Philadelphia since 1994 we got down to 3. But a couple of other spots got below zero. Reading, for example, set an all time record for the date beating a record set in 1888. We continue to see record cold today but we also have a snowstorm coming in tonight and more record cold later on in the week. Its going to be a pretty wild week around here. Look at these temperatures. Its not going up very much. Still Single Digits in allentown, reading, pottstown, trenton, mount holly, 9 degrees. The warm spot 12 in dover. We still have wind. Its not as bitter as it was earlier but still feels like below zero. Cant go outside without covering every square inch of your body. Otherwise a frostbite danger. 17 below in mount pocono for the windchill. It was minus 30s this morning. Look at the size of this thing. Theres a lot of snow there in the white and the blue. This is the ice in the pink and rain in the green. Its getting closer but it is going to move into this area. Now, the hardest hit part of the area is going to be delaware and south jersey. These counties in white. They have winter storm warnings for tonight. Theres going to be a considerable snow accumulation. Now, the timing on this. Its generally 7 00 to 10 00 p. M. The snow starts. 10 00 p. M. To 6 00 a. M. Thats when wets the heaviest snow so most of the accumulating snow is occurring while youre sleeping. Get up tomorrow morning and its probably still going to be snowing if you get up early enough. But it ends west to east during the morning hours. Now, this is a storm that is going to be moving in pretty quickly. Its going to be moving out quickly. By tomorrow noontime its pretty much over. So we see the temperatures on the cold side and here comes the snow as we go through the evening. More on the specific timing and snow totals to be expected with the sevenday in a few minutes. Philadelphia firefighters were busy battling two blazes. West philadelphia flames broke out at 4 30 52nd and locust streets. The aftermath of the fire shows the building covered in ice. It looks like it could be a scene from the movie frozen. Doug is live in the neighborhood with a closer look. Doug. Reporter exactly. Firefighting is one hardship in this sort of weather. Its the aftermath. This firefighter chipping off the ice from ladder 169 here which has been one of the primary firefighting tools for this three, fourstory building fire that broke out around 4 30 this morning. It houses a doctors office. Theres some retail in there. Firefighters said of course the more water they put on this in these conditions the greater the layers of ice get. Of course they have to be concerned about the extra weight of the ice on just about everything from the hoses to the buildings to their own equipment. Firefighters told us just a short while ago that fighting fires in the 30 degree range is one thing. Fighting fires in the 20 degree range is one thing. Down near 0 is a completely different animal. Well the water freezes that much faster. Literally we have to keep water flowing through the hose lines. With the main ladders behind me they will lock up. We have to move them extend them retract them move them left to right every 20 minutes or else they will become inoperable. But as jimmy was saying even that is no guarantee is going to keep your equipment from freezing solid. They have to get most of the ice off of this try to get these ladders down once they know the fire has been contained. Then they said they have also been Touching Base with firefighting counterparts in canada to try to get some thawing out tips. Well have more on that coming up in about 30 minutes. Live in West Philadelphia, nbc 10 news. Thanks doug. The second fire crews had to contend with was at a apartment in philadelphia. The flames forced more than a dozen people out in the brutal cold. Jesse gary live where the weather made it tough for the firefighters there. Jesse. Reporter rosemary ice. This weather creating lots and lots of ice. This is a sidewalk covered with a thick, thick, layer of ice. Salt crews were out taking care of the streets. Slippery conditions here so much so a firefighter slipped and had to be rushed to Temple University hospital. Its one of the problems caused by this frigid weather. Difficult to stretch the hose line. The water is freezing. We have all kinds of problems and issues we have to deal with under these extreme conditions. Reporter early this morning neighbors say smoke started billowing from a row house on erie. Firefighters responded, fought both fire and icy conditions and limited the spread of the flames to a neighboring property. Gets into the wall in the ceiling and travels undetected. Fortunately we was able to stop it at the two properties damaged. More than a dozen people forced from their homes and out into the cold including this woman and her kids. I woke up and smelled a lot of smoke. I thought it was in our apartment. When i went to open the door it was very you couldnt even see. Thats how much smoke it was. Reporter fire officials shelterered in septa buses. Red cross are assisting two families to find more permanent housing. Again, ice everywhere. Thats not the only problem. Well have more about that and the investigation into the cause of this coming up in 30 minutes. Were live in north philadelphia. Jesse gary nbc 10 news. Thanks jesse. The cold wasnt the only challenge for firefighters trying to put out this row home