the windchill tracker showing that the windchill is 34 not that bad. but by 8:00 dropping down to 25 and then to the teens and by the wee hours of the morning the windchill in the single digits that is where it will be in the morning hours and tomorrow windchills in the teens, bundle up. then, double r next system is beginning to work into the northern great plit's a clipper system diving down to the northeast. and brings us snow showers into the wee hours of the morning on wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour and tomorrow up to 45 and tomorrow morning singl digdchills in the teens and light snow wed complicate the thursday morning commute. we'll talk about that in the seven-day forecast. >> keep up with the accuweather forecast by visiting 6abc.com there can you see an hour by hour forecast and day as well as storm tracker 6 live was a close call on the regional rails this morning. when a man dro on to the tracks in glen side montgomery county. and yes there was a collision but a potentially catastrophic situation was averted. "action new john rawlins l

even without the windchill. temperatures tell you the same story. 12 in 10 inllen 13 in trenton. wilmington. you want to put on lots of and as can with thedchills, you'll have the sun on your shoulder but it won't help. 16 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 21 degrees by 6:00 p.m. this evening. high temperatures this afternoon everywhere cold 21 in allentown. 22 in reading. 23 in trenton and philadelphia today. 24 in millville. a little bit better down the shore, not much, 27 degrees in cape may. of course, the windchills are the real story. this morning around zero in spots. below zero in a few places. as we go up to 1:00 you're close to zero in allentown and reading. feeling like 6 in philadelphia. later this afternoon you'll get up to ten degree in philadelphia. by 6:00 p.m. you're back down to 7. the bottom line straight through the afternoon and up to 11:00 p.m. tonight is bundling against the cold and covering up that skin so you don't get frostbite or skin damage. got a coastal low coming up on saturday. this does not

stinging cold windchills. weekend see windchills as low as 20 below in the poconos overnights tonight and through the day tomorrow, about zero to five below for the city of philadelphia, points north and west. maybe a little bit better and five above for the jersey shore. you get the idea, it's cold air heading this way. stinging winds be feels like minus 7 in the delaware valley and colder in the lehigh valley. colder air heading into friday and saturday in the up coming week. as cold as it is right now it will be worse next weekend. 6:00 p.m. 16. ringing in the new year around midnight, windchills close to zero. bundle up it will get mighty mighty cold. temperature in philadelphia, 15 degrees. maybe we add four or five degrees to the number later on, that's it. the dewpoint is 1, the air is very, very dry. i'm going through moisturizer because my hands keep cracking. winds out of the west -- northwest at 14 miles per hour. pressure is 30.29. 4 below in reading. 1 below in wilmington. anne low single digits f

and windchills to maybe 10 in center city. a day to bundle up and cover up the skin as much as you can. saturday and matt another cold crush for new years eveday. that story in the seven day for accuwea >>> the arctic conditions made a tough job even tougher for firefighters in the city's kensington section. their equipment iced over as they battled a church fire that send flames erupts overnight. jeanette reyes is following the investigation. good afternoon mat investigators were here to find out the cause of this fire today. that is still a mystery. take a b liveme there activity here. pgw is making s is a will be boarded again. blazing. luc hurt. >> firefighters responded to a fire at the aexception of our lord church on cornwall street in east arrivals were greeted with flames from the first floor and it spread t second floor. more than 100 people seeking shelter from the bitter cold were eva residents from the nearby homes. >> if i was in that situation, i would have been in with them also. >> smelled the smoke and the fi

stuck in the single digits all day and overnight, frigid windchills, windchill advisory goes into effect0 this evening, remains in effect until 10:00 a.m. lehigh valley far out lying suburbs nine degrees. for center city five to 15 miles per hour. 6:00 this afternoon, feels like temperatures single digits, the midnight hour, look at this, minus one, in philadelphia, minus five in reading, minus six in allentown, ringing in the new year, minus four in trenton, tomorrow morning, new year's day 7:00 a.m. minus four in philadelphia, minus eight in allentown, 20 in the poconos and during the afternoon, getting a little bit better, still unbelievably cold. eight degrees will be your windchill in philadelphia tomorrow afternoon around 3:00 p.m. the exclusive accu weather seven-day forecast, 20 degrees for today's high. 19 for tomorrow. we've issued an accu weather alert both days because of the bitter cold, windchills both days in the single digits. overnight low, nine, out lying suburbs more like five. as we get into tuesday, up to 26 degrees, start pulling out of it a little bit, up to 31 and

