. >> reporter: we have a little bit of rain starting to creep up into southern delaware. it might clip south jersey aoff the coast. not a big deal. out to the west of us, thinner clouds we expect the cloudy start to transition to a brighter afternoon. 51 in millville, and trenton. 47 in allentown and reading. these numbers are on their way down and won't come back up in the afternoon. 46 by 6:00 a.m. it could be cooler by 8:00. 46 degrees by 8:00 a.m. temperatures are not going to come back to the current 51. looks like by noon we're at 48. we mate get up to 49 by -- we may get up to 49 by 3:00 p.m. sliding back to 44 by 6:00. i'll have the more on the evening e plans coming up. >> reporter: come baby-sit i have evening plans. you're good to go on the vine, the construction crews have gone. in olney, we have fire department activity here, north 5th street is blocked near rockland. stick to masher to get around the fire crews. turnpike westbound looking good. all lanes back open now that the construction has left. mcdade boulevard, southbound traffic heading toward i-95. a

there are the showers that scraped southern delaware and cape may county pushing offshore right now, here is what to expect today, 3:00 p.m., 50 degrees and mostly cloudy skies and some sunshine peeking through and 7:00 p.m. 46 and 9:00 p.m. 43. partly cloudy skies and the windchills will be in the mid-30s at midnight. for this time of year nice and dry and partly cloudy and you'll be able to see the fireworks and that is good. here is what to expect for the mummers parade, dry and bright, but breezy, the windchills will be in the 30s but the temperature will be 38 degrees, by 1:00 p.m. 44 and by 5:00 p.m. 42 degrees, a great day for a parade just bundle up a bit with the windchills in the 30s. here is your exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we are seeing some sunshine today mixing with the clouds with this new years, 51 for your high at midnight 40 degrees and tomorrow partly sunny skies great for the mummers 46 degrees and a cool breeze with windchills in the 30s, saturday seasonably chilly and 43 and great sunshine on sunday and 43 degrees, we get the full sunshine back and

stormtracker 6 live double scan looking around the area, we are dry and have showers clipping southern delaware and cape may county and see them off the coast and no problem now, lets go outside. the action cam was capturing lots of clouds and peeks of sunshine here or there above our city this morning. a good start to the day, temperatures started at 50s and hovering at the same all day long. 57 in allentown and 51 in trenton and wilmington and millville. 50 in cape may and 51 in atlantic city. and normally we have -- satellite 6 along with action radar we are seeing breaks in the clouds and not quite getting that. some spots with see the clouds thin. we see a whole lot brighter and the past 10 days are damp and dreary, and the rain is staying down to the south and clips parts of delaware and parts of cape may county. and looking at the numbers as to what to expect. 3:00 p.m. 50 degrees with sunshine and mixing with clouds and 5:00 p.m. 48 degrees and partly cloudy skies and 7:00 p.m. 46 and 9:00 p.m. 43 the overnight low is 46 degrees, when are you ringing in the new year tonight, partly clou

we're watching for the possible sprinkle or shower crossing southern delaware arrest cape ce may county, new jersey. that's probably not until tonight, though. we had fog that was thick in spots, but that's gone at this point. 351 degrees currently in philadelphia. so we are getting better over 50 degrees with light winds which helps. 51 in allentown, 50 in reading, 52 in wilmington, 50 in sea isle city, we'll add 5 or 6 degrees to most of the temperatures to get to the high. in philadelphia, we'll go to 56 well above the average high. the 56-degree low is above average pattern so we're in the above average pattern we've been in for the entire month. we mentioned a sprinkle that might come through south of us later on tonight. we're watching an area of low pressure that will drive most of the rain to the south and the low doesn't intensify until it is so far off the coast that it cannot push any more than a little bit of nighttime rain in delaware and cape may county. it might be cloudy at times because of the passing system. i'll have the rest of the day and tomorrow's forecast and cha

satellite shows showers popping up from the south that might clip southern delaware and cape may county before they roll out to sea. most of us maintain no worse than partly sunny skies and right now you have mainly sunny conditions across the region. the highs across the area. 53 in allentown. 54 in reading. 54 in trenton. only 54 in wilmington and dover. in urban centers in philadelphia, we'll get 56. millville will hit 56, as will atlantic city. not much wind and a good looking day. here's how it rolls the rest of the day, 56 is the high around 3:00 p.m. still holding on to the low 50s by 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m., 47, cooler there. and 44 by 9:00 p.m. dipping to 46 degrees for the overnight low. clouds increase i don't expect a lot of cooler suburbs to go far below this, there could couple of spots around the freezing mark overnight. light winds and chilly enough for coats this evening. satellite, there's the big area of precipitation main line missing us to the south maybe clipping southern delaware. and then we have this second system a little disturbance in the atmosphere that will sta

but it continues to be heavy in southern delaware, sussex county. this will be moving toward the northeast. and into delaware bay and perhaps crossing into salem and cumberland count anies in the next couple of hours. more down to the southwest that's going to be on the way here. and then more back in southwestern virginia. meantime, this system could be affecting us tomorrow with at least a shower, thunderstorm producing tornadoes in indiana and tornado threat down to alabama. unusual for this late in the season, too. watch these temperatures go up as we go through the evening. 8:00, goes up to 64. and 11:00, 67. if that is the case, that would set a record. 70 in dover by 11:00 tonight. and it's 70 in philadelphia, middle of the night. by tomorrow morning. get up, it's near 70 degrees. showers around. some dense fog. and there comes more showers tomorrow with temperatures in the 70s for a good bit of the day. we're not just talking about an hour or two. we're talking about much of the day being around 70 degrees. we done see that very often either

