a little refreezing and more melting. >>> let's head over to matt pellman come out of the my neighborhoodthere's a little patch, it looks like water, you hit it you fishtail, take it slow. >> reporter: we have a lot of icy patches, tam and matt, especially coming out of the burbs, on the blue route, northbound, the schuylkill expressway westbound somebody lost control. they ran off the ramp into the snow pile. you can see traffic on the ramp moving slowly, the ramp from the blue route 476 northbound to the schuylkill expressway we westbo. meanwhile, on the turnpike, no problems on the turnpike in our area. overnight construction has cleared. a warning if you're traveling west toward pittsburgh or ohio they are going to close the westbound turnpike starting at 9:00 at the breeze wood exit. that's way out there, but if you're going towards pittsburgh it will give you problems, they are removing one of the trucks that ran down the embankment over the weekend. as they clean up they expect the westbound turnpike to be closed westbound starting at 9:00 a.m. >>> as we go farther north in norrist

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. >>> let's go over to david murphy and matt pellman has traffic. good morning. >> reporter: we're off to a cold start this morning and cloudier than yesterday. you can see how they are thick over the immediate region. there's a break out west in the afternoon hours there's a chance of passing snow shower. most of the suburbs in the 20s, most areas below freezing so we're warning you about icy patches developing on roads and sidewalks. mostly cloudy for most of you this morning. 29 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 33 degrees by 9:00. 39 by 11. we'll get up to 43 where we wound up yesterday. the difference more clouds, it will be blustery with the winds picking up and becoming blustery in the afternoon. and we have a pop up snow shower that could give you light accumulation as it pops through in the morning and afternoon. matt pellman i'll have the weekend coming up. >> reporter: more so than yesterday, most roads are dry, but here and there, occasionally possibly you could find a slick patch. we had an overnight problem on 202 chester county. all northbound lan

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

lets get a check of the roads now, matt pellman always looks good. >> i have a proposal. i'm going to make it crystal clear, stay far away from the northeast extension this afternoon. what a mess, if you try to come south it's going to be a fruitless effort, because a truck overturned carrying fruit and the good news is, the truck is now upright and that is progress from the last half hour. the bad news is, all the southbound lanes of 476 the northeast extension remain closed. this is the scene 3 mile as approaching the landsdale inchange and all traffic is forced off at the quakertown inchange, as you come to the lehigh valley, you can get to quake town and then hit a jam on the way and 663 is also jammed. off 778 from allentown come down 309 and deal with the lights, it's not great but better than being stopped on the northeast extension. and we showed you this a bit ago, a crash on the southbound lanes of 95, they have the right lane blocked but now it's open and slow from 413 and all the lanes are back in business. the same cannot be said of i-95 in delco, a crash nea

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

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

and we have matt pellman with traffic. >> reporter: most people are like go ahead.are looking at a winter storm watch, this doesn't kick in until friday evening. tomorrow evening start in the south we'll see heavy snow arrive in the region, the swatch is from wildwood to philadelphia and allentown and the poconos. there's a blizzard watch down in baltimore and washington, d.c. we'll see if our local weather service people add that word to the forecast before we are done. we'll have strong onshore winds as the nor'easter goes by

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

matt pellman we get cooler tomorrow and better for sunday, i'll have the details coming up in the seven day. >> reporter: quite the rollercoaster road we're on, but that can be fun at times. happy friday everybody. just like yesterday morning we're talking about a few slick patches where the snow pile melted yesterday you were left with water and it refroze overnight. by the schuylkill expressway by montgomery drive you see the snow pile off to the right side a little bit of melting happened, there in the right lane you could see a slick patch. if you're using the river drives i would be more careful of slick patches along those. i-95 same situation snow pile on the right in the work zone bled into the right lane, so possibly slick as you head southbound toward cottman. no overnight construction an no delays at this point. on the big picture we're good on the vine street expressway and the boulevard. monument road is blocked off at ford road for the long term construction. watch for a crash in perkisie in bucks county. north 5th street highland drive. hamilton township, mercer county, y

