with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> good afternoon we begin with an accuweather alert. as we track a coastal storm. it's cloudy now but that will all change. >> we look at the jersey shore the first rain arrives this afternoon and stays with us through tomorrow and expecting high winds and a chance for flooding and even snow in some locations. >> meteorologist, david murphy, is tracking the latest forecast. he joins us live from the weather center. >> we have a lot of rain on stormtracker 6 live double scan. starting to push in through areas like richmond, new jersey and washington. and some through southern delaware. the rain in the afternoon is a nuisance variety. and we have is a number of issues over the next 24 to 48 hours. first of all a flood watch in philadelphia and areas north and east. where the heaviest rain sets up. coastal flood watch in effect and high wind watch everywhere and more on all of this in a second and a winter storm watch in the poconos. most of us see rain there will be significant snow up there tomorrow. the first thing

. >> let's fiend out about the roar with david murphy and karen rogers has traffic. >> reporter: we are talking spring-like temperatures the past couple of days and wet snow. >> reporter: you remember we had a decent snow in the weekend in march, so it can happen. this will be wet snow, right now on storm tracker 6 live it's rain across areas west and southwest, cool enough rare being drown in by a coastal storm that could change tomorrow. we have a flood watch north andd east, a coastal flood watch down the shore, there's the winter storm possibility, as well at the tail end of this later tomorrow. coastal flood watch in effect this evening, to saturday evening. all the coastal counties could see problems there, especially in the tidal areas, flood watch tonight into friday night, philadelphia to montgomery county, areas north through the lehigh valley and toward the east. there's a high wind watch that has been extended across the entire region all the way up to the northern border of the poconos friday into saturday where wind gusts at times could be 50 miles per hour bringing down t

. >> matt pellman is here in for david murphy

. >> let's go over to david murphy and karenog friday. >> reporte today is a tough one with people driving around. >> reporter: we have water on the roads and wet snow and the high winds will be the problem i thin weather center. it's wet across the region. the rain is pushing off toward the east. as we take a closer look at storm tracker 6 live double scan we see the improvement to the east and down the shore where there is not as much the heavy stuff highlighted in yellow is c philadelphia. i'll go ahead and give you the movement, we have a spin around the low pressure center. the stuff up to the north is shifting back around and deintensifying a bit. if you're in southern bucks county and trenton you're stuck with the heavier rain. the stuff allentown, it'sat wety of theegion a little bit later this morning or this afternoon. as we take a look at our series of issues that we have in place today, the first one, of course, is the flood issue. the biggest counties that could hit by this is philadelphia to points north an toward the east. there's an aerial advisory. the high warning is from

you want to know about what's coming, let's go over to david murphy with the details and karen rogers is helping with the morning commute. >> reporter: a girl could get used to the 60-degree temperature. >> reporter: maybe a guy too. we're focusing on the weather, as we look at the weather center, storm tracker 6 live shows areas to the southwest and areas to our south. as this starts to come in, the coastal storm will increase the chances of wind and changeover to rain or snow. a lot of things to look forward to over the next 24 to 48 hours. a flood watch north and east of philadelphia. a coastal flood watch as the storm forms. winter storm watch in the poconos, as well. let's break it down to for you. coastal flood watch starts this evening, into saturday evening, minor to moderate tidal flooding there. we have a straight flood watch philadelphia to montgomery county points to of allentown and east through trenton because of possible heavy rain. high wind watch friday into saturday. across the entire region we could have wind gusts 50 miles per hour and maybe higher than that. winte

