north of landdale through quaker town, allentown, two to four slushy inches, allentown on the four inch line, poconos, higher elevations, you could get heavy wet snow, it will extend the ski season. bad news if you are traveling. the real star of the show, the dangerous part of the storm, the damaging wind gust. 50 to 60 miles per hour, ground is saturated with the fact the february fifth wettest on record, down trees a given and prepare for power outages, i think they'll be widespread. as far as the coastal flooding, saturday is a chance of moderate to major coastal flooding. the seven-day forecast, a nasty day. high gusting winds, rape changing to wet snow, 44-degrees the high. we hit that early and then testimonies dropping. saturday, blustery conditions, chilly wind gusts 40 miles per hour at times, 48 the high, windchill in the 30s. we stay cold through the weekend into next week and wednesday, could be dealing with another coastal storm with rain and wet snow possible. david murphy will track it all on "action news" beginning at 4:00 tomorrow morning. >> thanks, cecily. philadelph

north of allentown through the poconos. 4 to 12 inches near allentown and great news for the ski resorts a foot of snow. north of philadelphia 2 to 4 inches of slushy snow primarily on grassy surfaces and interior south jersey and delaware a coating to 2 inches. landsdale 2 to 4 and allentown 4 to 12. it depends on location. the main problem is the winds, we are looking at damaging wind gusts 50 to 65 miles per hour. from noon on friday up until midnight that is 12 hours with the ground saturated. that means a good possibility of trees coming down and power outages are likely. a good time to prepare now and make sure you have working batteries in the flashlights. then at the coast minor to moderate flooding and a surge u feet and flood roads and beach erosion pretty much a definite. wind and rain turning over to snow and saturd. blustery and 48es and windchills in the 30s most of the day. and winds diminish on sundaynd a quiet day. 48 degrees and 49 on monday and tuesday mostly cloudy and 49. we do it again on thursday with the storm and rain and wet snow. and dry out on thursday. clouds

allentown, 60. northeast philadelphia 62 miles per hour. snowfall, nearly 2 feet in the poconos, wayne, 9, bryn mawr, 8 1/2, berywn, 7 inches. look for a mix of clouds and sun, winds, 46. i'll have more on the possibility of coastal flooding this morning when i come back in just a few minutes. >> utility crews are working around the clock to restore power to several hundred thousand homes. 420 customers are without power. over 298,000 outages reported for their service area. delaware county was the hardest hit. atlantic city 13,000 outages. pse&g, 13,000, delmarva has 23,000 customers in the dark. bob brooks is live in the overbrook section. downed trees are making it difficult for folks to get around this morning. >> reporter: like you said a lot of people without power, trees down all over the area. where we are at, not too far away from the station, u.s. one, henly road, city avenue plaza, a huge tree is covering the roads. pele are going around the you have to do if you're going out this way. the storm has temperature dropped, as well,

we look at the rainfall total, inch and a half close to allentown and philadelphia. same for trenton and 3 inches or more in the poconos. over an inch in wilmington and places to the south like millville. and the winter part of the storm we have winter storm warnings in the poconos. carbon and monroe tomorrow morning and through saturday morning a winter weather advisory for parts of the lehigh valley from bethlehem to easton. this is where we expect most of the accumulating snow to really kind of pile up as we get into friday afternoon and friday night. future tracker 6 showing those areas could see anywhere from 6 to 12 inches of snow in the mountains and as close as allentown and easton and as much as 3 to 6 inches of snow. we'll talk about the wind aspect of the storm and the coastal flooding coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you. meanwhile people at the jersey shore are taking the coming storm seriously and the potential for flooding is a big concern and they will watch the high tide on saturday morning and are asking residents to be ready to

lancaster, 45. 46 philadelphia, 49 dover, 45 toms arrive and allentown, the lehigh valley, 42-degrees. dry on monday, and for the first half of tuesday, we get to tuesday afternoon into wednesday, tracking potentially another system that wants to set up across the region, starting as rain. there could be snow wednesday for parts along way away tracking for the middle laugh of next week. in the poconos, a lot of rain. not as windy tomorrow, breezy, and 46 for the high. sunshine and clouds for monday,. tuesday, 47. turning cloudy tuesday afternoon. rain late tuesday continuing late into tuesday with wet snow north and west. if anything changes, we'll keep you posted. 44 for the high, temperatures in the 40s, as we get to next thursday into next weekend, walter. >> spring is coming. >> eventually. >> thank you, melissa. cherry blossom lovers that flock to see them are in for a treat. they expect blooms to peak between march 27-30th. they are considered peak bloom when the blooms are open. the capital weather gang predicts that take between the 23rd and 27th, still ahead of schedule. >> i

