and meantime melissa magee, with your seven-day forecast when we come right back. >>> melissa magee is here now with a look at the accuweather forecast. the flakes should start to fall any minute and not a lot of that snow is reaching the ground yet and will do so as we go through the rest of the afternoon. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar you can see the snow is starting to fill in to the south and west. maybe a few flurries reaching the surface and as we go through the rest of the afternoon. the snow will continue to fill in from the southwest and northeast direction, we show you the picture outside. sky 6 hd from the temple university camera looking at the center city skyline. a mostly cloudy skies and flurries are falling any moment now and continue to do so through the afternoon, we have issued the accuweather alert. a minor snowfall event, and high impact across the region. 28 degrees and 24 for allentown and reading and 17 in the poibs and 29 in dover and temperatures for the most part staying below the freezing mark. here is satellite 6 along with action radar you see the

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and accuweather is coming up next melissa magee with your seven-day forecast.s we take a look at a lonely philadelphia international airport. we'll be right back. >>> meteorologist melissa magee is back now mild temperatures, and enjoy it now right? >> we have a nice stretch, as we get into next weekend a bit of a pattern change on the way. here is the picture outside. stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see it is dry and no issues with precipitation and we have showers around early this morning. all of that moisture moving out along the atlantic. we are high and dry for the rest of the afternoon. here sat picture outside sky 6 hd from our city hall camera looking at the christmas tree. all decorated and just in time for the holiday season. if you have yet to get shopping you have 24 days from now until christmas. as you look at the numbers, comfortable, 52 in the city and up in the poconos, 40 degrees, cape may 51 and 53 in dover. and 51 degrees in trenton. we have a bit of a northwesterly wind right now, sustained in philadelphia at 14 miles per hour but

>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. >>> it is beginning to look a lot like winter, the snow fell fast and hard across the tri-state today, making for treacherous conditions in south jersey after tapering i have this morning but elsewhere combination of the snow win made both driving and even walking a bit of the challenge all day long. in philadelphia the suburbs, and in delaware. it is saturday night walter's off i'm brian taff. the big story on "action news" tonight is piled up outside your front door. we have live team coverage on the season's first snowstorm annie mccormack is in center city philadelphia trish hartman is with sledders in montgomery county. but lets get things started with melissa magee at the "action news" big board with how much snow we have seen and how much more we can expect. >> brian moisture will taper off west/east direction as we go during the night time hours looking at the big picture the storm tracker six live double scan radar 3-d you can see the snow from new england b

meteorologi melissa magee joining us now. a lot of m's here.monday, melissa magee. >> mild monday, how about a terrific tuesday. >> bring it. >> okay. >> hey now. let's show you what's going on outside guys as we look at the numbers, it was comfortabletoda. ourh 50. right now in the city we're coming in at 49, 45 in allentown, 50 down in wilmington and atlantic city at the airport ao the lower 50's in at 51. we'll show you the picture outside right over my shoulders, sky6 live in hd. we are looking at spring county and probably had aery little bit of that snow melting because temps were mild and well above average. now, this above average trend continues as we get into tuesday looking at the numbers across much of the midatlantic region, 49 in new york city by tomorrow. 53 in philadelphia by 2:30 in the afternoon. 58 in washington, d.c., 71 61 in roanoke and 61 degrees in richmond virginia. a goodl is said and done on 12 degrees where they normally should be for this time of year. we'll let you know how long this warmup is sticking around throu

meteorologist, melissa magee, is at the big board with the details from accuweather. >> hi there rick, we issued the accuweather alert because of the snow that is falling, a minor snowfall event across the region and high impact as far as the timing in time for the afternoon and evening ride home. a winter weather advisory for the i-95 corridor and for south jersey and delaware, it starts at 1:00 today and lasting through 9:00 this evening, we are anticipating several inches of snowfall. right now in the city 28 degrees and colder air draining southward from the north and 17 in the poconos and 4 in allentown and lancaster 28 and 28 degrees in atlantic city. here is stormtracker 6 live double scan radar 3-d you see the snow start to blossom from the southwest to the northeast. and it continues to do so as we go throughout the rest of today. future tracker 6 letting you know by 4:00 this afternoon we have the snow it's light in nature and steady across much of our region. so as far as the impacts and what to expect. the snowfall we are expecting about 1:00 today just moderate concerns a

