Watch for a little tap of the brakes as drivers make their way past that scene. New Jersey Transit river line has communications out there and system wide yesterday and communication issues are still out there, as a result, new Jersey Transit river line is operating on a saturday schedule between trenton and camden. So far were not reporting any significant problems when it comes to septa, however, septa does have a general announcement on their website saying for the Regional Rail lines you can expect to see a minor delay of up to 10 to 15 minutes on the rail lines just due to slippery rails out there this morning. The vine street expressway right at 95, you can see the vine is clear. 95 is also quiet. Chris. We are following this this morning. Snow in all three states. Snow came down pretty heavily in berks county. They saw 1 1 2 to 2 inches in some places. In new jersey, we captured this. Larger flakes falling in Gloucester County. Not enough to accumuate there but did stick to the cars and to the grass and more snow in wilmington, delaware, new castle heavy flakes coming down there lightly and just a trace at the airport. There was a coating as you see on the cars and probably had people looking for their snow brushes and Monique Braxton is checking in Chester County. What are things like there, as well . Two inches of snow here but as you can see on the brush here at the local wawa the snow has melted and still like a glistening effect on top of some of the shrubbery. Look across the parking lot with me. Some motorists have coming in have some snow, maybe as much as an inch. Check out the pickup truck and on the other side, you see the pickup truck with some snow on it. If you live in the suburbs, you probably ought to give yourself an extra five to ten minutes to remove some of the snow from your car because the law says you have to have it clear from the top, as well as the windshield. Live for now in thorndale, Monique Braxton, nbc 10 news. In west collin township, they saw two inches of snow. You probably have some to get off of your car this morning. A lot of small towns in pennsylvania were battered by so, this year theyre adding money to their budget to fight the winter weather. Added a new 100,000 plow and salt truck to a fleet that was beaten down by the endless snow storm from last year. Public works crews have hooked up new plow blades to replace ones damaged by too much use. Many cities are trying to build up road salt reserves after running out last year. And its costing 10 to 12 more per ton. Every order that we make, you know, normally we order 200 to 300 at a time. Were looking at a 2,000, 3,000 cost difference from last year per load. Right now we have about 1,200 ton of salt and about 400 ton of mixture. And that should hold us, hopefully we wont have anything until the end of this year. We should be in good shape. You just jinxed us. Yeah, probably. Now, most towns that we checked with said after last winter they were forced to come up with a new worsecase scenario for their budget. We checked in other states in our region. Heres what new jersey told us about their road salt supply. They are 100 stocked at capacity. They are expecting another 20,000 in january and february. In delaware, theyve also got a full inventory for the season ahead and deldot has access to the port of wilmington where they can get additional shipments from overseas. Help you for what is coming. Count on the first alert weather app and download that to your smartphone or tablet and do that through our website. In addition to the weather and the fallout from the snow last night. Here are other things were following from across the area this morning. First nbc 10 will be there when Delvin Barnes will head to court for a bail hearing. He is suspected of abducting freelandgaither from a germantown street last week. Bring you updates from the Philadelphia Council meeting as they consider philadelphia gas works. Council rejected for more than 1. 8 million. Today experts are giving testimony on a new direction for pgw. Also today the Environmental Protection agency will recognize a program at Drexel University that protects the environment and feeds the hungry. As part of the Food Recovery Program students develop products and recipes to reduce waste. Fully used at soup kitchens and shelters and not thrown away. 5 35 now and new safety inspectors were sworn into office all part of philadelphias licenses that oversees building safety. The role that these men and women will play in protecting people in the wake of last years deadly Building Collapse. Start time study. A plan being considered in one part of this area that would let students sleep in a little more. Bill . Bundle up if youre heading out right now. It is cold and snowy in the pocono mountain. Snow has stopped falling, but you can see its still on the ground with temperatures in the 20s there and icy spots and other spots as the temperatures drop to near freezing. Right now, 37 degrees at 5 36. Its on . Oh yeah. With who . The Citizens Banker lady. She made things way simple for me, like how to deposit a check from my phone. Shes even gonna send me alerts if my balance gets too low. Total special treatment. You do know the alerts dont come from her personally, right don juan . Mr. Tobin, you forgot your phone thank you. You left that there on purpose, didnt you . Yeah. Wow. Award winning mobile banking from Citizens Bank. Its one way were helping you bank better by keeping things simple. Skies are clearing, but the temperature, as a result, falling. Right now were seeing the temperatures drop to near freezing in parts of the area. Going to stay cold today in part because of gusty wind. Sunshine will be bright, but the temperatures will feel like theyre in the 30s and gets colder as we head into the weekend. 