ukee washington is off tonight let's go outside to meteorologist lauren casey on the blustery cbs-3 sky deck, lauren. >> still very blustery, and, very chilly, as it was case all throughout the day, and delaware valley and even we have had scattered snow showers and snow squalls those are coming to an end but that breeze is unfortunately not. checking in on our current conditions across the area 38 degrees right now in philadelphia, wind west at at the 15 making it feel like 29 degrees the in the 20's in the poconos. feels more like teens, right now and wind will keep up as we head throughout the overnight period but snow showers, they will not, over last couple of hours you can see snow shower activity really winding down, and the cloud deck dissipating as well , and looking ahead, toward tomorrow night, new years eve, we're looking receipt i good. the there is a chance of passing syringe will if you are passing flurry to the north and west of the city but otherwise partly cloudy conditions and not all too cold, 39 degrees will be your midnight temperature and we will talk her about th

meteorologist lauren casey has a look at what to expect heading outside tonight. lauren. >> thanks, jessica. we had treeing rain in the poconos, couple drip drops elsewhere, in the delaware valley. we are at 46 degrees in philadelphia wind are calm. 48 degrees your current temperature down the shore. we have warmed autopsy above freezing, that is good news in the poconos where we had been hovering at that freezing mark through the afternoon pro tuesdaying light period of freezing rain and drizzle. we have treeing rain advisory for monroe county until 7:00 o'clock this evening. we have another round of showers, approaching, kind of heavier this intensity of wind to the west at this point but again with those temperatures starting to warm up, good news in minimize ago this freezing rain threat and higher elevations. elsewhere we are sock in with the cloud cover and temperatures license trending to warm up throughout the overnight, period. but with the warm moisture and temperatures does come some fog, all settles in across the area greatly reducing visability down a

. >> and lets go to meteorologist lauren casey. it's all about finding ways to stay warm. >> dealing with this brutal air mass that came blasting in last night. temperatures right now in the teens in philadelphia. 18 degrees. 16 allentown and 7 mount pocon pocono. we have extremely cold arctic air mass and on top of that we had intense winds all throughout the day today. still wind speeds 15 to 20 miles an hour and wind gusts still up around 35 miles an hour mount pocono and gusting waning along the i 95 corridor and we had gusts reported to 41 at philly international that pushes that feels like temperature low, feeling like 4 in philly and 1 below in allentown and 13 below right now in mount pocono and overnight tonight temperatures in in lehigh county to poconos dropping to single digits. philadelphia and surrounding counties to the teens and down to the shore and parts of delaware dropping to0s. winds wain a bit especially after midnight and it will be down to 15 below in lowerel vague and 5 below and because of those extreme wi

. >> and lets go to meteorologist lauren casey. it's all about finding ways to stay warm. >> dealing with this brutal air mass that came blasting in last night. temperatures right now in the teens in philadelphia. 18 degrees. 16 allentown and 7 mount pocon pocono. we have extremely cold arctic air mass and on top of that we had intense winds all throughout the day today. still wind speeds 15 to 20 miles an hour and wind gusts still up around 35 miles an hour mount pocono and gusting waning along the i 95 corridor and we had gusts reported to 41 at philly international that pushes that feels like temperature low, feeling like 4 in philly and 1 below in allentown and 13 below right now in mount pocono and overnight tonight temperatures in in lehigh county to poconos dropping to single digits. philadelphia and surrounding counties to the teens and down to the shore and parts of delaware dropping to0s. winds wain a bit especially after midnight and it will be down to 15 below in lowerel vague and 5 below and because of those extreme wi

lets check the forecast with lauren casey. hi lauren. >> hi rahel. we will see clouds as we head in the second half of the day with sunshine breaking out but that will not help our temperatures too much. chilly day. 46 degrees with that west to northwesterly breeze picking up to 15 miles an hour and breeze will not subside as we head into sunset, so wind chill factor overnight tonight with that low temperature of 28 degrees will be down ride frigid, mostly clear overnight tonight and as we head into our friday, coldest day of the season so far 40 degrees, windy conditions, wind chills in the the 20's all the way throughout the day under sun and cloud. wind let up into saturday but temperatures chillier with a high of 39 degrees. we will rebound a little bit as we head into sunday meisha at 42 and system to watch sunday night into early monday could bring us a rain/snow mix in the city. >> winter jackets required. all right, thanks very much. good morning everyone. happy thursday, day before our weekend. see how busy boulevard is pushing in the southb

