Melissa magee tracking the storm, melissa. Walter, we have a large area of precipitation that were tracking looking at Storm Tracker six live double scan radar 3d and see that snow press nothing to much of the pennsylvania and Delaware Valley. Little farther south and west through ohio valley we have mixed precipitation. We will go in tighter on street level with storm track er six and we have light snow falling, there in philadelphia, and if you look off to the south we have got some snow across interior sections of south jersey, heavier bands of snow setting up in delaware but milk precipitation farther south. Would i not be surprised in a couple hours from now these areas to the south of philadelphia, mixed over and eventually change over, to rain. As far as the temperatures are concerned, we are getting that column of cold air that is starting to cool right now. It three is two in reading. Same thing in lancaster. Forty in atlantic city. 38 degrees in cape may. Thirtynine in philadelphia is what currently falling will melt on some of the main surfaces but grassy surfaces look to be snow covered later on this evening. So we have got that Winter Weather advisory that stays up until 4 00 a. M. Sunday for heart of the delaware and lehigh valleys. This is for interior sections of new jersey, on north and west, up through the poconos. As far as your plans for saturday night, the biggest impact looks to be over next several hours especially on i95 metro area from 7 00 p. M. Right through 10 00 oclock, Major Concerns out and about but this quickly moves on out and by 11 00 p. M. Tonight we have got moisture departing to the southwest to northeast direction. So what to expect, and dr. We have issued that accu weather alert. We have reduced visibility for the rest of this evening snow. Fall rates from a half an inch to an inch of snow, per hour, and then we will quickly find a change to rain, in philadelphia, and areas to the south and east but major travel concerns look to be to the north and west and in those suburbs there we have got more details and snowfall accumulation coming up with the full and exclusive accu Weather Forecast, walter. Melissa, thank you for that we will move on to action News Reporter Trish Hartman joining us live from doyletown in bucks county with a look at conditions there, trish. Reporter walter, just in the past minor two we have started to see a flurry or two fall. Not covering the roads just yet this just happened but we are waiting for that snow. Really to get going here. We will have look at downtown doyletown where were here at main and state, folks are enjoying their saturday night, folks heading out to dinner, enjoying shopping that are there so they are out abe about before the snow really getting here, take a look at video we shot earlier today, Lower Bucks County earlier today we saw penndot vehicles getting ready for this snowstorm which is a salt shed in fair less hills, bucks county. Trucks stopped by loaded up before the storm and headed tout treat those roads before the february snowfall. We did see plow trucks standing by on the roads as we made our way up here to doyletown from the station. Now, with snow on the way penndot officials are encouraging folks to avoid any unnecessary travel, on the roads, on this saturday night but if you do have to be out and about, take your time, once that snow starts to hit the ground. It will make things very slippery, so penndot officials are urging thaw take your time once the snow starts to fall. Were live from doyletown bucks county Trish Hartman fo channel six action news. Thanks, trish. We will move on to Annie Mccormack live in south philadelphia, annie. Reporter now, walter here it is just picking up about 20 minutes ago it looked like rain on the windshield but just about five minutes ago, it started to sound like ice here on the pavement. You can see behind me we are at penndot salt yard at oregon and swanson in south philadelphia. You can see, that dump truck right there is already full, all the way to the right you can see a front end loader prepared to dump more salt into waiting trucks that have been here all afternoon. Heres some video from the salt yard, it was midday, that they began to get their salting operations together. That is how penndot says that they will tackle this precipitation, whatever comes our way. They have about 400 trucks, at the ready, they are Incident Command Center has already been activated and at this point they will begin salting initially and then they will see what type of precipitation that we will get, on area roadways. They say that one of the things that is working hopefully in their favor is that the roadways are warmer, because of that, whatever falls, hopefully will fall back as rain. We are live, were starting to see sleet coming down, and, see a difference then just five minutes ago from what looked like just rain. Reporting live from south philadelphia, Annie Mccormack for channel six action news. Thanks, anni get updates on possible snow totals tonight and tomorrow and check Storm Tracker six live