Travel forecast. We begin with meteorologist bill henley and what to expect this weekend. Heading out now, no issues at all. Its even milder than it normally is this time of year. Not seeing 20s for most neighborhoods. 35 in fact in philadelphia. The suburbs down to 32. 35 in the Lehigh Valley. Also middle 30s for delaware. South jersey has gotten chillier this morning. Clouds to start with. Lots of clouds around this morning. No wet weather, and none during the day. And later this morning, we will see some breaks in the clouds. Thats when the temperatures move from the 30s into the 40s for wilmington with a southerly breeze. Thats going to help warm every neighborhood up during the day. New jersey, 52 degrees. Upper 40s for the suburbs, low 40s for the Lehigh Valley and 50s for philadelphia and delaware, too. Ill show you how quickly temperatures move up and look at the travel forecast, where youre loyal to run into problems youre likely to run into problems coming up in a few minutes. First, katy zachry with first alert traffic. Hi, bill. If youre heading out, majors in pennsylvania look good. 95, 76, the blue route in the green, no crashes, no overnight construction thats affecting things. On 76 at 20th, 20th is a local road in philadelphia. There is construction that might slow you a bit. Were watching a disabled vehicle on 76 twe 76 westbound ramp. It is closed because a car is blocking access off of 76 westbound at 22nd. Ill let you know when it does clear. This is just in, vague on the details, but a row of construction on the turnpike in upper merion near the underpass for near henderson road. Be aware of that. When i see you in a bit, well look at mass transit and let you know how the bridges are looking. Lets talk about travel. 5 32. Were three days away from christmas. The holiday rush is underway. We start with the roads. Looking live at 76, 95, ben franklin bridge, and broad street in center city, this weekend is expected to break travel records. Aaa says more than 1. 2 Million People in our area will hit the roads for the holidays. To the skies, a live look at philly international. Aaa says theres a 4 increase in the number of people flying to destinations this year. Randy gyllenhaal joins us live from inside the airport where you see the sights and sounds of the season, busy travelers out there. Reporter a bustling morning. Not even 6 00 a. M. Really big crowds here. Ill show the long line thats already forming outside of terminal b and e. This is the tsa chester counckp here. Today and the day after christmas, the busiest travel days. Some 83 Million People flying. Whether carryon bags or checking, be careful if youre flying with presents, try to keep them unwrapped or in a gift bag because agents may need to unwrap presents. Add time for security, especially with the lines were seeing today. Travel by car, by the way, also expected to spike this year. 1. 1 million philadelphia area drivers will head to see family or friends, one of the busiest years on record. Of course plan ahead. Theres going to be a lot of people traveling especially by car. Were seeing record numbers. Plan ahead, plan travel time and avoid distractions. Reporter so far, good weather conditions at least in our area for the trip out of philadelphia. Coming back might be a bit trickier, whether youre on the roads or flying. Looking here, almost everything i can see on time this morning. So right now, no problems. Just a lot of crowds. If you are flying out today, get here much earlier than you usually do. Live at philly international, nbc10 news. Thanks. I always think of home alone. If youre traveling through delaware this Holiday Weekend, youll notice more open roads. State officials are lifting closures on major highways. Construction crews will not be doing work over the weekend. You can travel free over toll roads. No problems. Will the weather cooperate . Meteorologist bill henley has the details on your travel forecast. You heard randy mention leaving the area, not a problem today. Thats true. You wont have to go far to run into trouble. Snow buffalo, new york, vermont, new hampshire. This will impact boston, too. Heading to new england, snowy. Thats this evening at 7 00. Icing possible, as well. It will be clearing, but into early saturday, snowing to the north. Rain is headed our way for tomorrow. Tomorrow at 9 00. The rain in philadelphia into new york and even into new york. Thats not an issue, but it will meet one colder air, and in the ohio valley, you see the snow and the wintry mix thats building. That will be going strong saturday evening. Hitting the road on saturday, heading west, youll hit rain and snow in northwestern pennsylvania. That snow then moves back into new england. Another shot of snow into new york, upper vermont, new hampshire, to maine. Then the next system coming in on sunday afternoon, this ones going to be all snow. Colder air is riding in. Snow for cleveland, snaerkts buffalo. Thats sunday afternoon at 4 00. And some of that snow, if you delay your departure until sunday evening and head west, youll run into light snow in western pennsylvania. And some