the rain in allentown will build into the region, a little bit of a lull right now. the snow in the poconos is on its way down. let's take you to sky6 live hd we have cloudy skies you can see the camera bouncing as we had wind gustsn parts of the region up in the 30s and up in the 50s before we are done today. degrees in philadelphia. sustained winds 17 miles per hour winds gusting 20 to 30 miles per hour in philadelphia. some spots going higher that thn that. you're feeling the effects the winds. we have snow in areas to the west, there's that likelihood we'll see light snow mixing in around here, as well, later this morning and this afternoon. up in the lehigh valley, snow and high winds, temperatures in the low 40s, holding there through most of the day, uncomfortable certainly temperatur shore, we're stuck in the low to mid 40s, tidal flooding is an issue. numbers in philadelphia, we may dip in the upper 30s today. the winds gusting 50 to 55 miles per hour. of course that precipitation off and on throughout the day, every now and then it could be heavy to wet sno

allentown, 40. a couple of upper 0s here and there. as we go through the day, it's mild, lots of clouds building, 52 degrees by 11:00. i'll go for a high of 58 around 3:00 p.m. notice how the rain arrives, but not until later in the afternoon and evening. it starts to build later tonight along with the wind. we'll have ways this will effect friday night into saturday. >> we're live on vare avenue, police and emergency workers on the scene. they are blocking the truck off to the side. slowing on the schuylkill expressway eastbound heading toward passyunk you have the left lane blocked with the accident. we're jamming from university avenue to survey avenue on -- vare avenue, watch for the that on university avenue speeds 9 miles per hour. blue route, 55. i-95, 55 miles per hour. on him l old city, chestnut is blocked between second and third. >>> southampton township, bucks county, a vehicle brought down a pole. peco on the scene, charlotte avenue near davisville road you want to watch for that. you can see the majors green traffic flow

testers across the region, 58 degrees in allentown today. looks like everybody will get into the upper 50s for the high, low to mid 50s down in millville and down the shore. in terms of the precipitation i felt, again it doesn't look like most of you will see it until later this afternoon, maybe some of you waiting until this evening, 6:00 view. 9:00. 10:00, 11:00, pockets of heavy rain develops. this could form poor-drainage air flooding. thevy rain pulls away from us, but we get a pin wheeling effect pulling away from the coastal air. tomorrow, w redevelop precipitation and it changes over to wet snow. that will be until saturday morning before it starts to break up. back end snowfall on the grassy surfaces, a band of 2 to 4 in the lehigh valley and doylestown. up in the poconos you could have tougher driving conditions, in and around here maybe slush, but up there could be a bigger problem because of the volume. we have the strong windrofile, this is especially friday into saturday, again as the storm intensifies, look for winds gusts, 50

allentown bethlehem and easton and north, you pile it up. up in the poconos you could get a foot. the winds are a problem, gusting to 5 across the region. especially this afternoon and tonight. 65 down the shore, kind with saturated ground, some trees will fall. probably not as many as we have in the spring with leaves on the trees. branches down power lines going down and outages likely. down the shore we have moderate to minor flooding they are warning you to move your car if you're near a flood-prone area. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, today in the low 40s, rain and wet snow, winds building. a lot of problems out there. saturday, we're dry, windy and chilly, 48. breezy on sunday, 48. monday, 49. the next chance of precipitation would be tuesday afternoon. in the morning a little wet snow mixing with rain on wednesday. >> 5:12 a.m., a labron james responds to rumors he spent the week leading up to the all star game in our area. >> children found living in box with no electricity or water. >>> scary sight on a plane firefighters coming down the aisle beautiful a f

temperatures right now are above freezing acss the board 36 allentown and 35 in millville. and very wet and slushy at this point. and the visibles improving greatly here most areas near the perfect 10 mile visibilies hanging on to 10 miles in trenton and toms river 1.3 mile visibilities. as we press forward the clearing from the west and northwest wind 10 to 20 and temperatures drop below freezing area wide. remove what you can before you head to bed and it turns rock solid and anything not treated will be slick and icy overis night. cecily tynan has the seven day in just a little bit. >> got it. >>> "action news" reporter, chad pradelli is surveying the ay on the lower main line in ardmore. chad, are they still route 30 or is that done? >> reporter: well, yes the plows are still out hitting the secondary roads and the plows are coming down route 30 an hour ago. and you see slush on the , somed and the cars are not having too many problems from what we have seen. we are here all day and the snow came and came fast. >> as the snow moved out just before 4:00 p.m. the plows co

peek wind gusts at 25 miles per hour. 40s for allentown, 48 miles per hour for rights town, poconos, atlantic city, gusts of 46 miles per hour. constant out of the northwest. gustsof 25 miles per hour in the city, 23 in the poconos. gusts in reading, 25 miles per hour and 26 miles per hour in dover. satellite six along with action radar, the nor'easter responsible for the unsettled weather, rain, snow and crazy winds along the atlantic. we have a constant flow of air from the northwesterly direction. something else into tonight and overnight hours, a coastal flood warning seaside heights to cape may and areas in delwill be coar thee 12 to 24 hours. the to two and a half waves 14 feet high even into early tomorrow morning. winds, walter, a big issue with the storm start to weaken. details with the seven-day forecast. >> see you then. anytime the storm hits, keep track of where you are by using the free 6abc app. access to live double scan radar and traffic cameras to check on road conditions. fire officials are working to determine how a row home caught fire in philadelphia. the row h

