the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast relief is in sight. 60 today, accuweather alert because of the dangerous cold. sunday, sun and clouds, 19. monday, there could be a wintery mix by afternoon. that could create problems on the road. 50 thursday, 52 friday. guys. >> okay, chris you have the 50s there. atrial fib brillation is a heart problem. >> here's ali gorman with the art of aging report. >> reporter: for alexander it came out of the blue. for years it controlled the irregular rhythm. then the episodes mounted. it got to the point itches in continual afib. >> it can cause blood clots go to the brain and cause strokes. dr. peter is on a quest to find afib sufferers whose episodes are silent or minor. he took part in a study of people who were not diagnosed, but had risk factors, like their age and high pressure, diabetes, sleep apnea or on the -- it was remarkable. doctors should be aware of the possibility of afib in more patients. people who feel any palpitations should report them to their doctors. there are more options for effective treatment. >> over the last five y

accuweather says get the jackets out for the coming days. karen rogers is tracking it for us now at the "action news" big board. >> a big change in the weather, what i'm tracking now is the last of the rain. on stormtracker 6 live double scan you see the line already crossing through philadelphia. and pushing east. we are seeing out all the moisture and wet in south jersey and delaware. and dry right now in the city and the lehigh valley. a few more showers well out to the west. we could hit by a stray shower later but nothing like the rain we had. lets look at new

good afternoon, sarah bloomquist is off, the big story on "action news" is an accuweather alert. water main breaks entomb cars, there will be snow ice and rain on tap this afternoon. we have important information to pass along because of the approaching storm, the philadelphia school district and the archdiocese of philadelphia has announced they will close schools at 1:00 p.m. also, several schools have dismissed ahead of the storm. the action cam was in newtown square at 11:00 a.m. as marple newtown high school let out early. we have information about other schools dismissing early run i and long the bottom of the screen during the newscast. melissa magee is in for david murphy. she joins us with details of the afternoon weather heading our way. >> reporter: it is the timing the event that's the biggest concern as we track the moisture move in from a west/east direction. we're a 27 degrees, 33 in cape may. # 1 in dover, you factor in the windchill most spots climbed up to the teens, 6 degrees in philadelphia. same thing in reading and lancaster. 15 in allentown. we issued the a

let's take a look at my accuweather seven -day forecast. that one, in fact, is a 2, a moderate storm because of the heavier rain and gusty conditions. we'll sandwich in a dry weekend before the next storm. >> quarter inch, third of an inch at the most right now. >> right. >> there's a lot more to come. >> there is with the next storm. that's the storm we wanted so desperately in december. it's coming now. we need three, four more of those by the end of january. >>> we know you're going to be back with perfect pet in a moment. first, this story. whether you're a dog person, cat person or disney person, there's an event this weekend. that comp covers almost all of. here are ideas from our friends at hoodline. >> he's the boss he knows it. >> wow. >> not every day you get to walk a 17 pound house cat in a sparkling santa suit. i, for one, found out walk bing a tabby who is both strong of muscle and will is not like walking a dog. you have to go at his pace. actually scheduled to be put down before sherry gave him a second life in the east bay.

time for a check of the accuweather forecast theref ine are not done >> you got to kind of. >> weave oy through the mess. >> tracking precipitation and once that moves out week and sh ve and looking o sunday evening yocan see wee a partly cloudy to mostl sky centerooking at center city down the ben franklin parkway from city hall and you can see the flags gently blowing in the wind and the winds are not as strong as they were same time yesterday so wind chills aren't below 0 at least we are single digits right now and still frigid for the rest tonight with weather headlines an tracking light wintry precipitation monday afternoon and a jan thaw is on the way with a bit of a price and milder by the end of the week but rain is also well right now in philadelphia just 16 19 allentown, 15 trenton, out to the west in lancaster we are coming at 15 degrees and most slls areeiingle digits or the teens and it's 5 in philadelphia, 8 degrees right now for allentown and reading feeling like 3 degrees there in atlantic city satellite six with action radar cloudy to mostly cloudy sky andtay dry for

it is part of the region we issued the accuweather alert. take a look at where the temperatures stack up to the average. 16 degrees is the forecasted high. 40 is where we normally should be. way below seasonal averages, we're sitting at 9 degrees below the seasonal average of 26. minus 2 in the poconos, 7. 7 in allentown. 9 in philadelphia. 8 in millville. 13 in cape may. wilmington, dover, atlantic city, all those locations by the way could set new record lows by tomorrow morning. windchill values are ugly. 23 below in the poconos, 10 below in philadelphia and lancaster and 9 below in millville. it's what we've been dealing with for the last two weeks, bundle up in layers, you need a base layer like long johns and add two, three, four layers, make sure you're wearing hat or scarf, cover the extremities, frostbite occur in 20 minutes here. everybody east of the continental divide, 9 degrees in bismarck. it's not too stranding to see those numbers up there. 33 in new orleans. tallahassee, picked up an accumulation, atlanta, 22, cincinnati, 2

