We will see light accumulating snowfall start this afternoon. By this evening, one to three inches of snow on the ground. It will likely lead to slippery roads and walkways. Dry and cold. Cold enough for snow. The clouds not producing any snow just yet. That waits for this afternoon. The system were watching is still to the south. 13 in pennsylvania. The temperatures have gone south in philadelphia, too, at 25 degrees. Nbc10 the lehigh valley. The numbers will come out, but as they come up, snow will be falling this afternoon. 29 in the suburbs. 28 in the lehigh valley. And just above freezing for delaware and philadelphia. Topping out at 31. There will be shoveling to do later on today. The timing of the storm system, thats different for each part of the area. Ill look at that when im back in ten minutes. First katy zachry has your look at a friday morning commute. Katy . Well start things off at route 1 at 76. Those two majors meet up. Route 1 is looking good. 76 as you see, light to moderate traffic on the interstate. The minimum wage the majors. 76 eastbound at the pennsylvania turnpike and exit for the vine street expressway, thats about 18 minutes. 95 is looking good, too. Average speeds in the 60s right now. Northbound or southbound between woodhaven and the vine street expressway. The blue route, 476, speeds in the mid 60s. Thats a pretty smooth ride between 95 and 76. An issue in philadelphia along henry avenue. A closure between midville and walnut lane. The right lane is closed because of longterm construction there. Taking a live look outside, this is route 73 at the new jersey turnpike. Light to moderate traffic, no issues to report. Finally the pennsylvania turnpike drive times, there was overnight construction that lifted. Its about a 20minute ride as you go eastbound or westbound between route 1 and the exit for valley forge. Back to you. Thanks. Happening today, a grand jury will release its report on hazing and excessive drinking at penn state university. This follows the death of a pledge from new jersey and a frat and a tenmonth investigation into greek life at the school. Randy gyllenhaal is live in the digital operations center. This is the latest announcement from investigators over the past few months on this case. What can we expect later on today . Reporter penn state students, alumni, and the Piazza Family have been waiting a long time for this longawait grand jury report to come out. It will come out later today. The District Attorney will make findings available. We expect it to shine a spotlight on greek life and the frat culture at penn state including issues like excessive drinking and hazing. It was sparked by the death of a Fraternity Brother this year. Timothy piazza died after drinking too much and falling and hitting his head. He was a pledge at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Prosecutors say his death was part of a hazing ritual. His frat brothers are charged in the death. The jury will dive into the frat culture at the fraternity. His parents want to prevent other hazing deaths and injuries at College Campuses across america. Tim was a happy and caring human being and wonderful son who just wanted to join an organization to find friendships and camaraderie. Instead he was killed at the hands of those he was seeking friendship from. Reporter the familys attorney, thomas cline, will be reacting to the report later today. Hell be speaking here in philadelphia. Thats happening at 10 00 this morning. For now, live in the digital operations center, nbc10 news. Well be watching for it. Thanks. Two cousins being charged with murder in bucks county are denying they killed anyone. Cosmo dinardo and sean kratz pled not guilty in separate hearings. Dinardo is charged in the deaths of four young men found buried on his parents farm in july. Kratz is accused in three of the killings. The disappearances of the four victims touched off a wideranging manhunt. According to prosecutors, dinardo initially confessed that he agreed to sell drugs to the victims, that he lured them to the farm and killed them. Following his arrest, dinardo agreed to tell prosecutors where the first victim was buried in exchange for a lifesaving promise. At the District Attorneys office, we honor our agreements. Should mr. Dinardo uphold his end of the bargain, we will not seek the Death Penalty against him. The District Attorney says right now dinardo is cooperating, but he adds if other crimes are discovered or if dinardo actually takes his case to trial, the plea deal is off. As for sean kratz, neither the d. A. Nor Defense Attorneys have discussed deals