meteorologist lauren casey is in the cbs3 weather center with her christmas eve forecast. good evening, lauren. >> good evening, greg. yeah, those reindeer and santa will not need their rain slickers overnight as skies are clearing out but it was a soggy start to our day. damp and chilly, a high temperature of 46 degrees so in combination with the dreary conditions felt pretty cold for the first half of our christmas:45 in allentown, 47 degrees the high temperature today in millville. we've cooled back to 43 degrees in philly. we're at 41 in the lehigh valley. some 30's in the poconos and generally low to mid 40's down the shore. doppler radar estimated rainy fall totals, about a quarter to a half inch, a half inch at philadelphia international airport but now picking up a bunch of nothing. storm scan3 showing us precipitation has moved well off shore. cloud deck starting to break down as well and overnight skies will become mostly clear for san tan his reindeer. and as we head into tomorrow your christmas holiday is going to be above average. not anywhere near the record.

meteorologist lauren casey is on the cbs-3 sky deck with a first look the a the forecast, lauren. >> yes, we're socked in with the cloud cover on this monday , after the who will take weekend, and everyone's spirits may be down if you had to head back to work and mother nature kind of feeling that vibe, accordingly and storm scan three is showing us we have cloud in place. we had a couple of syringe also work ago cross the area but we saw it the in the form of the freezing rain in the poconos and we have a freezing rain advisory for monroe county until 7:00 p.m. as of the latest advisory, or observation from mount pocono still reporting some light treeing rain but the good news is the temperature is starting to warm up in the poconos, and now up from 32 to 33 degrees. we're at 44 in philadelphia. forty-seven in degrees down the shore and temperatures will be gradually warming overnight tonight. but we will see areas alone that will reduce visibility, showers possible late tonight, and early tomorrow but sunshine returns just in time for brief warm up tomorrow and let you know how war

. >>> let's get check on the eyewitness weather forecast with meteorologist, lauren casey, hi, lauren? jen, the arctic air officially arrived in the delaware vale, you can feel it, 40 degrees the high temperature today, with the blustery winds, windchills stay in the 20's, all throughout the day. sunshine with some patchy clouds moving in for the second half of the day. tonight, partly cloudy, frigid, 27 degrees, winds up just little bit. still breezy at times for our saturday, high temperature only of 39 degrees. high again, on sunday, 39 degrees. and watching out for the potential of rain-snow mix sunday night, pat? >> lauren, traffic looking pretty good in the area, except for right here, some delays, new jersey 42 at 295. there is # kay accident on 295 since cleared, these are delays head in the toward the city. ninety-five southbound, how about this? this actually looks pretty good for right now, 7:27 a.m. on a fridayment take this, also, septa regional rails go to septa.org, check out the new schedules that go into effect sunday. >> next update is at clock 55. up next on cbs thi

meteorologist lauren casey is on our die deck with a first look at the holiday forecast, lauren. >> thanks, ukee, quiet the day to cap off workweek as we head into our christmas holiday weekend. temperatures right around average, wind relatively light we had a to clouds and sunshine mixed in and temperatures were generally in the 40's, couple 30's on the board right now, 33 in mount pocono, 39 in allentown, 43 in philadelphia and 44 in ac. storm scan three showing us dense high level cloud filtering out sunshine for second half of the afternoon but these cloud are in association with a storm system that will be moving in, you will see that up wind right now bringing rain, snow to parts of the row midwest and that will bring wet weather our way and possibly some freezing rain, as well, freezing rain advisory in effect for upper bucks, lehigh valley, berks county and poconos kicks in at 1:00 a.m. and runs until 11:00 a.m. in the poconos. they will expire at 9:00 a.m. in the lehigh valley. we could see freezing rain mixing with temperatures nearing freezing mark, overnight tonight and into to

. >> lauren casey is in for kate tonight and lauren, we've been talking about the arctic blast that's headed our way. >> yes. we just got through one this weekend and another is en route. winter is no longer coming. winter is a live look over center city philadelphia, pushing that temperature down to 35 it was a messy start to our monday, snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of our area this morning and accumulating freezing rain in some areas picking up about .10 of ice in allentown, mount pock know, trenton all had measurable ice this morning. but storm scan 3 showing us quiet conditions right now, just a couple of passing clouds and our closest precipitation well off to the north. we stay quiet into the next couple of days as we wait on our next arctic blast. temperatures today after that messy start rebounded up into mild territory. up to 50 degrees in philadelphia after our coldest day of the season yesterday. a high of only 35. temperatures have taken a step back we're at 41 degrees right now in philadelphia, mid 30s in the lehigh valley and some low 30s in the poconos and