anytime on your phone or tablet at six abc app a free down load for your mobile device. Be sure to wake up with the morning Team Meteorologist chris sowers will have very latest on the weather conditions beginning at 6 00 a. M. Well, Florida High School massacre is sparking a call for less fire power, surviving students rallied with other protesters in south florida this afternoon urging stricter gun laws in the wake of wednesdays massacre. Abcs jim ryan has more from fort lauderdale. Reporter anger, frustration boil over at a rally in fort lauderdale. Enough, enough, enough. Reporter protesters calling on the Florida Legislature to push for more firearm safety. If all our government and president can do is send thoughts and prayers then it is time for victims to be the change. This is about protecting our children. Reporter drive for stricter gun laws was ignited by horrendous mass shooting that left 17 people dead at a high school not far from the site of the rally. The fact that you are all out here today is showing that this is a turning point in american history. Reporter investigators say 19 yearold shooter fired at least 150 rounds. It isnt just a Mental Health issue. Reporter some shooting victims like anthony gameheads are still in the hospital he used his body to barricade a classroom door. At that moment none of us knew what to do none of us knew what to do. He took the initiative to just save his other classmates. Reporter anthony is expected to survive but was shot several times, his father described his wounds. One here and another one here and he got two here. Reporter investigators say the shooter used an ar15, protesters here questioned the easy access to assaultstyle rifles like that one. One person who has no business with an Assault Rifle was able to walk in and buy an ar15 and use it for death and destruction. That is not okay. Reporter jim ryan, abc news, fort lauderdale, florida a 22year old man was shot while driving on the 3300 block of read street in grays ferry. The victim was able to make to it penn Presbyterian Hospital where he was treated for a gunshot wound to the back of the knee. It seems bullet holes in the Jeep Grand Cherokee he was driving there anyone with any information is asked to call the police. Three twoyear old man was hit and killed in the feltonville today, victim was hit by a car at intersection of whittaker and wyoming avenues at 5 30 this morning. The driver, did stay at the scene, the crash remains under investigation. A car crashed into a concrete pillar, and wrought iron fence in the Old Germantown High School Building overnight. Car also struck a light pole knocking out two traffic lights at 2 00 oclock this morning. The driver was taken to einstein hospital and remains in fair condition. A short time later Police Responded to a car, that went off the road in Fairmount Park the crew is a arrived and they found this vehicle crashed into a utility pole and then careened, with some shrubbery there off kelly drive and Strawberry Mansion drive. No word tonight if the driver was injured. A man from new jersey has been charged with causing his girlfriends death, on january s car plunged into the Delaware River in burlington county. He was able to make it out but his girlfriend Stephanie White , did not. Prosecutors say officers smelled alcohol on his bet, after the incident, and he was in,ly charged with leaving the scene of an accident, but now, prosecutors have charged him with first degree vehicular homicide. A Business Owner in new jersey is accused of having a friend, burn down his restaurant so he can collect the insurance money. Last month country town diner in berlin, Camden County was destroyed by flames. Prosecutors have now charged the owner, thomas, and his friend, robert debowsky with arson for hire and conspiracy to commit arson. Starting to day patient was one of 17 serious medical conditions are able to purchase, medical marijuana in chester and bucks county, pennsylvania. Two new dispensaries opened their doors. Action News Reporter bob brooks was there talking to patients hoff been waiting a long time for this day. I have multiple sclerosis. I also live in chronic pain and i have glaucoma. Reporter jeanie deselma has been waiting for this day for a long time. Medical marijuana is now for sale in pennsylvania. Deselma and many others will for the First Time Buy medical marijuana at the keystone shops in devon. She nearly cried when talking about her hopes for this. My neurologist said and i have neuropathy, he says he thinks this will help me up to 50 percent. Im almost in tears that i cannot wait to see fit does. Reporter keystone shops is one of the first six medical marijuana dispensaries to open up in the state in the last six days. The other is terabita Holistic Center in sellersville. This is what it looks like when you walk in the keystone shops. You wont see dry marijuana leafs for sale, that is not considered medicine in the state yet but according to the chief medical director doctor lewis van debeek he sells oil, topical cremes and items vapor ized. He only