time for the forecast with melissa magee. of a warm up this week. >> it was warmer today after the chilly day yesterday and the snow. we have things to talk about. here is a picture of sky 6 live h. d. from the temple university camera. you can see we have a partly cloudy sky, calm conditions right now. here is sky 6 live h. d. looking at themodore barry bridge. >> chilly in millville, 28. dover, 33. we have a bit of a chill in the air. if you compare now to same time yesterday dealing with the snow has had fallen across the region, 16-degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. 17 milder at this hour in beach haven. as we look at satellite 6 with action radar, we have a partly cloudy sky across the area. we have dry conditions. we had flurry that is moved through earlier today through the catskills and poconos. the disturbance moving south and east. the disturbance is stalling off because of a frontal boundary to the south of us. tomorrow night into monday, a ripple of energy, light precipitation across the region. the rest of tonight

melissa magee has the forecast. >> we are tracking parts of the region for christmas morning.the start of the holiday weekend numbers are mild. 60 in philadelphia. the average this time of year is 43. we came in the high despite a fair amount of moisture across the region. right now, 44 in the city. we are starting to cool down. off to the north, 17 in bismarck, 21 chicago, 31 in st. louis. the cold air rushes in, in time for christmas eve. the forecast tomorrow, the majority of the day is dry. sun giving way to increasing clouds. it's a cooler afternoon. 8:00 in the morning, 37. 43 by 4:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. future tracker 6 showing you christmas eve night, we are tracking a mixed bag of precipitation. we have disturbances moving through. rain through the city points to the south and east. north and west for lehigh and berks county and the poconos, light snowfall starts to fall at that time. sharply colder tonight. for some, christmas eve night into christmas eve day, brisk and blustery as we get to the holiday. 50 thank you, melissa. the weather helps set the pace for

melissa magee is in for david murphy joins us with the latest from accuweather. >> quiet for the rest of today. a mostly cloudy sky but changes occur friday night into early saturday morning. winter storm watch for interior sections of south jersey and advisory for delaware up the i-95 corridor and immediate suburbs to the northwest. the watch and advisory go up tonight lasting through saturday night. this is what we are tracking, stormtracker 6 live double scan radar 3-d shows you we have an elongated frontal boundary responsible for the snow. rare snow down in texas. we have the front in place and tracking the area of low pressure off the mid-atlantic coast and that helps to enhance the snowfall across our region and with those winds, with that area of low pressure off the coast we tap into a northerly wind as well. colder air draining southward across the region. in philadelphia 37 the colder air across points to the south and west. 27 in atlanta and 32 in st. louis. the cold air is in place ahead of the system we are track. by 10:30 tomorrow morning down south jersey and along it'

and meteorologist, melissa magee, is back with a closer look at thecast. whonews" continues. >>> the search continues for a teenager accused of stealing two cars and crashing one of them in the matter of minutes. it ened at east falls ligasht and slam into an on coming car and jumped out aan away. a moments before he was spotted in a different stolen car driving erratically near roxborough high school. >>> pice in california are desperately searching for a driver they say is targeting rural california firing guns at passing vehicles. there has only been one person actually hit. and a woman was struck in the chest with shrapnel while driving and it happens in the evening and morning rush hours and the shots are coming from a dark colored pickup with oversized tires. >>> a relief for residents near the massive wild fires in southern california. officials now say that the worst appears to be over. most of the evacuation orders near the thomas fire are called off. the blaze is 65% contained and has burned more than 400 square miles and makes it the second larg

let's go to meteorologist melissa magee who is outside with the latest from accuweather on this friday. hi, melissa. >> hi sharrie and rick. we have a bit of an up and down holiday weekend as far as the temperatures and the precipitation is concerned despite a fair amount of cloud cover overhedda, it was quite mild. right now in the city we're coming in at 49. 46 in allentown. 45 in dover, 51. the lower 50's as well at the coast in cape may. if you're stepping out on the town for the rest of this evening or maybe doing some last minute holiday shopping 7:00 p.m. a temperature of 47, lots of clouds as we go throughout the rest of tonight but it will be rather mild. keep in mind our typical daytime high this time of year is 43 and we'll hit that at 11:00 p.m. tonight but it is a big travel day as well. so, we're not really anticipating travel delays even though right now there's some winter weather across interior portions of the northeast. as you move down to the south we are dry but you see that slug of moisture out across the mid mississippi valley and the southeast. that heads our wa