. >> matt pellman is in the traffic center, it's hump day. >> and the speeds are starting to fall as we head out on the afternoon commute here on the schuylkill expressway, the crowd is gathering in the eastbound lanes on the conshohocken and slows again and farther east closer to center city. an 8 minute delay so far but overall a better start than this time yesterday afternoon. that is the good news. a crash this afternoon yaden at myra road. and speeds just starting to slow on the northbound side of the blue route 476, now in the mid-20s, and watching a house fire in lower moreland, welsh road is shut down as a result. and landsdale look for a crash at hancock at broad street and a whole lot better on the northeast extension than yesterday afternoon with the overturned fruit truck. everything is open. but a crash to watch out for bucking him township, along 263 near 202, lower york road. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this hump day. in glasgow, delaware look a vehicle stopped on the road, along south college avenue, it looks like it's broken down. we'll check it

matt pellman will have an update in just a few moments. >>> he says he understands the passion of philadelphia and knows what it is to win. the eagles have introduced their new head coach, doug peterson, to the city today. ducis rogers and jaime apody joins us with more from the nova care complex. >> reporter: hey there guys, doug peterson was introduced today you never get a chance of making a first impression, he said we have not won here in a long time and he should know he was a quarterback here. he is ready to turn that around. >> it was a packed house for the news conference, jeffrey lurie said it was a list of 10 names an at least one college coast, he cited lurie's leadership skills and is a former quarterback and coach here, he called andy reid a mentor. the first coaching job above the high school level and waiting for this shot for a lifetime. >> this is a special moment for me and my family and one i'll cherish for the rest of my life. >> you played here and coached here it take a certain type of temperament to be in the city what makes you think you have that quality? >> i played

lets go to matt pellman. >> the first hump day of 2016 almost in the books.ked like 2015 with scrammed traffic on the roadways, like the vine street expressway still jammed solid in both directions by the schuylkill closing again tonight at 11:00 for overnight construction, earlier crash on 95 southbound at allegheny, cleared out of the way and speeds in the teens from cotman and 23rd and cotman the traffic lights are out and street is like a stop sign, whitpain along white marsh and 73 that is skippack pike and the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound by norristown, giving us slow speeds as you come away from valley forge, a broken down vehicle is blocking a lane on 309 near rich field road and toms river an overturned vehicle at hooper avenue and church road by charlie browns. >> you're a good man pat pellman. >> he really is. it's one of philadelphia's biggest community events, the details of this year's mlk day of service celebration. >> would you believe a puddle is captivating thousands of people around the world, more on this puddle watch, 2016. >> there ar

. >> tuesday night matt pellman in the traffic center, how are we looking matt. >> are seeing this afternoon no flakes along 95 but there is a crash on the off ramp from the northbound lanes to allegheny avenue, we watch live there goes the tow truck leaving the scene and the accident has now cleared and causing delays in center city this afternoon, speeds in the teens and 95 northbound delays of course are having a domino effect on the eastbound vine and the schuylkill. but left you think you will bail from the eastbound schuylkill and get on the mlk drive, you can't do that, montgomery drive that connects the two is shut down because of traffic issues between the schuylkill and mlk, you can't get through there. stay on the kelly drive instead of mlk. in upper moreland there is one closing davisville road, pioneer road or warminster road are alternates, watch out for a crash along fillmont avenue, and a wreck at school house road and down in newark, a crash at 273 westbound close to the burlington coat factory. hopefully no flakes as we get through this evening commute. we'll check it again

matt pellman has the abc's of traffic. >> f, f. that is the letter we are giving this situation in hamilton township, this afternoon we continue to watch from chopper 6 hd the overturned tractor trailer that is blocking the ramp from 195 westbound to 295 southbound, if you are trying to get down to burlington from 195, you can't use this ramp right now. the tractor trailer is on its side. there is a fuel spill, and it has thrown down sand on top of it. and one person was injured at least one person in this accident. we'll show you the maps, coming west on 195, i would bail for 206, and from 130 get in the southbound lanes of 295. there is normal crash on 195 in the westbound direction of cox's corner, luckily that one is on the left shoulder. in burlington vw a crash at illinois avenue and states avenue. the mcdonald's and dunkin' donuts look for a crash. and crossing in delaware from newark there is a crash. and delaware county a crash on the southbound side of the route 1 media bypass before you meet up with baltimore pike and we

