meteorologist chris sowers tracking the slick conditions. "action news" reporter, bob brooks is out in the elements. let's begin with chris sowers. >> reporter: the snowfall totals will be probably a coating maybe some areas see an inch. you get into the lehigh valley, one to three. generally speaking this is a glancing blow. there are slick spots out there, temperatures below freezing, whatever is falling it will stick. you look at the big picture, impaired to what's going on across the country. this is like a slap on the wrist. we'll go to the wider view, the moisture is spreading in west to east. there's a lot of color on the map. the white represents the snow, the blue the icy mix where we're seeing a combination of snow, sleet and freezing rain. the greens and yellows and red represents where we're seeing plain rain. that's picking up down the jersey shore. again the winds are starting to shift out of the southeast, ocean temperatures are in the 40s this is all mild air streaming in orderward. all -- northward. millville seeing and icy

let's get you to meteorologist chris sowers, chris, welcome back, by the way. you sound better. >> reporter: i feel a little

we'll begin with chris sowers at the "action news" big board for the latest. busy morning, chris. >> reporter: busy morning, i want to show you what's going on. this is taking place across the large portion of the viewing area. we're no longer seeing snow in the lehigh valley, just ice pellets and freezing rain. this is was sent in to my twitter account. this is a cover of the grill it's a sheet of ice. it's raining and the rain freezes on contact with the grounds and grill covers and everything else, because temperatures are so unbelievably cold. he is this in the rain is freezing on contact with the cold ground. for the -- fortescue you're seeing cold rain, areas west of atlantic city, atlantic city expressway around the toll plaza. you go farther to the northwest we're picking up snow north of the pennsylvania turnpike. an icy mix for pottstown, boyertown and green lane, snowing in quakertown and allentown and the poconos, temperatures are way down. 24 degrees in slatington. 22 in quakertown. saint davids. 27. center city up to 30 degrees, all locations are

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meteorologist chris sowers has a nice look at the weekend forecast. it will be mild for everybody out there celebrating. >>> celebrate betsy ross' birthday. she turns 265 years old. there's a chocolate making demonstration and free cupcakes. take part from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the betsy ross house in old city. "the please touch museum" is hosting their annual new year's eve party for families. there's a live countdown to noon the ball drop and confetti cannons a second drop happens at 1:00 p.m. mr. potato head will make a special appearance to ring in 017. the festivities run until 3:00 p.m. the cost $25. >>> there will be a kid friendly new year's splash event at the adventure aquarium in new jersey the aquarium is open 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. stay for the fireworks display on the delaware river you can get a great view right there outside of the aquarium. that's what's happening across the region. sports is next. does your child need help with digestive balance? try align junior probiotic. so she can have a fraction dominating... status updati

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meteorologist chris sowers will have that. we'll be right back. >> havoc on a new mexico highway, yesterday 40 vehicles slid into each other on interstate 40. police shut down a long stretch of the road while crews tried to remove cars and trucks there. the highway did not reopen until really late last night. >>> back here at home, our weather did not look like. we feel for those folks. yesterday we had ice. >> reporter: we faired pretty well. with all that ice it could have been worse. we did already here. right now we have temperatures in the 50s and 60s. there's the view sky6 live hd spring mountain they had a nice little snow pack going on, i'm sure the milder temperatures will eat away at that. 0 never fear old man winter reinforcing shots on -- of cold on the way. they will make lots of snow in the foreseeable future. double scan live showing showers popping up across the western suburbs. a few spritzes and sprinkles around here, 59 degrees in philadelphia. 58 in millville. 60 in dover. remember, the same time yesterday

let's begin with chris sowers.

