. >> reporter: puts me in the mood to go out to the rothman rink and do ice skating which never goes good for me. the ride is going well in most sports. let's get suburban. blue route, 476, southbound come the headlights past a broken down truck. the good news all the lanes are open. bad news, the off-ramp to the villanova is closed because of a single-vehicle accident. if that's your ramp 476 southbound to route 30 exit back to the schuylkill expressway and back to route 3 and exit to broomall for darby. elsewhere on 476, the northeast stipulation, a little bit of overnight construction left southbound off ramp to quakertown. on the east/west turnpike, downingtown in chester county there's work together -- going on in the right lane. new jersey turnpike, work southbound past exit 1 near the delaware memorial bridge was supposed to be wrapped at 1:00 a.m. they are still out there. 295 ramp to 40 is blocked you can get to 40 off the new jersey turnpike if you want to use that instead. mercer county there's construction going on until 6:00 in both directions, south of arena drive. righ

sky 6 hd looking live at the rothman rink at dillworth park. karen rogers has your seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back. >>> mayor jim kenney helped to mark the second day of kwanzaa at city hall. they lit the second candle symbolizing self determination, each of the seven day represents a different principle. it celebrates african-american culture, community and family. karen rogers is here now with a check of the accuweather forecast. breezy and mild out there. >> sure doesn't feel like the week after christmas right? >> temperatures 20 degrees above average today. we are kicking that rain out too. lets take a look at stormtracker 6 live double scan. we are dry in philadelphia and still showers in south jersey and delaware. here is a closer look with double scan and seeing them fading in middleton and chads worth and burlington county. lets go outside and see what it looks like with the action cam early on kelly drive. you see the clouds up above and certainly a damp feel to the the day, it will start to brighten a bit in th

sky 6 hd looking live at the rothman rink.nd it's a good day to do some ice skating after the zamboni gets done. people are hitting the ice. a warm-up is on the way just in time for the holiday weekend. meteorologist, david murphy, live outside with the accuweather forecast. >> it's not here yet the warm-up. now clouds fill in thicker across the terrace and looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan some of those spotty flurries and snow showers we are talking about earlier this morning have arrived.

at the rothman rink it was icy cold. so many make this look easy and effortless.ugh 17-year-old frankie admits to being a bit rusty, the first time on skates in more than a decade. fun in a terrifying sort of way. >> i fell a couple of times and it got easier, the more time i have been around. >> and the nearby christmas village good for this shop, known for hand made items made of yak wool. >> selling hats and woolen gloves. and scarves. >> the market alive with people out with friends and co-workers enjoying the holidays. >> an outing for work to get out of the workplace and have a fun night. >> a popular stop on a fight like this. the chadds ford wine shop think something steaming to hold off the cold. >> the holiday spirit is like the traditional wine that tastes like a hot sangria. >> reporter: sounds pretty good. but the answer jim, people are out here embracing the cold and enjoying themselves but they will have to bundle up tomorrow to enjoy the weather. >> bundle up in those yak wool sweaters. as the mercury plunges check back with 6abc.com/weather for th

sky 6 hd looking live at the rothman rink. and it's a good day to do some ice skating after the zamboni gets done. people are hitting the ice. a warm-up is on the way just in time for the holiday weekend. meteorologist, david murphy, live outside with the accuweather forecast. >> it's not here yet the warm-up. now clouds fill in thicker across the terrace and looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan some of those spotty flurries and snow showers we are talking about earlier this morning have arrived. and they have actually popped up in south philadelphia. what you see popping through will not take long to get through your neighborhood and some of those brought white puffs of snow, could be there long enough to put a coating on the ground and you'll want to be careful and slow it down on the roads, in case there is a slick spot. and hopefully this is not causing you major problems, up in the poconos where we have a better chance of hitting a slippery road condition, the live look shows clouds have indeed gotten thicker, and s

