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 get more on the next nor'easter meteorologist karen rogers in for david murphy. that scarf will come in handy on>> repor we're dealing with winds related to the last it's kind of a chilly breeze. the coastal flood advisory impacting people from along the coastline. minor flooding could be causing road closures around the coast from that flooding, we're not done with that just yet. the windchill with the gusty breeze up to 25 miles per hour at times. 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 conversatio

. >> 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

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> tuesday afternoon the big story on "action news" is the next nor'easter the monster storm is coming together right now even as thousands of residents remain without power. >> crews are racing to bring the lights back on before the arrival of round two. and this time we are expecting up to a foot of snow in places and potentially damaging winds. our team coverage starts with melissa magee in for david murphy tracking the latest forecast from accuweather. >> we are tracking the storm as we go through the rest are of this evening and throughout the day on wednesday as well. we have a winter storm warning in philadelphia from pointses north and west and it goes into effect 7:00 p.m. and lasts through wednesday evening and a winter storm watch for the blue shaded counties interior section ises of south jersey and for northern delaware. the greatest impacts are in philadelphia and points to the north and west. as far as what we are tracking here stormtracker 6 live double scan radar showing you the area of low pressure ou

. >> 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 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.

. >>> matt pellman is in for david murphy. we'll be talking about the nor'easter later this week. >> reporter: i thought i had enough of friday afternoon. >> reporter: i was thinking about everybody tha d house. satee we're currently dry through the region.we'll have snow showers off ther two arrives through the area midweek. let's take a look right now at the current conditions through the area we're throughout the in cape may. 30 in millville. 31 in the city. rea ng. i the chilly breeze the windchills coolean t it's a cold start to tl see a mixture of sunshine and more clouds later in the day. overall partly sunny 7:00 a.m. 30. lunchtime, 41 degrees, 3:00 p.m., 44. that's the high. coming down from that 43. 7:00 p.m., partly cloudy skies and 40. today is the day you take a breath you get a chilly watch the beginning of the effects of the the track so we continue to watch to see if there's more snow? you would than us, that's what we are expecting. we have cold air in place that will impact snowfall totals, that could be more

. >> 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

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. >> and here safe inside and dry meteorologist david murphy and karen rogers. >> reporter: feel kind of guilty for being inside. >> reporter: i would, but that was me outside for 20 years, have fun guys, come inside and get a weather job. >> reporter: it's wet outside this morning. and cold in the studio. >> reporter: no, no, no, there's rain out there busting through the region and whipping off toward the nornd east. storm tracker 6 live double scan the heaviest rain highlighted in yellow, pushing away from center city still in northeast philadelphia and areas of bucks county. all the yellow is where the heaviest stuff is. you see a band of it pushing through areas along the atlantic city expressway from atlanti county to cherry hill. getting better pushing off to the east. drying out in the northern and western suburbs, but for now wet out there and we have issues on the roads where it's coming down. a flood watch in effect from philadelphia areas north and west east. there's an area flood advisory that covers adjacent counties. everybody has the potential for rising water on the r

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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. >> ♪ >> 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

. >>> a coastal storm is heading our way, meteorologist david murphy is tracking its path, rain and high winds and snow it will bring. yes, march coming in as a lion, those stories next on "action news." of the west, southern california will be wet. there's some snow in the great lakes and northern new england and heavy rain from louisiana up to massachusetts tomorrow. >>> finally from us this half hour some emotional meetings in chicago. >> 12 people all involved in a major kidney donation transplant swap and now they've all met for the first time. >> reporter: here's megan hickey of our chicago station. >> reporter: 19-year-old phillip comeli wanted to give his friend the life-saving gift of a kidney but unfortunately he wasn't a match. >> we've gotten many calls but always been turned down. it's always been no. >> reporter: tough news for 21-year-old flaherty waiting for six years on kidney dialysis until he and his family got the call they'd been dreaming of. >> for this to be happening now is amazing and a lot of words i wish could come out. >> reporter: kimberly cooper, a complete

