nine in allentown. 4b low zero in the poconos. sixteen in wildwood. 11 degrees at the this hour in trenton. but you factor in the wind chill and these are the numbers you really need to factor in when you are bundling up and those extra layers. it feels like zero in philadelphia eight below zero in allentown. 27 degrees below zero in the poconos. in fact, is there a wind chill advisory, and a wind chill warning, posted the advicery for the heart of the region a warning up to the north through the poconos. this will stay up until 9:00 a.m. on sunday because you there are really call for wind chills ranging from anywhere from minus 30 to minus ten across the region. that means that frostbite will set in fairly quickly across the region with wind chill numbers this low. we will take a good 15 minutes on exposed skin if you are up in the poconos and at least 30 minutes for the delaware and lehigh valleys. something to keep in mind throughout the overnight the tonight and into early tomorrow morning. so we're talking about what we're tr

the freezing mark there. still going to have issues. it's 30 degrees in mount pocono, you can see it is above the freezing mark in allentown, reading, pottstown. not by a lot but it's going to continue to be right about that temperature or go up a little bit. look at this. for philadelphia we stay pretty level through the night with again that northeast wind and some rain. but the bigger storm moves in tomorrow. sheena parveen has more on that. >> that's right. so tomorrow with the bigger storm we're talking about heavier rain, a higher chance for thunderstorms and higher winds, so looking at wind gusts near 40 miles an hour closer to 50 along the shore. so first alert weather for tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow night. that's the time frame where we expect some of the heaviest rain. we'll have a thunderstorm threat also with warmer temperatures, and also lightning and gusty winds along with that thunderstorm threat. so tomorrow is going to be rainier and windier than today especially later in the day. so that is definitely the time frame you want to watch out for we'

and in the poconos it is below freezing. we haven't seen the precipitation start yet in the poconos, but it is cold enough to be snow when it does start. and there may be enough precipitation to accumulate at least a couple of inches here. you can see that a few skiers out there and maybe just starting to see a few of the snowflakes. farther to the south it's mostly rain, in and around the philadelphia area, down toward the jersey shore, cape may you can see right now it's just soaking wet there and it's a wet and kind of nasty day. the wind coming in off the ocean. and the temperature really isn't going to be going up a whole lot during the day. we have a lot of wild weather going on over the next couple of days, especially starting tomorrow. we'll get into that with the rest of the seven-day in a few minutes. >> see you then, glenn. as we continue to track rain and snow, make sure you have the free nbc 10 app on your smartphone or your tablet. get news and weather alerts as they're issued and customize the forecast for your

single digits north and west, below in the poconos. here is what it feels like outside because we factor in the windchill. it feels like minus 31 in the poconos right now. it actually got down to minus 33. incredible numbers across the region. just about everywhere subzero with the exception of wilmington. very cold and we're not expecting much of a warm-up as we move through our sunday. i'll be back with when we will warm up and we'll look at this snow system. >> we'll see you shortly. thanks, karen. let's check in with nbc 10 drew smith. he tense our live team coverage from wilmington. drew, a very busy morning for volunteers trying to help the homeless stay out of the elements. >> reporter: the volunteers got up early, they even trouble starting their cars because it's so cold out there and it still is. take a look at the main problem. the, which is blowing these flags outside the church here, that has been steady all morning. we've seen probably one or two people since we've been here at this location. they all have heavy jackets, h

look at the pocono mountains. we do have lot of folks skiing and snowboarding because of the holiday weekend. it's 10 below zero at the actual temperature reading outside. this is what it feels like on the skin, almost 30 below 0 in the poconos, minus 12 in allentown. you get the picture, minus 2 millville, minus 7 atlantic city. bundle up is an understatement today. we'll continue to stay on the frigid side. diminishing winds, there's a plus. still even with the sunshine, high temperatures 15 to 19 degrees. >>> breaking news out of lebanon county. part of interstate 78 in bethel township has reopened following yesterday's deadly 50-car pileup. pennsylvania state police tell us they reopened eastbound lanes an hour ago. the westbound side remains closed. the crash happened before 10:00 yesterday morning. the highway was shut down for 16 hours between the fredericksburg exit and ramp to interstate 81. three people are confirmed dead. forty others went to local hospitals. police say bad weather is to blame for this p

this is what it feels like right now mainly single digits, feeling like negative 3 in the poconos. patchy snow showers expected as we move through our saturday. bitter wind gusts. philadelphia high 18. but the temperature will be dropping off through the afternoon hours. rosemary? >> volunteers are helping the homeless get off the streets during this extreme cold. dozens streamed into joseph house in camden last night. the city has issued a code blue emergency from tonight until monday morning. two warming centers are available in addition to joseph's house on atlantic avenue. the new life community development corporation on haddon have new is open. imagine if you had to sleep outside. 700 adults and children are choosing to do that in montgomery county. drew smith is live in lower providence township to explain why the boy scouts are braving these bitter cold conditions on this weekend in particular. drew? >> reporter: yeah. president's day weekend a tradition for these boy scouts to come out here, go to valley forge park to experience it all and it's a real experience this year.

