. >> we're seeing squalls right now. we had that steady snow this morning with the actual arctic front. highest totals in pennsylvania here from this morning salisbury township up in the lehigh valley over half inches of snow lake poconos 6-inches allentown near five and a half huff's church in berks county over 5-inches and west caln township in chester county 4.5-inches of snow. this is live on stor tracker6 double scan and schuylkill some of these areas of snow squalls that have been pivoting through the region. this is a little blinding looking but this is shot right outside our studios here in philadelphia of channel6. e one of those snow squalls passing through at the present time dropping the visibility briefly and you can see it here closer look on storm tracker6 live kind of right along i-95 from florence through riverside through center city philadelphia and then it pulls its way back towards media and even into chester county of west cthese through and as they pull through definitely if you're on the roads, yo

the evening concerns are these snow squalls. they're sudden bursts of snow that drop visibility to almost zero so it is going to wreak some havoc in spots during the evening rush hour. they bring a quick coating to a half inch and then once the sun sets, everything is going to freeze up fast here tonight with those temperatures plummeting. brian, when i come back we'll talk about one of the coldest weekends of winter season setting up for saturday and sunday. >> all right, adam, thank you. >>> let's switch live to jeanette reyes live in allentown one of the areas dealing with those squalls right now. you make it look good but you're thrilled to be there, i know, jeanette. >> reporter: i'm just so excited i can barely hold it in. brian, some of these people really did enjoy this weather. others not so much and really saul the danger of it all. these conditions, this is exactly what some drivers were dealing with with an accident that caused seven cars to smash into each other. sunshine was just about the only thing in common betw

we have some snow squalls right now. you can see the deeper purples, that's where the snow is little bit heavy along 222 just to the east of kutztown and slicing right between kutztown and allentown heading towards quakertown, northern bucks county. again moving from the northwest to the southeast at that 40 miles an hour pace. and as we look at philadelphia, we do have a little snow squall here moving over the airport right now south of route one coating the ground in spots on the grassy surfaces but just wet on the roads so we're not looking at any concerns other than reduced visibility if you're driving around and a few flakes in southern new jersey near atlantic city down to sea isle city and tuckahoe there along route 49 and that will quickly be off the coast in the next 10 minutes or so. as we take a look at some of the photos we've been getting in on social media, michelle sent me this from facebook from reading earlier this afternoon when that snow squall passed through and again, you can see howl it does coat th

squall are weakening but low visibility on the roads through the next hour or so before the squalls weaken after sunset tonight. temperatures right now on the cold side, 35 in philadelphia, 31 in allentown, 32 in reading these don't look terrible but much colder then we felt recently but we have to factor in the wind. while winds are not as strong as they were yesterday, gusty breeze is making it feel no better than teens or 20's outside and if you can believe it, it will only get colder from here as we head into tonight and tomorrow we will tell but brutal wind chills. we will show you cool time lapse of what these look like when they move in and out very quickly. for now, back inside to you. >>> police are searching for gunman who opened fire on a group of people outside a bar in philadelphia's mt. airy section. this happened just after 2:00 on the 7100 block of germantown avenue. four people were shot after open mike night ended at 7165 restaurant. all victims are expected to survive. police say an argument motivated the gun fire. >> we strongly believe that the shooter, was actually in

windy with snow showers and snow squalls possible through this evening. highs: 37-43 winds: ne to nw 10-20 g 30 mph tonight: mostly cloudy, breezy, and cold. watch out for refreezing. lows: 20-24 feels: single digits & teens winds: nw 10-15 g 25+ thursday: mostly cloudy. windy. flurries possible. highs: 29-34 feels: teens to low 20s winds: mw 15-25 g 40 mph right now at 5:xx - we are right in the storm. some areas, getting a slushy mix, but farther north, they are already seeing a few inches of snow. john gonzalez is live in frederick - john? johnny toss to horace metro is adjusting for snow - suspending tomorrow, at the earliest. metro-rail just opened up in the last five minutes but is running on a saturday schedule. typically, it takes more than 8-inches of snow to suspend above-ground rail service. metrobus service is running on a severe snow plan' in the morning-- many lines won't run. service restoration is dependent on road conditions. from the rails to the skies. thousands of flights grounded by the snow. coming up - the impact at te and you're ta

moving through behind it, that is what is touching off the snow squalls and a wind advisory in effect for the i-95 corridor area south and east for gusty winds and north and west a winter weather advisory north and west and they are blowing snow around and temperatures are very cold. we didn't climb out of the 20s, when you factor in the winds, the windchill make its feel like 16 degrees in philadelphia. 14 in reading, and 14 in trenton. 15 at the atlanta take airport and the poconos windchill is only 1 degree. so this evening we'll fin to see scattered snow showers combining with the wind and blowing snow and reduced visibility, be careful as you drive for the evening commute. shouldn't be sticking to most roads and one situation where it's mostly cloudy and all of a sudden you get the snow shower moving through quickly changing conditions and i'll let you know when the sunshine returns and when we finally warm upcoming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> sounds good. thank you. >> the action cam in berks county where the slush and snow turned into an icy mess and the plows have