north of landsdale to allentown, two to four inches. northern lehigh valley and the poconos, a good hit of snow, four to eight inches. roads likely treacherous in the poconos during the day friday. in addition to the snow, we have the winds. wind gusts 50 to 65 miles per hour by friday evening, highest at the coast. that means a good possibility of widespread power outages, a good time to be sure you have the battery in the flashlights. mild, afternoon rain, 56-degrees, rain heavy thursday night, friday, windy and rain changing to snow from the north to the south, the high 44-degrees. saturday, we dry things out. 48 windchill in the 40s. sunday and monday, quiet, 74-degrees. wednesday, the next storm system with rain and a possibility of snow north and west. a lot of information coming in. david murphy will have an update at 4:30. >> thank you, cecily. the 98th annual academy awards are four days away. it's getting close to crunch time. this was a test only a test as they rolled out the red carpet. it's a brief glimpse as they rolled it

an inch and a half philadelphia and over an inch in wilmington and same for allentown and 3 inches in the poconos. at the very beginning of the storm and then we talk about the cold air taking over and winter storm warning for the poconos and winter weather advisory for north hamilton including bethlehem and part of the lehigh valley. this is for tomorrow morning through 4:00 a.m. on saturday. this is the area that will see the most snow out of the storm. as we look at future tracker 6 snow totals here the darker blues are 6 to 12 inches, that is the poconos up to 3 inches of rain and then 6 to 12 inches of snow and the brink of the lehigh valley close to 3 inches down there and extends farther south we'll talk about that for the delaware valley and the destructive winds that come with the storm coming up in the full accuweather forecast. >> all right thank you. >>> lets check in with mobile 6 moving now live along the white horse pike in somerdale, new jersey. moving at a good pace and not much falling at the moment. and we are of course, expecting that to change. and the windshield

look out, the roads will be an issue for you. 2 to 4 in allentown and doylestown. easton and bethlehem a little bit on the higher end. a coating to two inches on the grass in philadelphia. the other big issue is the wind gusts up to 5 miles per hour. today afternoon through midnight and satda morning, shore, 65-mile an hour of course that means 1 hours of strong gusts -- 12 hours of gusts, saturated ground downed trees and branches on the roads and pow outages. down the shore minor to moderate coastal flooding. today we'll hang in the low 40s most of the time. rain at times, wet snow and more importantly probably is that strong wind. for the weekend we're dry, highs of 48 saturday and sunday, it will be windy and chilly, saturday, sunny and cool with a breeze on sunday. and then it looks like we're dry on monday, temperatures inching up to 49. xt cnce ofappears to be tuesdayn into wednesday. it could be rain, maybe wet snow mixing in wednesday, i don't think that will be a problem. >> we's first, i guess right? thanks david. >>> 4:13 a.m., the sixers pull off a win

forty in allentown. forty-seven in dover. at the coast in cape may 46 degrees. forty-three in beach haven. wins are a factor right now we have had winds gusting earlier today up to 38 miles per hour, in the city sustain wind right now out of the northwest at 22 miles per hour in the city same thing in allentown. 17 miles an hour sustain wind in lancaster but they are dying down in cape may and beach haven at 6 miles an hour satellite six with action radar, showing you it is dry but we still have those cloud shields because of that nor'easter that is brought out along the atlantic but still expansive here, we still see cloud across northern sections of new england and blustery winds in the north and northwest. it is partly cloudy brisk, chilly we will go down to 26 in the suburbs and 39 degrees in philadelphia for overnight low with that north/ northwesterly wind at 12 to 25 miles an hour. fast forward into the day tomorrow breezy once again but still some sun, to get the day started. 7:00 a.m. that temperature chilly at 29 degrees. 11:00 a.m. 39. lunchtime in th

and allentown 26. in the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, not too bad over the next few days. 46 degrees both today and tomorrow as we get into tuesday, increasing clouds with a high of 47. tuesday night it looks like rain and snow will develop as a nor'easter strengthens off the eastern seaboard. the question is how close will the storm track that will ultimately determine what happens here. here's the good news. right now it does not appear to be anything close to what this nor'easter was. >> the university of pennsylvania is celebrating its first men's basketball ivy league title in the 2006 season. players cut down the nets to celebrate their 99-93 win over brown. the win earned the quakers a share of the ivy league title with harvard. could not be prouder of his team. >> just a culmination of a lot of hard work. a group of guys who when i got here came from last place, put in an incredible amount of effort as a team and won a championship. >> the second season next week's ivy league tournamen

allentown 38 philadelphia 31 dover 42 and reading at 39. winds are still ripping out of the northwest. these are gusts and we're seeing those gusts anywhere from 25 to 30 miles per hour so remember friday they were 60 to 70 miles per hour. yesterday they were 40 to 50 miles per hour. today they're going to be in the 20-30 mile per hour range and we're already picking that up now and as we get into tomorrow it gets a little bit better and hopefully tuesday we have no wind at all and it should be a nice comfortable day. nice and relaxing. right now 35 miles per hour in dover 28 in allentown, 23 in philadelphia. believe it or not it's on the tail end of that nor'easter. the center ask right there. remember -- is right there. remember this thing came here and cut back into new england and then it's now dipping back this way. it's running intothe canadian maritimes and getting into the greenland area and it can't move along on its way. another storm is approaching from the west and that could be our troublemaker. here's some good news national w