him chris sowers keeping an eye on the up and down of the forecast, like a rollercoaster chris, can't get it together here. what's going on buddy? >> reporter: mother nature is very confused, lots of ups and downs, you may think you're in raleigh, north carolina, but by evening it will feel like buffalo again. get ready for big, big changes. winds are picking up out of the south pumping in the milder air. 24 miles per hour in wilmington. 24 in trenton. dover, 25 miles per hour. remember yesterday at this time we were in the mid to upper 20s. now we're seeing 50s. some locations are close to 60 already. the warm front looks something like this, you get the idea. most of south jersey and the i-95 corridor are in the warm sector, we'll get temperature cranking this morning. in the lehigh valley and the poconos they are seeing colder air. the front will continue to lift north during the morning and everybody should get into the mid 50s before we start to cool it down. philadelphia close to 60 degrees. here's what we're tracking it's an area of showers and embedded downpours and thundersto

meteorologist chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. the camera was shaking there, windy, right? >> reporter: it's windy out there this morning, it's putting windchills in the low to mid 0s, unfortunately. as you mentioned, you need to wear a heavier winter coat. by afternoon we'll see the cloud cover thin out. the sun will shine through, it's going to be a nice day, blustery. windchills around 40 degrees just about all day long. 36 is what it feels like in philadelphia. 38 in allentown. 20 in the poconos. 35 in trenton. feels like 37 degrees presently in millville. satellite and radar, we have a little bit of cloud cover across the mid atlantic states this morning, but high pressure is in control, so we're not expecting the clouds to turn threatening. we'll stay dry today and tomorrow. there can be a rain or snow shower for parts of the lehigh valley monday morning. monday looks fairly dry, as well. a nice stretch of weather coming up for us. the breezy 49 will feel like 41 or 42. temperature overnight tonight drop close to freezing in

not chris sowers. he stopped by bensalem high school for meet and greet. he met the children who jumped on his lap and let santa know what they wanted for christmas. the boys and girls sat down to a breakfast of pancakes and sausage. >>> there's much more to come on "action news" sunday afternoon. a ten alarm fire engulfing a dozen buildings in massachusetts. we have the latest. >>> philadelphia chairman about her -- chamber music society rings in the holiday with songs about the nativity. >>> chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when we come come right back he'll have more on old man winter, not coming to my house, right after this. >> firefighters in cambridge, massachusetts worked to put out hot spots after a inferno. high flames jumped from building to building, 11 buildings damaged leaving 60 people homeless. the building where the fire started was under construction. the investigation into the fire will continue today. >>> country singer granger smith is in a north jersey hospital after he fell from a stage during a per

first meteorologist chris sowers is here with a look ahead at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. no snow, but a whole lot of rain. >> reporter: the good news, gray, the freezing rain threat in the poconos that has ended there, as well, temperatures are above freezing. you have to go up to wilks-berre /scranton area to get snow showers. in and around the philadelphia area it's rain, temperatures in the 30s and hoes, we're seeing -- 40s this morning, we're seeing liquid precipitation, we're not going to make any zooms because moderate rain for this same point. philadelphia, 40. 41 in millville. 44 in cape may and atlantic city. trenton, 38 degrees, lancaster, well above freezing, 38 degrees. forecast for today, christmas eve, 40 degrees by 9:00 a.m. periods of rain, that should continue through midday, for 11:00, 42. it's a slow jump in temperatures, by 1:00 p.m. we should shut that rain off, jersey shore it hangs on 2, 2:30 p.m., north and west it will clear out by lunchtime. 5:00 p.m., peeks of sunshine, we start the drying process, it will be milder shooting for a high of 49 de

. >> over to meteorologist chris sowers at the big board. >> reporter: good morning, guys, yes it is blustery and cold temperatures in the 20s. still somewhat of a breeze, but the gusty wind of the past couple of days that has diminished. it does feel a little bit out there. the national weather service issued a winter weather advisory in effect for all areas highlighted in the purplish color areas north and west of philadelphia. in that location we're expecting a brief period of light snow developing after lunchtime today. the timeline looks like, again, this is for the area in the advisory from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. give or take an hour or two. very light snow is expected, minor accumulations, grassy coating to a half inch. 6:00 p.m. to midnight we're expecting cloudy skies in that area where a lull or break in the action. round number two develops around midnight. it may start briefly as snow, but it will over to rain. whatever snow you have on the ground will wash away. there's double scan live you can see the thin sliver of snow stretching ahead of a warm front down here. as th