an alternate route, and matt pellman will be along soon with more in the "action news" traffic report. >>> now the latest on the storch for the man that shot an elderly woman that was walking home after grocery shopping. the daughter of the victim spoke out today. >> hopefully this guy is off the streets and it doesn't have to happen to anyone else. >> the 75-year-old victim's daughter says she was shot in the face during the robbery, the suspect is still on the loose and they hope that surveillance video will lead to an arrest. vernon odom is live outside of northeast detectives with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: tonight rick and monica, police tell me they received multiple tip calls since we aired the robbery attempt murder at noon, they are running down all of these leads at this very hour. this is surveillance video recorded at torresdale and princeton of a resident on her way home from the supermarket carrying two bags in moments she was shot in the face in broad daylight. the driver was driving this pearl or white colored nissan maxima, when he approached and tr

lets get a check of the roads right now, matt pellman with the update on this hump day. >> speaking ofper tantrums, people throwing them as we try to drive home, a rough ride brian and sharrie thanks again to emergency construction, this morning on the eastbound side of the vine, this afternoon it's on it's eastbound side of the schuylkill expressway between girard avenue and spring garden street, penndot crews are out here knocking out the left lane. two lanes getting by eastbound and that means traffic is not moving well from gladwyne on into the emergency construction approaching spring garden street look for slick spots that gave us plenty of accidents you'll see a couple out there this afternoon. on the vine moving better, sluggish in each direction, a crash to watch out for at penn wynn park. and approaching wissahickon init has cleared. coming southbound on the boulevard at woodhaven in the great northeast look for a crash in the inner drive and south on woodhaven from 95 backing up on down to cotman, just ahead an accidents now pushed off to the side with a debris spill as well

." >>> time for a check of the "action news" traffic report, matt pellman in the traffic center, not a bad commute so far. >> it sounds like we have fun driving in our future over the next few days, but this afternoon it's really manageable. as we look live at the schuylkill expressway at the exit for the zoo, the traffic is moving in each direction, heavy but moving, earlier broken down vehicles in this area and they are all gone and no issues on the mlk on this wednesday afternoon, of course locust street, blocked off until april 21st. and speaking of fires there are a couple of this afternoon, one in moreland, and summerton. and landsdale a crash at the pets plus near hancock street and the crash in worchester at valley forge road is out of there. we'll check it again coming up in the next half hour. >> thank you. >>> much more ahead on "action news," the big storm heading our way could make roads tricky to navigate, nydia han will break down the do's and don'ts as the snow approaches. >> philadelphia officials hope the special boxes can help curb prescription drug abuse nationwid

. >>> let's get the latest from david murphy and matt pellman is in for karen. >> reporter: all right, as you mentioned we've been upgraded from a blizzard advisory to a blizzard warning. the purple areas that's the blizzard warning, if you're not in the blizzard warning you'll have poor visibility from the windy driven snow. coastal atlantic and cape may counties look for down trees and wires there. the winds will cause moderate to major flooding along coastal area up the delaware bay and the back bays on the oceanfront. ewe're looking at beach erosion there. storm is pushing into parts of virginia and slowly pushing to the north. we won't see it here until later tonight. satellite locally we'll see sunshine early, kind of fooling you, i think, the clouds will get thicker and you will get the idea that the storm is coming. 24 degrees as you step outside in philadelphia. bundle up. 16 degrees in allentown. there's a light wind blowing not all that strong. by 1:00 p.m., 31, 3:00 p.m., 34 that's the high, clouds get thicker by 6:00 p.m. down to 30, snow arriving later on in the evening