related to the charges against him. The clash over glass in philadelphia. Some Corner Stores may have to take down the protection at the counter that the owner says keeps them safe. A new law gives inspectors the ability to determine if barriers like bulletproof glass will stay or go. Its actually part of a broader bill that targets stop and gos. They obtain restaurant licenses for the main purpose of serving alcohol. Unlike traditional restaurants, they often dont have prepared food or required seating. They arent delis, theyre places to buy products to get high. Theyre the modernday pusher. And store owners fear removing plexiglass around their registers puts their lives and employees at risk. The passage of the law does not mean the barriers have to come down immediately. It does give inspectors the next three years to determine how the barriers will be handled. 6 06 on this friday. Today the Philadelphia Sheriffs Office will give away free gun locks at several spots across the city. This is video from a previous gun lock giveaway. Theyre distributing locks to help prevent children from being accidentally wounded or killed by guns that are not secured. The deputies will pass out safety pledge cards to the children to make them aware of the dangers of frarmts. For a list of the giveaway locations, go to the nbc10 app. Here are the headlines out of washington this morning. Today is the final day of open enrollment for obamacare. The number of people who have signed up for Health Insurance coverage is four million higher than the same time last year. Despite the increase, republicans in congress are once again pushing to scrap the Affordable Care act. On capitol hill, the republican passage of a sweeping tax reform bill is now in doubt even as the irs prepares new tax tables to adjust our paychecks. Several gop senators are undecided. Floridas marco rubio says hell vote no unless the bill makes more of the Child Tax Credit refundable to low and middleincome families. And internet advocates are vowing to sue after the fcc voted yesterday to repeal Net Neutrality rules. The rules kept internet providers from playing favorites with sites. Advocates are worried that cable and phone companies will control what they see and do on line. The Companies Say their practices will stay the same. Were keeping a close watch on wintry weather on the way for our evening commute. Heres the live look over center city philadelphia. Dry right now. We know right as folks are getting ready to head home or go to dinner, it will start falling. Were expecting to see the snowfall this evening. Definitely have to take your time as you head out to go home or to go shopping. Nonetheless, meteorologist bill henley has the most accurate neighborhood weather forecast. Good morning. A frigid start this morning. If youre heading out, the temperatures have plummeted overnight. They are still falling. Thats all thats falling now. This afternoon, early this afternoon, snow will start. Through the afternoon and into the evening commute, well see light accumulating snow. There will be travshoveling to later. A cold evening, snow staying put overnight. Well see improving temperatures this weekend. The numbers this morning, 9 in the suburbs. 10 in the virginia. The low 20s ten in the lehigh valley. The low 20s in a few neighborhoods, south jersey, teens. Pell better ton at 19. Hopewell township at 16. A cold start. Bundle up this morning. Count on doing shoveling this afternoon. It will stay cold enough all day for snow. The temperatures will come up into the 20s. We might peak in the low 30s. The wind light during the day. Just enough to make it feel like its in the middle to low 20s. Cold enough, yes, for snow this afternoon. You see nothings falling right now. Doppler radar and satellite, we have clouds around. The clouds thicken up this morning as the temperatures climb. 25 at 9 00. Plenty cloudy, and still dry at lunchtime. 27 in philadelphia and reading. 