in the poconos. 6 in trenton. 13 in millville. you factor in the winds it feels like 12 below in allentown and reading. 31 below in the poconos. minus 2 in millville. the forecast for today, a nice looking day, lots of sunshine, hardly a cloud in the sky, just frigid. 10 degrees right now. 12 by 11:00 a.m. 16 by 1:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m., 18. same number for 5:00 p.m. topping out at 19 or 20 degrees. we get into tomorrow you can see how the snow is going to be impacting the weather. once we get past the morning commute the snow moves in. the evening commute looks very messy at this point. when i come back we'll talk about the potential snow accumulations throughout the area and the possibility of flooding as this flips over to rain by tuesday. guys. >>> thank you for the update. >>> cities across the delaware valley have issued a code blue alert to keep residents warm that means shelters are available to the homeless or anyone who needs to escape the cold. high winds make brutal temperatures tougher to deal

at 10:00 by 4:00 p.m. 7 above in allentown, 7 below in the poconos. that will get better as we get into the evening hours. 17 for philadelphia by 7:30 that's the air temperature at that point. same thing with trenton and wilmington. so slow improvements this afternoon, big improvements by the time we get into tuesday. mostly sunny conditions, the remainder. afternoon it's been around here 19 with feels-like temperatures 4 or 5 degrees colder than that. when we come back in just a few minutes we'll talk about how the dangerous cold starts to ease a bit and starts to retreat in canada. winter white moves in tomorrow and that changes to flooding rain tuesday. i'll break it down in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. >>> hurry back inside, thank you. >>> now to trish hartman. >>> trish how are folks dealing keeping warm with the cold. >> reporter: believe it or not, plenty of people are out and about, going about their business with a few more layers on. many are heeding the warnings and not staying outside for too long. with biting win

but we're up to 3 miles in the poconos. 1 mile now in atlantic city. and when you see the darker shades of gray interior parts of bucks and montgomery counties even down to chester county into lancaster county we're seeing visibility down to half mile. please be careful if you're going out tonight. more rain moving across the region but the western etch is through the lehigh valley and the rain will be ending from west to east into the evening hours. i'm looking at some heavier rain though through baltimore and washington that will be picking up and moving up the i-95 corridor within the next couple of hours. rainfall so far, close to half an inch in philadelphia and trenton. look at reading and allentown and doylestown around an inch of rain and additional rain expected through the evening and that could create some real flood issues we did make it to

ten degrees in the poconos right now. mainly in the teens just outside of philadelphia north and west and then 22 degrees right now in philadelphia, 23 in dover, 22 in millville. up in the poconos a lot of skiers want to hit the slopes today and it's going to be nice skiing, scattered snow showers up there for sure but really cold temperatures. we'll have to keep the time on the slopes, i think, to a minimum. sort of like quick jaunts out on the ski slopes. get in and get hot chocolate. poconos, lehigh valley, running through the overnight into early tomorrow just about everybody else under a wind chill advisory until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. simply because the winds will be increasing and that wind chill factor is going to make the conditions extreme as you move through the overnight. so it is going to get even colder as we move through the rest of our days feeling like below zero by the time we get to the dinner hour tonight. so the possibility of freezing bursting pipes is a potential. hypothermia frostbite a factor. don't

feels like 33 below in the poconos. y else anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees below zero which is not too bad considering what's happening to the north. 26 below in buffalo. 18 in binghamton, new york. you get into the saranac lake area. 26 below. 38 degrees below that's where the polar vortex is right there. it's pushing back to the north and all this cold air will start to retreat in the overnight hours tonight and tomorrow, tuesday is not bad at all, at least temperature-wise. some areas could be close to 60 degrees. cold, sunny, frigid, 19 degrees is the high. temperature will be struggling, 18 degrees by 3:00 p.m., same number by 5:00 p.m. when i come back in just a few minutes we'll talk about this right here, accumulating snow possible for monday. >>> for now, all across the area, people are bundling up keeping out of the coldest air all winter. "action news" jeff chirico continues our coverage of this severe cold weather, a few people enjoying it on the ice. >> reporter: not even the fighting cold could make this gran

it feels like four in the poconos right now. satellite6 along with action radar slowing the next arctic boundary is still over the great lakes. and you can see a pretty good band of some snow with that and that will be moving through in the overnight hours. so, tonight some snow squalls, some snow showers. best chance between about 11 o'clock tonight and 5 o'clock in the morning. can leave a quick coating in spots and really cause whiteout conditions so do be careful if you're driving tonight. 16 below in the suburbs, about 19 degrees for center city and then temperatures will be free falling through the day tomorrow. by 4 o'clock, 15 degrees. by 7 o'clock, 12 degrees but combine these temperatures with wind gusts up to about 45 miles per hour, future tracker showing the wind chills and these are based on sustained winds so it could feel even colder than that. at 8 o'clock, two in philadelphia, seven below in allentown, three below in trenton, 23 degrees below zero in the poconos, 3 o'clock in the afternoon wind chills below zero