melissa magee is on the terrace with details on the friday forecast. you can enjoy it for a long stretch. we have nice conditions and temperatures are mild and in some spot as above average, we'll show you the numbers, 52 in philadelphia and 51 for allentown and reading and in the poconos 40 degrees and down in dover, 53 and beach haven 52 and cape may in the lower 50s. we have high pressure returning after we had early morning showers and the winds are out of the northwest and gusting in some spots especially along the coast and sustained at 9 miles per hour in philadelphia and up to 15 miles per hour down in dover. satellite 6 along with action radar showing you we are drying out after those showers and you see well out along the atlantic and racing up into new england. and we are dry with a few high, thin clouds pressed out across the region and all in all high pressure is our friend not just today but into the weekend. so if you step out the evening commute we have you covered 4:00, 52 degrees and 5:00 p.m. 49 at 6:00 and 7:00 tonight. future track

. ♪ action news, delaware valleys leading news program with metrologist melissa magee, jeff skversky,nd walter perez. ♪ shredding shovelling and streaming down and folks across the delaware valley forgot what snow felt like they certainly remember now winter arrived this weekend at least unofficially saturday walter is off i'm brian taff and the first snowstorm of the season and what comes next now that most of the flakes have stopped falling conditions on the roads to the festive fun the storm provided we have live team coverage but want to begin with the totals from today and our next concern which is the temperature metrologist melissa magee live now at the action news big board to explain tonight hi melissa. >> hi brian the good news is the snow is finally starting to taper off as we look at storm tracker six live double scan 3d showing in new england but things thinning out across much of the mid-atlantic region and back edge of the precipitation in sections in south jersey and clearing is on the way and a little closer and tighter back at home with street level storm tracker six

. >>> lets get get to meteorologist melissa magee, a little warmer but gusty wind did make it feel cold at times >> we had wind in the 20 to 25 d even though our high was in philadelphia 40 and it certainly felt colder then that throughout the afternoon. right now in philadelphia we are coming in at 37. thirty-four for allentown. same thing in reading. poconos 26 degrees. down in cape may 38, 33 degrees in dover. now factor in the winds and wind chill and it feels like 28 in the city. teens in the poconos. sixteen. feeling like 28 in dover. currently wind chill number in beach haven in at 32. satellite six with action radar showing we have got mostly cloudy sky across the region. we are tracking lake effect snow down wind of the lake, and eventually a weak upper level low will ride on through , as we go throughout the rest of tonight and there could be light precipitation, well north of philadelphia up in the mountains and poconos. for the rest of tonight, lots of cloud will be around 7:00 p.m. that temperature at 36. chilly tonight at 8:00 p.m. underneath mostly cloudy skies at 35. sta

meteorologist, melissa magee, is outside in for adam. >> hi there, a bit of a taste of spring. temperatures are nice and mild and above average, yesterday's high was not bad either, we came in at 50 degrees and another mild day today in at 58 that is 14 degrees above the average for this time of year. and across much of the eastern half of the u.s. 50 in chicago and 55 in st. louis. and 61 in atlanta and 67 degrees in memphis. however, as we go into the next couple of days and into the work week we see the cooler air moving southward. 32 in the morning in philadelphia and numbers are in the teens in denver and 22 in bismark, north dakota. we have changes on the way. a breeze for the middle half of our work week and mild and damp for the start of the weekend and colder weather arrives just in time for the start of christmas. we'll look at that and what to expect for the christmas holiday on monday. the details with the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you. >>> a five vehicle crash shut down the pennsylvania turnpike during the heart of the morning rush today. a double tractor

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melissa magee here.owy. >> yeah, this will get you in the holiday spirit for sure. we have our first snowfall of the season guys. we'll walk over to the weather center and talk about what's going on as we look outside sky6 live in hd, we are down the shore in cape may and we're getting reports of snow falling. you can see it clearly on our camera there, the snow will continue to fall. it's wet on the main roads here but we will be tracking this as we go throughout the rest of the overnight hours and throughout the day on saturday. here's storm tracker6 live double scan radar. we'll pop it out so you can get a better look as to what we are tracking. you can see that snow in south jersey. we'll go in a little tighter on street level with storm tracker6. it is starting to fill in across extreme sections of south jersey there in cape may. it will continue to fill in for fortescue sea isle city and eventually this will move on in from a southeast to northwest direction as we go throughout the rest of tonight