let's go live to where sky6 is taking a look at the river rink rothman ice rink at dillworth park wheredress for this weather it's not that bad. philadelphia right now just partly cloudy skies but we do have a few lake effect snow showers, one little batch moving into exton right now crossing 202 route 100, route 30 and we've got another batch that's right over reading currently. and this is moving pretty swiftly down to the south and east an indication just how strong the winds are and how unstable the atmosphere with this cold air. you step outside, it feels like winter. 27 degrees in philadelphia. the wind chill allentown 25 feels like twenty five in millville, feels like seven in the poconos and satellite6 along with action radar showing that had kind of a cloud sandwich. started the day off with sunshine. clouds bubbling up in the afternoon. now that the sun has set the do you see clouds are diminishing and the winds will be diminishing tonight. so it's going to be cold but wind chills generally in the low 20's so not any worse than last night. 28 degrees in philadelphia, allentown

let's go live on sky6 live hd from our city hall camera, this is the rothman rink at dilworth park, the folks are having a good time enjoying themselves. it feels like ice skating weather out there. it temperatures are on the cool side, but just enough to enjoy. it feels like the season. 46 degrees in philadelphia. 47 in millville and dover. allentown, 44. the poconos, 36 degrees. double scan live showing a big mess across the eastern half of the united states, the snow is flying, the upper midwest, chicago, green bay milwaukee, all seeing accumulating snow this afternoon and heavier soaking rain for the deep south. places like atlanta, nashville, charlotte all seeing rain this afternoon all pushing east over the next several hours. after this passes another storm develops down here in the southern gulf of mexico. and that comes up the coast and brings more wet weather to the region, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, you will see that reflected in the seven-day forecast. it doesn't look like a pretty week. future tracker 6, 5:00 p.m., mainly cloudy we'll see the precipitation overspread the

of course, the city's christmas tree and the rothman rink picked up later today most people have the day off. >> reporter: i like on this morning of the year take a drive down memory lane and talk about the things impacting us on the roads in the last year. 2016 was a big one for philadelphia. we saw the dnc, democratic national convention come to town, that impacted us a lot along i-95 especially. we're live i-95 broad street by the wells fargo center, we saw the restrictions the weight restrictions and the checkpoints leading to the closure of lanes it caused big delays. this morning, no delays along i-95 looking good in south philadelphia. really across the board on the big picture there are no delays anywhere on i-95, the schuylkill expressway or the roosevelt boulevard. keep in mind on columbus boulevard, still just one southbound lane open in queen village because of the water main break from last week. they will continue to work on that today and hopefully by the end of the day we'll have three lanes back in business. route 1 the super highway close to oxford valley road. it w

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sky 6 hd is looking live at the rothman skating rink at dillworth park, we see peeks of sunshine and mild conditions once again and another day where

beautiful holiday scene here, that's the rothman ice rink at dilworth park. it opens at noon, you think anyone is going to skate there today? i'm not trying to tell people not, it is cold. it is the kind of weather made for ice skating with lots of layers. that's a beautiful scene, karen rogers unfortunately on i-95 has not such a pretty picture. >> reporter: there's a rothman cabin where they serve hot chocolate. that's the place to be in the cabin. this is i-95 southbound near the commodor barry bridge, we have an accident involving an overturned vehicle past 320 in chester county. as we look at i-95 you can see from the shot traffic is stopped heading southbound currently blocking all lanes. chopper 6 hd heading to the scene right now. problem on i-95 heading southbound towards delaware if you're near the commodor barry bridge, traffic is jammed in the area. we have speeds showing 12 miles per hour at best. it completes will he stops because of the accident. watch for this accident, i-95 southbound past 320 if you're heading past the blue route you're goin