. >>> lauren casey joins us now. that is something. >>> now lauren joins us now with our forecast. old man winter stopping by with a carry on bag for just a couple days. >> carry on bag. >> and a big block of ice. >> get your stuff and get out of here old man winter as he will in the upcoming weekend but not before cold air lingers and gives us a snow chance but yeah, we are looking at snow being made right now. manmade snow and mother nature made snow looking at sky scan three. we are seeing this is poconos it is definitely cold enough to get those snow machines going and we will check with our weather watchers and see is what going on right now. they are commenting on this cold as we all are as soon as we step outside and check out these current conditions. temperatures in the teens and 20's, and that is still the evening, yeah. we have a long way to go overnight tonight. we will check with cherry hill where it is 19 degrees at cbs-3 weather watcher lynn's house. she says mostly clear conditions. her comment is the win is painful explanation point. i think we all feel that high w

. >> lauren casey is in for kate tonight and lauren, we've been talking about the arctic blast that's headed our way. >> yes. we just got through one this weekend and another is en route. winter is no longer coming. winter is a live look over center city philadelphia, pushing that temperature down to 35 it was a messy start to our monday, snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of our area this morning and accumulating freezing rain in some areas picking up about .10 of ice in allentown, mount pock know, trenton all had measurable ice this morning. but storm scan 3 showing us quiet conditions right now, just a couple of passing clouds and our closest precipitation well off to the north. we stay quiet into the next couple of days as we wait on our next arctic blast. temperatures today after that messy start rebounded up into mild territory. up to 50 degrees in philadelphia after our coldest day of the season yesterday. a high of only 35. temperatures have taken a step back we're at 41 degrees right now in philadelphia, mid 30s in the lehigh valley and some low 30s in the poconos and

meteorologist lauren casey joins us on the sky deck with the first look the at forecast , lauren. >> thanks, ukee. feeling great out here. nice mild monday after kind of a messy day across the area especially north and west. we had snow overnight last night, sleet, freezing rain and we did accumulate freezing rain which made for a slick, commute in some areas. ice enough in allentown. the tenth of an inch of ice. we had measurable ice in mount pocono, reading, pottstown and in trenton as well. the good news it is not until we get up to a tenth of an inch, quarter inch of ice that we will start to sees issues with down trees and down power lines so none of that and storm scan three is showing us quiet conditions, last of the moisture exiting and cloud deck starting to break down as well making for a nice sunset scene. temperatures, they did warm up , we topped at the 50 degrees in philadelphia we have fallen back down to 48 degrees, topped in the 40's in allentown and sitting at 39 . but enjoy this milder air while it lasts because we have another arctic blast in store. i'll let you k

meteorologist lauren casey is here with her fireworks forecast. hey, lauren. >> hey, joe. yeah, chilly day today once again we had that breeze once again as well and temperature right now at 43 degrees. we're in the low 40's in the lehigh valley and 43 degrees very consistent in ac and then we still have that breeze kicking up around 18, 20, 22 miles per hour impacting that wind chill temperature. we're still having the gusts especially along the i-95 corridor winds gusting to around 25 to 30 miles per hour but the good news is the winds will start to wind down as we approach midnight. if you're heading out for that second round of fireworks it will be less breezy for you. storm scan3 it looks bad but don't worry. a lot of this is upper level moisture that the radar is picking up on. you're really only seeing sprinkles in berks county, flurries into the poconos so maybe a very stray sprinkle if you're heading out around 10:00 to get your spot for the fireworks at penn's landing. otherwise dry conditions, mostly cloudy. less of a breeze and temperatures will be steady so it

let's get right over to meteorologist lauren casey sorting all of this out for us. hey there, lauren. >> hey, natasha. merry christmas to you a pleasant day across the delaware valley to enjoy the holiday. we had all of that sunshine and high temperatures running above average at 50 in philly topped at 50 in the lehigh valley and 49 degrees in atlantic city. but we are starting to chill off under clear skies. 43 degrees your current temperature in philadelphia. we have already fallen back into the 30s in the lehigh valley and 33 degrees right now in millville and storm scan3 showing us we do have clear sky conditions in place for the cloud deck will start to increase overnight tonight as this very dynamic system across parts of the upper midwest moves its way eastbound it will be weakening as it makes an approach but could give some of us some periods of freezing rain and drizzle especially as we head into tomorrow morning. so do keep that in mind. if you do have to hit the roads after the holiday freezing rain advisory in effect for the lehigh valley berks county u

