up in the poconos, a winter storm warning in effect in the poconos. it's an advisory added to north hampton county, cities like bethlehem and easton could see roads a little bit slick as we get the changeover to wet snow later on. the big issues in the poconos. we'll detail this as it gets through and the weekend call up ahead, karen. >> reporter: we have a big accident with a jackknifed tractor-trailer blocking two lanes. it just moving better. this is the blue route northbound past the schuylkill expressway. you're driving on the wet roads, but no accidents any more. an improvement. we have an accident on the pennsylvania turnpike, westbound approaching norristown not affecting speeds too much at this point, but is blocking the left lane, but it may cause a slow go, watch for that on the turnpike. we have an accident on the nortr es of if you'renner lanes, stick heading out, worried about the big nor'easter, the morning badf accidents, i-95 southbound traffic very light volume heading toward center city and moving just fine. >> let's head to the jer

friday night snow in the poconos and light rain in the area. and tomorrow afternoon the second half of the storm comes in as the winds howl and the rain changes over to a heavy wet snow. and for the most dangerous part of this storm. and there are so many different elements. the most dangerous part is the destructive winds. >> that is right, adam. the mere thought of snow gets everyone's attention. but winds are the star of the storm. high wind warning posted friday morning through saturday morning for all of our viewing area and the peak will be friday at lunch time. through midnight. this is when the wind gusts are more than 50 miles per hour. the low level jet. 5,000 feet above the surface. if you look above the area the sustained winds above the surface 60 to 70 miles per hour. and the area taking it on the chin. new england and cape cod and boston, 90 miles per hour sustained winds and when you get the heavy precipitation it taps into the winds and pulls them down to the surface and the potential for destructive winds and also when you get

going for a couple of hearst right now into lehigh northampton county , snow continues to fall in the poconos where toby hanna we are up to 13 inches of snow, five and a half in albrightsville, doyletown two and a half, somerton and philadelphia county of slush and snow and down the shore hammington picking up an inch of snowfall. we have snow and, of course those ridiculous wins cape may gusting to 71 miles an hour. hurricane force is 74 miles an hour. gusting to 62 in dover. sixty-one atlantic city. fifty-one in northeast philadelphia wind speed elevated these are constant wind well up in the 30 miles an her range and we have wind gusts on top of that gusting in the last hour 262, and dover gusting to near 60, allentown gusting to near 50 in philadelphia high wind warning remains in effect rightfully so throughout the overnight expires at 6:00 tomorrow morning as we will continue to deal with strong wind gusts in the evening hours, heavy wet snow continues for first half of the evening. we will talk about when snow will taper off, see a coating to 2 inches in and around the city, strong win

it's already happening for parts of the poconos. it's going to move down closer to the lehigh valley. and as we close a closer look here towards south jersey and the shore, we're still mainly seeing rain. but the big thing as we go through today is we are watching the changeover from rain to wet snow. we'll time that out for you in just a bit. but right we're sending it over to meteorologist steve sosna. he is timing out the neighborhoods for you. >>> there's a lot of information we're trying tro deliver this morning. this is live look at the kimmel center campus camera. you can see wet streets. again, this morning is not terrible. it's really this afternoon and this evening that we're concerned about. it's that changeover to snow. even through philadelphia and south jersey, now that's a range because the storm's intensity will dictate how fast that changeover happens. so that's still a variable at this moment. damaging winds that's a slam dunk. that begins midday and happens this evening through early saturday morning. and then som

the poconos should get the healthiest helping. here's another live look at the scene on cam elback mountain. but that's all about to change. >> lehigh valley could get hit with. this is the live camera in allentown. >> back to glenn "hurricane" schwartz right now. the lehigh valley and the suburbs. >> they are going to be getting strong winds, but they are also getting some heavy wet snow at the same time. so that means at some point tomorrow afternoon, especially during the afternoon rush, it might be very dangerous to be traveling in almost any way. whether it's by car, bus, train, even airplanes not really going anywhere tomorrow afternoon. tonight it's just rain. the temperatures are above freezing. but by tomorrow morning, here's the rain and snow line. the mix in the pink. the poke knows could be seeing some snow by the begin. ing of the morning rush. not all that windy yet, but through the morning, temperat e temperatures are going down. the wind is coming out of the north. gusting to 50 miles an hour in pottstown. and you

eg poconos. here's a look at that wind coming from the north and west , sus6ed miles per hour, currently allentown,phia international, and 15 miles an hour in the poconos. as we head throughout the afternoon yo winds gusting from 20 to 30 miles an hour at times, and, of it feel n colder and right now it feels much colder then what i just temperatures across the region feels more like 28 in center city. feels more like 15 up in the poconos. it is a chilly start the two na wide we are looking at 40's from the shore to philadelphia, and then in the poctemperature righ3 degrees, up in the poconos, a mixture owe wl have your full forecast in a few minutes and we will talk about nor'easter heading our way. details in a bit. >> chelsea we're still week, thank you. >>> 7:31. delaware county is struggling to recover after that nasty nor'easter ripped through our region. officials have declared a disaster emergency as 53,000 people, are still in the dark. "eyewitness news", spotted down trees, damaged home

