. there you see wildwood 9 miles with much lighter snow down there. so, visibilities are a bit better but that is also going to deteriorate a little bit later this afternoon. temps are bitterly cold. 23 in allentown, 25 philadelphia. so it's a fluffy snow and again cold enough that it is sticking on all surfaces. so, this is a very quick hit of snow but a very bad timing here. it will clear the coast at 7 o'clock this evening. temps tonight going 19 to 24 degrees. so, roads are going to remain very slick even after the snow departs. we'll chart about the upcoming weekend and sharrie in fact we're talking 50's to melt the snow away somewhere in that seven-day forecast and

coatesville at 36. and allentown at 34 under partly cloudy skies. we're going to be mild and dry all the way through friday. maybe a little sprinkle on friday. a little later in the day. we're going to have good shopping weather. no slip and slide on ice. we get to saturday, going to be pushing 60 degrees. a transition day on sunday. we'll see the 40s and then cold air comes in quickly from the arctic. cold on christmas and we're back to saying we have a chance for some light snow. right now, the radar not picking up anything. clouds drifting through the area. there's a little disturbance to the north of us. let's take you through the next couple days. we drop out of the 50s overtonight. we make it to the 30s overnight. then 40s. and tomorrow afternoon we're in the low to mid-40s. on thursday sunshine returns. it's the coldest day of the week. winter starts and we're in the 30s and 40s. upper 30s and low 40s. friday we make it again to nearly 50 degrees. clouds move in ahead of that rain that's going to be pushing into the area. now let's show you t

you can see a few sprinkles moving through coatesville now.mery county, pottstown, into delaware county. a few sprinkles, nothing more than that this morning. don't be surprised if you get a few raindrops. shouldn't be an issue. the temperatures above freezing. might help to get rid of the salt that's on the ground from the last few snowfalls. 39 in new jersey. low 40s for the lehigh valley and suburbs and philadelphia at 43 degrees. with sunshine breaking through the clouds, a breeze out of the southwest, we'll warm into the 50s for most areas, topping out at 50 in the lehigh valley. 55 in new jersey, just a little bit warmer in delaware. i'll break these down hour by hour and show how quickly temperatures climb when i'm back in ten minutes. first, jessica boyington is watching first alert traffic. >>> and we're watching 95 to start. our cameras around girard avenue look good. really empty. southbound in here from woodhaven to the vine street expressway, still seeing a 13-minute drive time. the schuylkill eastbound side, a closure from around

tonight 16 in allentown, 18 in coatesville, 20 in violet and 24 in stone harbor.ll be icy which is a big problem. we have a first alert issued. we have a little storm coming through tomorrow afternoon. this storm is going to produce snow. the first alert is basically for south jersey, delaware and philadelphia. we are going to be looking at one to seven tomorrow afternoon. the biggest impact will be the evening commute and all of you out maybe shopping or going to holiday parties, it is going to be a fast-moving coastal storm, maybe one to two-inches of snow. any snow at all on the frozen roadways is going to create problems. we will talk about this more when i come back and time out when the snow will be in your neighborhood. jim. >> all right, tammy. >>> look at this. cars stuck on the ice. drivers had a tough time navigating this icy street in roks borough tonight. neighbors tell us a number of cars had trouble trying to get up and down the hilly stretch today. >> staplesometimes we can't get out because it is too slippery and cars slide down the hill and they

our dave kinchen has been speak wig them live in coatesville. dave? known for giving so much to the community and they can't believe somebody would take something so personal from them. >> they not only broke the law, but they broke our hearts. >> reporter: troy turner and her husband are simply stunned. they say someone went on to their coatesville area yard, sliced horrible way one of their trees. >> you can see the cut marks. somebody came prepared. it's crushing because more than just a tree. it's the meaning. >> reporter: that's because the turners planned this douglas fir as a family with their son david who died of natural causes at their house around christmastime in 2009. >> we had thoughts of some day growing big enough so we can bring it into our home and use it as christmas tree. the plan didn't quite play out like we dreamed. >> for somebody to steal this out of our yard, you know, and risk the possibility of ending up in prison or whatever during the holidays instead of being with their family, it's pretty foolish. >> reporter: turners s

in coatesville, dave kinchen fox 29 news. >>> someone shot up a south jersey home.olice in pemberton township say the gunman fired several shots into the home on the 300 block of surveillance ran know trail overnight. one of those bullets hit 26-year-old in the side. he ended up at the hospital of course. a woman an young child also were in that home. they should be just fine. police do of course want to find out anything else about this that somebody might know. if you know anything give them a call. >> he's out for the rest of the season. coming up more on the injury that side lined carson wentz. >>> and the blade runner bruised oscar pistorius gets into jailhouse fight over cell phone. >>> one man is facing charges for a crime spree across delaware county, and police say it started when 41-year-old ronald ferrell stole a forward for focus from 66-year-old man late last month. the driver left the car running when he went to pick up a sandwich from restaurant in tinicum township. police say ferrell jumped in, took the car and used it to rob two area businesses. off