we will check back with lauren casey tracking it all from the weather center. what is the latest. >> latest we are told, our coldest day of the season so far in philadelphia 26 degrees our high temperature. we didn't make it out of the teens and poconos. topped at 25 degrees in the lehigh valley and temperatures right now, sjill very chilly in the 20's but still hanging on to 4 degrees in the poconos. but all to our south a much more mild air mass that we're going to get a taste of as we head in the end of the weekend. temperatures will start to warm up, as we head overnight tonight but that is going to present a problem, for that wintry mix as we head early into our the saturday morning. we have winter wet ther advisory for the entire delaware valley, runs through saturday afternoon as we will see snow developing, overnight tonight, so what to expect, early in our saturday morning, snow, then transitioning over to period of freezing rain and sleet, mix and transitioning over to all rain likely by mid-morning. but through tonight and early tomorrow we could see

in the einstein health care science center i'm meteorologist lauren casey. final game last night in denver, brett the brown had nine available players, jahlil okafor sitting out with the hamstring injury. i wonder what allen iverson would say about these players continuing to sit out. big ja scored 13 against utah there he is just chilling last night. how about joel embiid going for loose ball. we have seen that this season, diving into the bench. he would be okay. fourth quarter we will go, joe joe from deep, it is splash land for him he had 23 points. sixers regained the lead. later on dario saric to nick stauskus, sauce for three. the sixers hold on for their eighth win of the season, and they do it on the road, 124- 122. >>> the years almost over, many will look back at 2016 and celebrate what they accomplish. the others will say could have , would have, should have, eagles nor different, the bird are putting final touches on the raring for dallas cowboys. right now eagles are six-nine and they have regrets. doug pederson was asked about some of the play

casey has a look at the sights and sound, hey there, lauren. >> reporter: hi there guys, i'm here in olde city on third street, it is first friday, free admission to the neighborhood's over 40 art galleries, right now at center for art and wood and there is some amazing pieces here that you have to check out. aim he here with the co founder, executive director of center albert leecough and just really amazing pieces so cool for people to check out. owe can you tell them about your gallery. >> gray, center for art and woodies non-for profit museum in the art of the olde city and proud to be part of the first friday. this is the 25th year for the first friday and get to see new exhibitions in the gallon willry, and shop the boutiques, and eat at local restaurant. >> reporter: can you you tell us about some of the pieces, exhibit you have going on they are just so visually interesting. >> this exhibition is called wood revisited, and it is cure rated by ann carlisle and it celebrates interest that the artists, that are used in contemporary techniques like machines and lasers to create t

lauren casey's in for kate bill other today and were you outside but were you totally fine now. the in the next couple of days , we were saying it will feel like a heat wave. >> i think i'll have on more accessories. >> just a bit. >> i'm forecasting more accessories for thursday and friday as we keep an eye on that arctic blast but right now, today wasn't a bad day. pretty pleasant, quiet, breeze was tame. 43 degrees our current temperature right now. getting a live look at center city philadelphia wind out of the southwest at around 9 miles per hour. feeling more like 38 degrees, but high temperatures today, we didn't do too bad as far as averages are concerned. our average high for today is 45. we hit 43 in philadelphia tapped in the lower 40's in the lehigh valley and low to mid 40's down the shore but 40 's out identify the window as we head into thursday and friday. high temperatures in the 20's, wind on top of that, 15 to 25 miles an hour, and lows, in the single digits, and teens, and feeling like near zero friday morning. now that is in the city, and immediately in the

let's get the absolute latest from meteorologist lauren casey who knows much more about this than i do >> that's why they keep me around nash. >> that's right, this is about you. >> i'll take it from here, stormscan 3 showing us quiet conditions, we had a beautiful christmas holiday across the delaware valley with sunshine and comfortable temperatures, but i am eyeing a system up wind right now bringing a whole bevy of weather, snow ice and thunderstorms on this christmas, the main energy is going to i eject on the northeast, not impact us but it will provide enough energy that we could see a period of freezing rain tomorrow north and west of the city, we do have this freezing rain advisory in effect 7:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. berks county, the lehigh valley and in effect until 4:00 p.m. for the poconos if you do have to hit the roads, do keep that in mind. it could make for a slippery monday morning commute. as we look at overnight. clear and quiet. as we head to monday evening, we will see an isolated shower chance along the i95 corridor that will include center city philadelphia. in your