storm tracker6 live double scan showing that we do have some showers in southern delaware and off thepe may. that's from a coastal storm that's really going to be missing us but it has been provide something cloud cover and that cloud cover making another gorgeous sunset. mary tweeted me this photo from center city overlooking the schuylkill and you can see the longer wave length colors, the orange and reds and yellows really reflecting off the cloud deck tonight, another beautiful sunset. temperatures definitely have been on the warm side. today's high 57 degrees. that's 9 degrees above normal. we're coming off our second warmest november on record and december temperatures so far a whopping 6.3 degrees above average so great for the heating bills. not good news for the ski resorts, not only in the poconos but if you look at the snow cover in new england, you have to go he to northern maine to find more than 3-inches of snow on the ground. if you look at buffalo, no snow on the ground at all. the latest in 116 years to have no measurable snow and they will not be getting snow this we

so we may get some more rain in the southern areas. delaware and extreme south jersey over the next several hours. so we do have that threat of rain. but several other threats on the timing on that, along with big changes next week coming up in a few minutes. >> the warm weather was another excuse to get outside and finish that last-minute shopping. >> time is running out now. cydney long joinings us now. >> reporter: i can tell you, a handful of the serious procrastinators are out here. the parking lot is still full, dozens, if not hundreds of cars and many say they wait until the last minute to do their christmas eve shopping. they blame it on work or they just love the adrenaline rush of waiting until the last day. >> one, two, three -- >> reporter: home in new jersey from kuwait, they're all smiles about being together. the last-minute steals. and this blessing of warm weather. >> it's amazing. i love it. i brought the warm weather here and we're loving it. >> reporter: they are among hundreds who waited until the last moment to cross gifts

you can see the rain off the coast, southern delaware is getting clipped with a shower. cape may might catch a bit of that in the next couple of hours. 43 in allentown. 40 in reading, 45 in wilmington, 49 in trenton. even though it's milder at the shore, everywhere there's a bit of a wind beginning to build across the region. up to 18 miles per hour in philadelphia. and today will be on the breezy side and the temperatures you're seeing in the 40s will stay there today. 8:00 a.m., 46 degrees. by noon, back up to 48 and the numbers don't go all that far for the next several hours. 3:00 p.m., we get a high of 49. by 6:00 p.m., down to 44 with the breezes starting toese -- to ease back a little bit. if you're going out on the town, you'll have to bundle up a bit. >> reporter: what a changing scene with the breaking news in plymouth meeting. this was an accident where the vehicle was facing the wrong way. i showed it to you even before the police was there. the guy was facing the wrong way. we have police and penndot on the scene. they are getting ready to pull it out to the

this other batch from southern delaware. still clobbering atlantic city, long beach island.quickly from southwest to northeast. and this other area coming up from washington, things may taper off after that. this is an area getting severe weather now, indiana, another area in alabama and mississippi. horrible severe weather out there. record warmth coming tonight. rainy, temperatures rising. dense fog. and then going into the 70s tomorrow. question of how high in the 70s. and record's only 64. fog in the morning, chance of shower or thunderstorm, it will not be hour after hour of rain like today. friday, a chance of showers as well, near record levels again. we drop a little bit on saturday. still 15 degrees above normal. sunday, another record before we cool down monday. >>> pennsylvania police officer charged with lying about being attacked. how she's responding now that she's accused of forcing a manhunt for a suspect that never existed at 6:00. [gus singing] ♪ dashing through the snow ♪ careful on the ice ♪ keep scratchin', cousin joe. ♪ [cousin joe singing] ♪ oh gus, yo

but still a batch of showers, down approaching extreme southern delaware, and we could see some of the showers sneak into jersey shore points, over the next couple of hours. mild start down to the shore, philadelphia, 49 chillier, in the poconos, 34 degrees giving us taste of what's in store for everyone as we head into the up upcoming weekends, even today temperatures will be cooling instead of warming as we head into the afternoon. decreasing clouds, that breeze hangs with us, talk more about a cold weekend ahead, some of the coldest air of the season so far. justin, you know, it is really been mild season so far so in comparison, but people i think will be little chilly. >> exactly, that's the thing. talking 40's for highs, not used to, that coming off high temperatures in the seven's, over the past week or so, so yes, like you said, coldest air of the season. first accident of the morning, this is heading toward the mid-county toll plaza northbound 476, car spun out, it is getting on the tow truck right now, but a loft police activity to deal with this scene right now. but really n

here comes the rain, moving into delaware, central and southern delaware into south jersey.is morning. 57 degrees at 8:00, not much at 11:00 but a at 2:00 at 63 degrees. and climbing. a little bit more than that today. warmer weather is on the way for tomorrow. we're talking record temperatures once again. i've got your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i'm back. let's see, well, you probably don't have rudolph to help but we do have jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. >> not rudolph yet. another day or so. flight you have me. we're out in hammonton, new jersey we're watching a pretty serious accident scene on the atlantic city expressway. a live picture from that scene. that's right around exit 28 at route 54, we have an overturned tractor-trailer. you can see several emergency vehicles involved. police activity. it's on the westbound side as you can see. cars are still moving through that area right now. but we're are losing a lane in the westbound lanes and the eastbound lanes right now. for that accident investigation. left lane closed east and west

