potts town has quarter moo ill visibility. it's improved some if lancaster. one mile visibility. never been an issue for trent on on mount holly or wrights town, millvale is a different story. that low lying fog this morning. the fog will be out of here. you will lose your sunglasses, you won't need a big winter coat. a jacket this morning, breezy umbrella. the rain has moved out of the area the last few drops move through earlier in brownsville. a few scattered showers than what we saw. what we will see a huge warm-up. middle 50s for bethlehem, penns burg, cleveland. more sunshine for souderton. into the low 60 for millford, millville right up to 60 degrees this afternoon. bright sunny skies this afternoon after a few scattered clouds this morning. close to the 50 degrees mark in philadelphia. 58 for wilmington and newark and if this is not warm enough for you, stands by, with have the 7-day forecast coming by if ten minutes. >> thank you. the morning news out there on the roads, it's foggy. >> >> with that weather, people may be walking to work, if you are not, jessica has a loo

we are also going to see cold temperatures. 45 in potts town, 45 in allentown, 51 degrees in atlantic city. the radar is showing quiet conditions. high pressure is rebuilding. we're not tracking more rain into the region. you will be fine as you head out for fireworks our wind speeds range between 10 to 20 miles per hour. sunshine, breezy and mild. our temperatures between 53 degrees. as we head into tonight. i know you are planning for new year's eve. with that wind speed, it will feel closer. philadelphia is colder north and west. i'll go over what to expect tomorrow. expect the first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> we are rough the roadways. we are not seeing as much of volume. we are a little ahead of time right now where you would start to see some delays, usually around the 6:30 mark or so. can you see 95 around girard avenue, southbound lanes are in here. vine street expressway, no problems or delays there. we do have that ramp closure from 95 northbound, though, right around this point at girard avenue. out in montgomery kwuntdy, police activity on the scene. we h

you can see that wind direction. 66 in potts town. we're at 69 in wilmington, 2067, 63 at the atlanta city airport. 66 degrees currently in woodbine and 71 in lewis. a closer look shows by 18:00 a.m., we will see temperatures continuing to rise, but also, we're going to see a chance of showers, mainly near cape may and the southern parts of delaware. for philadelphia, you notice scattered showers if allentown. these will all move ahead into our late morning hours. a few more stray sprinkles around 10:00 p.m. we will not see what we had yesterday. we definitely have a chance at showers. highs around the region, low 70s in potts town. mostly cloudy skieser, pecked and record warmth. we will stay warm as we have christmas day. i'll have that forecast coming up for you in about ten minutes including the 7-day. >> brittany, thanks for that. it's 11 minutes past 4:00 him some people are getting ready, some getting ready while scurrying around. >> reporter: right, the 42 freeway, not a lot of people scurrying. we do have folks out and about

. >> good morning, a little patchy fog, this morning, closer to potts town and lancaster. those are the only areas of concern we add in allentown, dun to half a mile visibility. everything else looks clear, all points to south jersey and along the shore. temperature wise, 25 degrees in allentown, 50 in wilmington, 48 degrees in mount holly. radar shot shows, we have all the pushing off shore. we see cooler air moving in. that means our temperatures will drop a little closer to average by tomorrow. today we will still be about 10 degrees above average. here's a closer look at your city planner. by 9:00 a.m., 48 degrees, by noon 49. today's high 52 degrees. eventually our highs will push into philadelphia. 50 degrees in millvale. 51 in atlantic city. we say nice and tie into today and the next week or so. that's good for our fireworks tonight. i will go over your temperatures for new year's eve, right now, we want to check in with first alert jessica boyington. >> a lot of people on vacation. at school as well. you can see the schuylkill expressway. we are doing okay. from t

right now, we're seeing temperatures already at 66 degrees in potts town, 60 degrees in the poconos. 69 in philadelphia. 69 degrees in feast philly. woodbine is at 67. 65 in millvale. our temperatures close to 70 degrees. our 24 hour temperature change showed we are up 15 degrees in the poconos, up 12 degrees in allentown. 13 in potts town, 14 in doversville. you can see the warmer air has moved into our overnight hours. by the time you wake up, it is going to be mild. so you can turn the heater off, open the window. as we head into the afternoon, temperatures will be in the mid-70s. we're tracking a chance of showers into your late morning hours, we will go over details and how much cooler we will be on christmas eve. right now, let's check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> we are on the schuylkill expressway. we are good to go, east or westbound, no construction projects right now. eastbound from the blue route to the vine street expressway. we're at a 13 minute drive time. we have some changes for septa. listen up. this is a lot of information right now. .