meteorologist lauren casey in the cbs3 weather sent with her holiday forecast. hey there, lauren. >> hey, greg, we did start off with a soggy saturday to kick off our christmas holiday weekend and rainfall amounts we did pick up much immediate needed rainfall healthy totals across parts of the area. seven tenths of an inch in kennett square. millville .60 of an up inch. dove half an inch. philadelphia international airport four terms of an inch of rain. no precipitation for san tan the reindeer. looking good. lingering clouds and we are starting to see fog settle into parts of the area. especially down the shore reduced visibles down to about 6 miles in ac a few hours ago visibilities were down to less than mile. we'll see that fog continue throughout the overnight period reduced visibilities in millville because of that moisture lingering around from this morning's rain on the roads tonight do watch out for reduced visibility if's you're hitting the roads after grand month passes house. christmas clear and quiet. monday a chance day late shower. talk more about

meteorologist lauren casey joins us on the skies deck with how low these temperatures will go, lauren. >> thanks, ukee, jacket is much lighter then it was yesterday but that won't be for long, we will break out the big giant puffy winter coats once again, a mild day after a messy start to the workweek, this morning, with snow, sleet, freezing rain across parts of the area we did see accumulating freezing rain in some areas, a tenth of an inch in will allentown had accumulating freezing rain. the mount pocono, reading, pottstown and trenton some ice as well this morning. storm scan three showing us all of the moisture cleared out and skies, cloud deck clearing out as well but after that messy start temperatures rebounded up to 50 degrees in philadelphia we have topped at 50 in wilmington. forty-eight in millville. current temperatures right new not too shabby for this time of the year at 46 degrees in philadelphia we are at 40 in lehigh valley. we will stay quiet in the next couple of days but then, intense arctic blast is in store. i'll let you know high temperatures only in the 20's

meteorologist lauren casey joins us live with more on what you will fine heading down there tonight, hi there lauren. >> reporter: not feeling too bad, little bit of the chill out here in olde city. i'm at first friday and of course that is opened 40 plus galleries free admission this evening until 9:00 o'clock tonight. we're at third street most of the galleries are found between third street and front street and also between market and vine. first friday has been going strong since 191, rain or shine but, of course, no rain tonight. there is a chill. we have a breeze as well but that will keep temperatures from crashing too far as we head in the evening hours, temperatures in the middle 40's, a few passing cloud, no precipitation to worry about. heading outside tonight to check out the art scene leave jacket, maybe the gloves, winter barrett and then, of course, olde city is home to tons of great bars and restaurant and guys, my watch, it is still happy hour so i will leave rest of the newscast to you and i will go on my way. >> easy young lady, easy. >> it would be okay. >> thanks

lauren casey joins us. >>> stormscan 3 starting to see returns as we look towards or western counties. this is not yet reaching the surface, clouds in place mostly upper level clouds as we continues to see the moisture working in that is building in from the midwest. you can see snow, a wintery mix and rainfall with this area of low pressure and impact the delaware valley as we head to the overnight. we could indeed see a period of freezing rain an wintery mix to northwest of the city. upper bucks, berks, lehigh valley, the poconos until 11:00 a.m. as temperature as nearing that freezing mark in these areas, 34 in allentown, 33 in mount pocono. along the i95 corridor we're still up into the upper 30's and temperatures will stay above freezing, down the shore it will be rain but tomorrow morning could be fairly steady, so making slick travel conditions for the first half on the day. we do have the icing possible to the far northwest, watch out for slippery spots and ponding as we could pick up about a quarter to half inch of rainfall through midday. that rain will start to taper as we

the important delivery they made today >>> lauren casey is keeping a close eye on a system that's expected to bring it a wintery mix overnight and into the morning. when it clear out a sglofrjs season informaling find stretch new numbers show people are spending at a slower pace than last year, tomorrow is super saturday. it's considered the biggest shopping day of the holiday season. an estimated 66% of americans are expected to so that tomorrow. >>>'tis the season where we find ourselves asking to tip or not tip >> if we should tip, how much? >> you can get confusing >> nicole brewer is here with what's appropriate for those who provide a service to us all year around >> this time of year, ukee washington and jessica, it's not just the standard 20% tips you give service industry professional, it's about saying thank you to those who work very hard to help you out year around. ♪ >> when it comes to holiday tipping,'tis the season to be generous. >> i think tipping is crucial. >> it's night to show people around that you prohibit what they're doing >> especially around the holidays, i th