rain in virginia and parts of maryland some of this may just catch some of the shore areas and southern delaware for the next couple of hours. generally speaking we're drying out. we're starting out cloudy and we'll poke holes in the clouds later and see the return of sunshine. 46 degrees by 8:00 a.m. breezes building past sunrise. look at how temperatures sit still. 48 by 2:00. the high of 49 around 3:00 p.m. before we dip to 47 by 5:00 p.m. we should see sunshine increasing and it will be mainly clear. 46 degrees in and i woulden -- allentown. the highs will be in the 50s predawn. 48 in trenton. 49 in philadelphia. 48 in wilmington, 50 in millville and upper 40s down the shore. if you're heading out on the town, bring a coat. 5:00 p.m., 47. 7:00 p.m., 43. looks like we'll be back in the 30s by 9:00 and overnight going down to 32. some suburbs getting into the 20s. tomorrow we get back up to 44 for a high. with the blustery winds gusting to 35 miles per hour witches will make it feel like the 30s. we've been waiting for this for a while, saturday will feel like winter. not as windy and milder o

central and southern delaware most of extreme southern new jersey not seeing that fog yet. temperatures are cooling down and we'll see them turn around with fog to start with. 56 degrees at 6:00, by 9:00, 59 and then 66 degrees with cloudy skies, less fog at noon time and a warm-up. we could flirt with record temperatures. neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i'm back. katy zachry has first alert traffic. >> good morning, bill. limited visibility on some of the roads for people driving in. it may be warm, you're contending with fog. this is a live look along 95 south of the city right around the philadelphia international airport. you can see limited visibility, there are a few headlights there. i'm going to keep my eye on the philadelphia international airport to see if there are delays. drive times are not affected by the dense fog. you have to go slower but no accidents on 95, 76 or the blue route just foggy conditions as you saw. moving into new jersey, route 42 freeway, headed north between 55 and the walt whitman bridge, about four minutes. pretty good this time

again, maybe not so much in cape may and southern delaware, at least not yet, but they are going to be getting it eventually. by 10:00 a.m., look at the computer model has it 68 degrees in dover and in millville. 36 in the poconos. don't get much of a bigger contrast than that. for the rest of the night tonight, we've got the rain developing. that wintery mix generally north of i-78. 48 degrees, temperatures went up in philadelphia, up to 35 north and west during the day tomorrow. heavy rain in the morning, then we're drying in the afternoon, but the highest temperature of the day near 50 north to near 70 in southern delaware. you saw on the map. 56 degrees with some late rain and wednesday night rain ending early thursday, setting us up for a dry but chilly new year's eve, kind of windy, and windy new year's day, too, then just plain cold. >>> today, rocky military forces moved closer to regaining control over the city of ramadi. government forces took control of a strategic government complex from militants who occupied the city since may. slowing the military by using snipers and bo

it is spreading into southern delaware into the chesapeake bay area. couple of hours, it will be here in philadelphia, as well, and plenty more to come, as you see, on our radar picture. visibility, not good, in millville, dover, it is reduced quarter mile in lancaster, trenton, mount pocono, very, very foggy out there. got to slow down and be careful. 57 degrees, right now, only 3-mile an hour breeze, and 7:20 is your sunrise time. but not really thinking there will be much if any sunshine today. heavy downpours what we are calling for, high of 65 degrees, close to the record of 66, which was set in 1990. 4:40 your sunset time, but again, lit dollars if any sunshine today. 5:33 is your time. bob kelly, can you see anything out there? >> yes, welshing depending what cameras we're looking at, here is a example every route to two -- 202, up near county line road. roads are wet. dealing with some fog. so there is poor visibility. and in some areas it is really thick, opens up, and then gets foggy again. so depending where you begin and end your trip it wi

we have some rain on the way, starting to sneak into southern delaware, dry right now, but bring the umbrella, whether you are doing that overnight shopping, or whatever you are doing today. maybe getting away to the airport, visibility is compromised in many places, it is foggy in millville, reduced visibility at philadelphia international airport. just 4 miles right now. very foggy to the north in mount pocono, allentown, reading, lancaster, trenton, you can only see quarter after mile. so we have 57 degrees, and that 4 miles visibility at the airport, 5-mile an hour wind, so not much wind, that's conducive to fog. 7:20 is your sunrise time. and, again, there is a look at the rain that's moving into the area. we will get into the 60s today, we have a record high temperature, that is going to be in danger for your day before christmas eve. the eve of christmas eve. we will talk all about that coming up. bob kelly, it will be foggy. >> yes, definitely some poor visibility, all around the board. good morning, everybody, 4:02 this wednesday morning, live look at the work crews that are