. >>> lets head to matt pellman with a look at how things are going on a wednesday. >> they are going slowly for sure, as we look live this is the vine street expressway eastbound side heavy as you see the headlights. you can see them right? standing still on the schuylkill to 95, we had an earlier accident on the eastbound side of the vine approaching i-95 and that crash is gone and damage is done, and the delay is spilling across town back on the schuylkill expressway where speeds are in the teens. a word of a crash on 95, the southbound direction approaching allegheny avenue, coming down from the betsy ross bridge slowing on i-95, and 42 northbound on 130, and that is off to the side, problems in the western burbs there was a brush fire blocking it's northbound lanes for a while and still just 6 miles per hour, and they did just get 202 reopened and i would stay on 352 as an alternate. and an accident at ramble wood parkway. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this hump day afternoon. what a mess in westchester this afternoon with single digit speeds because of the ear

matt pellman is in the traffic center with an update. >> a whole lot of cars and trucks. westbound that travel time about 20 minutes more than what it should be. these are the westbound lanes from the split at the boulevard, not a lot of accidents just volume this afternoon. the same is true on 95 where speeds are in the teens. a crash in delco at wayne avenue and the same spot where we had traffic light issues by the old nabisco the lights are on the fritz again at the roosevelt boulevard. if are you headed home to the commerce square apartments in horsham, look for a crash at whitman road and oxford, a crash at deer road at westminster road. and the accident blocking route 10 is cleared out. but closer to gap across the lancaster border, route 30 lincoln highway shut down in both directions, that is downed wires from an earlier accidents stay on strasburg road. something to watch out for on the chester county lancaster line on this thursday afternoon. >> thank you sir. >>> still ahead on "action news," hollywood meets the holy father at the vatican, oscar nominated acto

lets take it live to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> the miles per gallon reading here is not g as people sit in stop and go traffic, the westbound side of the 30 bypass, an earlier crash and a whole lot of sun glare giving us a parking lot from 202 to 322, business 30 a better bet. the northeast extension four miles south of the landsdowne interchange, a fuel spill taking out the left lane and now just single digit speeds just miles per hour and you don't want to get farther south than quakertown get over to 309 and deal with the traffic lights, it's better than the southbound side of 476, a crash at a downed pole, if you are traveling through wilmington think 495 southbound instead of 195 southbound, and slow speeds from the concord pike to the mlk taking out a lane. a number of accidents on the new jersey turnpike in camden county, everything is off to the side but slow speeds on the southbound side of both roadways. >> thank you matt. more to come on "action news" at 5:00, chip kelly finds a new home but the eagles remain without a head coach. we have the latest on our sea

. >> lets go live to matt pellman in the "action news" traffic center. >> we have action you don't want to join, it's a crash here on 95 southbound side and of course it's right in the work zone at cotman avenue and penndot arrived on the scene and a couple of vehicles involved and the accident is taking out the left lane, south of academy can you expect substantial delays towards center city and southbound i think i'd use the roosevelt boulevard and northbound stick with 95 because approaching cotman there is an overturned vehicle accident taking out the outer drive so the express lanes are open going under the tunnels, there so northbound delays of 17 miles per hour at the moment. a crash in warwick township involving a tractor trailer into a fire hydrant shutting down 263 york road and meeting house road a possible alternate and traffic light troubles close to the mall at german town pike. the fire and police helping you through the intersection. and a pole came down at greentree road and down toward vineland, issues at 55, southbound lines are closed at 555. and lets grab the ipad a

time for the "action news" traffic report, here is matt pellman with a look at how things are moving along. >> we know that drivers are taking seriously which roadway to take home in the afternoon, here is one you don't want to take home, 95 as accidents coming and going, i know it's tough to see behind the vehicles, there is an accident there taking out the right lane coming away from center city and entering the work zone. there is one on the southbound side, approaching girard, and it's not pleasant either way, especially bad southbound. and the travel time is not looking good on 422 westbound either, coming out of king of prussia, a lot of speeds in the teens from 202 the whole way past oaks where an accident just cleared. the lanes are open and not a pleasant ride, taking off 42 it's not so good, southbound by 295, there is an accident taking out the two right lanes, coming off the walt whitman bridge off new jersey, speeds of 11 miles per hour and a wreck at cherry hill approaching 295, involving a pedestrian there taking out the left lane, burlington bristol bridge on stand by