windy with snow showers and snow squalls possible through this evening. highs: 37-43 winds: ne to nw 10-20 g 30 mph tonight: mostly cloudy, breezy, and cold. watch out for refreezing. lows: 20-24 feels: single digits & teens thursday: mostly cloudy. windy. flurries possible. highs: 29-34 feels: teens to low 20s winds: mw 15-25 g 40 mph and for thousands today is their first snow day of the season. and we have some breaking news right now-- prince george's county schools are closed. that news just into the news room. these are just a few of the school districts that have closed up for the day. fairfax county... prince william county.. montgomery county... frederick county (maryland and virginia) and loudoun county.. all closed. we have a list scrolling at the complete list on our website at wjla.com. depending on where you are-- you could be waking up to very different circumstances this morning. some areas are seeing barely an inch, and in other areas they are dealing with a lot more. john gonzalez continues our stormwatch7 coverage-- live in frederick, m

visibility was reduced to almost nothing during the squalls. the lehigh valley got as many as 5-inches of snow today. meteorologist cecily tynan is live at the pennsylvania convention center for the taping of tomorrow night's flower show special. no, she did not get dressed up just for us. cecily, no surprises today. >> reporter: that's exactly right, jim. inside here it's springtime in holland. outside the pennsylvania convention center across the region it's still very much winter. in fact storm tracker6 live double scan showing that we still have some snow squalls around. i do want to zoom into this one squall we've been tracking. it moved through philadelphia about an hour ago. it's in burlington county right now and this one is potent. not only is it reducing visibilities less than about a half mile it's also creating some thundersnow. we've detected two lightning bolts with this particular cell. it's moving very quickly at about 30 miles per hour. so, it's moving through lower bank right now and it's really going to be hitting the garden

we have snow showers, brief snow squalls moving through. not everyone is getting them but there's one potent snow squall moving through media right now heading towards philadelphia international airport. we had one at 4:10 today, they actually had to shut down the airport for 10 minutes ground stoppage because of that with the reduced visibilities. also we have another cell that's moving right towards trenton. it's moved through yardley. they're moving very quickly towards the east and once we get the sun to set a little bit before 6 o'clock, it will stabilize the atmosphere and the snow showers will be done. but they are lightning some grounds. katherine posted this. i like it because it shows the grille that people were probably using two days ago with temperatures in the 70's. now it's covered with a light dusting of snow. grassy surfaces. the roads still too warm for any of this to stick. wind chills tell the story. if you're heading out you do want that heavy winter coat. feels like 26 in philadelphia, 19 in trenton, 29 in atlantic cit

windy with snow showers and snow squalls possible through this evening. highs: 37-43 winds: ne to nw 10-20 g 30 mph tonight: mostly cloudy, breezy, and cold. watch out for refreezing. lows: 20-24 feels: single digits & teens winds: nw 10-15 g 25+ thursday: mostly cloudy. windy. flurries possible. highs: 29-34 feels: teens to low 20s winds: mw 15-25 g 40 mph and for thousands of school children-- today is their first season. these are just a few of the school districts that have closed up for the day. fairfax county... prince william county.. montgomery county... frederick county (maryland and virginia) and loudoun county.. all closed. we have a list scrolling at the bottom of your screen, and a complete list on our website at wjla.com. depending on where you are-- you could be waking up to very different circumstances this morning. some areas are seeing barely an inch, and in other areas they are dealing with a lot more. john gonzalez continues our stormwatch7 coverage-- live in frederick, maryland, where the governor has issued a state of emergency this

we have squalls all across the area this evening. you saw how intense they can get outside, wind pick up, you go from sunshine to white out conditions in a matter of minutes if not second and then it clears out. again we're seeing it. i'll tell you i saw here that it was white out conditions i ran out to take a picture. by the time i got out through could not tell it had blown through and that is how quickly they will hit and move out. here's a look outside out to the poconos where they are experience something snow squals as well, carbon county, actually over achieve inner our snow make tore day much as predicted we saw anywhere from four to 6 inches of snow, 4.8 in mount pocono. 6 inches in lake harmony and still, some snow coming down and folks enjoying it out on the slopes, this evening at jack frost big boulder. storm scan three showing those snow squalls, so steady, snow that came through where you saw that white, purple blanket ing the area, that is over. now we have intense pockets. very similar to what we see in the summerti

snow squall coming through. lower marion's about to get it. we're about to get hit here at the station. north philly is in the middle of it right now. that's pretty heavy snowshower. and you saw the results of that. they're moving through fast, though. right over abington, the sun's going to be coming out right after this. that's what happens with these. you get a heavy snow, sun, heavy snow, sun. that's the difference between a steady snow and a snowshower. that knocks the temperature down some. it's down to 31 in allentown. 33 in mount holly. we're still not quite at the freezing mark in many areas, but in a few hours it's going to be. and this moisture from the snowshowers on the roads might end up freezing up. so it may very well be some icy spots this evening as these snowshowers come through and the temperatures go down and we don't have the march sun to help melt things on the road like we did this morning. here's what's going to feel by midnight, single digits, just the beginning of a very cold weekend. more on that and the storm for n