towards the poconos in the higher elevations we could see local amounts to about five inches and in theoconos, as i mentioned we do have that threat for some freezing rain, we start off as snow continues to the afternoon and during the mid evening hours we transition over to freezing rain and we could see icing accumulations about a quarter of an inch. good news is the wind will be on the lighter side. we we only have that threat of down trees and power lines. i don't think in these areas, but of course, we will have very slick and hazardous travel conditions, really all across the area tomorrow, tomorrow night, and evening into tuesday as the periods of heavy rain come down, but 52 degrees, what a turn around from our high temperature of 20 today and makeup quieter for the second half of the week, temperatures in the 30's and 40's and we stay mainly precipitation-free save for a spotty shower or sprinkle >> just have to get through tomorrow: thanks so much, lauren. >>> lesley, sports highlights. are they brawling the flyers? >> no love. the flyers and rangers not feeling the love on va

towards the poconos in the higher elevations we could see local amounts to about five inches and in theoconos, as i mentioned we do have that threat for some freezing rain, we start off as snow continues to the afternoon and during the mid evening hours we transition over to freezing rain and we could see icing accumulations about a quarter of an inch. good news is the wind will be on the lighter side. we we only have that threat of down trees and power lines. i don't think in these areas, but of course, we will have very slick and hazardous travel conditions, really all across the area tomorrow, tomorrow night, and evening into tuesday as the periods of heavy rain come down, but 52 degrees, what a turn around from our high temperature of 20 today and makeup quieter for the second half of the week, temperatures in the 30's and 40's and we stay mainly precipitation-free save for a spotty shower or sprinkle >> just have to get through tomorrow: thanks so much, lauren. >>> lesley, sports highlights. are they brawling the flyers? >> no love. the flyers and rangers not feeling the love on va

up in the poconos during the last hour or so.he light to moderate rain in the philadelphia area and also patchy areas of rain. a little farther to the south. the second storm and this is a really big one, you can see the circulation very clearly. it's got a powerful jet stream associated with it. fueled by the el nino and sometimes these things do lead to severe thunderstorms and damaging winds. there is a slight risk up in delaware and south jersey tomorrow. a higher risk of that happening in virginia, the highest is in north carolina and is going to be a good deal of severe weather down south tonight that you'll be hearing more about. you'll hear more about how this is going to affect our weather hour by hour with the seven-day in a few minutes. >> you can track the rain through the evening on our nbc 10 app. be sure to download to the prepare now for the next round of storms that are moving in for tomorrow. >> a philadelphia mother who allegedly ditched her 4-year-old daughter after shoplifting at a department store in center

the poconos wind chills 20 to 30 below. i talked my kids out of skiing this weekend because it's just too cold for that. allentown into philadelphia wind chill 15 below to 20 below and our warmest wind chills areas to the south, still 10 to 15 degrees below zero. i'll talk more about the temperatures and our next winter storm on the way in the full accuweather forecast. monica. >> thank you cecily. our team coverage continues with chad pradelli live at independence mall with how today folks hands today's frigid temperatures. chad. >> reporter: hey, monica. they're staying indoors if they can. when they go outside they're dressing in layers, wearing hats and gloves and doing the best they can to stay warm. right now it's not terrible because the wind isn't blowing but if the wind picks up, it's going to get brutal. the arctic air moving into our area has people bundling up. >> it's terrible out here and i know tomorrow it's supposed to be even colder. i ride my bike everywhere i go so i'm not going anywhere.

feels like 18 in wilmington and it feels like 2 degrees in the poconos. e6 along with action radar showing our next arctic front. we had one roll through already. the next one right now is sitting across the great lakes and this will be heading through in the overnight hours and as it does, it likely will kick up some snow squalls. so, tonight the overnight low down to 19 degrees in philadelphia. 16 in allentown. 22 the boardwalk. wilmington 20. and this overnight low is the high for tomorrow. as we head through the day, the temperatures will be dropping. so future tracker showing around 11 o'clock tonight, this is when we begin to see some snow squalls really breaking out to the north and west of philadelphia. not everyone will see them but anyone who does, you'll get that brief whiteout conditions, could coat the ground in a platter of minutes. by 5 o'clock in the morning some more and then as we head through the afternoon want to show you what happens. we'll actually likely see some of these and these are actually lake effect snow bands really making th

snow showers in central pennsylvania and into the pocono mountains. we've seen a few snowflakes. it should stay dry for most of the day today. you might see a flurry. there's dry air in place. most of those flurries are evaporating before they make it to the ground. more sunshine as the day goes on, 26 degrees for the pocono mountains, middle 30s will be it for allentown and quakertown. the wind blowing all day through doylestown, trenton and mt. holly. at the shore you'll see sunny skies, 40 in atlantic city, vineland, rehoboth, in the upper 30s this afternoon and a blustery day for west chester, drexel hill and swedesboro. temperatures not much warmer than they are right now. seven-day forecast with the temperature turnaround for the weekend when i'm back in ten minutes. >>> all right. about 20 minutes before 6:00. let's get a check at traffic and specifically 422. >> first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington has that. jessica? >> that's right. we are doing okay so far. we're still really quiet this morning. at least in terms of volume. here's 422 around trooper road. troo