fire in philadelphia. Trucks couldnt get down the narrow street where the fire was located. Skyforce 10 over about an hour ago. Crews were able to extinguish quickly and nobody was to hurt. A natural gas leak to blame for Early Morning explosion in Chestnut Hill section of philadelphia. The blast happened overnight at an Apartment Building. Several people were forced from their homes into the freezing cold. Neighbors tell nbc 10 the explosion blew the doors, windows and pieces of the building right across the street. The house was blown out, so thats what we really heard. So wet a little paranoid and wondered exactly different people live in there. Our major concern was that everybody was okay. They were okay. Nobody was hurt. Everybody made it out safely. Fortymileanhour wind gusts nearly blew the roof off at a church in philadelphia. This happened at the middle of the service. The steeple and bell tower collapsed into the alley. The pastor tells nbc 10 the area is usually packed with people. He believes maybe they were protected by something more powerful than the wind. Normally we have many people on the steps of the church wall of the church waiting for buses to come and go. But the lord didnt let one person there. There is some damage to the roof which is being inspected. The pastor tells us hell have to assess whether the church can pay for the repairs. This morning some residents in east falls are back in their apartments after the strong wind snapped a tree. The winds landed on the roof of the complex. This happened early yesterday morning at the falls apartment complex. One of the branches broke through into the apartment on the top floor. Nobody here was injured. A family in Delaware County is dealing with a similar problem. A tree smashed onto their home in newtown square. Firefighters had to rescue a woman pinned underneath a coffee table. She was holding their twoyearold daughter. Her husband said they are lucky they werent hurt or worse. Had i not been on the bed, i would have been on the couch where the tree fell and been crushed. In addition to the house, the tree damaged the familys minivan. The cold appears to be the blame for a womans death. In lakewood a neighbor found 66yearold olivia bonito face down in the snow. The two had drinks earlier at the neighbors house. She was going to walk the short distance to her town home inside the development but never made it. Police are now waiting on an autopsy report. A Movie Theater in Delaware County will be closed today thanks to a water main break. The extreme cold very well may have caused the break at the amc theater. Route 202 in chadds ford. Moviegoers rushed out because of the flooding. If pet owners in philadelphia leave animals outside in this frigid weather, they may get a fine. A new ordinance makes it against the law to leave an animal unprotected outdoors when officials declare code blue emergency on a day like today. It is freezing out. So we dont want people to be leaving their dogs out. The best thing you can do is get your dog adequate protection. Bring your dog inside. Violators will face fines up to 500. There is no better time than right now to download nbc news and weather app. That way you can stay ahead of the snow were tracking for tomorrow. Heads up for drivers, philadelphia Street Department inspecting bridges over schuylkill river. Strawberry mansion, mlk bridge. The closures will continue until 4 00 this afternoon and there will be more inspections throughout the week until friday. It was a deadly seen inside of a walmart. Gunfire erupts. Before its over one person killed as shoppers run for cover. Well show you what led to the shooting. A golf course turned into a runway. It was a close call for one pilot who made a daring maneuver. Were tracking snow on the way. Doubtful that anybody will be out on kelly drive in these dangerous temperatures. This is a live look at boathouse row. Extreme cold followed by snow which is set to arrive tonight. Nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz will be back in just a few minutes with the full forecast. It is not just us millions of americans are waking up this morning in the crosshairs of a major winter storm. New england wont dodge this one either. They are bracing for another round of snow in whats become a record breaking season. Nbc 10 National Correspondent sarah spent time with snow weary people of boston. Reporter cold . Miserable. Its getting really old. Getting depressing. And the snow continue. Were not making records. Were just breaking them, you know. With all this snow theres nowhere to put it. In boston bone chilling winds and 13 inches of fresh snow combine to break weather records. This is a storm of historic proportion. I know people are frustrated just want this to end. Across new england residents are digging out. Some places seeing 90 inches of snow since the first of the year. Seven feet of that coming within the last three weeks. Now the extreme cold. Windchill temperatures in boston reached nearly 30 below. Now focus shifts to a second storm sweeping across the country, one that will bring snow, ice, and freezing rain to the midwest and southeast. Winter storm warnings and watches in effect today from Oklahoma City all the way to washington, d. C. Some 40 million americans now in the path of this record breaking winter. As much as three inches of snow expected here in the city. Another in a series