david murphy and find out what friday evening into saturday morning looks like. >> am i right david is if. >> reporter: yes you are matt. we're looking at satellite. we have breaks in the clouds, but we have clouds to the west and more clouds coming in from the south. as the day goes on, the clouds will get thicker ahead of the arrival of precipitation tonight. 23 in wilmington, 29 in allentown. it's a cold start. looks like it stays in the upper 20s between # -- 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. we'll get up to 40 this afternoon. it's a good afternoon to get things done ahead of the evening arrival of precipitation, but we do have that massive precipitation to the south and west. it is expected to arrive during the evening hours and continue into a good portion of saturday. there's a winter weather advisory that starts later tonight and into saturday. we'll see snow mixing with sleet. i think the start time in philadelphia is probably around 9:00 p.m. tonight a little bit before that down south in wilmington and dover and later than that, perhaps 10:00 p.m. in allentown. this whole thing will have a tendency to change over to rain in the overnight hours and tomorrow morning. we'll see improvement. poor travel later in the overnight hours and perhaps early tomorrow morning, as well. when i step inside we'll have future tracker 6 and show you the progression of this and when it gets out of here. >> reporter: every morning we've been saying it's dry the roads are dry and you have to watch for icy spots. that's the case today. we're seeing a number of accidents including an overturned vehicle on the schuylkill expressway. this is schuylkill eastbound at gulph mills we have the right lane completely blocked. they are temporarily blocking all lanes. this is the on-ramp at the schuylkill eastbound. looks like they are trying to flip the car and pull it out at this point. we have penn e -- dot on the scene. we have a single-vehicle accident. we have traffic slowing coming east of king of prussia. as we look at the wider picture we have icy conditions at east 12th street. there's a water main break that's causing the problem there. ridge pike at north rain they have an accident that brought down the traffic light. fire police on hand. chester county route hundred in upper quinn nid -- qwen i had at at -- sum knee sit down pike. >>> two people went up in flames in a philadelphia neighborhood overnight because of this proximity investigators are calling them suspicious. katherine scott is live along the 6300 block of dittman street in tacony. >> reporter: matt, there were no injuries in all this, but the two fires were right around the corner from each other so officials are calling them suspicious. we're standing in the back alley of the home on dittman. the suffer is in bad shape. the windows are blown out it's charred. we did see an arson dog sniffing the scene earlier for accelerants around here. we don't know if anything turned up. the first of the fires were called in at 2:00 a.m. at robins and torresdale around the corner from here. the fire was put out but not before it could do a lot of damage to the car. the car is charred. the windows blew out it's a mess. not long after that fire was reported another car came in. let's doe go to that video. it was another car fire this one on the 6 # hundred block of dittman in the back alley of the driveway of the home. the fire spread from the suv that was parked in the driveway up to the home. there were families inside. everybody got out safely, but there was damage to the vehicle which was gutted. there was a minivan parked in the driveway next-door with slight melting in the front. the major damage is to this suv. obviously a lot of questions here, the authorities are trying to find the answers to. irrelevant remains under investigation, there is no word if there are any surveillance cameras nearby that could help in the investigation. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> it's now 66:05. a former philadelphia homicide detective has posted bail he hid his girlfriend for weeks in a hotel in upstate new york. colleagues were a searching for sanchez for the murder of her former husband. dove checked in with the supervise after the killing but failed to say he was with the prime suspect. >>> tom brady denied he deliberately deflated footballs to get an edge in the championship game. brady said 1 -- espn said 11 of the balls were under inflated. >> he was asked if he was a cheater. >> i don't believe so, i've always played within the reduce. >> some players the under-inflated footballs are easier to catch. nfl has yet to question him even though the league vowed to investigate. >>> a program that is designed so save you money is gouging customers. >> reporter: turbo tax said it messed up when it hiked prices for the software. now they are offering refunds to customers who had to pay 50% more. today you can get a 25-dollar refund. go to the website to enter a claim. >>> watch out for fake phone calls from internal revenue service. the scammers demand money and make threats to get the payments. so far 3,000 victims have lost $14 million. >>> a late session rally pushed stocks to the best gains in 2 weeks. futures pointing to a higher open. >>> americans will consume 1.25 billion chicken wings on super bowl sunday. the wholesale cost of winks surged 8.2%. add clippings to the wings you got -- chips to the wings you got a party. >> reporter: i love wings but you get all gooey. my wife is how can you do that? because they are good. no precipitation out there. not yet nay. as we look outside, we have clear skies. before long the clouds will get thicker and then we'll have snow. air quality alert action day orange is the code it's unhealthy. this is odd during the winter, the reason is because we haven't had much wind and the particle pollution has built up in the atmosphere. 