allentown, 30. wilmington, 32. trenton, close to the freezing mark, all areas north and west of the delaware river watch out for icy patches first thing tomorrow morning. wind and sunshine today, 46. tomorrow. sunny and breezy, another high of 46. monday looks really, really nice, sunny skies, 45. and then we get into tuesday and wednesday. some of the models show another coastal storm. cloudy skies, both days, rain at sometimes, wet snow north and west, temperatures in the mid 40s, the idea it doesn't look like this coastal storm will stall like the past one did, the impact should not be as severe, but it's something we have to watch. >> it is 9:46 a.m. turning to the internet to find love is growing more common. why should it not work for puppy love. there's a website to help dogs find their forever home. david murphy this week's shelter me. >> get your pet.com is like online dating for animals. >> animal shelter for an animal is extremely stressful. they are close to the risk of getting sick and they are exposed

allentown 39. wilmington 42. and cape may 41 degrees. little bit of a breeze out there. wind chills are in the 30's but the winds will die off overnight and tomorrow even with increasing clouds it will actually feel a little bit warmer than today since the winds will be calm. so, satellite and radar, want to move and show you we actually actually have two storms on this. this is the departing nor'easter from friday. it's still kind of stuck there not moving much at all and this is one ingredient to what will become the coastal storm that will really impact our area on wednesday. so, tomorrow, pretty nice day if you need to do some more cleanup from friday's storm. we start off with sunshine. temperatures seasonably cool in the morning, 7 o'clock at 31. we get up to the upper 40's with increasing clouds in the afternoon and again, winds pretty light. so all in all a pretty nice day tomorrow. tuesday night, though, the precipitation moves in. looks like when it comes in we will be getting some rain mixed in especially philadelphia, south jersey and delaware and it's really

now, it's snowing again at 11 o'clock through the poconos, allentown, the city and down to interior parts of south jersey and by 1:30 in the afternoon, this is when it's really blossoming on the. you're getting one to 2 inches of snowfall an hour stretching all the way along the coastline and there you can see that circular motion around that low. that's really hitting us hard. then it pulls out of here by 5, 6 o'clock. overall what connect expect, not much along the coastline but one to 3 inches in the area of gray and that's through millville and smyrna and southern delaware. three to 6 inches of snow in chatsworth, williamstown, salem, in lancaster. across the i-95 corridor, stretching from wilmington, the city, to trenton, six to 10. more snow, 10 to 16-inches where you're getting the snow in doylestown, lansdale, pottstown reading allentown and mount pocono. so, significant amount of snow. reducing visibility and it's a heavy wet snow, a high of 35 today. it ends this evening and tonight drying out. tomorrow it's blustery with some sunshine and 40. friday a morning snow shower especi

we have got a sustained wind in allentown of 24. same thing in the poconos. up the coast from beach haven to the boardwalk in cape may not as strong as, in the locations, but still a stiff northwesterly wind moving on through. here's satellite six with action radar, this is the area of low pressure, this is nor'easter responsible for all of the crazy weather we have had yesterday. this is well out along the atlantic but now we have got high pressure that is trying to come in across the great lakes. we're sandwich in between these to and we are still e north andnd itinds out of qit this ede the trewn h oe dy ski re dry at good for cleaning up later on tonight. 8:00 p.m. a temperature of 40. same thing at 9:00. we will hold in the upper 30's at 10 and 11:00 o'clockxpect we stillo coastal flood warning that is up, right through the rest of tonight and it is still breezy tonight right into early tomorrow morning. in to 20 to 30 temperaturesorstur ve got metsitl xclu mel>>> ho vn helawsefusbecok .la w sith ssustll h oying rod my lwn every it is a mess. >> west che

feels like it's barely above freezing, 36 in allentown. 40 in cape may. usually in march we hope to feel better than that, temperatures for the day 45. we're talking temperatures below the average high of 49. 2:00 p.m., 44. 6:00 p.m., 42 degrees. 10:00 p.m. 35. wthill tsdt u erhen we oalnyker in w o future criminald he is working on universal bkgrolegislat>>> two women are in the hospital after interesting short in north physical. -- in north philadelphia. the attack happened in the home on 2900 block of north 5th street. 17-year-old and 27-year-old woman knew the suspect. they invited him inside, when the conversation became about money, the men pulled out gun. r 4:00 p.m. shots and demanded away t fran direction a picture. >> it is showing us how things are done. >> reporter: no drama for warren beatty and at at a -- faye d year's whoops adaisy. is scars goes to frances mcdormand. >> reporter: t three billboards. it got frances mcdormand fired up and ready to speak her mind to the world. >> i have two words to leave with you istitude. >> i did it all by