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>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> there is snow on the ground and it is chilly outside but not enough to stop some people friend joying the outdoors. want to get out now because a big chill is heading our way. >> good evening i'm rick williams in for walter perez. >> i'm sarah bloomquist, big story on "action news" at 5:00 . wasn't bad today, brace yourselves, arctic blast heading our way this week. let's begin with meteorologist melissa magee, melissa. >> czar and rick we have had changes for start of our weekend on saturday with plenty of snowfall, first snowfall of the season not as that cold is settling in cross the delaware and lehigh valleys. high today in philadelphia 40 degrees. right now in the city 37. thirty-four for allentown and reading. same thing in lancaster. poconos 26. 39 degrees in cape may. now to factor in wind chill we have had wind gusting at 25 miles an hour, throughout the day, so you factor that in on your skin and feels like 28 in the city. the teens i

>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> good evening, i'm czar bloomquist along with walter perez. the big story on "action news" tonight is a win by the eagles with nick foles at the helm. it was surely a nail biter of the game but in the end they beat the giants 34-29. >> bottom line today's win clinched a first run playoff bye, jeff skversky joins us now with the highlights. >> eagles fans admit were you panicking when carson wentz went down this time last week well, who knew he wasn't out there today. wentz replacement nick fels coming up big, four touchdowns in turnovers, eagles keep on flying. nick foles making his first start says he is ready. giants, today, throws four touchdowns, three in the first half down six, late first foles to tray burton. eagles take a one point lead. third quarter foles another to nelson agholor. eagles up. high five's all around. but special teams yes, they can get up high, they come up with three blocks. fourth quarter they protect their lead. giant

. >> meteorologist melissa magee tracking the latest in our "action news" weather center tonight.ssa. >> hi there guys. and temperatures today were nice and comfortable and above average. in fact, we'll look at the past three days. on saturday we had a high temperature of 42. yesterday 44. and today we climbed up to 50 degrees. it gets even warmer as we get into our tuesday. details coming up with the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. >> melissa thank you. ducis rodgers and ron jaworski break down yesterday's close game between the eagles and the giants. that's in sports when we come right back. >> ♪ ♪ [ splash ] [ horn sounds ] dang! ok, i gotta run. hey, wait, there's something i need to tell you- dang. dang! dang! dang. dang. see zero in a whole new way. get zero down, zero deposit, zero first month's payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. now with the people first warranty. >> here's a story that makes us philly proud. a convoy pulled up to the a.i. dupont hospital carrying lots of toys. people made a human chain as they unloaded the toys. they we

we begin with melissa magee with a check on the forecast.t's a bit of everything. >> we are tracking the light prescription throughout the delaware valley. double scan radar, right in philadelphia, also south jersey and delaware. to the west, light snowfall. tracker 6, snow to mixedith prescription forwn, same for green lane. snowing well in quaker townt, le higlehigh to allentown and this continues through the overnight hours clearing out many the morning. two miles in allentown, six in philadelphia. a mile and a half in the poconos as it moves through, pressing north and east. it's early t morning. christmas day, blustery and cold, 8:00 a.m., 37. meantime, 39. 5:00 tomorrow evening, temperatures of 35-degrees. winds a factor blustering throughout the day. a advisory 5:00 a.m. through 6:00 tomorrow evening. winds 40 to 45 miles per hour. windchill in the 20s and 30s. the game day forecast at homeand with the link. that's coming up in the forecast. >> for many of us, christmas is time for prayer and reflection. this is one of several masses

>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> we are just hours away from santa claus's big arrival and all across the delaware valley people are busy getting ready for christmas. >>> sunday night i'm walter perez. >> i'm jeanette reyes in for sarah bloomquist. big story is mad rush to get everything ready for tomorrow. >> on this christmas eve we have team coverage, annie mccormack is live at king of prussia where shoppers have one more hour to pick up that last minute gift. >> but first we will begin with meteorologist melissa magee tracking the christmas day forecast. melissa, everyone is watching out for this one. >> jeanette and walter we have some changes in the rest of tonight and into christmas day and we have you covered with that forecast. certainly cooler today. high in philadelphia just 43. forty-one in the city. thirty-nine for allentown. thirty in the poconos. forty-four at the coast in cape may. bit of the wind chill to factor n it feels like 34 in the city, 22 in the poconos