33 degrees with clear skies in reading and 37 degrees and look at the wind blowing already. Thats going to be stronger as the day goes on. So, the wind chill will be a big factor and steady at 13 miles an hour right now in philadelphia. And gusting to 18 miles an hour in wildwood. So, the readings feel like theyre in the 20s for pottstown, trenton and wilmington feels like 28 degrees right now. Your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast right now. Clearing skies and 35 the High Temperature and low 40s for reading and quakertown and a gusty wind for trenton northeast philadelphia and mount holly. It will feel like it in the 30s this afternoon and skies will be clearing for cape may, vineland and dover. Bright sunshine, but only into the 40s this afternoon for wilmington and the normal High Temperature for this time of year is 57 degrees. No where near that today. Or over the weekend. A look at the cold weather thats heading in with the sevenday forecast that i have just updated. Ill be back in less than ten minutes. We may miss todays highs in the 40s come early next week. Lets get a check of the roads and see how things are looking. Jillian, what are you seeing . One accident that were following 294 northbound blocking the right lane but in the last few minutes it has been moved to the shoulder. You soont see any slow downs in that area. 42 freeways looking good right now. This is the base of the platt bridge which is quiet right now. Traffic moving along in both directions and later this morning on the platt bridge between the hours of 9 00 and 3 00 eastbound closed off because of construction in that area. As an accident you can see the girard point bridge is your best bet and that could impact a lot of people heading to philadelphia international. If youre traveling in that area this morning, make sure you avoid that portion was you could see a backup in that area. Drivers in delaware waking up taking 95 and this is what it looks like and all is quiet there and so is 495. Tracy . 20 minutes before 6 00. New this morning, if you drive an electric car a bonus for you because the ferry is installing two free electric charging stations in the Public Parking lot near the terminal building in lewis. The state will monitor the charging stations and see how much theyre used. Meantime, commercial drivers who use compressed natural gas now have places to fill up on the pennsylvania turnpike. Three new pumps are open at the new Stanton Service station in westmoreland county. Stands for compressed natural gas popular among and cuts down on pollution and its cheaper than regular gas. Well, we now have a potential closing date for the trump taj mahal. The company says there is a way to keep the doors open, though, but employees have to do something. Well tell you what that is. On camera. You can see the shark closing in on a kayak and this is just the beginning. Webuyanycar. Com has helped thousands of people let go of all the hassle that comes with selling or trading in. We make selling your car, truck or suv, fast, safe and fair with three simple steps one get your free online valuation. Two drive to your local carbuying center. Three walk out with a check in as little as thirty minutes. Buying cars is all we do. All makes and models and no dealership pressure well even settle your loan or lease. So, dont wait. Get your free online valuation now at webuyanycar. Com. Thats some new video we got from wilmington overnight. The building was vacant for the past several years. At one time it housed several law offices along with a comedy cabaret. A show of force when it comes to safety. 37 new inspecters for the department of licenses and inspections were sworn in yesterday at city hall. These inspectors will oversee permits, construction sites and building safety. These hires were made possible by an extra 2 million added to the budget for 2015. Theyre part of the changes implemented after the fatal Building Collapse on Market Street in the summer of 2013. Public safety must always be our number one goal. In virtually every department and agency of our government, but certainly the department of licenses and inspections. The mayor went on to say that the overhaul is not finished. Not only do we keep you updated on news in our area, but we also follow everything that is happening across the country. Nbc 15 vai sikahema is live in our Digital Operation Center and you have an update on problems at West Virginia university. The university has suspended all of its pledging and social activities for all campus affiluted sororitieies after tw incidents. An 18yearold student is in Critical Condition after he was found not breathing and without a pulse inside a frat house. This happened on wednesday. And then last week, members of a different fraternity were arrested on alcoholrelated charges. That frat has been suspended. Also today well hear from two window washers who were stranded outside of new York City One World Trade Center earlier this week. Here you see the video of when it happened. Firefighters rescued them from the scaffolding that was hanging at the 68th floor. Before they were rescued. And two kayakers had an encounter with a hammerhead shark off the coast of florida look at this, the shark trailed them for about two miles and even bumped into one of those kayaks before the shark swam away. Now, two miles is pretty long jog probably even longer if youre kayaking. If you have a hammerhead following you, most of us would have broke olympic records. Live in the Digital Operation Center, vai sikahema. Thanks. 