it's 41 in coatesville. 45 in atlantic city right now. dover is 45 degrees. we're going to drop down to freezing or below. 32 in philadelphia. 2 in coatesville. for all in trenton, 29. 31 in atlantic city. you're going to come in at 30 degrees. so it will be chilly. throw the extra blanket on the bed and let's talk about the feels like. this isn't the actual air temperature. this is what it will feels like when you factor in the winds with the air temperature on bare skin. you'll wake up tomorrow. if they do not have proper coats and gloves on, it's going to feel like 26 degrees when they head out the door. 35 in philadelphia. and the temperature won't be too much warmer than that. 32 on saturday morning in philadelphia. the radar is quiet in our area. go a little further to the west to see snow showers in pittsburgh and williams port. this is what's going to happen. i'm going to take you through two models. we'll be fine tonight. tomorrow we get a few clouds. we're okay. we'll see the clouds and then tomorrow night and into saturday, this is the precision mo

so no big improvement. 16 coatesville. reading at 17. 5 in the poconos. allentown feels like 4. wilmington, 4. lancaster, 5. so we're not doing very well here. you can see them staying pretty steady for the rest of the night. less brutal tomorrow. we'll talk about snow coming this weekend and even colder air early next week. >>> people across our area are doing what they can to find refugee fr from the cold. the mall was a a popular place to have fun and stay warm. parents and caregivers, it was all about getting the kids inside. >> we did a couple other things luk the academy of natural science. we went bowling. >> so you were plan ining on staying indoors and riding this out? >> yes, all day today. >> can't blame her. whatever you end up doing, make sure you bundle up and try to stay as warm as possible. >> philadelphia firefighters battle the fire at this abandoned church in kensington overnight. look at the ice right there from the water used to fight the flames. 20 homeless people were in that church at the time. it was a gathering place for them to stay warm. that's the li

tonight low temperatures falling. 7 in philadelphia. 5 in coatesville. i'll walk you through the mummers day forecast. the upcoming first week of 2017. rosemary? >>> braving the extreme elements at the linc this afternoon. a live look inside financial field. the birds have a chance for a record for wins. randy gyllenhaal is live with the tailgaters who are finding ways of dealing with the bitter out there. randy? >> reporter: the eagles/cowboys,s are hot. we have a big smoker here with some chicken. that looks great, guys. a good breakfast this morning. a lot of portable heaters, hand warmers, and a ton of layers. temperatures in the single digits and the wind is making things tougher. it was just a few degrees out. the eagles had to move their practice this week from the novacare complex to the linc because the linc has a heated field. they are hoping nick foles can get hot today. anything mother nature throws at them they'll be fine with lots of layers today. >> it's the coldest game i've been to. >> reporter: what did you do to get ready? >> i think i

right now 21 degrees. 14 in coatesville, feels like 2 in lancaster, 5 in reading, and boy it is going to be cold for quite a while. only 22 tomorrow, and 19 on monday. 25 on tuesday. the average high is over 40 degrees. now, this is the way it's going to feel tomorrow in philadelphia. single digits at best during the day. the suburbs start off near 0 in the morning, even 10:00 a.m. it's pretty close to 0. and then it gets colder for new year's eve and new year's day, i'll give you those numbers coming up. >> drew, the city is getting ready for the mummers parade. the focus is really on keeping people safe. >> reporter: absolutely. and even tonight there's concerns about ice where that snow has melted. if you take a look there are patches of ice around here. also you see heavy equipment, some gates all for the mummers ara parade, which is go for new year's day. and they're trying to make sure people are safe in the cold. a day that started by laying down a fresh coat of snow is now testing some people's limits as the sting of dropping temperatures is settling in. >> i'm basically feeli

. >> playing coatesville? >> the intern who is in the hawk, i think; overheating. are you all right? >> she said she feels -- >> what? faint? i didn't want to say faint. she feels faint. >> okay. oh, gosh. i didn't even think about that. how does that mascot --y? way, selena gomez billboard woman of the year. and she is opening about reuniting with justin bieber. this is in the issue out today, matter of fact. >> a lot of people are talking about the fact they came back together. remember, they were together, they weren't together. >> she looks so good. >> look at her. she says i'm 25, not 18 or 19 or 20. i cherish people who really have impacted my life. she says maybe it could have been forcing something that wasn't right. but she says that doesn't mean caring for someone ever goes away. talking about bieber now. she also spoke about her break up with the weekend two. she says there is a true friendship between the two of them and they ended it as best friends. >> i think he removed all pictures about her. but a friendship, that's cool. >> they're best friends, r

