stormforce 10 is gassed up and on the roads.his is route 1 on the boulevard heading to the northeast. we'll have more on our first alert weather day when we come back. >>> first alert radar is showing the fast moving snow tapering off already in delaware and parts of south jersey. in the first alert weather center, bill henley and brit snooe ship knee ship arebrittney shipp are tracking the temperatures. we are planning to stay on the air past 7:00 on cozy tv. you can continue to watch our live coverage when we have a team of reporters and photographers and live cameras across the region to show you what is happening as conditions change. and here is what is happening, here's the latest information. this is what you need to know this morning heading out on the roads. be careful, some roads are still snow covered. and this is really relatively new. philadelphia public and parochial schools are now closed. they have reversed their decision to open late and we just found out in the last 15 to 20 minutes they are closing. philadelph

a live look here from stormforce 10. one of our resources we have across the region covering road conditions for you. this is a live picture of stormforce 10 being driven by photo journalist john panfile. this is 76 approaching center stip. you can see there, really slippery surfaces still. we saw some plows earlier on 95 and some of the other major routes, but this surface is snow covered. go slow to give yourself extra time between you and other vehicles on the roads. >>> and big following distances, ten car lengths behind another car or plow train. jillian mele is here with the latest on the roadways. >> speed restrictions to 45 miles per hour on the area bridges to near 25 miles per hour. you can't see the road out here snowy, slippery conditions for drivers in delaware. a live look at route 1 near the dover toll plaza. same situation there. in new jersey, this is what it looks like along route 47 in dennis township. very slippery conditions all across the board this morning. no matter where you're waking up, we are

stormforce 10 is also out. here's a live picture from stormforce 10 on 76 eastbound headed to south philadelphia. looks like almost at a stop right now. sometimes we take it when you're looking fast we can tell you that's an angle. they take it easy on the roadways. we want to let you know about the conditions as they change. >> yes, he's headed eastbound. i was headed westbound nearly two hours ago, and the roads were about like that. they have been plowed but it's accumulating out there. we'll go to first alert traffic reporter jillian mele with more on what's happening out there on the roads. >>> good morning. i don't know if you noticed in the live picture off to the right, but there was a billboard up there, a penndot board, warning drivers about the winter weather conditions and the speed restrictions we have down to 45 miles per hour on most of the area highways. keep that in mind. this is the vine street expressway out near 95. you can see slippery conditions on the highway itself. and the on and off-ra

you'll see our signal from stormforce 10. sometimes the signal goes out depending on whether john is entering an area with interference from a tunnel or another highway structure, but again the snowplows are out now. penndot is putting 400 trucks in service overnight. as the snow starts to accumulate, the clouds are becoming more prevalent. give yourself extra time on the roads if you're encountering the clouds. give them a white range to do their jobs there. the roads could be slippery because this is a light, powdery snow. meteorologist bill henley is standing by with a look at what is happening, good morning, bill. >>> the woman we talked to in center city said it all. this goes for the entire area where it's a similar type of snow for the entire area. that light, fluffy snow. it's easy to shovel or sweep away or sweep off the car, but very treacherous to drive on. light snow is very light here in northeast philadelphia. atlantic city, all seeing light accumulating snowfall with temperatures like this. it's all snow for th

for now, live in stormforce 10 matt delucia, "nbc 10 news." >>> 5:15. it was an emotional night at millersville university. hundreds of students came together to honor 18-year-old karli hall who police say was killed at the hands of her boyfriend. ♪ and grace will lead me home ♪ >> a candlelight vigil was held a few hours after police announced the freshman from delaware county had been beaten and strangled in her dorm room. police got a call sunday morning from karli's boyfriend gregorio orrostieta says she was having a heart attack. he said he shoved karli causing her to hit her head and face but the evidence paints a more brutal picture. >> injuries she suffered are far greater and more severe than a backhand slap and one push. she fought for her life. >> orrostieta is charged with homicide and being held without bail. students are starting a fund-raiser to help karli's parents with funeral costs. >>> the prosecution will continue to call witnesses today in the trial of a police officer in gloucester county accused of falsely arresting a local politi

we have to be very careful here in stormforce because of the untreated surfaces. we have been slipping and sliding over the past 10 to 15 minutes on the side roads. we have also seen some of the salt trucks out there on the main roads, route 13 coming up the main roads don't look too bad. take extra caution. they are urging drivers to take caution over the bridges and overpasses. we'll keep driving out here in stormforce 10 to check out the conditions for you, but for now i'm live matt delucia, "nbc 10 news." >>> the university of delaware football player faces charges after a fight at party over the weekend. police say several people claim that roman tatum assaulted them friday night after he was asked to leave the party. one student's front teeth were dislocated. tatum turned himself into police on sunday. >>> some community members are upset over the plan to close a psychiatric care center for kids. the health system will close its doors at the herman rosenblum child anded a ed aadolescent center on february 20th. many say christiana care will also close outpat

we'll keep heading toward kent county, but for now live in stormforce 10 matt delucia, "nbc 10 news." >>> 5:46 now. two new reports show success of the nationwide school breakfast program. the reports also show there's plenty of room for improvement. during the 2013/2014 school year more than 13 million children ate breakfast at school each day. most of those children came from low-income households. still, many of their classmates are hitting the books on an empty stomach. most states did not reach the federal goal of having more than 70% of students taking part in the breakfast program. and the schools missed out on millions in government funding. >>> we are following breaking news that could be visual breaking news from las vegas right now. here's a live picture of workers about to implode this building. it's an old hotel and casino. this implosion is supposed to happen -- well it was supposed to have already happened at 5:30 our time but they are behind schedule there in las vegas. this is the city's first hotel implosion in almost a decade. the buyer of the property has not discl

and as i try to jump back into stormforce, i got to watch my step because it is very icy. but we're going to go ahead to give you a look at the roads as we head out onto second street pike. we'll go ahead and show that for you now. and we are seeing a lot of that moisture out on the roads right now. because of that we have also seen a lot of salt trucks that have been trying to treat these roads. and drivers out here really just trying to take it easy take it slow. we are not seeing a lot of icy patches at this point, so we're right now heading west on -- or south i should say on the second street pike. and at this point, this road does not appear to have been pre-treated, but again, enough drivers are out here where it seems things do not look too bad at this point, but you saw the parking lot we were just in and we're getting icy patches there as well. heading out, just take it easy and be extra careful heading out the door and take extra time because there could be some of the icy patches. we'll continue to drive in skyforce 10 but for now, i'm matt delucia, "nbc 10 new

checking on the conditions and the roads in your neighborhoods, stormforce 10 is out to check on the changes conditions to give us a realtime really good look at what is happening outside. this is a live look from the ben franklin bridge. we know there are speed restrictions on the bridges and other places. we'll check in with jillian mele on that in a minute. we do have team coverage in the first alert weather center tracking the storm. let's begin with meteorologist bill henley bill? >>> tracy, even if there are not speed restrictions in your area restrict your speed. it is slippery. no matter how much snow you have, there's one to five inches already on the ground from this storm system but even that one inch is very slick this morning. so take it slow. it is a first alert weather day. and there is why. the snow that continues to fall that will be falling in philadelphia until sunrise. and then we'll start to see it taper off. but accumulating snowfall through the night. heavy at times, but not all heavy snowfall. and it's very light, fluffy snowfall that is coming down out of the