chris sowers will have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. "action news" saturday morning continues in just a moment, leaving you with a sky6 live hd of the commodor barry bridge. ♪ life can be messy... but with crayola color wonder... it doesn't have to be. don't you wish life could be this mess-free? color wonder. find it in the crayola aisle. sets each sold separately. here. folks in parts of new york they are digging out this morning in the area of perriesburg, several inches of snow fell. it was the first major snowfall of this early winter. old man winter he is here. >> and someone is clapping. >> reporter: you know, when lori and i retire we're moving to the great lakes. >> enjoy. >> that's a terrible way to end it. >> reporter: i don't like it when it's 95 decreases and it feels like 110. i like it when it feels like 15. i should have been born in boston. look at this beautiful shot, spring mountain, remember the last couple of decembers they were not able to make snow until after christmas. temperatures have been cooperating they h

meteorologist chris sowers is tracking the accuweather craft. reprieve, chris. >> reporter: one day, upper 40s close to 50 that's tomorrow. we get into the cold, wednesday, thursday, friday of this week. in the meantime we have a storm system we have to deal with first that's in the process of pushing through now, or at least knock on the door. looking live in cape may. lots of clouds out there. a couple of sprinkles reported over the delaware bay region and flurries, as well. let's flip it over to double scan live. the bark is worse than the bite you see a lot of white. warm invection, snow, the warmer air is riding at the surface. the air is so dry a lot of that is not reaching the ground. it will do so this afternoon, because of that, the national weather service issued a winter weather advisory. here's philadelphia here, this is south jersey, this is areas north and west of the city, including the lehigh valley and the poconos and the far western suburbs. the timeline on this, looks like. 1:00 p.m. this afternoon through 6:00 p.m., a light p

let's get you to meteorologist chris sowers, chris, welcome back, by the way. you sound better. >> reporter: i feel a little better. let's get you outside, i missed you gray. as we look live on sky6 live hd out at penns landing it is blustery out there this morning, like gray mentioned, temperature-wise it's not all that bad, the numbers are in the 40s, you see the camera shaking around the with the wind it feels like the 30s. 36 in reading, that's what it feels like with the wind. 23 in the poconos. 34 in millville. and these windchills all day, it's going to be like a thorn in the side, you'll step outside later this afternoon you'll see sunshine, it will look great, but it will feel blustery. 43 in millville by 1:00 p.m. the numbers drop off so much so by 7:00 p.m. tomorrow morning, the numbers will be in the 20s. forecast today, sunny and breezy, the 49 feels like the low 40s. speaking of the chilly weather, a quiet weekend overall, we're tracking unsettled weather next week and it turns sharply colder. i'll have the details in just a bit. >> new for for yo

i'm getting silly sitting here with chris sowers. feeling a little festive it's new year's eve, it's early you can -- but. >> reporter: temperatures will be close to 40 degrees when we ring in the new year, that's not too bad. sky6 live hd take a look at that, we have the milky white cirrus clouds overspreading the sky. the numbers will start to climb again. 33 degrees in philadelphia. trenton, 30. millville, 35. cape may, 38. and atlantic city, checking in at 34. just the slightest breeze out of the southwest general winds speeds 3 to 5 miles per hour. it might feel two to three degrees cooler. this afternoon we'll warm up nicely. high, thin clouds across the mid atlantic states this morning. forecast for today, it will be warmer than yesterday, yesterday we managed a high of 42. today we're shooting for 47. let's say a a sun and clouds, a little bit breezy. yesterday we had the gusty winds gust as high as 40, 45 miles per hour. today it is in the ten to 20 miles per hour. the 47 will feel like 43 or 44. coming up, looks like a mild