that windchill advisory is in effect overnight tonight from 9:00 until 10:00 tomorrow morning.nd radar showing clouds clearing out from earlier today and what this is allowing is even colder air to settle in this week. they thought last week was cold this week colder so if you're heading to the mummer's day parade loads of sunshine is the good news, temperatures in the teens those wind gusts near 30 miles per hour windchills will be stuck near zero future tracker showing tomorrow morning, three below zero at 7:30 in the morning and then even by the evening hours, windchills generally in the single digits. the exclusive accu-weather seven-day forecast, blustery, frigid for the first day of the new year, 19 but windchills around zero, tuesday still cold 26, wednesday likely the warmest day of the week, could briefly touch the freezing mark. on thursday, 27 degrees still watching the coastal looks like offshore storm could bring a touch of snow right along the shore points depending how far west it tracks. this will bring us colder air friday and saturday. 18 degrees on friday sat

the windchills will be in the single digits. the model may be under selling this or controversy selling -- over selling this. it's going to be an afternoon whe you want to bundle up and cover up as much of the skin when you head outside. when the winds die down tonight it will feel raw. overnight clouds build in and it is bitter. 14 degrees in philadelphia. some spots around 10. flurries buildings in overnight. an we get into night and saturday morning in particular. there will be a wave of low pressure fortunately that will state separated from the coastal low, it will have a little power to give us light snow. slick roads could develop quickly due to the cold. by 7:00 this could be moving into the far western suburbs and :0 philadelphia. tice how during the day. the snow is in the northern of as much down south and i pulls out of here a coding to an inch light. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, an accuweather alert, high of 23. windchills in the single digits most of the day, it's bitterly cold out there. tomorrow,

in philadelphia we have a windchill of 1.t's cold in other parts of the area. 13 in reading and allentown. 4 in the poconos. 16 in millville. 17 in dover. windchill values 3 below in reading. 3 below in the poconos. 1 is a popular number for everybody else. 8 in cape may. feels like 3 in dover. here's the set up, it's been icy cold we have a huge area of high pressure it is an arctic high that came straight from the pole. now we're getting a reinforcing shot. this will come from the pole it will come diving in, it will stick around at least through tuesday morning and things begin to ease up a little bit midweek only to see another one of these come in here by friday and saturday. it's relentless, windchill advisory goes into effect 9:00 p.m. tonight through 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. windchill values along the water 5 degrees, to 15 to 20 below in the poconos. bitter cold, breezy today. 20 degrees, that's the forecasted high. windchills in the single digits. nevel breezes, ten to 20 miles per hour. overnight tonight, cold,

it's only 10 degree windchill in allentown.ll feeling cold and this evening the winds died down and it was cold and breezy enough to keep the windchills down. and this afternoon and into the evening, and could head out and lots of layers and extra gear and gloves an hats and cloud cover to the south of us, and cloudier to the south than to the north. some of us seeing a bit of sunshine and lehigh valley clouds and sun and brisk and cold and 25 degrees and feeling worse than that. down the shore clouds and sun and high around 30 and philadelphia we'll get to 29 for a high and clouds mixing with sun and brisk and cold and windchills staying with the teens and winds running 7 to 1 miles per hour. overnight tonight the winds die down and we clear out and it gets bitter. 24 is the overnight low in philadelphia and down to 8 in some suburbs and these are the numbers around sunrise tomorrow morning. if you head out the door to school or work at 7:00 it's going to be raw. temperatures across the region in fact going down. these are the