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allentown 41. cape may 43. wilmington 45. and 45 degrees. bright sunshine but definitely on the breezy side. satellite and radar actually i want to show you that we have two storms on the map. if you look here, you can see that is the departing nor'easter, that low pressure still kind of spinning across the atlantic and here's the next system on the way. one piece that's heading through the northern plains, will transfer its energy off the carolina coast and that will become the nor'easter. doesn't really happen, though, until wednesday. so, tuesday is looking dry during the day day. we start off with sunshine, increasing clouds as we head through the afternoon. temperatures up into the upper 40's. so, again, little bit on the cool side. but that precipitation should hold off until tuesday nighten , this is really from that initial low. it's not that much. it's pretty light tuesday night. looks like we'll have a mixture of some snow in the far north and west suburbs, kind of a mixed bag. philadelphia it likely will start as rain, also rain a

temperatures stay above freezing. 54 in allentown, 39 in wilmington, 44 in dover. satellite and radar a master nor'easter pushing the south and east taking the precipitation with it. sun breaks out at times tomorrow 20s in the morning, 40s in the afternoon. coastal flood warnings in effect for the delaware bay. high tide conce wed to today moderate 8:14 in the morning.se to that for the rest of the jersey shore. beaches minor flooding and minor flooding 93: feetsnet snow a chilly sunday, 36. the seven-day forecast 40s for the weeken like with the wind stillaks ofack. sun comingthe the first home game. mo arrives -degrees. th stormate in the no thursdayly in upper warmlook what march brings. don't like >> me neats. >>neither. the red carpet has been rolled out for the oscars this sunday. it has been covered up by a tarp to protecn in losthere is a roof over head on the entrance to the theater where the stars arriv and take in halfto get invite you to join for aghtful of oscar preview 5:30 sunday the carpet at 6:30 as the stars arrive. the big show at 8:00 followed b

that's doylestown, lansdale, pottstown, allentown, mount pocono. that's a significant amount of snow. right now this looks on track to be the case. the own thing that we're watching behind the scenes is to see if we might need to shift this area of purple a little bit farther to the south because we're watching this area of low pressure drift just a little bit eastward. for now it looks pretty good. i just want to give you an idea what we're watching behind the scenes as we watch the snowfall intensify a little bit. here's your exclusive accuweather 7-day. heavy wet snow 35 degrees for your high. worst time period about 9:00 to 4:00. tomorrow blustery, some sunshine returning, 40 degrees for your high. maybe a couple of snow showers north of the city on friday with a weak disturbance. not a big deal. 43. saturday still chilly, only 43. daylight saving time begins saturday night into sunday. sunday it's partly sunny and 46. still watching the potential for a storm sunday into monday but at this point it looks like it stays south of us so it looks li

allentown, 39 in wilmington, 44 in dover. satellite and radar, a big master nor'easter pushing to the south and east taking the precipitation with it. sun breaks out at times tomorrow 20s in the morning, 40s in the afternoon. astal flood warnings in effect for the delaware high tide concerns the worst of all compared to today moderate 8:14 in the morning. close to that for the rest of the jersey shore. beaches, minor flooding and minor flooding 93:02 a.m. to the poconos, two feet of snow. heavy wet snow on the slopes and a chilly breeze sunday, 36. the seven-day forecast 40s for the weekend f like 30s with the wind still around breaks of sun coming back. the union the first home game. monday, seasonably cool, 47-degrees. tuesday, rain arrives 49-degrees. there could be a coastal storm to come by late tuesday and wednesday, wet snow in the northwestern suburbs thursday friday, chilly in the upper 40s with sun and clouds. i say we go back to february. warm and no snow. look what marc >> don't like it. >> me neats. >>neither. >>

it's only 24 in allentown. 29 in the city. 26 degrees in millville. the wind chill not much of a factor today unlike yesterday. starting it off with sunshine at 7:00 a.m. it's cold. by lunchtime you're dry. you have clouds increasing, temperatures in the low 40's. 3 o'clock kids coming home, no problem, 47 degrees. even at 7 o'clock at night i think most areas are dry. let's go through the timeline with this. it's really from 7:00 p.m. to 10 o'clock tonight when we see the beginning of the precipitation. it will be light rain through much of the area and some wet snow arriving in the lehigh valley especially. then tomorrow morning, it's light snow north and west, light rain south and east. could still be tricky to travel tomorrow morning but the real impact, the worst travel time will be from about 10:00 a.m. tomorrow to 6:00 p.m. especially midday through the afternoon. that's when it's windy and you have that heavy wet snow that could weigh on power lines, gusty winds as well, so it's really a tough storm. we'll talk about it and kind of walk you th

