the let check weather and traffic, lovely katie and meisha. >> good morning, shock. >> happy thursday. the. >> katie, looking pretty good this morning. far cry from what we saw at this this exact same time yesterday. >> you said it. >> hopefully this is silver lining for things to come. >> a little shortwave, hence we will see action going on behind me on storm scan three, that is where we will turn our focus. we will see what is happening right now. don't worry about what you are finding on storm scan. yes, there is some snow on the radar, it is having a very difficult time verifying at ground level and see how it is moving through. perhaps you see a snow flake but don't worry about any a accumulation. again, a weak impulse oven why i that is crossing through primarily off to the north but temperatures say it all. we are off to a coal start out there. you will need time to warm up, and you will need extra heavy winter weather accessories, hat, gloves, scarves is all still required here this morning. we are still technically in the coldest time of the year these two weeks from the 12t

we want to check in with katie and meisha. a lot of people are going out today to volunteer and want to bundle up. >> it will be cold. you said it, 28 degrees, that's going down there. a lot of kids off school today. hopefully them a stay indoors. roadways are being look good. in terms of wetter what are we dealing with? >> we had the snow that came through last night. careful walking out the door today. if it did snow where you're locate, maybe you have the little icy glaze out on the front stoop or on my drive in this morning, the icy spot ended up being my driveway. so if you didn't perhaps treat your own area there, at home, that could be a little slick this morning. however, the other big story of course the fact it is so cold outside. as we start things offer by taking you to the live neighborhood network look closely, yes, got little snow out there on the boardwalk here at rehoboth beach. 29 degrees the current temp. not terribly breezy according to this particular observation, but it is out there, that wind, and it is

for jim, katie meisha all of us here thanks for watching. >> "eyewitness news" continues at 4:00 we are always on line cbs philly.com. >> we will be back on the air in a half an hour and throughout the day up to date you on the winter storm. >> young and restless is coming up next. >> victor: thank you. i trust the accommodations are to your liking. >> natalie: [ scoffs ] which part -- the part where i didn't get my laptop as requested so i couldn't work on the prototype, or the part where there was no phone so i couldn't reach kevin, or the part where the door was locked from the outside? >> victor: i am so sorry that you were inconvenienced, okay? >> natalie: i'm surprised you didn't throw in handcuffs and a blindfold. >> victor: you're funny, aren't you? >> natalie: well, that's what i am, right -- a prisoner? >> victor: you're my guest. >> natalie: and you're making a deal with the kidnappers -- my life for your sons, which wasn't the deal. >> paul: victor's not running the exchange. we are.

katie on the sky deck, meisha checking on the roads but definitely feels like winter. >> yes, absolutelyoes. >> very cold. i can let you know right new we have plenty of activity on the roadways, already. katie, a sure sign and i can see your hair whipping around, of how it can be almost dangerous. how is it out there. >> it the is freezing. really cold. bundle up adequate thely hitting the road. best hair spray in the world isn't going to help this, guys. it vice chilly. the wind is whipping. the it is brutal out there lets talk about the temperature trend and where we have been and where we are going. we hit a record of 65 this past sunday. far, far cry from to that here today. right now it is very chilly. you see the temperature here in the lower right-hand corner of the screen, techniquecally thermometer read in the 30's. the it does not feel like it. it feels reall

we check in with katie and meisha a good morning. >> good morning, happy monday, ladies. gem, it did feel very cold this morning, as you can see, we have some activity out on the roadways, i'll get to it? just a moment. katie, how is it feeling out there? >> definitely chilly. definitely the breeze, i shouldn't say anything, because every time i do, like right on cue when the breeze kicks in, not too bad yet. have only been out here for minute or two, see how we do, but definitely chill in the air for sure. did just have cold front, why it was so wet over the weekends with all of the soaking rain, but now the reinforcements are going to be brought in here in the next couple every days. at the moment, storm scan totally quiet, high pressure keep control for our weather here, over the course of the entire day and night for that matter. but as we look forward in the forecast, yep, looking for some snow folks, another front is coming our way. obviously, not amounting to heck of a lot. if anything, we might see a tent of an inch or so but even if it does in fact happy don't th