11:00 tonight, the temperatures will start to tumble. 36 in philadelphia, 31 in allentown, 32 in coatesville. tomorrow during the day looks absolutely okay. if you're out and about traveling, last-minute shopping, check out your neighborhood. temperatures in the middle 40s, and we'll see clouds on the increase the second half of the day. then we have to talk about this. this is the potential for the christmas eve night, snow mix or rain scenario. hi, santa. maybe santa will come in from the west as the snow will be coming in from the west for us. we start the even hours with just clouds. by 9:00 you see the peppering here of green. that's some sprinkles breaking out. by the time you go to midnight mass tomorrow night, have ahn unbrilla with you. and snows north of interstate 78. back into the storm may end some snow early monday more, you may see a bit after dusting there or slushy coating, but it doesn't look like this would by a shovelable snow. take a look at the 30s, but feeling like lower to middle toss. that coincides with the eagles game on monday night. so what we have ahead of us ne

coatesville 5.2. exton 5 inches. lansdowne, 4.9. in the lehigh valley it's sticky springs, over into lehigh temperatures in the lower to middle 20s. these are the actual temperatures and this is why you have the black ice here this morning. when you throw in the wind this is what it feels like. i did see the cameras yesterday and the snow guns were going and it was snowing itself. here is a live look outside right now and these are the structures you have to worry about, too, the bridges and the overpasses here with chilly air. they are more susceptible to the cold temperatures. to the ten-day forecast. 41 tomorrow. 44 on tuesday. that could interfere with a commute in our northern and western suburbs and then it gets downright cold. temperatures in the upper 20s but it doesn't last long. we recover by next weekend into the upper 40s. more snow totals in a bit. >>> looking for something to do today in philadelphia, it's the opening weekend of the nut cracker at the academy of music. two performances at noon and 5:00. this year there

allentown, 36 in coatesville, 32 in trenton and 31 in mt. holly.but there's not a lot of wind and the temperature may actually go up as we go through the night tonight. but it is already down to 30. 32 in s people better ton. so there are places in new jersey and the temperatures going up overnight that's going to help as precipitation comes in in the morning in those areas it's like we just get the roads wet. here is snow showing up on radar. it's pretty close but not reaching the ground. parts of the atmosphere are lightening up and hit the grounds in parts of the northwestern pennsylvania area as the weak system starts to come in and you can see by the morning rush as the poconos get light snow and there could be several hours of it there but it may be a mix of rain and snow in lehigh valley and berks county. the temperatures will just melt and then dries out. in the afternoon, that's when the wind starts to come in big time. so by later in the day, we're talking about temperatures getting into the 40s and a brief snow that is perhaps shanksvill

rain to the west of harrisburg, 55 degrees and bethlehem, 53 in quakertown and 54 in pottstown and coatesville. 58 in malvern and 61 in center city. 61 in browns mills and 65 in hammonton and vineland. 56 degrees in dover, delaware. these numbers are obviously above the average high of 48 degrees, almost touching the record of 71. the high is 63 degrees. we are tracking rain here is how it looks for the progress. and 4:00 holding at 61 degrees. at 6:00 we are in the 60s and the temperatures are dropping and you see that rain fill in from the evening on. we'll talk about what happens after the rain and how low temperatures will go. that is coming up in the seven day in a few minutes. >> thank you. >>> as the weather changes come we invite you to see weather-to get the later, and the complete seven-day forecast and download the free 6 abc app. >>> now to a developing story out of washington. representative john conyers of mischanounced his retirement after having sexual allegations from female staffers. serena marshall has the lightest from the nation's capital. >> just one week until election d

coatesville at 21 miles per hour. look at dover, steady at 23 miles per hour. it feels like temperatures have gone even lower. 5 in dover. 4 for reading. 7 for pottstown, northeast philadelphia, and mt. holly. a cold start this morning. even without the wind it's cold. 21 in new jersey 21 for philadelphia. 18 in the suburbs. the temperatures with bright sunshine will only manage to climb into the upper 30s -- upper 20s and very low 30s. in fact, new jersey delaware and philadelphia will top out at 31. a degree below freezing this afternoon. i'll break the forecasts down hour by hour to show how we'll progress during the day when i'm back in ten minutes. first jessica boyington watching traffic. >>> moving through center city the vine street expressway and cameras around 8th street. so so far, so good eastbound and westbound. not seeing any problems or delays. connecting the schuylkill and 95, you'll get there fine for now. watching douglass at williams way. 295 in west deptford at route 130. heading southbound toward delaware, the delaware memorial bridge, you'

coatesville, wilmington allentown seeing current wind gusts at about 25 miles per hour. temperatures feel like below 10 degrees. 3 in lancaster. 6 degrees in trenton and millville. 7 for northeast philadelphia. wilmington and philadelphia international feel like 8 degrees. and it's going to be a cold morning and a cold afternoon. 8:00 this morning, the feels-like temperatures about where they are now with winds gusting to 30 possibly 40 miles per hour at lunchtime. very low teens for philadelphia swedesboro. feels like 10 for doylestown. by 6:00, the wind is blowing. still feels like it's in the teens. watch what happens between 6:00 this evening and 10:00 tonight. the wind degrees down. it's going to feel warmer as the windchills will be in the 20s and teens. still cold all day long. cold enough for snow. we're not going to get that during the day. come tonight, this is the system i'm watching. a clipper with some light snow showers moving into the area. i'll show you how much snow to expect by the time you wake up tomorrow morning when i come back in ten minutes. >> th