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another squall line developing to the west. while tornado are not the biggest threat, strong gusty winds and tornados watches and warnings in effect across the midwest. it's through the next two hours we have rain and pockets of steadier rain, quiet in the morning that first batch, left over remnants thunderstorms from the overnight squall line will come through about 9:00 or 10:00 a.m. don't get through this and think there's a storm. it's the second round going to be more problematic. the sun is out herein stability building this is 2:00 p.m. temperatures in the 70's. watch what happens. this is very similar to what we saw saturday. we get the line of strong storms, the being segment here, more of a squall line than super cells. i think a greater risk will be damaging stray line winds with this. hail and heavy downpours cannot rule out an isolated tornado by 6:00, this is off the coast and the front comes through later. we're in are a slight risk for severe weather across the region. biggest threats damaging straight line win

. >> snow squalls moved through earlier. sky6 showing clearing skies, temperatures are tumbling tonight and they really won't recover much over the weekend. we'll talk about wind chills in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> those stories and much more when "action news" continues tonight. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> all right. ice cream, fudge, sprinkles, cherries and whipped cream. those are the perfect ingredients for ice cream sundays. the students at chesterbrook academy elementary school in west chester doused their principal and teachers with all the fixings today. the messy fun a reward for the students reading more than 100,000 minutes during national reading month. >>> and there has been a lot of love at the burlington county animal shelter in westampton today. dozens of puppies got a very rough start in life but they are healthy now and finding loving homes. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic has the story. >> healthy. she looks like a different puppy. >> reporter: this is the face of chelsea a golden retriever puppy who

there have been squalls really gusty winds out there. some of their areas to the north and northwest. visibility has really been greatly removed with the squalls. this is not anything that's going to be sticking around long at all. we have a ridge of high pressure building in and that's where we'll get the sunshine. today, daytime highs, seven degrees below seasonal average. we should be in the low 50's, nowhere. near that. or the 70's and things taking a reverse, 32 at winchester, 30 at gaithersburg. 29 at hagerstown. 39 in the nation's capitol. annapos and 36 degrees at dulles. i spoke about the winds being gusty. this is going to be happening tonight he as well as tomorrow. we're talking wind chills. it's going to be in the 20's, it will feel a lot colder. sustained winds from five to up to 20 miles an hour. right now, they are gusting. 29 miles per hour at dulles, look at this at dc. 33 miles per hour wind gusts definitely hang on to your hat. 30 at quantico and 31 at baltimore. these winds are moving in from the northwest. that's a

, 5:30 in the evening could have more snow squalls. both commutes are affected. in theffected.by the evening, c. south of philadelphia, grassy coating to an inch, not a big deal. philadelphia, an inch grassy surfaces and farther north, quaker town, one to three. lehigh valley and poconos the sweet spot, three to five inches of snow. really the cold air and arctic conversion, windchill zero in the morning and struggling to hit 20-degrees by the afternoon both days especially saturday. the accuweather seven-day forecast, morning snow, colder, afternoon snow squalls, 41-degrees the high. saturday, 33 feeling like wind chills in the teens most of the day. don't forget to spring forward one hour daylight savings time. monday, 38 and tuesday, looks like a powerful nor'easter will form. where does it track? at this point too early to tell. it stays cool through thursday with temperatures up to 40-degrees, more than 10-degrees below normal from temperatures in the 60s to cold air, wind and more than one opportunity for snow. >> there is a pote

another squall line developing to the west. while tornado are not the biggest threat, strong gusty winds and tornados watches and warnings in effect across the midwest. it's through the next two hours we have rain and pockets of steadier rain, quiet in the morning that first batch, left over remnants thunderstorms from the overnight squall line will come through about 9:00 or 10:00 a.m. don't get through this and think there's a storm. it's the second round going to be more problematic. the sun is out herein stability building this is 2:00 p.m. temperatures in the 70's. watch what happens. this is very similar to what we saw saturday. we get the line of strong storms, the being segment here, more of a squall line than super cells. i think a greater risk will be damaging stray line winds with this. hail and heavy downpours cannot rule out an isolated tornado by 6:00, this is off the coast and the front comes through later. we're in are a slight risk for severe weather across the region. biggest threats damaging straight line win

