but yes, all ought blizzard, pretty nasty, pretty cool on the skydeck.k inside, we will check in with our weather watchers and see what's happening. again, temperatures, it is cold, we have the cold air in place. obviously supporting snow. look at the widespread low in mid 20's, we will check out some of the backyards here, lawrenceville, peter at 24 degrees, 22 in philadelphia, at phil's house, in cart inning ton, bill has 25 degrees, keeping you in the mid 20's, in orland, and chesterfield, new jersey, also mid 20's, and bath, little colder there, 20 degrees, cherry hill, new jersey, 24, and look at that mid 20's in clementon. so how much snow are we talking about so far? again, seeing a lot of reports, six plus already. look at that, now over a foot, cherry hill, new jersey, measured hereby lynn springer. again, try to take three measurements, and average the three there, and see which one or what it comes out to. don't try to measure in the drift, as well. there is a lot of winds blowing there. dover, delaware, coming up at a foot, perkasie, 9 inches

of your screen, but first the latest on the conditions, katie in the weather center, justin on the skydeck. >> also, meisha keeping an eye out on the roads, first, we start with katie and get better idea, just how the storm is performing, kate. >> i oh, it is over achieving for sure. definitely a big one. and it continues to pummel us here with not just heavy snow, but, also, the blowing and the drifting that's taking place, not it mention over my right shoulder. you can see the rain coming in at least where that cut off line takes place. now, as we go right back out to storm scan3, notice, first and for most, only finding rain, generally off shore. say for sussex county, basically snow, everywhere else. a little hint right on the tail end of this loop, though, of some drier air starting to sort of get slot in the here. so, in other words, we look sort of at the snapshot of the current some of the heaviest snowfall coming down where you have got the darker shades of purple. what we find with that, those little bands sort of moving and ever changing throughout the morning. which is why a br

and we're measuring almost a foot on the cbs-3 skydeck at the moment. let's take a look at storm scan3, again, you can see, we've got heavy snow just blanketing the entire area. and it is really coming down specially north and west right now. so we've actually tweaked our snow map just little bit. moved the 18 to 24, as katie allude dollars to earlier up toward the lehigh valley. we do think you will get the 18 to 24, as well. see the dry slot develop about an hour ago, it is filling in on the back edge now, but you will get a break-in some spots. so right now in south jersey, salem, cumberland county little lull in the action. that's filling back n notice it is raining like crazy down in southern delaware, sussex county, toward rehoboth beach. heavy snow all the way back into lancaster. back toward harrisburg, as well. and this is far from over. we're going to be dealing with this, again, all day long. the worse of the conditions into mid-afternoon, then gradually, gradually, tapering off later this evening and tonight. snow amounts again 18 to 24 inch

getting your day started with a check on your forecast, katie live on the cbs-3 skydeck. coat and scarf, more seasonable, i think. >> brought the the gloves and everything. chill in the air for sure, guys, certainly feels much more like it should for a change, we've been awfully spoiled as every late with the exceptional warmth that we've experienced through the holidays, and now we're starting to finally get a dose of reality here, you know? but thankfully not reporting any kind of storm potential at least not initially here, first days of january 2016 are looking awfully tame. so we start thing offer by taking outside, show you view hereof storm scan3, remains essentially empty, pinpoint waist going on down there, baltimore, dc, ground clutter showing up. not a concern in terms of precipitation. we have no concerns for precipitation actually for the majority of the forecast. still few clouds out there. they are higher up in the atmosphere. and it is actually when they are lower to the ground that they look a little bit more difficult to see here on saturday light. so, t

want to check in right now with katie on that frigid skydeck. get her back in as soon as possible. meisha just really talking about the cold this morning, ladies. >> yes, good morning. freezing cold out there. the roadways are look okay. we do have two accidents right now that popped up. i'll get to knows in just pavement over arching theme, start your cars early have, an emergency kit, katie you're out there. how is it feeling? >> definitely frigid for sure. again, want to bundle up adequately when you hit the road today more than anything it is the wind, that's always the xfactor, always the one that just makes it feel so much worse. when we walk out the door. you know, when you have these casino every temperatures, and no wind, it is not that bad. it is tolerable, but the win goes through ooh bones. nice clear sky, allowing the temperatures to bottom out. the wind picking up, could actually feel it through my ear piece so i know you hear it, too. out here blustering like this again makes it feel so much colder. these are the numbers, you got couple of goose eggs for feels like v