the heaviest is across chester and montgomery county right now, right by valley forge, limerick, coatesville, west chester. you're seeing the rain and wet snowflakes mixing in. it's feeling very rude outside. the one saving grace from a slippery night are the temperatures. they're above freezing. so we don't have to worry about an icing situation, unless you're up in the extreme northern parts of the lehigh valley or the poconos. this is what you can expect for christmas day. sunshine returning to the area. but it really is about the wind tomorrow. gusts to 50 miles an hour with temperatures in the 30s. it will feel like the 20s. and that will seem warm compared to the temperatures i have in the ten-day forecast. i'll have that coming up in just a bit. >> we'll see you then. you can stay on top of this messy holiday weather with the nbc 10 app. there you will get instant updates and alerts. >>> tonight thousands of church goers took time from the last minute shopping and holiday stress to pause and celebrate during this christmas eve. nbc 10's aundrea cline-thomas was all over the region mar

numbers, 37 in and how abouaetnicehem.rs, 37 in 35 inactuakertown and 36 in pottstown and 42 in coatesville and 37 in media, andut t9 degre right now in center city. in the suburbs in new jersey and delaware. you see are you mostly in the upperut t0s and low 40s. 39 in hammonton and 40 in glassboro and 40 in dover, del in mare. here is how it feels when you factor in a light breeze and the windchill is a small factor. you need to grab the coat and mittens despite the beautiful sunshine and temperatures are teere th tha should be this time of year. normally a high of 43 and temperatures are about that 2:0specbur1 and a good amount o sunshine even through 6:00 should be clear andut t8 degree. should be claut the clopats wbs the overnight hours and we dip to 35 at 8:00 and 10:0specut t3 after midnight temperatures hold right now in the low 30s for the overnight hours. 1e clopat up tomorrow and get a big swing in temperatures, we'll talk about that in the seven-day forecast in a few brenutes. >> thad th you. >>> this reminder stay ahead of changes to the forecast and check real time views from

the temperatures, 15 in philadelphia. 12 in coatesville. 10 in perkasie. and 4 in mt. pocono. the feels-like readings are harsh. 13 in millville. 16 in dover. what do we have for youn

coatesville and perksy at 10 degrees, and feels like 9 in philadelphia. it's variable depending on how strong the wind is. but the wind will not be all that strong tomorrow. 8:00 a.m. that's still bitter cold. by 10:00 a.m. less cold and even in the afternoon with the sun coming out, it's going to be another cold day. when you can't even feel like it's 20 degrees in the middle of a sunny afternoon, that's not too good. and it's going to get even colder starting on sunday. in between we've got some snow still in the forecast for saturday. i'll time that out for you coming up. >> all right, glen. the cold threatening a philadelphia new year's tradition. >> the mummers will decide in less than 48 hours whether to most pone their parade. drew, are they prepared to go? >> reporter: it's a mix. there's a lot of different opinions about this. the city says they're ready to go. they've got the gates up here along broad street, but it is unclear if those mummers are going to be willing to strut on new year's day. smiles from the penn sport string band, but they we

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. >> let's bring you in for a closer inspection of temperatures in chester county. 23 in coatesville.4 in union now. head to montgomery county now. 24 in bluebell. 23 in lansdale. 23 in hatfield now. 22 in bedminster in bucks county, 23 in warrington. 23 in richboro. new hope always a pretty time of year to visit. bundle up. it's 25 degrees now. feels-like temperatures that's what we have to talk about. you'll be hearing a lot of this for the next ten days or so. you have time to prepare for it. this cold will last through the weekend. 16 is how it feels in philadelphia now. 16 in president obamathe area. 25 in atlantic city. i have snow depth plotted. these are the areas that have snow on the ground. north and west of philadelphia all the way up into areas of minnesota and through canada. so when the cold air comes down it doesn't have any chance to warm up because it's traveling over snow pack. that's why this round of cold is impressive. there's no modification or warmup with it as it moves south. it's 7 in trenton. 7 below -- in toronto. 7 below the u.p. of michigan. 25 below in i

a little bit more outside the city. 36 in allentown. 37 in coatesville. 37 in mount holly. 38 in vineland. we're seeing the land breeze. ocean temperature 44. it's already down to 36. 39 at dennis township. milder weather is holding at the beaches. we saw a lot of clouds this morning. and they have moved out. it's generally high clouds associated with this big system down south. as you can see, it's making the right turn as expected and not giving us any kind of precipitation. tomorrow it's going to be pretty sunny, but it will also be pretty cold. the coldest day of the week. not bitter cold. not like next week will be. tacony at 43. schwenksville 40. reading 42 after lows in the mid 20s. a little bit of wind makes it feel closer to 20. robbinsville, 41. long port, 43. dover at 42. even dover will be in the 20s in the morning. clear tomorrow. and then on friday we have the clouds increasing. chance of some showers friday night. and into saturday morning. look at what happens saturday. we've got rain all over the place. so yeah. saturday is the rain day. and it may be several hours worth