. >> let's go over to david murphy and karen rogers good morning. >> reporter: it's mostly just wet in spots. >> reporter: a change over to snow is possible. we have a change to snow up along the new york/pennsylvania border right now. as you see we're looking on storm tracker 6 live double scan, at heavyain that's pushing through philadelphia and heading up toward trenton, as well. if we move this, you can see the movement. there's a little bit of a lull developing out to the west, parts of chester county getting into a dry slot same thing in parts of south jersey and state of delaware. once this heavy band moves away we'll get a lull for the rest of the morning commute. we'll changeover to snow dipping down toward the delaware and lehigh valleys later on in the afternoon. we talked about these issues yesterday, they are in play nowm philadelphia, north and east, there's an aerial flood advisory that covers the neighboring counties. everybody has to watch out for flooded roads. the big issue is the high wind mornings today and saturday morning, the windsust as high as 50 miles per hou

murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 5:00 a.m. on this tuesday march sixth. here's what we're following. >> we are timing out when the snow arrives as as utility crews rush to restore power before the next powerful nor'easter hits. >> developing this morning, the bizarre ride in the point breeze neighborhood. the roof of a tractor-trailer is ripped off by an overpass but that doesn't slow down a driver who just drags it behind him for miles. >> unhappily ever after. it was a shocking end to the bachelor season finale. hear why arie had a

murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 5:00 a.m. on this tuesday march sixth. here's what we're following. >> we are timing out when the snow arrives as as utility crews rush to restore power before the next powerful nor'easter hits. >> developing this morning, the bizarre ride in the point breeze neighborhood. the roof of a tractor-trailer is ripped off by an overpass but that doesn't slow down a driver who just drags it behind him for miles. >> unhappily ever after. it was a shocking end to the bachelor season finale. hear why arie had a change of heart. >> grandmothers all over the world are like uh-huh i could have told you. >> yeah. >> but anyway,. >> here's the thing. you don't tell two women you love them and then ask one of them to marry you immediately. >> are you going to be able to do the weather. >> i'm very upset about the bachelor. >> i know. >> but we've got more going on with the weather. let's take a look right now at satellite and radar. you can see we've got clear skies out there currently but as yo

let's look at weather and traffic karen rogers in for david murphy and matt pellman with traffic. >> reporter: i had a gut feeling the morning was not going well on the road. we're seeing that now. >> reporter: you know cruel have problems out there, with temperatures around the freezing mark. looking at satellite and radar you can see the nor'easter sitting and spinning not in our region. it's moved out of here, but we're seeing windy conditions, we'll have clear skies to start with, with a few clouds filling in later. 31 in reading, 28 in lancaster. up to 34 in the city, 32 in wilmington, 33 in millville. so the air temperature around freezing and the surface temperature just at the freezing mark that's why we're seeing slick spots this morning. 7:00 a.m., partly sunny i skies and 32. overall it's a dry day today, chilly wind, lunchtime, 39. it will feel colder at the best of times today feeling like the freezing mark. the windchill is a factor. 3:00 p.m., 40. 5:00 p.m., 38. 7:00 p.m., 35. we'll get with the march sun angle some melting going on, even though temperatures are not th

murphy and matt pellman who's got his eye on the roads good morning. >> reporter: good morning, some of us like to try to make good time in the morning, this is the morning for that. >> reporter: you want to take it easy, lots of slick spots a

murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 6 o'clock on this wednesday march seventh. much of the area is happily or unhappily waking up to yet another winter wonderland. >> right now a rain and snow mix has been falling for hours. snow is already sticking to the ground and a lot more is on the way. we're timing it all out. >> all philadelphia public and archdiocesan schools closed today. hundreds of others are joining them. that's at the bottom of your screen and also at 6abc.com. >> we have team coverage for conditions around the region. first up let's go to karen rogers in for dave murphy and matt pelman is watching the

murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 5 o'clock on this wednesday march seventh and much of the area is waking up to yet another winter be wonderland. >> hopefully some people are like winter wonderland. right now a rain and snow mix has been falling for hours. snow is already starting to stick to the ground and much more is on the way. we are timing it out for you. >> all philadelphia public and archdiocesan schools are closed today. hundreds of others across the region are following. they're at the bottom of your screen and also on 6abc.com. >> we have team coverage with a look at conditions around our area. we see the flakes falling out there already. let's get going, though, first with meteorologist karen rogers who is in for dave murphy and matt pelman who of course has his eye on the roads. good morning. >> good morning, gu