all right, it is 12:07 right now, we do want to check on the forecast with lauren out on the cbs-3 skydeck it looking out there? streak of nice sunny days to kick off the start of the week, but those sunny skies came with bitter cold temperatures, not feeling too bad out here right now this noon hour. 42 degrees the current temperature if philadelphia, also, not dealing with any windchill, nice, calm winds, and mild day in the poconos, 41 degrees, 1 degrees shy of the philly temperature, little breeze there, having impact on that feels-like temperature, 36 what it feels like right now in the poconos, temperature change, over the last 24 hours, we are in the positive numbers at all of our reporting site, up to about 7 degrees in philadelphia, from this time yesterday. and we're going to continue to warm things up over the next several days, and as we head specially into the second half of the weekend. storm scan3, shows us clearer skies to the north and west of the city, clouds still locked in place, in philadelphia getting you off the rest of your day, doing chores, hitting the roads, gett

for more on that we send it out to justin on skydeck. >> morning, katie. that's right, classic nor'easter, we will get it all, heavy rain and snow and certainly winds. >> good question came in facebook, heavy or wet snow? temperatures around freezing, slightly snow. typical mid-atlantic snowstorm. ratio ten to one, that means 10 inches of snow to every inch of liquid. that's really somewhat of a weather snow, not the true heart attack snow but not going to be powdery. good for making snowmen and making snowballs as well. as far as the amount go, 12 to 16 inches still, not whole lot of change in the forecast map around philadelphia and sub suburbs, further south and west you go, cecil county maryland toward baltimore amounts go up. then the numbers start to drop. further north lehigh valley and poconos and into south jersey. still couple of wild cards to talk about with the snow amount. watch that northwest zone, where does the heavy snow ends? that could shift north or south as well. also, see snowfall rate one to 3-inch per hour, if you get stuck under on

so little -- first look at your forecast with meteorologist, justin drabick out on the skydeck. >> nicole, feeling whole lot better out here, winds calm, maybe little breeze, five to 10 miles per hour, a loft sunshine, so it actually feels pretty good. finally temperatures return above freezing, and just warming trend really for the next several days, there you go, 35 degrees, current temperature if philadelphia, wilmington, 37 in millville. after this morning, they were around 7 degrees. thirty-six palmyra, 33 doylestown. back to near average for average, compared to 24 hours ago, anywhere from about seven to 15 degrees, warmer, so that's a sign of that warmer air mass, pumping into the delaware vale, each day gets little warmer, the winds, really not issue at all, no harsh windchills this afternoon, so it does feel better, if you are headed outside maybe taking down the christmas lights on your house. quiet, compliment of high pressure locked into dry weather pattern through the rest of the week. enjoy this afternoon temperatures where it should be early january, 40 degrees for the high

coaster ride coming up temperatures wise, we check in with lauren casey in for the katie out on the skydeck, how does it look? >> real nice, were you saying for late january day, i'll take this, sunshine, just little bit of breeze. temperatures up into the 40's, so not too bad. you still need the winter coat but feeling pretty nice 41 degrees right now, your current temperature in philadelphia, we're at 45 down the shore, and that's not too chilly in the poconos, 30 degrees, but bit of breeze, pushing the temperature to 20. see i crease in the clouds as we head into the evening hours and in a city and point south and east. but, for your day planner, the rest of the day, we are going to keep around some nice sunshine for the next couple of hours, 42 degrees, as we heed in the 3:00 hour then scaling back into the middle 30's by 9:00 this evening with few more clouds, and we do have chillier day on the way for tomorrow. bump things up when we get to the ends of the weekend, coming up in just a couple every minutes. >> warm up sounds good, lauren, thank youment magestic roll of niagara falls co

