tanya philadelphia already checking in at 30 degrees. and the rain should begin to arrive in philadelphia over the next half hour to an hour. out in coatesville jeff wilson reports light freezing rain this hour he has a temperature of 32 degrees. we're below freezing right now in warminster montclair coming in at 31 degrees. nottingham still above freezing this hour fran checks in with 34 but many locations at freezing. southampton, new jersey, 32 degrees. 32 in media. and eagleville and looks well below freezing in gilbertsville this hour eileen checks in with chilly 30 degrees. outside looking dry for center city. just clouds as we look at the ben franklin bridge but that moisture will be quickly moving in from the south and west. check it out on storm scan3. again the core of the cold air is still well to the north and west. so no snow from this system maybe a few snakes initially in the poconos but majority of the snow stays out ohio valley and upstate new york. sleet over n hour indicated by the areas in pink. those are the spots tha

philadelphia. the temperature is 31. tanyaorting in some light winds as well for the moment, and we'll take you to delaware where the temperature is 28 degrees. john is saying in newark, 28. not much wind right now. winds are calm and the pressure is rising. ooh want to show i was few pictures we received a beautiful picture from philadelphia tanya brings this one to us tonight. the moon over philly. a waxing and how about this one from peter. he says, cure for a chilly night. it might be outside but it's pretty toasty inside. i like it. if you would like to be an it wet weather watcher we would love to you join the team you can be part of our newscast here at cbs3. go to cbsphilly.com/watchers. >>> it is cold enough in the poconos to make snow and guess what they're doing? they're grooming tonight at jack frost big boulder. getting ready the slopes are going to be really in great shape for tomorrow. good skiing weather on tap with some cold temperatures. skycam3 bringing us this become cher as they get things ready in the poc

right now 37 degrees checking in with tanya in philadelphia reporting a clear sky, no major problems here and everything looking good on the friday night. we are looking at 33 degrees, further north further north and check with barbara lane in willow grove, and again 33 degrees and 37 degrees checking in with jonathan block here in philadelphia again with the clear skies. his comment beautiful sunset in chestnut hill in wind good way to lead in the weekend. if you are interested in being a weather watcher sign up now at cbs philly.com/watchers and you too can be part of the team. we would love to have you. lets look at how things are shaping up on this friday night on storm scan three, in problems out and about tonight having dinner in the city or anyplace a across the region. everything is very quiet. temperatures dropping now that the sun has gone down but it will stay dry through tonight. we cannot say the same about the weekend. lets take a look at our local view, as we continue to zoom out we will see lake effect snow across new york state that is not a problem for us. what is a

philadelphia. being reported by tanya the wind out of the northwest about 14 miles an hour. 17 degrees as you get near skippack. lou is saying in eagleville winds out of the north about 9 miles an hour. the pressurizing as high pressure builds in moonlit skies and temperatures falling very quickly. you can see right about to the south of marple township, 24 degrees with winds out of the north the pressurizing as well with rising pressure we are looking at some clear skies overnight tonight. take a look the storm scan3 because right now we are clearing out and that means we are going to fall fast. cold winds blowing as well. in philadelphia it's 23. trenton 19. allentown 18. the poconos only eight. to the north and west in the teens as well. so this cold will be building in and state college it's only 15. buffalo, new york, 11. we are looking at feels like reading that will take a tumble come tomorrow morning when you step out the door feel like eight in philadelphia. four in allentown. nine below in the poconos and then during the afternoon even though temperatures rise into the 30s it's still feels l

philadelphia native, tanya pope wondered what the fuss was about. >> it's not going well. but it's to be expected. i'm not from here so i'm not used to this grinding halt. with a couple dustings of snow. and that's what you guys got. >> reporter: but you have to remember she's from philadelphia so what does she really know here in the district of columbia? coming up at 6:00 a serious story. there are serious concerns about the homeless as the temperatures drop here in the city. live in downtown washington tom sherwood news4. >>> the federal government stayed open and many of our local work remembers now headed home right now. it was a big day at work for republican leader john boehner. the 114th congress got under way, and he held off a tea party challenge to win re-election as speaker of the house. >>> with this first snowfall of 2015 we are also seeing a return of a tradition here at news4, the pat collins snow stick challenge. >> and an assortment of hats too. this time around pat got his challenge started by talking to a guy with a very familiar name. >> reporter: here

tanya lombard from at&t, a real strong board member. [applause] >> second of health and human services, to show you her commitment, she is on her way to philadelphiafebruary 15. she wanted to be here to speak before and to be part of n.a.n.'s annual breakfastment we're honored to have her as we call in church, our preacher for the morning is secretary castro. we have two distinguished members of the president's cabinet. let me also say from the white house, we're very happy to have heather foster. stand up, heather. [applause] >> she is one of the outstanding people in government who has really demonstrated real leadership and we're very proud. her parents are with us as well this morning. where are your parents? i want her father to know, i want her father to know that this is really your birthday party. [laughter] >> today is his birthday. [applause] >> and aside from the dr. king day, this is heather's daddy's day. i want him to know that. we're honored to have you. she has in my judgment showed a real commitment to making sure that one of the most historic progressive moves of this president bared the fruit that it was designed to bear. she ov