you skeet numbers after accuweather after "action news" at 11:00. good luck. >>> coming up today at 4:00, a girlfriend's christmas give to her boyfriend came along with a set of rules and a contract too. find out what the item was and if he agreed to accept it. >>> if you are looking for a job, you have to peruse up your resume and they will likely scour your social media account, what to do to put your best cyber foot forward. coming up today at 4:00. accuweather is coming up next at noon, david murphy has your seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back. >>> all right dade here with a final check of the accuweather forecast. >> have a lot of stuff going on and we are dry and stepping outside lots of sunshine over the hi ways and buy ways. and it's extremely cold out there. not as bad as yesterday but you want layers. 22 degrees in philadelphia. and the winds have picked up a bit at 17 miles per hour. >> and combine that and get a windchill of just 8 and a couple of suburbs up north worse than that. temperatures in the region 21 in allen

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, high temperature today 33. that's later on in the afternoon. ahead of that we're tracking the wintry mix. tuesday, up to 41. mostly sunny and chilly. 39 for the high. thursday we're looking better, rain and drizzle is likely. friday it' damp with rain very mild 58 for the high, well above average, 50 on saturday a shower early eagles taking on the falcons at the linc in the playoff game. sunday chilly, 37. >> i see 50s. >> reporter: it's coming our way. >> afib is a common heart problem, it's more common than previously thought. here's gore br with -- ali gorman with the details in the art of aging report. >> reporter: for alas afib came out of the blue. then the episodes mounted including some she could not feel. afib is dangerous because it can allow blood clots form in the heart and go to the brain causing strokes. >> walking little strokes we're talking about big strokes that disable people and put them in a nursing home. >> reporter: doctors are on a quest to afib sufferers whose episodes are silent or min

we've got the new call from accuweather. >> change at the top. democrat phil murphy takes the oath this morning and becomes new jersey's new governor. >> eagles playoff tickets go on sale this morning. we've got a game plan. if you want to take your chances to try and score some. >> first up, that accuweather alert. let's turn to meteorologist, david murphy and karen rogers. good morning to you both. >> good morning. see some flurries but they'll be slow moving david. >> yeah, they are going to be and the alert we have in place really the focal point is tonight and in through wednesday morning. let's go ahead and take you to the weather center and there's a winter weather advisory in effect today, gradually going into effect in the poconos and then down toward the far northern suburbs and then later this afternoon starting to kick in in these counties closer to philadelphia, northern and western chester county and the northern halves of montgomery county and bucks county. this is where most of our snow is going to arrive. it will be a light snow

we've issued that accuweather alert. snow arrives toward dawn west/east direction, on and off snow throughout the day. a coating to two inches of snow is likely. it will be slippery for the i-95 corridor for the commute tomorrow. we have more details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> a viral video shows a 7-year-old florida boy taken out of school in a handcuffs is raising eyebrows. police say he was attacking a teacher and became violent. however, his parents think h was simply out of line. >> reporter: police in miami defending their action while the parents are crying foul. >> do you think it was over the top? >> too much. >> reporter: the boy's mother recording the video is heard resuring her son everything is going to be okay. it happened on the thursday at the k through 8 center where the seven-year-old attacked one of his teachers after being told not to play with his food. the police were and they took him into custody. according to the police report, the boy attacked the teacher by repeatedly p

tomorrow will be an accuweather alert day. sky6 live hd looking live from temple university camera at a gray center city skyline, meteorologist david murphy is outdoors with all the details from accuweather. >> reporter: you're right, it's definitely cold, in terms of the ice jam the delaware river snaking through philadelphia it's a small portion of the river that's dealing with the ice jam, trenton, morrisville and either side of the river obviously because of the ice jamming seeing minor flooding. walter mentioned the crest not expected to go 20.58 feet that's not too far above the flood stage. that crest expected this evening. it may take another day and a half for it to go back down to 20. we hit that 20 this morning and we've been off to the races since then. some flooded roads as you saw on chopper 6. some of the water is turning to ice, look out for that that could last through early wednesday. we'll have to with a lot for it to melt before it is no longer a problem. 28 degrees in philadelphia. cold start on martin lut

today an accuweather alert, for later tonight and overnight. 42 is the high. and we'll get snow at night. wednesday morning snow and slippery morning commute and very likely for areas close to 95 on up into the northern and western suburbs, and we dry out and get sun and tomorrow a high of 35. then up to 37 on thursday, sunny and brisk and 43 on friday as we get on the other side of the cold snap and up close to 50 on saturday. and sunday for the eagles contest looking good and high of 54 and we take out the mention of an evening shower and 48 degrees for the kickoff for the eagles, and a great day to tailgate and then go and enjoy a super bowl clinching win. >> that is it. >> 6:30ish. right around there yes. >> we'll have more when "action news" comes right back. >>> "action news" at 12:30 continues with rick williams, sara bloomquist and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> hello again we begin at 4:30 now with the accuweather alert. we are tracking snow moving into the region late tonight and it will affect tomorrow morning's commute and the ride to school. we