valley' with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. sara bloomquist is off and the big story on "action news" is an accuweather alert. a high wind warning is now effectthe region gets slammed ber. after a morning ovy rain floodin jersey shore and the wind and wet snow is moving in. this was the scene montgomeriville within the last hour as heavyo blow northllis standing by at the shore. and first lets begin with melissa magee and the latest from t >> reporter: there is going to ough the fternoon imorning. looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan a lot of that rain we had earlier this morning is traakesstur sn philadelphia.he s in th and west. t stree on witvel along95 trenton to philadelphiand snow north and west for q county. and route 61 in rea auncutoff in th western burbs. so ifs snowih fhy dose of that is.75ortheaadelphia 1.5 and 1.66 and a more than .75 in atlantic we are getnsitioning oe back edg the northwesterly win doulling high wefct until saturday deight now we havts city as high as 49 miles perur. d i my power outag late

meteorologist karen rogers is in for david murphy with the details. hi karen. >> reporter: i don't know about you, but i don't know that people are ready to deal with this once again. we can see the beginning of the area of low pressure that's bringing blizzard-like conditions north and west into the plains. that area of low pressure will transfer energy to another low that will form another nor'easter for us. here's the key points. the nor'easter arrives with light precipitation tuesday evening into wednesday. e t impact would be late wednesday morning through wednesday evening with likely wednesday evening rush being another difficult one. we could see a plowable snow for some in the area. with wind 40 to 50 miles per hour that's significant. the last storm we had on friday we had up to 70 miles per hour wind heavy wet snow and 40 to 50 miles per hour winds could pose more problems. that's why the national weather service has already issued a winter storm watch in effect and we're looking at that in upper bucks and montgomery, and the lehigh valley

. >> 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

let's go over to david murphy and karen rogers for weather and traffic. >> reporter: march is coming in hearing the roar. >> reporter: we have rain on storm tracker 6 live extending from western pennsylvania cincinnati and the midwest. as it pushes toward the east it will interact with a coastal low pressure center that that will e us a series of problems. flood watch north and east of philadelphia is kicking in. high wind watch tomorrow and probably saturday, as well. a winter storm watch in the poconos, i want to give you a breakdown, this starts this evening, and goes until saturday evening times of high tide moderate to coastal flooding. areas if philadelphia, camden county and points to the northeast that's where the heaviest rain will be, poor area drainage flooding. wind watch up to 50 miles per hour and 65 along the shore, debris blowing around and winter storm watch in the poconos where rain changes over to wet snow. and piles up in the areas. 44 degrees in philadelphia. a couple of spots in the upper 30s, light winds in the 40s. ahead of all this trouble it's not going to b

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 back up to keep it dry. the final touches are being applied. watch the oscars live with host jimmy kimmel here on channel6, 8:00 sunday night. ♪ ♪ aightd-year-old senia is raising awareness for her brain cancer. >> with all of cars p wentz's issues, how can the eagles think of not keeping nick foles? >> when someone calls you up to say we may give you an award draft pick. >> the question jim posed, what do you do with nick foles. that was the question brought up by the media. his stock has never been higher following it's not like we can just bring the band back together. >> nova and seton hall tonight, enough to drive coach wright bonkers. seton hall, hanging around. mykel bridges makes the save. cats go up by five. under a minute to play, lead now down to one. bridges with a timely steal. lay u

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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

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. >> it could be a stormy week, david murphy is off, matt rte k y like to a jog toork,ou? >> no, i drove and got a parking spot. >> reporter: today is the quiet before the storm, we'll see a good amount of sunshine, but the cold air is in place, satellite and radar showing mostly clear skie we hapinwheeling around thf low pressure that will fillw hi' freezing or at the freezing mark everywhere mark in cape may. 30 in south jersey, 31 in the city. upper 20s in reading and lancaster. the windchill making it feel like the 20s. it's a cold start. 7:00 a.m., 31 degrees, despite sunshine partly sunny ski at noon, 44. 44 degrees at 3:00 p.m. wh mixing and clouds. at 5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m., dropping down to 40 under partly cloudy skies. the day ahead arc breeze, but you're dry. a lot of us looking ahead to the next storm as we like to do in this crazy month. the timing of this looks to be tuesday into wednesday of our next nor'easter. in place. you feel that, last time wead theaster we h le it will be snor depending on the track, the rain and snow line will be in south and east of th