chris sowers is at the "action news" big board. cold is coming, right chris? >> reporter: 60s early, but temperature crash later. we don't have ice or snow, but we have heavy, drenching downpours north and west of philadelphia. we had lightning strikes, the counter is on, but not recording lightening strikes now. we're zoom into upper bucks and montgomery county. this is green lane, heavy downpour pushing east of green lane moving to the northeast 40 miles per hour. south of quakertown, here's route 611 heavy drenching downpours north of doylestown, 15 or 20 minutes ago. all this activity rapidly pushing off to the northeast getting rallied to move into north central portions of new jersey. the wider view showing a huge line stretching from new england all the way down into the deep south across the appalachian states, heavy soaking downpours, lots of yellows, reds and oranges, note what's going on on the backside, the temperature

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hello, chris sowers. >> reporter: happy new year. as he get you outside, it will be 45 to 47 degrees. not too shabby, and it will stay dry. new year's celebrations look good. as we go live from our city hall camera, the flags are still at it is chilly, we'll have to deal with cooler conditions. quakertown, 24 degrees, clear skies and calm winds. temperatures have dropped off pretty quickly out here. pottstown, 24. coatsville, 23. that's cold. tannersville 24, center city, 31. chester showing 29. we have a lot of across delaware, as well. glassboro, 24, hammonton blue berry county, 27 degrees. satellite and radar, clear skies across the mid atlantic and the northeast, just a couple of clouds pushing through the great lake states. that's the way today will play out. mostly sunny skies to start, a few clouds building in the afternoon. 1:00 p.m., 42. 3:00 p.m., 45 and then by 5:00 p.m., 45 shooting for a high of 47. wile be back along in just a few minutes with the extend accuweather seven-day forecast. alicia. >> thank you, police and g

. >> meteorologist chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, it's warm, right? >> reporter: it's mild out there, but now here comes the changes. the winds of change are on the way. actually you can see the rain starting to overspread the area from northeast to southwest. that's a cold front. the air behind this is bitter and arctic in nature. but this front continues to collapse toward the south and east getting very, very close to the philadelphia area. as we show you a closeup view there's norristown, phoenixville, pilots pottstown, reporting light lane, the impacting they highway 322 near honeybrook. temperatures is the big story here, the way the numbers crash. 60 degrees the temperature the last hour. now we're down to 39. less than 300 miles away. 31 in pits, 4 -- in pittsburgh, 34 in charleston. teens and below zero across the high plains. the way the rest of the afternoon plays out, starting out in the 50s, but quickly dropping to 47 by 2:00 p.m. 38 by 6:00 p.m. at this point the windchills are in the 0s. by 10:00 p.m. we're to the freezing mark. windchi

we begin with meteorologist chris sowers at the big board, chris. >> reporter: good morning to you jennette, what you're seeing here this is actually the tail end now starting to push through the far western suburbs. we've been giving you changeover times all morning. i think what will happen instead of changing over, the precipitation will shut off. as we get into the late afternoon hours, it may flip over to a drizzle or mist or something like that. we have several hours to go, freezing rain reported in locations that's seeing the blue color here. allentown, lancaster, trenton, wilmington dealing with freezing rain. malaga if you're traveling along 40 it's an icy mess heading toward elmer. hammonton, 322, heading to atlantic city icy. it's the secondary roads getting to the main roads that you have to be concerned about. they have not been treated. quakertown, pottstown, honeybrook reporting freezing rain. actually the freezing rain is coming down steadily to heavily at times where we're seeing the darker shades of blue. norristown, malvern, moderate to heavy freezing rain. jenkintown, do