5 46. Pope francis is about to get a lot of mail from kids who want him to come to philadelphia for the world meeting of families next year. The archdiocese announced it is mailing some 10,000 letters and an archbishop in rome has agreed to receive the letters. Pope francis and an estimated 2 Million People are expected in philadelphia for the world meeting of families next september. Happening today, postal workers in philadelphia are holding a rally protesting the planned closure of 82 Mail Processing centers, which they say will virtually eliminate overnight delivery and delay all mail delivery. Todays rally will be held at ninth and market. Officials in Delaware County will hold a briefing on why they dont want more casinos. Theyll urge the pennsylvania gaming control board not to issue any more licenses in the area. Right now, the board is considering a second casino license in philadelphia and could vote on that as early as next year. Home to harris casino and race track in chester. Now, to the atlantic casino crisis. The company that owns the trump taj mahal is threatening its main union with a december closing date. Trump entertainment resort says it will close the taj on december 12th. Local 54 doesnt drop its appeal of a Court Ordered savings package. A court order canceling pepgz coverage. These appeals have to be withdrawn by the end of this month to avoid a december 12th shutdown and the loss of 3,000 jobs. Atlantic city casino revenue fell by 4. 4 for the month of october compared to a year ago. The casino took in 207 million last month. Last october they brought in 216 million. That shut down the increasing casinos increased revenue by 20 . Robert menendez from new jersey is calling on the government to look out for super storm sandy victims. He is encouraged to urge fema to do whatever it can from low balling sandy victims. Earlier this week inina nock, a judge found some created false reports in order to reduce the amount of money paid out to policy holders. Meantime, more federal aid is coming to new jersey. New sandy relief grant totaling more than 14 million will come from fema. The specific grant awards will go to the office of emergency management, somersset county acusitions and hudson sewage authority. Take a live look outside. This is camelback where real snow fell overnight. Tonight the ski resort will start making snow for the ski season. That starts on black friday, but theyll make snow because its plenty cold enough. In the 20s in the pocono mountains. We saw snow falling for a long time before any accumulation happened. As the temperatures were above freezing for most of what we saw last night. The higher elevations, even in parts of Chester County and lehigh county, thats where you saw the snow. That has put you in the mood for winter. Take advantage of this. It opens today at dill worth park. The new ice skating park. You can skate for free for the three hours. Its open from noon to 3 00 today. What a deal. Enjoy sunshine, too, but bundle up because a cold one and windy not just in the city, but this entire area. This wind above building level will come down to the surface. A 10mileanhour wind at the airport and just enough to make 37 feel like 30 degrees right now. There you could see the snow on the ground in the pocono mountain and this is shawnee getting ready for some skiing. The cold weather is staying so they could make more snow. The bad news is as temperatures fall north and west, especially, we could see icy spots this morning if it hasnt dried out completely. Just below freezing right now. Right at the freezing mark for Chester Springs and downing town, burren with at 32 degrees. So, watch out untreated surfaces and those that did not dry out are going to see a little bit of ice this morning. Already clearing out north and west. These clouds will move out and bright sunshine today, but the temperatures are really not all that pretty. We should be in the upper 50s this time of year during the afternoon. At 11 00 this morning, 40 degrees and thanks to the steady northwesterly wind, middle 40s at best this afternoon. So, stand by for a blustery one today. Lots of sunshine. But a cold gusty wind gusting to 30 miles an hour. That brings the temperature down even lower tomorrow morning. 