already occurring in the poconos. the rest of us we get a bit of a break with light rain but don't be lulled into thinking this is not a big event. friday afternoon and friday evening the winds howl and the storm system taps into the cold air changing the rain to wet snow and everybody is interested about the snow but the big story is the winds. >> the duration and strength we have to watch here. in fact, as we go into friday morning into saturday morning for basically 24 hours we have a high wind warning across the board. lehigh valley delaware valley to the shore. winds gusting over 50 miles per hour hour and hour. we look at the low level jet the river of air that feeds the nor'easter, basically 5,000 feet above our heads, can you tap into that area when have you precipitation that drags down the winds and the certain of storm not much in the way of wind. here is the jet 90 miles per hour into new england and wraps around and heads over long island and loses stream over friction when it hits land and 60 to 70 miles

heavier snow from easton on up to the poconos.ery heavy snow up there and the rain/snow line in new jersey, not making a lot of progress but it's moving down a little bit, down toward the lower portion of long beach island. so we have quite a variety of condition. visibility is just dropped in pottstown. that's proof that the snow has intensified. quakertown still very heavy, doylestown, mt. poconos and blue bell has seen the intensity go up. trenton is getting heavier snow right now. northeast philly is seeing a significant reduction in visibility indicating heavier snow there. still not much at the jersey shore or extreme southern delaware yet. temperatures remain above freezing, but it's getting closer. blue bell 34, allentown 35, trenton 34. it melts on the roads but when it's snowing real hard and you have wind gusts to 60 miles an hour, you can't see and so it's still dangerous even if the roads are not snow covered. gusts of 53 miles an hour in dover right now. 44 in atlantic city, 43 in philadelphia and in allentown. that

six to 12 inches in the poconos. heavy wet snow.it the difference say two to 4 inches for good portion of the the lehigh valley. and as we forward okay good news is that the storm is out to sea by tomorrow and sunday. the bad news you will not have a glorious weekend. they are still having issues, plow tomorrow and the wind that persists, on the heels of the storm. so, you know, we're not totally out of the wood by tomorrow but it sure will be getting better by then. >> progress. >> exactly. >> thanks, katie. >>> prince harry and megan markle's wedding will be one for the ages and members of the public will get to experience it. pair have announce that had they will invite more than 2600 people from across the uk did you get your invite. >> it is coming. >> okay. >> they will be able to watch the bride and groom arrive at saint georges chapel and departon. will ethese peonuáh >>> as we continue to track nor'easter take a look what the storm is doing in the pocono area. this is, times lapse video of workers on the slopes at jack fros

fifty-five in trenton. 49 degrees in mount pocono. but here is our system, and it is really just getting intensified as we move out over the atlantic here at center of the system. still back in the midwest that will continue to movies bound but we are seeing surge of moisture ahead of that low and the now seen the rain coming down especially west of i-95. we are seeing light rain as chelsea reported down the shore as well and light rain spreading out over south jersey and it will be a rainy go as we head in through tonight and much of the day tomorrow. wind speed we are all right right now generally eight, 13 miles an hour, one of the highest but this will be a strong wind event. future wind gusts showing us a picture of these intense winds all across the area we're looking all right, winds down the shore by 7:00 o'clock hour tomorrow morning and then things falling apart quickly as far as these wind speed picking up 40, 50, 60 miles an hour wind gusts as we head through lunchtime, tomorrow afternoon, your afternoon commute will be a

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the poconos and the lehigh valley could see serious snowfall.philadelphia the little snow could get blown around, creating blizzard-like conditions. >> tonight we're taking you closer to the storm with storm ranger 10, the radar on wheels that gives us the most accurate forecast possible. it is scanning the skies in glassbo glassboro, new jersey. >> live team coverage from the shore to the pennsylvania subbushes. aaron baskerville is live. >> we begin with chief meteorologist tammy souza. >> every storm has kind of a different scenario to it. it's not often you see storms like this. i have to say in my career, not too many. doppler radar right now, we're looking at the heavy rain moving across the area at this point from philadelphia back toward allentown. out into parts of chester county. let's go a little closer, pockets of heavy, steady rain coming down. this is going to continue for another four or five hours. we'll pick up 1 to 2 inches of rain overnight tonight. let's go ahead and widen it out. you can see that snow wrapping back around. t

mount pocono feels like 19. 25 in wrightstown. twenty three in millville.ll go hour by hour and show the temperatures come tomorrow morning in the 30s. and then by the afternoon, in the 40s but well below average. ranging from about 40 in allentown to 42, 43 through dover and millville. so not a warm day by any stretch. then by friday afternoon, heading tour the mid 40 40s philadelphia. 42 in doylestown. temperatures not warping all that much with that fresh snow cover everywhere. we'll look ahead at our computer models and one of our compute models in the long range that american model that has a decent reliability factor showing a storm late sunday into monday. two of our models are taking it off the cove this one taking it close enough to provide us with some snow. not a lot of snow but some snow. we'll connell to keep an eye on this and sue will the latest tomorrow morning on good day. no reason to panic but just the thought of snow again is ridiculous. isn't it? >> yeah. >> tonight 30 in philadelphia. 23 in the poconos. 31 in dover. 27 in pottstown. to