of that snow will be reaching into parts of our area, the Lehigh Valley, beshs county. A dusting to an inch up in the pocono mountains. Thats by 5 30 on monday morning. Clearing out on monday, Christmas Day. Ill take you through it hour by hour coming up. Thanks. No matter why youere yourg for the holidays, take the nbc10 app with you. Get personalized forecasts for whatever zip code youre in this Holiday Weekend. Definitely a good thing to have with you. Four people are shot when they try to break up a shot between a couple in southwest philadelphia. Police are trying to track down the boyfriend who they say fired the shots. Authorities tell us a woman was fighting with her boyfriend on durell street when it turned physical. She called her family. They showed up. The boyfriend pulled a gun and shot the four men who are now in critical condition. Police know who the boyfriend is. Theyre trying to find him. Now to a story we brought you as breaking news yesterday morning. A man turns the tables on a wouldbe robber. Now the suspect is in the hospital, and it was caught on video. This new Surveillance Video shows the robbery victim chasing down his alleged attacker in West Oak Lane at beachwood and stenton. Raheem kelly, a specially trained security guard, ducked behind a van and went off the suspect. Police arrested ocyrus lester after he demanded money and aimed his gun at kelly and a friend. You dont have too much time for error. You have to execute. Thats all you have is like just a second. Kelly fired three shots. Lester was hit once in the wrist. 5 38 on this friday. Prosecutors have formally charged the driver suspected in a crash that killed an 8yearold boy in philadelphia. Michael finn is facing a number of charges. Witnesses claim finn tboned a carr in crescentville wednesday. The 8yearold was a passenger. Finn took off from the scene, but officers eventually caught up and arrested him a short time later. A cherter county flight Chester County flight paramedic accused of assaulting a boy came face to face with his victim in court. Kenneth mason appeared before the judge yesterday. Prosecutors say he groped the teen during a paramedic ridealong program last summer. The 17yearold told the judge mason touched him below the belt and used sexually explicit language during the alleged assault. Masons attorney claims the teen is making it up. Police say theyve been getting calls about the case. Mason was released after being arraigned. He had worked at Jefferson Hospital as a flight paramedic. The hospital now says mason no longer works there. Today theres a good chance President Trump will sign the republican tax reform bill into law. That word from the white house. Meantime, Congress Passed a shortterm spending bill last night preventing a government shutdown. The measure keeps the Childrens HealthInsurance Program or c. H. I. P. Afloat and maintains medicare. It will keep the government going only until january 19th. Im meteorologist bill henley, 35 degrees in philadelphia which is warm for the first morning of winter which is what were in today. 35 now, 36 degrees at 8 00. Well warm into the 50s today. Low 50s. It will be a mostly cloudy day. Some breaks of sunshine. 34 now, clouds in and out during the day, but it will be dry. The Lehigh Valley, dry all day. 35 now. Low 40s. This afternoon. Middle 40s with southwesterly winds pushing temperatures into the 40s there, even warmer in new jersey. 28 now. Look at the quick warmup to 48 degrees at lunchtime. And at the shore, the temperatures will climb into the 50s this afternoon. Youll see cloud cover during the late afternoon, no wet weather during the day. In delaware, youll also stay dry. Clouds to start with. Then breaks of sunshine before clouds return, leading to rain tonight. Rain tonight and tomorrow, snow on the ten day. Ill show when you to expect it with the ten day on ten when i come back in a few minutes. See you shortly. Thanks. 5 41 on this friday. And as we take a live look outside, you see 95 already traffic out there. Weve been talking about the roads and then the airport, people trying to get to the airport, get there early. The lines, as we saw in randy gyllenhaals report, long already. Lets find out about the roads. Katy zachry has you covered. I was late getting here because i wanted to set up things around the Philadelphia National airport after we saw the report saying how busy it was there. If youre headed to the airport and taking 95, our camera just went out. I can tell you the roads are good. Light to moderate traffic, 95 and south philadelphia as you head toward the airport. Drive times only 14 minutes southbound between the vine and 476, you will exit before 476 to the airport. We love to see the green planes and zero. No delays reported now for flights leaving Philadelphia National airport. New Jersey Transit holiday schedule. Tomorrow and sunday, trains are operating on a weekend schedule. And then Christmas Day monday, its operating on a holiday schedule. And then starting at 1 00 p. M. Today, there are Additional Trains leaving from these three stations New York Penn station, newark penn