stick around tore the accuweather seven-day forecast. here's sue. >> put out the outdoor furniture yesterday afternoon. it was lovely. >> nice. >> to the south bay. the headlights headed in the northbound direction. everybody is moving at the limit here. let's go across town to 280 in san jose near the 17/880 over crossing again. you have an 8:00 minute drive towards cupertino. not any delays there. overall, a little bit of rain -- pardon me, in the green that mike has been talking about. especially over the altamont pass. you may find slick roads out there. still lingering from some rain and definitely slow speeds. looking at about a 45-minute delay to get from tracy into the dublin pleasanton area. we'll come back and take a look at your north bay commute and check on the bay bridge toll plaza in a couple of minutes. >> breaking news from the abc 7 live desk. >> we are getting breaking news out of hayward. the highway patrol responding to an accident involving one of its own on interstate 880 right near the 8th street exit. abc 7 news

time tore the accuweather forecast. meteorologist, cecily tynan is here with the somewhat wintry details and happened while we were sleeping. it's a big problem for the morning commute and the timing is an issue not a big storm but enough to cause problems tomorrow morning. >> hey. >> we were working together for like 30 years. >> over to the "action news" weather center, double scan live radar showing this nuisance storm heading our way. it's a cold front basically a clipper and if you look offshore. the low pressure is developing and they don't join forces until the northern of our region across new england and that will help throw in moisture and enhance the snowfall for the region. the accuweather highlights show you a snowy start for wednesday and once the system moves out a sunny stretch comes on thursday and extended thaw on the way and whatever falls will not last that long. philadelphia on the warm side for this time of year, 43 degrees and beach haven 38 and notice allentown and reading and lancaster, you are

i'll have details on that coming up in the full accuweather forecast. rick. >> all right, cecily we'll check back in later. thank you. >>> chopper6 flew over the 2018 mummers parade as the performers marched from philadelphia city hall down broad street. but it appears the frigid forecast kept some of the fans away. there were sparse crowds along the parade route today and those who did show up were bundled up tight. "action news" reporter bob brooks has reaction from the spectators who did brave the cold on this new year's day 2018 and he joins us live in center city tonight. hey, bob. >> reporter: hey, rick. well, i'll tell you what, it was definitely cold out here but nonetheless, some people came out and braved that cold and i'll tell you what, everyone involved with the parade stepped up big time. they didn't let the cold impact them really at all. take a look behind me. it's over now. the unique mummers parade has finished up. street sweepers are out here. everyone had a ton of fun down here. let's take a look and listen. >> ♪ >> reporter: hey,

the exclusive accuweather forecast, we issued the accuweather alert for today because of the dangerous winds and windchills. sunday, sun an clouds, high of 19. monday there could be a light wintry mix, we have to watch that that could create slick spots problems on the roads. tuesday, 41, thursday and friday, gray i know you're happy about this, 50 and 52. that could be the start of a warm stretch. probably a good two week stretch. >> i like that combination by the way. it's nice and warm. >> i like how you want with the sweater. >> reporter: i knew i would be oncy -- i would be on city avenue. >> it's very polar vortex. >> hundreds of young ballet dancers attended the regional semifinal grand prix held in east falls organization provides dancers with scholarships to continue their training, we're back after this. kick off the new year with a deal that will save you money for the next 2 years guaranteed. fios is here with a great offer on the 100% fiber-optic network. it starts with the fastest internet available. plus up to 200 channels. p2 years.ulti-room dvr service for plus a 2 yea

meteorologist, cecily tynan, has the latest accuweather alert. what is the situation? >> reporter: the ingredients are starting to come together for a strong nor'easter to develop. one ingredient you need is arctic air and if you look at the temperatures we have plenty of it. 22 in philadelphia and below freezing for a full week and this cold air extends down to the deep south and the cold air is here. and then you need the moisture and that comes in the form of a nor'easter, it forms from two pieces of upper level energy, it's a snapshot of the atmosphere 20,000 feet above the suffer as and it works from the top down and one short wave piece of energy from the northern plains and the southern plains, these come together and kind of bomb out off the southeast coast and create a strong nor'easter but it doesn't look like we get a direct hit. we get sideswiped and wednesday morning seeing snow and ice in parts of southern georgia and northern florida, this will be moving offshore about 250 miles offshore. it looks like the model consensus and this track could change a bi