let's head over to matt pellman and take a look at traffic starting on i-95 in delaware. >> reporter:ots this morning and as a result no short agile of accidents -- shortage of accident, i-95 northbound traffic time should be 16 minutes, instead it's a half-hour. stick with kirkwood highway and 40 and 1. farther north on i-95 close to ridley park taking out two right lanes, the jam starts at 322 slowing as well in delaware county. on the schuylkill expressway there's a broken down school bus taking out a lane. bensalem a bad crash at street road and tillman drive. burlington bristol bridge is going up for a northbound ship. head to the turnpike connector. >>> we'll take a short break and come back with accuweather. hey gus! good to see you again! the usual? veggie burger with the works. see ya. sounds good matt! thanks! gus, the second most famous groundhog in pennsylvania! that's me. and this is for you! gus bucks ! the new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery- with top prizes of a hundred grand. it's the best game yet. 'cause you're on it? well... keep on scratchin'! >> report

matt pellman in the traffic center, how are we looking on 95. >> have the bag packed. i do. >> and the snacks. >> i'm sure that is a whole separate bag. pack the patience if are you coming south on 95 especially between the betsy ross bridge and this point on girard. a broken down vehicle blocking the right lane, they just got it towed away and you are looking at speeds of 13 miles per hour. a broken down vehicle at ridley park and elsewhere in delaware county approaching baltimore pike but a wreck on the blue route is gone but still 13 miles per hour. in hamilton township, we have the overturned truck blocking the ramp from 195 westbound to go south on 295, i would exit 195 at 206 and take it to 130 and from there you can get to 295. the crash is on the shoulder. rick and monica we'll check it again in the next half hour. >>> former mayor, michael nutter, has a new job. he is taking up a teaching position at new york's columbia university. he is practicing urban policy and practice. and his daughter is a student there. and earlier this month nutter was named to the de

i'm tamala edwards, let's head over to matt pellman starting on i-95.hings not in our favor like this crash on i-95 southbound in the work zone at cottman it is causing a delay heading toward cottman, four minute delay, not a terrible one. watch out for a crash at warren street at the jefferson apartments. getting world of a wreck in ocean county. northbound lanes of the garden state parkway past waretown overturned tractor-trailer, left lanes blocked people are injured in the accident. on the delaware, pennsylvania state line, emergency water main work on 202concord pike speeds in the 20s there, left lane blocked. >>> let's head outside to david murphy, david everybody wants to know what are we getting? >> reporter: clouds are increasing a blizzard warning has been delayed that's an upgrade from the watch. winter storm warnings in effect north and south of i-95. 23 degrees. clouds increase through the day, high of 34. snow holds off until after the evening commute. overnight into saturday an saturday night we have heavy snow falling and windy condition

matt pellman is live. >> there is plenty on the roadways including of course the schuylkill expresswayu see the brake lights lighting up at the conshohocken curve and a 20 minute delay on the eastbound travel time and an doesn't by cotman off to the side and a crash at carroll park and media, and upper darky look for one by route 3 and westchester pike by the wawa and warwick township in buck county a pole came down after a tractor trailer accident and meeting road is an alternate around that, and a meeting blocked at greentree road, be advised that 55 southbound is closed by main road because of a crash main road or 47 delsy drive are alternates. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >>> we are helping you get ready for the storm bearing down on the mid-atlantic up ahead a last minute checklist of important reminders that do be easy to forget. >> the washington, d.c. is under a blizzard warning how the nation's capital is preparing to hunker down for another snow magedd mageddon. they represent blood cells. and if you have afib-an irregular heartbeat that may put you at five tim

. >>> matt pellman is standing by in the traffic center with one situation behind you. >> it's a major situation, in the southbound lanes of the roosevelt boulevard extension, this happened 15 minutes ago, it's blocking all the southbound lanes here past the ridge avenue off ramp, we have vehicles pulled off to the side and people up here out and about helping the victims of crash and fluid all over the roadway and bunch of police officers on the scene and they came in the wrong way on the boulevard to get to the accident scene and southbound all lanes are blocked and traffic at a complete stand still from broad street, no parts of the boulevard extension come down hunting park avenue or the lincoln drive, no problems there at this point. >>> on the boulevard there is a crash on the southbound approaching bybury road and bristol township, an accident at 413, coming down from bucks county, 95 southbound is slow because of an earlier disabled vehicle by cotman and northbound the travel time is bad because of mid-day construction, we have seen delays much of the afternoon coming out of no