so we'll be dealing with snow squalls at least through the evening. temperatures are going to be dropping your visibility at times could be reduced. you can see allentown at a mile and three quarters because of a snow squall pushing through really reducing that visibility here we have some of those pennsylvania snowfall totals. that's where we had highest amounts. you can see in wayne, delaware county, 4.2. chesterbrook 3.7. areas in delaware and into new jersey saw from one to 3-inches. pennsylvania from three to even 5-inches of snowfall. snow squalls for tonight and refreeze possible and guess what? we've got more snow on tuesday. the forecast is coming up. guys. >> i want to hear about that guess what on tuesday monica. weather you're headed to the st. patrick's day parade this weekend or up to the poconos do a little skiing, take the weather authority with you. right there on in your pocket. the weather authority fox 29 app it is available on apple and android devices. >>> several people are in the hospital tonight after a schoolbus crashed in wi

we get a high of 41 degrees, after that the snow is spottier, but you could get an snow shower or squall in a couple of spots. karen we'll be tracking the snow and in a couple of minutes we'll let you know how much will be on the ground. >> reporter: the p.e. turnpike connector bring -- pennsylvania turnpike bridge is reopened. it will alleviate the congestion on i-95 and route 1. live on the schuylkill expressway, approaching bell month completely dry. as david said, temperatures above freezing, no problems on the roads just yet. the snow is starting to creep boot lehigh valley. we have a little while before it hits the i-95 corridor. the big picture no major issues. blue route, schuylkill expressway, i-95 moving just fine. we go over to 202 at baltimore pike, 202 is looking good, stick to that, instead of baltimore pike southbound you see the cones set up, baltimore pike is shut down southbound. you want to would you want for that as you head out, between passionville road and briton bridge road. >> we sent mobile 6 out looking for snow, it found some. we're at the hampton inn. i don't

., 41 the rest of the day it's a pop up in our, even a snow squall would not be out of the question. karen, when i come back we'll track the arrival and departure of the snow and we have the cold weekend ahead. >> reporter: all right we're a little late to the party. we have big news for those of you who live in bucks county or taking the new jersey turnpike connector bridge it is reopened, the construction cleared early, after being closed for 7 weeks. it looks like it was going to stay closed until april. they opened early. this is causing huge delays on i-95 and route 1. it's nice to start with good news. vine street expressway, no problems, we're clear and dry no construction. in fact the big picture, nothing but the green traffic flow. blue route, schuylkill expressway, i-95 traveling in the 50s, let's go outside live, here we are approaching spring garden, eastbound traffic heading toward center city, dry and clear, light volume, no big accidents to start you off. matt and tam. >> the bridge connecting the pennsylvania and new jersey turnpike is back open this morning ahead of

snow squalls meant business, north hampton half inch of snow in five minutes time. that's what make the so dangerous, checking in on our fly snowfall total, average would be 22 and a half inch, so far this winter 15 and from the nor'easter we picked up six of those inches, march average snow about three inches, we'll past that now, no snow tonight, mostly clear, blustery and frigid 18 degrees, windy again tomorrow, we will see sunshine still but above freezing. it will do melting of all the snow, sleet and ice, north and west will stay sub freezing but we will have sunshine tomorrow which will help "unquote melt the snow. it will be because of that sunshine, that's a phase change from the solid to a gas. the snow disappears too to the entering from sunlight and in mark we had the higher sun angle because of that, that really allows things to go away faster than we would see. we want sunshine to help get rid of the snow wind gusts up there, 30 miles per hour, brutal pretty windchill temperatures, temperatures themselves are cold enough, 27 in wilmington, 29 in millvi

watch out for some slow downs, with that intense squall. good news is through the next couple hours you can see how these squals will die by 9:00 we may have a few scattered snow showers up the coast, by 11:00 skies are clear and it is clear, sunny but very cold tomorrow, our feels like temperature when you wake up tomorrow, well, here's midnight down to the single digits. by the time we wake up tomorrow morning mostly feeling like single digits once again at 7:00 a.m. at height of the afternoon no berth than the teens and lower 20's. temperatures, sub freezing, that is cold in and of itself but with the wind it will feel like around 20 degrees tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. overnight low tonight is 18, that is a full, 50 degrees colder then it was at 4:00 o'clock yesterday. thirty-six hours. we had 50-degree drop and temperatures are not going backup anytime soon, tomorrow 's high only 31, sunny , windy, bitterly cold. that cold will continue, and you can see another big push of cold air, monday into tuesday, and that is what our next potential sto

snow squalls meant business, north hampton half inch of snow in five minutes time. that's what make the so dangerous, checking in on our fly snowfall total, average would be 22 and a half inch, so far this winter 15 and from the nor'easter we picked up six of those inches, march average snow about three inches, we'll past that now, no snow tonight, mostly clear, blustery and frigid 18 degrees, windy again tomorrow, we will see sunshine still but above freezing. it will do melting of all the snow, sleet and ice, north and west will stay sub freezing but we will have sunshine tomorrow which will help "unquote melt the snow. it will be because of that sunshine, that's a phase change from the solid to a gas. the snow disappears too to the entering from sunlight and in mark we had the higher sun angle because of that, that really allows things to go away faster than we would see. we want sunshine to help get rid of the snow wind gusts up there, 30 miles per hour, brutal pretty windchill temperatures, temperatures themselves are cold enough, 27 in wilmington, 29 in millvi