meisha and katie standing by and lappy friday, ladies. >> yeah, it is friday, i know, all excited. i was just boiled up inside this morning knowing it is friday, it is our weekend, but i do know we have rain. good news, our roadways right now looking dry, overnight construction slowly starting to get out of the way. what's in store for us? >> looks like the rain will hang on or hold off until we hit the weaken here. so it comes i guess when you could say at a good time, unless you had outdoor plans this weekend, at least not battling wet weather through any kind of major traffic jams out there. at least not typical rush hour this weekend. but, storm scan3, still pretty quiet. we showed you the early wide zoom for a reason, storm has yet to makes its arrival. awaiting its arrival until later on tonight really. so storm scan3, we put hinges into motion, finds clouds out there, but not expecting wet weather just yet, that holds off until later tonight. let's go ahead, take a look what we do have coming up here, that's winter weather advisory, strictly for monroe county, giles and othe

lets check with meisha and katie for latest on the road and the forecast on the road. all right. the road are looking good. we have construction. they are still will dry, but wow another cold day it felt like this morning. >> another cold day and that is helping set stage for here what we expect to be a little bit of light snow here by tonight. nothing compared to what we expect by week's end as pieces of puzzle start to come together we are starting to have more confidence that this could end up being a substantial storm, where we end up with at a minimum 6 inches of snow. that is at minimum. now what you are finding out over kentucky, and indiana a that is not the the storm, that is affecting us later in the week. this is just a simple system that will come through and eventually it does bring us a snow shower or flurry. bulk of the moisture off to the south and much wider zoom. it the is tough to make it out but look toward idaho, western montana that is big piece of the puzzle that will block and develop into a cut off low pressure system which turns into what will end up bei

lets check with katie and meisha with the temperatures and also roads and that wind seems to have diedown a little bit. >> yes. >> good morning. >> good morning. certainly much nicer for morning commuters, today looks much different then dit yesterday at this same time. katie, it sound like things are looking better. >> it is a quieter beginning to the day. we have activity to report on storm scan three which we will discuss, and is there a

and meisha, good morning. >> good morning. happy hump day. it is cold, katiee will be talking about their cars getting them started but roadways are still dry but because of

we want to get check with katie and meisha on the roads. snow-free for now, but later today finally see some snowflakes, ladies, what do you think? >> good thing is, it will not affect our morning commute too much. that's great news. right now still very quiet. roadways are dry, construction, so katie, felt little chilly this morning. >> absolutely very cold start to the morning for us, but i have to tell you, i don't think even though we will see snow later in the day that it will even have major impact on your p.m. drive either, guys. yet these will be the first snowflakes we finally see this season, however, they're not going to be expected to amount to very much. if anything at all on the actual ground. but, that said, you're finally going to get the wintery atmosphere so many of have you been looking forward tonight so we start things off, live look on "skycam 3", quick peak at center city overlooking the ben franklin bridge, and all completely clear right now, few clouds beginning to bill owe in, but not going to find any visibility p

let's check with katie and meisha keeping an eye on things for us. >> yes, good morning we are bracing ourselves, katie. we have been talking bit all week long. roadways are looking g they are nice and dry. we will have some sunshine today. >> yes. >> exactly. >> looking like we will start off on a quiet now. now is time to prepare, get those shopping plans out of the way, fill the tank up if you have to, all that stuff that you would normally get ready, do it now. you've got the opportunity. entire i would say day and a half to do it. let's explain. we will talk about history here, guys. the lets look at the top philadelphia snowstorms. now, the first and foremost would i say that we are not going to make the top five we don't think out of this storm. we have to get over 21 inches for that to take place, and i don't see that happening. but you will have to substantial snow for the the snow sledding and to shovel away. here's the system we were talking about for d.c. do you see it pulling away. it left a coating of snow, across portions of southern new jersey and delaware as well. we h