we're looking live at camelback mountain up in the poconos. there you see snow showers up there in the mountains because the higher elevations, seeing lake-effect snow streamers coming through. that will pretty much be the call for north and west of philadelphia today where we see isolated snow showers pushing through at a rapid pace. all is clear in the cloud department for now but we're looking for mostly cloudy skies today. near record cold today as we move through our overnight saturday night dangerous wind chills will prevail and then looking for wind gusts later today of up to 60 miles per hour. let's check our current temperatures. we do have a wind chill advisory. that will go into effect tonight until tomorrow morning. simply because the coldest arctic air has yet to settle in. winds are anticipating to be picking up. that wind chill factored in will make it feel uncomfortable and stay dangerous because when it feels like below zero out there you want to bundle up. i'll be back with more frigid details and the forecast in a just a bit.

and we have windchill warnings in the poconos. 24 in philadelphia, everyone is below the freezing mark 32 degrees. 14 in the poconos and 19 in lancaster and 21 for reading and allentown and 25 in philadelphia and same for wildwood and dover. not much of a windchill. not a crucial windchill, compare to numbers this weekend. winds coming in the southwesterly direction and 15 in philadelphia and 9 in dover and as we go throughout the day we look at the air temperature and look at the status any time. it's 28 at 2:00, 29 at 4:00 p.m. and upper 20s at 6:00 this evening and hold in the upper 20s at 10:00 p.m. tonight but it's about the blustery winds tonight and biting winds over the weekend. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have an arctic boundary over the great lakes and this boundary dips down to us and with that comes the threat of snow showers and heavier squalls, but these numbers will fall after quickly. future tracker 6 showing you tomorrow morning 9:00 feeling like 0 and 9 below in reading and 1 below zero at 3:00 in the afternoon and 19 degrees below zero in the pocon

twelve in the poconos. three in allentown. the it feels like six in philadelphia a the satellite six with action radar we have a strong wind out of the west/northwest and lakes are wide opened. they are not frozen over like what we saw last year at this time. therefore with the wind being as strong as they are a couple lake effect snow streamers may survive the journey over mountains and travel 300 miles in the philadelphia area later this afternoon. we will go combination of the sun and clouds, today, bitter cold. temperatures dropping in the teens. wind chills in the single digits. one or two area may pick up snow flakes as well. the sun and clouds, 20 degrees is the forecasted high. here are headlines, arctic blast on the the way, dangerous wind chills overnight tonight. we will talk about that and possibility of some snow on monday, when i see you in a few minutes, gray. >> bundle up, chris thanks very much. >>> warming shelters are opened up across the delaware valley to help keep homeless out of the dangerous coal. the st

this includes the entire region, delaware and lehigh valleys, poconos included as well. the right the new we are seeing sustain wind from ten to as much as 15, 20 miles per hour in portions of the the viewing area the these win speeds will continue to increase throughout the day and those gusts get even higher. with temperatures struggling just to reach about 19 or 20 degrees today, factor in that wind and these numbers will be warmest you will see all day wind chill wise. the these numbers will go in the gutter over next several hours, below zero all day long. 11 degrees is what it feels like in millville. 9 degrees in philadelphia three below in philadelphia. that really cold air is lurking in the wings here waiting just to the west, buffalo 2 degrees. pitberg eight. and binghamton, ten. we will get pouring in the area over next several hours. here is your day planner. only 19 degrees by 9:00. we have a afternoon high of 20. numbers will not go anywhere today. 3:00 o'clock 17. by 5:00 we are back down to 4 degrees. dangerous wind chills arrive overnight tonight. when i

feels like 2 degrees in pottstown. 13 below zero in the poconos. iers and snowboarders are having the time of their life but can only spend short periods of time outside simply because of the arctic air. this is like we are really not used to having for sure. our hourly forecast shows us just what our temperatures are expected to do and that's tumble and now here in the purple is what it will feel like. by 5:00 a.m. waking up early tomorrow morning we'll be subzero, single digits. it's record loss. we're getting close to record lows. i want to show you radar because most of us are dry but we do have some isolated snow showers moving through. is the great lakes, we call it the snow streamers continuing to push through the area. especially later on this afternoon in and around philadelphia. you may see an isolated snow,ed snow shower if you're out driving. take it easy. could have some slippery spots but not a big deal. big snow coming on monday or bigger, i should say. we do have a storm that's developing. we got this big ware of blocking high that's

as we look at the winter weather advisory is kicks in at 1:00 up in northampton county and the poconos, it's because of wet snow combining with sleet and perhaps some freezing rain tonight into early tomorrow morning. if you have plans to be driving up north through the lehigh sally and incular berks county. later on in the overnight hours, spots will dip into the upper 30s and some spots may hold on to the low 40s and still cloudy and chilly overnight with more rain on the way for tomorrow. when i step inside we'll talk more about that next round of rain coming in through the day tomorrow and tomorrow night and guys we may see an out of season thunderstorm and a rumble of thunder in february, it doesn't happen often but could happen tomorrow night. >> thank you david. in the meantime when rain pushes through the region, keep 6abc.com/weather open on all of your devices and keep ahead of the storm and get updates from the weather team on facebook, twitter and other social media platforms. >>> breaking news from former eagle, lesean mccoy, his attorney says he will meet with the distric