david murphy getting new information. he has the latest at 4:30. is there a chance none of this will happen in no. it's not missing us all together best of my recollection the track could shift. >> a nine-year-old from new castle county is making sure the homeless have socks this winter. sammy mitchel was inspired after visiting the shelter in wilmington. she created sammy's stock stampede and set a goal of collecting 1,000 socks by march 20th. she has surpassed that goal and is at 2,000 pairs. >> i wanted to help them because socks are warm for them and cozy, and i felt like that was the perfect thing to do. >> sammy says she's going to donate all of the socks to local shelters. - honey, look what we got! - [narrator] going big... (yelling) sweetheart? elizabeth, where are you? she's under the bears! - [narrator] unless it's a aaa plus membership. - woo! aaa. go ahead. - [man] woo! their unlimited plans, but not all unlimited is created equal. sprint unlimited gives you more. more global roaming destinations. plus, streaming in full hd and 10 giga

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 and leftover snow. let's start you off with satellite and radar. you can see the nor'easter is sitting and spinning further to the north and east. we'll have strong winds gusting up to 20 miles per hour. it will make it feel chilly. 31 degrees in reading. new numbers coming in. 30 in lancaster. sitting at the freezing mark in wilmington. still above that in the city, i think that will drop. we'll demelting today, it will feel like -- we'll do melting today, it will feel like the 30s. actual temperature, 42. lunchtime, 39 degrees, partly sunny skies, by 3:00 p.m., 40. we're dry today. just a gusty chilly breeze, a few clouds in the afternoon. 5:00 p.m., 38. 7:00 p.m., clear, 35 degrees. things will cloud up overnight tonight. for a lot of people it's time to dig out what was kind of a mess, in richboro, 16 inches of snow. in burr win, 9. media, 10

david murphy is live now with the latest. not bad out there now but the change is coming. clouds are building and still fairly bright. look at satellite and radar and rain is beginning to approach the region and a thin band tha afternoon and the bulk of the rain farther to the west and south getting its act together and late this afternoon and this evening. is when you see the stuff move in. beginning to build gh tide and and the lunar high tide is in play and the lunar and saturday evening high tide. down the shore coast at flood watch minor to moderate flooding and the back bays and how intense that system is when it starts to form off the coast. flood watches are in effect tonight and into friday night. this is basically from philadelphia to points north and over to the east. upper level support for heavier rain is really in these areas to the north and east and the south and west. although everybody will get rain and we have the high wind warning it has popped up to a warning from reading to philadelphia. wilmington and all of south jersey and the state of delaware. it

but first lets head outside to melissa magee in for david murphy. >> the latest information is showing that the storm is trending a little warmer and delaying of the arrival of the coastal low, having said that however, this is going to be a significant storm bringing significant snowfall to portions of the delaware and lehigh valley. we have the winter storm warning up for philadelphia to points northern and west. tonight through wednesday. and we have a winter storm watch for interior south jersey and northern delaware. this is what we are tracking, here is stormtracker 6 live double scan radar 3-d we have an area of low pressure moving out of the northern plains and eventually what i had here was an area of low pressure and arrow shows you that area of low pressure will form another low off the coast and that will be our nor'easter that moves in later on tonight and wednesday. here is future tracker 610:00 tonight light snow developing and spotty slushy accumulation taking place and mixing going on in philadelphia. and rain to the south and east. and during the morning rush tomorrow