the snow in the poconos is on its way down. let's take you to sky6 live hd we have cloudy skies you can see the camera bouncing as we had wind gustsn parts of the region up in the 30s and up in the 50s before we are done today. degrees in philadelphia. sustained winds 17 miles per hour winds gusting 20 to 30 miles per hour in philadelphia. some spots going higher that thn that. you're feeling the effects the winds. we have snow in areas to the west, there's that likelihood we'll see light snow mixing in around here, as well, later this morning and this afternoon. up in the lehigh valley, snow and high winds, temperatures in the low 40s, holding there through most of the day, uncomfortable certainly temperatur shore, we're stuck in the low to mid 40s, tidal flooding is an issue. numbers in philadelphia, we may dip in the upper 30s today. the winds gusting 50 to 55 miles per hour. of course that precipitation off and on throughout the day, every now and then it could be heavy to wet snow. we'll talk about that right now. model by

. >> we have a new updated total for poconos and toby hanna and it is craze. we will get to that this crazy view of the sideways moving snow in center city philadelphia, keep going there i think march has officially, been coming in like a lion. 33 degrees. northwesterly winds at 32 miles an hour, absent the gusting, and feels like temperature 19 degrees. brutal. we are dealing with the powerful nor'easter that did bomb out our rapidly intensify , very apparent, driving all this moisture in from off the atlantic and now we are dealing with primarily snowfall across the good chunk of the delaware valley. seeing some pockets starting to break in of some dryer air but this morning we started off with rain/snow mix and new all that just heavy, wet snow, heaviest right now in and along i-95 corridor from center city philadelphia, wilmington, northern delaware, those purple returns of snowy sentencely pouring down, also in the poconos, snow, still falling up toward lehigh

feeling like single digits in the poconos. feels like 19 degrees in atlantic city. it is a great night to stay inside. storm scan three is showing us moisture still moving on shore , from that nor'easter off shore right new, moisture driving in across the delaware valley. we're primarily seeing snowfall, and remember yesterday we were talking about that possibility we could see a prolong all snow event, and in that case we could see higher snow fall totals and that is what has been playing out through the day today. this ace very wet snow, difficult time accumulating but it is accumulate nothing certain areas and we are seeing that. still dealing with snow, in center city philadelphia, down i-95 corridor and wilmington down into dover as well where we are seeing purple returns. in and around chester area, chester county seeing heavy intensity snow fall. snowfall rates potentially at an inch per hour, south jersey still dealing with the snowfall, maryland rate in intensity. up toward poconos finally starting to get a little bit of the break after a significant snow e

i was down mount pocono at 940 exit at the gas station down there. it was a long one. >> as a result penndot is ban ning vehicles from the interstate to prevent a similar situation this time, that includes tractors pulling empty trailers, passenger cars , pulling trailers, and motorcycles and rvs. >>> further north, new england , also bracing for second nor'easter in american 300 homes, massachusetts, south shore are in danger of being washed away but it left a gaping hole, causing flood ago this swamped homes, cars, crews have made a progress, repairing the wall but work is not complete and now the storm is fast approaching. most of the town has been with the power since last week. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news", stocking up on snowy sentences, milk and bread are must have but it noise the just about food. we will tell but key items all drivers should keep in their cars, jan. >>> well, i for one of more food and extra layers just in case we are coming to you live from inside a car, this is the mobile weather watcher and coming up after the bre

well the poconos gets slammed. good thing for them. wet snow that could again bring down maybe even some tree limbs, but six to 12 h valley, more modest two to four, even here in the sit at this could now be up to 2 inches of snow on the back edge of this, for jersey, delaware, this is primarily rain, but even there it could get cold enough briefly for little bit of snow. meantime, meteorologist, matt peterson out with the mobile weather. i know primarily seen a lot of rain. how are the travel conditions now? >> good morning, katie, thanks we are out in the mobile weather watcher, rain like you said for the most part, pretty much across the entirety of the philadelphia area, so far this morning, and that means that we're also seeing some ponding on the roadways, seeing some of the spray, as we take a look out of the dash cam of the mobile weather watcher, see big semi, on 611 north headed up toward doylestown area. and when you have tractor-trailers, all of the other cars on the road, and the rain, that spray is coming up, also, seeing