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

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

david murphy is tracking the winter storm, matt pellman is in for karen rogers he has traffic. annie mccormick is live and katherine scott is live at the airport where the weather is impacting travel. >> reporter: we'll start with breaking weather news that came into ten minutes ago. a blizzard watch has been bumped up to a blizzard warning. the warning is in the i-95 corridor and all these other counties highlighted in orange. outside of that you have a winter storm warning that's been bumped up from a watch in these aerials outside the heaviest snow bands you're looking at significant snow and travel problems starting tonight and into saturday and saturday night. there's a high wind warning that's been posted in southern delaware, cape may county and along the coast in atlantic city, this is for saturday when the wind gusts are expected to go up to 60 miles per hour. saturday you have the coastal flood watch in place because of the strong coastal flooding we're expecting and beach erosion as well saturday and saturday night as the storm goes past us. the area of precipitation

something e spe, we got down toppr4 in philadelphia and down to 10 in allentown and 12 in reading, matt pellman and i were warning yos fabout icy sidewalks and streets. like yesterday we are melting more of that snow 41 in philadelphia and down in washington cooler upper 30s but omeove freezing and in leittsbuu.h, pennsylvania we are still above freezing. as we roll teaeough the rest of the day, 41 by 2:00, and 40 by 4:00 dipping down from a high of 43 and then 36 degrees by 6:00 and we'll have to waitn about 10:00 before we start to hit the frelking mark but after 8 are to be careful under foot if there is another freezeup. we are in the process of melting snow in the wake of our passing snow storm, we woundn record 31.2 down to 22 and philadelphia down to 9 and wilmington 4 on average and this de asn't incboude the snow drifts. wou get the idea. in a.c. we pretty much said good-bye to the snow. oontinuing to work the numbers downward. we'll get a turn around in temperatures and a couple more chilly days and a nice warm-up we'll look at that again in the accuweather forecast. wou can definitel

and we have matt pellman with traffic. >> reporter: most people are like go ahead. we are looking at a winter storm watch, this doesn't kick in until friday evening. tomorrow evening start in the south we'll see heavy snow arrive in the region, the swatch is from wildwood to philadelphia and allentown and the poconos. there's a blizzard watch down in baltimore and washington, d.c. we'll see if our local weather service people add that word to the forecast before we are done. we'll have strong onshore winds as the nor'easter goes by the coast saturday and sunday. for today, clouds are beginning to vacate the region. some of you saw a snow shower last night. it didn't impact you that badly. 28 in philadelphia. skies beginning to open up a bit. 24 in allentown. 25 in wilmington. the winds are not that strong this morning. on the bus stop bundle them up with the temperatures in the 26 degrees range, windchills in the low 20s, not much different there, because the winds are not that strong. 31 by 11:00 a.m. 36 by 1:00 p.m. 38 degrees that's the high under mainly sunny sk

. >> reporter: matt pellman has his eye on traffic, but first up we'll go over to david murphy for allrtant call of accuweather. >> reporter: just before we went on the air, our blizzard watch was upgraded to a blizzard warning. a winter storm watch has been upgraded to a winter storm warning in the northern and western suburbs and allentown and down the shore. at the coast you'll get a lot of rain mixing in. everybody else has the potential of a lot of snow. in the central portion of the region, the reason it is a blizzard warning here, the snow will be windy blown enough where visibles will be low programs under a quarter mile. we have a high wind warning posted from atlantic city to cape may

let's head over to matt pellman looking at i-95. >> reporter: this is has not been an easy week on thea bunch of accidents, police on the scene, near academy. the slower travel time is southbound with the normal morning volume. blue route northbound in delco. speeds in the 20s there's a crash on the ramp from the northbound side of the route 1 media bypass. >>> an accident church road and becker road. and welsh road at 63 and rose lane. lionville chester county an accidents southbound lanes of 100 at 113. the vehicle is on a flat bed tow truck. coming southbound from 100 on the turnpike expect delays heading toward exton. >>> we'll take a break and coe back to accuweather. >> reporter: hi, everyone, we're off to a chilly start. we have sun up over the horizon. temperatures are below freezing almost everywhere. 29 in philadelphia. 19 in allentown. a little bit of a refreeze occurring here and there. 43 is the high. it will be blustery with strong winds gusting to 30 miles per hour. we have a passing snow shower briefly. clouds seven sun, saturday, 39. 48, better on sunday afternoon. in