a windchill advisory posted for windchills dropping as low as 20 below zero.ere in philadelphia, windchills below zero and even more intense arctic air is on the way. as you ring in the new year if you're heading to the fireworks bundle up. put on as many layers as you can. the hand warmers help. by midnight it's 11 but the windchills below zero where they are right now and that's really where they will be staying overnight. take a look at the temperatures. they don't tell the full story. philadelphia 14, our high 20, which is 21 degrees below normal. normal low is 27, our highs not even reaching the low. allentown and reading, 12, cape may 18, pomona, 15, but you factor in the wind, the windchill two degrees below zero in philadelphia, three below in reading, zero in cape may in the poconos feels like 17 degrees below zero. satellite and radar showing the clouds from earlier dissipating as a few fair weather clouds at best but the cold pattern is setting out for another bitter week. we should be staying below freezing. perhaps touching the freezing mark on we

a windchill advisory felt great. 14 degrees below zero and the windchill advisory until 1:00 in the morning. for carbon and monroe counties and night skis there is harsh right now. they are really trying to brace for the cold. as we take a look at the waterways, it's cold for 48 hours now below freezing and getting glaze on the ice, remind yourself ice is never 100% safe and needs to be 4 inches thick to support one body and with kids out of school sit them down and though it may look frozen don't attempt to go out over any body of water

let's talk about the windchill. this is really the headline. 8:00 tomorrow morning 35 downtown feeling like. 32 in gaithersburg, 31 frederick, by lunchtime not so bad in the 30s and 40s. by 4:00 it is feeling like 20s west of i-95 and mid-30s in dc. by this time tomorrow night it is feeling like teens and 20s. you might be surprised

the windchills will continue dropping.ve windchills early in the morning in the single digits and in the afternoon windchills climbing to the teens. this is definitely the coldest day so far this season. it's not just the temperature. it's the wind as well. reading 3 cape may 18. poconos, four degrees below zero. the skies are clearing. showers ahead of the arctic front, high pressure builds in. the school bus stop bundle your kids up as much as you can like the kid from christmas story. temperatures in the suburbs, 19. philadelphia, 23. stack in the winds, five to ten degrees as they hit the bus stop tomorrow morning. winds ease up through the day, but windy all day long, 32-degrees with windchills stuck in the teens and a clipper moving in thursday night. snow showers breaking out r. it's a quick hit by 3:00 or so nothing more than scattered snow showers to the north. there could be enough snow on the ground to community, 9:00 to 3:00 in the morning, a coating to inch of snow. the ground is so cold, anything that doesn't

we have windchills 5 below. lows this morning, 1 above in lake harmony. 9 above in quakertown and pottstown and 14 in trenton and wilmington. lows tomorrow morning more like 5 or 6 below in lake harmony. 4 or 5 above in pottstown and wilmington and trenton. it will get mighty cold. it is 1 degree in lake harmony. 8 in slatington, 11 in warminster. 15 in center city. 15? glassboro. 14 in cinnaminson. 16 degrees all the wait down in smyrna. this is what hits you when you step outside this morning. feels like five below in reading. 16 below in the poconos, 1 below in trenton. 3 above zero in philadelphia. forecast for today, icy cold, mostly sunny skies, 20 degrees is our optimistic forecasted high, i'm not sure we're going to reach that today. with the wind it will feel like the single digits all day long. windchill advisory goes into effect overnight tonight and through the morning tomorrow. this is for the entire viewing area. windchills as low as 5 degrees for the jersey shore, zero for the i-95 corridor, as lo

a windchill advisory felt great. 14 degrees below zero and the windchill advisory until 1:00 in the morning. for carbon and monroe counties and night skis there is harsh right now. they are really trying to brace for the cold. as we take a look at the waterways, it's cold for 48 hours now below freezing and getting glaze on the ice, remind yourself ice is never 100% safe and needs to be 4 inches thick to support one body and with kids out of school sit them down and though it may look frozen don't attempt to go out over any body of water unless it is monitored by an official. >>> stormtracker 6 live double scan these are saturday snow showers now coming together we'll track to for you and the heart of the core of this arctic air to come in for new years day. we'll show you the numbers coming up in a bit. >> the city of philadelphia extended her code blue situation to respond to winter emergencies that come with the brutal temperatures. chad pradelli has more on that. >> reporter: hi monica, no drastic mer yours by the they have dealt with cold like this before. but the message is st

