let's check in with david murphy with the details from accuweather. all bundled up. i'm trying to demonstrate how people should treat the cold today and this afternoon and this evening. if you have plans to get outside, satellite shows you there's sunshine out there, some clouds perhaps trying to filter in later on. it's been a bright morning, but it hadn't helped very much. 20 degrees in philadelphia. the windchill was down to 4 in the city and below zero in reading and lancaster. a very cold start. we have not bounced back all that much. we're at 24 in philadelphia. 26 in new york city, pretty much the same mass of cold air into washington and richmond, virginia and out to the west in the upper elevations of western pennsylvania, 9 in pittsburgh. a cold air mass in the mid atlantic states socking us. the windchill makes it feel like it's 9. you can't get relief elsewhere around the region as the cold air sweeping in from the west is part of the story today. we'll get a high of 28 probably around 3:00 p.m. and then you can see how we are falling from there. 27 by 4:

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with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon, in the news this noon a deadly fire in delaware, the investigation now underway to find out what sparked the flames. >>> and a professor in ohio is being investigating to alleged ties to isis. >>> but the big story is the snow storm, we are still a few days out but the entire region is bracing for what could be the first significant snowfall of the season. >> preparations are underway for what mother nature may bring us. meteorologist, david murphy, joins us at the big board with the latest on the storm's projections. lets talk about today and then the end of the week. >> lets go ahead and get to what everybody wants to hear about, and that is the storm system the center of activity is now off the coast of oregon and pushing through idaho and making the plunge down to a trough in the central states and after that it starts to push to the east and developing a eastern low pressure center and develops into a nor'easter and we have the likelihood of quite a bit of snow in parts of the region. where

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

school has been brutal today, the brutal temperatures are really hard to take, meteorologist, david murphy, tells us when the harsh conditions will improve. and a massachusetts teenager is accused of encouraging her boyfriend to commit suicide and now that he is gone they want to charge her in connection with his death. and some big name actors say they are boycotting the oscars. >> and the bitter cold is even worse today outside and the bitterly freezing temperatures prompted the camden county officials to issue a code blue emergency and in philadelphia two schools closed early today because of problems with their heaters. lets go outside and look at sky 6 hd, even with the sun shining the skyline looks frozen at this hour. david murphy is braving it on the terrace, you can the latest. >> it was cold yesterday but feeling worse today. we have a fair amount of sunshine across the region, and clouds are trying to come down from allentown and reading but they are high and thin enough where you get sunshine and they look like they are falling a part a bit. it's made worse because of the wind

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news an suv is charred after colliding with another vehicle in delaware, sending several people to the hospital. >> and a magical look at the disney on ice performances before the curtain call. >>> but the big story is the area bracing for a big snow storm. we are 24 hours a way from the storm and there say blizzard watch in the region. >> "action news" caught up with the penndot crews already brining the roads and they are trying to get a head start before any snow begins to fall. we have live coverage this noon, katherine scott is in the may fair section. but lets begin with meteorologist, david murphy, he is tracking the storm and the potential impact on our area. >> we'll start you with the big news, the posting of a blizzard watch in the center portion of the region, covering the i-95 corridor and the southern regions. and a watch in the poconos and cape may county new jersey, the blizzard watch and winter storm watches start friday evening and don't end until sunday morning. it's not

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with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> the blizzard of 2016 is taking aim at the east coast. right now it's slamming the carolinas and tennessee on its way to the tri-state area and the prospect of our first big winter snow has the delaware and lehigh valleys preparing to ride out the storm. sara bloomquist is off and the big story is the blizzard warning set to take effect later tonight. as we look live outside from sky 6 hd showing you the center city skyline, as you can say it's the calm before the storm. we have live team coverage beginning with david murphy and melissa magee, lets start with you david at the big board. >> i'll start with the live view of stormtracker 6 live double scan which is a large system at this point. you can see the clockwise pinwheeling and extending to the east and the moisture from the gulf rides over the front we create a robust snow shield extending over virginia and some of this is pushing up toward washington, d.c. at this hour and it all gets worse when we develop the coastal low and nor'easter and that passes us lat