the important delivery they made today >>> lauren casey is keeping a close eye on a system that's expected to bring it a wintery mix overnight and into the morning. when it clear out and sglofrjs season informaling find stretch new numbers show people are spending at a slower pace than last year, tomorrow is super saturday. it's considered the biggest shopping day of the holiday season. an estimated 66% of americans are expected to so that tomorrow. >>>'tis the season where we find ourselves asking to tip or not tip >> if we should tip, how much? >> you can get confusing >> nicole brewer is here with what's appropriate for those who provide a service to us all year around >> this time of year, ukee washington and jessica, it's not just the standard 20% tips you give service industry professional, it's about saying thank you to those who work very hard to help you out year around. ♪ >> when it comes to holiday tipping,'tis the season to be generous. >> i think tipping is crucial. >> it's night to show people around that you prohibit what they're doing >> especially around the holidays, i

lauren casey joins us. >>> stormscan 3returns as we lo western counties. this is not yet reaching the surface, clouds in place mostly upper level clouds as we continues to see the moisture working in that is building in from the midwest. you can see snow, a wintery mix and rainfall with this area of low pressure and impact the delaware valley as we head to the overnight. we could indeed see a period of freezing rain an wintery mix to northwest of the city. upper bucks, berks, lehigh valley, the poconos until 11:00 a.m. as temperature as nearing that freezing mark in these areas, 34 in allentown, 33 in mount pocono. along the i95 corridor we're still up into the upper 30's and temperatures will stay above freezing, down the shore it will be rain but tomorrow morning could be fairly steady, so making slick travel conditions for the first half on the day. we do have the icing possible to the far northwest, watch out for slippery spots and ponding as we could pick up about a quarter to half inch of rainfall through midday. that rain will start to taper as we h

right to lauren casey with the bone chilling forecast. >> guys, already starting to feel the chill across the delaware valley with arctic air on route. tonight we'll have the coldest air of the season arrive, chilly right now, 44 degrees in philadelphia, 42 allentown, still hanging on to the freezing mark in mount pocono, and winds are now starting to pick up around ten to 15 miles per hour. as we head into the second half of the your afternoon, those wind will stay elevated, so feels like temperatures, down into the 30's right now, in philly. twenty's in the poconos. feeling more like 38 degrees, with that breeze right now in wildwood. as i mention, we hang on to the breeze evening into the evening hours, by the 9:00 hour temperatures falling back to the 30's, so windchills will take a big dive. clear sky conditions, not worried about precipitation, in combination with these cold temperatures tonight, we fall back into the 20's, for the first time this season, in philadelphia. 28 degrees, down at 26 in the lehigh vale, we lit the freezing mark down the shore, and in some cases even colde

meteorologist lauren casey is keeping her eye on rj chas headed our way, lauren. >> thanks, jessica, temperatures are rising as we speak and getting a live look at center city philadelphia or trying to. and you cannot even see the sky line because of fog settling in with warmer and warm moist air mass contributing to a temperature inversion leading to some fog. 49 right now. winds picked up out of the southwest at around 13 miles an hour and that southerly component to wind flow is ushe ushering in warmer air and contributing to fog dense in some areas down to quarter mile visibility in the lehigh valley and half mile in trenton and five mile visibility in philadelphia. one mile visibility in the poconos and temperatures though extremely mild for this late hour on a december night we're at 50 dover air force base and 50 bedford and 49 morris town and temperature change over the last 24 hours has been dramatic on the order of double digits up 2 degrees from this time yesterday in atlantic city and overnight, tonight, we'll continue to deal with areas of fog and potentially a shower la

. >>> lauren casey in for kate bilo tonight. notice all of the people very bundled up. i nicole said they just come out from the house. it is chilly out. >> it is true. >> it is chilly outside, a little windy. you may have noticed that as well. >> a little? >> a mother nature giving us a hard time today, a big arctic blast and we needed all of the layers. i finally broke out the my biggest, most puffy coat to take. it was certainly needed. 20 degrees right now is current temperature as we look live in center city if ill a. wind out of the west, whipping up around 20 miles an hour, and our current feels like temperature is, 4 degrees. yes, 4 degrees when you step outside, temperatures right now are brutal all across the delaware valley. eighteen in allentown. 10 degrees in mount pocono. nineteen in millville but misery loves company and we have company, 6 degrees in chicago. one above in minneapolis. we have had cold air, of course and then blustery wind on top of. that wind gusting to 50 miles an hour today in atlantic city the close to that in reading and close in wrig