. >> katie and meisha keeping eyes on things. >> we do have an accident. you can see the flashing lights thely. this will be a good driving day because it's friday and dry roadways, and katie sounds like the weather will be good. >>> not bad, we are tracking a storm system. but exclusively a rain producing storm system for our area, you won't be breaking out the shovelss any time soon. we get most of the day in without a hitch. starting off on storm scan a handful of clouds but it will be awhile for wet weather, if presip to show for the first time in a couple of days across northeastern u.s. there's moisture building across alabama into georgia, that is is sign of things to come. the a couple states away's needs time to build north and by the time it does. you're talking tonight. so we're going to likely get through the regular a.m. and p.m. without a hitch before any wet weather starts. looking at the four trusted computer model, it it doesn't appear it's going to be as potent an i vent -- meian, strictly rainfall, no snow, ice to worry about. for now, it

we want to get check with katie and meisha on the roads.w-free for now, but later today finally see some snowflakes, ladies, what do yo

bev we get to any of that, we want to check in with katie and meisha a what a change from yesterday, like went they are morning, ladies? yes, sure was. not going to get away with just lighter jacket any more, are we katy? and the roadways looking pretty good. dealing with flooding overall

we want to check in with katie and meisha a at least getting to the 40's today. >> utley, good morning. >> that sounds like great news after this weekend, even yesterday, katie, because as we know, it was cold but also a lot of ice on the roads, which released and then refroze over the night. so what we're seeing this morning, do have little black ice out there still, looks like things are getting better. >> with every passing day it will progressively get better and better start to see the snow melt away entire lip, still a lot of times you do tend to have the snow coverage specially after the casino of storm we just saw, you'll have a smoke pack around for quite a while. pretty tranquil, all things considered through really the rest of the week. now as we take things outside first and for most, yes, you see the tell tell sheen on the road surface outside hotel women help. main street, beautiful downtown section here right by moravian college. what you will fine, anything, meisha is right, anything that had a chance to melt away yesterday afternoon, since it did warm up little bit, ha

. >> katie and meisha keeping eyes on things. >> we do have an accident. you can see the flashing lights thely. this will be a good driving day because it's friday and dry roadways, and katie sounds like the weather will be good. >>> not bad, we are tracking a storm system. but exclusively a rain producing storm system for our area, you won't be breaking out the shovelss any time soon. we get most of the day in without a hitch. starting off on storm scan a handful of clouds but it will be awhile for wet weather, if presip to show for the first time in a couple of days across northeastern u.s. there's moisture building across alabama into georgia, that is is sign of things to come. the a couple states away's needs time to build north a

we want to check right in with katie and meisha right now. day off for a loft kids, back to work for so many grownups. >> good morning, the what the kids have been waiting for, flight happy monday, welcome back, calm after the storm now, little bit, but the roads, the secondary roads, residential roads, they are so filled with snow, that's why school concellations in place. what's in store? is this melting off any too many noon. >> it will try to. there in lies the problem, you'll got the refreeze that takes placement bottom line, folks, spec over the next couple of mornings if it looks lick it is just wet, it has very, very likely iced over. so i don't want you to get too far ahead of yourselves here and think okay, storm's gone, roads are basically clear. we're totally fine. not so fast. you still have to worry about the aftermath issue of refreezing, so start things off by taking you out classic example, yes, looks just a tad like there is a sheen on spring garden street, this is the intersection at broad street actually being take friend

meisha? >> oh, now, now, fine, we'll wait. thanks, katie. good morning everyone, happy tuesday to you. here is a look at 95 at girard. looking pretty bus any both directions, i'll keep my eye on southbound for hour, but see plenty of headlights and taillights right now, right around the girard area, letting us know that they more likely will be busy around the roadways than it was yesterday. delaware county looking good. ninety-five north at 452, takes it all the way up to the airport, this is what you are looking at in terms of the airport by the way, just make sure to check your flight schedules, make sure they're back on track. sounds like most of this are now resuming bag to normal, but just double check to be safe. snow removal 202 north at valley forge road, right lane still column pro misted see the flashing light not causing too many slow downs now but could if we don't get it cleaned out of our way. of course more snow removal, southbound, lansdale to the turnpike, that right lane is still blocked, i'll let you know when that lift. right now just know. that will also, two wate

katie and meisha are off. justin, checking roads and skies, good morning. >> good morning, yes, still got to watch out for the areas of black ice, a lot of melting. stem turse style below freeze nag lot of spot. lauren inbetween two storm systems today corks get passing snow shower? >> it could move through when the wind pick up as we head into the lunch hour and this afternoon, could locally reduce visibility, do watch out for that. but we're not worried too much about accumulation. could see little bit toward the poconos, but right now, all is quiet in center city philadelphia. getting a live look on "skycam 3", temperature, 28 degrees, so not quite as chilly this morning. still need the winter coat. winds are cam. that's going to change, as we head into the second half of the day today. winds calm to light across much of the delaware valley, but it is going to be a blustery friday afternoon. storm scan3, showing us quiet conditions right now, clouds in place, but there are those snow showers that we are tra

we want to check right in with katie and meisha right now.