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. >>> let's go over to david murphy and matt pellman has traffic. >> reporter: we are expecting the potential of heavy snow starting friday evening after the rush hour and continuing saturday night and perhaps into early sunday morning. there's a coastal flood watch because we have onshore strong winds as the nor'easter goes by on saturday. that will create major beach erosion and lunar high tide and flooding down the shore. we have clouds breaking up a little bit and we'll get early sunshine. 27 degrees is the current temperature, 24 in allentown. the winds are light, we'll not bother you with windchills it's only 4 or 5 degrees cooler than the temperature. 27 degrees by 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m., 31. high of 38 mostly sunny skies, a good day to get shopping done and get supplies before the snow arrives. i'll have details on how much snow is coming. we have an expected snowfall map, matt that's coming up in 20 minutes. some people are excited about this, some of us not as much. we saw the penndot crews come through i-95 at the penns landing tunnel and take down the ice as i as i from overhead. ev

meteorologist david murphy at the "action news" big board with the details. >> reporter: we are at the beginning of an improving pattern in temperature and weather conditions. as we take a look a few high clouds swinging through right now, but not enough to wipe out the sunshine. right now it's bright out there. as we look at the temperature profile, storm tracker 6 live double can we can see blues in our neck of the woods. this is the area where we've got temperatures in the 20s and 30s here. down here we're in the 40s and 50s. the general flow will be from the southwest the next couple of days with the frontal boundary pushing toward the east that is going to warm us up back in the 40s tomorrow and wednesday. as we look right now at temperatures we're not there quite yet. 36 degrees at noon, 34 in wilmington, 35 in allentown. we'll add another degree or two to that before we're done. wind speeds very light. this is part of the improvement. it doesn't feel all that bad out there, it's cold, certainly, but not that bad. we're going for a high of 36. since we're already there we'll hit

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news have new information from philadelphia police about a robbery in the city's may fair section that left a 75-year-old woman shot in the cheek. >> after a 10 hour ordeal in upstate new york more than a dozen miners were trapped 900 feet underground, and the big story is the court appearance for a chester county man accused of sexually assaulting a young family matter, "action news" was there as charles robinson walked out a courtroom room. he was arrested on new year's eve his 60th birthday for sexually molesting the victim. now police want to know if there are more victims outs there. john rawlins has the latest. >> reporter: there was a preliminary hearing scheduled for this morning, and it was expected we would hear specific testimony as far as specific allegations including corruption of a minor indecent assault and indecent exposure but that did not occur. >> defend charles robinson was in no mood to answer questions on charges that he sexually abused a female family member over th

. >>> high tide will half in a half-hour, meteorologist david murphy and chris sowers are tracking theod concerns and they the noteses. karen rogers is -- snow totals. romg -- karen rogers has the roads. >>> allentown was slammed with 31 inches of snow, chris it stops my breath every time. >> reporter: it doesn't usually happen, gray is what i was going to say. >>> >>> "action news" has a team of reporters covering the impact of the storm. we'll get to chris in a moment. trish hartman is south philadelphia, annie mccormick and in south white hall and nora muchanic in ocean city. but first we head to chris sowers at the big board. >> reporter: it doesn't usually happen this way. we get a snowstorm we see five, six, 7 seven inches of snow. 9 blizzard of 96 produced 36 inches of snow. this ranks 4th of all type of. 22.4 inches. some areas picked up close to 30. allentown received more than 31. collegeville, 26. hugo, 18.5. runnymede, 14, greeneville, a little more than a foot of snow. the storm continues to pull away it's a good 200 miles out to sea. it's sitting here, with the counter cl

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon sara bloomquist is off and in the news a multivehicle crash causes a nightmare on i-95 during the morning rush. and another winning power baltic set sold in your area and we'll tell you where. but the big story is day two of a bitter blast outside, highs in the 20s once again today and we could see snow later this week. lets take a live look from sky 6 hd in center city. lots of sun out there and it's hardly warming things up as we deal with another day of windchills in the single digits. because of the bitter cold some schools are releasing students early, and we'll have more coming up with annie mccormick later, but first we'll check in with david murphy at the big board with the cold and possible snow later in the week. >> it looks like a storm is barrelling toward us and we'll talk about that in a minute, but you have sun out there and bitter cold. some clouds could push in later on but the big story is the temperature, we are at 25 in philadelphia currently and allentown 23 and same in reading a