sowers, chris a chilly start, no warmup in store, right? >> reporter: it will get seasonable high temperatures close to 50 degrees, we'll not see 60s like we saw earlier this week. as a matter of fact it's blustery out there right now. it's only 22 degrees with the wind in the poconos. 38 degrees is what it feels like in philadelphia. and feels like 39 degrees in millville. unfortunately these cold windchills will stick around all day long. by 4:00 p.m., it will feel like 23 in the poconos. 44 in philadelphia. and upper 30s in atlantic city. look at this, tomorrow morning, it gets colder, factoring in the winds, 20 for just about everybody. what you need to wear later this afternoon, heavier winter coat that's a good idea this morning. afternoon, add layers, windchills in the upper 30s and low 40s. the good news you'll need your sunglasses, we'll see sun and clouds throughout the day. it should be a nice looking day. satellite and radar sun and clouds that's the general idea for this afternoon. aac championship game down in maryland this af

meteorologist chris sowers is tracking snow flurries on the way. we'll have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast in just a bit. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ how else do you think he gets around so fast? take the reins this holiday and get the mercedes-benz you've always wanted during the winter event. now lease the 2017 gle350 for $579 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. spirit was alive at the 6abc studios for our annual children holiday party. the parents of 6abc gathered for fun, there's my wife there. of course the team was out, ducis rogers, brian taff, his lovely wife and two children, adam and hannah. >> we were there, the whole family of five, was there, because grandpa han was there, too. >> so many adorable little ones asking santa for goodies this year. >> it was nice for the bosses to do that for us. >> the kids were asking for snow. >> no. >> i like the wee bit of snow. >> wee bit of snow, yeah. >> reporter: let's go outside and show you what's going on, live on sky6 live hd, cape may, clouding up, clouds in advance of an approachin

meteorologist chris sowers is keeping track of the conditions. >> reporter: unhow much i love winter, but -- you know how much i love winter, but that didn't look like fun to me. let's get you outside and go live on sky6 live hd. there's a beautiful shot, guys, you see the christmas tree in the background, folks are skating at dilworth park there. it's a nice quiet morning around the delaware and lehigh valleys. we lost the gusty breeze. it's somewhat windy, but not like yesterday. they were piercing. it's been a chilly week. remember all the 50s and 60s and 70s we had through november and the first part of december. not the case this week. 51 degrees for monday. all of a sudden we slipped below normal. 46 tuesday, thursday, 46. yesterday, 38 degrees with windchills hovering in the 20s most of the day. speaking of windchills in the 20s we're there now. 22 is what it feels like in philadelphia. allentown, 23. 24 in millville. trenton, 22. a blustery 11 degrees in the poconos this morning. satellite and radar good news, this is going to be a nice, quiet day. we have cloud covering appro

you know what she wanted to come to the party, not too cold, not too warm, meteorologist chris sowers joins us with a first look of the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast this final day of 2016. >> reporter: she is invited to the party, it looks good, new year's eve it could be cold, snowing and we could be talking about windchills, none of that. outside we go, looking at the commodor barry bridge. a nice quiet morning. it's chilly, temperatures in the 20s, things will moderate nicely later this afternoon. high temperatures should top out in the mid to upper 40s, looks pretty good. 26 in allentown. 32 in philadelphia. 29 in trenton. 32 in beach haven. millville, 25 degrees. 22 for the poconos, dover, 28. wilmington, checking in at 29. salt sat just a couple of clouds off to the northwest, otherwise the mid atlantic is clear this morning with a few more clouds starting to approach from the great lake states that will provide us with partly sunny skies this afternoon. here's the forecast for today, we go hour by hour for you, starting out with sunshine, gradually increasing those

meteorologist chris sowers joins us with a look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. we may hit 60 today. >> reporter: we have a couple of hours of 60 degrees and then right back down. let's get you outside and show you what's going on. here's a live sky6 live hd from our temple university camera looking back toward the center city skyline. lots of clouds in advance of an approaching cold front. the good news, the approachi