if you're heading to the poconos, look out a windchill advisory with windchills between 10 and 15 miles per hour. got snow coming on saturday, another big bone-chilling drop in the numbers for the new year's eve and new year's day holiday. >> reporter: i hope we're lucky going for that at the end of week. that will be great. good morning everybody, not only is it cold, it dark on the boulevard extension between fox street and ridge avenue here. the overhead lights are out this morning. a little darker than you're used to heading toward the schuylkill expressway. on the schuylkill expressway itself overnight construction that i had advertised yesterday didn't happen. presumably becau the good news, both lanes open heading westbound toward belmont. overallxpecting a light commute this morning a busy one this afternoon that's the set up for this week between christmas year's, quiet mornings, busy afternoon. fire crews on the scene at the church fire in kensington at cornwall and f. they wrapped up working on the fire in abington township huntington pike 232 and morton road. watch out for i

windchills are the story. probably onut 9:00 through most of the afternoon and dippi winds gusting to 25 miles per hour. up into the early evening hours. winds die down a bits move through the l noon we are up to 24 and we'll see the upper 20s for a high tomorrow and we get ready for light snow on saturday and a major cru comine for new years eve and new day. for now definitely cover up and take breaks indoors today. >> you get one now. come in. we are not alone in dealing with the wicked weather, in other places from the northeast to the midwest it's much worse with record low temperatures and record setting snowfall. ryan burrow has the latest from chicago. >> reporter: in minnesota temperatures rising up above zero much better than yesterday when theperature nada border dropped to 37 degrees below zero shattering a report. and in milwauk homeless are struggle to find a place to seat. >> i wrapp in as many sleeping bags as i t's cold here on top of concrete. >> in chicago frozen pipes bursting and causing fl

that's because of the windchill.gle digits, philadelphia feels like zero and feels like it's negative three in pottstown, that us is what's taking a toll on your body, this is dangerously cold, the windchill advisory in effect goes through tonight and into tomorrow, because that windchill is expected to feel like it's below zero through most of the overnight. today we got single digits, windchill, and then between the, it's below zero, we have below freezing temperatures, we've had them since the 27th and this will continue through the new year, so it's a possible nine-day stretch of below freezing temperatures, i'll talk about that and how long the cost will last coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> it's pretty easy to measure the year in in terms of album releases. in 2017 there were more than quite a few. there was the one song noon r none of us can get away from. you remember this. despacito. ♪ . despacito ♪ . >>> i still only know one word in that song but it's considered to be the song of 2017. but it's indi

and the current windchill of 16 that is what it feels like outside in philadelphia. and the same story as you look at these current numbers, 22 in allentown and reading and 24 in trenton and 25's in millville and cape may. and the windchills are making it feel like it's in the teens and even below the teens in the northern and western suburbs. here is future tracker 6's take on what it feels like at 3:00, this is generally the mildest time of the afternoon still feeling like the mid to upper teens in south jersey and 10 in allentown and reading and single digit windchills this evening even though the winds are dying down a bit. satellite shows more cloud cover to the south and sun to the north. that is the pattern the rest of the way. and down south you get sunshine poking through and high temperatures in the region 25 in allentown and 26 if reading and 29 in philadelphia, wilmington and millville and highs 31 to 38 degrees up and down the boards and brisk with the more noticeable windchills. here are where temperatures are going 28 by 2:00 and 29 is the high. and we