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

with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> wednesday afternoon and the big story on "action news" this noon is a nor'easter. >> a light snow is falling in montgomery county and other parts in the region are seeing rain and a messy mix. and taking a live look at claymont in newcastle delaware. a heavier brand of snow is pushing through right now. we have crews covering the conditions around the region but we begin with karen rogers and chris sowers tracking the latest on the storm. >> we are look agent stormtracker 6 live double scan we notice we looked at this the intensification of the storm we have is lightning strikes near cape may giving the idea that the area of low pressure is starting to really ramp up. here is what we see with this. the storm is intensifying as we speak and peaking through 4:00 today. we'll hear rumbles of thunder with this as we have already seen thunder and lightning along cape may. the strongest winds are maintained along the coast. we see 30 miles per hour wind gust as long the coastline. lets look at stormtracker 6 live doub

. >> let's go over to david murphy and karen rogers. >> reporter: the jersey shore is going to get hammered. >> reporter: the rain is pinwheeling through the region we have the rain coming down good to areas east of philadelphia. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows this to you, this isd the northeast. the rain around philadelphia a little bit on the heavy side with the yellow and orange showing up, then the lighter showers and lighter rain off to the west of us, i'll do a lapse for you real quick so you can get the idea of the movement. you can see how the yellow band is pushing through philadelphia. it will be push into bucks county out of montgomery county before too much longer, but when you're underneath that you will get heavy you down.looks like the junctiod turnpike proper is underneath that. once it pulls away, a lull is possible, after the lull we get more rain and we could wind up to a changeover to wet snow later on. the flood watch this is where the heaviest rain is expected rest of the way, philadelphia north and east be careful there of flooding on roads in particular. high

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. >> this was inspired by a blog post from david murphy on foodandservice.com. you need some grape juice. cup of sugar, a funnel, some wine yeast and one of the instant pots, but it has to have the yogurt setting. that's right, i said yogurt. >> put in the sugar and yeast and give it a shake and. tut in the instant pot and set it for two days. they bottle it up, pour a glass each and do what all wine aficionados do. >> dive right in. don't bother corking it. >> like a chili dog. >> because she's speculating she didn't wash that pot perfectly after the super bowl. crunch time. let's try it. >> it has the consistency of like a ketchup. >> don't, don't. >> goes through something. >> don't you dare. >> okay he's done. oh no he's not. in conclusion -- >> i would not recommend this if you wanted wine that tasted good. >> if it's going to do a warm wine in the insta pot or any other pot stick to the holiday with cinnamon and all that stuff. >> what else should we try? i hope it's something that teaks two days and tastes terrible. >> yeah. >> yeah. >>> this dad -- >> is

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

murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning everyone. it's 4 o'clock on this wednesday march seventh and we're on a half hour early as much of the area is under a winter storm warning. >> right now a rain and snow mix has been falling for hours, snow already sticking to the ground and a lot more of that stuff is on the way. we're timing it all out for. >> all philadelphia public and archdiocesan schools are closed today. there are hundreds of others across the region scrolling at the bottom of your screen and also on 6abc.com. >> we have team coverage with a look at conditions around our area but we're going to get started with meteorologist karen rogers who is in for dave murphy and matt pelman who is watching the roads. good morning. >> good morning. we've braced ourselves. >> we have. now here we go and the morning commute is not the worst of it that we're seeing right now so you really need to be careful later in the day if you think you're going to venture out now. let's take a look at storm tracker6 live 3-d. we can see the storm s

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valley's leading news program with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning, it's 4:30 now on this tuesday march sixth. >> we're following a developing story. a tractor-trailer smashes into an overpass, dragging its roof behind through the narrow streets of philadelphia. >> flames rip through a mobile home park in montgomery county damaging a number of homes. >> we are preparing for another nor'easter. heavy wet snow is coming as some neighborhoods are still recovering from the last storm. >> dave murphy is off so we're going to get a look at accuweather with meteorologist karen rogers. we've got traffic with matt pelman. matt as you know i come down lincoln

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

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, 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 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