institute chief astronomer, derrick pit this morning, such great guy, as we looked out from the cbs-3 skydeck. >> ii noticed when looking, that's mars, right, the the red one? >> that's mars. >> the redish tint. is that hard to spot sometimes if it is a little cloudy out? what kind of conditions should you look for when trying to get outside and see the planet? >> just like this morning, clear sky conditions, will let you see these planet without much difficulty. here's one little truck. >> let's hear it. >> how do you tell the difference between stars and planet? >> no idea. >> stars twinkle. plan ends don't. >> there you have it. fun fact for your wednesday. eye also learned be able to see four planets in the sky next year, but they won't be as high in the sky making it little trickier. so really prime time for sky gaizing for about the next, and look so cool to look outside and see the planets. nice and clear to see that. >> yes, tonight not so much. some clouds rolling on in, then get ready for the storm. >> big story. >> getting closer and closerment storm hasn't developed yet, still com

let's check in with justin drabick, out on the skydeck for kate think noon. you real dow notice that chill when you walk outside. >> yes, just not used to it, the first true arctic thayer we've dealt with all season long, whole month of december has been above average. now finally bringing in below average temperatures for the start of january, and if you're way from the winds, like i am, kind of sheltered by the north breeze it, doesn't feel too bad in the sun, sun's pretty strong, but it is down right cold. the air temperatures, upper 20's in the lehigh valley, berks county we're at freezing now at the airport in philadelphia, mid 30's in south jersey, and again, these are the actual air temperatures, not factoring in the winds, same deal, in the northwest suburbs, and also, mt. holly, new jersey, 31 degrees. here is the problem. it is the wind out of the north, sustained 15 to 20 miles per hour, so it is bringing the windchill values down to the teens to about 20 degrees in philadelphia. that's going to be the trends through the rest of this afternoon. the

we have to go out to the skydeck tomorrow morning, katie.ca urie, venus, saturn, mars, jupiter, visible for 40 minutes right before sunrise. >> sunrise these days? >> about 7:20-ish. >> expert say the first time in more than ten years that all five of them will appear together. that show in the sky, as they are calling it, will last for about a month, so if you miss it tomorrow, you got couple of more days. >> opportunity. >> we'll be right back. >> coming up later today on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 tax season can mean tax fraud. jim donovan on your side with a irs scam already defrauded one church pastor out of tens of thousands of dollars we have details tonight at 5:00. >> local school getting ready for national reading day later this week with a special check presentation, master i charter shoemaker campus presented when 4,500-dollar check from clinton's. the mondayly go toward books for students at the nine master at this charter schools in our region today not a great day to curl up with a novel, looks like plan to me. >> that's "eyewi

katie is out on the chilly skydeck, meisha inside in the traffic center. we've got her checking and tracking it for you. >> good morning, guys. weird to think it is weird that snow is coming. isn't it? it is just the weird factor. katie i thought about it this morning. it was so cold i was actually surprised snow wasn't on the ground. >> definitely cold outside. like you said, we haven't had any systems that have had enough cold air with them, to produce the snow. and that is exactly what we were trying to outline in our winter forecast when we made it a couple of months ago, the fact that we need the told air to be here, if we're going to get any casino of not just snow, but any kind of big snow. but here is a interesting statistic. it gets little word i. so pay attention, guys. >> this season so far we know this much. we haven't had any snow at all, not even trace. this thus far is tied for the tent latest first measurable snow. make sense? in other words, any season that's actually had snowfall through the course of the season because we've had seasons

today, wind speeds are calm, right now, so not dealing with the win chill impact out here on the skydeckt as we head into a specially lunchtime, we will show that you in your future wind gust this morning, wind light. by lunchtime boom. they're up gusting around 25 miles per hour into our afternoon hours, gusting potentially to 30 miles per hour in the city, 35 miles per hour down the shore. soap, with cool high temperature today, it will make it feel like it is in the 20's, as throughout much of the afternoon hours. still wind gusting as we head into the midnight. if you have the friday night plans, want to bundle up then finally head into tomorrow morning, those winds start to relax, but what to expect this morning, a few icy spots with the temperatures, sub-freezing, cold, that breeze picking up for the second half of the morning, and then this afternoon, just down right windy with the chance of few passing snow showers, justin, i think we could see one. snow showers moving through could reduce our visibility briefly. again, not looking at widespread snow activity in the forecast, but

getting your day started with a check on your forecast, katie live on the cbs-3 skydeck. coat and scarf, more seasonable, i think. >> brought the the gloves and everything. chill in the air for sure, guys, certainly feels much more like it should for a change, we've been awfully spoiled as every late with the exceptional warmth that we've experienced through the holidays, and now we're starting to finally get a dose of reality here, you know? but thankfully not reporting any kind of storm potential at least not initially here, first days of january 2016 are looking awfully tame. so we start thing offer by taking outside, show you view hereof storm scan3, remains essentially empty, pinpoint waist going on down there,