l meteorologist david murphy back inside with a closer look at the frigid forecast.ng, though, right? >> reporter: the sun is shining, but it's not making much a difference. looking at radar there's nothing going on radar not today, even the satellite is not picking up much cloud cover. action cam outside, you get the picture, blue skies over head. the mailman has his hat on. windy and cold much colder than yesterday, a shock to the system if you were out yesterday. a light winter mix is possible on tuesday evening. doesn't look like it will amount to a whole lot, but something to keep your eyes on. 34 degrees is the current temperature, winds out of the west at 30 to 35 miles per hour. it's raw with windchills in the 20s and teens across the region currently and probably staying in the 20s this afternoon. lots of sunshine in place, though, as it looks like the clouds will probably have a hard time spilling over the mountains and getting on down into our neck of the woods. high temperatures across the region not too high, 33 in allentown. 34 in reading this afternoon

we have team coverage with our meteorologists david murphy and chris sowers both tracking the massivetorm. david we'll start with you. >> reporter: massive is the word. storm tracker 6 live double scan, you can see the area off the coast has begun to develop and transferring and passing us by all day today. it's strong enough we're getting the winds curling in from the north-northeast. the gusts down the shore have been up to 65 miles per hour and 66 in dewey beach, delaware. as the winds come in over land. they die down a little bit, starting at 65 it's easy to get a wind gust apt 30 to 40 miles per hour. you add in the heavy bands charging in from the coast it creates a dangerous situation with low visibility and pounding snow. storm tracker 6 live double scan, once again he have a lightning indicator on storm tracker 6 live, one of the many things that this radar does for us. that may make you scramble -- scratch your head a little bit, that's thunder snow. you get an updraft that creates a mini burst of thunder and lightning that's west of harrisburg and reading. looks like the sn

>>> "action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> hello again, we continue our coverage of the impending storm that has now prompted blizzard watches in parts of our area, road crews across our region are getting ready and we are live how penndot and other agencies stay on top of the roads when the snow starts to fall and the grocery store shelves are emptying out as people plan to be in doors all weekend and if you have to be out we have tips of what you need to have in your vehicle to stay safe in the storm. >>> we are officially under a blizzard watch one day before the winter storm moves into our region. >> strong winds and snow is what we'll get and location is everything when it comes to how much snow you'll get. "action news" reporter, john rawlins live in king of prussia to tell us how penndot is getting the roads ready but first lets check in again with david murphy keeping an eye on stormtracker 6 live double scan as the storm gets closer. >> the radar will come in handy with this storm, we are looking at heavy snow ba

this morning, david murphy is gathering more on the snow totals and karen rogers has the roads. >>> the blizzard smashed the old snow record in the lehigh valley. allentown was slammed by 30 inches of snow, the most it has ever gotten. chris this is staggering number there. >> reporter: welcome to the delaware valley. now it's the big cleanup. the snowstorm is working out to sea, but some areas picked up an entire season's worth of snow with one storm. philadelphia, 24.2 inches. that's the 4th largest snowstorm for the city of brotherly love. king of prussia, 26 inches. that's more than two feet. broomall, 22 inches. the official number at the airport, 22.4. that's the fourth largest snowstorm for the city of philadelphia. haddonfield, 18 him toms river, 17. williams town 14 1/2. new castle, 16.1. talleyville 14.2. dover more than a foot, hockessin 12.2 inches. there's a lot of snow that needs to be shoveled and cleaned up. my best advice today is to dress warmly and temperatures are cold take it slow, maybe get a young one to remove the snow. i want to pull in david murphy we have issu

let's get traffic and weather with david murphy and karen rogers. >> reporter: all right, guys we're off to a cool start, we'll have early sunshine, but the order of the day is increasing clouds. it's cold this morning. 32 in philadelphia. in the 20s in allentown, reading, and lancaster and millville. wilmington 30. with the light winds we're continuing the improving trend. 34 by 8:00 a.m. in philadelphia. in the upper 20s in the suburbs, light winds, but not too bad on the bus stop assuming you dress appropriately. we'll get to a high of 352 degrees, that's 1 degrees above average and -- 12 degrees above average and upper 40s by 6:00 p.m. we'll have rain tonight and it will get out of here quickly on saturday morning. karen. >> reporter: we have an accident in king of prussia blocking the ramp, a lot of crews on the scene. this is the ramp from 202 northbound to the schuylkill expressway eastbound. fire crews construction workers everybody out here. we have a truck that lost its load of steel beams. it is taking a while to clean it up. we're seeing light volume because it's early. h