. >> david murphy is off, karen rogers joins us with the weather after the break. [drumming] one time, in new orleans, well, before it was evenfounded, bienville, scared away a british warship with just a story. and great stories kept coming. [trumpet playing] some make you move to jazz, funk and bounce. some of our stories aren't quite as straightforward. blocked by the saints! [crowd roaring] while others prove that great things can happen... even on a monday night. cause for three hundred years, great stories have started the same way. one time, in new orleans. [crowd applause] look at the windchills, feels like 18 degrees right now this philadelphia. watch with the northerly chilly breeze it will be a factor throughout the day today. it's a dry day, chilly breeze had a forhe high, partly sunny skies this afternoon. tomorrow, cloudy, 47. and then we're tracking another nor'easter, tuesday into wednesday, wednesday is a big day we could see impacts, mattment. >> several schools are closed or opening on a delay as they recover from f nor'easter. the list is at 6ab

melissa magee, cesily tynan david murphy, karen rogers recorded the special for the flower show wonders of water. the doors of the convention center open at 11:00 p.m. for the flower show. you can see the special tonight at 7:00 p.m. on 6abc. we'll show you everything that's in bloom at the flower show this year proceeds benefit the pennsylvania horticultural society. see you after the break. hello, peco. hi. can you help me save on my energy bill? old appliances. like a hot water heater? it's around here somewhere. nope. nope. what is this thing? sir, have you looked in the basement? huh. oh, yeah. no wonder. it was hidden behind all of my free weights. if you're not an expert, peco can help. we have lots of ways to help you save energy and money. peco. the future is on. >>> as always, so glad you stayed with us, 751 35 degrees out there. sky6 live hd over the philadelphia international airport. you see that, the sun is coming out. meteorologist chris sowers says you will be dealing with the wind today. >>> "healthcheck" now the appears the worst of the flu season may be behind us that

with tamala edward, matt o'donnell, meteorologist david murphy. for the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. didn't. "unsolved: the murders of tupac and the notorious b-i-g," josh duhamel, and music from lord huron, and now, good news, here's jimmy kimmel. ♪ >> jimmy: thank you for watching, thank you for coming. very nice of you [ cheers and applause ]u we are to those in the path of winter storm quinn or as she's knownic order of thunder and lightning. that's what it looks like. thun. hope you're getting excited at home. >> no, no. i'm not zeting excited. on, d.c. is stormy our bed with daniels, adult film star now suing the president, the president's lawyer, michael cohn if you don't know the sign non-disclosure agreement to make sure she didn't tell anyon. this is the page they the documentation that trump didn't sigh in at agreement which was written to keep the party anonymous stormy wag called peggy peterson so she signed with the initials p prks. th th this is what happened. trump was known as david davidson. no signature there. e

. >> 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

david murphy, cecily and adam will fine tune this as we start the workweek. overnight all locations dropping well before freezing. it's a cold night, slick spots north and west. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast, the next three days actually look okay. partly sunny, breezy, 46. breezy 45, 47 for tuesday. i didn't issue an accu-alert for tuesday because we're not sure of the track and the rest of the 7-day actually looks okay. nydia? >> thank you chris. any time the storm hits you can keep track of the very latest by using our free app. >>> the philadelphia flower show to savor a taste of spring. there's no shortage of lush greenery and martha stewart will host a book signing. the flower show ends one week from today. >> your time now 7:15. hollywood's biggest day is finally here. you can watch the academy awards live on 6abc a bit later tonight. >> taking home that gold statue can really cement movie careers. danya, you look beautiful in that gown. >> well, thank you. good morning to you, gray and nydia. the long award season ends tonight and the big q

murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning everyone. it's 4 o'clock on this wednesday march seventh and we're on a half hour early as much of the area is under a winter storm warning. >> right now a rain and snow mix has been falling for hours, snow already sticking to the ground and a lot more of that stuff is on the way. we're timing it all out for. >> all philadelphia public and archdiocesan schools are closed today. there are hundreds of others across the region scrolling at the bottom of your screen and also on 6abc.com. >> we have team coverage with a look at conditions around our area but we're going to get started with meteorologist karen rogers who is in for dave murphy and matt pelm