station, and hoboken terminal. New Jersey Transit is doing that to help people get to destinations faster. Back to you. 5 42. Coming up, hightech safety. Before you go sky high, you may encounter the new screening device that will help tsa agents unpack every bag without opening anything. The past of a warrior. Nbc10 news is taking you inside the spartan workout. What it takes to get ready for the Worlds ToughestObstacle Course. Are you tired of rocking around the Christmas Tree . Experts are sharing ways to help you unwind while enjoying a busy Holiday Weekend. The intensity is high, but the payoff is higher. Pushing to the limit to become a spartan warrior. We take you inside one of the tough workouts. Dont you feel like a spartan already . Reporter the spartan warrior cry, a call to arms. Warriors fall in place and get ready to push your body to the limit. First the battle that youre about to embark on reporter a moment of meditation before a workout explosion. Go, go, go, come on. Reporter lifetime fitness in mt. Laurel, new jersey, is the battleground. Offing a one of a kind offering a one of a kind workout class, offering the first chance to run a marathon. The spartan race is one of the toughest to endure. Im speaking from experience, thats me shortly after crossing the finish line. Five, four, three, two, one. Pushups, burpees, squat jumps, and wind sprints for nearly an hour. Yes, thats me on the floor. Over and out. You will be sore afterwards. However, its a good sore. Work it out reporter dave pierce is one of the trainers. Its literally preparing them for the race and any level of fitness. Reporter christine matchican is in her 30s. Dont stop, dont quit. At that motivation for me to keep going. Reporter howard peltsplman in his 60s. It got my heart rate up. Covered a lot of areas of fitness. Reporter amy liotta works out regularly. Fun, emotional, it flew by. Went by fast. Reporter throw in a few water breaks and breathers, and the class is over. Everyone who started finished. A team concept from beginning to end. [ cheers ] nice. Reporter dray clark, nbc10 news. Wow. Good job. Want to see more of the warriors . Nbc10 is airing a spartan race this sunday at 3 30. You can watch the athletes take on the Worlds ToughestObstacle Course featuring fire jumps, rope climbs, and barbed wire crawls. New this morning, we are down to the last weekend for holiday shopping, and plenty of people will be buying lastminute gifts for all those good little boys and girls. We visited the walmart in south philadelphia to find out what the hottest toys are now. The manager says theyre selling hover boards. They even come with accessories that allow you to sit on the board. My life dolls are also popular and not just for girls. We even have a boy doll for boys who want to play with the dolls. A whole line. Clothes, accessories, toys, cars. Christine tells us barbie and the Barbie Dream House are on many musthave christmas lists. Minutes in now, toys r us will open to customers for 63 straight hours of shopping leading up to christmas. Stores nationwide open at 6 00 a. M. And will remain open through 9 00 p. M. On christmas eve. Experts say Many Americans will be doing lastminute shopping tomorrow which is known as super saturday. Shopping, you have the overindulging. The holidays are a time to celebrate, but it can take a toll on your health. One of the biggest pitfalls is overindulging in food and drink. They have recommendations to stay clear. Pack healthy snacks like nuts, veggies and fruits, instead of sugary treats which you know youll be offered as soon as you walk through the door. When you sit down to a big meal, start with small portions and eat slowly. Drink water and dont forget about eight hours of sleep. Schedule time for yourself. Goodness, the list goes on forever. The list is stressing me out. Going to the gym, getting a massage, walking alone. What . In the woods we would like to know your favorite ways to unwind or destress. If youre meeting one family, that is stress eating. True. Did anybody look at that . I didnt think we had a file of healthy eating. Dont overindulge . Were going to do it anyway. If youre heading out the door for a workout, no problem. It is nice. Cold in the mountains. Theyre taking advantage of that. Camel back at 26. Theyre making snow. Believe it or not, camel back is warmer than it is in wildwood this morning. Right now, wild wood is 25 degrees. 