20s and low 30s. 44 in the afternoon and its going to be a cold start at Citizens Bank park for the walk to defeat als. But sunny on saturday. That changes sunday. Clouds moving in and i just updated this now. A chance of rain and snow sunday evening. And then a rainy day monday and may end with some snowflakes, especially north and west. Monday clearing out for tuesday and thats when it really gets cold. High temperatures in the 30s, tuesday and wednesday. Look at the 20s thursday morning down to 25 degrees. Just a few minutes until 6 00 a. M. Now. So, the roads are clear this morning. We dont have any snow out there. But other things to slow you down. The person who knows first alert traffic reporter jillian mele. She has you covered for this morning. Still pretty quiet out there this morning. Right near girard and you notice starting to see some volume building on the southbound side, that is pretty average for 5 52 in the morning. No significant delays and no accidents to report on 95 right now. So, hey, well take that why we have it. Yesterday we had some really big problems and that service was suspended for all of the day. Shuttle bus service was operating. That even continued into the late night hours. But the good news is it is back up and running this morning and Service Restored to that line and that is some good news there. When it comes to the new Jersey Transit river line. This is a carry over from yesterday and some system communication issues still in effect and the saturday schedule is happening right now on the river line between trenton and camden. At least, though, service is running. 295 northbound past route 42 we had an accident but that since cleared. How would your kids like a little extra sleep on school days . Thats a rhetorical question. A possibility in new jersey. Lawmakers passed a bill that calls for a study of start times for middle school and High School Students because the American Academy of pediatrics recently recommend schools start at 8 30 or later. The right now the average start time in many districts is 7 45. The bill also includes the Pilot Program that would test those later start times at some schools. Ill bet students are lining up to be a part of that process. Celebrating winter. Thats what theyll be doing at the Lehigh Valley zoo this weekend. Well tell you about a spectacular event that theyre kicking off. The penguins are ready. First, more video of our first snowfall of the season. We have great pictures for you coming up when we take you county by county, next. You know the snow and cold didnt phase workers but the penguins that zoo, they dont want any part of it. Officials say the birds from south africa dont come outside in freezing weather. That kind of goes against what we believe about penguins. The same policy followed by the camels and other animals a that zoo. The zoo is hoping the humans, though, will come out to its monthlong winter lights festival which starts tomorrow and runs through january 10th. Too cold for penguins. How about that. The first snowfall of the season came earlier than expeced for some of you and it may be gone by now. So, just in case you need proof, lets go county by county for a look at what fell in your neighborhood. And starting in lehigh county. This is the scene in allentown around 6 00 p. M. Snow coming down at a pretty good clip. The ground was wet and made it hard for the snow to stick. The allentown errant reported half an inch by midnight. Chester county where some areas got around two inches of snow. This video from the appropriately named coatesville. People found themselves all asking the same question, where is my snow brush. And the snow wasnt falling as steadily in montgomery county. No measurable snowfall on the ground there. Just wet and yucky. Over the river and through the woods we go to Gloucester County in Washington Township where our camera caught the big, wet flakes falling. Not cold enough to accumulate on the ground but did create a nice snow globe like scene there. Hammenten where thoughts of a summer barbecue have all melted away. This Photo Courtesy of our own sydney long who has never invited me to a barbecue at her place. On wednesday it was 70 degrees and sydney like most of you never had a chance to put out the grill cover. No significant accumulation in Atlantic County of snowfall. New castle county, delaware, where it was coming down at a pretty good clip in this video recorded by our partners at del radio in wilmington. You can see the snow coating the cards there and wind chills. William township where a train spotter recorded 3. 7 inches, but he also recorded no video for me to share with you. Well have to take his word. Tracy and vai . We always encourage people to safely take videos and pictures. We were invited by chris for a barbecue. Wow, its a friday. Thanks, chris. Youre watching nbc 10 news. Nbc 10 news at 6 00 a. M. Starts right now. And the first snowfall of the season came and for many of you, is already gone. But we know there is a long winter ahead. This morning were asking septa how its preparing to keep you moving. And a live look outside right now. As vai just said, snowy is gone and a cold, blustery day and pretty chilly. This is nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. Im vai sikahema. Time to bundle up. The wind is blowing and temperatures at this hour are falling that as skies clear out. The last showers off shore and dry for the rest of the day, but the gusty wind is going to keep the chill in the air. Were watching the flags on top the aramark building. That gust is stronger above the building level and reach the ground as the morning progresses. 37 degrees here at nbc 10 but some spots north and west that are right at the freezing mark or below. Pottstown, allentown and reading. Now down to 36 degrees and above freezing in philadelphia, delaware and south jersey. Factor in the wind thats already blowing and it feels like 29 degrees right now. So, get ready for a cold one today. 36 at 9 00. By lunchtime just 41 degrees and the winds will be blowing at 3 00. This afternoon 44 degrees will feel like it is in the upper 30s today. Your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when im back in less than ten minutes
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