sees this as a positive. People are out there looking for relief, from some very serious medical conditions. We know, that not everyone of them will be helped by medical marijuana but we know many will be. Reporter he hopes this can somehow curtail opioid epidemic. It is our sincere hope that medical marijuana represents one solution to that horrible, horrible dilemma we face as a society. Reporter according to the state right now 17,000 patients have registered to participate, with nearly 4,000 patients approved, by certified physicians. The grand opening of the keystone shops so popular they are expecting a few hundred patient toss show up. I want to show you just to my left here, they had to have local police to direct traffic because so many people are trying to come in. Reporting from devon, bob brooks, channel six, action news. Much more to come on action news tonight, earthquake, has left millions without power in mexico. We have video of the moment that the ground rattled and buildings suede in mexico city also it is thon weekend at penn state and chad pradellis there, chad. Reporter that is right, walter, the clock is ticking on thon 2018. We will have more coming up. Get with the best shows and get the best of both worlds. Fios by vezoilable for only 79. 99 a month online with a two year agreement, and your netflix is on us for one year. And with the gigabit connection on the 100 fiberoptic network, you can stream on up to 100 devices at once. So get the Fastest Internet available, plus netflix, plus up to200 tv channels, plus phone, plus a twoyear price guarantee. All for just 79. 99 per month. Its time to fiber optics your netflix. Go to getfios. Comto switch today. Right now thousands of students at penn state are spending their weekend dancing for a great cause. We are an hour and 23 of thon, the largest student run philanthropy effort in the world. Culmination of a year long fund raising effort to help families fighting childhood cancer. Action News Reporter chad pradelli is live on campus with more, chad. Reporter hi, walter, the partys rocking here in the center, the band just took a stage a couple minutes ago and it is hot in here. The pictures are up, fans are up, but this is a party with a purpose. Motto is, this is for the kids it has been nearly 24 hours since these penn state students, rose up and began their 46 hour dance marathon. The cramping is setting in, the pain intensifying but they are finding ways to continue on. Right now im doing good, it is all, mental, thing, so it is, just that and if i can control that then Everything Else is fine. Im just trying to keep myself occupied, keep walking, listening to music, trying to see as many people as possible reporter but more than anything it is the kids, who dealt with the horrors of cancer, who inspired these penn staters. Kids like keyleni boy of lancaster she was diagnosed with brain cancer as an infant , thon and four Diamonds Fund helped her and her family in the recovery. They helped us with bills, with back and forth from the hospital, meals, medical assistance. Reporter she was given just a 50 percent chance at survival. But thanks to thon, she received some of the best care you have to be here to know what is thon is, it is better than christmas for our kids. Reporter inside the Bryce Jordan Center pictures of the afflicted line the walls, each child with their own terrible journey, fighting cancer. Each, in the minds of the cancer. Pretty much any family that had to hear the words your child has cancer. Reporter these dancers will finally get to sit down, and then, get some sleep, tomorrow at 4 00 oclock. That is when we will have the big reveal to find out how much money was raised at thon 2018. Usually from 10 million. The record 13 million. Of course this thon group is trying to break that. Live at State College, chad pradelli for channel six action news. Making a difference, thanks, chad. 6awc dot is your home for thon coverage all weekend long we will bring you latest updates, photos, videos all from penn state. You can also find out how you can get involved with helping kid was cancer. When we come right back meteorologist Melissa Magee has another check of your accu Weather Forecast. Plus we will take to you Sea Isle City where cold weather didnt stop these folks from jumping in the water. We have, video of the moment, a huge earthquake struck, mexico sending people fleeing in the streets. A 7. 