. >> matt pellman is here in for david murphy and karen rogers. >> reporter: can we go back to february. >> reporter: february was one of the warmest months and now we're tracking another storm on the way. today we'll see a good amount of sunshine to start you off. we'll see a hint of precipitation out to the west, an area of low pressure will form. energy will transfer to another area of low pressure that will create a nor'easter for us once again, tuesday into wednesday. 30 degrees in the city. 29 in wilmington, 29 in the lehigh valley. sitting around the freezing mark around the coastline but the windchills are in the low 20s. so you need to bundle up. we'll start out day with bright sunshine 7:00 a.m., 31. we'll have partly sunny skies lunchtime, 41. 44 degrees at 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m., 43. partly cloudy s o it's dry aly breeze out there today. a few extra clouds in the afternoon. but the national weather posted this winter storm watch for the lehigh valley. it starts tuesday evening and lasts through late wednesday night. giving an idea of the duration of the storm that we expect to

murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 5 o'clock on this wednesday march seventh and much of the area is waking up to yet another winter be wonderland. >> hopefully some people are like winter wonderland. right now a rain and snow mix has been falling for hours. snow is already starting to stick to the ground and much more is on the way. we are timing it out for you. >> all philadelphia public and archdiocesan schools are closed today. hundreds of others across the region are following. they're at the bottom of your screen and also on 6abc.com. >> we have team coverage with a look at conditions around our area. we see the flakes falling out there already. let's get going, though, first with meteorologist karen rogers who is in for dave murphy and matt pelman who of course has his eye on the roads. good morning. >> good morning, guys. i'd be lying if i said i liked this march lion. >> i think everybody agrees with you especially people who just got their power back and now we're concerned with that happening once again

murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 6:00 a.m. on this tuesday march sixth. here's what we're following. >> we are timing out when the snow arrives as utility crews rush to restore power before this next powerful nor'easter hits. >> also developing this morning, a bizarre ride in the point breeze neighborhood. the roof of a tractor-trailer is ripped off by an overpass but that does not slow down the driver who drags it behind him for miles. >> unhappily ever after. a shocking end to the "bachelor" season finale. hear why arie had a change of heart. >> your heart breaks for her. things happen to people but you don't want them to happen to you on tv. let's go to matt and karen to look at your accuweather and traffic. >> life is so hard and it's about to get harder for all of us. >> it is going to get a little tougher around here right. we're giving you a break. your morning and evening commute are mostly dry. dry conditions now. we can see that precipitation building out and it's light to start out to the west. precip

. >> first up, karen rogers and david murphy inside where it's dry. >> reporter: dry inside but wet conditions at the moment. >> reporter: we have rain north and west of philadelphia, there you see the wide view on weather center and future tracker and all that good stuff. we have rain moving in from the west it will circulate around in a circular pattern. north and east of philadelphia. areas in trenton and southern bucks county. the rain was moving in from the west and pushing over to the east, now with the low setting off the coast it's pinwheeling around that. we're getting slightly heavier bands intgomery county and chester county. there's one south of philadelphia, pushing in through parts of looksester county. and so as this continues to move through, every now and then cruel get a pocket of heavy rain that gives you ponding and puddling on thee keeping our eyo the nere's a change occurring in the poconos this ll push down this morning and afternoon. that's radar, lotsotalk about t, of watch that's in effect this isoss areas to the north and east, adjacent counties are in the areas of f

murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 6 o'clock on this wednesday march seventh. much of the area is happily or unhappily waking up to yet another winter wonderland. >> right now a rain and snow mix has been falling for hours. snow is already sticking to the ground and a lot more is on the way. we're timing it all out. >> all philadelphia public and archdiocesan schools closed today. hundreds of others are joining them. that's at the bottom of your screen and also at 6abc.com. >> we have team coverage for conditions around the region. first up let's go to karen rogers in for dave murphy and matt pelman is watching the roads. good morning. >> for some people this is great fun, they're sleeping in maybe shredding later. you don't have to say what it is for you. >> i don't mind me. i have power. i think everybody that's been struggling so much right and they're out in the cold. let's take a look at storm tracker6 live 3-d and we can see the precipitation hitting the area right now. the area of low pressure, the nor'east