they are in southern montgomery county and bucks and southern delaware, chester county and philadelphia away from the active rain. might see drizzle in some of the places. there's cloud cover up to the west of us, that's going to break up. we'll transition quickly to partly sunny skies. 49 degrees in philadelphia. this is the other part of the story you step outside and you can feel how much nicer it is temperature-wise. in allentown 47 a couple of spots down south holding on to the 50s. a spotty shower around between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. east of philadelphia. 47 is the 6:00 a.m. temperature, 48 by 8:00. comfortable in that cooler part of the morning. 57 degrees by noon, a high of 60 and we'll hit this around 3:00 p.m. and then back down to 52 by 6:00 p.m. winds are light today. better numbers coming as we head toward the weekend and in through the weekend, matt pellman. details coming up. >> reporter: wind is light this morning, traffic is light, as well, which is a good thing because we have a few issues out there, including an overturned truck in salem county. the action cam was o

we have clouds in southern delaware and rain to the west. we'll pick up showers during the morning commute. the national storm prediction center has most of the region at the slight risk. the big issue here would be thunderstorms that would produce strong wind gusts. there's an outside chance of a tornado, but i think the gusty winds will be the big issue, having said that these are spotty storms, most won't see them, just take cover indoors lower floors if you hear thunders. 70 degrees in philadelphia. that's right, 70 already. 66 in allentown. 68 in wilmington, 2:00 a.m., 6 reporting stations around the region including philadelphia had hit record highs for this date. of course we'll go on up from where we are now. there's a chance we sink back down to 68 between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., a spotty shower can't be ruled out. cloudy skies as you head out early. 73 by noon. 76 degrees is your record setting high today at 3:00. by 6:00. 68. i know i'm posting the possibility of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and just about every day f

. >> reporter: we have a little bit of rain starting to creep up into southern delaware. jersey aoff the coast. not a big deal. out to the west of us, thinner clouds we expect the cloudy start to transition to a brighter afternoon. 51 in millville, and trenton. 47 in allentown and reading.

right now, it is dry, a few scattered showers, just starting to move into southern delaware at this time. the food news is, it's still really mild for this time of year. 49 degrees at 7:00. by 10:00, 53 degrees, 57 degrees, climbing by 1:00 this afternoon, we could hit 60 degrees or more in parts of the area in spite of the rain moving in today. doesn't look like december at all. your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast to show you how much rain is coming in. right now, katy zachry has your first alert traffic. >> i'm watching a car fire on 95 northbound. this is happening as you approach the philadelphia airport. it's situated between exits 12 and 12b. really right at the philly airport. you see emergency crews are on the scene. this is the car fire as it's burning. it has been burning for the last six or seven minutes. i was able to find it in our cameras. it's not affecting traffic. it seals to be in the extreme right-hand lane. traffic is slowly moving around it. be aware of that, if you are headed nort bound on 95 around the airport. other drive times sfivenlths eastbound headed i

a few light showers, especially in southern delaware, the area most likely to get more rain tonight.ut still more developing down there for tomorrow. as we go through the night tonight, we're not going to see the temperature drop very much. it's not going to be quite as warm as last night, but the chance of a couple of showers. when you get up in the morning, could be another day to wear shorts and t-shirts. we'll see how long that lasts. >> we continue our team weather coverage in penn's landing. randy, not ice skating weather, right? in fact, the rink is closed right now? >> reporter: no, no ice skating today. far too warm and it was raining most of the day. they had to shut the rink down because of this summer-like christmas eve in philadelphia and across the northeast. ♪ as a consistent christmas eve drizzle drowned out the holiday spirit, he did everything he could to get tourists at city hall in the christmas mood. it would be snowing out here if >> it's not bad, because it could be worse. i flayed where an icicle formed about so long and i'm like, wow. and my fingers need a br

that is extending from trenton to philadelphia and wilmington and in through much of delaware, southern delaware producing another band heading our way and atlantic city to surf city and up toward reading pennsylvania and berks county you also have that heavy rain falling. as we look at the satellite and radar view, after rush hour still plowing through and the heaviest stuff highlighted in yellow south of washington, it appears to be angling toward south jersey and the heaviest rain and the most highest rainfall amounts i should say are from philadelphia to the shore northern and western suburbs, but it will take a while for this to get through. 54 degrees in philadelphia right now, the flow is coming in off the ocean and ahead of that approaching low pressure center and frontal boundary, 57 is the high today at 2:00, the high coming in at 4:00 at 59 degrees, between 2:00 and 4:00 there is not much break in the rain, we think the rain is over or getting much lighter, 54 degrees there and 52 by 8:00 and 50 by 10:00. there is not much going on in the way of rain. if you have plans to go out, plan

near 70 in southern delaware. during the day tomorrow. that's the last of the warm weather. it's mild on wednesday with rain coming in late in the day and at night. clearing out on thursday. it's dry for new year's eve. it is dry for nintendo wii's day but cold and the wind could be a factor. then it's just plain cold. with the nbc news app to find it. straight to the phone or mobile device. >> chip kelly with interesting comments today. said he's not the general manager of the eagles. we'll hear from him and the sixers trying for two straight wins on the road in utah. that's next. >>> this is sports desk from xfinity. it will change the way you experience tv. >> i'm john clark. london's calling. it's not meaningless. the loser goes to london next year for a road game against the rams. chip kelly's eagles are going in the wrong direction. the defense is giving up 388 yards a game, worse than the nfl. they are giving up 89 touchdown passes. only the redskins have given up more. the last two seasons the birds have the most turnovers. isn't this a bad football team? >> it didn'