melissa magee joins us with the accuweather forecast. second day of winter and a mild one today. >> reporter: it really is, temperatures keep on climbing as we go through the rest of the afternoon. right now in the city we come if at 43 our typical daytime high for this time of year. 30 in the poconos and 42 in allentown undover 47 and 51 degrees at the coast in cape may. looking at satellite 6 along with action radar lots of clouds around and despite that temperatures climb into the upper 50s by days end in some locations but as you look farther to the north we are tracking some weather in portions of northeast and that stays away from our region for now but tracking a frontal boundary in an area of low pressure that rides up along the front. if you travel today on this get away friday. future tracker 6 has you covered across the northeast we are dealing with snow for burlington and syracuse, and down across the southeast. mild conditions and numbers in the upper 50s and lower 60s and across the great lakes and ohio valley, chilly just

meteorologist melissa magee joining us with the accuweather forecast. a pretty mild day tomorrow but savor it. >> that's right. it's mild, it's going to be a little wet as we get into tomorrow afternoon. then we're tracking a big change so break out those coats, get them ready. >> cold. >> we'll tell you what's going on outside sky6 lie in hd looking at the commodore barry bridge. you can see we've got a partly to mostly cloudy sky across the area but it's pretty calm right now. here's another picture sky6 live in hd from our temple university camera looking at the center city skyline it's quiet across much of the delaware valley. turning damp tuesday afternoon and special tuesday night. we're dry for the rest of the week after that but an winter chill sets in as we get into the weekend. the high today in philadelphia 54 right now it's 50 in the city, 49 in trenton, 51 in beach haven not bad in cape may for this time of yearing, it's 48 and the upper 40's as well for north and west in allentown and also reading. look at the big picture on satellite6 alo

melissa magee has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. when we talk about a white christmas, technical all you need is an inch of snow on the ground. it doesn't have to fall christmas day. we'll track a change christmas eve night and early monday morning. storm tracker 6 live hard to think we're tracking snowfall because we have rain across the region. we'll get in tighter treat level on distracter, you can see the rain i-95 corridor and trenton and philadelphia. and wilmington, heavier pockets north of the city, also to the east of norristown and the east of malvern at this hour. so this will continue on and off for the rest of the night. the high in philadelphia, 60 degrees you can see the milder air off to the east. 63 in washington, d.c. colder to the west, buffalo, 32. 34 in pittsburgh, the colder air will be sliding eastward throughout the rest of the of tonight and early tomorrow morning. future tracker 6 showing you by 8:00 a.m. we're dry across the region. christmas eve the majority of the day is dry. but as we get into christmas

. >>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist goodies melissa mageeersky and walter perez. >>> saturday night i'm walter perez in the news clean up continues from yesterday's snowstorm. today's warm weather certainly helped we have the latest from accu weather. >>> group of local soccer players pitch into help a family who who two sons during a house fire. >>> but the big story on "action news" is hit and run in delaware count that i killed a father of two. it happened earl they're morning on a exit ramp from i-95 in chester and tonight search continues for those responsible. "action news" reporter trish hartman is live near the scene in chester with the details, trish? >> reporter: well, walter the family of the victim ronald williams is devastated. they are gathering tonight, to support one another and they have a mess age for the person responsible, for his death. >> you have to live with this knowing that you ran, a father , a brother, an uncle, a nephew, you just ran him over and kept going. so we just asking to you just, do what is right and sig

>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee jeff skversky and walter perez. >>> saturday night i'm walter perez. in the news officials stepped up security for big new years eve celebration in times square. >>> also, snowy conditions result in a bunch of traffic accidents all across the region. >>> but big store i on "action news" is a snowy sat kay across our region coming down heavy bumping several inches in several locations and although it was light enough to shovel slick conditions caused all kinds of problems on the roadways today, we have team coverage of the whole thing that happened, "action news" reporter jeanette reyes is live with the details on the accidents in our area, and meet role goodies adam joseph has details of a very, very cold new years eve and new years day. but we will begin with a look how things look across the day action cabbing in wind feel within fired people fired up the snow blowsers. commuters were taking it easy as they made their way through some slushy, slick conditions across the region. >>> over in center