the temperatures, 15 in philadelphia. 12 in coatesville. 10 in perkasie. and 4 in mt. pocono. the feels-like readings are harsh. 13 in millville. 16 in dover. what do we have for you in terms of snow? nothing for today. a brief flurry in allentown. for now, just penguin weather. it may, like ice, have frozen conditions. low to mid 20s through the upcoming weekend. i'll break down the dangerous cold coming up at 5:38. let's look at traffic with jessica. >> thanks. that penguin's super cute. >>> watching 1 around 17th street. the boulevard here looks good so far. both directions here, empty still. southbound not seeing problems. if you take mass transit, heads up for septa. see being 20-minute delays for trenton 2701. new jersey, amtrak, and patco on or close to schedule. i'll have another update in about ten minutes. >>> breaking overnight in burlington tonight. firefighters are putting out hot spots from a house fire where they rescued three family members in the bitter cold. nbc10 was on the scene along union avenue. neighbors helped rescue two victims from the roofs. two peo

it's 48 degrees in bethlehem. 45 in coatesville. 47 in malvern. drain degrees in center city.nter city we've already surpassed our high for this date. 51 in fortescue and 51 degrees in smyrna. let look at the temperature difference from yesterday to this morning, it is 26 degrees warmer right now in toms river. it's 22 degrees warmer in reading and a good 13 degrees warmer than it was in philadelphia right now. so, you're feeling the difference this morning. your high today 63. we have 48 for the average high for this date. enjoy it. it is really our last mild day but we are tracking rain for later this evening tam. >> thank you, karen. monmouth county police figured out who vandalized a christmas display. turns out it was a squirrel. the sea girt police say the four legged vandal chewed through the wires of some holiday lights and authorities say they caught the squirrel after they staged a stakeout and while investigating what they thought was going to be a crime they were looking for a human who was up to all of this and instead found a little squirrel. luckily they were ab

it's snowing lightly now in coatesville and snowing in lancaster county right now. thrrived in part of our viewing area and will continue to move off to the east and be snowing in philadelphia here probably within the next hour or two. snowing in southern chester county, now snow moving in south of wilmington. it's cold enough with this one we don't have to worry about any freezing rain or sleet with it. it will be purely fluffy snow moving on in here. soou n see, 8:00 the snow continues and then it wraps up here pretty quickly right after lunchtime in philadelphia and north and west. to the south and east that snow witernn and even there it will taper off. we'll have to see if we get one or two snow squalls working down from the north and west later on today, but they will be few and far between. snow amounts generally between a coating and two inches in our neighborhoods. right now it's 16 in unionvillew where the light snow is falling. we're seeing temperatures around 15, 16 degrees in montgomery county. 15 in fort washington and 15 in new hope. so your forecast

high temperatures today around 30 in philadelphia 29 in allentown. 29 in coatesville. we'll see a good deal of sunshine mixing in with clouds from time to time. overall, that sunshine really will not warm us up too much this afternoon. your three-day forecast -- 25 today, 24 tomorrow 27 on friday in philadelphia. the suburbs, you're even colder 22 tomorrow that's for the high temperature after a morning low of 12 degrees. in the lehigh valley, you have a touch of snow coming up on friday. same for you in the suburbs and philadelphia and that snow chance extends all the way down into south jersey and delaware. looks like right now. we'll continue to watch it. in the meantime we'll have to deal with plenty of cold temperatures. we'll be tracking that through the day. i'll also have the ten day on 10 forecast coming up. >> see you then. about 4:10 now. >>> my guess is it's really slow on the roads. >> really slow. let's find out for sure with pamela osborne. >> yeah, if you're headed home this morning and hitting the roadways, now's a good time to go. in hamilton new jers

it's picked up in the last hour or so in lanetown and coates -- in allentown and coatesville. making it feel like low 40s. we'll be dealing with the windchill through the day. right on through the afternoon. temperatures in the 40s. feels leak temperatures in the 30s. no wind in new jersey now. 50 degrees. it's actually at 12 miles per hour, the wind. 48 degrees in the lehigh valley. in delaware, 44. this afternoon, temperatures will be lower in the lehigh valley. the gusty winds bring it down to 42 degrees. looking at 40s across the board for philadelphia, new jersey, delaware, it will be dry. bundle up. >> and come see us. we'll be here until 9:00 this morning. we're really shining a spotlight on this community. what a great place to shop this time of year. i heard you saying how you're procrastinators, we'll show you great places to shop coming up. >> and we have krystal klei to track the weather hour by hour. first to first alert traffic reporter, jessica boyington. >>> thanks. breaking news, too, to report here on 95. our cameras around route 413 showing a pretty big issu