but we have some heavy showers, even thunderstorms coming through southern delaware going across delaware bay and right into cape may. so it's going to be stormy for a couple of hours there. and we have more rain on the way that is going to be moving up in our direction. it's going to affect us by christmas afternoon. we'll talk more about the timing of all this and just how bad the fog is going to be in the morning with the rest of the seven-day in just a few minutes. >> we'll have a few more presents left to open when it comes to our record temps. people walking around philadelphia in shorts on this christmas eve. keith jones reports on the miracle on south 13th street. >> reporter: talking about some home-grown holiday lights. if you grew up around the region, you can't remember a single christmas like this. take a look behind me, the warm weather, not stopping these people from spreading some holiday cheer. >> nice to see you. >> reporter: they call it the miracle, no, not the weather, though it was warm enough for flip-flops. shorts and, oh, yeah, fake icicles among thousands of holi

philadelphia is now seeing heavier rain, spotty heavy rain spor towards wilmington and parts of southern delaware, spotty, heavier showers. temperatures will be staying above freezing across i-95. so in this area, from wilmington to trenton, surrounding philadelphia, all the major interstates here, we only expect rain this morning. temperatures will only go up from here. lehigh valley mid-30s. above freezing. 28 degrees in the poconos. below freezing with that wintry mix. maybe sleet and freezing rain. for south jersey and delaware, mainly in the 50s. in the low 50s. here's future weather picking up on the wintry mix. rain elsewhere and the rain continues by 8:00, 9:00 this morning. if this is when you're heading out, you'll be running into rain. take it slower on the roadways. the roads are very wet since we've had quite a few hours of heavy rain. especially on the major interstates. by 9:00 a.m., that rain is around. closer to lunchtime, a lot of that rain does start to move out. coming up, a closer look at the radar. the seven-day forecast is straight ahead. >>> sheena, it is 5:11 and no fun t

pretty nasty with freezing rain up there. 50 degrees in philadelphia now, 55 in atlantic city, southern delaware, south jersey up near 60 degrees today, and the airports all reporting cloudy skies, but none of them are reporting any kind of rain. despite the clouds that are around. there is some fog, half mile earlier in mount pocono, that's improved. reading is down to a half mile, so patchy light fog, of course, generally northern portions of the area so far. clouds pretty much everywhere for the moment, but the rain pretty much nowhere. then back to the west we're watching for more rain to develop, moisture starting to increase back across the ohio and tennessee valleys, but no rain has developed with the system yet. it's going to be a while before it happens. watch what happens with the temperatures here. just don't go anywhere, so it's not that cold tonight, it's not that cold tomorrow, and then some rain comes in. but not for new year's eve or new year's day. temperatures down to 38 by midnight, and mostly clear skies. for the rest of the night tonight, gradual, partial clearing, mild for

at the local level, all we have at this point is hovering over southern new jersey, central, southern delawaret i do think we could end up seeing another little pocket of showers that roll through at some point, just snapshot view to see where it is centralized, and right through camden county or rather cape may county, and up into atlantic also still finding very light rain. that's about it. as we look at future weather, what you will find, little left over pockets that tends to pop up. don't be shocked if you see few more raindrop roll through, this cold front really is getting out in time for santa to make his flight. so even as we return the clock over, and it is christmas morning at 1:00 a.m., and santa maybe still rolling through the delaware valley, it looks as though he's just going to have balmy conditions, maybe little fog to contend with, that's where rudolph comes in, then you might have couple of raindrops, not huge deal. 71 degrees at philadelphia international airport. we are expecting to be on pace to climb few more notches up on the thermometer. but that's just exceptional as

right now, it is dry, a few scattered showers, just starting to move into southern delaware at this time. the food news is, it's still really mild for this time of year. 49 degrees at 7:00. by 10:00, 53 degrees, 57 degrees, climbing by 1:00 this afternoon, we could hit 60 degrees or more in parts of the area in spite of the rain moving in today. doesn't look like december at all. your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast to show you how m

heavier at times philadelphia down to southern new jersey and delaware. this is at 10:00 o'clock.ll dealing with ponding on the roadways and then it is out of here by lunchtime and in the afternoon and 2:00 maybe a few peaks of sunshine. it is a healthy amount of rain over half inch of rain in the lehigh valley. even in the poconos after ice, over half inch of rain and near inch along i-95 and three-quarters of an inch at the shore a and southern delaware. the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, 62 warmer degrees thomas we dry out in the afternoon. still mild bed, lot of cloud, a few afternoon showers with a weak disturbance and a few peaks of sun last day of the year at 54 warm degrees. breezy cooler for mummers on friday at 45 and then saturday, sunday, monday sun a few cloud and more seasonal with temperatures in the lower to mid 40's. all rain by tomorrow morning's rush no matter where you you are. >> all right, thanks, sir. >>> christmas has come and gone and you may be wondering what to do with your tree. city of philadelphia is trying to make that easier for you. off

a half mile at philadelphia international and wilmington not an issue in central and southern delaware. cape may, fine at 5 miles. the rain, that's steadier now in delaware and south jersey. dover had some of that light rainfall. then the rain is going to be coming back to the rest of the area, more widespread later this morning and this afternoon. steady rain continues into the evening commute. so your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast calling for very mild temperatures, 51 degrees for camelback, bethlehem, pennsburg in the 50s today. closer to 60 for bordentown, abington warms to 56 this afternoon. it will be 60s for millville, milford and symrna with rain steady for philadelphia this afternoon. near the 60-degree mark in philadelphia and wilmington. cooler for malvern and thorndale where i expect to see some of the steadier heavier rainfall. rain will end, then a pretty good looking weekend. the seven-day forecast when i'm back in ten minutes. >>> fog and mist, wasn't that foggy for me but looks like the camera, 55. >> yeah, jessica boyington has an update. >> there's some place