heavy snow from the poconos north. some of the mountain areas will pick up as much as 18 inches of snow. very close to seeing blizzard warnings issued across parts of the suburbs because we're getting close to the criteria for the blowing snow. you can see what's going to happen. winds are still coming in. we have a mix across parts of the jersey area. temperatures for the most part other than the poconos are above freezing. it's meting on impact. at 7:00, you can see a little rain mixing back in. snow extending perhaps all the way to the shore blowing side ways. the winds continue. temperatures still bob freezing by the time we get into 1:00 this morning, we see precipitation starting to end across philadelphia and the suburbs. by 5:00 in the morning, we're clearing the jersey shores be an see the winds come in and start piling the water up along the shore. beach areas looking at coastal flooding threat then. we got a new wind gift gust. 71 miles an hour near cape may. cape may. 66 for lewis, delaware. 56 in wilmingto

the snow is in the poconos and lancaster, as well.hiladelphia it's just rain, as you look closer, you can see the heavier areas we're getting the bands of heavy yellow. if you're in malvern, route 30. it's wet there. downingtown and coatsville not so much. honeybrook you're dry on 322. chadds ford not too bad. media, the blue route you have heavy rain. through the city itself we have rain. 295 right here, north of woodbury in new jersey. watch as you're traveling. the other big issue we have, look at the winds, 33-mile an hour in dover. 3 approximate in cape may. -- 33 in cape may. as we go toward the south we have more winds. it's impacting traffic, as well. we have a powerful nor'easter moving in, the winds increase through the day, we could see downldz -- downed power lines, we have a downed tree on the northeast carter in washington, d.c. amtrak says we could 20 to 60 minute delays, they have two trains canceled already because of a downed tree causing problems in washington, d.c. we have a train in lansdale doylestown line 17 min

roads likely treacherous in the poconos during the day friday. in addition to the snow, we have the winds. wind gusts 50 to 65 miles per hour by friday evening, highest at the coast. that means a good possibility of widespread power outages, a good time to be sure you have the battery in the flashlights. mild, afternoon rain, 56-degrees, rain heavy thursday night, friday, windy and rain changing to snow from the north to the south, the high 44-degrees. saturday, we dry things out. 48 windchill in the 40s. sunday and monday, quiet, 74-degrees. wednesday, the next storm system with rain and a possibility of snow north and west. a lot of information coming in. david murphy will have an update at 4:30. >> thank you, cecily. the 98th annual academy awards are four days away. it's getting close to crunch time. this was a test only a test as they rolled out the red carpet. it's a brief glimpse as they rolled it back up to keep it dry. the final touches are being applied. watch the oscars live with host jimmy kimmel here on channel6, 8:00 sunday night. ♪

it is 10 degrees colder in the poconos. our winds coming out of the north and west anywhere from five to 20 miles an hour, sustain, all depends where you live, rather windy there in atlantic city currently. 17 miles an hour sustain winds at philadelphia international. you bet, making it feel colder we have wind chills in the upper 20's in philadelphia, wind chills in the teens and poconos and wind chillies going to be an issue throughout the day even though we are forecasting high temperatures in the 40's for philadelphia, 46 down the shore and 33 degrees in the poconos. we will have more coming up in your full forecast including the chance for a mid week coastal storm coming up, back to you. >> thanks, chelsea. >>> new this morning philadelphia police are looking for a gunman whom they say shot and killed a man and left another in critical condition, this shooting happened at sixth and spring garden streets in northern liberties just after 2:30 a.m. police arrived to find two shooting victims inside that car. officers rush

pocono, 39.aware valley mid to upper 40s with easterly winds, winds out of the northeast and northwest as the system evolves. satellite and radar, if you look at the streamlines, the little arrows, you can see right there, that's the first low. that's the parent low. now if you look here, you can see the coastal low beginning to form. when that takes over, it taps into tremendously strong winds and pulls down cold air. tomorrow morning, 7:00, cold air taking the lehigh valley and the poapoconos where we see the chae over, philadelphia with dry slotting. a low in the action. it doesn't last long. by lunchtime precipitation is back and changing to snow in south jersey. the evening commute, we are dealing with snow falling, high winds reduced visibility. the system moves out of here by 9:00. philadelphia, south jersey, northern delaware. we are not talking about a lot, a coating to two inches. it's tough to stick. north of landdale through quaker town, allentown, two to four slushy inches, allentown

everybody is above freezing, the exception being the poconos. everybody else 32 degrees which is a good sign. bob brooks has been reporting totions acron new york. south harrison township 3 1/2 inches of snow. hammonton, 3 at any time 2. west deptford, 2 1/2le bit but i was looking at the reports, came into the national toosive a poconos, 26 there everybody else in the mid 30s. the winds are whipping around. 41 miles per hour in philadelphia and the poconos. capern thise jer coastal flooding high tide too be a moderate tide, moderate flooding is expected, high tide we're expecting minor. the worse will occur this morning, this evening,'s high tide will so on andle for the over hours the proximityrom the shoreline. cape cod boston we're expecting high low will pull high tides thee, 30s. out with cloud cover otherwise a mostly sunny day highs in the 40s.45 46, philadelphia. millville, 46. to 45. windchills all day even though we're forecasting highs in the 40s, it will feel like the 30s. 1:00 p.m6, below freezing, north and for icy patch again, lo