of seemingly unending winter storms. In boston nbc news. Now to news overseas egypt has launched a second wave of airstrikes against isis targets in retaliation for the mass beheadings of christian egyptian hostages. Egyptian warplanes targeted weapon depots and Training Camps in libya. Retaliation after this video claims to behead 21 christianses in libya. From the tripoli province of isis. In the video one militant says quote, we will conquer rome. Overnight police in denmark arrested two men accused of helping the suspect in the terror attacks in copenhagen. Investigators believe the gunman may have been inspired by the attacks in paris last month. On saturday police say the gunman opened fire at a Cultural Center and later outside of a synagogue two people died there. The suspect was killed in a gunbattle with the s. W. A. T. Team yesterday. Today flags are flying at halfstaff across the country. In france the Prime Minister is denouncing desecration of hundreds of graves at a Jewish Cemetery in the eastern part of the country. The grave stones were found knocked down and a monument to Holocaust Victims was also damaged. France has europes largest jewish population. But more than 7,000 have emigrated to israel this past year. French leaders vow to defend the Jewish Community against attack as they try to prevent more french jews from leaving the country. Back in the u. S. In mississippi, one man is dead and a Police Officer is injured after a shootout inside of a walmart. The incident began last night as a police chase with officers and their cruisers. Investigators say they were pursuing 34yearold howard brent, jr. , when he bailed out of the car and ran inside the store. Officers followed and he opened fire. Police fired back killing him. No shoppers were hurt. The injured officer is expected to be okay. Fa atake a look at this. This was a real close call. A pilot whose plane lost power after taking off was forced to land on a golf course near heyward executive airport. The plane was leaking fuel onto the golf course but emergency crews were able to quickly clean it up. The pilot was the only person on board the single engine plane and was not hurt. Could a monument dedicated to our nations first president actually be shrinking . On this president s day government surveyors will announce plans to bring a Washington Monument to new heights. They have determined its 10 inches shorter than whats been thought for 130 years. The new measurement puts it at 554 feet and 8 inches high. They insist its not shrinking. Modern standards call for a different base than what was likely used to measure in 1884. Announcer now nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. We have another one of those first alert weather days and we have serious issues. We have record cold and a snowstorm tonight and more record cold thats coming later in the week. So much of this week is going to be first alert weather days. Look how cold it was this morning. 8 below in mount pocono one below in reading. That was the record 1888. Pottstown 1 below, allentown 1 below, doylestown 2 below, 3 in philadelphia. The record there was 2 in 1888. Didnt quite get there. Tied a record in wilmington with 2 degrees. Georgetown delaware broke a record. That was a warm spot in our areaw6n overnight tonight. Now the temperature is not really rising very much. 6 in pottstown. 8 in allentown. 7 in reading. 9 in trenton. When you get air this cold its a fluffy kind of snow. Blows around a lot. Easier to brush off the car. You can even use a bedroom to sweep it off, the walkway. At least thats the good part of it. Cant make snowmen or snowballs out of this kind of snow. Windchills below zero across the entire area. Its going to stay pretty cloud to that all day. Here is the snow moving to the east. Its a very large system. Theres no blocking pattern in the atmosphere to cause it to slow down or to stall or redeveloped along the east coast. We get hit and its out of here. Here is the future cast. These computer models tend to be a little too slow with the first wave of snow. By 7 00 tonight, i think it would be much closer to philadelphia. Certainly snow in washington baltimore, delaware extreme south jersey. If youre headed out this evening, farther south, the earlier its going to start, the heavier its going to get. By midnight snowing across much of the area. Some on the heavy side delaware and south jersey. 6 30 a. M. Snowing across the area some on the heavy side especially delaware and south jersey. Those backward snowstorms where southern areas get the most. Then by late morning or midday hours its all moving out. So this is not an extended period of snow but were going to get kind of a burst here of a good number of hours. And with the temperatures well below freezing untreated surfaces will certainly be sticking. The snow starts 7 00 to 10 00 p. M. Between 10 00 p. M. And 6 00 a. M. That is the core of the snow heaviest of snow, 6 00 a. M. To 10 00 a. M. Ends west to east and then it clears. Two to four inches in the poconos, three to five lehigh upper bucks, montgomery chester, four to six inches through philadelphia. Much of bucks county mercer county, much of Montgomery CountyDelaware CountyChester County. The greatest amounts of snow farther to the south. A good pit of delaware in the six to nine range, extreme southiersey in the six to nine range. Of course well update this throughout