Up a 1 billiondollar deficit over the next handful of years i think we do better job having us here in the city of philadelphia then commonwealth taking responsibility. There is money there. Reporter mayor kenney this month announced plan that would bring about demise of the School Reform commission, and nine people would be appointed by him following a recommendation and approval process. A particular sore spot with the src has been the lack of transparency. We asked questions about how is the money spent . We never got that information. So that is why im glad, the s rc is being dissolved and that the marries taking over the Philadelphia School difficulties trick. Reporter so, once again all this will come to a vote at some point this evening and their agenda is very lengthy. In fact they are going point by point through how they legally accomplish this, and then they are going to hear from more than 50 speakers, members of the public, teachers and, of course, a lot of these people ar
Be okay . For sure. Plenty more. Stop by. You definitely need chapstick in this weather. It is cold outside this morning. The temperatures colder than they were yesterday. Part of the reason the wind has really died down and the skies are clear. The temperatures this hour are still falling. Look at the numbers, 26 in philadelphia. 25 in delaware. Teens in south jersz. The Lehigh Valley in the low 20s, seeing some suburbs in the very low 20s, and the teens, too. Right now, sadsburyville at 21. Malvern, 25. Exton is 23. North whaiales down to 18. A cold start. There is going to be plenty of cold to start with. Like yesterday, well see a nice, sunny day. The cold temperatures will actually warm back to the 30s. Quite a turnaround. Meteorologist steve sosna will walk you through your day hour by hour in a few minutes. First Jessica Boyington is watching your first alert traffic. Youll be stopping by later, too, jessica, wont you . Yes. Right after the 7 00, we will be there. About 8 00, im
Freezing, we got to watch for some slipping and sliding possible. We do actually and sadly, i do have a graphic up, oh, good, because i hit a button wrong. Anyway, were looking at satellite and you can see theres a lot of sunshine out there and generally speaking were in fairly good shape this morning. We are below freezing however and some of those sidewalks that didnt quite get totally deiced yesterday could have a problem as we go into the morning commute with these temperatures 26 might have some icy patches on some sidewalks here and there. More on that in a second. Were at 26 degrees, winds out of the light north at 3 Miles Per Hour and here return are your numbers. Everybody is below freezing. 26 in philadelphia, 25 right now in trenton and wilmington and 21 degrees in allentown, just 22 in reading. Get your coat on. Winds are light. Here are your issues this morning. There are still some icy patches on sidewalks. Some icy patches on some roads and driveways but its overall bett
Reading and lancaster. 21 in trenton. Betterly in philadelphia and wilmington but 27 is still cold. 30 in dover and the freezing mark in cape may. As we go through the day, well, do be careful early on for those icy sidewalks. Roads mainly okay but karen is going to tell you there are some icy patches here or there. Generally the situation is better than yesterday but you should still use caution especially as youre walking around. Some of those sidewalks might have been partially dry but on the edges theres still ice. As we go through the day though were improving. Below freezing through 9, 10 oclock this morning. Getting up to 34 by 11 oclock. 38 by 1 oclock and i think these numbers are going to trend a little bit higher. This model has 40 at about 3 oclock. Im going to go 42 and still staying above freezing for much of the evening so hopefully we can melt whatever ice reformed karen and then just get it on out of here as we go into the evening hours. What are roads looking like rig
For those slick spots. Of course not as bad as yesterday but thats not saying much. Not really. Yesterday was just horrible. Lets get you to satellite. We have some sunshine on the way. You can see cloud cover trying to inch its way in from the west and we might see some patchy clouds later today. Temperatures right now, though, are cold. Still below freezing. 27 degrees in philadelphia. Winds are calm so we dont have to worry about a wind chill. But as karen mentioned some icy patches are still possible especially on some sidewalks maybe a couple side streets. 21 degrees in trenton. We did melt some of this stuff yesterday but it didnt all dry out so there has been refreeze in some cases. 19 degrees in allentown, 22 reading, 27 in wilmington. 32 in cape may. Other than a little ice beneath your feet this morning you also need to brace for the cold. Not a lot of wind but pretty chilly out there. Again some icy sidewalks are possible this morning. Roads mainly okay. Karen will keep us u