26 degrees in philadelphia. we have dropped 30 degrees in sea isle city. it's cold this morning. satellite showing you a lack of cloud cover for now clouds increase as the day goes on. in allentown increasing clouds, high of 37 degrees. there will be snow arriving tonight, after 10:00 in the lehigh valley. start to see the flakes. down the shore we'll have snow and mainly rain, but that will arrive during the even hours maybe 8:00 sore so. 42 degrees is the high there. we'll have increasing clouds, somewhere around 8:00 or 9:00 you'll see snow buildings in. during the day we're dry, 40 is not bad for this time. year. 40 is the high at 2:00. 5:00 p.m., 34. satellite and radar showing up on future tracker 6 obviously it's cloudy by 8:00. as soon as 8:00 p.m. we might see sleet preparation mixed precipitation moving into chester county and parts of southern delaware. we get past 9:00 p.m. in philadelphia and 10:00 p.m. we have a band of snow moving up even as early as 11:00 we may see rain to the south and sleet here as this warm air pushes up. as we go into the overnight hours, while most of you are asleep # 30:00 a.m., we'll be -- 3:30 a.m. we'll be changing over to rain in philadelphia. it starts out as snow and warm air comes in. # 30:00 saturday morning -- 7:30 saturday morning the roads might be slushy, but the snow gets washed away a little bit. in allentown there's a chance of it changing back to snow and sleet. it gets out of here as rain as 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon. models differ on how much well get. i think the 4.2 is a little high. 1 to 3-inch snowfall accumulation most of it will be washed away saturday by the rain. nont less, 1 -- nonetheless, 1 to 3 inches possible. allentown, a little better chance of slick roads with more snow # or 4 inches -- 3 or 4 inches. less down south. tomorrow will be fine and dry for movies, after 9:00 p.m. in philadelphia, the snow comes in. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 40 today snow arriving tonight changing over to rain overnight mainly rain on saturday. be careful if the roads are slushy in the morning. 39 is the high. 39 is the high with clouds increasing clipper system arrives sunday night another round of snow coming in. it will continue into monday morning. we could have one to three two to four coming. okay karen it's only two to four. >> that's because we start at 4:00 a.m. >> reporter: we'll probably be on the air early on monday. and then it gets colder next week. >> 6:12 we're following a developing story from down south. officers at a texas police station uses deadly force on a woman who asked for help and did something different. >> police are looking for a killer who was stabbed to death inside a lehigh valley barber shop. >> reporter: schuylkill slowing from 202 to gulph mills because of an accident we have from an overturned vehicle. i'll have the latest on the accident when "action news" comes right back. >> welcome back you're taking a live look down the shore into atlantic city. 6:15 30 degrees, nice and clear now, but snow in the offing for the this evening. >> it's slick in spots but it's hard to figure out where. >> reporter: you look at the roads, many of us drove to work with no problem at all. the trouble you get one little area of black ice with temperatures below freezing that's when you get slipping. the latest accident is at schuylkill eastbound at gulph mills. it was at the end of the on ramble on to the schuylkill blocking lanes last time i showed you that scene. it's slow from past 202 to gulph mills. i would use caution on the ramps and overpasses. let's look at the other problems in the area. here's the accident at that cleared. we have icy conditions reported at east 12th avenue and ryder street. ridge pike we have an accident that took down the traffic lights. police are on hand to direct you around that. upper gwynedd we have an accident at sumneytown pike. we had an accident on kelly drive that cleared, as well. on the commuter traffic report most people out here talking about the potholes that seems to be the big story this time of the year. the member of our 6abc team pothole in reading on north 13th street. waze is a good way to see all the communities you can go there and find out what's happening in that neighborhood. thanks for sharing that. storm tracker 6 live showing we're dry in our area. there's the moisture down to the south that will be moving up the coastline. that will anticipate snowfall for us later on tonight. for now we're dry but the trouble these temperatures are well below freezing if you have any moisture out there that's where you have the black ice. >> new from the lehigh valley violence unfolds in a barber shop in center city allentown. one man is dead. a man in his 