look out for heavy snow squall after that in the afternoon and early evening. we clear out overnight we cool down the winds pick up, it's brisk and cold on saturday, high of 33 windchills at dawn around zero feeling like the teens most of the afternoon. a bundler on saturday. same thing for the union game saturday night. sunday we wind up still cold, 36, but not as bad. monday night into tuesday, a nor'easter might be chugging up the coast, a little too soon to get the details all worked out, but it looks like there's a possibility of snow on tuesday, keep your eyes on that forecast. >> developing now, the president's impeachment leads to deadly protests overseas. >>> two thieves move like lightening in a gun heist that takes less than a minute. >> reporter: i-95 we're seeing the traffic build heading toward center city. not seeing any precipitation here, but in parts of the region. we'll show you the roads coming up. we didn't realize how difficult it was going to be to tie that space together. with an open floor plan, you need to separate it with furniture. i

now, anyone will see these snow squalls. they have begun to overtake the delaware valley they will be scattered in nature the rest of the day. but that in itself could lead to poor visible. a general synopsis what you can expect the rest of the day. talking about the icy roads with frozen slush and snow the temperatures will not break eye above the 20s today. but as we mentioned, it will eventually get better from here. so coming up later on, how warm will we eventually going get and also we are tracking a threat of new snow down the road. i'll let you know when just a little later on, jim. >> don't want to hear about that. thanks katie investigators working to determine the cause of early morning apartment building fire that sent a family of four to the hospital. the fire broke out around 1:15 on the 7500 block of thorn avenue. that's in east mt. airy. the fire started in the second floor corner apartment that house add family of four. the family was already out of the building when firefighters arrived. at least one man wa

we'll be seeing some snow squalls at least through nine, 10:00 o'clock in the evening. and then through the overnight, this starts to move out. we clear out so that tomorrow morning we have nice sunshine to look forward. to your saturday morning very sunny, we'll see partly clown deed conditions at least through saturday. and into sunday for your st. patrick's day parade you can see around 9:00 o'clock people are going to be starting to fill in to the parade route. temperatures at about 24 degre 24 degrees. noontime when the parade kicks off it will be still into the 20s. so again does look like a chilly forecast. 36 is your high under partly cloudy conditions within won't be problem for the parade that's got news. only looking at ten to 15 miles per hour winds. what we do have to keep an eye on a system arriving monday night into tuesday. we're on the cold side of this. it could be bringing some of the biggest snow we've seen this season. so make sure to keep it tuned monday night into tuesday looks like the timing and the setup for this system. overnight, low 20s in t

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as we look at double scan, any of the snow showers and squalls, they are long gone. the sky cleared out but winds will be whipping tonight and early tomorrow morning. many of our daffodils are in bloom across the delaware valley. you get snow showers that pass through early. you have a beautiful contrast of the white and yellow here. the daffodils defeated by mother nature with their heads hung down toward the ground here as the cold air is moving and they are getting shock to their system. as we at sky 6 live in spring mountain, temperatures are cold enough, trying to make coup with theabove avera temper. spring mountain a go with man made snow. is so low, five degree, meaning super dry arctic air, chapped lips. your skin may start to crack. wind out of the northwest, 14 14 miles per hour and a windchill of 20-degrees.town, r, wilmington feeling like 17-degrees. we saw the reruption of clouds earlier. tou lose all of that. that's why we quickly cleared this evening, and we'll stay clear tomorrow. the northwesterly wind, 12 to 2. the air temperatures, it's not going

. >> all of the snow squalls that blasted through blinding drivers this evening and late afternoon, they are all gone at this point. once the sun set, the clouds fell apart. we lost the instability but the icy wind continue to drain in. the low in philadelphia 30. 12 in syracuse, 22 pittsburg, 13 in bur ling ton vermont. 36 reading, 26 wilmington, 30 miles per hour in reading. the winds are with us all weekend long. tomorrow, 15 to 30, gusting at times to 40. single digits in the morning, teens through most of the afternoon tomorrow. it's a dry day. we start with sun. clouds take over much of saturday afternoon. it's a dry weekend. the second coldest shy from a weekend in january, a little colder, but this is the end of winter not the middle. stays cold to the beginning of next week setting up for a nor'easter. looks like it's tracking our way. we'll talk about the different scenarios that could unfold with that next week in the accuweather forecast. >> all right, adam. bad weather is being blamed for a 25 car pileup in allentown. fortunately, the accidents were fender benders. no one wa