2 magnitude earthquake in mexico yesterday, left nearly a million homes, and businesses, without power, in the capitol city. In mexico city Tall Buildings suede for more than a minute after seismic alarms sounded those alarms went off 72 seconds before the tremors were felt giving people time to flee those small buildings. Meanwhile 13 deaths have been recorded from the military hell cooperate their crashed into a neighborhood while surveying aftermath. Time for a check of the accu Weather Forecast with meteorologist Melissa Magee. Around here were looking at snow but depends on where you live and how much you will get we are expecting those higher snowfall totals to the north and west but a lot to go over, walter. We will show you outside sky six live in hd looking at the center city sky line. Little difficult to make out tops of the building there because the snow is falling likely right now, in philadelphia but it will continue, for the next several hours, so give yourself some extra time if you are out and about or planning your saturday night. Heres Storm Tracker six live double scan radar. You can see the snow is moving across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys. We will go in tighter on street level to look at what we are tracking right along that i95 corridor in philadelphia, we are picking up some light snowfall, we are also, underneath, that Winter Weather advisory right through the overnight hours, early tomorrow morning. Now lets take you to the north and west because we are getting a nice dumping there for areas south of allentown along route 222, just to the south of kutztown and sweet wood. Also traveling on route 100, in between sweetwood and green lane at this hour, that snow is coming down. Another area that we are, tracking and later this evening we will, anticipate mixing taking place here, and, smyrna, dover, nice, area of snow that is moving on through , little bit of mixed precipitation as well just to the east of those locations and some rain further south. That rain snow line will continue to move, northward as we go throughout the rest of the evening hours. So what is currently snowing in philadelphia will quickly change over to rain later on tonight. As far as the temperatures, they tell the story as well, 31 degrees in lancaster. Temperature profile is cooling down, meaning it is cold enough to support all snow to the north and west, 32 in reading, in philadelphia, earlier today numbers were in the 40s. Were dropping down to 38. It is 32 in dover. Thirtyseven in cape may. Right now temperatures in some locations are marginal. So as that snowfalls, the main roads look to be wet. We will find that accumulation more than likely for areas south and east of philadelphia on the grass surfaces. Satellite six with action radar showing thaw swat of precipitation, back through areas in the Delaware Valley, in pennsylvania, and even into the ohio valley and this will continue throughout the rest of tonight. Heres future tracker six showing you at 7 30 this evening we still have snow in philadelphia and to the north and west but that mixed line moving further to the north, so we do have some rain, for areas in south jersey and delaware, by 10 00 oclock tonight i would say as early as 9 00 in the city we will find that transition from snow over to rain, same thing for areas to the south ande and it stays snow to the north and west, and then as early as 1 00 oclock, 1 30 in the morning, all of snow is departing from the southwest to northeasterly direction and it is up for a really nice day tomorrow. Expect snowfall about one to 3 e i95 metro area, interior sections of south jersey, just a grassy coating for most locations in new jersey and three to 5 inches of snow for west chester, up through allentown and also into easton but this, is clearing out overnight hours and then nice day tomorrow, sunny, milder with high temperatures maxing out in the upper 40s. We have got more details coming up at 5 30. Thanks, melissa. Thousands endured brisk, cold wind this afternoon for Polar Bear Plunge in the waters off Sea Isle City, new jersey this plunge is a 24 year tradition and this year proceeds will fund other local events later this year. Some came in costumes and many wore their eagles green and their flags, it is all part of the whole president s day weekend of fun down at the shore. Meanwhile there were ideas galore for making dream homes alive at philly home and garden show inside the expo center in oaks, pennsylvania. 225 contractors and visitors were showing off latest styles of products, six abc webb mobile was there a long with traffic reporter gina gannon who helped introduce page davis, host of the tlcs trading spaces. It looks like this man found a perfect chair and woman as well for their six abc viewing please touch museum celebrated Lunar New Year, bunch of families enjoyed special culture performances inspired by the holiday. While is often received to as Chinese New Year Lunar New Year is celebrated by many asian nations including malaysia, vietnam and including the philippines. Adam le vine and his wife, model, are proud parents of the a new baby girl. Couple welcome ge o grace le vine, she joins big sister dusty roads who is now 17 months old. Much more to come at 5 30, a crew from peco is on the way to puerto rico to help restore power. The island is also getting help from Jennifer Lopez. We will tag along with her journey to deliver aid. This storys not for squeamish, disturbing Discovery One woman made crawling around inside of her eye. Here are stories we are following on action news at 5 30, more Fire Fighters killed on this day in philadelphia, many years ago, they are remember. Also peco crews are on their way to