winter storm warning for center city philadelphia, stretching in berks county, lehigh valley and poconos as we are just beginning to deal with this moisture and this event, taking shape storm scan three showing thaws moisture building in along the coast dealing with the rain/ snow mix, we have had one going in and around center city philadelphia radar returns indicating wet snow at this point but i-95 wet snow coming from philadelphia into wilmington back into parts of the south jersey and we have had snowfall accumulation this is morning ridley township, delco, 3 inches of snowfall, nottingham chester county, close to three haverford montco up to 2 inches and already at phl an inch and a half of this wet snow. as we head throughout the morning hours we will see snow sleet, rain mixture in the nine or 10:00 o'clock hour and as main energy and lift arrive as we head in the second half of the morning and through the afternoon hours that will transition over to heavy snow for most of as you cross the delaware valley. this is peak intensity of the storm and we could hear a few rumbles of thu

heavy snow falling in the poconos as well. it's going to glide past us and park out here in the atlantic. it's going to bring us some very strong winds as it deepens and strengthens. the highest winds friday afternoon and friday night. the coastal flooding will be right around the same time as the high tides, saturday morning between 8:00 and 11:00 a.m. and saturday night between 8:00 and 11:00 p.m. and the heaviest rain going to be tomorrow night through friday morning. already officials are warning across the entire area if you don't have to be out on friday, don't go out. we're going to go neighborhood by neighborhood to let you know what affects you the most when i come back. >>> two major moves involving gun sales tonight in the wake of the high school massacre in florida. >> tonight raising the minimum age to buy guns to 21. earlier today tick's sporting goodies said it would do the same and stop selling assault type rifles. >> reporter: the seismic shifts on gun sales that tick's and wal-mart was welcome news to custome

tomorrow morning you'll have snow in the poconos.r the refuse us the roads will be -- rest of us, the roads will be wet. the rain changes to wet snow. david has the snowfall map to show you who's getting what in the forecast. that's coming up. >> 641 getting a bit of a hall pass when it comes to punishment. one school district is replacing something with detention with something more zen. >>> an adorable champ is rescued that was once in danger. >>> white house communication director hope hicks announced plans to leave her post in the coming weeks. according to multiple aids her departure is not related to tuesday's nine hour appearance before the house intelligence committee. she admitted to occasionally telling white lies on the president's behalf. she was romantically tied to rob the porter who was staff secretary who is accused of abusing his wives. >>> two runway dogs brought highway to grinding halt. one was captured on interstate 70 in phoenix. the second was captured in a mobile home park. they are trying to track down their

it is specific to the poconos.so thisg to get dumped on is where you would want it, you want the heavy snow to come in the in the all the ski resorts but look at what we're e low end. we could end up with half a foote in your highest elevations. we could end with a quick burst of snow in the city but the main legacy this and the wind and that has been a theme all week long as we've been tracking this.w in e word y with all of these locations but this is the gist of whaty g. take a look. where is your neighborhood? that's what youn th northwestern suburbs you could end up with a quick inch of snow or so on the backside of ge poconos where we would want to he site. looking ahead in th seven-day, deep breath finally we're back to quiet weather, oh, by kendndis not tooking too bad it's just the eezerhat we'll still have that's noticeable. by monday it's out of here, back to awith sunshine. that will be a nice little again breath of fresh air chance chang >> looking forward to it. >> me, too. >> thank you. >> are you th

snowfall potential a major snow likely for poconos five to 10 inches. allentown two to 4 inches. this is still up for question a coat to go 2 inches but if we see that period of all snow we are going to be on the higher end of those totals up to three or 4 inches in some area. overnight tonight steady rain, some heavy, 43 degrees for our day tomorrow. rain, snow very windy, high temperature only at 44 degrees we will have constant winds at 25 to 35 miles an hour and then wind gusts potentially 40 , 50, 60 miles an hour and not just concentrated on the coastline as it is typical of these coastal lows but as far west as city, berks county, lehigh valley and poconos. we could see widespread power outages, across parts of the area combined with that in the poconos we will have heavy wet snow on top of trees, on top of power lines and in the city we could see a concern for down streetlights that could lead to streetlights outages throughout the day tomorrow and things still windy as we head into sat take 48 degrees not dangerously so, breezy on sunday, things start to improve. sunshin

current gusts, 340 in philadelphia. 33 in reading. 37 in the poconos. trenton, 37 miles per hour out of the northwest. the winds were whipping yesterday. hurricane winds, 74 miles per hour. dennisville, cape maynty, 71 miles per hour. mouth of the delaware bay, 68. allentown, 60. northeast philadelphia 62 miles per hour. snowfall, nearly 2 feet in the poconos, wayne, 9, bryn mawr, 8 1/2, berywn, 7 inches. look for a mix of clouds and sun, winds, 46. i'll have more on the possibility of coastal flooding this morning when i come back in just a few minutes. >> utility crews are working around the clock to restore power to several hundred thousand homes. 420 customers are without power. over 298,000 outages reported for their service area. delaware county was the hardest hit. atlantic city 13,000 outages. pse&g, 13,000, delmarva has 23,000 customers in the dark. bob brooks is live in the overbrook section. downed trees are making it difficult for folks to get around this morning. >> reporter: like you said a lot of people without power, trees down all over