let's get you right over to meteorologist lauren casey for more on the current conditions and what we can expect as we go throughout the night. lauren. >> thanks, natasha. yeah, very foggy conditions across the delaware valley. visibilities as we just saw on our sky cam down to about .3 of a mile in philadelphia, same case in trenton, half a mile visibility in wilmington. a tough go on the roads overnight tonight. visibilities reduced at nearly all of our reporting sites because we have this warmer air mass building in and we have all that moisture on the ground from our snow ice and rain that is creating these foggy conditions a dense fog advisory is in effect for the entire area through 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, visibilities possible to a quarter of a mile or less and as we head throughout the overnight period temperatures are actually going to be warming up. we're at 36 degrees right now in philadelphia, you can see to the south warm front lifting up so it is going to continue to move northbound. temperatures on the backside of the front 45 already in millville, near 50 degrees i

meteorologist lauren casey is keeping her eye on rj chas headed our way, lauren. >> thanks, jessica, temperatures are rising as we speak and getting a live look at center city philadelphia or trying to. and you cannot even see the sky line because of fog settling in with warmer and warm moist air mass contributing to a temperature inversion leading to some fog. 49 right now. winds picked up out of the southwest at around 13 miles an hour and that southerly component to wind flow is ushe ushering in warmer air and contributing to fog dense in some areas down to quarter mile visibility in the lehigh valley and half mile in trenton and five mile visibility in philadelphia. one mile visibility in the poconos and temperatures though extremely mild for this late hour on a december night we're at 50 dover air force base and 50 bedford and 49 morris town and temperature change over the last 24 hours has been dramatic on the order of double digits up 2 degrees from this time yesterday in atlantic city and overnight, tonight, we'll continue to deal with areas of fog and potentially a shower la

. >> let's check in with meteorologist lauren casey to check out this frigid weather we're experiencing. got my big coat. i think it's like freezing my brain. i don't know what i was talk doing. >> yeah in case you hadn't noticed it's a little cold outside. our temperature dam in philadelphia only 37 degrees our coldest day of the season by far. down to 35. 20's in berks county, lehigh valley, 21 degrees right now mount pocono and overnight tonight frigid once again falling back to 25 degrees. at least we won't have the intense breeze though and for our day tomorrow really just as cold, 38 degrees, mostly cloudy way chance of a late day shower. maybe a snowflake mixing in. we do have this winter weather advisory as we will see the most inclement weather sunday afternoon sunday night into early monday for upper bucks county berks county lehigh valley and the poconos where we could even see some measurable freezing rain. certainly could see some measurable snowfall the poconos as we head sunday and into monday about two to 4 inches in the higher elevations and transitioning over to a wint

meteorologist, lauren casey, will tell us if we will see any signs every winter soon. it's all about customization. the possibilities are endless. >> tomorrow night thousand also pack the delaware river waterfront for two fireworks shows bringing in the new year. on the barges today at the navy yard. where crews were busy making sure the fireworks display is ready to dazzle. they were preparing shells and mortars, getting everything ready takes four days. >> all every these guys, they have other jobs, like i said, they're police officers and everything. teachers, yes, we have a teacher right here. they all have a lot of passion, though, that's why they're doing this. they're out here because they care. think want to bring smiles to anybody in philadelphia. >> doing it on the river is a advantage since larger shells can be fired over the water. looks so prep. >> i it does look pretty, doesn't it? as we get ready to welcome 2017. we look back at 2016. >> did you love it or are you anxious to leave it behind? i hit the streets to ask people what they think about the year

meteorologist lauren casey knows all too well because she's been tracking this all night long. let's see what's going on lauren. >> thanks natasha. main concern is going to be north and west of the city but all of us are dealing with this arctic air mass coleseeds day of the season by far only topped off at 38 degrees in philadelphia, 36 in allentown, only hit 37 in wildwood and didn't break 20's into the in the poconos today and temperatures have taken step back into the 20's along the i-95 corridor. 27 degrees right now philadelphia, teens in the poconos, 23 in allentown and 24 at the ac airport. overnight tonight another frigid one, even slightly cooler than last night down to 25 degrees and inn philly, 21 in the lehigh valley, teens once again in the poconos down to 15 degrees and 27 in atlantic city. of course we are talking about the possibility of some wintry type weather. we have this winter weather advisory in effect for berks county, upper bucks, lehigh valley and poconos kicks in at 1 o'clock in the afternoon tomorrow and runs until 9 o'clock in the morning on monday