puerto rico to help restore power. We will show you how singer Jennifer Lopez is helping people on the island as well. Nearly two weeks, eagles won the super bowl but we will look at the huge Economic Impact is having on the region we have an accu weather alert, snow is moving in and later this evening it will mix with rain. For very latest we will go to meteorologist Melissa Magee at the action news big board, melissa. We have that accu weather alert because we are watching an large area that will find precipitation across much of not just our region but midatlantic. Storm tracker six radar 3d showing you snow as far north and east as new england and as far south in the yes valley. We flip this over and you can see we have got winter storm warning, Winter Weather advisories posted and these warnings some locations in southern new england could find about a half a foot of snowfall, and then we will move across our region and we are expecting moderate snowfall across the delaware and lehigh valleys in the state of pennsylvania heres Storm Tracker six live double scan radar street level showing thaw light snow here in philadelphia, areas to the north and west are finding a nice something as well but we will focus in right now on some locations in allentown, and on route 100, kutztown, need wood, traffic to the east in quakertown, green lane and milford. We are finding snowfall. Snowfall rates per hour some of these locationness lehigh county, even berks county, as well finding a half an inch, of snow, per hour. So they can find a good coat to go an inch in about an hours time from now and that will only continue as we go throughout the rest of tonight visibility is dropping, as the moisture is mopping moving on in and that column of cold air is dropping as well. We are down to 3 miles in philadelphia half mile for allentown and reading. Still pretty good, visibility right along the coast, because most locations there are just dealing with moisture in the form of liquid and lick wild precipitation. All and all we are track ago this snowfall. It will continue through the rest of the authentic. We have improvement as we get into sunday. We will talk about details with the full and inclusive accu Weather Forecast. We like improvement, thanks , melissa. Get updates moving in our area tonight and tomorrow and check Storm Tracker six live anytime right there on your phone or tablet. Six abc app is a free down load for your mobile device. Peco crews be or then way to puerto rico to restore power months after hurricane maria. Employees got ready for their journey. They waved a giant super bowl championship flag and boarded a bus. Crews headed to delaware where they met up with more crew from his excel on. Hurricane maria hit puerto rico five months ago and thousands of people are still, without power. With that said, crew from his the Delaware Valley will certainly help the desperate situation on the island but the other lingering crisis, it is a lack of clean water. Still, despite the hard ships, progress is being made. Abcs linda lopez recently traveled to the island with her sister actress and singer Jennifer Lopez to deliver aid. Members of the congress. Reporter in the state of the Union Address President Trump said to puerto rico and other hurricane ravage area. We are with you, we love you, and we always will pull through, together. Reporter yet that same day , it was reported fema would cut off emergency food and water aid to the island. Fema quickly backtracked after an outcry from the puerto rican government. When we were there nearly four months after hurricane maria. You can see traffic lights here, blown by the hurricane have still not been working properly. Power lines, down. Some of the signs that the people were living without electricity, without power, without some of the basic necessities are probably still not going to see them for a while. Roughly a quarter of the islands residents are still without electricity. Hundreds of thousands of people. Blue tarp is still covering thousands of homes and congresss newly passed bye as ter aid package isnt dedicated to just puerto rico but one pool to be shared by all disaster hit areas. Imagine when were going to go, battle texas has a big delegation, florida has a big delegation, and california has a big delegation as well. Reporter good news for island many a list stars passionate about bringing resources. Lynn manual miranda partnering with Hispanic Federation raising millions in humanitarian aid and on a trip with my sister Jennifer Lopez and she Alexa Rodriguez announced 2. 