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon in the news another casualty from the weekend blizzard. details on the local man killed by carbon monoxide in his car. >>> and from the city hall to the classroom. michael nutter announces he has a new job. >>> and the big story is the arrest a 17-year-old girl for allegedly threatening an attack. police and the fbi tracked her down and took her into custody. annie mccormick is live in chester with more. >> reporter: rick, authorities did not take this lightly in fact local law enforcement worked with the fbi to figure out quickly who was behind this threat. in the end they arrested a young woman that attends chester high school and faces serious charges including one felony. students at chester high school returned after two snow days some anxious after this threat on social media. this post threatened to shootup students at chester community charter school and chichester high school. and ended with all blacks must die. >> i think it's ridiculous that someone would do that but as a parent i'm gl

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon rick williams is on assignment in the news investigators have found the cause of a morning house fire that injured four people in delaware. and a debate boycott will go on tonight without donald trump. >>> but the big story is another arrest sparked by another arrest on social media in delaware county. this time a man it accused of threatening the police department. annie mccormick has the full story. >> reporter: according to police, 23-year-old david millborn allegedly made the threat to police after the arrest of a teenager and made threats not only to the police department but to her school. and in an affidavit he admitted to making the threats. this is video of the suspect from several years ago talking to "action news" about a new curfew in center city. >> if he had the curfew, the violence could stop. >> reporter: and yesterday he wrote tell those stupid chester cops they better worry about their families getting murder. this was in response to the tuesday night social media post threatening

and david murphy is here now and accuweather says the deep freeze returns after the sun goes down tonight. >> we'll get a shot of cold air tonight and stays cooler tomorrow but we get temperatures up above freezing in the afternoon. i'm pleased with the sky cover, the clouds are breaking up and we see a decent amount of sunshine. earlier this morning it was a different story with thick cloud cover and sprinkles. those were rain showers and snow and overnight it never got below freezing. 42 right now in philadelphia. freezing mark in binghamton and buffalo and pittsburgh. but new york city and washington and down to richmond. the coastal cities certainly enjoying the nice above average temperatures. your wind speed is not too bad. 12 miles per hour in philadelphia, we have seen the winds pop up a bit. teens are the south and a tad breezy at times this afternoon and you'll want to bundle up as you head outdoors. by 4:00, 43. and we'll get our high of 45 around 2:30 or 3:00. and 6:00, 37 degrees and by 10:00 we are back into the 20s and we'll see that number drop. we have a shot of going dow

david murphy is tracking lounge the arctic air hangs around.trump airs his first tv ad. >>> jim kenny was sworn in as the 99th mayor of philadelphia. today he lace out his first -- lays out his first plans for the city. vernon odem is live at the academy of music where kenny took office this morning. >> reporter: good afternoon, sarah lots of hopeful vision for the city's future. the mayor said let's

meteorologist david murphy is outside on it is terrace with accuweather. we deserve sunshine, david. >> reporter: it does feel better as sarah mentioned, rick. we have satellite showing clouds filtering in they are high and thin enough to allow sun in. there's not wind down at the surface and the temperatures are responding nicely to the sunshine a little bit of a movement of air coming up out of the south today. we're up to 36 degrees in philadelphia better than the last couple of days. since this is the midday temperatures we'll liable to add a degree or two to that number. 350 degrees by 4:00 p.m. we'll get the high of 37 somewhere around 3 or 3:30 p.m. the sun heads back to the horizon and below we see the numbers dip. below freezing by 6:00 p.m. 29 by 8:00. 10 to p.m., 28 degrees. a lot of kids if you're planning on going out sledding remind them to avoid roads and cars. even though it is not winds, it's cold if you start getting your hand or a hole in the boot and snow gets in the boot you can get the tingeing sensation in the fingers and toes go ins

. >>> we have meteorologist chris sowers at the "action news" big board, david murphy outside, everybody breathing a sigh of relief with the blizzard behind us. >> reporter: the big thing is cleaning everything up. let's get the streets and sidewalks cleaned. we knew this was going to be a big storm, historic snowfall amounts for parts of the area. blizzard of 2016. allentown received 3 1.9 inches. the largest snowfall for the lehigh valley. philadelphia, 22.4 inches, the fourth largest storm in the city of brotherly love. some of the areas picked up an entire season's worth of snow with the one storm. we cruise the blizzard of 96 as the benchmark. blizzard of 96 dropped 37.9 inches. in allentown this was a bigger storm than the blizzard of 96. in the lehigh valley 29.5 inches. with this storm they saw 3 1.9. baltimore, here's another comparison, blizzard of 96, 22.5 inches. this storm dropped 29.2 and dulles received 30 inches of snow, as well. the center of the circulation is offshore taking the winds and rough seas along with it. here's the jersey shoreline. we have ten foot breakers