the day. Weve got new computer information. Its going to be probably a sharp cutoff heavier to lighter. We may have to trim that as we go through the day. Bitter cold today. Windchills ranging from 10 below to 5 above as temperatures are in the teens. And then as we go through the morning snow tomorrow we have snow showers, a little accumulation on wednesday. Then we have more record cold coming thursday and friday getting closer to 0 degrees. Then a chance of some more over the weekend. Its an unhealthy teen trend, young people are more sleep deprived than ever before. Well explain why todays Technology May be to blame. A magic trick goes horribly wrong. Well show you the stunt that led to a fire at one philadelphia landmark. Teens are not getting enough sleep. Its a trend that experts say has gotten worse over the last 20 years. A new study finds that the average teen only gets about seven hours of sleep but they generally need nine or ten hours. Researchers say social media, smart phones and obesity could be contributing to the lack of sleep. So you think its cold today . Talk to the firefighters in philadelphia, the water turned to ice on their gear as they battled two blazes early this morning. At one scene in West Philadelphia, the building that caught on fire looks like an igloo. An update on how the crews handled record cold. New rules for drones. The government decides wentof when and how the tiny aircraft can be used. Well tell you about restrictions and when they go into effect. Its all coming up after the break. Homecoming . Its awesome. But with the Citizens Bank education refinance loan it gets even better. You know those people who pay a little extra and get all the legroom in coach . That could be you, if you refinance your Student Loans. I can refinance . 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Some neighborhoods hit record lows below zero. Were not getting a break from the brutal Winter Weather any time soon. We are tracking snow. This is a live look at first alert radar which shows the storm to the southwest. It will arrive tonight. Chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz is tracking the system. Glenn, youre calling this significant snowfall. Especially for delaware and extreme south jersey. Those are the areas we have the greatest confidence significant snow will occur tonight and affect the morning rush tomorrow. The farther north you go a little bit more uncertainty on that. The record cold well thats covered a good bit of the area. Reading beat the record this morning set in 1888. We have a snowstorm coming tonight for much of the area. One of those backward snowstorms where southern areas get the most. Record cold later in the week. This is not the end of it. Theres a large system here. As you can see, its moving to the east. Its not going to be making a left turn up the coast and not squashed out to the south to miss our entire area. So there is snow thats going to be falling. There is a Northern Edge to it. Thats going to be the tough part of the forecast. As you can see we have a winter storm warning in effect extreme south jersey all of delaware all of maryland washington, d. C. Area is going to get hit pretty hard with this thing as we go through the Late Afternoon and into tonight. General timing 7 00 to 10 00 p. M. Es when the snow starts generally from west to east. 10 00 p. M. To 6 00 a. M. Heaviest of snow when a lot of people are asleep. So wake up oh, theres that snow. And 6 00 a. M. To 10 00 a. M. The snow ends from west to east. As we go into the midday or early afternoon, its starting to clear up. So this is a relatively short duration event. You can see the temperatures only in the Single Digits to near 10 degrees and it still feels like its below zero. Talk more about the specific timing and snow totals with the sevenday in just a few minutes. Philadelphia firefighters were busy battling two blazing this morning. In West Philadelphia a fire broke out at 4 30 apartment 52nd and locust streets. The aftermath shows the building completely covered in ice. Its from the water trained on the flames. Doug is live at the scene where the firefighters are trying to thaw out themselves. Doug. Reporter exactly. They are still not done yet. A couple of Ladder Companies putting water onto one of about three storefront building front. Still have a couple of areas that wont go out despite layer and layer and probably thousands of pounds of ice from all the water they had to pour on this since 4 30 this morning. You can probably tell some of the equipment, too, some of these ladder trucks fairly well encased with ice themselves. They had to keep moving these ladders around to keep them and the hydraulics that control their movement from seizing up all together. Whether its the equipment or treacherous footing to just the firefighter fatigue, this affects and operation like this at all devils. You get down to Single Digits it slows the whole operation down slows everything down. We have people slipping and falling all over the place. Water has to keep flowing but it freezes just as fast. We dont shut down waterlines because we have to keep the water moving. Youll have hose lines with a log of water. We have companies leaving with just logs on top of their trucks and they have to go back and thaw everything out. Of course with no prospect of temperatures above freezing for the next few days that process could take