5 milliondollar, donation from their october fundraiser going exclusive that puerto ricos health district. We visited one health sent their mid wifes there, say that was on the verge of closing. The Hispanic Federation, really amazing, donation, and then we received, the news that Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez will fund us, and that is really, amazing report rorrer one mid wife still living without electricity bringing us to her home, not sure when she will come back. And then people say may. Reporter she and half million others, remain, power less. Linda lopez for abc news, new york. Cruise ship is back in port after a 10 day South Pacific ship mark by violence. Trouble started shortly after carnival legend set off, for melbourne. Video shows fights between passengers and sometimes, against security officers. Some passengers blame a 23 member family party for picking fights, while others say a person who was sandal got stepped on started it. Horrifying, like people screaming, running around, throwing glasses, everything, like a nightmare. Aloft people every where, just fighting. It was full on attack. My goodness. One point there was a 45 minute fight on the pool deck with children hiding behind sun chairs. Some people, lock themselves in their cabin. Nine passengers were kick off the ship yesterday, carnival says it is investigating the incident. A building in brewerytown is reduced to nothing but bricks and dust tonight. Vacant two Story Building at 23rd and inkster sol street collapsed after 1 30. Nobody was injury. Surrounding buildings were not damage. Department of licenses and inspections is investigating. They gathered in center city to day to recall a tragic day, in the history of philadelphia. Taps as you can see a bagpiper led the way during annual mass , at saint john the Evangelist Church on 13th street. Services honors four fire fight hours died, when that church and much of the block went up in flames in 1899. After the mass, mayor jim kenney, and fire commissioner adam tiehl, laid flowers on the sidewalk plaques with the names of the Fire Fighters who were killed, on that terrible day. Some sweet treats went out for Police Officers around philadelphia fop lodge number five auxiliary assembled the home baked cookies for ninth annuals cookies for cops day. The cookies then went out under Police Escort to, every unit an agency and there were even treats for k9 units and horses as well. Well, hard to believe it has only been two weeks since the eagles beat the patriots. We will look at how champion ship win is bringing big bucks to the city. Phillies in clearwater for spring training, Jeff Skversky talks to the teams new first base man. Well, it feels like yesterday, but it has been two weeks since the eagles won the seeper bowl and teams success had an enormous emotional impact on the region and huge Economic Impact. Action News Reporter vernon odom has that part of the story. Reporter last weeks climatic celebration of the eagles historic march to super bowl salvation, paid off not only in spirit and cry but millions of dollars in revenue for tourism and hospitality industry. These are the latest numbers. The two playoff weekends as well as super bowl weekend, equated to a 15 percent increase in Hotels Occupancy over same period last year and on that sunday alone for the super bowl, occupancy this year is preliminary will be about 61 percent, verse 34 percent last year. Reporter business like the philly team stores had to reorder as much eagles gear as they could get to keep pace with demand. Which they say is three times over normal levels. This fan just keeps coming back for more. Still engaging in the celebration. Reporter did you buy anything last week and week before. Yes. Reporter how much. Twenty. I need to get something that said super bowl champions on it, something that as we all know we dont get that often. Reporter you have to update your wardrobe. Yes, this is from the 60s for the rorrer. Reporter for street vent ers like this, it is time to run clearance sales but it has been a great run for him. Business has been very Good Business has been very good. The combination has been, excellent. Excellent. But right now were where we are. The eagles winning the super bowl, really gives businesses as well as other attractions the opportunity to write a new narrative. Reporter so this town is still basking in the glow of super bowl victory, the fans and the merchants praying that the eagles can become perennial contenders if not champs. Im vernon odom for channel six action news in center city. Time for a check on sports were looking for reasons to do more stories about the eagles but unfortunately phillies are down in florida. Yeah, hey, lets have a, wait for them. Spring training continue for phillies in clear water. Were ready for first full squad work out on monday. All eyes on their key off season acquisition Carlos Santana, who signed a 60 milliondollar and got away by pushing a mercedes benz, 10208 times in a row. Jeff skversky goes 11 with the phillies in first base man. Phillies signed carlos san tone a this season to take this team to the next level. Remember 15 years ago they made a very similar move, when they lured jim tome a way from the cleveland indians, as well phillies are hoping it has the same effect, on and off the field, and after a first full work out with the phillies, i went one on one, with santana. How excited are you to be in phillies spring training after signing your deal and actually to be here. Im excited. I mean, i cannot believe, they say, im Carlos