in potts town, 50 degrees in wilmington, philly same thing. our radar shows all that rain has pushed away. we are going to see a cold front, coming through, our temperatures are closer to average by tomorrow. we will see windy conditions. high pressure rebuilds. >> that means we'll stay nice and dry. temperatures throughout the region will start off in the 50s for south jersey. along the shore line. eventually everyone warming into the day. the planner shows 49. 9:00 a.m. 47. our temperatures at 45 degrees by noon. we range between 53 degrees today. some sunshine, breezy and mild, also, windy conditions expected. as we head into tonight for new year's eve, temperatures by 18:00 p.m. 46 degrees. at 10:0042, by midnight, 78 degrees. because we seen the breezy conditions, we will be closer to 34, 35 degrees. keep that in mind if you plan on staying up late. i am tracking western storms for you today and over the week what you can expect. that's all coming up this my full forecast. >> thanks. >>> 11 minutes past 4:00. traffic has been light this h

even in allentown, potts town, visibility down to 8 miles. we are down to 7 miles in northeast philly. down to 8 miles in mount pocono. mount holly 51. 47 degrees in wilmington. we are a little more than we are now. radar shows we are done with all the rainfall that moves in late last night. as we widen out the pick, we see high pressure is not going to build. we actually expect to stay dry as we head into the next week or so. we are going to see temperatures by 10:00 a.m. at 48 degrees. so dry for us today. some sunshine moving in. . breezy and mild. you they the wind direction out of the northwest. cooler air and stick with us today and tomorrow into the weekend. i'll go over more details on what you can expect for new year's eve and new year's day, in my 7-day forecast coming up in ten minutes. >> thanks. let's take a look at the roads. >> including the boulevard. jess what boyington has a look at that. >> we're not seeing much of anything, at least in terms of traffic. right now, we are looking at broad street, you can see barely a car in

potts town up 13 trees in philadelphia. so you will notice a difference you won't need a javenlth you will probably need a hooded light jacket because we have a chance of showers. you can bring your umbrella today. 66 if reading. 65 in coatesville. 68 in wilmington, 70 degrees in northeast philly. 68 in mount holly, temperatures in woodbine at 67 degrees. our satellite radar shows some showers are slowly pushing into parts of delaware. we see the brunt of the moisture offshore. our next round starting to move in from the west and the southwest. as we go into the rest of this morning, you will notice some scattered showers will develop closer to south jersey to shore and closer to delaware. by 10:00 a.m., scattered widespread shower activity expected. not heavy rain like yesterday. we see another thin band move through closer to 3:00 p.m. we have a slight chance of showers. temperatures drop to 70 on christmas day, that's still well above our average, close to 30 degrees above average. i'm have your 7-day forecast coming up

millvale, 58 i skating degrees. 67 in potts town.ere's a closer look at the records. 64 degrees in philadelphia for today. 65 in atlantic city. low 60 for allentown, these are the records for wilmington, 63 if reading and the poconos, 62. you take a look at the forecast high, we will be in the 70s. the biggest difference is the forecast high for philadelphia at 76 degrees. so a closer look shows the clouds also the rain moving back into the more than parts of delaware, to the west of philadelphia. some of our suburbs seeing sour activity. we have more of this weather on its way. we will continue to see light showers as we head into the rest of today a. close look at our future-cast shows those showers. you see showers embedded. most of the showers will be quick moving on and off showers as we go into the rest of today. shouldn't be as heavy as we saw yesterday. take it easy, we will be dealing with some shower activity on and off throughout your late morning hours, lightning up a bit toward the afternoon and evening. i'll have more d

it tapers off for allentown, potts town and philadelphia. stand by for a rainy one, cloudy skies and rain, occasional downpours. the temperatures will warm in spite of the rain. upper 50s to low 60s today. don't expect that to last into the weekend. the cold moves in tonight. tomorrow morning, 47 trees, windy conditions tomorrow, not much of a warm-up. just a one degree, 48 degrees. then it gets colder with stronger winds on saturday, winds of more than 30 miles an hour will keep temperatures in the 30s. it will feel like it's in the 20s. we will drop into the 20s sunday morning. 27, the morning temperatures. great the high. gametime for the eagles. it looks like it will be around 40 degrees sunday evening. then a warm-up next week. by wednesday afternoon, the 23rd of december. it will be 66 degrees. >> wow. >> let's check 76 and your ride to work. >> how is the schuylkill looking? >> the schuylkill is looking okay. though, we are seeing a slight delay of about four or five minutes as you head eastbound on 76 into center city philadelphia. s

down to half a mile in millvale and potts town is seeing the fog as well. as far as the showers are concerned. it's fizzling. with a warm-up. the fog will disappear very quickly. 48 degrees. by 11:00, we're looking at sunny skies, temperatures in the 50s and in the 60s by 2:00 this afternoon. parts of the area will make it into the 60s today. we go through this forecast neighborhood by neighborhood, jessica buyington is watching