26 degrees in millville. That warmer air not going to last. Temperatures coming down later today. This is 1 00 this afternoon. Light snow moving into berks county and the suburbs. At 1 00 this afternoon. Then by 2 00, it spreads into philadelphia, wilmington, and trenton. During the afternoon snow will start and accumulate right into the Late Afternoon hours. Thats a steady snow in delaware and south jersey with temperatures in the cold zone. Cold enough that it will be all snow. By 5 00, snow tapers off north and west. By 7 00, done in philadelphia, wilmington, trenton. Last flakes moving offshore, as well. How much to expect . Ill go through it neighborhood by neighborhood in ten minutes. Thank you. Our first major problems on the roads this morning. A bad crash on i295. You see the backup in south jersey. Whats happening . Camden county, on 295 northbound just before the exit for route 561 which is exit 32. At this point in 295, three, maybe four lanes. The two righthand lanes are completely off limits just because of the crash. You see a number of emergency vehicles there. You have several lanes of traffic feeding into one lane of traffic. It looks like two lanes of traffic making their way around the crash. It is causing a nightmare. This just into the system. In nine or ten minutes, ill have alternates for how to get around, and you wont have be sitting in this sea of traffic again. 295 northbound before exit 32, a crash affecting two right lanes of traffic. Coming up, hanging in the balance. The message new jersey senator bob menendez for the department of justice after his bribery trial ended in a hung injury. Plus, countdown to christmas. How Online Shoppers could score good deals on presents today. And cult following. Well take you inside the Worlds Largest wawa in washington, d. C. This you have to see. Spread some cheer with a dozen Dunkin Donuts for 6. 99. 12 tasty treats with with holiday flavors sprinkled in. Grab a dozen holiday donuts or any classic donuts for 6. 99 and make some merry out there. The holidays run on dunkin. 6 15. A cold, frosty evening last night. Perfect conditions for those helping in the puerto rican recovery to get a warm welcome home. More than 30 soldiers of the Delaware National guard 1049th returned to the sight of familiar faces that melted their hearts as they stepped off the plane. While some from our area are coming home, others are getting ready to send more help. Were packing up to go permanently. April frederick runs the land and Heart Project which provides relief to farmers on the island that help with solar generators and Water Filtration systems. Nearly 90 days after hurricane maria, the crisis in puerto rico is far from over. According to the latest figures, 37 of the people there still dont have running water. 7 have no power. Take a look. This is out of buffalo, new york. Before fans watch the bills game this weekend, the snow has to go. On wednesday, dedicated fans shoveled out the snow of the seating bowl. They were still digging out yesterday as more snow continued to fall. The fans are dedicated dont get me wrong receive 11 an hour and complimentary game tickets and get to see they helped clear the snow. The bills may have an advantage with the snow this weekend. Their opponent is the miami dolphins. If you have been thinking about doing more Holiday Shopping today, heres the way to do it. Free shipping day for nearly 1,000 onlie retailers. A online retailers. Among them, macy, target, and old navy. Theres no minimum order for Free Shipping. You can get your gifts delivered by christmas eve. Its the biggest wawa in the world, and its now open. Unfortunately for you, it will require a trip well out of town. The store opened up in washington, d. C. , yesterday. The wawa told one magazine that philadelph philadelphians should not feel sleighted over the store being put in washington, d. C. Its base on available space. The company even had congressman boyle help cut the ribbon. The wawa looking jammed in traffic cameras. Still following an accident though, on i 295. Katy zachry keeping an eye on the situation and what looks like a major backup behind you. It is, this is cherry hill, camden county. Look at it. It is a parking lot on 295 northbound right before the exit for route 561, exit 32. What you have making the worse even worse is two lanes of traffic that need to filter into the oner to lanes of traffic that is able to get by around this crash. Its a crash,mong vehicles out there. Look what its doing to the drive time. If its going northbound, northbound side of 295, going between 168 and route 38, its a 43minute drive. In the last couple of minutes, this has gone up 15 minutes because speeds well speeds are slowing to the teens. An alternate, take haddenfield to berlin road around the mess i showed on the cameras. I will let you know when it does clear. Looking on the bright side to end things on a good note, 95, 76, and the blue route majors in pennsylvania looking good. Average speeds in the 50s to 60s now. Coming up, well look at how things are running on 95. Well check back with you shortly. Thanks. 