showing around 2-inches of snow. 6abc studios 2.1, wilmington 2-inches, valley forge 2.3, the same in coatesville and ridley park reporting two and a half inches of snow. visibility shows that it's getting better in philadelphia. it's up to 2 miles. it was less than a mile last hour. we still have the visibility at the atlantic city airport less than a mile, .8 right now. millville 1 mile. this is where the snow continues falling. temperature-wise we were stuck below freezing all day long. temperatures in the 20's. that's why the snow stuck immediately. and temperatures tonight in some areas will be dropping down into the teens. so, this is what to expect. again, the snow is over along i-95 areas west. it will be clearing the coast within the next hour. by 7 o'clock the snow is over. overnight low 19 to 24, so roads will be slick tonight. do be careful. but i'm tracking a big warmup on the way. i'll have details on that in the accuweather 7-day forecast. jim. >> all right, cecily, let's go live now to "action news" reporter dann cuellar who is on the ben franklin parkway. dann what's the situatio

pottstown 15. 15 degrees in coatesville. six towards the pocono mountains as we move into south jersey, moorestown 18 degrees right now. vineland 18. 19 degrees ocean city. same song and dance through delaware temperatures in the teens to low 20s all the way to the delaware beaches. you factor in the wind it feel like 14 below mount pocono. it feels like 8 degrees in philadelphia. temperatures for tonight will dip back to around 14 in philadelphia. single digits north and west. we're dry on ultimate doppler but well off to the north and west coming up we'll time out saturday's clipper system to bring us some snowfall. back over to you. >> all right. lots to talk about. thank you, scott. >>> annual new year's day tradition in philadelphia could be in jeopardy because of these frigid temps. the mummers parade may end up postponed for the first time in 15 years. as of right now, though, the parade is still on. but mayor kenney says the city is keeping an eye on the forecast and will make a final decision on saturday. no matter

and we've been seeing reports of light snow in chester county where it's snowing lightly in coatesville right now. it's 16 degrees. 17 in allentown. it's 17 in millville right at the moment. 17 in atlantic city. and down in rehoboth beach 23 at this hour. so there you go, you see the snow on the radar and it's moving into our northern and western suburbs, montgomery county seeing some of the first flakes there just west of norristown towards valley forge. and moving south into northern delaware we saw the snow on the wilmington camera here this morning. and it will continue to snow here for the next several hours. not expecting a lot of snow, but just enough to make things a slippery mess. that snow will continue here moving from west to east. so froze-adelphia is what we're calling it here as temperatures will not surpass the 32 degree mark for the foreseeable future. 25 yesterday, 28 today. down to 22 tomorrow. and then look what happens by the time we get into monday, just really rough stuff. 19 degrees, but feeling like zero to 5 most of the day. and tuesday 25 degrees. this is some

you can see no problems in philadelphia, coatesville, malvern, norristown even doylestown, it's up northt pocono near lake harmony where we're seeing some of those sprinkles right now. let's look at the temperatures for the region. so, it's 29 degrees in lake harmony. that's why you would get something slippery up there but even in bethlehem you're in the upper 30's, quakertown 36, pottstown 34. but malvern 37. 43 degrees currently in center city so be careful as you're traveling but these temperatures are above freezing. in new jersey you're into the 40's in most spots. that's quite a bit of a change from yesterday morning when you were hovering below freezing there. 41 degrees in dover so we're watching to that are passing spotty shower around far to the north up in the poconos we're watching for a snow shower. 47 degrees for your early high this afternoon. turns really cold tonight, matt. >> thanks, karen. >>> a total of five wind whipped wildfires continue to burn in southern california. the biggest among them, the thomas fire, has scorched more than 360 square miles in ventura and s

coatesville is feeling the chill in the air as the skies clear out.he windchill feeling like 30s in millville and wilmington. a chilly start. look what happens during the day. even though the temperatures will fall a little bit more, at 9:00, we warm into the 50s this afternoon. there will be a little bit of a breeze. even at 1:00, it will feel like the upper 40s. a lot of sunshine. the wind degrees down during the later afternoon hours. that's great news. for us for the tree-lighting ceremony, happens this evening. the clouds are moving out. we'll see plenty of sunshine during the day. and the dry weather's going to stick with us right on through the weekend. the next chance of wet weather is coming from a storm that hasn't reached the pacific northwest yet. anscended dry -- a dry period starts today. breezy, winds up to 12, 15 miles per hour this afternoon. here's the cold start to the weekend -- 34 degrees saturday morning. 50 in the afternoon. back into the lower 30s again on sunday. warmer in the afternoon. that begins a warming trends that will