katie and meisha are off. justin, checking roads and skies, good morning. >> good morning, yes, still got to watch out for the areas of black ice, a lot of melting. stem turse style below freeze nag lot of spot. lauren inbetween two storm systems today corks get passing snow shower? >> it could move through when the wind pick up as we head into the lunch hour and this afternoon, could locally reduce visibility, do watch out for that. but we're not worried too much about accumulation. could see little bit toward the poconos, but right now, all is quiet in center city philadelphia. getting a live look on "skycam 3", temperature, 28 degrees, so not quite as chilly this morning. still need the winter coat. winds are cam. that's going to change, as we head into the second half of the day today. winds calm to light across much of the delaware valley, but it is going to be a blustery friday afternoon. storm scan3, showing us quiet conditions right now, clouds in place, but there are those snow showers that we are tra

we want to check in with katie and meisha a at least getting to the 40's today. >> utley, good morningthat sounds

lets check with katie and meisha. we know, yes. >> let's keep it real around here. got to get to work. >> so, we're in the hump now, hump day is here, almost to the weekend, it is wednesday and first thing i thought when i walk out it felt warmer this morning. warmer say then even yesterday. >> yeah, it is. and in fact as a result we may not a as many refreezing issues this morning. i want you to play it safe fit looks wet maybe want to slow it down but our temperatures profiles are milder then they were the last couple of mornings. we will continue that melting trend here in the next couple of days, and is there a mild are trend in general heading our way. i want to direct to you behind me but we are seeing some showers out there. we will start off by taking you outside briefly, live look over cam well's field camera. it is tough to tell anyway if you had any wet weather moving through but we did in fact, see. looking closely in the lower center portion of the screen you can tell there is a rain drop, on the camera lens. we had rain showers moving through philadelp

meisha? >> sound good, katie, thank you for. that will good morning everyone, happy tuesday, waking up with us, so happy you are here. schuylkill at the boulevard, looking good. looking steady, and starting to slowly build now, as we push toward that 6:00 hour. but you're still traveling at posted speeds, basically, anywhere on the schuylkill which is good. and take a look at this, 95, north at the airport, looking really good for those of you hitting the rodeway inn and around this area, no problems whatsoever, you have got really good company around the airport, ben franklin bridge for those you moving westbound, from jersey, looking good here, as well, casino of seek it taper out little bit if you will. we will see that change little bit into the 6:00 hour, but right now, ben franklin bridge, all bridges, for that matter, are looking pretty nice right now. we do have water main break in malvern causing some flooding, should clear, right around 6:00 a.m. but make note of this. cedar hollow road closed between vanguard boulevar

we want to get right to the forecast and the roads right now with katie and meisha.ust cold morning, hey, ladies? oh, boy yes. very cool, very windy actually in a lot of the camera shots we are seeing snow out there push off to the side of the road. then under the bridge decks, some icy spots, too, katie. so it certainly is looking okay, but certainly can cause some problems out there. >> yes, absolutely. that's the thing that sort of like the silent problem. sometimes you just don't see it coming up on you. when you have black ice out there, that absolutely is going to slow you down. now, thankfully a lot of the roads have been treated but please keep in mind some have not. if it looks wet, a sidewalk, front stoop or a roadway, it hasro

in a means katie and meisha are here this morning.morning to you guys. >> you said it. >> happy friday indeed. right? rain or shine, i think you wake up on a friday, and already, you're just pep to your step. speaking of, i know we'll get