6 19 on this friday. Lets take a live look outside. The center city skyline. Dry, just cool cold out there. In the 20s. Guess what weve got some more snow on the way. Thats why we have a first alert in effect. Meteorologist bill henley is here to fill us in. Bill . You wont see snow this morning, but snow will develop this afternoon. There will be some snowfall in the lehigh valley, the mountains, as well, the pocono mountains. Steadier snowfall on tap for delaware, south jersey, delaware, and into the suburbs. Thats this afternoon. This is what you have to deal with this morning. It is cold outside. Ten in the lehigh valley. 19 in south jersey. Low 20s in delaware. 25 in philadelphia. Some of the suburbs have dropped into the lower teens. 15 in oxford, 12 in elroy. Milford township at 11. A frigid start. Youll have to bundle up. It will be a slow warmup today. At 8 00, the way to the bus stop, a cold one. Teens for exton, quakertown, and allentown. Low 20s for wilmington and philadelphia. 27 degrees in atlantic city. There wont be much wind to start with. And not a lot during the day either. Not going to be stormy. But the clouds coming in from the south, the system will come up the coastline and bring accumulating snow this afternoon. The radar and satellite, were completely dry. Dont expect to see the snow until the afternoon hours. After a couple of hours of snow, we could see half an inch in west chester, wilmington, philadelphia. The snow just moving into new jersey at that time. By 4 00, close an inch. Trenton close to anchiof snow. And it an inch of snow, and it continues into the early evening commute. By 6 00, pretty much done in wilmington, philadelphia, and and trenton. Still snowing in south jersey. We could see two to close to three inches in neighborhoods. Thats today. Snow shoveling tonight. Cold overnight. Come tomorrow, nice warmup, 40 degrees. If you dont shovel it, a lot of it will be melting during the day tomorrow after its frozen solid in the morning. By sunday, clouds are increasing, we could see a few raindrops sunday evening. I dont expect them during the day. Monday will be warmer. The warming trend continues tuesday in spite of more showers moving in. This time just rain showers. Then above freezing, low 50s on tuesday. Thats a cold front that will come through with showers. Temperatures drop a little for wednesday. Wednesdays the last day of auk aukaw autumn. Winter arrives at 12 28 in the afternoon. 56, more rain showers on friday. Turning chillier this weekend. Christmas eve, a high of 42 degrees. Dray . Rosemary . Love it. Love it, love it, love it. Thank you. Coming up, well take you to the Opening Night of star wars the last jedi. Plus, topnotch trolling. Joel embiids nickname after another round of social media trash talk. The sixers joel embiid has a strong game on the court and on social media. He says they call me trollel embiid. Reference to him being an internet troll. He and towns traded jabs on instagram after embiid scored 28 points in a win over minnesota this week. He said were stepping our way through minnesota and ended up raising the cap and towns said, that caption was trash as your picture quality. Embiid shot back, better quality than your defense. We asked him about it at practice yesterday. They call me trollel embiid. I responded to the action sunday. I think its a good comeback. The sixers take on the Oklahoma City thunder tonight at the wells fargo center. Good friday morning. Traveling on 295 through cherry hill, youll want to listen up. We have alternates to tell you about. Theres a bad crash on 295 at route 561. Take a look at the screen, an absolute parking lot approaching the scene. After the break, alternates for how to get around it. Bill, whats it looking like outside this Early Morning . It is a frigid start. You see clouds are increasing. Going to be dry this morning. But its cold enough for snow. Thats exactly what were getting this afternoon. A first alert in affect for much of the area for accumulating snow. Youll have to do shoveling later today. Eye break it down ahead ill break it down ahead. Coming up, deadly fire aftermath. What investigators say sparked the flames that created two Young Brothers in Montgomery County and how to help the family. Michael im thankful that im alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. 