Santana and especially with the people, the staff. Reporter do you believe in this young team. Oh, yeah, of course, of course. We have a lot of talent. Younger players. Hungry players. They play hard every day. That is why im here. Im here to try to help and, play every day and try to win. Reporter not only is santana patient at the plate but patient working with the younger players this off size own took Miguel Franco under his wings, and lockers here in camp are side by side, at the request of santana, who is trying to help franco take his game to the next level. With the phillies in clearwater, Jeff Skversky, for channel six action news. When i was a kiddy always loved allstar saturday night. More recently i could take it or leave it because i didnt have anyone to root for. Well, not anymore. From the philadelphia 76ers , joel embiid. Joel embiid making his allstar weekend debut, he is in the spotlight. Sixers star will take part in the skills challenge tonight which is an Obstacle Course that includes dribbling and threepoint shooting. Tomorrow he will start with the team step, and last night he played nine minutes for world team in the rising stars challenge. First of all, im excited to be here. I feel like im here. Like i said im excited. You know, i hope in the few tour that they will be able to be in this atmosphere. Congrats to former sixers ledger and mo cheeks for Basketball Hall of fame. Cheeks among 13 finalist name, the list include chris weber. Mo was four time allstar for sixers, played one of his 15 seasons here. Inducte in the class of 2018 will be announced at final four in san antonio. Speaking of the final 42 of the favorites going at it in College Basketball third rang villanova taking on fourth ranked xavier in the big time battle. Wildcats hit 11, threes in the first half, and nova with a 5137 half time lead. Wow. But who need pizza . Me, im starving. Bring it over, come on lasalle hosting george mason. Explorers down 13 at half but they rallied back. Down by one, Tony Washington gives explorer a lead with the lay up. Washington scored a career high 20. Lasalle wins 6962. March madness underway. I know. That happened quickly. Yes. Ill take it. Thanks, jamie. Much more action news in a moment. Meteorologist Melissa Magee has a check of your accu Weather Forecast and a story not for the squeamish, the disturbing Discovery One woman made inside of her eye. Two giant pandas or loan from china made their debut in finland today following a month line quarantine. They played in the snow climbed trees and appeared to be happy. The pandas been renamed with finish named. The female is lumi which means snow and male is pyri which means heavy snow. How appropriate. Fortunately we are not getting pyri were getting run i. Well, with a lit mixed in. Yes. That is right. Exactly. And to the north and west where we are fining that heavy snow, a wet snow this time of the year, walter. We will talk about the details show you picture outside sky six live in hd. Hey, skiers are rejoycing tonight. Because weve got some snow coming down, spring mountain, montgomery county. The snow will continue to fall as we go through the rest of the evening and clearing out as we go throughout the overnight hours. That Winter Weather advisory does stay up for heart of the delaware and lehigh valleys. Thinks where we are expect ago this heavy at accumulating snow, mainly to the north and west of i95 metro area, but this advisory stays up until 4 00 a. M. , on sunday. As far as precipitation we are varied depending on your location. We will go to Storm Tracker six live double scan radar you can see we have got snow across the area light in nature here in philadelphia wilmington, trenton. As we zoom down on street level, Storm Tracker six you can see some mixed precipitation, we have got heavy rain through millville, fortecue, mixing taking place even mixing taking place in dover where areas to the north of that are finding heavier snow. As we go throughout the next several hours this mix line will change over to rain, for areas, for most of the south jersey and also into delaware. Light snowfall on i95 metro area, for trenton, philadelphia as we move over to the north and west, berks county, lehigh county, northern montgomery and bucks county we have snow we have any nature. Some locations to the north and west of philadelphia picking up half an inch of snowfall per hour. So that will continue, as we go throughout the evening and that is why higher snowfall accumulations are to the north and west. We are looking at temperatures we have seen a big drop in philadelphia. When we started this broadcast at 5 00 oclock we had a temperature in philadelphia of 38. We have dropped 3 degrees in the past 40 or 50 minutes now so definitely cooling at the surface. Thirtyeight in trenton. Thirtytwo in dover right now. Thirtysix in cape may. Thirtytwo in reading. Satellite six with action radar, showing you a large area of precipitation, were tracking from new england back through the ohio valley and as some, relatively mild air moves on in, zoo of this will