. >> reporter: in homes where the christmas lights sparkle and residents in southern delaware countyetting ready for the holiday this woman one of the victims was fearful of an on camera interview. >> i was notified that my neighbor was robbed yesterday afternoon. i rushed home to check our neighborhood and drove into my driveway and noticed that my basement was burglarized and someone had entered the home. >> reporter: in her home and from others on the street nearby neighborhoods the thieves took electronics, laptops, video equipment, christmas presents, jewelry and weapons. >> it all happened during the day when most people were at work. i think it's random although i believe that some of these places have been cased by the perpetrators. >> reporter: from what police know, it's a trio of thieves. they were seen driving a four door silver vw jetta. police were able to come up with this composite sketch of one of the thieves. cops say the group hit multiple towns in delco and also in new castle, delaware. so there's a warning for area residents now. >> we want them to take all the p

some sprinkles and showers through extreme south jersey and southern delaware. central delaware picking up a bit of this. this is the bigger mass of rain and it will be rising up the coast and affecting at least parts of the region as we go through the ladder stages morning rush hour. dense fog advisory in the meantime in effect. technically philadelphia delaware county new castle county not in this but there are some low visibilities under a quarter mile elsewhere across the region. as we take a look at the current visibility map philadelphia is still 5 miles, no problem there but trenton under a half mile and we've seen similar numbers waffling in and out of of play through the lehigh valley over toward lancaster and in and around millville and over towards toms river f you're driving around this morning you might encounter. that it's mild. 57 degrees in philadelphia, 52 in allentown, 56 in millville, 55 in sea isle city. heading out to the bus stop this morning, be careful of the patchy fog. otherwise, cloudy and temperatures just kind of sticking in the mid-

that's starting to fill back in especially in new jersey, central and southern delaware, the rest of the region is going to get this. so grab your umbrella. and plan on a mild one in the 50s this afternoon. for allentown and quakertown. near 60 for mount holly and trenton and in the 60s along the jersey coast line. for philadelphia, 59 degrees with a chance of rain through the day today. seven-day forecast when i'm back in ten. >> bill, thanks for that. 20 minutes before 5:00. heading out the door we've been showing you the cameras, visibility is low, roads are wet. jessica boyington has you covered looking at 42 now. >> so we're not escaping the fog here on the 42 freeway out in new jersey, you can see really difficult to see cars driving through in our cameras here. again this is around new jersey turnpike. the northbound lanes are here. you have to get to 295. the drive time is okay but there's not a lot in terms of traffic and volume but the problems are slippery conditions. give yourself extra time even though you see drive times are okay and no restrictions. 55 to the walt whit

the rain showers are just arriving in southern delaware right now. hour by hour forecast, showed scattered mainly light showers, that's 10:00 this morning. 56 degrees, the fog will be disappearing by then. and look at the temperatures this afternoon. into the 60s, and that's in spite of scattered rain showers at 3:00, and the showers will be around even later tonight and into tomorrow morning. still a possibility of some showers as the temperatures soar tomorrow. for today starting off with fog, then we get the rain, and through it all warmth. afternoon temperatures will top out in the lower 60s today. with easterly winds, they should stay light, 10 miles an hour or less. tomorrow the winds pick up, drives warmer air in, record warmth not just for tomorrow but for the month of december. the all-time record in december is 73 degrees, we set back in 1998. we'll go through that temperature with ease tomorrow, 75 degrees the high. best chance of showers tomorrow, tomorrow morning, clouds hanging in there for most of the day on thursday. might see some br

part of the delmarva peninsula, seeing some shower activity building in there, across parts of southern delawarepretty light in intensity, and then it will be the bulk every our precipitation as we head into the day today. most every us will be staying dry, feeling breezy and getting cooler, 51 degrees right now, current temperature, in center city, northwest wind at around 13 miles per hour wind speeds, temperatures, will continue to drop. we will hold steady casino of over the next couple of hours then cooling into this afternoon, because do you notice, those colder temperatures to the north and west, middle 40's right now allentown, 39 in reading. temperatures mild, newspaper the low 50's, but the drop off, they are coming. temperature change over the last 24 hours, we're down 10 degrees from this time yesterday morning, in reading, down about 5 degrees in allentown, as we're feeling that colder air build in behind the cold front, that brought us all of that rain yesterday. ten, 15 miles per hour, continued today, tonight, through the day tomorrow as well. so get used to the gusty wind today