a long time. We mentioned a little while ago firefighters actually contacted some of their colleagues in canada with units up there to find out what do you do with a protracted period of cold weather. How do you keep this stuff from freezing up how doubts it thawed out, how do you get it to work next time you go out. Crews also spent the morning battling row home fire in philadelphia. Those firefighters just cleared the scene near 17th and erie. But theres still a lingering danger. Jesse gary live in philly to tell us about it. Jessers. Reporter yeah, rosemary salt trucks have been out in philadelphia because of this danger. They have had Good Progress on the street puddles, up on the sidewalk thats where you find ice and walking can be tricky and treacherous. Dozens of firefighters responded to this scene. Neighbors say smoke started billowing from a row house at 1711 erie avenue in north philadelphia. It took firefighters an hour to knock down the flames and keep it from spreading beyond the two effected units. Hours later, though the next challenge of firefighters was packing up frozen hoses and other equipment heading back to their station. What companies try to do try to put them on the fire truck, get to a station in a more safe environment and where its warmer, where the hose line can go out. More than a dozen people were forced from their homes due to the fire. Red cross Officials Say they are assisting two families with more permanent accommodations. A firefighter slipped on the ice and was taken to Temple University hospital. Live in philadelphia jesse gary nbc 10 news. Today 600 snowplows are at work in the city of boston or at least trying to get some work done. ,il days windy conditions wont make it easy for crews clearing out the snow. Mother nature dumped an historic seven feet of snow in boston over the next three weeks. The mayor is asking people to stay inside because plows and emergency vehicles may not see them through the massive snow pile. To add insult to injury forecasters in boston saying another storm could hit there later this week. The brutal winter continues for people in new england. After they got hit with a fourth storm in a month, several roofs collapsed because of the heavy snow like this one at a New Hampshire strip mall. The roof of an Apartment Building in maine also caved in. The residents there were forced from their homes. Now the race is on to clear the snow from other buildings before the same thing happens again. Even people across the south are expected to get hit with a blast of winter. The governor of georgia has declared an emergency across 15 counties of the state as snow sleet, and ice are in the forecast today. You may remember last year an ice storm paralyzed atlanta caught them offguard. They have brandnew brine trucks ready to go out in full force. Carolina also bracing for the storm. Back in the area camden waterfront battleship new jersey closed for tours because of the cold and wind. It will reopen for walkup tours over the weekend through february and march weather pemplt permitting, of course. Theres no better time to get nbc 10 weather app. Download important reports and weather apps. As you heard glenn mention, our meteorologist are updating this information constantly. To stay ahead of the snow youll definitely want to have this app with you. Checking out our other top stories right now, crews say a natural gas leak lead to an Early Morning explosion at an Apartment Building in philadelphias Chestnut Hill neighborhood. The blast happened overnight. Several people were forced from their homes into the freezing cold. Nobody was hurt. Skyforce 10 was over this row home fire along reef street in philadelphia. At first fire trucks had a tough time getting down the narrow street where the fire was located. Crews were eventually able to extinguish the flames and nobody here was injured. A Movie Theater in Delaware County closed because of a water main break. Extreme cold may have caused the break at the amc theater route 202 and route 1 in chadsford. Moviegoers forced out because of the flooding. Were learning more about a crash that killed a sister and brother in Chester County over the weekend. Police say a driver was drunk and speeding when he rearended a minivan saturday night in euclid township. Two teenagers were thrown from the van and killed. Charlotte was a junior at downing Town High School west and miles was a student at westchester university. Their parents, who were also in the van, are still in the icu. The suspect remains behind bars on charges of homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence. A magic trick is being blamed for causing a fire at the philadelphia tattoo convention. Check out the video from the convention yesterday. You can see the man start to do his magic trick when something went wrong and he accidentally lit himself on fire. It did spread but only to a small area of the convention center. People nearby helped out and were able to get the fire out quickly. Small drones will be allowed to sip through the skies just not for a few years. Federal Aviation Administration has proposed some rules. Drones could only fly during the day, stay under 500 feet and not come within five miles of an airport. Pilots must have constant visual contact with the drone and hold a new faa flight certificate. Commercial drone flights are currently banned and will stay that way until