meteorologist chris sowers in for melissa. >> good evening, walter. kind of seems strange to have to mention freezing rain or drizzle. over the foot of snow, blinding snow, wind speeds up to 50 miles per hour and it stretches is cross minnesota and the u.p. of michigan. this is a warm front and the air behind this front is extremely mild for this time of the year. but at the same time we have this cold area of high pressure and this air is going to sneak its way in on the eastern side of the appalachians and it's going to drive down, not terribly cold but they're just cold enough to create some problems here first things tomorrow morning. there's your set-up as we take a look at the freezing rain advisory. this is far western suburbs, the city of philadelphia, the i-95 corridor are not included in this. temperatures are going to be right there on that freezing mark. here's what you can expect, cloudy skies most of the day. it's kind of a dull and dreary looking day, maybe some patchy mist, and freezing drizzle possible west of the city first thing tom

meteorologist chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: good morning, gray, we're dealing with a lot of the ice this morning, stay home, do not venture outdoors until after 10:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m. even that might not be long enough as we see surface temperatures below freezing. ice to rain. that's taking place now. they are getting rain at the jersey shore and the delaware bay region. icing for everybody else. tomorrow we're up to 60 and icy rain and then it turns cold again with temperatures in the 30s on monday. >> "action news" continues in 30 minutes, i'm gray hall, stay tuned for more "good morning america." >>> welcome back to "gma" on a saturday morning. happening right now, the polar plunge. the central u.s. headed for a deep freeze. winter storm making its way from the midwest to the northeast. snow, freezing temperatures, and ice making for dangerous conditions. so be careful out there. the heaviest snow is expected in new england today. >>> also right now, family vacation. the obamas are waking up in hawaii this morning. as they begin their 1

i'm getting silly sitting here with chris sowers. feeling a little festive it's new year's eve, it's early you can -- but. >> reporter: temperatures will be close to 40 degrees when we ring in the new year, that's not too bad. sky6 live hd take a look at that, we have the milky white cirrus clouds overspreading the sky. the numbers will start to climb again. 33 degrees in philadelphia. trenton, 30. millville, 35. cape may, 38. and atlantic city, che

. >>> meteorologist, chris sowers is here with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, a wet start to the christmas eve morning. >> reporter: it's supposed to be white, gray, there's a lot of rain falling in parts of the area. let's get you outside, as we look live on sky6 live hd from our city hall camera from dilworth park you can see puddles out there, the rape is coming down, -- rain is coming down, it is steady right now. freezing rain reported in the poconos, temperatures have jumped from freezing there, as well. storm tracker 6 live we set it in motion for you, the shield of rain most of it on the lighter side, but we pick up the darker shades of green that's where the steadier stuff is falling. we'll go into south jersey, heavy rain egg harbor township, mays landing and along route 40 heading into buena and malaga. on the other side of the delaware river we go you can see steady rains from 322 from honeybrook to lincoln and more steady stuff in birdsboro. we'll be dealing with this all morning long as the system progresses and pushes through. temperatures wise it's mild. po

those stories, but first the man with the plan, meteorologist chris sowers has an update on the accuweather forecast. in case you'redering, any snow christmas morning? >> reporter: no, looking live at the commodor barry bridge, the fog is settling in, the rain is coming down in buckets, all in all it's a miserable morning around the delaware and the lehigh valley. it's a quick-moving system. it should be out of here by afternoon, we could see peeks of sunshine before sunset. it's not a washout, the morning looks like a washout, but that's about it. double scan live we set it in motion for you. the good news the cold air is up here, all the frozen precipitation is in upstate new york and new england. the delaware and the lehigh valleys are seeing rain. everybody is seeing the same thing, steady, driving rain. 35 in quakertown. >> reporter: pottstown, 35. warring, 36 degrees. kennett square, 37. warm front in the lifting through, all these numbers are going to continue to climb over the next few hours. vineland, 41, cinnaminson, 39. glassboro, 38. wide by any, 42, the villas, 47 degrees. fore