david murphy has weather and karen rogers has how traffic will be impacted. katherine scott is in chester. annie mccormick is in mount airy section, but we start with david. >> reporter: guys, we have good news to start out, that's if there is no precipitation out there and we'll get early sunshine and clouds will mix in. looks like overall it will be bright today with occasional sweeps of clouds, but overnight after a lot of melting yesterday we have seen the temperatures plunge below freezing. 22 in philadelphia. 12 in allentown. 16 in wilmington, 17 in trenton. not much wind out there, so we'll not bother with windchills this morning but black ice forming across sidewalks and streets that were not salted. 18 degrees by 8:00 a.m. mainly career and cold if you're heading out or among the unlucky whose school is still open. you'll be facing cold temperatures as we start out. 11:00 a.m., 39. 32 by 1:00 p.m., the high 34 at 3:00 p.m. a little above freezing enough sun out there, in areas where you hover around the freezing mark you'll get melting and more refree

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coming up rick, when meteorologist, david murphy, returns. when that will end in the exclusive accuweather forecast. >>> the runways will look different tomorrow at this time and it doesn't happen often but there are no flights departing or arriving tomorrow. all airlines are canceling their flights. meantime penndot is making final touches to get areas ready before the snow hits and the agency's command center is on high alert, most crews are resting until they get the call tonight. >> before the snow falls, we want the crews to get the trucks loaded with salt and they move to our assigned area and then we start salting the roads. >> penndot is using more than 300 traffic cameras to track the snow all over the region. septa announced they are suspending most of their services starting at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow and the exception is the cct service for dialysis patients and the market and broad street line. and the trains will continue to train from washington, d.c. through philadelphia up into new york and boston, officials say that they will con

david murphy is here with more. >> the worst of the cold is moving out now but you still need a coat, here is an interesting picture on satellite. if it wasn't for the little cloud cover on the banner, on top of this image, it's a still picture, little cloud cover and little going on overhead. we started out cold and this morning at dawn we were getting rid of that arctic air mass, 18 degrees in philadelphia, allentown 10, and millville at 7 for a little while, i thought that may be a problem with the reporting station and that was indeed the low in millville, cold again as you step outside this morning, temperatures have rebounded much better than they did, up to 35 degrees and we'll add a little bit to that before we are done, the mid-atlantic region everybody recovering. and on monday in the single digitieses 29 degrees now, as we look at the rest of the afternoon, up to 40 at 3:00 and sandwiched on either side of that by 2:00 and 38 by 4:00, upper 30s by afternoon and sunshine and light winds and by 6:00 we are down to 33 degrees, it's a quick drop for us tonight. and 29 by 8:00 a

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with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning are following breaking news on this tuesday january 12th. >> firefighters are battling a blaze at a castle in delaware county. >> a camden county father is due to be arraigned today on charges that he murdered his three-year-old son. >> lawmakers sent a bill to governor christie's desk that would raise the smoking age in new jersey to 21 years old. >> let's go to meteorologist, david murphy and karen rogers. good morning. >> good morning. we'll probably get a little bit of sunshinelily before the clouds increase and then out to the west you can see snow showers beginning to build in past pittsburgh into central pennsylvania and later this afternoon we'll see a little bit of that around the region too. it doesn't seem like it's going is a major impact. 21 degrees this morning. we're off to another cold start. 19 degrees in allentown, 19 reading, 25 wilmington 16 trenton. our wind chill is starting out making it feel like it's 16 degrees in philadelphia and even worse up in the northern

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> hello everyone is wednesday, january 13th. >> here's what we're following. a raging inferno claims the lives of two small children in wilmington. >> snow, frigid temperatures and gusty winds have left some roadways dangerously slick. we'll have a live look at what you can expect. >> tonight's the drawing for the largest lottery jackpot in the world, $1.5 billion. >> good morning everyone. >> good luck. >> let's go to meteorologist, david murphy and karen rogers for weather and traffic. >> i'm impressed we found a lottery sign that can say 1.5 billion. we have a lot that stopped at 999 million. cloud cover out there. but it is pretty much disbursed. you saw there are some snow showers and rain showers that came through overnight and now the temperatures have dipped so we do have a driver's alert for you this morning and matt mentioned this the overnight snow wasn't much but with dropping temperatures and some of those roads unable to dry right away we have patchy black ice out there. also it's been w