in a means katie and meisha are here this morning. happy friday morning to you guys. >> you said it. >> happy friday indeed. right? rain or shine, i think you wake up on a friday, and already, you're just pep to your step. speaking of, i know we'll get some rain this weekend, no rain this morning, which is good. roadways looking good. overnight construction moving out of the way, katie. >> good stuff. tell you what, you're right, meisha, a doesn't look as though the wet letter have any kind of major factor in your commute here today. for one thing, won't be real bright and sunny, it the too much sun glare to walt. but rain not here yet either. so at this point when we start it off with just quick peak at storm scan, all you have are hand full every clouds starting to bill owe in here, and certainly, skew some of the sunshine, but should see at least a kim of sunny breaks as the day goes on. again, rain on the way for our area. but it doesn't get here until at least later on today, and specially into tonight. but behind this storm syst

we want to get right to the forecast and the roads right now with katie and meisha. just cold morning, hey, ladies? oh, boy yes. very cool, very windy actually in a lot of the camera shots we are seeing snow out there push off to the side of the road. then under the bridge decks, some icy spots, too, katie. so it certainly is looking okay, but certainly can cause some problems out there. >> yes, absolutely. that's the thing that sort of like the silent problem. sometimes you just don't see it coming up on you. when you have black ice out there, that absolutely is going to slow you down. now, thankfully a lot of the roads have been treated but please keep in mind some have not. if it looks wet, a sidewalk, front stoop or a roadway, it has frozen over. but go ahead, we take you outside. showing you live picture, no current snow falling right now, here in ocean city but snow on the boardwalk, and yes, shore towns end dollars up doing pretty okay with a little system that decided it would get too close for comfort yesterday. see blowing down wind spent snow blowing down

meisha. >> maybe some rain, good to know, thanks katie. good morning, happy thursday. this is where we have one vehicle with the flat tire i-95 south at the airport. you can see though it is not causing too many delays, flashing lights moving in the the north bound direction i-95 is heating up. we have a disable truck right there let me just circle in right there pulling off to the far right shoulder, schuylkill westbound at montgomery not causing too many slow downs, just yet but we do necessity this gets busy and we are starting to see volume levels starting to pick up even still in the 6:00 o'clock hour. it has been a even progression so far, yes. this is where we have 95 taillights moving in the southbound direction for those more on the northbound moving in the southbound direction, looking good. i would say i-95, overall is looking good remaining steady. accident atwood bring broad street at walnut street for those in and around this area we are hearing it is possible lane blockages as well. travel times, take a look at i-95 from woodhaven to the vine looking gre

katie braving strong wind, we will get out to her quickly. we have slick spots to talk about with meishaorning. >> i will talk about those because it has been a string of incidents since 4:30 this morning. katie, it is cold and we're dealing with black ice as well. >> that is the thing, road or sidewalk looks like it might be

meisha? >> katie, it is good to see 44 in our forecast, after a weekends like we had.nk you for. that will good morning, everyone, happy monday. we are looking at the roadways this morning, things looking pretty good. as you can see right away when you look at this how much snow is still out there. and i will let you know because it all froze over. anything that melted yesterday, is now all ice on the roadways. what we are looking at right now, 309, headlights moving in the northbound direction, at the turnpike, and i can let you know that at the turnpike that caused major issues for a loft us on the roadways, turnpike, probably one of if not the most dangerous areas through the entire blizzard, so a lot of people got stranded there. what we are looking at at 309, things looking pretty good there. we know it will heat up moving into the 6:00 hour. moving on the vine headlights moving in the westbound direction at eighth street. looking at the vine little earlier, and very, very, very dangerous situation there, too, because a loft icing on the roadways. i'm going to ask

bev we get to any of that, we want to check in with katie and meisha a what a change from yesterday, absolutely feeling like went they are morning, ladies? yes, sure was. not going to get away with just lighter jacket any more, are we katy? and the roadways looking pretty good. dealing with flooding overall in terms of today? >> likely have some sun glare issues, one the sun actually does come up. but definitely chilly start to the morning here. make no mistake, as the wind blows right on cue, take you out to the graphics and show you what's happening on storm scam. breeze out here, probably compare it to bit more of westerly breeze than what we saw yesterday. so starting to shift a bit more. but still cold winds. meanwhile, we look ahead to mid week, reinforcement, that is coming our way, in the form of another blast of arctic air, so that's going to send our temperatures to anywhere between five to den degrees below the seasonable average. fact we've gotten so used i think to having temperatures above normal, is what is going to make this feel so brutal to you. currently it actually