for right now lets the get over to lauren casey. >> nothing so shocking about this weather. we knew it was coming. still no preparing for it. >> shock to your system when you open up the door it will be frigid but then like i'm so cold. that is how we will be responding as we head in the next several days with arctic air around the delaware valley. temperatures are starting to make a slow tumble but right now, not too bad, 35 degrees in philadelphia we are at 33 in wilmington. thirty-three in allentown. calm to light wind the at our reporting sites and that will change with the breeze picking up. we will have a wind chill impact heading in the second half of the day. the clouds to start and decreasing clouds with sunshine breaking out as we head in the afternoon. high temperatures will be slightly below average, climbing up in the middle 40's but again that breeze will pick up as we head in the second half of the day and heading out on the town, meisha on a thursday evening, watch out for 20-degree wind chills with that hearty breeze that will stay up around as we head throu

. >> the question lauren casey is are we feeling that chill, like that right here. >> she has got the answer. it will be yes. >> i don't think it will be quite that intense, over the intense keen and we are not going to deal with that type of snowfall as we have arctic high pressure building in. high pressure means quiet weather conditions, and clear skies but arctic of course means we are going to feel that frigid chill. temperatures right around average where we should be, 37 e look at center sit the eye philadelphia sunrise time this morning is at 7:10. west wind at 6 miles an hour. making it feel more lake freezing mark and those wind will pick up as we head through the day today, breezy one in store. you will need that winter coat. storm scan three is showing us snow returns, couple flurries toward higher elevations in the poconos otherwise cloud cover still streaming in but as we head in the second half of the day with that high pressure building in that will decrease. temperatures across the region we are close to the freezing hashing in the lehigh valley, at it this berks coun

let's get to lauren casey tracking this weather for us >> we're seeing this edge of the leading edge of the precipitation, that snowfall approaching the western edge on stormscan 3, you can see flurries in or around mount pocono. rating its way eastbound. snowfall mixed precipitation and then just straight up rain on the warm side of the system. that will continue to move its way east and into the delaware valley. we're really going to go see the activity pick up especial as we head into about the next two hours. to have the winter weather advisory in effect for our northwest suburbs into the lehigh valley, berks county and mount pocono until 9:00 tomorrow morning for that potential of snowfall mixed in with sleet and freezing rain. so an onset we're going to go see the precipitation and snow form and then as we head throughout the overnight period, a warmer air mass building into the mid levels of the atmosphere we'll transition that to a wintery mix and we could see snow and miles an hour ice accumulations in the advisory area. also a concern early tomorrow morning, sub or near fre

meteorologist, lauren casey, will tell us if we will see any signs every winter soon. >> tomorrow night thousand also pack the delaware river waterfront for two fireworks shows bringing in the new year. on the barges today at the navy yard. where crews were busy making sure the fireworks display is ready to dazzle. they were preparing shells and mortars, getting everything ready takes four days. >> all every these guys, they have other jobs, like i said, they're police officers and everything. teachers, yes, we have a teacher right here. they all have a lot of passion, though, that's why they're doing this. they're out here because they care. think want to bring smiles to anybody in philadelphia. >> doing it on the river is a advantage since larger shells can be fired over the water. looks so prep. >> i it does look pretty, doesn't it? as we get ready to welcome 2017. we look back at 2016. >> did you love it or are you anxious to leave it behind? i hit the streets to ask people what they think about the year that almost was. >> as the clock ticks closer to another new year, what send of

meteorologist lauren casey is here with her fireworks forecast. hey, lauren. >> hey, joe. yeah, chilly day today once again we had that breeze once again as well and temperature gh

. >> meteorologist lauren casey has what you can expect this weekend. >> after a warm end to the month of november, our first weekend in december will be on the chillier side with temperatures closer to average, a passing rain, snow shower in the poconos as we look ahead to saturday, high temperature both the days in the upper 30's, down the shore, lot of sunshine to kick off the weekend but increasing clouds as we head into sunday. high temperatures in the upper 40's. similar conditions in the the city. brisk day on sunday, blustery on sunday. both days highs in the u did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. >>> on a special holiday addition of the doctors this morning right here on cbs-3, one letter to santa caught the attention of t