so that will be the concern tomorrow especially north and west toward the poconos. but also, we're dealing with the gusty winds and we have a coastal concern. our team coverage continues. chris o'connell live down the shore in ocean city. how are residents preparing? chris? >> reporter: well, scott, whatever nasty weather you are forecasting has already started down here at the shore with some soaking rains and some very gusty winds. it is the kind of forecast people down here at the shore have heard and dealt with many times before. and, yes, they are preparing for a storm. some people out tonight stocking up on whatever they could for what could be a couple long days inside this weekend. up and down the shore towns businesses and homes they are putting out the sand bags. many are spending tonight moving their cars to higher grounds. some boarding up their homes and garages. they are anticipating moderate to major flooding here with four high tides and full moon in the coming days. earlier tonight the townsend inlet bridge between avalon and sea isle that was shut

lehigh valley, poconos and north and west suburbs points just south and east of i95. so definitely going to be a storm that's going to keep things delayed tomorrow. big travel impacts both your morning commute and the afternoon all day it's going to be slow going out there then things improve, strong march, temps back in the 40's, snow should melt quickly. there's going to be a lot out there tomorrow. >> spring forward soon. >> we do this weekend. >> thank you. >>> don is up next. >> the flyers get a boost. we'll tell you why. plus, the sixers looking for a bounce back win in charlotte. sports coming up next. . >>> every time the sixers play they write after another chapter. winning on the road. the answer sitting court side as they visit charlotte. iverson lives there. sixers came in with seven losses with the last nine, mcconnell playing. throwing it up for ben simmons, sxien fourth quarter, joel going one-on-one, with the jay, sixers are in pretty, pretty -- queen city. embiid with 18, robert covington with the best since early december, 22, the sixers shooting 50%

coastal flood warning and winter storm warning for the poconos.h for philadelphia areas north and east. those areas getting the heaviest rain. right now double scan live radar showing the steadiest rain is in the lehigh and berksy and the leading precitation with temperatures in the 40s and 50s and cha over during the day was the hig degrees above nmal. a warm start to march. allentown 52 and cape may with the win off the oce cooler and 46. aocnd tonos 44 a reading 51. future tracker 6 showing as we will be nsifying.e rain by 10:00 have got a heavy till in the 40s witthe i-95 anc easterly wind and not that cold yet. as we head through the overnight hours we get is the transfer of energy to the coastal storm and the winds begin to pick up and tap into colder air higher in the atmosphere and the northwest and the poconos getting a change to snow. and elsewhere a lull in the action and light rain andn as that storm system cranks up a change over to snow at 1:30 nast noon and evening commute a lot of areas you are driving home with snow. that is going

gradient and cutoff for where it is snowing and the poconos will get the bull's-eye 4 to 8 inches of snow up there. and owner snow could coat the grass. and what comes behind this in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. and not bad for now if you want to get out and get things done for the next several hours. >>> lets go to the jersey shore where businesses and residents are expecting flooding at the jersey shore. and john rawlins is live from ventnor with the latest from there. >> reporter: the forecast is that there could be up to moderate beach erosion here. we shall see, they can be pro caution in their execution. and back bay flooding is expected at least in those areas used to that problem but for now it's still quiet here. >> wide expanses of beach with the gray wintry atlantic breaking on the shore. and a sedate warm noon hour a good day for a bike ride or walk the beach. but a coastal storm is brewing and the expectation likely whipped by high wind and coastal flooding. for the folks that live here there is a drill to get ready. get items that could be wind driven t

whether at the shore the city the poconos or the lehigh valley. peak is daytime on wednesday. 9:00 until 5:00. that is really the times we have the height of the storm and the heaviest snow in the northwestern suburbs of pennsylvania and the strongest winds will be right along the coast. and even winds inland are fairly powerful with this storm. as we look at temperatures with the sunshine today. not bad and mid to upper 40s. and low 40s along the shore in dover and doesn't feel like snow right now. as this system ramps up and deepens it pulls down the cold air to flip everything to snow and that happens tomorrow afternoon. satellite 6 along with action radar there is the energy diving down and classic to set up the storm. future tracker 6 showing the rain and snow overspreads the region, snow north and west and rain to the south and southeast and temperatures in the 30s. and stays in the 30s slushy roads in pennsylvania. and wet roads early tomorrow morning new jersey and delaware with temperatures well into the 30s. but then again as that system