this is a good time to get your free accuweather app. we have a lot of changes in the weather this week. lisa along shortly with a full accuweather forecast. >>> for the third time less in a month a dui driver hitting a highway patrol officer in the bay area. latest crash friday night on 101 in san jose where a officer investigating a crash. officers said a car veered off the road into the crash scene. he's been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. the off receiver not seriously hurt. just six days ago officer martin suffered broken leg when is an suv hit him responding to a crash on highway 4 in concord. the driver has been arrested on suspicious of driving under the influence. and on christmas eve a suspected driver hit and killed this officer. responding to a crash on interstate 880 in hayward. that driver arrested. four people staying with relatives after fire destroyed their home. sky 7 other head as firefighters responded to a cal to a home on garden avenue. arriving to find the fire well under way around 1:00 yeste

here is the exclusive accuweather forecast sunny today and not as cold. high temperature of 43 and 13 degrees above average tomorrow. with a high coming in at 53. sunshine around on sunday and it's a cloudy day and still mild on sunday. a high temperature coming in at 50. damp and cloudy on monday in at 49 for the high and then the pattern switches around and stays mild. periods of rain move in on tuesday with a high temperature of 54 and wednesday turning cooler with a high of 42. and then on thursday, we have a mostly sunny skies and high of 40. we have a nice stretch on the way and beautiful today and even tomorrow afternoon this thaw is last can longer than it did last week. >> and sunday's game looks pleasant too. >> we are quited about that? more ahead in the next half hour of "action news" at 12:30. as we get closer to the royal wedding we learn more about the big day. and now the breakfast and lunch in a jar of alicia vitarelli will show us how a local company is bottling up healthy meals for people on the go. coming up next. i was out here smokin

. >>> we begin this noon with an accuweather alert. are you looking live at the soggy scene at philadelphia international airport. we have been dealing with rain all morning and it is not stopping any time soon. it's friday afternoon and rick and sara are off. i'm alicia vitarelli. >> and i'm gray hall. the other big story we are following this noon is the farewell to a fallen hero. family and friends and colleagues are paying respects to lieutenant matt letourneau. the 42-year-old was killed last saturday as they battled arow home fire in south philadelphia. amy mccormick joins us. >> reporter: that is right. the mourners are braving this heavy rain to come out here and pay their respects. more than 1,000 people are estimated to be in attendance today. and they are in the basilica both sitting and standing and they have opened the chapel next door to accommodate everyone. >> inside of the funeral mass for philadelphia firefighter 42-year-old lieutenant, matt letourneau, mourners came to sew their support and honor the 11 year veteran

. >> first, meteorologist chris sowers joins us outside live with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: feels like eagles weather out here, the cold front ar of hrs done a number on the temperatures. temperatures around midnight, allentown, 64. trenton, 63. dover, 62. pottstown and philadelphia both 61. fast forward a few hours later, look at the current temperatures. 32 in philadelphia. 26 in allentown. 1 in the poconos. 35 in millville. a gusty wind. trenton, 30 degrees and dover, 36 degrees. windchills getting ugly. 20 degrees in philadelphia. 12 in allentown. feels like minus 8 in the poconos. 12 in reading, 25 in millville. 18 in wilmington. throughout the day we'll feel the winds. windchill values get no better than 22 degrees around # #3:00 p.m. the eagles kickoff 4:35 p.m. windchills in the upper teens. 19 at 5:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m., 16. 11:00 p.m. the single digits. for today, clouds and sun, 30, temperatures continue to fall throughout the day. probably somewhere around 32 to 34 that's where we peaked this afternoon, the numbers fall off from there. windchi

the accuweather highlights plunging down to the teens. tonight and earlier tomorrow morning there are icy patches and sta cold tomorrow and once through tomorrow temperatures climb above average and january thaw and this one will last for a week or more. temperatures or rather snowfall showing though depending on locate. these are the highest amounts blakesly and hamburg 6 inches and boyer town 2.1 and philadelphia .20 inch a coating, the moisture moved out and still lingering cloud cover and again this o door for cold air. 26 in philadelphia right now and the same in trenton and allen tonight 24 and wilmington 23 and cape may 26 and the poconos 13 degrees and it's cold and cooler in the suburbs and winds from the northwest breezy all night and t sunny and you feed the sunglasses and the winter coat and the high only 35 degrees and with the wind windchills stuck in the 20s but on friday the high pressure sinks down to the south and what this does is brings us more of a southwesterly southwesterly flow. and temperatures up to 32 degrees an

here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. we could use some rain but we are not going to see any of it this week. with the accuweather seven-day forecast. we have a chilly start. a mild afternoon. even warmer tomorrow with a clear start and plenty of sunshine. just a little dip on monday. near 70 degrees inland on tuesday. lots of warm temperatures. it is a good time to wash your car. it will last for a while this time. >> i was something down in southern california they are going to see temperatures in the 70s and 80s this weekend. what is going on. >> we have high pressure building so we will get the offflow. the land breeze warms things up. santa ana conditions in san diego. >>> panic at the paris zoo. dozens of baboons on the loose and the warning you probably didn't want to hear from offici like you do sometimes, grandpa? and puffed... well, when you have copd, it can be hard to breathe. it can be hard to get air out, which can make it hard to get air in. so i talked to my doctor. she said... symbicort could help you bre