27 in atlantic city. In fact, these temperatures are colder than rest of the area. Clouds over the rest of the area. Clear skies. Temperatures drop. Without that, clouds act as a blanket and keep things warmer. Heres the 26 in the poconos. Mild for most neighborhoods. A pretty good warmup, too. Instead of the 40s where wed normally peak, low 50s for philadelphia, the suburbs, upper 40s and low 50s. The Lehigh Valley, mostly cloudy skies. A few breaks of sunshine. And middle to low 40s there. New jersey, dry, in and out of the clouds, 52. Mostly cloudy at atlantic city, 55. Breaks at the shore, rehoboth beach, 55. Wilmington into the 50s. Believe it or not, its going to go even warmer tomorrow in advance of wet weather that will move into the area late tonight. Were dry now, though there are clouds in the area. This cloud cover is coming through without any wet weather. But the rain thats going to be moving in is moving through texas and into arkansas and now western tennessee. Thats due in here for late tonight and much of the day tomorrow. Not an allday rain, but at 5 30 tomorrow, it the rain in the Lehigh Valley. Rain showers in delaware and south jersey. And rest of the area will get rain by 8 00 in the morning. Now well get nice breaks in the precipitation during the day. Possibly even a little bit of sunshine late in the morning. Thats saturday morning. Some breaks at the shore. Inland, it stays cloudy and will be rainy. Even into the afternoon hours. And thats not the end of it. Look into the evening, and here comes steadier and moderate showers moving through saturday evening. Then it will clear out for sunday. For today, clouds and breaks of sunshine. 52 degrees this afternoon. The rain moves in. It wont be an allday rain. Well get breaks. With the southerly flow, temperatures peak at 60 on saturday. Once the rain moves through, the chillier air starts moving in during the day on sunday. 44. We might see a rain shower or snowflakes overnight sunday and into monday. Christmas eve. You might see wet weather. Santa may run into that, too, in the Lehigh Valley and the in the upper suburbs, too. Upper bucks county. Then during the day on christmas, it clears out, it will be windy and cold. Even colder next week. Look at tuesday, wednesday, come thursday, friday, and saturday. A chance well see a snowstorm coming our way. Most likely on friday. Those showers could linger into saturday. And by sunday, staying cold, 25 degrees. Anything on the ground will stay on the ground. Uhoh. Winter is here. Yep. 5 54. I have to figure people took off from work. That might give us a break in terms of the traffic volume. Yeah. Well see when they hit the roads for shopping and getting where theyre going. The vine street expressway for starters. Katy zachry has that. Thats right, the good news is you dont have any of the precipitation that bill was forecasting for the next few days happening now. You do have a few extra cars on the road. I think youll notice that if youre headed out this early hour. Lets look at the vine street expressway. This is 20th street. This is overnight construction thats slowing the local traffic. You see that that bus got by okay. We are still watching an issue with the disabled vehicle. The vine street expressway, 676 westbound, right at the ramp for 22nd street. Because of that disabled vehicle, things are getting blocked as you make your way off the vine on 22nd street. It still hasnt cleared which is unusual. Im going to keep my eye on that. This is something that we are getting in slowly. This is in upper merion on the pennsylvania turnpike. Looks like in the westbound direction. A road obstruction at henderson. Staying safe in the sky. A new, Hightech System will give tsa agents a 3d peek inside each and every passengers bag. The details. Plus, home for the holidays. The haeartwarming soldier surprise. With record Holiday Travel expected, the tsa is testing new baggagescreening technology for a 2018 rollout. The devices will give airport screeners a detailed 3d image of whats insides your carryon bags. Congress demanded the tsa come up with the new technology after undercover tests earlier this year failed to detect smuggled weapons and mock explosives. Experts say the new screeners similar to the ones that examine checked luggage will allow air travelers to leave liquids in their carryons. A kindergartner in Chester County looks her early christmas really likes her early christmas present. Let me show you what she got her brother, whos serving in the military. [ cheers ] little jaylas brother called it christmas magic. Her brother is in the army and yesterday came back to surprise jayla and her classmates at the mary d. Lang kindergarten center. She didnt want to let go. Big brothers awesome. When he comes in big hug. And of course, everybodys got their cell phones rolling. A memory to hold on to. Sweet. Now here are more of stories were following on nbc10 news today at 6 00 under fire. Four men are shot when they rushed in to help a woman fighting with her boyfriend. Now the hunt is on for that boyfriend who police say fired the shots. Shower noour note, a respec conductor faces Sexual Assault allegations. And record travel rush. The experts say youll see high volume on the roads as a number of people driving to holiday destinations make the jump over the last year. A lot to get to this morning. Welcome to nbc10 news today, im tracy davidson. Im rosemary connors. I think via sikahema got his Holiday Weekend started four days ago. Im in for him, and so is meteorologist bill henley, hes got the details of the most accurate neighborhood weather forecast. Temperatures warming up on the first day of winter, temperatures starting to climb. 36 in philadelphia. 32 in the suburbs. Just below freezing in new jersey. The mild temperatures for the lehighle