lehigh valley, poconos and north and west suburbs points just south and east of i95. so definitely going to be a storm that's going to keep things delayed tomorrow. big travel impacts both your morning commute and the afternoon all day it's going to be slow going out there then things improve, strong march, temps back in the 40's, snow should melt quickly. there's going to be a lot out there tomorrow. >> spring forward soon. >> we do this weekend. >> thank you. >>> don is up next. >> the flyers get a we'll tell you why. plus, the sixersboce back win i. sports coming up next. ♪ we buy any car ♪ any make, any model, any age, any price ♪ ♪ from 50 bucks to 100 grand ♪ we buy any car ♪ any, any, any, any at webuyanycar.com, the gimmicks stop with our ads. trading in our selling your car is hassle-free with just three easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, drive to your local car buying centre. and three, walk out with your check in as little as 30 minutes. so don't wait. get your free online valuation now. ♪ at webuyanycar.com . >>> every time the sixers pl

heavy snow in the poconos. perhaps a half a foot to a foot there. but across the entire area this could turn to snow with the high winds creating white out conditions for tomorrow evening's commute. the radar just showing light rain starting to move across the area. so this is not the big event. the big event is these two pieces of the storm that are going to merge together and park themselves right offshore. you can see the main body. of the storm moving through ohio. let's track what's going to. happen. here comes the storm. look at the timing. the heavy rain moves in tonight through tomorrow morning. 10:30 tonight it's going to be pouring. tomorrow morning the storm system moves over us with heavy ra rain. pulling the cold air in behind. so the snow is going to start tomorrow morning. by tomorrow the highest winds will be in place. we could see white out conditions with some blowing snow. not heavily accumulating snow in philadelphia. could just melt, but it will be blowing around. we see the on shore flooding early on saturday. the winds coming

inch an a half in atlantic city and 2 and a half inchs in philadelphia and poconos 13.6 renrengted in that particular model. stay tuned to evolving forecast especially if you focused in on the snowfall potential in and around the city, south scrzy and down the shore tomorrow afternoon. we're still windy into saturday and things finally start to quiet down as we head into sunday. 47, mix of sun and cloud. much more preferable than tomorrow. >> thanks a lot. >> don surprise next with sports. >> fun night tonight big one hottest neem hockey nraiz south philadelphia and see if flyers could make it 7 in a row and jojo goes toe to toe with i king and >> did lebron james scout area high schools during the all star break for his case. the answer is no. the king denied it. called speculation disgusting. that doesn't mean joel didn't try to recruit him to philly anyway. sixers visiting cavs. jojo and bronbron having all the laughs. 1st quarter we he go watch lebron. so nice we have to show you twice. behind the bang and in between his teammate's legs and he scores and the foul. 30 points, we ne

gustsof 25 miles per hour in the city, 23 in the poconos.ts in reading, 25 miles per hour and 26 miles per hour in dover. satellite six along with action radar, the nor'easter responsible for the unsettled weather, rain, snow and crazy winds along the atlantic. we have a constant flow of air from the northwesterly direction. something else into tonight and overnight hours, a coastal flood warning seaside heights to cape may and areas in delwill be coar thee 12 to 24 hours. the to two and a half waves 14 feet high even into early tomorrow morning. winds, walter, a big issue with the storm start to weaken. details with the seven-day forecast. >> see you then. anytime the storm hits, keep track of where you are by using the free 6abc app. access to live double scan radar and traffic cameras to check on road conditions. fire officials are working to determine how a row home caught fire in philadelphia. the row homes were broken out from the fire. when firefighter firefighters ae scene, the flames were coming from the second story of the home. no

upgraded to warning for many areas including philadelphia county, area to north and west, lehigh valley, poconos, northwest suburbs, all under this winter storm warning that kicks to effect at 7:00 p.m. this evening and goes until 3:00 a.m. early thursday morning. as we likely are to see a significant snowfall across parts of the area, as we head into tonight, especially, through the day tomorrow. temperatures right now, though , quiet. we are chilly, 29 degrees in millville. twenty-seven in ac. 30 degrees if your current temperature in philadelphia, so probably need the winter coat, definitely going to need it tomorrow. storm scan3, showing us, the calm before the storm right now. really nothing to see, just few passing clouds, but up winds, we do have this dynamic area of low pressure, going to see two areas kind of merging together of energy, that is going to bring us potential for significant snowfall across good portion of the area late tonight, through the day tomorrow, into tomorrow morning, braking out the shovels in the lehigh valley, poconos, northwest suburbs, in and along i95. we wil

parts of the poconos mountains will see the snow. this is a live look at a bare mountain out there, poconos mountain resort. a lot of people back in school today, a gray kind of day out there but i'm sure they'll appreciate some snow this late in the spnt our live team coverage continues now with what you can expect in your neighborhood. we begin with first alert meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. glen. >> yeah, rosemary, as you said, there are four different threats for this storm and we have a first alert out for the whole area as a result. and the may threat's from 5:00 a.m. friday till 10:00 a.m. on saturday. this involves especially potential for damaging winds, coastal flooding, heavy rain causing localized flooding and some possible wet snow. for the afternoon rush today, just wet. the rush tomorrow morning wet with some localized flooding. the afternoon rush tomorrow, that's when the main problems may happen. rain changing to snow in parts of the area. heavy, wet snow with gusty winds. and then windy and cold on saturd