outside, we're expecting sunshine over dilworth plaza, there it is on our city hall camera, rothman ice rink in the foreground. it's wind out there, but the wind will dry down, for now we're rather blustery. take a look at the temperatures without any wind are bad. 16 degrees in philadelphia. 15 in wilmington. 14 in allentown and reading. 13 in lancaster. the windchills are in the low single digits and down close to zero in some areas. that really is everywhere. down in cape may, windchills around the mid single digits, maybe 5 or 6 is what it feels like. windchill of 3 in philadelphia. bundle up as much as you can. satellite and radar shows a lack of cloud cover so we're expecting sunshine early, a few more clouds pop up as the day goes on. up in the lehigh valley, look for it to be cold. the highs i'm going to show you arrest a little misleading. they will happen around 10:00, 11:00 p.m. 26 degrees is the high in lehigh valley. during the day you'll be in the teens for a good portion of the day and the low 20s for a good portion of the afternoon. same story at the shore, high of 32. stuck

looking live at our city hall camera looking at the rothman ice rink. later on you'll want extra cloths if you're on -- clothes if you're on the rink because it will be cold. wind out of the west/northwest 16 miles per hour. the windchills around 20 across the region. a lot of spots in the upper teens, definitely bundle up. you can see the cloud cover is off to the north and west of us be we'll start out with sun and there's the possibility of cloud cover popping up later in the day. overall we're going for a bright one, unfortunately, cold. 32 by 10:00 a.m. noon, we'll be in the mid 30s and feel like the mid 20s. might be bright through noon. in the afternoon, clouds are possible. 39 is the high, even then feeling like the upper 20s. basically take the temperature and subtract ten from the these numbers and that's your windchill. 6:00 p.m., 33 degrees, blustery and cold. the high temperatures, 39 in allentown, 40 in reading. not much of a range today. 39 in trenton, and philadelphia. 41 in wilmington. down the shore might get a couple of spots 41, 42 d

as we look outside, we have the sky6 live hd city hall picture of the dilworth park and rothman ice rink and the christmas tree in the background all lit up nice. it's a cold start. we have winds that will give windchills in the mid to upper 20s across the region. get that coat and maybe extra gear this morning. future tracker 6 shows you we'll be mainly dry, if you're in the poconos and the lehigh valley there's the possibility of a flurry and snow shower popping through at times. this is lake-effect snow coming across the state from the great lakes because of the strong blustery winds we'll have buildings in. at 78:00, we have a chance of -- 7:00 p.m. we have a chance of a snow shower up north. the big story will be the chilly winds and cool conditions. 34 degrees, the winds building after sunrise in particular. 10:00, 37. that's the 8:34. noon, 40, we'll get the high of 41 around 1:30 p.m. or 2. the winds will fall off this eveniing but you'll want a coat with the testers dipping into the 30s. the winds will gust up to 30 or 40 miles per hour. it's a hold on to your hat and steering w

sky 6 hd is looking live at the rothman skating rink at dillworth park, we see peeks of sunshine and mild conditions once again and another day where temperatures are above average as we head into hanukkah and christmas. and a little bit of soggy weather for us as well. melissa magee is outside on the terrace with a quick check of the forecast. >> reporter: hi there rick soaking up the sunshine while it lasts across the region, it's nice and mild on this friday, we are above average. the typical high is 43 and 44 in the city and 41 in lancaster and 44 chilly in the poconos and 45 for millville and atlantic city season dover coming in at 44 degrees. if you step out later on today maybe doing travel by road we have you covered. the weather looks to be okay. 4:00 p.m. the number coming in at 44 and 5:00 p.m. 42 degrees and partly to mostly cloudy skies and 6:00 this evening at 41 and upper 30s on the way at 7:00 p.m. tonight and mostly cloudy skies. here is what is heading our way. stormtracker 6 live double scan radar 3-d you see the snow to the north in omaha and minneapolis and press