and look at the pocono mountai mountains. g like well below 30 degrees below zero so that is the danger if you're stepping outdoors for any leapt of time this weekend. so once again frost bite that is a concern. dress in layers. cover up. remember the ps check on the elderly, children, don't forget about the pets and also your pipes you might want to trickle the water a little bit open up those cabinet doors. also, don't forget to check your car batteries and that tire pressure. adding insult to injury as we move toward the holiday monday president's day tracking some energy out of the south. interacting with that cold air starting out as some snow as we move toward the afternoon and evening. then eventually changing over to some ice. the pink, the green, rain, so it could be a little icy and dicey late monday into early tuesday. for night single digits and teens. snow squalls. tomorrow 19 degrees but feels like temperatures well below zero. 3 degrees valentine's day morning. 18 for the high temperature and then watching that

that is what it feels like in the poconos. seven in allentown. seven in philadelphia and wilmington. 9 degrees right the now in dover. this is the air mass we are tapping into. it is already 22 degrees below zero in buffalo. thirteen below in pittsburgh. 11 degrees in binghamton, new york. do you think that is cold? just to the north, or anywhere from 35 to 57 degrees below zero right now with the win. look at timm ins in southern, canada. 57 degrees below. this air mass is dropping in the lower 48. it will not get that cold here but still plenty cold enough. your day planner looks like this by 9:00, 19 degrees. by 11:00, 19. the number is holding steady. during late afternoon hours we will pull back. 17 degrees by 3:00 o'clock and 14 degrees by 5:00 o'clock. when i come back in a few minutes we will talk about the dangerously cold wind chills tonight and possibility for accumulating snow on monday, gray. >> chris, thanks very much. >>> officials are taking extra precaution toss get people out of the bitter cold this weekend. code blue is in effec

we're still below zero for our temperature reading in the poconos where 13 fahrenheit philadelphia, 14 millville, 13 in atlantic city. you get the idea. we watch the skiers and snowboarders up there in the poconos. they are dressed warmly. this time yesterday morning we did happen to see a lot more action. i don't know. we do see some skiers coming down. i think today is just so cold early this morning that maybe the waiting until we get a little more sunshine under the belt later today. windchill warning in effect until 1:00, jim thorpe, parts of the lehigh valley. this is what it fees like in and around the area because we are factoring winds we do have that northwest wind crisp at 15 miles per hour. 28 below in the poconos, 10 below in redding, subzero feeling outside. you definitely want to bundle up if you do have to be out there. high pressure in play. sunshine doing little to warm us up. high temperature of 18 degrees then we tend to dip off as we get into the evening hours. wind gusts still being clocked in and around the area. 28 miles per hour for a wind gust in wilmington, 1

only in the upper 20s in the pocono mountains. we're looking at upper 30s wilmington, millville as well as wildwood. factor in the wind it feels a little colder. it feel like freezing in philadelphia, wilmington and millville f you're stepping outdoors tonight, those temperatures will be dropping. maybe headed to that villanova temple game bundle up. we're looking at temperatures by tomorrow morning in the 20s across parts of the area. then for tomorrow, it's sunny and it's a little colder than it was today in the wake of that front and also we'll have a bit of a breeze. but hang in there because we will see some milder temperatures approach our area just in time for the upcoming weekend. we'll talk about that warmup but lucy and dawn we'll also talk about the potential for more rain even some wet snow in the seven day forecast. back to you. >> all right. thank you scott. >>> we're just minutes away from a big showdown in college basketball. students from temple and villanova anxiously waiting to tip off as the two teams prepare to

currently outside it's 24 in the city and 21 in allentown and a tease north and west in the poconos and wildwood 25 and 19 to the west in lancaster. look at satellite 6 along with action radar we have sunshine around earlier today and sun gives way to increasing clouds and here is part of the reason why. this will ignite the change into the weekend. there is an arctic boundary setting up across canada and the northern great lakes and this boundary dips to the south and east as we go through the rest of tonight and with that comes the threat of snow showers and even heavier snow squalls on the way. we'll talk about the timing as it comes on in. the key snow squalls are 9:00 a.m. on saturday, i would not be surprised if we had some around before 11:00 p.m. tonight. a burst of snow and possible coating to an inch son the way. check out the windchills currently across the area, philadelphia 15 and 17 in new york city and 3 in binghamton and 7 in pittsburgh but the core of the colder air off to the north and west. pickle lake 43 degrees below zero and thunder bay 29 below zero and as you mov