meisha? >> katie, crazy to think we're still looking for the snow, isn't it? >> i know, bizarre. >> just so bizarre, good morning to you, katie, and all of you at home, just waking up with us, an accident, chester, 95 north, commodore barry bridge, you can see just string of brake lights now, and it is only 5:00 in the morning. right around this bend, you are blocking two left lanes, because of this accident, everyone's trying to squeeze over, maneuver by, as they can, in fact, see the truck just trying to squeeze by there. not good. if you can avoid this area, for right now, you certainly want to. otherwise, just know, you will be sitting in something that looks like that. no fun. boulevard at ridge avenue and kelly drive ramp from the boulevard southbound to ridge avenue is closed right now, i'll let you know when it does lift. other than that the boulevard basically anywhere that i look right now actually looking pretty good. then we have a fire earlier this morning, feasterville, now since been cleared, good news, for in you that area. but we do have this

katie out on the chilly skydeck, meisha in the traffic center checking the roads, and very different scene later today. finally seeing some snowflakes. morning, ladies? yes, about time. right? for many people. i could personally deal without the snow. i'm just be honest, i love it, but a loft people love it so it is coming. but katie from the sound of it it, won't stick around? >> definitely not. one of the classic clipper systems that bridges in reinforcing blast of cold. doesn't have a lot of moisture with it, but it does come along with some of the white stuff. it will be the first time we've seen it so far this season, that's what makes it special, i would say, this time around. but let's start things off by looking at very empty storm scan3 here at the moment. all it takes is one zoom, however, you can see things starting to ignite back across central, western pennsylvania, this looks a lot worse than it actually is, folks. the actual snowfall intensity, very low, couple of hundreds of an inch, per hour, is what is verifying as, so it is not really strong, or heavy, or something

meisha and katie standing by and lappy friday, ladies. >> yeah, it is friday, i know, all excited. just boiled up inside this morning knowing it is friday, it is our weekend, but i do know we have rain. good news, our

first we check in with meisha and katie with the latest on the roads and forecast, good morning. >> goodking off another brand new week, and

katie with the latest on the frigid temperatures. meisha watching the morning commute.undle up ladies. >> you said it indeed. it is so cold outside this morning. the good news is the drive is looking okay. we haven't seen any dis able vehicles or anything like that, overnight construction casino every trying to get out of our way this morning, katie. we do know it will be cold. sometimes it can be serious. >> absolutely. and we're certainly tough enough and can handle. >> this we have got the tools at our disposal, in other words, you need those winter weather accessories, hat, scarf, gloves, all of that good stuff. probably want pair every sunday glasses here today, too. be sure to have. that will you don't want to be walking out the door without the winter accessories, and also the tips every making sure your car is heated up adequately. that said, we do expect to see, you know, more sun than anything once the sun does rise over the horizon, nice clear sky, "skycam 3", nice and quiet, currently temperature starts at 17 at the airport, but that wind, oh, it always gets

meisha? >> no, katie. >> oh, you can hands al flurry. you'll be all right. >> fine, one day.d morning, everyone, happy tuesday to you. looking outside where we have some snow removal taking place, 202 northbound, valley forge road, that right lane is still compromised because of that. not causing too many slow downs. you can see, everyone still being able to get by okay. just make note of it. it is still little slick out there. it will be all morning long, as everything that melted yesterday has now refroze end back out of the roadways,. >> not too fun to deal with, but we're used to it at this point. here is a look add brought at spring garden, both ways broad street looking nice, i'm taking peak at this yesterday we saw just a ton of snow out there. now, a lot of it has melted. but we are still seeing that sheen on the roadways letting us know it certainly can still be slick in a lot of areas. now, this is the boulevard, taillights moving in the southbound direction, at wissahickon avenue. looking pretty good here, i'm going to keep my eye on this area too. yesterday i was