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Youll have to deal with a slick rush and commute home this afternoon. Good morning, there is nbc10 news today, im dray clark. Im rosemary connors. Thanks for being with us this morning. Folks across our area are waking up to some frigid conditions out there. By the afternoon commute, we could be dealing with snow already on the ground. A slick ride home. Weve issued a first alert to make sure youre prepared. Meteorologist bill henley has the details. Cold enough for snow, and we will get it. The suburbs, delaware, will see snow early in the afternoon and continue into the evening hours. It will likely impact the evening commute. Light, accumulating snow. It will take hours to get one to three inches of snow. It will lead to slippery roads and walkways later today as temperatures stay cold all day long. Clouds are already increasing in the area. The system were watching isnt producing much of anything right now. As it moves up the coast, it is going to intensify, and thats when well see the snow develop. Right now, you have to worry about the temperatures that are falling. Bundle up if youre heading out the door, very cold air, some of the coldest numbers of the season, 13 degrees right now in the suburbs, philadelphias at 25 degrees. Look at the lehigh valley, ten degrees to start this morning. Well see the temperatures come up, but as they come up to near freezing this afternoon, thats when snow will be coming down. The jersey shore will be warmer. Raindrops at the shore, as well. Ill break it down in ten minutes. Moistu first, katy zachry with traffic. Following a problem for drivers on 295 northbound in the cherry hill area. A bad crash right before exit 32, the exit for route 561. Heres the crash. There are emergency vehicles there. Unclear right now how many vehicles are involved. I only say that because that lends itself to how long it will take to clear. And traffic time going up by the second. At 168 and 38. This is the overall issue we highlighted in the camera. You can take haddonfield berlin road as an alternate. I suggest that alternate. As you saw, doesnt look like its clearing any time soon. Were having slowups on the majors in pennsylvania. 95, this may be a crash. When i looked a few minutes ago, it was just volume. That jumped up to 33 minutes as you move southbound between woodhaven and the vine. It may be a crash on 95 southboun southbound. 76 eastbound, a lot of volume, too. Thanks. Today, a grand jury will release a decision after a tenmonth investigation set off by the death of a pledge from new jersey. Randy gyllenhaal is live in the digital operations center. This is just the latest twist in this case thats been almost a year in the making. Reporter yeah. Today were expecting the District Attorney in Center County to release publicly the findings of this longawait grand jury report that will shine a spotlight on greek life at penn state. It was sparked by the death of timothy piazza, who was a pledge at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He died after drinking large amounts of clolalcohol, hitting head during what prosecutors call a hazing ritual. His own frat brothers are charged in the death. The grand jury report will dive into the frat culture at penn state. Going into the issues of hazing, excessive drinking. The Piazza Family has pushed for sweeping reforms of greek life saying they want to prevent other hazing deaths and injuries on College Campuses. What happened throughout the night was careless disregard for human life. They basically treated our son as roadkill and a rag doll. Reporter penn state has banned the fraternity and begun more education into hazing and drinking. The Piazza Family says more needs to be done. The familys attorney, thomas cline, will be speaking this morning after the release of that report to give reaction from piazzas family. Thats happening here in philadelphia at 10 00. For now, live in the digital operations center, randy gyllenhaal, nbc10 news. Thank you. We have an update from investigators about what may have sparked the flames of a deadly fire in schbanksville that killed brothers. They are blaming a faulty extension cord that was plugged into a space heater. Their father is a deputy. At a fundraiser, several children wrote cards hoping their thoughts will help the family cope with the pain of losing their two little boys. Some of the children themselves are still trying to make sense of what happened. I know sometimes stuff happens, and sometimes it can happen in school. I know that it can be important to help them. The fundraiser to support the Lukens Family continues tonight. First responders at the schwanksville company will host the event from 6 00 to 9 00 this evening. You can drop off gift cards and items to help the family get back on their feet. Right now, 25 degrees. Well take you state by state, county by county for a look at stories were watching across the area. In the lehigh valley, Authorities Say a body found in a basement bin is a woman whos been missing for more