the lehigh valley, the pocono mountains. but look. right around the philadelphia area, the i-95 corridor, we're looking at that pink much that's the sleet, the freezing rain, and then look at what's happening down the shore all rain right now. so we'll zoom in a little clos closer. you can see west chester little bit of a wintry mix as we move into chester, lower merion, conshohocken, norristown up to doylestown right now looking at that mix. trenton you're mixing as well as we move toward the moorestown area, gloucester, moving down to clayton looking at some of that freezing rain as well as some sleet. so we're looking at the potential especially north and west of philadelphia by early tomorrow morning up to maybe .20 of an inch as we move toward allentown as well as rea reading before we see those temperatures go completely above freezing. so how much snow have we seen across the area? look at seaford, delaware, little over 4.5-inches of snow. cape may courthouse, new jersey, 2.1. plymouth meeting about 1 inch. as we step outdoors,

higher amounts the further north and west to the lehigh valley into the poconos. that's just the beginning. let's start here toward delaware on the shore. light snow during the morning hours. perhaps less than an inch. during the afternoon hours. headed into tuesday it will be heavy. toward philadelphia, again, looking at afternoon snow one to three inches switching to sleet and freezing rain. it all transitions to rain into monday night. the rain will be heavy into tuesday. again, a lot of elements in effect here as we head into the first alert seven-day forecast. we'll talk about the timing and to who expect in terms of the flooding rainfall. >> the pennsylvania emergency management agency will activate the state's emergency operations center tomorrow at noon. that means there will be enhanced watching of the weather along with extra planning and resource support. the roads are clear as you look live at i-95 in south florida. some vehicles out there. conditions could be troublesome come tomorrow afternoon. that leaves pen-dot officials busy. three people killed a

the wind chill warning expires in the poconos around 1:00 p.m. the advisory in the philadelphia area extending southbound expires at 9:00 in the morning. dangerous into the early morning hours. looking at the radar and satellite picture looking quiet. it's not until monday that we are tracking significant precipitation. the storm system will develop to the south and west with the cold air in place until monday. it will start off as snow for just about everyone. this lifts to the north about 7:00 monday evening. that wintery mix will be moving across the philadelphia area around rush hour. that is something that will need to be watched. it looks like the wintry precipitation will continue longer there, perhaps across the poconos into the lehigh valley. that's where we have the bigger chance for accumulating snowfall before it turns into rain. here is rush hour tuesday. heavy rainfall before this starts to depart tuesday afternoon. a complex week underway starting as snow and turning to sleet and freezing rain before we finish as heavy rain monday n

the poconos 38. satellite and radar, note how everything is moving west to east across the mid atlantic states this morning? that's pacific air. there's no arctic air in the pattern over the next several days. we're sitting at 46 degrees. look at how quickly we jump into the 60s. 1:00 p.m., 58. 3:00 p.m., of 2 and 5:00 p.m., 64. tomorrow is nice, a little bit cooler than today, but nice for this time of the year. we're talking about the rain snow chance sunday night into monday morning and the coastal storm next week which looks pretty big. lots to talk about in just a few minutes i'll run it down for you in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >>> one person is dead after three others are injured after a bad crash in cumberland county. the action cam was on the scene on the 27 hundreds block of east landis avenue in vineland. that driver lost control and hit several trees after 5:00 a.m. one person died at the scene. a second person had to be flown to the hospital in serious condition. two o

gusting up into the middle 40's in the poconos. same case down the shore.ust brutal combined with these temperatures and your wind chill temperature right now in the teens at most of our reporting z already subzero on mount pocono. a wind gust right now, they're still kicking, not as intense as early in the afternoon but wind gusts still around 30 miles per hour and that will be the trend overnight tonight. feels-like temperatures we're already at three below in philadelphia, down at six below in reading, two below in atlantic city and nearly 20 below in mount pocono. and that's why we have this wind chill warning in effect for parts of the poconos until 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. we could see wind chill temperatures down as low as 35 below and that is dangerous when we're talking about wind chill temperatures. frost bite can settle in at those levels in 20 minutes or less, so of course you want to have all your exposed skin bundled up if you're heading outdoors tonight or for the first part of the day tomorrow morning, particularly in the poconos but wi

even single digits in the poconos. by morning and in the afternoon it's still only going to feel like the 20s, so it is going to be a really cold day, it's not going to feel like it's over 28 degrees in philadelphia all day tomorrow. where is the patchy light rain and snow, we had some in chester county, now a little more in the lehigh valley. but this area continues to shrink once the sun has gone down. a little bit of sleet in doylestown. that seems to have fallen apart too. so we'll have some light snow in the poconos. this is the report of the damage last night along with the radar. and now as we go in we can actually see the radar and this is the time that the tornado hit in salisbury township. it was ef-2. 125-mile-an-hour maximum winds. we hardly get any kind of tornados in february let alone something this strong. this was very, very unusual. as we go through the day tomorrow, we're going to see a lot more sunshine. that's going to be the one thing that's going to balance out the wind and the cold that we are go