just give me a donut. >> i'm happy with that. >> meteorologist, melissa magee, is back talking aboutast with a warm day and changes coming up. >> we are up and down this week as we head into the holiday on monday. we'll talk about the details and show you the picture outside. the action cam was outside earlier looking up at the sky in center city. we have clouds and plenty of sunshine to get the numbers well above average and here is the picture as we look at sky 6 hd from the temple university camera, a beautiful shot of the center city skyline and a beautiful sky overhead. >> we are talking about the car wash ♪ . we have an alert for you if you have yet to wash your car we have three good days. we are not tracking precipitation and 50% chance of finding it in the delaware valley before changes head our way. in philadelphia comfortable and 55 degrees in the city and 50 in allen ton and 45 in the poconos. and 54 in wilmington and at the coast in cape may 53 and beach haven 51 and lower 50s in dover. here is satellite 6 along with action radar it's partly cloudy and dry across the reg

meteorologist melissa magee is joining us with this first check of the accu weather forecast, hey there. >> just minor changes later tonight and throughout the overnight hours but as you mentioned seasonably mild across the delaware, lehigh valleys. highs today coming in at 44. forty-one in the city. thirty-five in allentown and reading. twenty-eight in the poconos. as we go throughout the rest of tonight, the evening hours we have mostly cloudy conditions and temperatures for the most part from seven to 11:00 tonight will be in the upper 30's. so here's minor change on the way, storm tracker six live double scan radar 3-d showing us we have got some mixed precipitation across the ohio valley, and mid-atlantic region, and, and, southwest to northeast direction, and, it is a little bit of rain to the south. >>> philadelphia inquirer where a former staffer details questionable behavior involving women who work and volunteer on a staff in recent year. >>> pennsylvania governor, tom wolf among those, asking leach to resign and delaware county democrat, released a statement that read, in par

. >> we will begin with meteorologist melissa magee with the all important christmas day forecast, it is a mixed bag, um. >> yes, that is right, it changes as we get throughout the rest of tonight and early christmas morning but for christmas day, we're looking good-bye the time we wake up and unwrap these gift and presents. currently in philadelphia we are coming in at 41. thirty-eight allentown. twenty-nine in the poconos. forty in millville. 41 degrees in dover. wind chill to factor in. feels like 34 in the city. teens in the poconos. forty-one in cape may. 35 degrees down in dover. so for the rest of this evening, for the christmas eve forecast, mostly cloudy, we're tracking rain, out in the city , points to the south, so right now we are coming in at 41 but for midnight mass and services then we have a temperature coming in at 43. a winter weather advisory has them posted for berks, lehigh northampton counties up to the poconos. this goes into effect about an hour lasting from 7:00 a.m. on monday because we are tracking wintry precipitation for some, the rest just liquid precipit

meteorologist melissa magee will have the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast including totals when back. >> ♪ hey, think ben will like it? yeah, was i the only one hearing the angelic music? i'm serious, i never know what to get him. just tell me you got him fios too. sigh. mrs. layne, fios is a 100% fiber-optic network. that, plus this sick console, he'll be like whaaaaaattt. your new tech is best on the 100% fiber optic network. so get fios. now just $79.99 per month with a 2-year price guarantee with a 2-year agreement. >> a rare snowfall in louisiana brought out the playful side of this tiger. this is mike and he's the mascot for louisiana state university. and he lives in a special habitat on campus. he's only one-year-old old and this is his first snow ever. also a first for lots of little ones. this is the first time snow has fallen baton rouge in more than seven years. wow. >> kind of frozen. >> yeah. >> talk about our snowfall which is having some big impacts already. >> you're not kitten. sorry. >> we're going to be bundled up later on tonight guys even as we get into sat

meteorologist melissa magee is here now with a closer look at that forecast.und or are you heading west. >> a little bit of both. i'll be here through christmas eve and then heading out west. >> with family, right. >> as soon as it turns cold you're heading out. >> time to go. [laughter] >> there's a lot to talk about. here's the picture outside sky6 live in hd looking at dillworth park and city hall. you can see we've got a nice picture of the christmas tree all decked out looking pretty festive on this friday evening. here's storm tracker6 live double scan radar you can see it's dry. we're not tracking any precipitation. we have a mostly cloudy night as we go throughout the rest of tonight. then overnight a little bit of precipitation will be on the way for the start of our holiday weekend. the high in philadelphia in at 51. right now it's 49 in the city. 46 for allentown and reading. up in the poconos 33. cape may 49. dover coming in at 46. here's satellite6 along with action radar. we've got a mostly cloudy sky but you notice the precipitation that we are