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morningryone, it's tuesday, january 19th. >> here's what we're following. you'll need a hat, gloves and that winter coat as you head out in the windy arctic air this morning. >> the philadelphia eagles will formally introduce doug pederson today as the new head coach. >> chris christie addresses the push for healthier school lunches as the senate moves towards a new deal on the program. >> good to see you many its 4:30. let's get to meteorologist, david murphy and karen rogers with more on these frigid temperatures. >> we all went on vacation today. we all went to alaska. that's what it feels like out there. we've got lots of sunshine on the way later. you can see the lack of any significant cloud cover but there's going to be very with the wind blowing. 17 degrees in philadelphia, that's your temperature, just 14 in allentown, 13 reading 15 trenton, 15 in millville. remember yesterday how we had those single digit wind chills? today we've got some of these numbers below zero in wilmington it

back to you. >>> david murphy is joining us, what changed from yesterday in the forecast? >> reporter: maybe a little less snow in the poconos. everybody else is getting hammered, storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you we are okay for travel to and from school and work today. nothing on radar. as we look outside, we have sky6 live hd looking at i-95. cold conditions out there, not real wind, but definitely coat and glove and hat weather this morning. 16 in allentown. 18 in reading. even though the winds are not that strong we have windchills in the teens in a lot of spots. you want to bundle up a bit. might see sunshine early, but the clouds are sweeping past washington and baltimore, as well. now you see the advance of the snow coming into roanoke, virginia. charleston, west virginia is picking up some of that. it's a slow progression north. 32 degrees in the lehigh valley area today cold there. a little bit breezy, but not too bad. increasing clouds at the shore milder, even though you'll get snow at the shore you'll mix with rain there. 34 degrees is the high settin

matt o'donnell along with tamala edwards our winter storm coverage continues let's go over to david murphy. david. >> reporter: storm tracker 6 live double scan on the bigger you can see the breadth of the storm with the snow pushing toward new york back towards pittsburgh and pin wheel in our direction and long island and boston. some of the precipitation is extending down to richmond because of a low pressure center forming near the delmarva. getting rallied to make it up -- ready to make it up the coast. counter clockwise flow, some of the winds pushing into philadelphia and beyond. they are not as strong i understand land. inland we have gusts up to 63 miles per hour. it's piling up the water in the back bays and eye long the beachfront and beach erosion and coastal flooding at high tide which has past us by an hour or so. the winds are keeping the waters in there, the next high tide will problems. the closer view you can see we had a lull going, that's fillingy, it's beginning to -- it's filling in at this point. we have heavy bands in purple whatever you see these areas of purple tha

. >>> we have david murphy on the big board, and matt pellman has traffic. >> reporter: we have cloud cover to the north and south, we're looking at a sunny start later on. it is cold, testers -- temperatures dipped below freezing. different story this morning 21 in wilmington. 19 in trenton. 1 in allentown. 15 in reading. across the entire region, melting snow from yesterday may have frozen up on sidewalks and secondary roads, as well. matt pellman will talk about that in a moment. if you're heading out this morning, mainly clear skies early this morning, icy patches are possible and temperatures in the 20s in philadelphia between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. we'll get more melting underway. 34 degrees at 10:00 a.m. 38 by noon. 42 degrees by 3:00 p.m. before spotting back to 38 by 5:00 p.m. a fair amount of sun with high clouds building as the day goes on. matt pellman what are roads looking like early on? >>> it was not a good day for frosty the snowman yesterday, a lot of melting happened and it seeped on the roads, you can see that right here, northbound lanes of the blue route where i

>>> we have weather and traffic with david murphy and matt pellman good morning. >> reporter: it is cold, temperatures are down in the 20s and we have cloud cover overhead and we have melting snow refreezing on sight streets an parking lots. 14 in allentown. 15 in reading, 14 in lancaster. 20 in millville, 30 degrees in sea isle city. that's not wind out there, that's nice. 26 degrees by 6:00. 267 by 8:00 a.m. mainly clear, again, be careful of icy patches as you walk toward the bus stop or the car, for that matter. the call for this afternoon, 39 degrees by 1:00 p.m. the high 42 degrees with with ar amount of sunshine and light winds it's not a bad afternoon ahead. we have mild air still ahead in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. i'll have that coming up. we have a fear some people will go slip sliding on this thursday morning. take it easy as you head out. youthful find things like this right here, i drove one over the ramp from fox street to the southbound side of the boulevard. if you try to come to a stop, you'll slip slide into the southbound lanes. getting word of traf