even more serious conditions of course in the poconos. more about how cold it's going to get and for how long with the seven-day in a few minutes. >> we know kids like to spend the weekend playing outside. with this cold parents may not be as eager. >> families do have options this weekend. deanna durante joins us live in chestnut hill. a festival is happening. >> reporter: you can bet as the night goes on and people show up here to grab dinner on a friday night this is going to be a popular place as they are walking from their car into local restaurants. we're outside the market at the fairway here in chestnut hill. this is one of the focal points for a festival this weekend where there will be ice sculptures and hot chocolate. >> linda and racy have never been here before. >> the schools are closed on fridays and mondays so you have to find something to do or your kids go nuts. so this is it. starbucks, lots of coffee. >> hi, guys. >> in search of a place to play indoors they traveled to chestnut hill. >> i could go nuts if we're in the

it's snowing all the way past allentown up into the poconos. the new model run shows us the warm air is expected to come in. it's possible that we're changing over to rain in millville and atlantic city sleet and freezing rain is possible for a brief period as we transition from one form of precipitation to the other. 6:00 p.m., the rain line is past philadelphia. there could residual freeze up on untreated road surfaces, but obviously things are getting better. by 10:00 p.m. the snow is up in the poconos. with roads conditions improving in allentown by 11:00. one inch is all that will accumulate in south jersey before the rain washes it away. in philadelphia, 1 to 3 inches. 3 in allentown and reading and 3-plus in the poconos. a lot of that melting as temperatures rise and the rain starts to build in. we won't get over freezing until late in the afternoon. as the snow filters in and becomes more pronounced it will stay as snow until late when we mix in sleet and freezing rain and eventually change over to all rain. as you just saw on future tra

it is 9 below 0 in the poconos, 5 in lan caster, 10 in philadelphia. digits just about everywhere else with the exception of the shore, 11 millville, 13 dover, 10 in new york city. poconos a windchill warning, way northern pennsylvania, part of jim thorpe and lehigh valley and everywhere else closer to philadelphia you see in the light blue there's a winter advisory until 9:00 a.m. this morning. that's just letting us know that it is a first alert weather day, dangerously cold conditions continue even this morning. check out these windchills. okay. we factor in the wind and the extreme windchill factor. look at this, minus 30, minus 17. we check these numbers. these are accurate here. below 3 in millville. 6 below in atlantic city. so that's dangerous cold for sure if you're heading out early this morning, have you to bundle up. there is no question about it. we'll take you through a couple hours for the hourly forecast. you can see we do get a little bump up to 18, 19 degrees for a high temperature today, but still we're going to factor in the wind an

if you want to know head up to the poconos tomorrow morning. use it's quiet at jack frost big boulder. storm scan3 shows more snow showers from the north and west you can see as it moves on in right now nothing at jackpot big boulder again overnight a few of these snow showers and squalls will move in. it's a secondary arctic front so the first one came through wednesday night into thursday. this is the second push. the first one was. yesterday and today as we know have been pretty brutal but nothing compared to what we'll feel this weekend. so not a whole lot getting in right now a few snow showers earlier this evening. now it's quiet. temperatures around the 20 mark in kennett square, ardmore and bensalem 19 down in hainesport. your wind advisory is for the and tire day tomorrow. sick a.m. to 6:00 p.m. they may extent depend if the winds stay strong after tomorrow evening after nightfall but winds could gust isolated gusts national weather service put this out up to 55 miles an hour. it's not going to be widespread. most of the gusts will be b

seventeen below in the poconos. as we head through the day and wind start gusting by 7:00 o'clock that wind chill advisory is in effect. wind chills below zero. poconos 26 below zero. sunday morning this is when the coldest air is right over us. wind chills bottom out at five to 25 degrees, below zero sunday morning. great morning to just go ahead and sleep in. then as we head in the day sunday wind will actually diminish by the afternoon with this arctic high right over us. this high pressure doesn't stick around long. it moves out on monday. what this does is allow the storm system to ride up from the southwest, pretty good agreement on the track of that storm. it will take a slight inland track. what that means it will pull in warmer air but it will start out as snow. coat to go about 3 inches monday afternoon into monday evening. a period of icing at night before it changing over to a soaking rain tuesday. could get one to 2 inches of rain. problem is the ground will be frozen, run off issues could cause localize

thirty-four in the poconos. forty-eight in millville. as we go throughout the afternoon hours notice precipitation for philadelphia, points to the south and west by 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon. the moisture will continue, as we go into the 8:00 o'clock hour and it won't push off shore until we go throughout the night time hours, moving to the south and east. then there was some indication earlier in the week that there could be some wet snow north of that i-95 corridor, really north of the pennsylvania turnpike. it looks like that moisture pushes to our south and east before those numbers north and west of the town, drops below the freezing mark. it looks to be mostly rain and light in nature. the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, showing you mild tomorrow, up to 56. afternoon and evening rain. sunny and nice on monday, up to 51 degrees. tuesday, mostly cloudy, high up to 46. late day rain is likely. period of rain, continue on wednesday, with a high of 49 degrees. the and then, some wet snow flakes are likely on wednesday, nor