30s was stabbed to death inside washington barber shop along hamilton street yesterday afternoon. officials have not revealed his identity. police are talking to people who witnessed the murder. >> and this is developing this morning police fatally shot a woman who walked into a texas police station asked for help and pulled out a knife. longview police say the woman made threatening move toward officers in the lobby yesterday evening. the woman was pronounced at the local hospital. no officers were hurt. >>> twitter which might be bought by google is enhancing your tweeting experience. >> reporter: in tech bytes twitter wants to make sure you don't miss any important tweets. the new recap feature will highlight the heading while you were away available for ios users. >> >> reporter: amazon will offer all at the episodes of the golden globe transparent for free. now you can look at your weather and a joke at the same time. funnier geico founded by will farrell launched an app that will give the forecast. >> the humidity of water is extremely high. i don't know what that means. >> that's the problem with the weather it's too complicated these days. is it going to snow or not. those are the tech bytes. >> it is 6:18, coming up breaking news coming out of the pittsburgh, just like real state exercise can come down to one thing. location location, location. >> a new study says the vast majority of us have no excuse. # help you live a better retirement. plus, there have been a lot of enhancements made to the reverse mortgage ...it's new, it's improved and it's safer for you your spouse and your heirs. a reverse mortgage allows you to live comfortably in your home without the burden of a monthly payment. want to know how it works? call one reverse mortgage now to get your questions answered and ask for your free guide. some people ask me "do i still get to keep my home?" and the answer is yes. you remain the owner of your home. it's worth a call to find out how you can benefit from the new and improved reverse mortgage. >> welcome back we're watching some breaking news coming from homestead, allegheny county 7 miles southeast of downtown pittsburgh. fire crews are on the scene this is an apartment complex this is east 8th avenue or route 37. they were called out a couple of hours ago. this fire burning hot. it's up to five-alarms. they have rescued two people the four apartment buildings and one building has collapsed. you can see the number of crews on the scene with water trained there trying to get everybody out of there that they can and trying to get that fire put out. >> we'll follow that. >> reporter: icy conditions in those areas. here we have patchy black ice in areas. this is the boulevard at fox street no problems at broad and the schuylkill expressway. southbound at adams avenue on the inner drive we have a report of a disabled vehicle. septa subway market frankford line 40th and 50th street. you have to board the trains from westbound platforms because of fire. >> reporter: we have 26 degrees inland from strathmere along the parkway. not as cold in philadelphia with temperatures in the upper 20s. this afternoon the kids can ease back on the gear because we'll see the temperatures go up a bit. this afternoon at 0 p.m. 40e 40e -- 40 degrees, we have an area of precipitation coming up from the gulph coast this will pass by coming in as snow. around 9:00 p.m. in philadelphia. and changing over to rain overnight into saturday morning. looks like it could be slick on roads tonight and tomorrow morning, tam. >> going on to "healthcheck," the first rule in real estate is location location, location, and it turns out to be true when it comes to exercise. researchers found people who live closer to passion and gyms and -- parks and gyms are more likely to use them. couch potatoes claim they live too far away. the study determined that # 5% of -- 75% of americans live less than a mile from a park or gym. >> get up. >>> arson investigators are analyzing the rubble of two fires that happened just blocks from each other. >> reporter: katherine scott is on the story, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys, that's right two suspicious car fires right around the corner from each other. we're live in tacony with all the 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snow is a meteorological term. >> reporter: the worse of this will be in the evening until the time you go to bed. it will be changing to rain across the region. satellite shows us we start out with sun before the clouds get thicker. it's cold, testers dipped to 26 -- temperatures dipped to 26. 19 in atlantic city at the airport. tgif on the smart phone. 26 in philadelphia. by 8:00. 29. we'll have a decent afternoon clouds increase and high of 40 before dipping back to 38 by # p.m. we have an odd out of season air quality the air has been stagnant without the wind. it will stay that way today. there's a concern for those of you with asthma or respiratory ailments the particle pollution could affect you. there's a winter weather advisory in effect it kicks in during the evening hours from south to north an doesn't expire until saturday morning it's during that period we have snow and sleet mixing in. i'll have more on when it arrives and change and depart on f
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