once again, testers windchills in the single -- temperatures windchills in the single digits. yesterday was the coldest day since valentine's day, 2016. today, 27 is the high. the windchills in the teens, it will feel like 16 degrees in the height of the afternoon with the winds out of the west 7 to 14 miles per hour. yesterday they were gusty, today we have cloud cover. coldest air is yet to arrive, comes just in time for new year's. details in the seven day. >> reporter: smussments we don't want -- inasmuch as we don't want to run in the cold weather, so, too do our cars not want to run. south of broad street. disabled vehicle off to the side here. it's a good reminders if you're heading out this morning or any days that you're so cold, keep a blanket in the car have the cell phone fully charged. disabled vehicle on i-95 now, the northbound side of bridge street also off to the sight. all the northbound side lanes are open, and southbound no delays just yet. watching a fire location north philadelphia along palethorpe street. stick with lehigh and masher instead for your tra

windchills are already in the teens. and by the time you wake up tomorrow morning, the winds are going to be picking up and what we're expecting here, winds 10 to 24 miles per hour and that means windchills are going to amelia is joining me in 10 to 15 minutes. we'll see you then. >> thanks, doug. >>> growing fears over the flu as the number of cases in our region increases. the flu activity reported from the cdc shows widespread reports in 23 states, including virginia and maryland. erika gonzalez has more. >> reporter: december to february is considered peak flu season and there's already a rise in cases across the country. maryland and virginia included. >> did you get your flu shot this year? >> yes, i did. >> reporter: do you get it every year? >> every year. >> reporter: have you had success when you've gotten the flu vaccine? >> yes. i've been blessed. >> reporter: the cdc breaks down flu levels into five categories. no activity, sporadic, local, that's where d.c. is, regional and widespread. maryland and 23 state

windchills in in cases are below zero. bundle up. we'll have the afternoon call and better weather ahead in the forecast also saturday snow, lots going on. 4:42 a.m. action it -- it is thursday, bitter cold day. >> reporter: we had snow showers yesterday, not seeing them now. sky6 live hd showing the battleship new jersey everything nice and bright. everybody staying inside there, it is very uncomfortable across the region. 16 degrees, dewpoint, negative 2. that's bone dry air. we have windchill of 4 in philadelphia. once the sun comes up, the wind will get blustery. we think we'll be in the single digit territory windchill wise all day today. 16 degrees currently in philadelphia. 13 degrees in allentown. 12 in reading, 11 in lancaster. 14 in trenton. 14 in wilmington, 16 in millville. 18 in cape may. windchills in the single digits everywhere, and below zero in spots. satellite shows you there's going to be sunshine today. it's not a day where it will make a different. 16 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m., 19. noon, 21 degrees. 3:00 p

and windchills are not that harsh 48 dnd poconos windchill currently 11 degrees and the windchills will deep dropping as you move through the overnight hours and we have scattered light showers across new jersey and mays landing north of atlantic city. you may have to use your windchill wiper a little bit and moving out quickly and tonight temperatures dropping down into the the teens and 20s and this is deceiving and you factor in the winds gusting 30 miles per hour and the way it feels is this. future tracker 6 showing 8:00 tomorrow morning. heading to work and kids heading to theus stop it feels like 6 in philadelphia and 2 in reading and 8 degrees below zero in the poconos and through the day tomorrow even with sunshine and temperatures struggling to make it up to freezing and the windchills the afternoon will be stuck ie teens, that is why youto put on the up in. tomorrow bitr cold and 32 degrees and windchills stuck in teens. and tomorro night int morning snow showers could leave a coating perhaps an inch for the thursday morning commute and could slow things down. high on thursda

right now windchills as expected in the teens everywhere. just 12 degree windchill in allentown and 15 in reading and feels like 16 in trenton and wilmington and i think the numbers ady afternoon because the winds are going to continue to be very blustery. and here are the current wind u 35 miles per hour in the poconos. and at the top of the hour at 11:0weook thenapsho there phila@delphia. wet noon. s is what to expect the way. mid to upper a0 miles per hour . temperatures are not goingfar. a high arod 3:00 and thenold simil mbers to midnight tonigh at the windchills that willthe upper now but straight through 8:00 and 10:00 and improving later on. snow in the western suburbs by 9:00 it swings through by the dam and cecily are on the 10:00 and 11:00. we expect a coating to inch the best chance is up north for the and in the seven day we'll have better numbers. >> we look forward to that thank you. >>> philadelphia police are searching for two people that ran from the scene a fatal car accident in the tacony section. the action cam was on t