meteorologist chris sowers is here with a look at the accuweather forecast. if you like cold weather, you'll like this. >> reporter: you're in luck. we have plenty of it out there right now. let's get you outside, we'll look live over the camden waterfront. beautiful shot on sky6 live hd. you'll see just a few clouds over the skyline this morning. we had snow showers and snow squalls across bucks county three hours ago, that has produced a few slick spots up there. everybody else, we're looking at mainly clear conditions, just the slightest breeze out of the west/northwest and very cold temperatures. these are the actual numbers, 28 degrees in allentown. philadelphia, 27. millville, 26. they are freezing in cape may, 32. in reading, 28 degrees. the winds speeds are under ten miles per hour. you factor this in with the temperatures in the upper 20s, it feels like the teens and low 20s. you'll need a winter coat this morning, a hat and gloves, bundle up in layers if you're out early. look for a gradual increase in clouds. 3:00 p.m., 38 and then by 5:00 p.m., 35

the picture is expected to change as the day progresses, let's get a look from chris sowers, hi chris. >> reporter: the clouds will increase 49 will feel like 49 since we lost the gusty breeze. monday, clouds and sun, 49. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, lots of rain and patchy drizzle. the arctic front arrives friday, 36 friday, windchills in the 20. >> "action news" is inaccurate in 30, i'm gray hall. stay tuned for more "good morning america." >>> welcome back to "gma" on a sad sunday morning. we are covering that devastating oakland concert fire, the damage clear from these visuals above the scene. bodies are still inside that warehouse, which doubled as a home, artists studio and rave venue. the recovery effort is going to go slowly because of this unstable structure. >> so let's go back to neal karlinsky who is right there on the scene. he has an update for us. neal, can you describe a little bit what's happening behind you? >> reporter: yeah, dan and paula, still a very active scene out here right now. you can see the blue tents back there. they are still deep in the process of lo

let's go over to chris sowers with an update. layers that will do the trick. heavier wirmt -- winter coat, gloves and hat, 20s and windchills in the teens. we're forecasting 38 degrees, it will feel like upper 20s and low 30s. sunday night clouding up light snow and rain developing at night. >> "action news" continues at 9:00 a.m. i'm gray hall. now back to "good morning america." ♪ come on, wake up!!! come on, why ya sleepin'? come on! what time is it? it's go time. come on. let's go, let's go, let's go. woooo hoooo!! yeah!! i feel like i went to bed an hour ago. i'll make the cocoa. get a great offer on the car of your grown-up dreams at the mercedes-benz winter event. it's the look on their faces that make it all worthwhile. thank you santa!!! now lease the 2017 c300 for $389 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. >>> welcome back to "gma" on a saturday morning. happening right now, donald trump and his team in a war of words with america's intelligence agencies. those agencies according to two new published reports have concluded that russia was del

. >> reporter: good morning, everyone, i'm meteorologist chris sowers with this accuweather update. radars are clear. let's get you outside, all the weather going on across the country and back home here we're nice and quiet. high pressure in control, sun and clouds, today. temperatures seasonable. 50 degrees. windchills will by bite you this morning. it will feel like the 20s and 30s. sunday a nice looking day. monday nice, as well. unsettled by the middle of next he can -- week. what, tiger woods trying to stage a comeback. >> trying and succeeding at least so far. tiger had a phenomenal day at the hero world challenge yesterday meaning he enters today within range of the leaders.nd the world is getting a little glimpse of the old tiger woods. that's the putting legend shooting a 65 on friday, 7 under par in the second round of the hero world challenge in the bahamas. not bad for his first return to the sport in 15 months. in classic tiger fashion, he sinks this long putt on number 12 sealing the deal, of course, with a fist pump. >> it was very important for me because i hadn't f

meteorologist chris sowers is tracking the accuweather craft. reprieve, chris. >> reporter: one day, upper 40s close to 50 that's tomorrow. we get into the cold, wednesday, thursday, friday of this week. in the meantime we have a storm system we have to deal with first that's in the process of pushing through now, or at least knock on the door. looking live in cape may. lots of clouds out there. a couple of sprinkles reported over the delaware bay region and flurries, as wel