transition, over to rain. So future tracker six is showing you that 7 30 tonight, if you are stepping outside on the town and you have saturday night plans make sure you are prepared because we have snow overhead, especially to the north and west, raining, and heavy rain in south jersey, also into delaware by 10 00 oclock tonight that snow line switches over to rain, for the i95 metro area. We have got that snow, Still Holding on for allentown, reading and poconos, quick dumping of snow because it races out of here by 1 30 in the evening and all of that precipitation is exiting. So expected snowfall across the region. Weve gotti grassy coating in many locations for south jersey, and areas just to the north of dover, one to 3 inches for wilmington, philadelphia and trenton. Even for areas in interior south jersey, but the bulls eye area with this storm, of three to 5 inches of snow where we have Higher Elevation as where we will fine higher snowfall totals for easton, quakertown, down into lansdale , west forward into honey brook and portions of west chester. And on sunday good looking day , cold front moves down to the south ande, High Pressure returns, lots of melting on the way, temperature around 48 r president s day sun to cloud by the afternoon. Afternoon showers, moving in but once that front looks to our north, weve got report warmth on the way as we get into next tuesday and wednesday. So the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast showing you by tomorrow, sunshine returns, mild by the afternoon up to 48 mild on monday, in at 52. And evening showers, rolling on in, and then tuesday, it is gorgeous, record warmth, the high of 70, more record warmth on wednesday, in at 73, and feeling like spring, back down to 58 degrees but still above average on thursday, 50 next friday and 57, walter as we get into next saturday. Seventythree on wednesday. Feeling good. All right. Thanks, melissa. Okay. In the health check at 5 00 a new variety of easier to digest milk has hit supermarket shelves in the Delaware Valley. A2 milk was created in australia more than a decade ago. It comes from australian cows that produce a2 protein not a1 that is linc to the stomach problems some people have with milk. Most milk today is a blend from both types of cows. Is there nothing added or removed as in lactose free milk. A2 is in several major chains in the u. S. This next story is not for the weak of heart, woman from oregon says that she had to remove more than a dozen worms from her own eye. What started as an irritation in her eye for abby beckly turned into a startling disturbing discovery. I would pull my eye down and looked in that spot, and little crevis and i said something looking wrong, maybe i have a piece of fuzz. I went like this in a motion and i felt something in between my fingers and i pulled it out and looked down at my finger and it was a moving warm. My goodness. Doctors were baffled by the case, at first and say worms in her eye had previously only been seen in cattle. They assured her they could not reproduce or get in her brain. Beckly was contend to pull them out. Several several weeks she yank out 14. She has been worm free ever since. Meanwhile beckly is experiencing sudden fame after scientists published a report about her case. Oh, boy. That last story was pretty gross. So before we head to break something that will make you forget bit. 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So get the Fastest Internet available, plus netflix, plus up to200 tv channels, plus phone, plus a twoyear price guarantee. All for just 79. 99 per month. Its time to fiber optics your netflix. Go to getfios. Comto switch today. A huge discovery right before president s day a hair belong to go George Washington , are our very first president has been found. Lock was found at Union College in upstate morning between pages of a book published in 1793. The colleges historians have determined that the lock of hair was given to a washington family friend, and in those days it was in common practice after someone died. Thanks for joining us. Coming up on action news at 6 00 we are continuing to track snow that is moving in the delaware and lehigh valleys. Meteorologist Melissa Magee tells us what to expect in the coming hours. Action news is coming up at 6 00. Action news, Delaware Valleys leading news program work meteorologist Melissa Magee, Jeff Skversky and walter perez. Saturday night, im walter perez. In the news qualified patients can now buy medical marijuana in bucks and chester counties. Also penn state students are entering a 24th hour of dancing were live in State College for all of the action of thon 2018. Big story is an action you weather alert, snow is falling in parts of our area and someplaces could receive several inches before it its over. We have team coverage, action News Reporter Trish Hartman is in bucks county with much more there and Annie Mccormack is in south philadelphia but we will begin with meteorologist Melissa Magee with details about is what
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