New year. Good evening. Im keith jones. Tonight we found shoppers frustrated to pay the tax as they stocked up for new years eve parties. Nbc10s drew smith has the story. Reporter its a sticker shock we were told to prepare for. It started going up to a ridiculous price. Reporter but its the date that has people upset. Philadelphias 1. 5 cent per ounce sugary drink tax becomes law on the 1st of next year. I was looking at the price tag, and i was like, oh, my god, it went from 2. 99 to 5. 49. Reporter the tax is expected to bring in 90 million to fund Early Education and improve recreation centers, and its assessed on beverage distributors. Stores can choose to pass it on to you, and it appears acme got an early start. We checked to make sure this wasnt just a chainwide soda price increase, and we managed to find a twoliter bottle of cola for less than a buck inside this Montgomery County acme. But here inside the city limits, that same brand and size costs more than double. Its almost
Forecast. And it is a good one for new years eve. Starting this morning, a chilly one. Take a look at feels like temperatures. We have some light wind to low and breezy, nothing terribly strong. Right now it is going to feel colder than it actually is. Mount holly, 27 degrees in philadelphia, 24. Mount pocono, 13, allentown 18. 22 for dover. And heres the actual temperatures. Most of us are in the 20s to low 30s. Nonetheless cold out there. 22 in mountain pocono. 32 in philadelphia. Heres radar and satellite. Not a lot of clouds. As we go through the day, some clouds build in. Not anything that ruins your plans, but you may notice clouds tonight if youre looking for fireworks. Heres the temperatures going through morning conditions. Some scattered clouds. Winds picking up a tad, and temperatures on the rise as well. 37 degrees by 10 00 a. M. , but temperatures by this afternoon are pretty good. Coming up. We will take a closer look at new years eve daytime forecast and get into detail
Most of us 5 to 10 miles per hour, allentown, philadelphia. I suspect winds pick up this afternoon, putting us in breezy to low end windy category. Gusts 25 to 30 miles per hour. Yesterday gusts closer to 40 miles per hour. Not as strong as yesterday. You will notice those winds. Heres radar and satellite. Not a lot going on. We have thin clouds trying to move through. Scattered clouds in place across the board. Looking at more clouds building in as we get to the later part of your day, which doesnt mean it ruins fireworks. You are going to notice clouds as we go through the evening. We are looking at your new years eve forecast, coming up about temperatures moving into tonight and details on mummers day parade. All of that coming up in a few minutes. See you shortly. A large manhunt in pennsylvania for the killer of a state trooper. Ja Jason Robison is wanted for shooting and killing the officer. Trooper landon weaver was answering a call for domestic incident in a rural area of Hunti
We have the whole day to get ready for tonight and then new years eve. A lot of parties happening, celebrations. Krystal klei has the forecast. Temperatures this morning are chilly, temperatures tonight are chilly. In between if you have to run around, maybe youre having a party at your place, doing last minute shopping, things are going to be good. All in all not a bad new years eve forecast. Temperatures are 31 in philadelphia, 28 in wilmington and dover. And low 20s in mount pocono and allentown. Feels like temperatures are colder. 21 degrees for vineland, 25 in mount holly. Mount pocono, feeling like 13 degrees now. We feel cold this morning. You notice it as you step out the door. Getting to the later part of the day, things will improve. Heres the radar and satellite map. Not a lot to track now, just going to see spot clouds out there. We go through today, clouds will start to increase. Not going to bring us rain. We stay dry. Heres a look at the morning conditions. We are in the
These are clouds spread across the board in the last hour or so really. Now we have more cloudy skies as we step out. Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions possible even into the evening. Good news, shouldnt effect fireworks too much. We are not talking lowhanging clouds, just clouds rolling by the area. Notice no rain headed our direction. A pretty dry forecast for new years eve. Things change on the ten day forecast. Coming up, a closer look at weekend details and beyond. See you shortly. Thanks for that. New years eve wouldnt be complete without fireworks. This year nbc10 is giving you a front row seat to not one but two Fireworks Shows happening this evening. Nbc10s Monique Braxton is live on penns landing where organizers and crews are getting everything ready for the festivities. Monique . Reporter hey there, rosemary. Being billed as two of the most spectacular Fireworks Shows ever. Take a look down on penns landing. You can see it is all ready for the thousands that will be jam pa