watching these snow bands or snow squalls moving across burlington county. northern ocean county right around say brick and toms river lacy township down towards waterford. watching more snow showers now redeveloping it's kind of like an afternoon thunderstorm with these squall lines coming through. allentown down across greenwich up towards lehigh that's going to continue to drift off towards the south and east much this is some great snow making weather up towards the poconos. we're 33 degrees in town with a northwesterly wind coming in at 16. that gust is now at 30 at philadelphia international airport so that's why we have a feels like temperature coming in at 23 degrees. it's 20 in the poconos. 33 in town. 38 the warmest spot i can find on the boards as you get down towards wildwood. to the north and west these are a lot of areas communities to the north and west you'll get into the low teens and single digit readings for your wind chill values. why? because of these winds. 15 to 20 miles an hour sustain sustained. wind chill values as we talk at 6:00 o

and instability and cold air we have scattered snow squalls for the evening commute. breaking it down the steadiest snow, this is bad timing for the morning commute between 7:00 and 9:00. low visibility is the main problem in philadelphia, a heavy wet snow not the light and fluffy snow and the slick roads should be mainly north and west of philadelphia. lets break it down from philadelphia about an inch on grassy surfaces, a coating to an inch and the closer north and west suburbs, 1 to 3 inches. then you get up to the far north and west counties and lehigh valley and the poconoss that is the jackpot zone expected 3 to 5 inches of snow than causes problems on the roads. the five-day at 5:00, a pattern change, 41 is the high tomorrow and morning snow and winds afternoon snow squalls and saturday the high of 33 and throw that number away and consider the winds, the windchill in the afternoon stuck in the teens and spring forward one hour as daylight savings time begin and sunday only 36 and monday 38 degrees and tuesday watching the potential for a coastal storm to deve

we had snow squalls across south jersey and now light snow showers, this one batch working closer to trenton and crossing 206 right now and 130 as well over pennington and another batch of snow showers a little bit farther down to the south over the garden state parkway heading towards beach haven. generally these are winding down and really the big story today the cold. our high today struggled to hit 30 degree, that is 22 degrees below average, the fifth day coldest day this winter. it felt colder with windchills in the teens. we are not alone in the cold. the deep freeze is expending all the way to the deep south. freeze warnings in effect all the way to northern florida and this likely will have a big p, . gusting at 28 miles per hour and lancaster the wind gust 40 miles per hour and dover 44 and wilmington 38 and the winds are westerly pulling in the cold air and the concern windchill if you step out tonight you need to dress in layers and cover everything up. feels like 18 if philadelphia and the same in wilmington and feels like 16 in atlantic city and 15 in allentown and read

future tracker 6 showing auto couple of left over snow showers today and 6:30 tonight a snow squall could move in meaning a quick, heavy burst of snow before we clear on out later tonight. the snow is starting to taper and winding down into the next hour or so. expecting a heavier squall tonight and turning windy and refreezing is possible where slushy accumulation was picked up. >> thank you. >>> you can count on 6abc.com/weather as the storm moves through and access to the power of stormtracker 6 live double scan with the latest on what comes next and follow our meteorologists on facebook and twitter. >>> jury selection continues tonight in chester county for the trial of erick frein, it's 33-year-old is charged with the 2014 ambush killing of state trooper bryon dickson and the jury is chose in chester county because of the widespread media coverage in the poconos and opening statements are scheduled in pike county if early april. >>> a brawl broke out at the hatfield ice arena sending one person to the hospital. chop was over the scene. police were called to the arena and at the time

they don't have the power that the snow squalls had hours ago. a few left over flakes. action cam was outside the door this evening. you cann honor of the flower show back in town at the cve center, the special tomorrow doors open to the public. it's beautiful down there. windchills right now, though 's spring in the convention center, winter here. 16 in, in philadelphia, feeling like eight in reading, 17 millville, 14 trenton and 20 at the atlantic city airport. squalls from this afternoon all but gone. even the clouds cleared out. now icy winds are moving in. tomorrow, sun and clouds take over most of the day tomorrow. 33 for the high with gusting winds, winds continuing sunday and more in the way of sunshine a touch bit warmer 36-degrees. this is what you want to look at windills in the morning, single digits to teens starting saturday morning. saturday afternoon, teens and 20s with winds gusting to near 30 to 40 miles per hour. sunday afternoon not much better, upper teens to low 20s pretty much the entire weekend. reminding you to flip the clocks ahead an hour befo