. >> right now, we want to check in with meisha and katie. looks like the snow should melt. refreeze, same problem today it seems? >> definitely seeing slick spots out there. the good news today again with the sun maybe peaking out, katie, and 40's again, maybe will melt off again. i wonder does it refreeze again for wednesday? >> yes, i would say this will be running theme for couple of days. we had nearly 2 feet of snow. that's all going to melt away. so it will take some time unfortunately, certainly as we know, it has been taking a lot of time for many of you folks that might still be snowed in, even couple every days later, just, so much clean up to do. so, bear with the crews. i know they're trying their hard toast get everybody cleared out here. but it is a pros, we start things offer by taking you outside though. what you will notice right on the tail end of the loop, little pink showing up here going west on the turnpike here. go out toward the harrisburg, starting to see freezing rain, and actually, little blip of pink right over berks, lancaster county within the

katie on the sky deck, meisha checking on the roads but definitely feels like winter. >> yes, absolutely does. >> very cold. i can let you know right new we have plenty of activity on the roadways, already. katie, a sure sign and i can see your hair whipping around, of how it can be almost dangerous. how is it out there. >> it the is freezing. really cold. bundle up adequate thely hitting the road. best hair spray in the world isn't going to help this, guys. it vice chilly. the wind is whipping. the it is brutal out there lets talk about the temperature trend and where we have been and where we are going. we hit a record of 65 this past sunday. far, far cry from to that here today. right now it is very chilly. you see the temperature here in the lower right-hand corner of the screen, techniquecally thermometer read in the 30's. the it does not feel like it. it feels really chilly outside. we have seen worse then that, do you remember that polar vortex from years past. but this is a shock to the system because we have not had too much to contend with this winter. storm scan that is empty

meisha, back over to you. >> even though it is cold we will have the sun, thanks, katie.appy wednesday to you, if you are just waking up with us, and, here's schuylkill, abe you are certainly heating up around city avenue both directions, east and westbound. you are still traveling posted speeds here. we have got a real hot spot as we push toward 7:00 o'clock. you are just starting to heat up there. i-95 south at cottman we are looking very slow for a moment there in fact, southbound that is something going on but there is not. it is just very busy. i-95 south you can see break lights coming around that s curve. that is letting you know you are slowing down less than posted speed and that will persist through our rush hour. vine at i-95 you can see plenty of vehicles on the roadway. this is one of my favorite shots. i just love it. but you can see getting very busy as you move in all directions at the vine at i-95. 422 headlights moving in the eastbound direction at the turnpike. this is another area i'm keeping my eye on. it was looking busy a moment ago. we are looking

katie. justin is in for meisha a you know you got us covered, guys. >> good morning, we had the melting once again yesterday. yesterday, such a nice day. again, heads up. we've been saying it all week, refreezing process continues, watch out for the areas of black ice, rumors about big storm for today, not happening, lauren, inbetween two systems, but still, could get snow sr,

we'll have live team coverage of the first major snowfall of the season, katie and justin are tracking the storm, meisha is watching the roads, and justin finch shows you how the city getting ready for the snow. let's get right to katie for the very latest on how much snow we can expect. >> that's right. you know what, i have to tell you, jim, things haven't changed too much in the way of our expectations for this storm, when it comes to wind, when it comes to snowfall totals, when it comes to timing. all of that has actually remained quite consistent. which makes it a breeze, at least, to help forecast. but, that said, there are still some things that may be tweaked or be fine tuned with this, as it gets ever closer. so, let's go on out there, show you what we know right now. storm scan at the moment, at least that's empty. so you have the quiet weather, call it, enjoy, or at least prepare for the time being. but, the tell tail signs of life off to the southwest on saturday light, the clouds beginning to thicken, and here it come. the leading edge of this storm, brink withing it some heavy snow already

meisha. >> sound good, thanks, katie. good morning. happy thursday to you.e an subsequent here, moved all the way out to the shoulder. 202 northbound before route 401, again moved to the shoulder not causing too many slow downs but it is still looking busy. also that accident at 95 south and cottman is unclear but thinks what you're seeing slowing down coming around that s curve. we will go to the 15 on the the schuylkill, 13 on i-95, 23 on the vine, nicole, back over to you. >>> next update 7:55. up next on cbs this morning why the u.s. government is trying to track down secret buyers of luxury properties. i'm nicole brewer have a great morning. ♪ >> i don't like this mike. whoever the hell brought this mike system, the son of a [ bleep ] to put it in, i'll tell you. no. this mike is terrible. stupid mike keeps popping! did you hear that, george? don't pay 'em! don't pay 'em! you know? i believe in paying, but when somebody does a bad job like this stupid mike, you shouldn't pay. terrible. terrible. it's true. you got to be tough with your people, because t