the windchill making it dangerously cold morning. 1 degree is the windchill here in d.c. see the negative numbers there, too? there isn't much of a warmup in sight. we're going to he will find a silver lining. he'll do that in a couple of minutes here. >> a man accused of plotting a terror attack in california is expected in court today. >> at the hearing, prosecutors are expected to argue that everett eric jameson stays in jail until his trial. the 26-year-old is accused of being an isis sympathizer and plotted a terror attack at pier 39 in san francisco. he was a former marine and was depressed over losing custody of his children. >>> security in big cities is super important. the u.s. federal government increased its focus on las vegas this year after the massacre that happened a few months back. the department of homeland security changed the special assessment rating to level 1. indicating the possibility of terrorism or criminal activity. the sheriff of las vegas on the screen there insists there are no threats and the extra security is a >>> wednesday was a normal

windchills remain in the 20's. snow chances slim. saturday maybe snow showers, i don't think it amounts to much, but the bitter cold you can count on if not only will get colder into the new year's weekend but it will last well into 2018, i don't see long range us getting close to or even back to normal temperatures, by the way in the mid 40's. 26 in washington. 24 in baltimore, 28 in annapolis, 21 in frederick. teens along the mountains ethics are air they're so much colder if you can believe it when you look off towards our north and west, nine detroit, four chicago, one below in fargo, international falls broke a record low this morning of 36 degrees below zero. shocking, they're so cold. for them to have a record low to begin with is very impressive and of course all this air is coming straight from canada. you see it spilling down across the central part of the country. we're getting a piece of that polar vortex, that term became very popular couple years ago. however, with arctic high pressure it's quiet. just a few snow shower

gaithersburg allowing the windchills to bottom out.e day it doesn't get much better, temperatures rise into the upper breeze out of the northwest will remain in the teens. so that's the cold. let's talk about the snow. our one chance looks to be on saturday. fast moving children system towards the north which will generate snow showers. but it just doesn't look like it will be much. early call, few snow showers close to the ground, give an inch or so to some spots on saturday afternoon, what that clipper will do is you once again, reenforce this polar air in time for the new year, where believe it or not and low temperatures will be even lower. light snow is possible there on saturday. 33 degrees right above freezing and then for sunday new year's eve. 29 for the high temperature new year's day, looks colder when you're ringing in the new year, you're talking about windchills close to zero. accu-weather seven-day forecast. has not changed much. you can see the temperatures hovering around the freezing mark for friday and saturday. chan

and the thermometers look at windchills.te 6 along with action radar clouds coming in from the west. and breaking apart as they push over the mountains, the drying wind coming in over the west northwest. a couple of flurries floating in there and we could see a few of those overnight tonight south of philadelphia and not much here at all. partly cloudy for the majority and cold and 12 in the suburbs and center city with the northwesterly wind 5 to 5 miles per hour. and the high tomorrow 28 degrees and really strong high pressure to the west. and there is a lot of wind around this high and you see the lake-effect snows ongoing in spots south and east of the lakes with the wind coming in out of the west northwest and continues around the lakes as it's high gets closer and high of just 26 degrees and the clipper system rides to the north on friday and brings clouds on friday and a quick snow shower around. future tracker 6 windchills how it feels tomorrow afternoon. 2:30, 15 in philadelphia and zero in chicago and memphis 21 de

and the windchill tracker one day you want to look at the windchills it's in the single digits throughunch time because of that wind 10 to 20 miles per hour. and even in the afternoon in philadelphia the best it can feel tomorrow is 10 or 11 degrees and single digits for most of us in the northwestern and even southeastern suburbs of philadelphia. we'll chat about the cold and even a little bit of snow for the weekend. >> with we bundle up to endure the freezing temperatures other parts are facing a frigid assault of ice and snow and millions of americans are in the path of extreme winter weather. gloria rivera is live in d.c. >> reporter: that is right. you in philadelphia are experiencing below average temperatures and so many americans are experiencing way below average temperatures, there are snow warnings in effect from north carolina to baltimore to new york and michigan. 19 states at this point there could be more are experiencing windchill warnings and advisories and it doesn't look to let up any time soon. >> as winter weather descends in full force. eerie, pennsylvania, is on