regulations are finalized. New york senator Chuck Schumer and connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal are calling on the government to invest more money for Railroad Crossing safety measures. Earlier this month six people were killed and 15 injured when a train crashed into a car at a Railroad Crossing just outside of new york city. The two lawmakers plan to introduce a bill a little later on this month. Many businesses are advertising president s day sales. What are the best bargains . Well tell you what the experts say you should shop for today. Thats coming up. Were tracking snow thats going to come tonight. How much will you get . Well have a look in my full forecast coming up. Dangerous cold is gripping our area. This is a live look toward society hill and old city. The extreme cold is going to be followed by some snow. That will arrive this evening. Nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz will be back in just a few minutes. He will have the full forecast. Prices at the pumps are jumping again. Have you noticed it . The National Average has increased every day for nearly three weeks. Thats according to aaa. Its now 2. 25 a gallon. Here is a look at gas prices in our area. According to aaa and philadelphia youre paying 2. 41 a gallon up 0. 03 over the weekend and up 0. 04 over the week. In delaware average price 2. 20 and new jersey always the cheapest 2. 01 per gallon. There are plenty of sales out there on this president s day. Experts say before you head out to shop you want to know what the real deals are. They say you should buy winter apparel not spring clothing. The ads may give you impression new arrivals are a great buy. They say dont be fooled. Also by tech not jewelry. Nearly onethird of president s day sales were for electronics and you can find better jewelry deals in march. Buy mattresses not cars. Experts say you could see savings between 50 and 80 on mattresses but now is not the ideal time onfor car shopping. You can take a walk back in president ial history with a visit to the National Constitution center. Its free. Visitors invited to participate in Town Hall Program with president ial town hall actors. There will also be a kids costume contest and the winner will receive a free family membership. This bitter cold is not just tough on your body, its also tough on your car. Thats not the sound you want to hear on a cold day like today. Single digit temperatures often mean dead batteries and other problems. I had the lights go on in my car about my tires. Officials say with aaa that during the cold weather about 30 of calls are battery related. When temperatures hit zero degrees, a cars battery loses about 60 of its strength. Aaas best advice if your battery is more than three years old, get it checked. Take matters getting your Battery Service before hand before problems arrive. Thats the best advice i can give you. Do Winter Maintenance on your car and everything will be fine. Experts say along with your battery now is also a good time as i was saying to check your tire pressure. All right. If we want to get our minds in a different space, we need encouragement to get through brutal cold and the rest of the winter. Were not through it. Phillys equipment truck arrived in florida for spring training. Pulled in yesterday morning. Wont be long now. Pitchers and catchers set to report wednesday. Lucky them. Games start in two weeks march 1st. I think its like in the 70s in clearwater. Not here. The worlds most prestigious canine competition is kicking off in new york city today. Doesnt matter about the weather, they are going for it. Westminster kennel club draws thousands of competitors from all over the world and features nearly 200 different breeds. This by the way, is 139th year for westminster which is billed as the second longest running sporting event in the u. S. Behind only the kentucky derby. Once a year one of philadelphias most famous institutions is transformed into a party venue. Fifth annual party for the market is set to take place inside Reading Terminal market. Here to tell us more about the special event is the vice chair of the board for Reading Terminal. Thanks for being with us. Thanks. Tell us whats happening at the reeding terminal for the weekend . Fifth year in a row, board of directors and sponsored thrilled to announce were going to have our annual party for the marketa gala event in the wintertime quickly rising through the top of philadelphias list of premier winter gala parties. Tell us what the proceeds who is going to benefit from it . All the proceeds go to sustaining the market itself programming historical awareness of the markets traditions and that will all be implemented over the course of next year. I think whats interesting about Reading Terminal somebody from philly like myself its a place philadelphians go to. Why is it important to keep this place up and running and ready to go for everybody. I think it enjoys more good will with philadelphians than anywhere in philadelphia and delaware valley. This is a business thats been open and running since 18 2. Philadelphians discerning people when it comes to whats authentic know they find something authentic philadelphia at the market the food the vendors and the feeling you get when you come in the market. Dont forget if you want to get married on valentines day, its always place to do that. Indeed. One of philadelphias