after that a spotty snow squall possible. i'll track that on future tracker 6. karen, for now, most roads are dry. as david showed us in the i-95 corridor. i-95 at cottman, dry, testers above freezing, no problems heading out. looks like we have a couple of hours between 7:00 and 8:00 we see the snow in the city you're good to go. you're rejoicing if you want to take the pennsylvania turnpike connector bridge it is open. this is great news for anyone traveling i-95 and route 1. we'll see major changes there, that's good news. i-95 eastbound traffic heading toward center city. we have an accident in wyncote at rices mill road at church road. upper darby an accident cleared at long lane. an issue 202 and baltimore pike, if you're heading there you can see them directing traffic. baltimore pike southbound is blocked, you can stick to 202 instead. matt and tam. >> now it's time to turn to "action news" reporter, annie mccormick live in allentown, lehigh county where we are starting to see a few flakes. >> reporter: good morning, tam, we're waiting and ready, nick is

that four day at 4:00 forecast, big changes here 41 tomorrow with the morning snow and we'll have squalls possibly in the afternoon and then on saturday, it's windy and bitter cold a high of 33 and you saw the windchills and a reminder to turn the clocks ahead one hour this weekend and sunny and cold on sunday and quiet at 36 and chilly monday of 38 and this is not the only chance of snow in the seven-day forecast, we'll talk about it in the next half hour. winter has finally arrived. >> the tail end here. >> a little late. >> thank you. all right thoughts of warmer weather now. twiggy the water skiing squirrel back and making a splash in her adorable mini life jacket. she is practicing at the center in oaks and performing tomorrow as part of the greater philadelphia boat show, they have trained squirrels to do this since 1978 when they first took in a squirrel in a fell out of a tree. they have a serious mission to promote boating safety and the importance of wearing a life jacket no matter how big or small you are. >> i should learn how to do this. >> next on "action news" at 4:00, a so

snow squalls made it difficult to get around. >> meteorologist kate bilo was tracking the blast and more snow could be on the way >> as we head to next week, we're tracking an even more powerful storm that could bring heavy snow to the area. here's a look at what fell. lake harmny came in with six inches of snow. burlington county two and a half inches and we hit the one inch mark exactly in philadelphia. the good news about today's to storm it didn't to stick to the roads and the warmer march sun made for melting. but watch for black ice and slick spots on walkways or sidewalks. still scattered snow showers. down into new jersey, just a few flakes moving through. nothing like the dangerous squalls we saw earlier but the winds picking up and now the cold is settling in. it's 23 in allentown. 24 in reading. it's only 30 in philadelphia. and these temperatures will continue to drop pretty steadily overnight. we're about 20 to 25 degrees colder now than we were at this time last night. by the time we wake up, it is going to feel like the single digits. i'll tell you how cold we can expect i

snow squalls made it difficult to get around. >> meteorologist kate bilo was tracking the blast and more snow could be on the way >> as we head to next week, we're tracking an even more powerful storm that could bring heavy snow to the area. here's a look at what fell. lake harmny came in with six inches of snow. burlington county two and a half inches and we hit the one inch mark exactly in philadelphia. the good news about today's to storm it didn't to stick to the roads and the warmer march sun made for melting. but watch for black ice and slick spots on walkways or sidewalks. still scattered snow showers. down into new jersey, just a few flakes moving through. nothing like the dangerous squalls we saw earlier but the winds picking up and now the cold is settling in. it's 23 in allentown. 24 in reading. it's only 30 in philadelphia. and these temperatures will continue to drop pretty steadily overnight. we're about 20 to 25 degrees colder now than we were at this time last night. by the time we wake up, it is going to feel like the single digits. i'll tell you how cold we can expect i

most of pennsylvania loaded with the snow squalls today. the pennsylvania police reporting white-out on the interstates but that has diminished as well. clear skies and the gusty winds. wind chills in the morning from the teens to the early 20's. then they will stay in the 20's hitting 30-degree mark. by saturday night and sunday morning the wind chills are in

bring snow squalls later this afternoon. right now timing out when you may start to see some flurries moving into your neighborhood. into philadelphia about 34 minutes away. so keep in mind it's moving a little bit quicker right now. of course give yourself a little extra time for that morning commute. this first alert in effect for snowy a.m. rush for lehigh valley. pa suburbs. philly metro. for the morning hours. give yourself extra time. visibility will be fairly poor. we also have the slick roads and accumulation of course could be an issue. current temperatures right now. mainly in the 30s. few upper 20s for the poconos. seeing the winds starting to shift out of northeast and north so that means that of course we do have that colder air sliding into place. that have is very important. what we need and notice how we see an increase in wind spieth spe speed right now. all about timing out wipd and colder air and moisture we do. lehigh valley will see the most. none of us will be excluded. we have warmer service temperatur

you may see additional squalls , 2 inches, but that may be scattered. temperatures currently are in the 20's, but it feels more like, single digits anytime wind blows. so make sure, again, that you are bundling up adequately and keep in mind anything that looks wet even if you saw primarily a rain storm yesterday, it has since had chance to freeze back over. this is an idea what you will see rest of this morning or through the day, travel will remain pretty hazardous. i will say probably better then yesterday but you have to be on your guard for frozen, slush, snow on the untreated roadways and off ramps. i'm sure you are seeing that black ice in the cameras. >> yes, we certainly are. we are seeing problems because of that black ice, we were talking about this morning. i will tell you, as well because it is so cold, the exhaust, will probably, it will probably melt that ice on the roadways but then refreeze right away. just a head up, it will be very slick out there because of that we are having some problems, delaware county we have an accident baltimo