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melissa magee has a preview of a few suburban stops that will get you in the holiday spirit. >> reporter: time to get a tree. at linvilla orchards you can take a holiday hay ride and find a christmas tree. choose from 40,000 douglas and other if you if you -- furs. grab fresh treats from the farm market and brakery. you can't leave without getting an apple cider, donut. families take a magical ride from boyertown for the magical stop. it's all part of the christmas experience at cold brook daily railroad. grab your golden ticket and hop on board. >> merry christmas everybody! >> our kids love that santa train. for more on all the places, don't miss "fyi philly" tonight at 7:30 p.m. that's right after "action news" on abc. >>> still to come on "action news" saturday morning, a cat survives an incredible journey across the country stuck in a truck. the temple owls will be trading in the snow for sunny florida. a special bowl edition of temple football playbook is next. >> reporter: welcome back to temple football playbook, coach, i hope you don't mind me saying this, i know you have a big

. >> and i'm melissa magee.on fyi philly. >> cheers. >> we say farewell to an unforgettable year. >> year in review >> revisiting popular new places we found in 20-17. >> blooper >> enjoying amusing moments behind the scenes.t giving back is a great new year's resolution. >> we're bringing in 20-18 with a bang. >> hello and welcome to fyi philly. we are on top of philadelphia ne observation deck. it's beautiful and they are getting ready for their firstyear's eve bas >> the group that owns popular spots u-bahn bru and uptown beer garden are throwing a new year's party here. >> so you know they're going to have great food great drinks and the amazing views of the entire city. >> bu

with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky.ist and walter pere perez. >>> sunday night in the news, we're ending 2017 with a coldest weather we've seen in years, what you can expect for new year's eve and new year's day. plus the eagles lose in rare form today against the cowboys at the linc. but the big story on action news is the celebration to ring in the new year >> from time square to penns landing and across the nation, millions of people are braving the cold weather to greet 2018. we have team coverage of this new year's eve,

. >> and now melissa magee, after a cold week last week, we are warming up. >> in between we are trackingtation to open the doors for the warm air. sky 6 live and hd, looking from the city hall camera, looking at the brn ben franklin parkway, is calm across the area. looking at the commodore barry bridge, we have a partly cloudy sky across the region. we triggered flurries in the poconos. we are dry throughout the rest of tonight. temperatures in the 30s right now. we go throughout the overnight hours, staying cold. 23 in allentown, 26 lan cast e30 dover. 27 millville, 25 trenton and 31 in cape may. as we get to the second half of the weekend, looking at the numbers along the i-95 corridor, 7:00 in the morning, 30-degrees. one degree above the freezing mark by 9:00 a.m. sun giving way to increasing clouds and temperatures for the most part maxing out in the upper 30s, lower 40s sunday afternoon. future tracker 6, 8:00 tomorrow morning, sun and filtered sunshine across the region and area. 2:00 tomorrow afternoon, we are tracking a disturbance moving through. we had a week disturbance movi

getfios.com ♪ >> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa mageejeff skversky, and walter perez. ♪ >> the arctic air is here, and more is on the way. we see bone chilling temperatures and dangerous windchill as we usher in the new year. i'm walter perez. the big news is the cold air moving into the area. the forecast moves from uncomfortable to dangerous. adam joseph is tracking conditions. he joins us with the first check of the forecast. >> it was tuesday afternoon when we first noted the plunging temperatures. the coldest is flooding in with afternoon highs on the average of 21-degrees below normal and colder air set to arrive than this end of the seven-day forecast next friday. right now, nine in philadelphia, nine in new york city. buffalo, eight below. binghamton five below zero. we see the -- before the numbers in the delaware and lehigh valley tonight and monday morning. the snow from earlier today, under an inch to three inches of snow early this morning. the clear sky is taking over and dominating the sky the next couple of days. even wit