our 24 hour temperature map shows we are up 15 degrees, 14 if allentown, 14 degrees in potts town. you will notice the difference when you step outside. it feels nice out. we are more than 30 degrees above average. we are in the low 40s this time of year. sthiet rad satellite radar pushing into south jersey. >> that will be the trend as we go into the next few hours. we expect to see a few scattered showers throughout the day. closer to 9:00, we'll see more moderate downpours for cape may. other than that, it will be spotty, widespread light showers heading into the rest of your morning and early afternoon hours, by 3:00 p.m. another round. you notice those temperatures keep climbing. now, let's check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> a few things going on, possibly slippery conditions out there. blue route, right center lanes are blocked right now due to an accident that pops up, a few moments ago, now 295, we are dealing with this right hand shoulder around the black horse pike, partially blocking that off-ramp. we have police activity on the scene right

conditions are starting off in the 40s for allentown, 45 degrees, same thing in quakeer town and in potts town and reading. >> that comes in from the northwest. we're at 45 degrees in coast am. 46 in wilmington, we're at 61 in woodbine, today's temperatures will range between 50 and 53 degrees. 52 will be the high in friday. dry. it could stay for you. as we head into tomorrow, i am tracking cooler temperatures. let's check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> well, take a look at this. this is one of the first new year's celebrations happening for 2016. they are already happening in some parts of the world. this is a like look him are you looking at right here from new zeal. it is just after midnight there. you see they are ringing in the new year with the last fireworks. and we will have those fireworks here as well. first, let's take a look at our roads. jessica. >> and lauren, yeah. we just actually had a disabled vehicle clear out of the way on route 309 right now. right here on the shoulder. not a lot of traffic moving through the area, for right now. we're expectin

look at the 30s for reading and potts town, the 43 degrees the current wind chill for philadelphia. we see the clouds clear out. we get sunshine. check out the wind. westerly at 20 miles an hour, gets stronger at 11:00. 47 degrees, really about the same we got, topping out fear 50 degrees at 2:00 this afternoon. neighborhood by neighborhood forecast, back in ten minutes. katy zachary has your first alert traffic. >> much different this morning than the last. just cool crisp morning. tiepgs are proceeding crisply on the roads, volume is picking up. things are going at a good clip t. 42 freeway, right at the new jersey turnpike. we are seeing some brake lights headed northbound. so i wanted to check drive times. looking good, especially if you are headed nort bound between route 55 and the walt whitman bridge. speaking of area bridges. everything is free and clear of issues, unlike yesterday morning. in new jersey in bass river township, there is an accident on route 9 near north maple avenue. so be aware of that. a new crash into our system. this is in montgomery county in the landsd

so we've gone from 25 above normal to only 15 degrees above normal. 55 in allentown, reading, potts town, mount pocono 48 degrees. there were more records set just after midnight so philadelphia sets a fourth record in a row. wilmington another record, allentown, trenton, georgetown, delaware, adding to the records we had yesterday. this is one difference from yesterday. it's pretty windy. a 24 mile an hour sustained wind in philadelphia right now gusts up close to 35. and that's going to be one of the stories today. because you can see the wind diminishing as we go through the evening. the temperatures slowly dropping as we go through the afternoon but, again, that's still pretty mild for the middle of december. we'll seexgywíÑ@xqr=,utedoing vp heavy rain with the seven-day i0 >>> the day care is telling parents to make sure to bring the kids inside the building and report suspicious activity. police say they plan to patrol the area. >>> a philadelphia police officer could be released from the hospital today after he was injured in a hit-and-run. investigators say the officer was respon

so a chilly start, 30s to the west, low 40s for potts town, now 47 degrees in philadelphia.ots of sunshine, but the wind will stay with us right on through this afternoon. >> all right, bill, thanks. now, let's check with katy zachary. >> we have that accident i told you about 25 minutes ago in the pottstown. there is a delay. it will take you about 15 minutes to go between route 29 and 76 there. >>> tonight a project in the broomall had some residents worried about losing some forest land. more than 200ing aers at sproul and reed road to be developed into a town center, that includes stores, offices, townhouses and pa park. philadelphia will hold its annual tree lighting tonight t. pair will flip the switch on the tree. there will be performances from the cast from "the christmas story" the musical and the grass quintet. in camden, they will hold their annual tree lighting in front is of city hall. free parking and free cocoa and carollers. we'll have another update in 25 minutes. you can always get news and weather on our news and app. now back to the "today" show. i'm tra

potts, nbc ws, washington. anwhile both sides take to wa today... marco rubio heads to central at the courtyard marriott. then john kasich heads to town later tonight... he'll host a town hall meeting at lakeside center. that's at 7:30. and hillary clinton stops in iowa city and mason city for winds will stay strong today and temperatures will be falling. the day is beginning in the mid 40s, but we'll drop to the 30s during the morning with a brief rebound to it will be even colder tonight with lows in the 20s across the a car gives you freedom. room to grow. and in time, room to grow up. your dream car evolves, and protecting it takes committed support. nation's second largest school