chris sowers tracking the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. some folks say brutally cold. >> reporter: no, that's in the seven day. this is seasonable cold. either way it's a lot colder than it's been over the last couple of weeks. that's a beautiful shot live from our live center city camera, christmas tree all a glow. it's breezy, but not too bad. temperatures are cold, but the windchills could be worse. with that said the windchills are blustery this morning, it only feels like 13 degrees at this hour, in lancaster, 18 in reading always we flip it over to the numbers, please. 28 degrees in philadelphia. feels like 19 in millville. and it feels like 21, there we go, 21 degrees in trenton. only feeling like 11 in the poconos. 21 in cape may. feels like 19 in millville. satellite and radar along with action radar, so we have mainly clear conditions over the delaware and the lehigh valleys this morning, lakes getting hammered with lake-effect snow and cloud cover to the west. today will be similar to yesterday, in that we see a good mixture of

. >> reporter: good morning, everyone, i'm meteorologist chris sowers with this accuweather update. it's not a white christmas, a wet christmas. we're dealing with patchy fog. in most cases visibility has been reduced to less than four miles. combined with ponding on the roads making things slick this morning. 49 degrees later this afternoon with peeks of sunshine. these glasses. because i can't see a darn thing. >> santa, by the way, has launched and we'll track him later in the show. >> good to know he is on his path. >> he is on his way across the other side of the international dateline. >> speaking about being on the right path, how many have finished your shopping for the holidays, hanukkah, christmas? >> finished my shopping? i haven't even started my shopping. >> we have two procrastinators at the table today. i'm not done yet either and if you're a procrastinator, you are in your element because just hours to go before christmas. but believe it or not, there are still bargains to be found, bargains aplenty and abc's becky worley joins us from san francisco. good morning, be

meteorologist chris sowers has the word from accuweather. >> reporter: still chilly out here when you have a breeze and lots of clouds, even though the temperatures are not treating us bad. i want to show you what's happening with storm tracker 6 live double scan, we can see a couple of little showers that have been moving through. up in the north we've been seeing blue near poconos, freezing rain advisory lasting until 4:00 p.m. an hour ago it was all blue and now you see the temperatures starting to rise in spots. in in allentown and easton we could have a sleet pelt or -- pellet mixed in with that. it's trying to leave willow grove as it heads toward trenton and doylestown. let's take a look at the freezing rain advisory, reading, 3:00 p.m. poconos 4:00 p.m. we have not seen a lot of problems with this, but it's something to watch for. martins creek, 34. ho in levittown. hammonton, you jumped up to 46, 48 in vineland, 49 in woodbine. looking with the temperatures -- looking good with the temperatures, doesn't feel always something because of the clouds and the breeze, it feels like

those stories and chris sowers next on "action news." afternoon it is sunday,good december 18. i'm nydia han along with gray hall. >> here's some of the stories we're following on "action news," the holiday travel week gets off to a rough start across the u.s. with hundreds of flights delayed. >> and two disabled residents of a philadelphia apartment building were stranded after two elevators bro

chris sowers will be on tomorrow morning to get you through that on 6abc. >>> 28 degrees is the high. later tonight, snow overnight and snow gradually changing to ice and rain pretty quickly from south to north through the morning hours, 48 is the afternoon high. sunday, 60 we got more rain. that 60 early in the day. temperatures will drop in the afternoon. it will be chillier in the afternoon. in the 30s monday and tuesday, back to the 40s on wednesday when winter arrives, thursday there can be a morning mix during the day. >> winter is so here already. that's just a formality. >>> 6:42 coming up on "action news," a developing story, a man shoots an officer in the head out west and seriously injuries him and barricades himself in the house. we have more on the standoff going on right now. >> a woman looks out the window and find people helping themselves to her christmas decorations. >> reporter: we have an accident off to the shoulder near montgomery, we'll check out i-95 and hour long delays, big news, when weak right back. >> 6:45 a.m., it is friday, that's the ben franklin bridge