you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >>> the impact on your commute will probably be higher even with a little bit of rain out there. in the rest of the storm impact scale, the duration of time is pretty much for the commute with pockets of light rain. it's slippery out there. out near stockton and tracy. broaden out the picture. a few light showers coming in from the ocean. a chance of wet weather through about 9:00 this evening. in fact, let me show you with my accuweather 12-hour planner. wet and foggy. 49 to 55. very mild this morning. dry and cloudy by noon. 57 to 59. a few peeks of sunshine. still mild mid-50s. let's see what this rain is doing to your commute. sue? >>> so far slick roads and the fog is definitely a factor with some fog advisories out there. so the orange represents fog. the green represents rain for your commute and the blue here, that means the potential for standing water. here is where the chp has issued fog advisories. solano county, dixon particularly, thick fog there, waldo grade is very den

look at my accuweather seven-day forecast for the rest of the week. bone dry with near record highs coming starting friday. reggie, natasha. >>> thank you so much. celebrities and politics took center stage at the biggest night of the year. it was a huge night for bruno mars for the grammy awards. >> he took home all six awards he was nominated for, including album of the year. the other winner, kendrick lamar. the only woman to win a main award of the grammys, alessia cara. at some points in the show, things turned political. kendis gibson explains. >> powerful messages at the grammys. from kendrick lamar's controversial opening to powerful performances by women. lady gaga at the piano. kesha joined by cyndi lauper and a group of women in white telling the story of alleged abuse. ♪ >> people wearing me too roses and time's up pins supporting the movement. his suicide prevention anthem and ranting about a number of social issues. >> black is beautiful. >> sing erica bellow, a cuban american giving this message to d.r.e.a.m.ers. >> this country was b

. >> those stories and more,s -- but first let's get you caught up with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> reporter: it's cold right now we're in the 30s. 24 in allentown 29 in philadelphia. 26 in wilmington. 25 in trenton. 36 degrees in millville. the good news we don't have much of a breeze, so we're not deal with harsh windchills, but temperatures are chilly enough out there this morning. you can see the we twinned spees across the few -- wind speeds across the i-95 are calm. clouds approaching from the west, this is a frontal system that will sneak through tomorrow that will produce wet weather during the morning hours. that front will stall tomorrow afternoon. a wave of low pressure develops along it, we could be talking light snow as the wave rides up the front monday and tuesday. windy and mild, high of 57 degrees, i'll be back along in just a few minutes i'll have the rest of the weekend forecast, we'll talk about the potential for light snow monday night into tuesday. >> a little not so bad. >> easily and patriots 8 days away from super bowl. today they practice one l

the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, 56 today, clouds and sun for tomorrow, 52. monday, not too bad cloudy a little bit of drizzle from time to time, still very mild high of 51. tuesday, maybe morning rain, clouds break fogger -- for sunshine, 56 that's four days in a row we have highs in the 50s. breezy and cooler wednesday, 43. thursday, 41, friday, 44. >> gray. >> hey chris, sounds good to me. >>> heartwarming patriotic reunion laying out returning home from serving overseas. they surprised their family as they arrived at a wawa store on governor prince boulevard. wawa will be sending coffee and supplies to the women's quadrants overseas, welcome home. >>> work of musician was raised for a artist and musician who died when she was just 28 years old. >> new york city police department came to the rescue when a man had a heart attack on a cruise ship along the ambush canal. a tactical medical unit was lowered on the ship from a helicopter. the victim was hoisted on the aircraft and taken to the hospital. >>> 5:22 a.m., the new year brings lots of things to eat a

the big story is our accuweather alert. we're starting off the new year with frigid conditions. >> that's right. happy new year right. temperatures are in the teens and it's feeling like single digits but people who take part in new year's day traditions like the mummers parade said they weren't letting the cold get in their way. action cam let up with a group braving the cold at the philadelphia museum of art the philadelphia chapter of black men run made up of about 25 cele last day of kwanzaa. they went on a 5-mile trek from the art museum to the african-american museum and back. and to get through it, they tried to trick themselves they say. >> it's warm . >> [laughter] >>> today is a nice miami morning, you know. [laughter] created to promote health and wellness through running. i've heard rick they would love for you to join. anyone is welcome to join. they and usually meet wednesday nights at 7 o'clock at the art museum. the new year's day typically starts at 8:00 a.m. but because of the start time they moved the sta

here's my accuweather seven-day forecast. fog to high clouds tomorrow. a 1 for thursday into friday. wet and breezy. we get a break saturday and then sunday evening into monday that's when the moderate storm comes in with heavier rain and gustier winds. here's sue with a look at the morning commute. >> we're taking the first look at the bay bridge toll plaza and it is predictably light for 4:48. if your drive takes you along the 80 corridor and the east shore from hercules into san francisco, less than 30 minutes. we will be looking for the metering lights to be turned on. they never did get turned on yesterday for the holiday. a look at your traffic maps. orange represents fog. the green represents where it's raining for your drive and you can see slow traffic coming out of the central valley and tracy for about a 25 to 30-minute drive into livermore. otherwise we are looking good, green on the sensors means at the limit. >>> and here at the live guess being we just got these pictures from overseas after a school bus slammed into a house in germany. tak

fast forward into tuesday and into wednesday and we've got that accuweather alert. a winter weather advisory has been issued for areas north and west of the i-95 corridor, lancaster honey brook allentown quakertown green lane up to the poconos. included in that advisory it goes up at 5:00 a.m. o