be careful even though the squall is east of us, a lot of scattered showers in its wake. look at that! look how huge that is! even i'm

snow squalls that way reducing vi visibilities. winds die down by 7:00 p.m. overnight they're really not a problem. but then throughout the day tomorrow it's a breezy day with winds about 10-20 miles an hour. we'll have feels like temperatures tomorrow in the 20s and 30s. it's still chilly on sunday, but at least the wind is no longer a problem. again exactly what you can expect throughout your weekend coming up at about 4:50. >>> the price of your costco membership is going up. starting june 1st the yearly fee goes up to $60 and business card members. executive members will pay $10 more for a total of $120. 35 million people are costco members. the club last raised fees about six years ago. >>> it's been one of the most talked about stories in the nbc washington app. where to buy the new nintendo switch. >> the new game console went on sale at midnight. it's been nearly impossible to find on the store shelves. the system tries to merge a typical home gaming console with one you can take on the goal. you can use the switch like a gameboy or with your televisi

this is our studio showing you those snow squalls flying out there. this is doppler radar, you can see still all the purple, that's that light snow making its way through the area. it's not covering everybody, some of us. let's look at the lehigh valley and berks area. just a strip of light snow making its way through. allentown, you have clouds but no snow falling. coatesville, you're clear. east nottingham, you're clear. king of prussia clearing out. abington some snow showers, also into philadelphia and mt. laurel. gloucester looking at some snow showers. to the north we go towards warrington and trenton. looking at light snow showers. getting into south jersey, snow showers are morsteadedy. more steady. for the most part looking at light snow showers and also into delaware, not the southern part, just the northern part. athe beaches some light snow showers. this will clear out through the mid evenings. you can see putting it into motion, it's moving quickly. this is one of those gusty northwest and west wins. i normally don't go this wide on the m

tonight due to threat for snow showers and snow squalls as we roll through the afternoon hours. even as the storm passes off north and east. there is your storm system. still well off south at we're walking fine line of rain, snow, sleet mix and more snow further north an west you go here. here are temperatures. again north and west of town temps are in the 20s. big times certain later on this afternoon we may see a little sun with temperatures staying in 30s though later this afternoon. >> let's check the forecast. sending it to erin como with a check of the roads. >> 5:26 new crash alert for you on 395 northbound norm of duke street see flashing lights crash walking right shoulder and lane traffic moving slow because of slick conditions and as we forward cameras we've been telling you about another crash shillington circle. a truck spen out and hit the guardrail. one lane getting by you should reduce speeds take it slow, bridges, overpasses, on, off ramps district maryland and virginia and crash cleared 270 by montrose slowly knowledge of that point in frederick. heavier snow

be careful even though the squall is east of us, a lot of scattered showers in its wake. look at that! look how huge that is! even i'm impressed! take a look at sacramento all the way into the hollister area. wounding rain. you have a moderate cell -- pounding rain. you have a moderate cell in your area. 580/680 corridor slammed through stanley road as you head towards livermore out to vasco road. discovery bay, you hear the big raindrops on your rooftops. take a look at 880 near hayward, it's just pouring throughout most of the bay area. i have been focusing in on edenville. can you see it on your map? we had heavy rain in the area. that's where we had over 800 homes damaged due to the flooding rains over a month ago, meanwhile the san lorenzo park area prone to flood heavy rain there now. around the peninsula all the way back through the san mateo bridge, that cell just pushed off south towards henderson. mostly cloudy over the bay bridge just give yourself extra time to get through there. this morning. a lot of standing water. temperatures are in the 50s. later today,

passing fact flurries and few snow squalls we're and that is out of the way. and there was not a lot in terms of accumulation but here's some of the numbers for you. and under inch pretty much everywhere and cumberland got inch and higher elevations over the mountains they saw more than that and we did not and much more than this anyway and you may have seen a flake or two moving its way around the i 95 corridor. nothing we were expecting to kind of stick around. here's highs for today. into low 40s we should number the low 50s so is it's good indication of how cool we were today. and we're pretty much in the same ballpark tomorrow but a little warmer as i said on sunday. cooling down, 2 now in d.c.. only 27 gaithersburg and same for westminster and 28 fredericks and hagerstown cold 25 right now. and 26 culpeper and we've got 34 at annapolis and 32 fredericksburg and 28 degrees at couple better land. so the other factor are the wind chills as i mentioned and in d.c. and look at westminster feels like 17 and feels like 16 in hagerstown and 19 martinsburg and 18