we exceeded it across the region. 34 tonight in philadelphia, 32 in coatesville. 39 in vineland. 33 inmington, 32 in trenton. we are going to have some big changes on the way. the weekend looks lovely, but after that, you got to pull out all of your winter gear and maybe even your snow shovel. i'll explain when the full forecast when i come back. >> oh, boy. all right. >>> three people were hurt when a school bus and a car crashed in philadelphia. one of the injured was a student. the bus driver and an aide were also hurt, but all are expected to be okay. investigators say this happened when the driver of the car tried to pass the bus on wyoming avenue. no charges have been filed. >>> newcastle county e two people are being checked out of the hospital after they ran their suv into a building in newcastle this morning. you can see the giant hole in the wall of the walgreen's pharmacy in the beaver brook plaza. we're told the injuries are not serious, but the store can't reopen until the wall is fixed. >>> also in newcastle county, good news for pet owners, there's a place to get treatme

right now, it's 51 in philadelphia and 59 in pittsburgh. 48 in coatesville and 49 in trenton and 46 in allentown with a 51 in dover. for tonight, we are going to be very, very mild out there with the cloud cover in place and southerly wind bringing warmth into the area. 46 in philadelphia when you wake up tomorrow. 42 in wilmington. 49 in allentown and 44 in atlantic city. it looks like we could see 60 degrees across much of the area tomorrow but behind that, some of that fiercely cold air once we're into that air, we do not recover. we spend the next ten days in the 30s and 40s. we'll discuss that in a couple of minutes. >> and we want to go to tim furlong for more on the motel murders. tim, what can you tell us? >> reporter: they are not calling it a murder at this police gave us a briefing about what is going on here at the day one motel. that's how it came out over the radio transmissions, as a death investigation. police are on the scene here and they are handling this investigation. about 2:20 this afternoon they got called to this location for a death investigation, is all they

the actual air temperature is 10 in coatesville. 14 in mt. holly. 17 over in dover right now.ike numbers, a good 10 to 15 degrees from the current air temperature. 1 in philadelphia. 17 below in mt. poke know. if you're up in the poconos you may see a stray flurry or two courtesy of lake ontario. meanwhile, the rest of the country is suffering from extreme cold from minnesota to louisiana. that's right. 5 degrees in lake charles this morning. 1 degree above is what it feels like in doylestown at 1:00 this morning. by kickoff time feeling like 6:00. as you get ready for your new year's eve festivities feeling like below zero. dress in layers. take breaks. eat your meals and hydrate. that's the key to getting through this. 19 tomorrow with that round of dangerous cold. 25 on tuesday. there's that brief thaw and it's all about round number three late this week with more extreme cold. >>> hey, i'm john clark. it is here, the eagles' final regular season game, and what a surprise. quarterback sydney jones will make his nfl debut today. he has been activated. take a look. this comes

let's take you into chester county this morning. 26 in coatesville. 22 right now in hatfield. 27 in gladwinope i'm sure it's a beautiful start there. delaware, here are some of your totals. pike creek, 4.2. newark in delaware 4 inches. less in the northern part you're feeling that chill. it feels downright cold. looking at your day ahead today. i'll have your ten day on 10 up next. >>> happening today your chance to see the most festive buses in septa's fleet. they have been busy work iing o holiday cheer. this is a winter tradition where employees let their creative juices flow. you can see the buses from eight city districts today from 10:00 until 3:00 p.m. the snow and ice to help the american cancer society today. the 20th annual reindeer romp. since its inception the event has raised more than $320,000 for cancer research. >>> still ahead, robert covington takes a big tumble on the court. >>> speaking of snow, a good thing the birds flew the coop for today's game. fans are enjoying the weather ahead of the matchup against the rams. we'll check in with eagles nations next. stepping into

as we take a look at some of the suburbs, go to chester, montgomery county, coatesville, chester bringsr springs, chester heights, all at 45 degrees right now. so nobody is really cold. we've had a fair amount of sunshine. we have some clouds moving in from the west. we'll have a decent amount of sunshine tomorrow as well. we don't have any kind of strong weather systems approaching and so it's going to be another dry day. and much of the country is going to be dry. if you're traveling or have friends or relatives, they're going to be traveling this week. it's a big travel week. we're in pretty good shape, except for the pacific northwest and some rain down south. but as far as snow is concerned, nothing in the east, a little bit out in the rockies and the northern plain states but for this time of the year, pretty fortunate for the travel. even chicago could be on the borderline by friday. usually it would be on the snow side. and then this warm rain comes all the way up the east coast so there could be travel issues and delays by friday and saturday due to the rain, not so much any ki

tonight we drop down to 38 in philadelphia. 35 in allentown. 39 in coatesville. 38 in dover and 36 in violin. you're going to be fine for the next three or four hours. let's check your neighborhood. looks like you're wake up in the low 40s. upper 30s in philadelphia. you'll see sunshine with clouds out there. in the suburbs, you're going to wake up in the upper 30s near 40 degrees. lehigh valley, mid-to upper 30s. 39 in delaware. it will be in the lower 40s for new jersey and the jersey shore tomorrow. not that bad tomorrow. 50 was our official high today. nothing showing up on the doppler radar. it's quiet. a couple of disturbances out there. not expecting this to affect us. bumping in to drier air. we inherit the clouds from this. let's take it hour by hour for you. we drop down tonight with cloud cover clearing towards dawn. still getting into the mid- and upper 30s across much of the area. tomorrow afternoon, 51 or 52 in philadelphia. 40s in allentown and lower 50s when you get into south jersey and delaware. then, wednesday morning being back into the 30s. we'll see clouds out th