we are live with sky 6 hd taking a look at the rothman ice rink at dillworth park and they finished cleaningup and the zamboni moved on. you will want to bundle up tonight. today was so degrees above normal and factor in the winds it feels like 37 in philadelphia and the same in trenton and 36 in atlantic city and 33 in wilmington and 35 in reading. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we are had a fair amount of sunshine and a cloud deck moving through now and that is eroding during is the overnight hours and partly cloudy skies and temperatures a little cooler than last night. 30 in philadelphia and allentown 27 and wilmington 28 and cape may 33 degrees. friday looking fantastic if you have last minute shopping to do and traveling and high pressure is to the south and that means lots of sunshine to start the day. and we see clouds streaming in late in the afternoon and temperatures cooler than today. 46 degrees and still that is about 3 degrees above normal. and pretty mild for late december, heading into saturday we get a weak disturbance pulling in and that brings us morning rain

looking at the rothman ice rink. you see a lot of folks really enjoying themselves and the holiday lights all lit up still on this tuesday evening. the high in philadelphia well above where we normally should be. the average is 42, 64, one degree shy of tying the record. saw in lancaster and 59 in cape may and 55 in trenton. the 24 temperature change showing it's 10 degrees warmer in philadelphia than yesterday and allentown and trenton 5 degrees warmer than just 24 hours ago but things change into wednesday. here is satellite 6 along with action radar there is that front that came through earlier today triggering showers across the region we have an area of mostly clear skies that heads our way. it's star lit tonight and a bit a breeze and dropping down to 30 in the suburbs and 35 in philadelphia for the low. the northwesterly wind and physical feel and be much cooler tomorrow. for the second half of our work week high pressure is in control and partly sunny and cooler and 44 for a high and then into thursday, we ar

rear-view mirror but still looking nice there at dillworth park with the christmas tree and rothman ice rinkght of kwanzaa in the books and third night of hanukkah. i hope you're having a nice holiday season. we're looking live at the schuylkill expressway. pretty nice this morning. little bit damp out there but overall traffic is moving fine here in king of prussia. headlights coming eastbound toward gulph mills with no major problems as you continue east you can get on the vine street expressway this morning. it was not closed overnight. crews remain on their holiday break. 33 will return and stop that holiday break tonight at 11 o'clock and at that point they will close the vine in both directions. had a crash this morning in upper dublin but it just cleared out along dreshertown road at flick drive. to replace it there's word of a new crash we're watching in chester delaware county along second street, 291 and this is the scene on the new jersey turnpike looking a whole lot better than it was last evening here close to the delaware memorial bridge toll plaza. we had big southbound delays

taking a live look there, the view of the rothman ice rink at city hall.ul christmas tree on the sky6 camera. it's not such a bad morning out there. just feels like a typical december morning but i'm bracing myself because i know that's changing. >> polar vortex that everyone is so terrified about. >> i hate that term. >> and i hate going through it. >> look, it's cold air coming, okay. [laughter] >> all these other terms drive me crazy. storm tracker6 live double scan, there you see we're dry this morning as we take a look outside we are looking at sky6 and there is center city from our temple university camera atop morgan hall looking south along broad street and a little bit of cloud cover beginning to gather steam across the region this morning and it does look like we're going cloud up today. your temperature currently as tam said it's pretty typical for a december morning, 35 degrees. the winds fortunately not all that strong only at 7 miles per hour so we don't need to worry about a big deal wind chill. dress warmly though. a lot of suburbs down aro

. >> now our city hall camera the christmas tree at dilworth park, some people will hit the rothman rinkce sunday, but things are changing. chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when we come right back. >> in texas a woman was killed and seven others hurt when a semi trailer crashed into a bus carrying high school cheerleaders. the bus was heading home from a football game when it was hit. a 52-year-old cheerleading sponsor was killed. three people remain hospitalized, two in critical condition. four others were released from the hospital yesterday afternoon. >>> let's take you to texas now, where a woman has given us the latest example you should not do when you see a road covered in water. the woman with her young son in the car got half away across the san antonio bridge when her call installed. firefighters tried to reach her with a ladder. they inched the truck closer to the car and smashed the back window pulling the woman and her child to safety. this is amazing. the incident drove home the warning, turn around don't drown. >>> 10:12, let's get you ca