richest traditions are weddings held this time of year will i think they were held this past saturday at the market. Brent, thanks so much for being with us. I know we have information about saturdays event. We can pull that up on the screen. The party for the market is this saturday from 7 30 to 11 30 in the evening. This is one of those events you can get decked out, have a great time. All for a good cause. For more information go to the website, nbc10. Com. Or if you have the nbc app all the information is there, too. Now, your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. Youre definitely going to want those parties to be indoors later this week and into next weekend. Today is another first alert weather day. Weve had some record low temperatures across the area already. We have a snowstorm coming in tonight for at least much of the area and more record cold coming after that storm. Were all the way up to 10 degrees in philadelphia. Its only 7 in chester springs. 8 in kennett square. 7 in reading 6 in lancaster. Fresh snow over the weekend certainly has happened. Dont really believe its all up to 20 in vineland only 10 at cape may harbor. Windchills the way it feels to your exposed skin 5 to 10 below zero on average across the area. Still get a little closer. The leading edge of it not reaching the ground because lower levels of the atmosphere are very, very dry. This is the type of snow that is going to be the fluffy type. And it will below around a lot and brush it off the car, even use a broom on the sidewalks tomorrow morning probably. The ice is way, way, way down to near the georgiaalabama border. Darker blues, areas of heavier snow. Not moving to the northeast, moving pretty much to the east and thats going to mean that most of the heaviest snow will fall in southern parts of the area. By 8 00 here is the future cast. Generally it advances a little bit quicker than that. So by 8 00 we could be seeing some snow in philly. And later on during the night, looks like its going to be snowing much of the night and into the morning rush tomorrow. Especially in delaware and south jersey. Thats where its going to be heaviest. Lehigh valley poconos, youve had storms bigger than this already this winter. This is not going to be a huge storm for you. Then by 11 00 a. M. Its winding down starting to clear out. By tomorrow afternoon, its all over. Its not a long lasting storm, no blocking in the atmosphere to slow it down. Snow starts 7 00 to 10 00 p. M. Tonight. From 10 00 p. M. To 6 00 a. M. When a lot of people heaviest snow, 6 00 a. M. To 10 00 a. M. Ends west to east then clear 10 00 a. M. To 2 00 p. M. Lowest snow totals in the poconos, its possible even less than that if the storm continues to track south. Six to nine lehigh valley. Four to six Chester County montgomery, philly bucks county mercer county. Right along delaware river, the further south you go the more snow likely to fall. Delaware kent cumberland new jersey getting greatest amounts of snow. Six to nine inches of snow by midday tomorrow. Seven day forecast we have the morning snow tomorrow. Then we have another burst of snow on wednesday. Thats more like what we saw saturday with that arctic front. Could be a little bit more accumulation. Thats not a real big storm. Then record cold comes in for thursday and friday. Possibly saturday morning as well in parts of the area. Multiple days of record cold. Then a chance of some more wintry precipitation over the weekend. Well be right back. Coming up this afternoon starting at 3 00 ellen is all new with actress and singer kristin bell. Nbc 10 news at 4 00 pet protection in Severe Weather conditions. Today nbc 10 takes a close look at the rules for those who keep their fourlegged friends outdoors. Well tell you what the law says you can and cannot do this afternoon on nbc 10 news at 4 00. Before we go of course we do want to get one last check of the weather, changing situation. We are expecting snow. We know that. We have bitter cold and record cold this morning, so its not really a question of is it going to be snow or sleet or rain its going to be snow. Now its just the issue of how much. The further south you are, the greater the amounts of snow with this particular storm. Its going to move out pretty quickly. Tomorrow afternoon should be togetherly dry. We have new computer information coming in during the afternoon. Well have updates on snow totals starting at 4 00 during the afternoon and tomorrow morning youre going to want to get up early to check on the weather to see whether you need to go to work or school. And see, of course if there are School Closings or delays. We will be posting that information. Well have a scroll at the bottom of the screen and also information on our website and nbc 10 app. Thanks for watching us at 11 00. Im Rosemary Connors for glenn hurricane schwartz and everybody at nbc 10 have a good one. Stay warm. Serena damn, nicole. She always has a positive genius for showing up when and where shes not wanted. [phone rings] hey, whats up . Eric i just called to say im an idiot. Serena [chuckles] good to know. Eric [laughs] listen, just because you couldnt make me an omelet didnt mean you had to leave. I mean, we could have gone out we could have ordered in. Serena you know, its just as well. I, uh, had to drop something off here at the hotel before i got to work. 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