potts in washington, now back to you. decision 2016 coverage: a republican rising in the polls senator marco rubio is in iowa city this afternoon meeting voters after a town hall with veterans in west des moines this morning. the most recent monmouth universty poll has him in third place in iowa behind ted cruz and donald trump. we wanted to interview rubio one-on-one in iowa city, but his campaign told us the senator did not have time to oit down with us. rubio campaigned in michigan yesterday -- where he was critical of the president's speech the other night.. not literally. i refuse to call stop being so discriminatory. end of speech. donald trump also weighed in on the president's speech about terrorism. "we can't be politically correct stupid people. we have a no way that a normal president can make the speech that he made trump has been taking heat from both sides of the aisle over his plan to keemuslims from coming into the u-s for now. which is something the democratic frontrunner touched on during her stop waterloo. "we have to enlist help from ideology they represent. instead donald trump is supplying them with new propopganda." clinton toured t

i'm tracie potts in dozens of people converged on new york city hall yesterday to rally against donald trump in his own home town. city lawmakers and faith leaders came together to denounce trump's proposal to ban muslims from the u-s. new york's city council speaker sent a letter to community leaders, urging them to unite to oppose trump. neither trump nor his campaign have commented on the protest. trump's comments have been denounced by democrats, activists, and his rivals in the g-o-p presidential race. meanwhile, students at the university of virginia in charlottesville are combatting islamophobia with a small gesture. muslim students gave out hugs in response to statements made by donald trump. the students say they believe trump himself is harmless, but his message is dangerous. they say they are most concerned about people who believe donald trump's message as fact. michigan yesterday... spending time in a state not among the traditional first-voting states that normally attract presidential candidates. the florida senator spoke to backers in an airport hangar near detroit.. before attending an evening f

potts, nbc news, washington. rubio's two events are in muscatine and knoxville. and not topping the polls...but in eastern iowa today...ohio governor john kasich. he's holding a town hall at the waterloo center for the arts tonight at six. fear of muslims and defeating isis are among the topics hillary clinton discusses in eastern iowa. the democratic presidential frontrunner was in iowa city for a town hall meeting. she sat down with ron steele for a one-on-one yesterday, and said she's concerned with the way "this attitude that is, unfortunately, being trumpeted by the republican candidates, led by mr. trump, is not only shameful and not in keeping with our values, it's dangerous. it's playing right into the hands islam and the rest of the she says her plan to defeat isis does not involve sending american combat troops to the area. if you need healthcare coverage come january first -- tonight's the deadline to sign upthrough the federal marketplace. this is an extended deadline -- due to overwhelming demand. hundreds of thousands of americans picked plans in the last few days - and call center workers have been called more than a million times. the deadline is m

potts in washington, now back to you. decision 2016 coverage: a republican rising in the polls campaigns in eastern iowa today. city this afternoon meeting voters after a town hall with veterans in west des moines this morning. the most recent monmouth university poll has him in third place in iowa behind ted cruz and donald trump. we wanted to interview rubio one-on-one in iowa city, but his campaign told us the senator did not have time to sit down with us. rubio campaigned in michigan yesterday -- where he was critical of the president's speech the other night... here's the gist of the speech in stop being so discriminatory. end of speech. donald trump also weighed in on the president's speech about terrorism... "we can't be politically correct stupid people. we have a that a normal president can make the speech that he made the other night." both sides of the aisle over his plan to keep muslims from coming into the u-s for now. which is something the democratic frontrunner touched on during her stop american muslims, muslims around the world, in defeating the radical jihadist and the hateful ideology they represent. instead donald trump is supplying the

congress left town, lawmakers passed a budget that includes more than $600 billion in tax breaks and the solar and wind energy industries were among those that benefit, but as nbc's tracey potts report, some in washington say wind energy is an older technology that doesn't deserve the breaks. >> reporter: there are wind turbines spinning in 39 states providing about 5% of the country's electricity. the energy department says producing power with natural gas and coal may be less expensive, but wind is cleaner. >> it is a lot more than just economics. it's about leaving for our children a cleaner environment. >> taxpayers have been subsidizing oil and natural gas production for decades and more recently green energy sources like wind and solar are getting tax breaks. this latest one-year extension for wind supports 73,000 jobs. >> that includes jobs in construction, in development in maintenance and also in manufacturing. >> reporter: one group that advocates for limited government calls a tax break corporate welfare. >> they're spending millions of dollars lobbying congress in order to split these extensions of the wind production tax credit into these end of year deals. >> ha