than two years. The North Hampton coroner confirms the body of Jamie Metzger was discovered in this house in williams township last week. Police are still investigating. In atlantic county, police are looking for a man they believe was trying to set their station on fire. Surveillance video from Galloway Township shows the suspect walking up to front entrance tuesday night and throwing something toward the lobby. Police say he tried lighting whatever that was in his hand, but it never ignited. A local lawmaker wants pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf to address concerns raised by homeowners about the construction of a controversial pipeline in chester and delaware counties. Congressman pat meehan is asking the governor to conduct a Risk Assessment of the Sunoco Mariner east pipeline. In this letter to wolf, meehan says he recognizes the projects potential to boost the economy but that safety concerns from his constituents have not been properly addressed. To lawmakers in delaware. They are considering a ban on a gun accessory used in the las vegas massacre. Their bill would make bump stocks illegal. The device allows a semiautomatic rifle to fire much faster so that it operates like a fully automatic weapon. The gunman who killed 58 people in las vegas in october used several guns with bump stocks. New jersey senator bob menendez is giving the Justice Department a deadline for reprosecuting him or dropping charges. He says he wants a decision by the government by the middle of next month. His bribery trial ended in a hung jury last month. Federal prosecutors indicted him on charges he accepted luxury gifts from a friend in exchange for political influence. Well take a live look outside over center city, philadelphia. The sun just coming up. This picture will change with snow moving in later today. Meteorologist bill henley has more. This morning, frigid outside. Cold enough for snow . Philadelphia. Dry cold enough for snow in philadelphia. Dry at this hour. Clouds, but no snow yet. That will change this afternoon. Light snow in allentown, reading, the suburbs, delaware, south jersey, turning steadier during the afternoon hours. By 4 00 in the afternoon, you see steady, light snow, philadelphia, new jersey, into the lower suburbs. By 6 30, it tapers off in wilmington, philadelphia, and the last few snow showers are offshore by 8 00. There is snow on the way. Clouds, cold, 25 degrees in philadelphia. Not a big warmup. Upper 20s with the snow developing this afternoon for philadelphia. A snowy scene again in the suburbs after a dry morning and a cold one, too. Its 18 right now. 19 degrees at 8 00. Temperatures stay below freezing through this afternoon. All snow. In the lehigh valley, 10 degrees. That snow on track, light snow, iming less than an inch in im expecting less than an inch in the lehigh valley. In new jersey, clouds building, snow moving in this afternoon. Accumulating. We could see two to three inches in neighborhoods in south jersey. Meantime at the shore, it could be mixing with raindrops as temperatures are just above freezing. Snow, too, especially late in the afternoon and during the evening hours at the shore. For delaware cold to start. Dry this morning. And then the light snow starts this afternoon and then heavier snow into the evening hours. Ill show how much to expect, ill go through it hour by hour, when i come back in ten minutes. Thank you. Were following breaking news on the roads. A bad crash on i295 leading to a major backup. Katy zachry has information for us. Look behind me. It is a parking lot on 295 northbound in the cherry hill area around the exit for route 561 which is exit 32. Basically you have a crash that in the last few minutes was cleared. Right now this is residual delay from the backup that was there for the past 30 minutes because of the crash. The two right lanes which were off limits minutes ago are now back to being open, no longer feeding into the left two lanes. 35 minutes northbound on 295 from 168 and 38. Definitely things are improving on 295 northbound. If you still wanted to get around the backup, take haddonfield berlin as an alternate. When i saw you a few minutes ago, i thought there was something on 95, and there was. A disabled vehicle on 95 southbound before you hit the girard exit. This is a live look, 95 at the betsy ross bridge. Already the backup is extending all the way back up to the bridge. Drive times on 95, rosemary . Well be looking for it. Thanks. Coming up, joining the force. The latest addition to the new Jersey State Police. Well introduce you to trooper benjamin and share his touching story. Plus, away from the manger. How stormy the cows escape not once but twice has prompted changes at the nativity scene in old city. No matter how you holiday, where you holiday, or who you holiday with. Stay bright with dunkins holiday coffee flavors like brown sugar cinnamon, and peppermint mocha. Grab your favorite and make your holidays happen. The holidays run on dunkin. 