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do you get a lot less as you go just west of allentown and reading? is this jackpot area or the area with the heavier snow shifting a little bit more to the east as this low tracks? that's something that we're going to keep an eye on and we'll let you know if we make any changes with that. here's your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. it's a heavy wet snow. the winds are going to pick up late this morning as is the snow. 35 for your high. tomorrow it's blustery, some sunshine, 40 degrees. friday we could sneak in a morning snow shower especially north of the city, 43. still chilly on saturday. normally we would be about 50. it's 43 for your high. and then daylight saving time begins saturday night into sunday. sunday's partly sunny and 46. still watching the coast. at this point most models suggest this storm stays to our south but we're keeping an eye on munn. mostly cloudy skies and 44. tuesday windy and chilly, 44 degrees. so, as you look at that seven-day forecast, staying below average. today staying above freezing but once that snow, that st

penndot crews spend the day in allentown gearing up and getting ready. >> we have contracts that automatically refill the salt if we get low. >> and penndot's preparation includes a request that everybody postpones unnecessary travel especially when the storm kicks into high gear around mid-day. meanwhile at midnight tonight penndot imposes a ban on tractor trailers and rvs and all as snow emergencies are prepared preemptively in municipalities across the lehigh valley. and we caught up with people stocking up on snow storm essential. >> milk eggs and honey. and the honey do list in my back pocket. >> lisa is stocking up for an elderly couple she takes care of. >> i got them milk and eggs and basics i plan and spending the next few nights there. >> allentown averages 32 inches of snow per year so far this season they received 29 inches so this storm is expected to cover the difference. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the "action news" morning team will be on 30 minutes earlier to help you navigate the nor'easter, join matt tam david and karen for the latest on the storm's track and road conditi

allentown, most of the region is in the mid 40s, 44 in philadelphia. with light winds despite cloud cover it's not a bad start. there are the clouds on satellite. there's the rain out by pittsburgh an virginia. there will be slow progression pushing toward the east. later this afternoon we'll get wet. up in the lehigh valley, cloudy skies rain arriving later today. 58 degrees. down the shore, 54 degrees, cloudy skies, there could be high tide related flooding tomorrow andfully night. lots of clouds today in philadelphia. with rain arriving in the afternoon, mild high of 58. again, if you have stuff to get done today get that finished probably up until 3:00 p.m., should stay dry. rain arrives croant tonight, the winds -- overnight tonight, the winds pick up, and we get windswept rain across the region. it will be blustery and 42. how about the gusts 5 miles per hour tomorrow and going higher from there. today, 3:00 p.m., we look okay. 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. better chance of us getting wet. later on it fills in. parts of the area seeing downpours and poor-

allentown south well above freezing, snow on the grass. poconos you'll get snow on the roads up there. 6:00 p.m. we're maintaining conditions above freezing. the farther north you can slushiness developing as the sun goes down. generally speaking this is low impact situation with the snow. they will be blowing around a lot cruel get the fluffy flakes. 11:00 we're winding down. on the ground a coating to two inches in philadelphia. parts of south jersey, mainly on the grass. 2 to 4-inch band is on the grass. farther north you go you have slushy roads. in the valley, 4 inches. in the upper elevations a foot. travel will be tougher in the poconos and north in north hampton county. the wind gusts, 50 to 55 miles per hour. the worst of it this afternoon up to midnight. 65-mile an hour gusts down the shore, that will be 12 hours of potentially damaging winds gusts. look for downed trees and power outages possible and debris on roads. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, today we're in the low 40s and dipping into the upper 30s. we have

allentown, 58. 19598. once we get rid of the wet snow tomorrow you might like it to be warmer. wilmington, 53 in kay may. lunchtime, you're probably fine to go out in one of the passion around the region or in the city and have lunch. 6:00 p.m. we're starting to see the rain move in. anytime after 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., some of you will start seeing this. it fills if later tonight, by 10:00, only looking at rain, but pockets of heavy rain. tomorrow, the storm intensifies and pulls away from us and draws cold air in from the northwest that changes over to snow. we could see accumulation before it knocks off in the wee hours of saturday morning. what are we looking at, looks like we'll get a coating to a couple of inches around philadelphia. maybe two to four in the western suburbs. this will mainly be on grass, mainly slushiness on roads, but not a big deal for travelers. the farther north you go to the poconos, the bigger problems you may have. friday into saturday, when the storm intensifies and draws the cold air in, you'll see winds gusting 50 to 5 miles per hour and 65 down

right now in philadelphia 44 degrees and 45 in allentown and 38 if the poconos. and 47 in millville. at the coast 39. and satellite 6 along with action radar showing you a fair amount of sunshine overhead and sun giving way to increasing clouds, we'll widen out the picture here because what we are tracking is essentially our storm starting to form. we have an area of low pressure moving across the northern plains and the great lakes. and this area of low pressure is going to transfer its energy to a coastal storm that will develop and work its way into the mid-atlantic region as we get into tonight. future tracker 6 showing you 8:00 tonight. we have light snow to the north and west. and rain here in philadelphia. and mixing will be taking place as we go throughout the overnight hours. by midnight light snowfall accumulation and nothing heavy to the north and west and temperatures cool down as the snow develops. rain to the south and east and you picked up tomorrow morning for the commute. not a whole lot of precipitation will be around. i would certainly allow ex

and the general idea is from allentown to wildwood, friday tomorrow into saturday. you'll have winds gusting as high as 50 miles per hour. and even higher than that down at the shore. i would look for debris on roads and downed trees and wires and branches down again and i believe this area here is a warning at this point. a winter storm warning in effect for the poconos and that starts out for rain early and change over to wet snow. we get enough accumulation up there to give us travel problems. could be some of that wet snow making it down it philadelphia and we'll talk about the possible impacts from that and the weekend call behind us. it's all ahead. >> thank you. of course visit 6abc.com for up to the minute details on the coastal storm including stormtracker 6 live double scan and stay on top of the watches and warnings as the storm moves through. "action news" is on early tomorrow morning to help you through the morning commute. tune in tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. for the lastest on the forecasr >> the latest from gloucester county three different school districts