it is definitely cooler, and i can tell you just being out here, on the cbs-3 skydeck i feel the breeze and it is making it feel colder. >> skyscrapers, slightest breeze can feel like much stronger wind, between those buildings. but for now, we look at the last 24 hour temperature difference, you have shaved ten to 15 degrees off for what we were yesterday on the thermometer this very same time. so colder start to the day. as it reflect on the thermometer readings down to the 20's, below freezing here in to mount pocono. notice also the wind direction, and frankly the wind speed. not terribly strong, but it is enough that you notice it. because it is from the northwest. even it could be just lightest breeze, it is still will make it feel colder because it is coming from a cold place. so factor that in, chilly day, expect high of 44 at best, the average high on january 1st is only 41. so, yes, it is closer to average, but technically, guys, still above the norm. by handful of degrees. we'll change that moving forward in the forecast, discuss how cold it will get coming upment back to you

outside on the freezing skydeck. still no coat on. meisha inside keeping an eye on the roads. >> good morning, yes, kicking off a brand new year together thing looking so far so good. i have to say the roadways justin so far looking nice and dry. so, i think that's even exchange. taking a little bit colder, that's fine, but keeping it dry, super nice. how is it feeling out there? >> i'm with you on that, yes. just locked into the dry weather pattern, it is cold, dry, and when you get the air masses pretty much just stays dry. we see decent amount of sun today. just not going to help the temps out that much. might even get passing flurry in some spots. but when protected by the wind, where i am right now, not that bad. gets into the winds, feels pretty coldment check out current temperatures, to go terribly cold in the morning, it is 34 at the airport, 28 up in the lehigh valley, allentown, 19 mount pocono, where they are making snow up at the resort, good news, prime snow making conditions for the next several days. so skiers and ride

want to check in right now with katie on that frigid skydeck. get her back in as soon as possible. meisha just really talking about the cold this morning, ladies. >> yes, good morning. freezing cold out there. the roadways are look okay. we do have two accidents right now that popped up. i'll get to knows in just pavement over arching theme, start your cars early have, an emergency kit, katie you're out there. how is it feeling? >> definitely frigid for sure. again, want to bundle up adequately when you hit the road today more than anything it is the wind, that's always the xfactor, always the one that just makes it feel so muchse

the shore point, for more on how much we're actually looking at, we send it out to justin on the skydeckh more. >> reporter: good morning, katie, that's right, not whole lot of change coming up in our snowfall forecast, as the storm still on target to arrive later tonight as you saw and it is developing right now over the gulf states. check out the snow map again, official cbs-3 snow map again, looks like the hardest hit areas, the i95 corridor, 12 to 16 inches every snow, then go little farther south and west, into cecil county maryland, part of extreme western chester county, potentially 16 to maybe up to 20-inch of snow, then the amounts drop off the farther north you go, as you get away from the heavy snow, then across southern new jersey, where we are anticipating mixture every sleet and rain coming in along the coast. still got to mention wild cards could impact the snow ability. watch that northwest cut-off zone. there will be sharp edge to the heavy snow, how far north does it go? and also, you get the band, a lot of dynamics with the storm system, so there could be heavy bursts

katie out on the chilly skydeck, meisha in the traffic center checking the roads, and very differentcene later today. finally seeing some snowflakes. morning, ladies? yes, about time. right? for many people. i could personally deal without the snow. i'm just be honest, i love it, but a loft people love it so it is coming. but katie from the sound of it it, won't stick around? >> definitely not. one of the classic clipper systems that bridges in reinforcing blast of cold. doesn't have a lot of moisture with it, but it does come along with some of the white stuff. it will be the first time we've seen it so far this season, that's what makes it special, i would say, this time around. but let's start things off b

a lot of folks headed back to work, back to school, justin outside on the freezing skydeck. still no coat on. meisha inside keeping an eye on the roads. >> good morning, yes, kicking off a brand new year together thing looking so far so good. i have to say the roadways justin so far looking nice and dry. so, i think that's even exchange. taking a little bit colder, that's fine, but keeping it dry, super nice. how is it feeling out there? >> i'm with you on that, yes. just locked into the dry weather pattern, it is cold, dry, and when you get the air masses pretty much just stays dry. we see decent amount of sun today. just not going to help the temps out that much. might even get passing flurry in some spots. but when protected by the wind, where i am right now, not that bad. gets into the winds, feels pretty coldment check out current temperatures, to go terribly cold in the morning, it is 34 at the airport, 28 up in the lehigh valley, allentown, 19 mount pocono, where they are making snow up at the resort, good news, prime snow making conditions for the next several days.