. >>> matt pellman has the roads and karen david murphy as the w. >> reporter: we have a storm kicking in saturday and sunday. we have a blizzard in washington and baltimore. coastal flood watch is in effect saturday into sunday, as the low gets past the coast and goes up to the north it will have strong northeast winds and we'll have significant flooding down the shore. satellite shows you there are clouds this morning, we expect them to break up. overall a fair amount of sunshine through the day. 24 in allentown. 25 in reading, 26 in wilmington, 27 in trenton currently. not much of a windchill. on the bus stop, temperatures of 26 between 6 anticipate 8:00 a.m. obvious cold. as we roll through the day. 27 by 9:00. 31 by 11. 1:00 p.m., 36. 38 degrees that's the high at 3:00 p.m. a fair amount of sunshine through the day, but not all that much wind. all eyes are on friday night when i come back we'll talk about the arrival of the snow and how much we'll get. we have a snowfall map in place. >> reporter: looking live at the schuylkill expressway close to the boulevard. we had a couple of

let's go over to david murphy and karen rogers has traffic. >> reporter: we have video from a different time of year, because the kids have on t-shirts. we'll have sun and clouds, and a passing flurry, but it will be cold. 28 degrees in philadelphia. 22 in allentown. 19 in reading, 25 in trenton. 28 in millville. there's a wind that's blowing through the region fairly significant wind, too, that's knocking the windchills down in allentown, and reading, feels like zero in philadelphia. heading outside, partly cloudy and windy and cold between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., temperatures hovering at 23 degrees and windchills making it feel like the teens. swoa roll through the day -- as we roll through the day, it stays chilly, 24 degrees by 10:00 a.m., struggling to get up to 26 by noon. high of 28 by 3:00 p.m. the snow showers that we had yesterday are done at this point. 23 degrees by 6:00 p.m. cold and windy there. >>> the strong gusty winds help to dry out the roads. if we didn't have them we would be dealing with widespread icing problems. at this point what we're seeing are patches here a

. >>> turning to david murphy and accuweather, the story today and tomorrow is the change in the feel. >> reporter: as you step outside, you will feel it, but it will be worse tomorrow morning. storm tracker 6 live double scan, we are dry. heading outside, we have sky 6 and showing you the airport. the camera is locked down right now fairly fairly well, but thed will pick up it will be a blustery cold day. 32 degrees in philadelphia. that's not too bad. there's a northwest wind out of the northwest at so miles per hour that's knocking the windchills down to the mid 20s. that what it feels like on the street corner this morning. a cold front is in the process of pushing to the south. there are trailing clouds and flurries possible as we roll through the day. overall we have a mix of sun and clouds. it will be cold as the cold air behind the front continues to usher in. we have a high of 35 degrees or thereabouts about 3:00 a.m. him we'll be down to 28 by 8:00. only recovering to 30 or so. 30 degrees by 11. i expect an afternoon high of 31 around lurch time. back to 30 by 2:00, all the

. >>> we turn to david murphy it's been ayo with the weather. >> reporter: no more. we'll see the cameras shaking around a little bit, looking down broad street to city hall. 32 degrees in philadelphia. windchills making it feel like the low to mid 20s out there. 29 degrees in allentown. 30 below freezing in trenton. 31 in wilmington, 32 in millville and 36 in cape may. satellite and radar shows you how we'll start out with sunshine. we'll take whatever we can get positive out of this, because it's going to be cold. you'll need your sunglasses as you head up and down i-95. out the turnpike and elsewhere in the region, some of the clouds will swing through later in the day and we'll wind up with a sun and clouds mix. that's what we'll call in the lehigh valley after the sunny start. 33 degrees is the high, windchills will make it feel like the teens in the morning and the 20s in the afternoon. down the shore winds and cold, sun and clouds, once again it will feel chillier because of the wind. in philadelphia, we'll go for a high of 37 degrees, sun and clouds, windy an

