Feels like 18 in chicago. Below zero in chicago. Were not going to get the full brunt of that, but were certainly going to get a good chunk of it and youre going to feel it by the time you get out tomorrow morning. It feels like 32 now, by the time you get to tomorrow morning, its going to feel like closer to 5. By late in the day or the evening, its going to feel like zero, maybe even below zero in some spots, maybe even friday morning its going to be bitter cold, by friday afternoon, things start to get a little more tolerable. And thats when the precipitation starts approaching and well go to meteorologist Sheena Parveen for more on how thats going to affect us. With the temperatures so cold on friday, anything falling is going to be snow, as we go into friday night and Early Saturday Morning, so we have a first alert out because of that, for philadelphia, the pennsylvania suburbs and the Lehigh Valley. A first alert for snow and a wintry mix. Its going to start 11 00 p. M. Friday,
Air, its 38 in how long, 36 in philadelphia, not terrible for this time of night this time of year, light snow trying to develop overi95 northeastern maryland, county, few late flurries to the ground in northern new castle delaware, chester county. Maybe philadelphia, a lot of this not reaching the ground, it will roll through south jersey as well, maybe put down a coating in some spot mainly on grassy surfaces and some of the oh car tops, could you see by midnight little band of light snow moving through parts of delaware to south jersey by 2 00, 3 00 a. M. Offshore. Morning commute looks drieshg were going to go see sunshine around but it will be cold. Actual air temperature tomorrow morning down in the lower 20s even teens, look at mount pocono in the lower teens. And thats not factoring in the wind. Were talking about near 0 windchills in some spots. And our next chance of snow arrives for the weekend, could be the first measurable snow for philadelphia, well talk about that in a f
Generation x. The winner announced. Which generation has an edge. We begin with a bitter blast of cold. Couple of chances for snow. Im ukee washington. Im jordan reed. Justin its not just the arctic air, we could see a little snow exactly. Its winter time. Officially winter next wednesday is the official start of the winter season, but that cold air approaching us not here quite yet. Its chilly but this in arctic air, its 38 in how long, 36 in philadelphia, not terrible for this time of night this time of year, light snow trying to develop overi95 northeastern maryland, county, few late flurries to the ground in northern new castle delaware, chester county. Maybe philadelphia, a lot of this not reaching the ground, it will roll through south jersey as well, maybe put down a coating in some spot mainly on grassy surfaces and some of the oh car tops, could you see by midnight little band of light snow moving through parts of delaware to south jersey by 2 00, 3 00 a. M. Offshore. Morning
Moving into our region. Im jim rosenfield. Im jacqueline london. Bitterly cold winds move in tomorrow and will make it feel like the Single Digits by the time we wake up. We are tracking the overnight snow and arctic chill with Live Team Coverage tonight. We begin with meteorologist Sheena Parveen, and sheena, at least it wont be snowing for the morning commute. Right . Yeah, thats right. What we have right now on radar is going to move through pretty quickly but we are already getting some reports of snowflakes falling through some of our pennsylvania suburbs including ardmore. I wouldnt be surprised if some areas in Chester County were seeing this as well. Even parts of Delaware County. Northern delaware well be watching very closely, too. This is mostly very light, so maybe some flurries falling or some light snowfall overnight tonight. At best, i think we would see about a coating to less than an inch, but it will be gone for the morning commute. The big story tomorrow is going to
It can freeze immediately. The coating of snow between midnight and 4 00 in the morning, again areas southeast of the i95, the best potential with the possibility of a flash freeze on untreated surfaces so the morning commute could be icy. The windchill cape may southern delaware, 10 to 15 but the immediate philadelphia area it feels like 5 to 10 and the Lehigh Valley and the poconos at times below zero windchills and then a storm for the weekend ill talk about that in the full accuweather forecast. All right cecily lets switch live to john rawlins in center city philadelphia. How are philadelphians preparing for the onslaught. Reporter for some folks around city hall they are embracing for the cold. But the plan is to bundle up and enjoy at least for now. The music speaks of christmas in hawaii but the frigid conditions dont. At the rothman rink it was icy cold. So many make this look easy and effortless. Though 17yearold frankie admits to being a bit rusty, the first time on skates i