1thats like a big yummy hug. . So hug it up hug more. Hug large. Hug medium . Hug that. Live it a hug life with 1. 99 medium or larger hot chocolate. America runs on dunkin. This time yesterday morning, we were following the latest moves by stormy the cow. She led Philadelphia Police on a wild goose chase twice. Now a cow named ginger is taking stormys place. All started when the bovine broke free and headed for i95. A cow on the highway. Did you hear that welcome to philadelphia. Its more rural than we thought. Stormy was staying at the live nativity at 4th and ray streets. Somehow she got out and made her way to nearby i95. Police corralled her, got her back unharmed. A few hours later, she decided she wanted to go out again and trotted to a Hotel Parking garage about a block away. The church is planning to check the surveillance cameras to see if someone intentionally set stormy free overnight. I cant imagine that. A toy drive fit for an american ninja. Today, members of the support center for child advocates held a toy drive helping bring joy to more than 1,500 local children. Richardson, who grew up in philadelphia, is one of the biggest stars on american ninja warrior. Check this out nbc10 just learned yesterday the show will make a return to philadelphia. A city qualifier will be held at the richmond power plant in may. My son definitely pumped up about that. Loves that show. An 8yearold boy is embracing the true meaning of christmas. Reece wheelie decided to deliver toys to kids who will spend the holidays at the hospital in wilmington. Over the past few weeks, the boy asked the community to donate toys and gifts to the cause because he knows what its like. Reece was once a patient in the hospital, and receiving a gift at the holidays made a difference. I felt bad when i had to go to the hospital to get my surgery. I want to do the same to not make them as scared as i was. The response he received was overwhelming. Look at boxes. The donations filled a 16foot trailer. The new Jersey State Police a have a new trooper. 3yearold benjamin graham. Hes battling glee oh blahs toma. He glioblastoma. He received his own badge and state police uniform. His favorite part of the day, getting to take a spin in his official police cruiser. The troopers praised benjamin for the character hes shown during his tough fight against cancer. Relentless, tough, steadfast. Just like all the qualities it takes to be a new jersey city trooper, ben has all of them. It lifts his spirits. Hes such a happy boy. And the family is working with doctors at Childrens Hospital of philadelphia and a Childrens Cancer center in michigan to help benjamin with his fight. They hope bens moment in the spotlight brings awareness and fundraising to all Childhood Cancer cancers. Lets look outside down the shore. Beach avenue in cape may. Looks like the roads are clear. Obviously havent had snow in a while, but thats going to change. Definitely. A system moving in, starting this afternoon. Meteorologist bill henley has been tracking that system which is headed our way as we speak. Yeah. The shore could see raindrops before it gets colder and snow arrives. The rest of the area, just going to see snow. If youre heading out, weve got the frigid air thats required to make snow. The pocono mountains will see about a half inch of snow from this system that will move through. The suburbs, delaware, south jersey, this is what it will look like this afternoon. Snow arrives and ends early this evening. It will get cold this evening. Anything thats not cleared or treated it will stay put overnight. Bundle up. Some of the coldest air of the season. Low 20s in wilmington and northeast philadelphia. Millville at 23. The suburbs, 13 in pottstown, nbc10 allentown. It now mt. Pocono is 4 degrees. The good news is theres no wind. You dont have to war about windchill. A to worry about windchill. Well be in the upper 20s to near 30 this afternoon with a light breeze that will maic it fe that will make it feel colder. Cold enough for snow all day. The system were watching is to the south. It will ride up the coast. Not producing much of anything. Sprinkles in eastern North Carolina now. It will intensify as it comes up the coast. Thats why weve issued a