here's cbs news business analyst jill schlessinger. >> environ al focus popping up everywhere. if you're interested in a green job, there are variety of options to choose from. you can work at non-profit organizations, solar and wind technology companies environmental science centers think tanks, water resource agencies, government agencies, conservation organizations. the so-called clean economy employs some 2.7 million workers, and salaries in the clean economy exceed those in the rest of the economy by roughly 13%. typical clean economy job pays median wage of nearly $44,000. according to pay scale the highest paying green jobs include environmental engineering manager sustainability director, construction project manager. but don't let those lofty carreers scare you off. you can also bring your skill as a bookkeeper, administrative assistant or marketing professional, to a green focused employer. to find green jobs in philadelphia, check out philly eco city. com. i'm jill schlessinger, cbs-3 "eyewitnes >> thirty-seven days until spring. >> oh, 40 some degrees warm nerve flo

i'm jill schlessinger, for cbs-3, "eyewitness >>> 5:23, trafficking. first, oh, you got to check this out. so cold in massachusetts thick waves of slush are now washing ashore on nantucket island. the water temperature is below freezing but, the sea salt and the motion of the waves is preventing it from freezing solid. so you get. >> this you get waves that look like a slurpee lan g on shore. just inch yesterday tonight see that textures in that, kate. >> i so interesting to see what that kind of cold can do. even to the ocean. i mean, you are talking about a gigantic body of water. that always helps to moderate the temperatures, and the weather at our area shore points, so the fact that how cold it has been is actually moderating what's going on in the ocean, is a big deal. and our actual ocean temperature right about now is right around freezing, so, polar plunge weather for sure. meanwhile, let's take you on out to storm scan3 also, handful of light snow flurries here. looks worse than it really is, more than anything, but you do not be surprised ba

i'm jill schlessinger, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" >> it is colds outside, if you're out and about afterup, it will get pretty bright out there. storm scan3 nice and empty. windchill advisory specific to the poconos, only spot where you will have dangerous windchills. but it is still very coal. we can't minimize the message for everyone else. talking windchill values currently as low as 14, 15 below zero. now, as we move forward in the forecast, nice little warming trends goes on here, even smidge above average through the weekends. but our next disturbance comes in late in the day sunday. vittoria? >> thank you so much katie. good morning everyone, so taking live look now at the tractor-trailer incident that occurred on 495. so the incident occurred on 495 around 2:40 this morning trample southbound on 495 at 12th street we are still experiencing the closure. how much noticing vehicles drive on by. that's the northbound side. we will continue to keep you updated on this. they have removed the dump truck portion dump portion of the truck out of the way so still waiting for the full clear

i'm jill schlessinger, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> looking at the window today it, can be deceiving. bright blue skies beautiful sunny days, but as soon as you step out the door this morning, you will feel why it is so deceptive out there. storm scan3 yes very quiet for you. here's just good synopsis of what to expected to. windchills generally all day, stay below zero. our daytime highs will technically hit the teens that's bad enough, well below average anyway. in fact, well below the typical average low anyway. but going through the weaken here, start to see thermometer easing up what. forty-five sounds balmy by comparison, but will still be chilly day. we are tracking an arctic front yet again so starting with snow, saturday afternoon it will turn over to rain, maybe mix with some ice and then just chilly rain, especially on sunday morning before it ends. vittoria? >> thank you so much katie. good morning, everyone, so still it is looking pretty nice traffic wise; how much, do you want to just be careful out there in case you may encounter little black ice. we have disable vehicl

and january's frosty ness blew across markets, but business analyst jill schlessinger here with warm to soot those chills. >> live in new york for us, jill, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. >> so how did the markets do for the month of january? >> reporter: all right well, stock indexes down about 3% for the month. it was the worse performance in a year, the main reason for the selling, a fear that global growth is slogan that big us companies that make most of their money overseas will be dragged down by that sluggishness. if that all sound scare common began remember, the s&p 500 up 58% over the past five years more importantly most of us are diversified investors, that means we also own bonds and the broad aggregate bond index up 2.1% in january. those bonds are like a nice fleece, coast i on up -- cozy on to up them when the things get tough. >> how is the us economy doing would you say? >> the gdp expanded at 2.4% andized rate last year, slightly more than the average growth that we've seen during the recovery, but still below the post world war ii average of 3.3%

. >> cbs news business analyst jill schlessinger, joins us to walk us through the changes that you arenter, as you prepare your return. she is up in new york. hey, jill, good morning to you. >> good morning! >> now, this is the first year we have to deal with the affordable care act. what should we know? >> well, this is the biggest change, and according to the irs, more than three out of four taxpayers will simply have to check a box. that box acknowledges that you had health insurance last year. these are people who were covered with qualifying insurance, so what's qualifying? employer provided coverage. medicare, medicaid chip, and cobra. >> now, what about those people who don't have qualifying insurance? >> many americans qualified for an exemption. and you know what? this is interesting. because it is a huge long list, so please go to irs.gov to see those who can't afford coverage because of low income, those not us citizens, if you had a gap in coverage for less than three consecutive months, if you're member of a recognized religious group with objections to health insurance, y