. >> reporter: matt pellman has his eye on traffic, but first up we'll go over to david murphy for all that all-important call of accuweather. >> reporter: just before we went on the air, our blizzard watch was upgraded to a blizzard warning. a winter storm watch has been upgraded to a winter storm warning in the northern and western suburbs and allentown and down the shore. at the coast you'll get a lot of rain mixing in. everybody else has the potential of a lot of snow. in the central portion of the region, the reason it is a blizzard warning here, the snow will be windy blown enough where visibles will be low programs under a quarter mile. we have a high wind warning posted from atlantic city to cape may county and southern delaware. we have a coastal flood watch with onshore winds and possible beach erosion. we have an area of low pressure guiding this in the hook of that comma. there's a front that's pushing snow into virginia. we have to wait until this evening, before it pushes in here, but obviously it's on its way as projected. the flyers clouds ahead of snow are showing up i

. >>> now, let's turn to weather and traffic, meteorologist david murphy and karen rogers good morning>> reporter: good morning, everyone we are off to a somewhat cloudy start we might get early breaks as you can see on satellite. clouds are to the west of us we'll see increasing clouds later on in the evening we could get damp. 40 degrees in philadelphia. the numbers are on the milder side. 36 in allentown, 36 in reading. we were in the teens around this time of the morning yesterday. things are better. 39 in millville and 40 in sea isle city. not a lot of wind on the bus stop this morning, we expect to be on or about 38 degrees between 6 and a.m., partly cloudy an light winds and chilly conditions. 38 degrees by 8:00. noon, 42 we'll get a tad milder high of 46 degrees, but clouds increase and later this evening, some drizzle and some light shower activity moving in. another chance of rain saturday night into sunday morning. i'll have that story and mild weekend temperatures coming up in a bit. >> reporter: all right, dave, we're starting with a problem in lower merion, disabled vehic

. >>> let's head over to david murphy with accuweather and matt pellman is in for karen rogers good morning. >> reporter: good morning, we're plowing at the end of the week, some of us have to be careful of icy patches because the temperatures will drop. a lack of significant cloud cover around the region, we expect early sunshine and clouds filter in as the day goes on. 25 degrees in philadelphia. 12 in allentown. 15 in reading. 21 in wilmington. as you survey the numbers, i will tell you that the winds are light, so we don't have to worry about windchill. 25 by 6:00 a.m. 27 by 8:00 a.m. be careful of icy patches. temperatures dipped below freezing and we have melting own sidewalks and refreezing on roads. 39 degrees sunshine in play and more melting today. the high today will be the 42 reading at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. we have a little bit of a cool down coming over the next couple of days. a big time swing in the right direction, i'll have more on that coming up. >> reporter: that sounds good. this morning we're watching icy patches and we're watching people sliding, someone slid off

. >>> let's go over to david murphy and matt pellman. >> reporter: it is clear snow is on the way friday night into saturday. looks like it will be significant. a winter storm watch has been posted from philadelphia to the poconos allentown and reading and areas at the shore. along the coast, you won't get as much rain, but you'll have strong windy and coastal flooding. a coastal flood watch has been posted mainly saturday into sunday when the center of the low will pass you by and we'll get northeast winds and significant flooding is possible. satellite shows cloud cover expects to break apart. we had snow showers pop flue last night that's not a big deal, looks like we'll turn a fair amount of sunshine into play as the day goes on. cold this morning, 28 degrees in philadelphia. 24 in allentown, 25 in wilmington and winds not that strong. as we roll through the day. expect temperatures hovering around 26 degrees partly cloudy and cold. as we roll into the afternoon, we are going to get milder than yesterday. 30 by 10:00. 34 by noon. the high is 38 degrees at 3:00 p.m. with clouds early

. >>> first up, let's get accuweather and traffic and go over to david murphy and matt pellman in for karen rogers, good morning. >> reporter: we're starting out on the cold side this morning not as bad as yesterday him take a look at cloud cover it's breaking up over the immediate region. we have a shot of earlier sunshine and thicker clouds to the west arrive and you night see a snow shower out in west pennsylvania right now. 31 in philadelphia. 20 in allentown. 22 in reading. everybody below freezing away from the coast that means with temperatures having dropped overnight lots of us in the 20s we do get more melting and there's icy patches under foot and your tires, be careful of that. 1:00 p.m., 41 degrees, high of 43 at 3:00 p.m. there's a couple of things there's a scattered snow shower. and blustery today. 43 looks good on paper, bring an long the layers if you go outside, they will be a cold wind blowing later today. when i step back inside the complete weekend call. the best thing about the strong winds they will dry out the roads more. we'll see melting like yesterday and r