scotty died after being hung upside down in his coatesville home and tortured with a number of objectse plus ten to 20 years. >>> and the service on market frankford line was suspended after someone fell on the at the huntington stations they say that the person tumbled on the tracks around noon and the commuter was noted and they were helped out and checked out by medics and train service resumed an hour later and the disruption led to delays. >>> now the accuweather forecast. we begin to see the temperature nose dive. >> tumbling down. adam joseph is here now with the frigid details. we are plummeting and the winds are picking up as well. we look at how it feels at the present time. not bad especially in southern areas 41 at the philadelphia airport and 39 in wilmington and the numbers can be cut by more than half by the time we wake up tomorrow morning. we are tracking the front right now east on satellite and radar we see the rain showers there west of new york city. through southern parts and central parts of new jersey as well as delaware and snow showers in the mountains of penn

and in coatesville and enough wind out there to make it feel like single digits just about everywhere. 7 in trenton and philly. and it's going to stay like that for much of the night. you can see temperatures and the feels like staying pretty steady. clouds are coming in. and so by tomorrow morning, 8:00 a.m. it's not feeling quite as terrible as it is right now. but there is more by the. er cold air on the way. there's also some snow for part of the weekend. i'll tell you which neighborhoods are likely to get the most, coming up. >> ep keeping warm is easier said than done. they came to the lehigh valley from the island with little to nothing and certainly no winter clothing. but a group is making sure everyone is dressed and ready for the elements. >> steven fisher is live u in bethlehem with more on project keep warm. >> i have a hat and jacket and many layers on, but still cold. that's just the truth. that's the reality of what we're going through in the northeast. that's why something like project keep warm exists. here at the emanuel ec church people can come in and grab hats an

and steadier rain in pottstown 222 and wet roads there, heading north into the lehigh valley and coatesvilleer and lancaster valley and west of lebanon and the rain settling in on schedule. 58 philadelphia and a high of 63 degrees and 60 millville and 64 in dover and the rain is falling a mild rain 54 in lancaster. and 56 degrees in reading. satellite 6 along with action radar the rain stretches back to pittsburgh, and the clouds littering everywhere west of the rain and we'll see a little sun to return tomorrow. and the clouds are stubborn to break for your wednesday and future tracker 6 and a quarter ink of rain on average and the heavy rain is closing in to wilmington and philadelphia and trenton and the pennsylvania counties and then into south jersey and the state of delaware 10:00 and midnight tonight. that is when it pushes off the coast and we start to break the rain apart in the northwestern suburbs and by the time we wake up here and head out the door, the rain is gone and a lot of clouds linger and brightening to the northern and west. and then the jet stream goes to the south, an

we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan closer in the western suburbs, approaching coatesville and malvern with the first rain drops to fall and once they start to fall that stays steady for several hours and lifting southwest to northeast and the direct east to west fashion and it takes time before it pushes into philadelphia. so it's not going to quickly arrive here and again a quick hit of rain a half inch on average. warm ahead of it. 60 in philadelphia and 62 millville and 64 in dover, even where the rain is falling, mid-50s for lancaster as well as reading. satellite and radar. as we look to the west here and a ribbon of rain and the clouds lag after the rain ends and not a bright and sunny day despite that we get rid of the rain and 8:30 this evening. there is that line a quick hit of heavy rain pushing to the coast around the midnight hour, that is when we end the rain and by the morning rush the rain is off the coast and brightening to the sky and the jet stream dives to the south and once it happens it locks in here for a few weeks maybe right up through christmas below a

certainly not be 52 as we head into the 5:00 hour. 50 in allentown, 45 in coatesville. 52 in dover. 51wildwood. for tonight we'll drop down into the 20s and 30s. 34 in philadelphia, 33 wilmington. allentown, 28. and we'll see 32 in atlantic city. we have clear skies, so all of our warmth is headed out into the atmosphere once again. but those temperatures are seasonal. or even above. we don't have anything on the doppler radar. as we look at pennsylvania we barely see clouds starting to streak in to the western portion of the state. all of those clouds, they're associated with a little system that stays to the north and the great lakes. further to the west is the system we're going to be watching. that's the one that's in seattle for tonight and tomorrow and hopefully clearing out in time for sunday. even though the weather isn't going to be a big factor there. on the playing field. it's nice to know we'll have decent weather. let's walk you through the next several days. as we head through 6:30, we'll drop into the 40s. overnight we'll drop into the 30s. 9:00 tomorrow morning, 38 in p