into the atlantic region and winter storm warning from philadelphia media and exton and quakertown and allentown and the poconos. and winter storm watch in south jersey with significant snow on the way. >> okay. we want to remind you one more time that the "action news" morning team will be on earlier tomorrow tune in at 4:00 a.m. as matt, tam, david and karen track the nor'easter as it heads towards our area. >>> see you later -- >> an 89-year-old illinois woman has checked riding a zamboni off her bucket list. june worked at the tax slayers sports center for 25 years and her late husband used to drive the zamboni machine. she says she always wanted to ride one herself and her wish came through sunday afternoon. >> is that on your bucket list/just asking. >> we have team coverage as the area prepares for the massive northeast their is moving in tonight. >> and nashville mayor abruptly resi resigns. and target is upping the starting salary again and why the retail giant is making the change for the second time in less than a year. >> and that will do it for "action news" at noon. don't forget to

mark of allentown he is gett and wet and collected on trees and wires. its weight quickly making itself known. >> where i come from there is bamboo along the roads and areas in marshallton you had to go around the lane you were in, you know. because -- we are almost right on the road already. >> snow on trees began to impact electrical service and we met this man at 10:00 filling up gas cans. >> filling up the gas from my generator and we lost power an hour ago. just this morning we lost it last week for 20 hours, this morning we are out i don't know how long. >> roads were wet and clear but at 9:15 a band of heavy snow moved in and roads became snow covers. and conditions deteriorated. >> a van face forward into the hill and the pickup truck went down the gully and up into the woods and the police are there now on both of them. >> it's not pleasant out right now no, no. >> slow down. >> that is good advice. slow down. penndot in the same vain is restricting speeds in the western suburbs. routes 1, 30 and 202 and the pennsylvania turnpike and they are re

abc's gio benitez is there in allentown. they're preparing to battle with the snow. good morning. >> reporter: that's right, george, good morning. that heavy snow just beginning to e fall here. take a look at this. because is this is all about that salt. the trucks will come in here, grab the salt and start putting it on those roads. in pennsylvania, they have turned garbage trucks into snowplows, they're trying to get ready for that morning commute, get ready and make it a lot easier for people. interstates and highways have already started limit traffic later today and we'll have a commercial travel ban in place for parts of pennsylvania, george. >> okay, i know my kids were excited when they got the word last night no school here up and down the east coast. >> that's right, new jersey, delaware, pennsylvania, we're talking about 550 schools that have already cancelled classes. philly, that school district alone has 130,000 students that won't be going to school today. >> thank you, gio. >>> let's move up to massachusetts, where they're still recovering from last w

yes, we said that magic number e ates ri allentown, 44 philadelphia 45 philadelphia, 44 reading 45 millville. so temperatures pretty uniform in the mid 40's here this afternoon. feeling really nice with that sunshine and a lot of quickly melted with that strong march sunshine, so we have the sun right now. we'll have it for the first part of the day tomorrow and then clouds increase. there's the original low pressure near bismarck and chicago. that heads d then sparks a coastal storm starting late tomorrow night into wednesday when that actual storm blossoms. so for tomorrow, there's the sun in the morning. enjoy it with temperatures in the 30's clouds increase lunchtime and basically take over the sky later on in thes dry thrthe evpoint for that eveperang rrethe mid 40's but by about 7 o'clock, that's when it will start -- we'll start to see rain and snow break out. in fact between 10 o'clock here it comes from ciesilf some sleet mixing in. snow at the onset north and precipitation veryweesy m intng. so, again it's a mixture of rain sld sn i-95, rain s to wait for this system to really kind

it's 27 in allentown, it's only 25 in reading, so even colder than yesterday morning. 29 in wilmington, below freezing through the i-95 corridor. in south jersey upper 20's in millville and atlantic city. the wind chill won't be quite as much of a factor today. the winds are relaxing a little bit but we are going to see the increasing clouds through the day so we start off with sunshine at 7:00 a.m. and temperatures below freezing. by lunchtime you're in the low 40's as clouds are increasing. at 3 o'clock you're still dry. kids coming home from school, you're running to get your eggs and your bread and your milk and you're okay. at 5 o'clock we have clouds and sunshine, 46 degrees. mostly cloudy at 7 o'clock. we are going to watch that precipitation arrive later this evening and the national weather service has increased their winter storm advisory to a winter storm warning. we're seeing that in the areas of pink from 7 o'clock this evening through 3 a.m. thursday. the areas in blue are currently in a watch. here's what you can expect tuesday tonight into 10 o'clock from about 7 o'cloc