. >>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky. >>> saturday night i'm walter perez. in the news officials stepped up security for big new years eve celebration in times square. >>> also, snowy conditions result in a bunch of traffic accidents all across the region. >>> but big store i on "action news" is a snowy sat kay across our region coming down

getting you ready for the holidays with a list of fun things to do around the region him melissa mageeview with a few suburban stops that will get you into the holiday spirit. >> reporter: at lindvilla orchard you can get a holiday hay ride and find a christmas tree. choose from over 40,000 trees as part of the christmas experience. visit the garden center for all of your decorating needs. >> we have trees and pointsettia and ornament from the trees. >> reporter: grab fresh treats from the farm market. climb aboard the polar bear express in berks county. it leaves from downtown boyertown to an hour south. >> families take a magical ride through the secret valley with a stop. it's part of the ris christmas experience at cold brook daily railroad. grab your golden ticket an hop on board. >> how cute that looks. >> santa looks stranded out in the field waving his hat. traffic alert? >> reindeer down? >> reporter: i hope not. this is center city, vine street expressway at 8th street. moving fine this morning. a nice reminder for you, if you're out and about tomorrow after 11:00 a.m., you d

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with meteorologist melissa magee jeff skversky. sarah bloomquist and walter perez.sunday night in the news we're ending 2017 with a coldest weather we've seen in years what you can expect for new year's eve and new year's day. plus the eagles lose in rare form today against the cowboys at the linc. but the big story on action news is the celebration to ring in the new year >> from time square to penns landing and across the nation, millions of people are braving the cold weather to greet 2018. we have team coverage of this new year's eve christy let toe at penns landing where the fireworks are about to get underway and trish heartman are finding out how people are coping. >> we begin with cecily tynan and the latest accu-weather forecast. >> i feel like i'm the lucky one because i'm inside's today's high official high in philadelphia 20's. but we hit that at 1:00 in the morning, the afternoon temperature never rose above 17 degrees just brutally cold right now in philadelphia, it's 14 but we still have that wind out of the northwest so you flash in the winds, the wi

bill magee: why should any child, anywhere on this planet, have to live a life of misery. >> kathy majetteof people think that children that are born with these deformities are cursed. just imagine a life alone, that nobody wanted to be around you. >> norrie oelkers: and we had children coming in for screening with brown bags over their head. they're never allowed to leave their house unless they have a bag on their heads. >> kathy majette: some children don't live, because they have problems with eating, and drinking, and die of malnutrition. >> mel: and they see us as their last resort. >> dr. jill gora: every child deserves a fair chance at life, >> peggy stillman: it may only take an hour to do something that will change their lives forever. >> noreen kessler: and you just see a whole new person, a whole new beginning. it's almost like they're reborn. i can't think of another word but phenomenal. [ music ] >> roma downey: as a mother, i would do anything i could to help my child live a normal life. and i'm sure you would, too. but what if you couldn't do anything? what if you were tota

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bill magee: why should any child, anywhere on this planet, have to live a life of misery. >> kathy majetteen that are born with these deformities are cursed. just imagine a life alone, that nobody wanted to be around you. >> norrie oelkers: and we had children coming in for screening with brown bags over their head. they're never allowed to leave their house unless they have a bag on their heads. >> kathy majette: some children don't live, because they have problems with eating, and drinking, and die of malnutrition. >> mel: and they see us as their last resort. >> dr. jill gora: every child deserves a fair chance at life, >> peggy stillman: it may only take an hour to do something that will change their lives forever. >> noreen kessler: and you just see a whole new person, a whole new beginning. it's almost like they're reborn. i can't think of another word but phenomenal.

the national security advisor that you think that this serious threat terror or is it just bringing mage ship in your opinion and i think it's brinksmanship i think he was probably also answering a question because you said you know we're not committed to peace we're committed to a resolution and probably the question might have been are you committed to peace in the region it's hard to talk peace and sanity when you're dealing with someone who's willing to act as a madman whether there's a method to his madness or not and that of course is kim jong un and you know he's been provocative not only in his rhetoric but more disturbingly in his actions in launching test after test and he's tempting and daring the united states to do something about it eventually that will bring bad consequences do you expect the u.s. will work with south korea to ease the tensions and postpone those joint military drills ahead of the lympics next year. i think that's a possibility certainly it short of postponing them totally and coming to the table which is something that i think the north was willing to do

bill magee: why should any child, anywhere on this planet, have to live a life of misery. >> kathy majettet are born with these deformities are cursed. just imagine a life alone, that nobody wanted to be around you. >> norrie oelkers: and we had children coming in for screening with brown bags over their head. they're never allowed to leave their house unless they have a bag on their heads. >> kathy majette: some children don't live, because they have problems with eating, and drinking,