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the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast nice day tomorrow. mixture of sun and clouds and high of 40 and bump it up to 50 and bring in the clouds. and thursday night into friday morning a wave of rain and one late on friday, mild with a high of 60 and saturday transition day we hit that early and morning shower for the eagles game it should be dry and lots of clouds and chilly, it's first quarter 45 and fourth quarter 35 degrees and it is chilly. sunday down to 31 degrees and martin luther king day of service down to 28 and tuesday mostly cloudy and next system 34 degrees and it looks like the system could bring us light snow on wednesday and i'll keep you posted until the weekend though we have a big thaw on the way. >> thank you. >>> man the barricades, they are moving the iconic barricade from the set of les miserables it opens on january 9th for a week and a half run. this is a newly designed production of the show telling the quest for redemption. do you hear the people sing? yes we will at the academy of philadelphia. >>> "action news" c

. >> lets get a check of the accuweather forecast talking about an exciting weekend. a mild weekend. meteorologist, cecily tynan, is outside for us. she is in today for adam joseph. >> reporter: hi sharrie and rick. a warm-up is on the way but step outside this afternoon it's chilly out there. philadelphia 35 degrees and you see how this cool air extends all the way to the gulf coast and not much warmer in atlanta and new orleans. high pressure well down to the south and arctic high pressure and that is also what brought us the return of sunshine and satellite 6 along with action radar showing us not a cloud in the sky and as the high pressure works to the east it brings us increasing temperatures. but tonight is a cold night, so the evening planner if you head out under nothing more than partly cloudy skie already down to 30 by 8:00. 26 by 11:00 and overnight low degrees. so be careful temperature slightly above freezing and the sunshine today. we got melting of the snow, there could be patchy black ice tomorrow morning. but look at what happens as we head toward the

and david murphy with a closer look at the changing accuweather forecast. >> it looks like we are changing the corner. it's milder than we have seen recently and standing in the shade out of the sun it's a good day to have a decent coat on. take a look at morning lows, it's nothing like this morning, down into the 20s for the region and freezing rain the night before we had a lot of ice on the sidewalks, now you have sunshine across the region in un is hitting the pavement it's working on the ice. and meantime temperatures that have moved well above freezing, 42 in philadelphia and 42 in allentown and we expect to hold the numbers steady for the next couple of hours, the numbers start to tumble a bit when have a fair am of sunshine in play ain good period of the day with above freezing numbers. and a breeze is moving through and we hope that happens quickly. look at where the temperatures go over the next 24 hours, we drop below the freezing mark at e more rural areas, so e then in whatever hasn't dried off will refreeze and you can see how it is getting bone chilling overnight by 7:00 a.m

meteorologist david murphy has the first check on the accuweather forecast. david. >> reporter: sarah, we'll get to the flood warnings in a second. we have cloud cover that rolled in off the ocean and we're stuck with mostly cloudy skies the rest of the way and occasional sunny breaks. it's cold in case you have an mlk day volunteer activity outside, bundle up, 30 degrees in trenton. 29 in philadelphia. 23 in allentown. 27 in wilmington. 32 in millville. 35 in cape may. with winds running 8 to 16 miles per hour we have windchills in the teens in a lot of spots, feels like 18 degrees as you step outside in philadelphia and wilmington, currently. 11 in reading. 16 in allentown. 23-degree windchill in trenton and 25 in millville. bundle up a little bit as we head outside today. as we go through the rest of the day, temperatures don't go all that far, looks like we'll get up to 32 degrees for a high around 3:00 p.m. and pretty much hold on 29 and 28 as we go later into the night. you can see how it's mostly cloudy, maybe a couple of sunny breaks. the windchills n

here is the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast with the accuweather alert. bitter cold is back today a high temperature of just 17. you'll wake up tomorrow morning and a morning low temperature of 5 close to r4. still frigid on saturday. and windy and a high temperature of 15 degrees on sunday cold and minus the wind high of 19 and then monda 35 but we are tracking the wintry mix on the way. and tuesday partly sunny and 40. and colder on wednesday 33. and we start to warm up next thursday with more clouds and a high of 42. but brace yourself on the way this weekend. >> that is for sure. thank you. >>> a small dog in northern pennsylvania was snatched by an eagle and was found alive nearby. incredible story here monica knew hart says on tuesday her brother saw the mighty bird of prey snatch the dog near the lehigh valley river. they franticly searched for zoe and feared she was gone forever but a neighbor found the dog a few miles away. and found on facebook, who the owner was. and she will make a full recovery. still ahead on "action news" at 12:30, more tha