high of 32 and windchills staying in the teens as we go into the evening. and overnight starting this evening and into early tomorrow morning a couple and a couple of slick spots, afternoon is not bad and a high of 38. cloudy and cold on friday and 34. for the weekend mostly cloudy and chilly and high of and sund evening rain. then we get through all on is gt rise o a souther another 50 on tuesday. >> that will feel likeay . that for sure. fire commissione joined by members of the junior arole to remind philadelphians of the ways to care fore christmas trees and lighted tree unattended and awa friday space heat evers and candles and disposing of live trees soon after christmas. >> just in time for the holiday shopping buy ducis rogers went to a distillery making hand crafted spirits in ac firehouse. indoors five awards for distillerys. >> vodka was their first entry and whiskey and a tuscan style gin. >> everything happens in this building. >> a historic firehouse that opened in 1888. >> being a firehouse gave it a lot of crack terror. o five dri. >> this

and windchills are below zero.ight see some relief, oh, not really, because now we're expecting snow possibly? >> we were saying that's our little niagara falls right there. sue and i earlier. also ahead this morning, sleep over tragedy here, community in shock after a 11 year old is found dead at a slumber party. the questions investigators are hoping to answer this morning. >> and sold. a replica of the iconic rocky statue on display at the art museum has been sold with a six figure price tag. but the buyer shouldn't surprise you. >> good day everyone it is thursday, or friday eve, december 28th, 2017. hello, thomas. >> or friday junior, good morning, alex, great to see you and have you with us this chilly cold day. you step outside this morning, wow. >> so this is probably the coldest so far of this cold snap? >> of this cold snap it absolutely is. even in the city we have single digit windchills this morning. so, we are dealing today with a number about the same as the windchill, five. ya. it is bitter cold out

where we have the windchill advisory in effect until noon tomorrow. windchills do not get out of the negative digits here in the poconos and most of our viewing area. and the lehigh valley and the shore will stay in single digits even for tomorrow afternoon. as we get into the end of the week here friday the clouds start to race in and friday is a dnd we are not looking at snow on friday and things start to change early on saturday morning. there will be a coastal storm developing and we could get clipped a starts to develop and we don't get whacked by it at this point. we see light snow showers developing saturday at 10:00 a.m. and continues into saturday afternoon way period of light snow and at this point. it looks like there could be a coating, 2 inches in spots here on saturday. not looking like a big storm at this point. and snow on the ground with bitter cold temperatures is just insult to injury. the four day at 4:00 the biting wind 24 feeling like the single digits in the afternoon and 28 with clouds and some sunshine and the snow showers on

we look at the current windchill, philadelphia eight. cincinnati, three below chicago nine below omaha 12 below. memphis ten, dallas 29. northern florida and the panhandle in the 30s for windchill. no one really escaping this across the country. windchill advisories in place now until noon for the poconos where a lot of people are vacationing dangerous windchills, 10 to 15 below zero until noon tomorrow. lehigh valley delaware valley a brisk breeze in the suburbs. ten is the air temperature in the city, 15. windchills between five below in the suburbs to five above. as we look at the windchill throughout the day, 10 to 20 miles per hour. the peek in the"the peak" in the afternoon, 10 to 20-degrees. it's colder for the new year and snow for the weekend. we have more on that in the full forecast. monica? >> thank you adam. in delaware, they are trying to get a head start on the snow there. deldot trucks out grinding the snow today. the agency says the effort to prevent slick streets continues over the coming days. >> the weekend snow is no