matt pellman is filling in for karen, and has more.arther west than 539. use 72 instead of 70. what a mess on 295 in camden county, single digit speeds emergency construction out there by 42 taking out the right lane. >>> on the boulevard, a pair of southbound accidents one at cottman and one at c. expect delays in those spots, as well. >>> let's go outside to david murphy for the forecast. >> reporter: cold out here, now, matt, the big story is the snow coming tomorrow night. a winter storm watch in effect friday into sunday morning. temperatures up to 30 in philadelphia. the winds are picking up a bit. so we have windchills in the low 20s. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 38 is the high, not a bad day to get stuff done ahead of the storm. tomorrow dry during the day, snow arrives tomorrow night stays with us into early sunday, 6 to 12 inches and higher than that. >>> needless to say we're all getting ready for snow, look for live team coverage of the first snowfall of the winter season. >>> "live" with kelly and michael

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. >> matt pellman is live in the traffic center with an update. >> i was going to say the big event is brian taff is back. welcome back. don't boo. >> adam is booing. that is so hurtful. this is not right, slow speed as long the schuylkill expressway, but we expect these right, this is the eastbound side by montgomery drive, 28 minutes either way, double what it ideally should be, if you can envision the schuylkill, the ideal time is 14 minutes. 309 and bethlehem pike at stirling drive an accident and an accident involving a pedestrian is in chester county along 52 at balmoral drive and look for a wreck at greentree road at pitman road. and issues, mechanical issues with the del air bridge, as a result of that the ac rail line is not running suspended between philadelphia and cherry hill. lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report on this thursday, almost friday. one of our friends using the waze app says look for a traffic stop near route 13 there in claymont. we'll check it again coming up in the next half hour. >>> still ahead here today he is known as the affluenza teen is back

matt pellman is back in the traffic center with an update. >> you heard of the bridge over troubled waters when the bridges are troubled. coming off the ben franklin bridge into camden you hit this wall of traffic at 676 southbound down to the 42 freeway, you are looking at single digit speeds because on 42 southbound, still have the accident taking out the two right lanes, causing gridlock toward the walt whitman bridge packed solid into knowledge, if you are headed for the garden state use the eastbound betsy ross or the commodore barry not the ben or the walt. and near the a.c. airport exit on the a.c. expressway speeds in the teens there and teens or less from 95 southbound from woodhaven to girard, luckily the crash that caused it is gone and a rough ride on the rails, scattered delays on the rails, usually 10 to 20 minutes on many of the lines. good luck getting home. >> thank you. >>> still ahead on "action news," folks standing casually on the sidewalk are bombarded with tons of snow and it's all captured on surveillance video. >> and if you were not planning on playing the lottery

. >>> lets get the update from matt pellman in the traffic center. >> can you work on your latest novel or do a crossword puzzle, speeds of 16 miles per hour as you come past lanned dale, four miles south fbt interchange there is a crash in the work zone involving a tractor trailer and a fuel spill still has one of the lanes blocked and 309 southbound better bet than the northeast extension this afternoon. in hatfield township, a crash at broad street by meehan transmissions, and westbound in chester county, a stand still coming away from 202 from this point at 322, where the tow trucks are there and hopefully the accident is not too much longer but right now the left lane is blocked. and by presbyterian church a crash at route 10, and a crash that brought down wires in cheltenham at brief road, at cheltenham avenue, not bad on 95 or the schuylkill, just normal afternoon delays but outbound at kelly drive at the art museum, a broken down vehicle taking out the left lane. we'll check it again at 5:00. >> very good matt, thank you. meteorologist, adam joseph, is standing by with the exclu