tonight and first lets get the latest from accuweather and meteorologist, cecily tynan. what is the story? >> double scan live radar showing this snow draped across pennsylvania, it has not started to progress eastward and probably won't until after midnight. the problem is that during the morning commute for most of the area it's snowing. it's already started snowing lightly in the northern and lehigh valley and northern berks. and the band has not started to work eastward yesterday and will gradually as this system feeds in with the moisture from the developing low offshore. temperatures show it will take a while for the snow to start, it's going start as rain in philadelphia. 40 right now and trenton 38 and millville 36 and cape may 40 and ins allentown and reading it's 32 degrees all snow there. a winter weather advisory is posted northern of the pennsylvania turnpike and this is where we expect the highest the poconos could get 4 to 6 inches of snow. but the timing impacts. philadelphia northwest snowing until 8:00 in the morning and roads are snowy and slippery. so

your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, today's high 31. the calm before the storm as it were with not as harsh conditions out there, particularly later this afternoon its pretty cold out there right now but it gets better later and then that accuweather alert for thursday. a snowy start to the day with snow tapering off in the afternoon. 29 is the high. and we still have an accuweather alert for friday and saturday because behind that deepening storm, as it pulls away, we will get arctic air rushing back into the region. look for frigid conditions both friday and saturday with highs of 17 and 15. overnight lows of five and four close to records there. 24, a little better on sunday. but then back into the low 40's on monday and tuesday with maybe a little mixed precipitation late monday into tuesday morning. but with temperatures where they are, it's not too bad. >> yeah, we'll be so glad to see the 40's,. it is 5:42. the man recently released captin afghanistan with his wife and children is now facing some really serious charges at home. >

adam joseph in for melissa and joins us with his check of the accuweather. >> a half an inch to an inch and raining on southern parts of delaware and the front is just off the coast and low pressure is going to develop along this boundary and get injected by energy near chicago and it's the energy that rolls through here monday night into tuesday that will bring some light snow showers but as we start our new week here for your monday here is your day planner temperatures warm much like today in the mid 40s but again notice all of the clouds from start to finish here there could be a few peeks of sun especially north and west of philadelphia but those clouds really dominating and even some lingering showers tomorrow afternoon for the shore and southern parts of delaware near that low pressure that develops so that low develops and there is a spoke of energy that comes through this is tuesday afternoon and starts in the morning north and west and pivots through the area through most of our tuesday but again it's not a lot of snow but it's snow so we have an accuweather alert here for tue

i'll talk about that coming up in the full accuweather forecast. gina. >> [inaudible] >> traveling out right now i do have some good news. that earlier tractor-trailer that we had in langhorne on 95 has cleared. now we're just sort of waiting for this delay to really run its course but it looks like for the most part you're moving along, a little slower than you should be but the tractor-trailer is gone so things are going to be moving along a lot nicer now for you. let's also take a live look at the big picture so you can see what is happening. we have some slow speeds out there in particular on 95. that northbound side very heavy from allegheny all the way out through to i would say about the betsy ross bridge so a little backup there and if you're traveling on the vine street expressway that eastbound side will be heavy about 11 miles per hour and look at that, 4 miles per hour on the schuylkill expressway. it is jammed out there especially if you're traveling on this and on this eastbound side around spring garden street. you can see we are def

as we look at the exclusive accuweather forecast. winter weather advisories and also those accuweather alerts for thursday, friday into saturday and 26 with the snow and wind tomorrow. sub zero windchills all day friday. friday night, saturday night, and sunday morning. highs only in the teens and record lows to start sunday with a high of just 20 degrees. we'll chat about a big warm-up in the accuweather forecast in the next after hour. >> we need that. thanks adam. >>> more "action news" at 4:00 coming up after this. >>> martin luther king day is one day from monday and they revealed plans for the largest king day event in america. students from the girard college lower school choir helps to put everyone in the mood here in north philadelphia. mayor jim kenney was on hand to launch the king day of service. thousands of volunteers give their time to make the city brighter and keeping with mlk's dream. a large mural depicting dr. king was also unveiled at that news conference today. >>> and citizens bank is teaming up with the africa