six below in the poconos and 9 n millville. six, along with action radar, a little bit of cloud cover across the mid-atlantic states this morning. polar vortex sitting right there. that will continue to drift toward u.s. canadian border up here in new england. real cool stuff is here. high temperatures get as warm as let's say ten to 15 degrees below zero when you get in vermont and new hampshire. we are missing out on that but this is cold enough this air mass drifts further south overnight tonight and into tomorrow. the got news is by the time we will get into monday this cold front here will actually lift north in the form of the warm front. we're in the mid to upper 30's on monday and then these actually by the time we get into tuesday. so fortunately this will in the last all that long. here's future tracker six. these are wind chills later this have afternoon. the it the will feel like single digits south and east. single digits below zero north and west. and watch this, overnight tonight it will start to get dangerously c

it is 11 below zero in the poconos. se temperatures are just really feeling frigid out there, we factor in the winds, have windchill effect. saw a lot of skiers and snowboarders in the mountains and poconos. sunshine today, warming up today for sure. in fact, windchill warning in place far north, central north pennsylvania including jim thorpe until 1:00 everyone else having windchill advisory expiring at 9:00 a.m. this is what it feels like outside with the windchill values. pretty incredible. we've got minus 33 in the poconos. that's what it feels like outside. i don't know. how do you dress for that. how do you bundle up short periods of time outside. i think that really is the answer. minus 9 in redding, 9 below in pottstown. millville, 4 below. it is arctic air settling in for sure. arctic air will be retreating by tomorrow. we'll be left with cold but above freezing. as we move through tuesday, we actually get mild temperatures. then midweek we start to moderate with our temperature readings. average high temperatu

the pocono mountains warm to 25 degrees for a high temperature. s in the middle 30s for allentown and reading. sunshine will be nice and bright. trenton, mt. holly, no big warmup for the shore. 39 at cape may. bright, sunny skies in dover and wilmington. wilmington, 39 degrees this afternoon. right around the 40 degree mark for swedesboro and philadelphia. the weekend, that's looking warmer. in fact, a big warmup, notç so much on saturday. it will be cold in the morning but will be up to 46 in the afternoon. partly to mostly sunny skies on saturday. brilliant sunshine on sunday. it looks like a winner, high of 60 degrees. we'll all be searching for the weather pause button later on sunday. i'll show you what really is in store for us with the seven-day forecast when i come back in ten minutes. >> bill, thanks. 4:41. let's check your ride to work. got to get to work on friday before we get to the weekend. first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington is watching the roads. jessica? >> we are starting off right now on the roosevelt boulevard. these

the key number in the poconos 14 degrees but we do have a light wind out there. not strong but it is moving those temperatures into the teens across the area so it feels like 13 allentown, 18 philadelphia, 18 in dover and even teens in long beach island down to atlantic city. as we look at satellite and radar, a lot of clouds have moved in this afternoon ahead of the next arctic front and also a storm that is off the coast developing from the carolinas and the virginias. that will miss us but you can see the snow showers are on the lakes beginning to sync in from the south and west so we front as it passes through during the overnight hours tonight and as it arrives, which is mainly after 10, 11, 12 o'clock tonight, that's when we'll see the possibility of some snow squalls developing and much like thursday morning if you encounter them, they reduce visibility, they can quickly coat the ground in spots and temperatures will be in the teens across much of the area with the exception far southern delaware, new jersey temperatures right around 21 to 23 degrees. futu

twenty-five below zero possible, on the wind chill in the poconos this weekend. ke a look at the snow board and classic, one guy about to hit the grind, lets the see him do a trick before we keep going. perfect. give him a perfect 106789 lets look at storm scan three, in the a whole lot happening here, a few snow showers as that cold air moves over comparatively warm are range water here and you can see them lining up due westerly win producing snow shower activity over portions of upstate new york at the moment. here in philadelphia not much beyond a few flurries tonight as that front comes through but real story is the cold. twenty-eight in lancaster. thirty-three in philadelphia. thirty-one allentown. you cannot complain too much because it has been a mild winter. we have had a few days in january below average, few very cold days in january but they were few and far between. we had three days spaced out between each other. this stretch will be the longest prolong stretch of below average temperatures since last february when we had brutal cold here. wind start

if you're not covering up, you'll get frostbite in 15 minutes in the poconos. in the lehigh valley, windchills negative 10 and 20, frostbite in 30 minutes. cover as much skin as possible. brisk and cold, 28 degrees is the high. we have the snow squall chance. saturday, arctic air is here, 20 is the high early in the morning dropping into the teens. we'll have a record tieing low if we hit it. valentine's day we get up to 16 in the afternoon, 11 is the overnight low. monday a raw start, but we bounce back to 33. we're looking at the arrival of snow at night, warm air is coming in at night, so quickly perhaps as soon as midnight we'll change the snow over to rain. tuesday morning, it's all rain, breezy and 48. 46 on wednesday, thursday, a mixture of clouds and sun, we're at 40. obviously the milder air is coming in, but we have to wait until the end of the weekend for it to get here. >>> a south philadelphia cafe is in the middle of a social media firestorm. it has to do with a young girl battling cancer. a 3-year-old girl was playing music on the cell phone. the