taking a look at the rothman river rink at dillworth park. 36 degrees on city avenue getting up to theday and then the cold sweater going to start moving in later in the week. >> let's find out what things are looking like in terms of your commute and go on over to matt pelman. good morning. >> so weather-wise definitely looking better than yesterday morning. it's dry out there. so you might think oh, this is going to be a breeze. well, you'd be wrong because of overnight construction unfortunately and usually overnight construction has at least a little bit of an impact. this project is having a major imimpact on the traffic this morning. it's along the schuylkill expressway between the roosevelt boulevard and montgomery drive. it's been overhead sign work that they've been doing overnight and at this point you've got the two right lanes get buying on the westbound side of the schuylkill expressway. on the eastbound side it's just the shoulder that's topped traffic head toward montgomery drive and toward center city. so, eastbound you're seeing a pretty substantial delay coming away f

you can head to the rothman rink ginning at 11:00 a.m. to ice skate.2 in wilmington. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we're watching for freezing drizzle possible in the lehigh valley. cloudy and drizzle at times, high of 50. we don't reach that until after sunset. most of the day you're in the mid 40s. tomorrow an early shower you're watching for the warm day, 60 degrees for the high. much cooler on wednesday, 43. thursday, early rain and 49. friday, windy and colder again, 40 with the chance for a snow shower north and west, the temperatures go up and down, matt. >> recycle your christmas tree, i tweeted out a link for the philadelphia streets department where you can drop it off for free next week. ♪ >>> welcome back to "good morning america" live from times square. ♪ ♪ >>> we have a great audience here this morning. i have to say a very enthusiastic. >> that's right. very enthusiastic. they've been given a lot of caffeine. christmas was just 24 hours ago. many of us are still recovering. how was the holiday? we appreciate you being her

for folks to do some ice skating this is our live sky 6 hd at city hall looking at the rothman institute ice rink and temperatures now pretty nice where they should be for this time of year but we have the arctic air waiting in the wings starting to move into the northern plains now. 4 in bismark and 2 in casper, wyoming and temperatures in the 40s and friday afternoon the combination of temperatures in the 30s and wins gusting to 35 miles per hour create windchills like this. windchills generally in the 20s, starting friday morning and many areas with windchills in the teens and time to fine the heavy winter coat you'll need it. 45 degrees down from the high of 47, 1 degree below normal and allentown 42 and beach haven 45 and wilmington 42 degrees. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we have started the day with clouds and a little bit of drizzle and the clouds breaking in the afternoon and now we could see nothing worse than partly cloudy skies and temperatures dropping down to 34 in philadelphia and wilmington 32 and cape may 37 degrees. it's a dry night. thursday a day of transition,

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we are live on sky 6 hd this is our city hall camera looking at the rothman ice rink at dillworth park, people are out there getting exercise and you don't have to bundle up too much it's not that harsh but the winds are picking up and feeling colder, we have reached the 50s earlier this afternoon and now down to 48 degrees in philadelphia, the same in wilmington and 50 in atlantic city, and 43 in allentown and 44 in trenton but what you really feel is the winds, winds gusting close to 30 miles per hour. out of the northwest so those temperatures are really deceiving, windchills are in the 30s and dropping into the 20s as we head through the evening hours. satellite 6 along with action radar showing that we started the day way lot of cloud as head of that front that rolled through around lunch time, behind it lots of sunshine and tonight's skies will be clear. unlike last night when we had the cloud cover and an atmospheric blanket tonight it will be on the chilly side. 30 in philadelphia, and allentown 27 and wilmington 28 and cape may down to 33 degrees. the day planner for your frid