first alert for our area for the afternoon. At 1 30, you can see the snow just starts in the suburbs, the lehigh valley. West chester with a dusting, along with wilmington. Thats at 1 30 in the afternoon. By 3 00, a half inch in philadelphia, trenton, voorheis, as well. It continues spreading inland. By 4 00, an inch in wilmington and philadelphia. Just over that in west chester and the snow steadier in new jersey at that hour. By 6 30, theres the two inches in philadelphia. Just under that for wilmington. And just a little bit more for some of the neighborhoods in new jersey. Tonight the snow is offshore. Stand by. Another shot of the snow this afternoon. Well peak at 31 in philadelphia. Much of the rest of the area chillier. The snow this afternoon will be done by evening. Tomorrow, sunshine after a cold morning, 40 in the afternoon. Clouds increasing on sunday. 41 degrees. I think its dry during the day. We may see a rain shower sunday night. Clouds, a few breaks of sniec l sunshine. Finally, 53, a chance of rain showers on tuesday. Cooler for the last day of autumn, wednesday. Winter arrives at 12 28 in the afternoon on thursday. The first full day of winter will be warmer, rain showers, 56 on friday. Saturday, 42. Christmas eve sunday, well get sunshine, high of 42 degrees sunday afternoon. Thank you. No wet roads this morning, but it may change as snow moves in later today. Thats right. Katy zachry has more. A couple of issues. One in pennsylvania, one in new jersey. I want to start with the good news in pennsylvania. 476 free and clear of crashes. 76, its just volume thats delaying your drive time as you go eastbound between the pennsylvania turnpike and center city. A problem between woodhaven and the vine. The drive time 30 minutes. Heres what were dealing with. Were dealing with just minutes ago a disabled vehicle, 95 southbound before girard. I brought this camera up because a couple of minutes, it was still backed up at the betsy ross bridge. There was a lot of delay because of the disabled vehicle. There was a multivehicle crash in the area. The last few minutes, most of it has cleared. Traffic is running normally. If you are waiting a little on 95, its a residual delay because of the backup. An issue northbound at 32, the exit for route 561. There was a crash. It is clearing, but you see this is 295 approaching that crash scene. It is still backing up. Your drive time as you go northbound on 295 between 16 and route 38, that still is a 35minute drive. Well be back. Stay with us. Michael im thankful that im alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. Christie new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. 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Theres no minimum order to get the Free Shipping. Plus, you can get gifts delivered by christmas eve. Just in time for the 7 00 hour, good news on the roads. We have been following a disabled vehicle, and then there was a crash on 95 southbound right near the girard avenue exit. This scene is improving. Seeing volume, no crashes on 76. Just a lot of volume eastbound making your way to center city philadelphia. The blue route is looking better. A crash clearing at 295 and cherry hill northbound around route 561. Im meteorologist bill henley. The cold air is here, the snow is on the way. A first alert for philadelphia, the suburbs, new jersey, delaware. Early this afternoon, snow starts to accumulate. By 7 00 this evening, its done. It will likely impact the evening commute. Light accumulating snow, one to three inches. Not a lot, but well see slippery roads and walkways, staying cold enough for snow all day. The clouds, theyre already here. The system im watching is well to the south, just producing a few raindrops in eastern North Carolina. That system intensifies for our area. Bundle up if youre heading out. Teens for the lehigh valley. 16 for the suburbs. Not exactly warm for the rest of the area. Low 20s for delaware and new jersey. 25 in philadelphia. The snow this afternoon, light snow. Done by this evening. Stays on the ground tonight. All right. Thank you. Well have local updates throughout the morning. Good morning. Not so fast. Senator marco rubio comes out against the republican tax bill. Will it derail what was about to be president trumps first major legislative triumph . The latest just ahead, including why it all may turn on the health of senator john mccain. International mystery. The second most powerful man in north korea suddenly vanishes from public life. Was he executed . Well have a live report. New accusations. 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