long now, the eyewitness weather forecast updating snow totals and tracking the storm, justin on the skydeck. >> meisha keeping an eye on the road, but let's start with katie. good morning, kate. >> i good morning, guys, yep there is storm system pretty much a shore thing at this point, in fact, now we do have as we just heard the anchors mention blizzard warnings to deal with. as well as winter storm warnings, so everything that had been a watch, has been upgraded for us, but look at this, we are clearly not alone here, this is an expansive slot of winter storm watches, warnings, and of course the blizzard warning. notice we are the ones, in baltimore, in the blizzard warning right now. so it is pretty much going to end up being for us, where we end up seeing the bull's ey

katie out on the chilly skydeck, meisha in the traffic center checking the roads, and very different scene later today. finally seeing some snowflakes. morning, ladies? yes, about time. right? for many people. i could personally deal without the snow. i'm just be honest, i love it, but a loft people love it so it is coming. but katie from the sound of it it, won't stick around? >> definitely not. one of the classic clipper systems that bridges in reinforcing blast of cold. doesn't have a lot of moisture with it, but it does come along with some of the white stuff. it will be the first time we've seen it so far this season, that's what makes it special, i would say, this time around. but let's start things off by looking at very empty storm scan3 here at the moment. all it takes is one zoom, however, you can see things starting to ignite back across central, western pennsylvania, this looks a lot worse than it actually is, folks. the actual snowfall intensity, very low, couple of hundreds of an inch, per hour, is what is verifying as, so it is not really strong, or heavy, or something

justin drabick is out on the cbs-3 skydeck.cast. >> yes, today probably one of the warmers days out of the next seven. talking first real true hit of arctic air coming at us late tonight and certainly for monday and tuesday, but cold this morning, sun is up, nice clear skies, not bad start to the sunday. big travel day today. looks pretty good. battling sun glare throughout the morning. no storms coming at us across the mid-atlantic and northeast. freezing at the airport, mid 20's, in a lot of the cold spots, especially up in the lehigh valley, interior south jersey are dropped this morning. twenty-three at this hour, in quakertown. winds, good news, pretty much calm to maybe about 5 miles per hour. so, no nasty windchills just yet. it will be different come tomorrow and certainly on tuesday morning. there is storm scan3, nothing happening, clear skies, full sunshine, pretty much today. few clouds roll in tonight, with the auric cold front. this morning it is clear, it is cold, 20's, three's, temperatures, quickly climbing up i

justin dray brick out on the skydeck with eyewitness weather, justin, chilly work week forecast?> that's right. it is cold outside right now, get used to it, it will be colder the next few days, winter weather lovers you will love this forecast coming up specially on monday and tuesday. now, here we are waking up sunshine right now, but temperatures cold, just agree above freezing at the airport, but, all the suburbs below freeze this hour. just outside the city 24, up in allentown, reading, 27 in wilmington, 29 in trenton. and, palmyra new jersey still at 30 degrees, 26 in doylestown, a lot of frost as well, you will be scraping this morning. winds pretty much calm to about 5 miles per hour out of the weeing southwest. this winds direction actually key today. talking highs, fifth greeks, before the cool down late tonight into tomorrow. storm scan3 quiet. mostly sunny conditions throughout your sunday. so big travel day, this morning, cold, 20's, 30's, responds nicely to the sun, afternoon high of 47 for philadelphia, upper 40's at the shore, mid 30's in the poconos, then the coa