what about the poconos. 33 degrees. staying relatively close to freezing for the high today, it will be windy, so certainly feeling chillier in the poconos with that sustain north west wind at 20 miles an hour gusting higher then that at the time, a mixture of sun and cloud in the poconos. when will the winds finally subside? looking at future wind gusts you will notice heading in the 6:00 o'clock hour tonight that breeze will stay with us overnight, a very chilly breeze, it will feel very chilly as you wake up on monday morning, look at what happens by monday night though and into tuesday morning. there is a lot less color here on the map so things will really quiet down wind wise for us, however, behind, the wind quieting down we will have to machine for things as we head into this upcoming tuesday and wednesday, and potentially another nor'easter , on our hands, we will talk about detail about that as we head in the next half an hour. here's you're witness weather seven day forecast, 48 on monday, 47 on tuesday, late

blue mountain in the poconos this morning.hey are expecting self inches of snow this morning changing over. we will update what you can expect in the poconos. here in our area, olde city, it will be the rain, heavy rain, jenny joyce in olde city this morning, hi there jenny. >> reporter: we are seeing steady rain falling. we have in the seen much of that wind just rain, puddles are starting to accumulate here on market street right outside the station. i was checking philadelphia international airport is there always a chance for delays, cancellations but they were even tweeting last night as rain just began falling in anticipation of this storm saying that a number of airlines will be working with passengers, because of the storm, rescheduling flights, waving that cancellation fee, and then change flight fee i know american airlines, delta airlines they are doing just that. my uber driver on the way to work this morning said of course as we are seeing from steve keeley's live shot that new jersey was in worse shape then phill

and that will yield a potenal te elevated in the poconos because of heavy snow. d powder lines and on top of tree branches and high risk per outages down the shore closer to area of low pressure and scattered power outages area wide becausehaven d warning in effect. philadelphia surrounding suburbs and down the shore and.w until 6 a.m. on saturday because we could see wind gusts of 40, 50rbgs even 60 miles an hourors starting tomorw morning. and then pushing into tomorrow those peak wind gusts come during the evening and you unfortunately in the commute could be a tough go and potential of downed trees and wires and streetlights as well could be an issue in the city. along cossal interested interested inning on top of that. coastal flood warnin jerseshore lien and delaware beaches until 2 a.m. sunday and this continue as we head into upcoming weekend and high tide tomorrow morni , at 8:00 in the morning at shore points we could see moderate floodingd mar flooding especially for cape may count next couple of high tide havy at times.night in the 43 and for tomorrow

right around 36 degrees in the poconos with partly sunny skies. and yes indeed, tracking potential nor'easter headed our way by the middle of the week. details coming up, i know, in just a few minutes, meisha, over to you. >> all right, chelsey, thank youment looking outside right now, accident on the roads in the camera shot. looking okay. schuylkill at city avenue, no construction, 95 at cottman looking real nice as is it should on this early monday morning, ben franklin bridge, same story. but, we do have couple every accident out there, one lincoln drive southbound closed before gypsy lane. you will have to use the alternate midvale avenue will be your best bet there. another accident, on theestboun, that just cleared. looking good there. lot of green. exactly what we want to see, no red,no oe bell,ris closed right now between mt. pleasant avenue and pen blue bell pike. you will have to use an alternate. route 73, new jersey turnpike southbound, near burlington mt. holly, right lane compromised there, rahel, over to you. >> meisha, thank you.

the poconos but even toward the i-95 corridor. we'll have to watch out for that.o, the snow, we're talking over half a foot likely toward sections of the poconos. a few wet makes will mix in once we move toward philadelphia and interior south jersey. temperatures in the seven day forecast 44 degrees the high temperature tomorrow. um per 40s for the weekend but wind chills will be in the 30s when you factor in the breezy conditions for the upcoming weekend. so marcuming in like a lion. then by the middle of next week, chilly conditions with wet weather. maybe more wet snow. tom, over to you. >> scott, the calendar does say march 1st that means march madness is not far away. just ahead the hottest team in philadelphia and a reference to deodorant. plus lebron james chimes in on philadelphia, not billboards today but black boards as in schools and whether he's looking at certain somethin' i've noticed over the course of my fishing career is anglers being careless and breaking off their rod tip. don't do that. fish like a pro at the bass pro shops spring fishing class

the poconos blustery and cold. highs around 33 with the wind it's going to feel more like the teens and 20s, like the middle of january up there. coastal flood advisory continues for the jersey shore and the delaware beaches. not only are we dealing with higher than normal tide, but we also continue to see these 8-14 foot breakers on the sand just like this continuing to pound away and create beach erosion. even the delaware bay getting into some of the smaller counties, what you can expect if you have property or live down at the jersey shore. it's this morning's high tide that we're concerned about. it occurs between 8:45 and 9:45 this morning. the tide will run a good foot to a foot and a half above what is considered your normal high tide levels. minor flooding is expected on the roadways that typically flood and the waves are 8-14 feet. this evening's high tide could also be minor tidal flooding but we get into monday and tuesday and everything is back to normal. gray? >> thank you for the update. the surging