looking at pockets of moderate to heavy rape take look at sections of south jersey, central and southern delawarere you see that red and orange as well as yellow as we moved toward the afternoon rush it still looks like we'll be dealing with rainfall. here's the bottom line. it's dry tomorrow but thursday is what we're highlighting for that rainfall moving in during the morning commute. once again it looks like we'll see a half an inch to an inch of rain so a good soaking. but the temperatures is still goss to be mild and yes, above average. high temperatures by thursday in the 50s. so for tonight it's mostly clear and chilly but those winds will be diminishing. the colder suburbs dipping down to around 36 degrees. low 40s in the city. for tomorrow, mostly sunny, still 11 degrees above average. vick degrees for the high temperature. that weather authority seven day forecast showing you beautiful weather for tomorrow and then look at thursday. despite the clouds and showers 59 degrees is the high temperature. maybe an early lingering shower on friday. decreasing clouds. a little cooler. 50 degrees

in southern delaware even in philadelphia but as you go to the north and west the rain is pick up a littleit. let's take a closer look here with our street level view and we can see he that near reading you're getting pretty steady showers at this point. it's moved up just west of allentown and quakertown maybe just a couple of drops, a drizzle as well near doylestown but the heavier showers are out to the north and west. let's go outside. we want to see what it looks like right now and sky6 looking live over the ben franklin bridge. we're going to be watching for some dense fog to develop overnight and tomorrow but not the case today as you look out. it's just a bit wet as you're heading out and that's your main issue. 54 degrees the current temperature. the dewpoint is 48 degrees. the winds are out of the south and pretty light at six. the barometric pressure is falling. we brought on our always an day planner to help you out. the rain has moved over our region. the heaviest at this point is west of the city and i think that is going to continue for the next few hours, it will be to your

if you're down in southern delaware you still got the stars out but most of us underneath the clouds. will break up a little bit as we go through the day and we'll see more of a clouds and sun mix. 48 degrees by 8 o'clock. it will be somewhat chilly there. not too bad really though. 52 dresbac52 degrees by 11:00. if you can't high of 57, 6 degrees or so cooler than yesterday. but with less wind it will feel somewhat similar. up north 52 degrees is your high in allentown topping the high temperature about 8 degrees. 53 degrees in reading, 54 trenton, 55 in wilmington. down towards the shore mid-50's, less wind clouds and sun. tomorrow we have a frontal boundary coming from the west. and this is going to be a forecast period to watch. we're going to get up to 60 which isn't a bad high temperature but there will be rain arriving during the morning and it looks like it's going to stick with us into the early evening. about a half inch to an inch of rain is on the way and then behind that we've got chillier air coming with the weekend getting down into the 40's. as for tomorrow's rain, doe

the first showers right now are just reaching into southern delaware with steadier rainfall in virginia. the futurecast shows those showers moving in this morning by 9:00 we'll see rain in philadelphia. by noon time not a lot of rain on the ground, less than .1 inch in philadelphia but steadier, heavier downpours into the afternoon. 5:00, some light rain, and close to a quarter inch in philadelphia. more showers late tonight into tomorrow morning. maybe a quarter inch or more, half an inch is possible in wilmington and closer to an inch of rain in allentown over the next 24 hours. so you'll need your umbrella later today. showers that ended yesterday are going to be returning later this morning. warm conditions, 60s this afternoon. we've got record temperatures on the way for tomorrow. possibly christmas day, too. the seven-day forecast coming up in the next half hour. >> bill, we'll see you then. 20 minutes past 4:00 right now. heading out on the roads let's check the conditions including 309. jessica boyington has a look at that. >> right. we're looking at fog right now. so at the int

extend from lancaster on toward jersey shore but you can see rain trying to creep into extreme southern delaware this system has been impacting portions of the north carolina and virginia today. you can see heavy rain here along portions of area of hampton road, virginia, norfolk and coastal maryland, ocean city maryland seeing a soaking right now. this is going to brush the coast of delaware, maybe a shower down the shore within the the next couple of hours, and then it is out of here this system misses vast majority of our area tomorrow it is out to sea, gusty"> wind, and then a gusty breeze for shore points as well but in the city, nice day, high right around 50 degrees. we may fall short in the 40's but it will be close to average. same story wednesday lower 50's with the mix of sun and cloud. you can see wind is negligible here on wednesday. then system passes by to the north. thursday will start off with more cloud cover. sun will come out in the afternoon and highs climb in the mid 50's. we have serious december warmth bar it weekend. that is what happens tomorrow into wednesday. we will

the exception would be a little bit farther to the south in southern delaware and maybe right down atf cape may. these clouds are doing us a favor though in that they are insulating us a bit and we haven't lost quite as much warmth at the surface. temperatures aren't quite as cool as we were anticipating they might be. 51 degrees in philadelphia right now. it's 48 degrees in allentown as you step outside and as you survey these numbers, yeah, they're a little bit cool but consider that the winds have dropped dramatically since yesterday so light winds combine with 51 in philadelphia, that's not too bad. coat weather but not unbearable. might dip a little bit between 6 o'clock and 8 o'clock. upper 40's mostly cloudy and cool not much wind and then a bit cooler as we go through the afternoon.