and we have to talk about windchills and what is windchill and why do we shake and shiver as the windsup especially. around the body the exterior of our body and exposed skin. a warm layer that you radiate when there is calm winds and helps to maintain the inner core body temperature, picking up tonight and tomorrow that blows away the warm layer. your body has to work so much harder to stay warm in the inner core and you start to shake and shiver. that is why you feel the windchills. because basically the warm layer around us gets wiped away. we look at winds 21 miles per hour 12 in allentown, and philadelphia. they are picking up to the north and west the board 5 to 9 miles per hour. and in fact we look at the windchills, 37 philadelphia 39 in millville. 40s for the shore and 20s in the poconos and 28 in lancaster, and again they drop quickly here over the next several hours. the front is sinking again into parts of south jersey and a lot of clouds lagging behind it and start to break the clouds apart later on tonight and a closer look at stormtracker 6 live double scan you can see s

windchills during the time period, 20-degrees below zero.ll chat about all of this cold and also when it could or could not break in the seven-day forecast. >> let's hope for the best. we are not alone. people throughout the country are dealing with dangerously cold weather and there are warnings for those planning to spend timeout side over the next few days. >> winter weather alerts from the rockies to new england. 200,000,000 americans in the frozen zone. >> it's cold. >> record cold sweeping the country bringing an end to 2017. as the clock approaches 2018, minneapolis expected to feel 26 below zero, dallas 11. in time square temperatures expected to reach the teens, real feel minus five. wintery city, a mess. chunks of ice in the chicago river. members of the salvation army concerned for the homeless. >> this is dangerous cold, people's lives could be at stake. we are checking up on them. >> erie, pennsylvania, a roof collapsed at a roofing company. no one was inside. >> outside kalamazoo michigan, a multicar pileup. should you encounte

and the windchills as we wake up tomorrow morning. 7:00 a.m. 14 below in the poconos, and the windchill advisory in effect through noon tomorrow and 3 below allentown and lancaster and dangerously cold from you out for an extended period of time and 2 philadelphia and millville and tomorrow afternoon not fairing all that much better. 5 allentown and 9 in philadelphia and 9 in dover as you get into the peak of the day tomorrow. today it felt like 18 degrees knock off 9 more for tomorrow. then tracking a system from the great lakes and the morn plains here, this is energy that will push across the country that will eventually feed into low pressure developing off the coastline and this time, they are not going link until it's way to late to see a significant storm. but nonetheless as it rolls through here. and tries to connect with that low. it will bring a quick hit of snow showers or a period of light snow on saturday. and generally a coating to 2 inches area wide and because of how cold it has been look for slick roads saturday morning into saturday afternoon. the exclusive accuweather

the windchills making for a dangerously cold day. meteorologist chuck bell will be with us in a few minutes. >>> it's now 4:15. the suspect in a foiled terror plot will be in court today. federal authorities announced his arrest last friday. he's accused of plotting a terror attack at pier 39. >>> new year's eve approaching, security in big cities is evermore the federal government focusing on vegas a lot this year after what happened a few months back. they changed the special assessment rating to level 1 indicating the possibility of terrorism for criminal activity. the las vegas sheriff insists there are no known threats and extra security is a precaution. >>> wednesday, a normal day at disneyland until the power went out leaving some families standing in long line. employees had to escort some guests off rides. about a dozen attractions were -- there was a problem with the transformer. no one was hurt and power was fully restored later in the afternoon. >>> a father wanted to teach his little girl about the game of golf. they bot

by 8:00 windchills essentially are in the low 20s around gaithersburg.the day planner, temps in the 20s and remember windchills in the teens . we will keep a flake and clouds early on thursday and then 34. we go from cold to chilly back to cold on friday and again maybe some afternoon or evening showers we will keep an eye on that. saturday is just chilly, but nice, low 40s for the game, upper 40s and maybe a shower late for the game and then check this out. we are back in the mid-50s monday and then again on tuesday with sunshine. >>> tonight's verify -- shows us now that the cold has arrived , this is from a viral facebook post in oregon. it says power strips can overheat and ignite if you plug in a space heater so we met with the d.c. fire department to find out why. >> you want to make sure you plug the heaters directly into the outlet. don't use the surge protectors. i know they are convenient, but you don't want to do that. >> captain young explained those power strips could be a deadly duo since the strips aren't made to handle the huge amount of

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