meteorologist, justin drabick, out on the cbs-3 skydeck with eyewitness weather, justin, feeling morenable? >> reporter: it is, jan. actually temperatures below freezing, only happened couple of times so far this season, at the airport in philadelphia. but, at least the wind is pretty much calm. so typical january morning. temperatures in the 20's, 30's, that's going to be the trend even into the afternoon. at least we're quiet, that's the trend really the next several days. so if you have travel plans throughout the weekends, looks pretty good. thirty-one at the airport, 33 allentown, mid 20's, though, some of the colder suburbs, interior south jersey, pinelands, millville checking in the mid 20's at this hour, 33 in willow grove, mt. holly, new jersey, you guys at 34. so again, little bit after breeze, maybe five to 10 miles per hour, that's bringing the windchill values down into the mid 20's, some of the coldest spots, does feel like 15 up in the poconos at this hour. but again nothing terribly cold for early january, pretty much where it should be. there you go. storm scan3 nice

now it is about 6:30, center city philadelphia, and meteorologist, justin drabick now on the cbs-3 skydeckith eyewitness weather, justin, good morning, looks like frigid forecast. >> yes, finally winter has arrived, and there is a loft winter fans out, there hoping for some cold conditions. you'll get it, the next couple of days. today in the so much. actually going to see brief surge of miler air, nothing terribly warm, not talking record highs, but we get back to the upper 40's, it is cold right now, a loft locations below freezing at this hour, airport like yesterday sitting at freezing, 27 in wilmington and trenton, mid 20's up in berks county, lehigh valley, again, same deal out in the suburb, wind pretty much call. 5 miles per hour or less, little windchill out here, this is what it does feel like on exposed skin. low to mid 20's, so throw the gloves on if you are headed out early this morning, storm scan3, nice and quiet. we will be seeing a loft sunshine today. that will help warm the temperatures up pretty rapidly. so in the 20's, 30's, this morning, but into the afternoon, mid an

so, again, you know, right on cue here, back on the skydeck as breeze starts to blow, sort of chills to you your bones, make sure the nice heavy winter coat is one of your accessories as you hit the road today. >> absolutely little code owes will need to be bundled, as well, hand i mo monday, just waking up with us, so glad your area here, live look outside 422 eastbound headlight moving in the eastbound direction, trooper road, one of the areas we always look at. it starts to heat up fairly quickly basically anywhere i look we are starting to heat up push toward the 6:00 hour. we can expect that personally on 95 those of you 95 moving in the southbound direction, 422 eastbound, before trooper, looking good, just steady flow of headlight out there. now, this is where we do have accident involving injuries. pottstown pike, this is at lenape crossing, south of 724 and by the way this is by coventry mall, for those of in you and around this area who know where that is, point of reference for you, again, any accident that we know that's involving injuries have flashing light out there. i

meteorologist, justin dray brick out there on the skydeck with eyewitness records. freezing but feels very, very cold out there this morning, right? may get breeze five to 10 miles per hour this morning, adding to the cold, but overall just typical early january stuff. weather is quiet. casino of boring forecast. a lot of sunshine. that's great news. been dreary the past few weeks. thirty-one at the airport, we are below freezing from. hasn't happened much at all this season. thirty in wilmington. thirty-three up in allentown, and then some of the suburbs same deal, below freezing in pottstown, this hour, at 29. so this is what it feels like on exposed skin in philadelphia, when you get that breeze, 25, 23 in millville, new jersey, 17 up in mount pocono. nice and quiet on storm scan3, travel plans, through this weekend, look good with the dry conditions. so, what to expect this morning? clear skies, cold, 20's, 30's, the afternoon, will be climbing up to low 40's, so typical early january day. high temperature 43 for philadelphia, mid 40's at the shore, low 30's in

but even here on the skydeck, not dealing with much wind at all, it is very, very light, so, what that tells you, is that it is not too harsh, it is cold enough to warrant the heavier layer, meisha, a but we should stay dry for the majority of the day, start to see the clouds building in. >> good news about it being dry today. thanks so much, katie. good morning, everyone, happy it is friday, happy you're with us, shear live look outside. where we have an accident, on the platt bridge westbound. twenty-two lanes it looks like or the right lane rather, is blocked, it could be compromising, looks like everyone squeezed over to one driveable lane. authorities see, kind of foggy out there, out of this camera shot. as you can see, certainly causing slow downs, everyone putting on their brakes. just keep that in mine if you have to take the platt bridge any time soon. blue route headlight moving in the northbound direction, looking good, far cry from the shot that i just showed you, looking good, there boulevard headlight in the southbound direction at fox street, also another area that stil