across the region and down south there's rain beginning to poke into areas of cape may county and southern delawarethis will continue to push up toward philadelphia during the morning commute and by the ladder stages of the commute i do think it's going to be wet. we also have a dense fog advisory until 10 o'clock this morning. technically this does not currently include philadelphia delaware county new castle county but just about everywhere else there's a chance of patchy fog that could cause low visibilities. in some of the northern suburbs we're looking at below a mile, in fact well below a mile in trenton reading lancaster and even allentown starting to borderline have problems. millville .8 miles less than a mile visibility so these are some of the areas where you might encounter fog this morning temperatures are mild. 57 degrees in philadelphia. 56 in wilmington. 52 currently in allentown and 55 in sea isle city. on the mild side. some some of you looking at that fog. and as we go through the first part of the morning as you head to get the car started or head to the bus stop, 55 degrees by

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valley, and future weather is picking up it might trigger a shower down toward the shore points, southern delaware, got to be honest, i'm not sole on that. i show it to you just as a possible, more than anything it does look like we will see the clouds break for sunshine through the day thursday. that trough has very minimal impact on it. more than anything, though, we end up with a nice little warming trend with time. so today is one of the coolest days of the pack here mostly sunny, seasonably cool, as we get to up about 50 degrees, later tonight un partly cloudy sky we droop to 38. eyewitness seven day, only go on uphill climb from here. saturday hello 62 degrees. sunday even warmer at 64 degrees. not alone here, eastern two thirds of the united state really get in on the warmth. so again if you like it this is the forecast for you. we send it back to you. >> sixty-four in december. >> thank you >> hey, talking sport right now, the flyers take on the islanders at the well tonight. without defenseman luke schenn, he will miss two weeks with a lower body injury. veteran defenseman andrew mcdonald

the exception would be a little bit farther to the south in southern delaware and maybe right down at the tip of cape may. these clouds are doing us a favor though in that they are insulating us a bit and we haven't lost quite as much warmth at the surface. temperatures aren't quite as cool as we were anticipating they might be. 51 degrees in philadelphia right now. it's 48 degrees in allentown as you step outside and as you survey these numbers, yeah, they're a little bit cool but consider that the winds have dropped dramatically since yesterday so light winds combine with 51 in philadelphia, that's not too bad. coat weather but not unbearable. might dip a little bit between 6 o'clock and 8 o'clock. upper 40's mostly cloudy and cool not much wind and then a bit cooler as we go through the afternoon. we're going for a high of 57 degrees today. a little cooler than yesterday but still not bad. rain on the way tomorrow, karen. i'll have details coming up. >> all right, our construction is clearing. that's helping us out this morning. looking live on the schuylkill expressway at south st

a a as we go through future weather we have a band of showers picking up a across southern delaware. this is not initialing as perfect as i would like to but it is a good guide. we are watching showers and steady rain here really anytime today and into tonight. watch for. that i do want to check that seven day because that is important. the let's jump it there. 74 degrees for tomorrow's high. challenging record too today and we expect to feel more sunshine for the holiday itself but still exceptional warmth there, nicole, back over to you. >> crank up the the air, geese, that is just crazy. >>> eagles have some pro bowlers heading to hawaii in sports, offensive tackle will jason peters made the team for the eighth time in his career. kick return specialist darren sproles is making his second trip and defensive end, fletcher cox, is going for the very first time. bird host washington this saturday night. if the eagles lose they're limb nateed from playoff contention. we will get you set with pregame live from the link at 7:00, game time at 8:00 and it is all right here on cbs-3. >>> t

yesterday afternoon, you can see the clouds push in and they are seeing sunshine and especially southern delaware and new jersey, and as we look to the west in pittsburgh and charleston, west virginia, a trough that will pass through here late tonight and tomorrow morning, there are a couple of brief, damp roadways early tomorrow morning and that is really it. mild and spotty sprinkle late tonight and first thing tomorrow morning, 38 in reading and 46 in philadelphia, that should be our high temperature, for this time of year, 44 in dover, and on the boardwalk at 48 degrees. future tracker 4:30 tomorrow morning, you can see the ribbon and precipitation north of the city where there is extra energy, and cloud cover and as we get into 8:30 tomorrow morning, a mixture of sunshine and clouds and by the afternoon at 2:30, that sunshine going to work and that will soar the testimonies tomorrow afternoon in fact, we'll go to 61 in philadelphia, and 60 in wilmington and 60 in millville and upper 50s in the deep south and 56 degrees in allentown and again very mild during the afternoon after we start a li

getting some heavy rain down in southern delaware, the southern two counties of delaware. that's about to head over into new jersey. light rain here in philadelphia at the moment. showing up on radar. not seeing too much outside our door right now. but have the rain gear with you if you are headed out this morning. because by 8:00 we could be seeing that heavy rain and thunderstorm activity around through about ten, 11:00, then out of here, mostly dry for the rest of the afternoon, few leftovers, last of the cold front comes through. then we get into christmas day, a lot of cloud cover, but it probably will stay dry most of the daylight hours. at night, could see little bit of rain move through. saturday afternoon and evening is when we have another chan of rain and increasing the likelihood that you'll get rained on if you are going to the eagles game. it is a possibility at least for saturday night into sunday. severe weather, marginal risk there, right now our temperature in philadelphia is 69 degrees. we're headed to 75 today. sixty-nine tomorrow. fifty-seven, cooler,