matt pellman in the traffic center with the latest on the commute home. >> how often does that happen? not often especially with all the snow out there, and they are trying to remove some snow on the schuylkill expressway in south philadelphia this evening. so we are at a stand still as you come eastbound from the vine to passyunk toward broad street, that is where they have a lane blocked for the snow removal efforts. westbound 76 extra traffic from the conshohocken curve to 202. a couple of crashes in the bu burbs. in west bradford west bailey road and one in delco along 352, and a spinout accident in mount laurel, burlington county is blocking the ramp from 38 and delays on the septa regional rails, about six of the septa bus routes remain suspended because of the storm. >> we'll talk more about the cleanup in the next half hour. >> thank you. >>> more ahead on "action news" tonight, reports of shots at a naval medical center in san diego sent people into panic and lockdowns. they say it was justified even though no sign of a shooter was found. >>> and the fears of a lice outbreak,

. >> hopefully the ride home tonight is not as slow or slick, matt pellman is live in the action centernd riders will have to take their time whether they want to or not. we have a bunch of delays this evening rick and another fallen tree all lines halted at haddonfield and woodhaven, i would not count on getting farther east than haddonfield, i would call a taxi or uber. and septa having mechanical problems, 10, 11, 34 and 36 are all running behind and we are way behind on the roads, especially the schuylkill expressway eastbound a stand still from city avenue into the scene east of the girard avenue as emergency construction continues in the left lane and a lot of crews on the scene and it's there all afternoon, stick with the river drives instead and once you make it to the vine street expressway you think you are in the clear, no you are not, a crash here in the eastbound left lane approaching only street, so slow going off the schuylkill, and slow going to the flyers game by cotman, that crash is to the side. rough morning and rough evening as well. >> rough report thank you matt.

. >>> it's time now for the "action news" traffic report, matt pellman you better not be speechless it'syour turn. >> traffic was rendering us speechless yesterday, but this afternoon having a ball but not a lot of fun, vine street expressway eastbound side, you can see the delay starting to form this point past the schuylkill on past 95, westbound is not too bad and the key is, it's all dry here in center city, no snow falling and no rain falling. right on the bucks county border, a problem here, on the ramp from woodhaven road route 63 westbound to go north on route 1, you can see the broken down truck there it's a heavy duty truck trying to exit. hop on the southbound boulevard to do the old flipperoo. and old lincoln highway by route 1 and upper moreland davis is shut down because of a crash pioneer is a local alternate. and hockessin is blocked at lancaster pike. and lets grab the ipad and do the commuter report, a pothole in philadelphia along king street, the good news is things look good on the walt whitman bridge heading into new jersey unlike yesterday afternoon that was quite

matt pellman is wrestling with traffic, are you winning or losing?most cases we are losing and losing again this afternoon. still dealing with the effects of the weather, wet road surfaces and slush out there as well. and plenty of accidents, like one on the southbound side of 26th street south of the schuylkill expressway. since then they blocked both of the southbound lanes anded pushed it to the side. this caused big delays to spill back on to the schuylkill itself and eastbound is a slow crawl, with speeds of 12 miles per hour from the vine into 26th street. watching a crash in port richmond at allegheny avenue. and one at lower merion at the exon station and luckily the flooding at the brooklawn circle has subsided. but they are working to remove the snow along the schuylkill expressway and i think that might be the crew leaving right there as we watch live, this is 202 over top the schuylkill expressway and we see big westbound delays on 76 from the curve on out to 202, because of the snow removal. they got finished clearing out the snow on 100

. >>> lets check with math the math pellman, matt, we have tried to make the point a few times how lucky we have been that this storm happened on the weekend. >> that is silver lining, i suppose jim but a lot of people have been trying to venture out and not feeling very lucky because they are ending up like this stuck in snowdrift. this is 202 in west chester. the these are the southbound lanes by west town road. this is why we keep saying if you must head out which again we do not recommend have that cell phone charged, have have a shovel in the trunk, take along an extra blanket the as well. this poor guy has been stuck here for ban hour and he is spinning and trying and not getting anywhere. little will further up, this is 202 by chose ter brook north bound side, a tractor trailer here off to the side. even these huge reek also have a hard time getting traction on these completely snow covered roadway. and sometimes we say as long as you stick with the majors, you will bee kay. that has not been the case today because they have been completely snow covered. we will look at a ram that