we as we look outside we have cold conditions out there, cold enough to keep the rothman ice rink frozen without any aid as we are down in the teens across the region and staying below freezing straight through into tonight. our sky 6 city hall camera showing you that. the winds have died down to 10 and we're looking at a windchill of 4 and the suburbs lower than that. bundle up this morning. lots of sunshine on the way early, maybe clouds later on, again, the winds dieing down a bit as the day goes on. the temperature will struggle, 15 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 17 by 10:00 a.m. 21 by noon. 3:00 p.m., 25. usually 3:00 p.m. is what i tell you the high is going to be. 26 by 6:00 p.m. the high of 28 won't come in until 9:00 p.m., so p.m. -- 10:00 p.m. winds dieing down, but very cold through the afternoon. 26 in allentown. 27 in reading an trenton. 28 in wilmington. 30 in millville. 32 in cape may. and then we get snow overnight, by 11:00 p.m., the model wants to stay dry, but sometime after midnight we're looking at snow sweep up the i-95 corridor and mainly in the northern suburbs is where the

live on sky6 taking a look at the rothman ice rink at dillworth park. of people out there getting a little exercise enjoying the holiday season. >> [inaudible] >> adam right there looks pretty good. he's been practicing. and there's monica right there. all right, temperatures right now if you're heading out, you do want to bundle up. it's cold. 24 in philadelphia, 22 in allentown, 26 in cape may. wilmington 24 but this time yesterday we had wind chills generally in the single digits. now just a little bit of breeze out there. does create a bit of a wind chill but wind chills most of the region in the teens but compared to yesterday it's not quite as harsh. satellite6 along with action radar showing here's that snow. this is the leading edge of a storm system that will really bring us a mess over the week. as it moves in tonight it's cold enough for snow but then it will be pulling in a lot of mild air so future tracker showing if you're heading out tonight looks like the snow should be holding off until after made night around 1 o'clock we have some sno

looking live at the rothman ice rink next to philadelphia city hall as folks enjoy ice skating. we started the day with the threat of freezing drizzle but tomorrow quite the opposite. we'll see plenty of sunshine and the possibility of 60-degree weather, how about that? meteorologist melissa magee in for cecily tynan at the big board with details. hi melissa. >> hi, monica. big changes heading our way as we get into tuesday. right now if inn philadelphia 44. cooler to the north and west, just 35 in allentown, 33 in the poconos, the upper 40's down across areas in southampton here's the change that's headed our way. if you look off to the west you can see we've got a bit of a warm front that's snaking across the region so 60 already in pittsburgh and 70 degrees in charleston, west virginia and this warm front will continue to lift through the north as we goat throughout the rest of the night and into tuesday. which means temperatures will be on their way up. the evening planner showing you we're up to 47 by 7:00 p.m., the upper 40's as well at 8:00. at 9 o'clock a mostly cloudy s

. >> and stepping outside sky6 hd is looking live from city hall at rothman ice rink.issa magee has the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast coming up. >> ♪ fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. so in the 3.7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. ...his friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song... ...his sister can live stream it... ...while his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just $79.99 per month online for the first year. cable can't offer that. only fios can. >> meteorologist melissa magee is here now for a check of that holiday forecast. >> we're ready for the holiday weekend. >> we are ready. some of us have some shopping to do but a good day, good weekend to be hitting the stores. >> yeah, there's a little bit of wet weather early tomorrow so maybe you can wrap the gifts and then get out with that last minute shopping. >> gift bags. [laughter] >> put it in the bag. we'll show you what's go

. >> let's take you live to the rothman ice rink near city hall philadelphia.rologist cecily tynan with that exclusive accuweather five day forecast when "action news" comes right back. festive. >> uh-huh. >> ♪ >> time for accuweather now at the "action news" big board. >> meteorologist cecily tynan way check of the forecast. looks like we're really about drop that number in temperatures. >> oh boy. >> thursday is going to make the past weekend seem warm. we have a lot of very cold air on the way. tonight not that bad. live on sky6 taking a look over the commodore barry bridge. the moon 98 percent illuminated. it will be full tomorrow night kind of reflecting off the delaware river and temps today above normal for a change. 50 degrees was our high. that's 4 degrees above normal, 48 degrees currently in philadelphia, reading 42, millville 38, cape may 44 and trenton also 44 degrees. satellite6 along with action radar slowing the front that brought us the morning soaking has moved off to the east. now there are a couple systems i'm watching. there's weak low pres