your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, an accuweather alert for today bit it's really -- but it's really for tonight. that's when the snow will start to have the most impact across the region. 42 is the high. an alert again tomorrow for that morning snow shower activity that could make the morning commute rather slippery in some spots. 35 degrees is your high there. on thursday, sunny, brisk and cold, 37 but then friday milder with a high of 43. up close to 50 on saturday. we'll go 49. and sunday cloudy skies for the most part for the eagles game but for tailgaters, how about a high in the afternoon of 54 degrees or 50 -- yeah, 54 and i'm thinking that the temperatures during the game probably get down into the upper 40's but really pretty good and it looks like that rain now holds off until monday conveniently. >> okay. >> hope that holds. thank you david. >>> time right now is 5:11. achoo. a new health study explains why it could be dangerous to hold in a sneeze. >> a couple is behind bars this morning after police discover their 13 children in horrific conditions shackled malno

accuweather highlights show you tomorrow the warmest day in two weeks. by friday temperatures rising close to 60 degrees. comes with a price though a soaking rain on friday, about one to 2 inches of rain but with temperatures near 60 we're talking about rain, not freezing rain. tonight, though, we've got the wintry precipitation. double scan live showing that snow is really cutting off but we've got the freezing rain across the i-95 corridor including philadelphia right now. it's moving through woodbury, glassboro. you'll notice that jenkintown norristown malvern downingtown it's pretty much ended for you but there's a wave of some more precipitation, some rain that's been pulling out of virginia and this will kind of fill it in across south jersey after we head through the overnight hours. dover you can see it's rain but again, with that frozen ground, untreated surfaces will be icy so do be careful tonight. temperatures tell the story. philadelphia 31 degrees right now. we've dropped from 32 degrees at last hour. allentown reading lancaster you've been

here's the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast. on tuesday, it's cloudy with snow developing at night, a high up to 40. early snow on wednesday, then afternoon sun, a high of 35. brisk and chilly on thursday but we're dry and at 37. on friday, it is a milder afternoon, a high temperature in at 43. saturday sunshine and clouds for the start of the weekend. it's nice, up to 49. warmer and cloudy on sunday with the eagles at the linc by then a high of 54. maybe rain developing sunday night. monday it's mild with rain likely, high coming in at 56 degrees guys. we'll track the snow for you tomorrow night. >> thank you melissa. >>> gets updates any time yourself check storm tracker radar. the 6abc app a free download for your mobile device. >>> philippines most active volcano is erupting again. thousands of folks on the island have been forced to flee their homes. in fact a wedding photographer shot this time lapse video and posted it on facebook. fairly dramatic isn't it? thousands of people have been clicking to see this. residents liv

i'll time it out and show you my accuweather seven-day forecast next. >> thank you. also ahead, the warriors road trip and winning streak come to an end. the rockets become the first team to beat golden state on the road in three months. larry has more coming up in sports. >>> it's a big day in sports, championship sunday with two weeks until the super bowl. the jaguars face the patriots in the afc championship game. kickoff at 12:05 this afternoon at gillette stadium. then over at the nfc championship game, it's the minnesota vikings battling the eagles. kickoff at 3:40 this afternoon at lincoln financial field. the warriors get a couple of days off following a long ten-day road trip. last night it wrapped up in houston against the rockets. abc 7 sports director larry beil has the highlights in this morning's sports. >> reporter: good morning. the warriors saw the 14 game winning streak come to an end in houston, a game that may have been a preview of the western conference finals. sparky, pumped up for this game. rockets hit seven threes in the first quarter, 68% f

check out the accuweather seven-day forcast. we are really going to warm up starting tomorrow as well. well above average. near 70 degrees inland by tuesday. lots of sunshine and dry all week. >> looking forward to that frances. thank you. >>> and thanks to you for joining us on abc7 mornings. i'm chris nguyen alongside frances dean lawson. the news continues on facebook, twitter, and instagram. "good morning america" is next and we will be back with another full hour of news at 8:00 a.m. see you then. do you want to do a monster check? yes. no monsters. ♪ how about the drawer? ♪ no monsters. nightly monster checks are how grant makes home his. and homegoods is what makes it all possible. amazing finds. always great prices. make home yours. >>> good morning, america. this morning, president trump back home and facing hard questions about seeking to fire robert mueller. who reportedly stood in the way and how congress may now step in to protect the special counsel. >>> plus, why the president was booed in davos. >>> support f

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cecily tynan is at the big board with the latest from accuweather. >> temperatures continue to climb and the last two days warmest air so far this year. yesterday 45 and today 44 and the average high is 40. not all that warm but feeling a lot better that and the last two weeks. looking at temperatures across the nation, there is plenty of warmer air waiting in the wings. cincinnati 58 and memphis 60 we'll tap into that for the next few days and it comes with rain. double scan live radar showing a system gathering strength across the plain states this will track up across the great lakes and that pulls up warmer air and we stay in the warm sector of the storm and we are talking about rain not snow. but could be a pretty significant amount on friday. this is what to expect ahead. tomorrow in the 50s and friday the 60s. we'll be dealing with thick fog and a soaking rain. some areas could get up to 2 inches so a wet start to the weekend. once the rain moves out and the colder air moves in and i'm tracking the chance of more snow i'll talk about that the accuweather forecast. >> all right