hardware stores near allentown are expecting new shipments of rock salt this morning in preparation for another sizable snowfall. >> breaking overnight, two mobile homes went up in flames in montgomery county. firefighters battled the intense blaze for nearly an hour. a viewer in lower pottsgrove township sent these images to "action news." the fire broke out in one mobile home on high street at around midnight and the flames quickly spread next door. there are no reports of injuries and no word aren't what sparked the flames. >> what in the world? that's all you can say as you see this crazy scene that unfolded in philadelphia overnight. a tractor-trailer driver tried to squeeze through a low underpass. it didn't work out so well but he just kept going dragging the roof of his truck which had all but peeled off behind him for miles. let's turn to "action news" reporter jeanette reyes. she's live in point breeze for more on how this happened and the damage that's been left behind. good morning, jeanette. >> reporter: good morning, to you, tam. you got to wonder if this driver did in fac

not just in the poconos, in allentown, in philadelphia, but even down near the coastline as well. so, look for that to intensify this afternoon. by 4 o'clock, it's starting to ease up south and east before it pushes out of here at 6 o'clock. we're drying in philadelphia and moving off the coastline. so, we continue with these numbers where we expect one to 3 inches of snow in areas closer to the coastline in gray. through lakehurst, williamstown, salem county new jersey we're expecting three to 6 inches. the area of blue is basically i-95 stretching from trenton to the city to wilmington and that six to 10-inches of snow and that six to 10 is based on how much sleet will mix in with this storm system. but it's really the area in purple that we have been talking about. north and west of the city where you could see 10 to up to 16-inches of snow as it's coming down and this is a heavy wet snow that's going to be difficult to shovel, difficult to travel in. so, by 7:00 a.m., the impact is low to moderate. it's going to be slushy as you're traveling. you really want to be careful. aft

gio benitez is in allentown, pennsylvania. >> this is exactly why they want people off the road. because they want these emergency vehicles to get through as quickly as possible. >> reporter: in rye brook, new york, this dash cam video from last week's storm shows police and a resident scrambling as a tree nearly crushes them, crashing onto power lines. crews are racing to restore power to more than 100,000 customers still in the dark from that first nor'easter. and today's storm has tripled that number. >> so, right now it's saying it's 45 degrees inside. >> reporter: nicole davis is now concerned the snow will keep her family's power off even longer. so, you lost power friday. now they're saying they might not have it restored until friday. is this the longest stretch, an entire week? >> this is the longest stretch, i think, ever. yeah. >> reporter: carol and jimmy cook had gotten their power back. >> and now with this second storm, we just lost power again. i am tired of this. >> reporter: and on the massachusetts coast -- >> you can see these crews. they are working until the

, this is upper bucks, montgomery, you're talking doylestown lansdale pottstown reading quakertown, allentown, mount pocono, 10 to 16-inches of snowfall in that area. here's your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. so far the nor'easter on track. kind of behaving as we expected it would. 35 for your high. heavy wet snow. most especially late morning, early afternoon. the worst time period. blustery with some sunshine tomorrow, 40, maybe a few flurries in the lehigh valley. a couple morning snow showers especially north of the city. not a big deal but could be a little slick friday morning in a few spots, 43. saturday still chilly, 43, despite sunshine. sunday partly sunny, 46. daylight saving time begins saturday night into sunday. sunday we're watching the coast. monday mostly cloudy, 44. we're watching this storm system. right now it looks like maybe it stays south of our region but we have to watch that closely to see if we get a little snow. tuesday windy and chilly and 44. so, march not feeling like march. the4(p&c& seven-day it's still roaring with chilly temperatures. >> all right, t

precipitation and when you get this you get what is called evaporating cooling 34 philadelphia wilmington 32 a allentown 35 and once this initial batch moves out we will be getting under an ocean influence in south jersey satellite and radar showing that storm system is just really beginning to take shape this is the leading edge of the precipitation it's not actually the nor'easter that is formed that takes until tomorrow morning to happen so 2:00 in the morning we do have that snow still falling across i-95 northwest suburbs interior south jersey then we kind of lose that evaporating cooling by 8:00 and see the snow change back to rain in parts of south jersey and delaware and look what happens as we head to lunchtime this is when that nor'easter really starts to deepen and starts to intensify and that pulls in the moisture and cold air and bands of heavy snow and areas south and west by 3:00 tomorrow afternoon that snow reaching the coast and then tomorrow night by about 8:00 it is all over. so snowfall amounts i'm pretty happy how it is developing with these numbers cape may county southern central

take a look at temperatures we're at 44 in philadelphia. 39 in allentown. so far so good with woods they are not all that strong. as we come through the day we'll cloud up more, a mild high of 58. breezy this afternoon and rain arrives. tomorrow an accuweather alert for high winds and rain changing over to wet snow. tomorrow could have been quote unquote fun tam. or plat. >> everyone is calling me tam today. >>> delsea township and franklin school districts canceled class today why at 6abc.com. hey, what are you guys doing here? we're voya. we stay with you to and through retirement. so you'll still be here to help me make smart choices? well, with your finances that is. we had nothing to do with that tie. voya. helping you to and through retirement. this is the pepsi that your father drank and his father drank before he met your grandmother this is the pepsi for this model and his mom. hi cindy (sweetly) oh! hi britney (happily surprised) have you met uncle drew? this is the pepsi that's back from the future. and back for one last ride. this is the first p