it's also a time to enjoy the holiday season and all the city has to offer like a trip to the rothman ice rink in center city. >> i hate the cold but today we made the a fun day out of it. we did ice skating checking out all of the holiday things so trying to make the most of it. >> we're having so much fun i'm not realizing how cold it is. >> reporter: but we can tell you that it is indeed cold. not everyone dates to hates the cold. some people say the more cold bring it on, they enjoy it. they technologies want to see snow. they also say it's an excuse to cuddle but on a serious note we should remind you that that code blue is being enacted by many places. it's an attempt to keep the homeless safe. find that information on our web site 6abc.com. live in center city, gray hall channel6 "action news." sharrie. >> y-staying safe is the key and adam did issue that cuddle alert a bit earlier in the week. all right, gray, thanks. >>> the cold temperatures are welcome news for ski resorts in the poconos. sky6 hd giving us a live look here at spring mountain where they started making snow this morni

sky6 live hd over city hall and dilworth park there, you see the christmas tree and the rothman ice skating rink. where is the snow. >> reporter: the rain is coming down, let's get you outside, let's get you that shot, you can't make out the skyscrapers in the background, we have low ceilings and patchy fog starting to settle in. the rain is coming down steadily across the a large portion of the area. let's flip it over to the radars, there we go, you can see the pocket of green across the state of new jersey and southeastern portions of pennsylvania. we'll make a couple of zooms over philadelphia county. very heavy rain from riverside in cherry hill, new jersey, and other side of the river, jenkintown, willow grove, moderate rain. the tail end is actually off to the west, you can see like reading, appears at which e coming to an end here. allentown picking up light rain or drizzle. but more is on the way. temperatures, now, we have a warm front in the process of lifting through. all these numbers will start climbing here over the next couple of hours. 38 degrees, fairly chill in the lehigh vall

at the screen, what a beautiful picture there as folks are gathered in center city at the rothman ice skating rink to enjoy the holidays there, a great day to go ice skating. >>> a secret santa has made 200 families happy in western pennsylvania. a woman walked into a walmart with a 46,000-dollar check on behalf of a man who wanted to pay off the lay aways there. >> i got home from work today and my daughter played the messages before i got there, and she said most of them, i said, did anybody call. she said yeah. am i going to be upset or mad? she was like, well it's going to make you cry. >> what a great act of kindness. many cried in joy and gratitude as they picked up their items. many want to know who their secret santa is so they can thank him personally. >>> greg bach has been living inside the giant red kettle in michigan for a week, he will not leave he said until he raises ten thousand dollars for the organization. bach has a heat lamp and blankets and radio that place christmas music 24/7. people have been stopping by and bringing him foot along with the donations. >> a chicago family a

for sights and sounds of the season: from the ice rink to the new winter garden maze.ow this enchanting centerpiece came to life! the rothmannd now live from philadelphia's city hall, 6a's >> hello everyone and happy holidays! >> we are on phila hall's west apron, and even with the rain, dilworth park is just beautiful! >> the philly holiday tree is all aglow behind us, front and center in the park, this year, rather than tucked into the dacoling tree is the centerpiece of mayor jim kenney's inaugural philly holiday festival.

rink to the new winter garden maze. and the story of how this enchanting centerpiece came to life! the rothmanute presents: philadelphia celebrates the holidays and now live from philadelphia's city hall, 6abc's cecily tynan and rick williams. >> hello everyone and happy holidays! >> we are on philadelphia city hall's west apron, and even with the rain, dilworth park is just beautiful! >> the philly holiday tree is all aglow behind us, front and center in the park, this year, rather than tucked into the courtyard, so everyone can see and enjoy it. >> and that dazzling tree is the centerpiece