. >> meisha keeping an eye on the road, but let's start with katie. good morning, kate. >> i good morning, guys, yep there is storm system pretty much a shore thing at this point, in fact, now we do have as we just heard the anchors mention blizzard warnings to deal with. as well as winter storm warnings, so everything that had been a watch, has been upgraded for us, but look at this, we are clearly not alone here, this is an expansive slot of winter storm watches, warnings, and of course the blizzard warning. notice we are the ones, in baltimore, in the blizzard warning right now. so it is pretty much going to end up being for us, where we end up seeing the bull's eye hit, as far as the wind issues, but looks like the snow will bulls eye just might be off to the southwest. really nice organization with it, at this point, and the tell tail signs of the clouds, starting to lift in, over washington and eventually headed our way too. so your time to prepare is essentially dwindling at this point, guys, you will get through the entire day though we think

with those warmer temperatures and rain melting that snow away, some good news, katie on the sky deck and meishacking on the roads. i don't see umbrellas. i'm holding out hope. >> good morning, happy wednesday. road are looking better in terms of the ice and snow we saw it melting off but we also ever seeing some slick spots though. the it looks like a mixed bag. how is it feeling. >> it is in the

meisha? >> it sure is rough stuff. thanks katie. for so long we're talking about warm, now we're talking about the cold. that's not good, because the roadways are still dry despite the cold temperatures 202 headlights moving in the northbound direction. this is what you're looking at. not too bad. we've seeing a steady flow starting to hit the roadways, 42 freeway, this is one of the areas i'm keeping my eye on, it's heating up quickly. you can it's looking busy. soon if this still continues we're going to be traveling -- 95 tail lights. you can see the tail lights again moving in the southbound direction, we're starting to see the brake lights go off. they're traveling a little bit less impulsive speeds when they get at the slow spots. we do have an accident here if chalfont at count line road, and we still have that accident in doylestown. reports of downed wire, root 202 north swamp road all lanes still blocked. >>> latest on our developing story. we've been following all morning long. a young child is safely back with his family

katie on that frigid skydeck. get her back in as soon as possible. meisha just really talking about the cold this morning, ladies. >> yes, good morning. freezing cold out there. the roadways are look okay. we do have two accidents right now that popped up. i'll get to knows in just pavement over arching theme, start your cars early have, an emergency kit, katie you're out there. how is it feeling? >> definitely frigid for sure. again, want to bundle up adequately when you hit the road today more than anything it is the wind, that's always the xfactor, always the one that just makes it feel so muchse

meisha? >> okay, rain this weekend, thanks, katie.hicle here, 95 south, still there, pulled all the way out to the shoulder, this is right before allegheny. but you can see, how busy it is in and around the area. also, more seriously, we do have an accident involving four vehicles, this is 95 southbound at cottman, blocking that left lane, and fog right around 422, busy morning indeed. nicole, back over to you. >> meisha, thanks. next at clorox 2 we've turned removing stains into a science. now pre-treat with clorox 2! watch stains disappear right before your eyes. remove 4 times more stains than detergent alone. no place has more world class culture. is my home. come winter, i can't wait to visit our must-see collections of art and superb photography and film. new york has beautifully restored theaters, that are now important centers for the performing arts. and museums that preserve the glories of the past. winter in new york state means more great things to do than ever. plan your trip at iloveny.com there's something for everyone.

meisha. >> thank goodness is right. thanks, katie.ent in pemberton township in new jersey. route 70, it is closed right now at lakehurst road are. you can see that overturned dump truck and another vehicle is involved. you do want to avoid this area at all costs for the next several hours, and crews are on site trying to get this cleaned up and moved out of your way but for now avoid the area moving on another accident here, rose wealth boulevard southbound inner drive before cottman avenue and also we are wait forgo that burlington bristol bridge scheduled to opened up at 8:45 so maybe it is already up, hard to see in that fog. other than that your travel less than posted speed on the majority of your interstate and highways. erika over to you. >>> that is "eyewitness news" for now. join us for "eyewitness news" at the as a small business owner, you know things have a way of moving fast. but if your network can't keep up, it can really slow you down. so switch to the 100% fiber optic network of verizon fios. you'll get 99.9% network