With meteorologist glen hurricane schwartz. Temperatures dropped into dangerously cold territory. Were getting closer to 0. As far as feels like temperature. The wind is still blowing and coming from the northwest. Which is bringing in even colder air. Across the country. In to our area. First awe letter covers our entire area. The worst of it is of course in the lee high valley. From now until 8 00 a. M. On friday. It will be bitter cold the rest ot night. All day tomorrow all night tomorrow night. As low as 15 below. Feels like and near zero in the philadelphia area. By the time you get up in the morning. Unless you sleep real late. 19 right now for the temperature in philadelphia. 14 in blue bell. And 16 in trenten. And Atlantic City its cold everywhere. And we still have wind. So its feeling like one in lancaster. Two in pots town. Eight in philadelphia. And these numbers will continue to go down during the night. Well let you know how cold it will feel when you get up and the when
Were talking 30s by tomorrow morning. A look at i 76 at city oov avenue. Besides rain. Fog will be an issue for drivers. Tammie souza joins us with the forecast. Its going to be a busy night out there. If you are out and about driving youll be wearing a lightweight jacket. Youll be comfortable but dealing with ponding on the roadway. Localized flooding. Low lying areas youll find the fog. We have a first alert through tomorrow night. And continue to sew rain tonight. Period of heavy rain and isolated thunder storms out there. Along with that fog. We have seen anywhere from one to two inches of rain across the area. Probably another half inch of rain. The arctic blast moves in tomorrow. Temperatures drop as much as 30 degrees. In two hours. It will be fierce. So whatever you wore today youll need to put it away and pull ot the winter gear. And were tracking a snowstorm for the middle of next year. Believe it or not. A little bit of everything. We have a couple of heavier showers out her
Celebrating the fourth of july of in americas birth place. Here is a live look where the party is on the parkway is under way. Many people are celebrating the holiday down the shore. Here is a live look at the beach at cape may where its been a cool and cloudy day out doors. Everyone is wanting to know if Mother Nature will cooperate. We have chance of a few sprinkles out there. Most of the light rain we saw earlier has pretty much moved away. 64 degrees in the poconos. 72 in allentown. 73 in wilmington. Temperatures in the mid70s in atlantic city. This wont be a wash out for your fireworks. As we progress the model a little more well start to dry out as we head into tonight. Your fireworks forecast by 8 00 p. M. By 10 00 p. M. Coming up ill be tracking what to expect your sunday forecast and warming trend plus storms return. George. An estimated 700,000 people are celebrating Independence Day on the parkway. They have a lot to look forward to tonight with the concert and the fireworks
Right now at 11. Bracing for impact. Hurricane irma has become the most powerful storm ever recorded in the atlantic ocean. The category five hurricane is getting closer to islands in the caribbean. Leaders warn the damage could be cat strask. Its unclear if the storm will make a direct impact on the united states. The preparations are well under way. President trump declared emergencies in florida, puerto rico and the u. S. Virgin islands. Tourists have been ordered to evacuate. And the sporting eventing have been relocated. The field in pittsburg could host sundays game between tampa and miami. The weather team got an update on irmas path. Lets go to tammie souza. I wish i could say its changed and will move out to sea. Thats not the case. Its on a steady path to the west. You can see its about 50 miles just to the east. It is still on a collision course just to the north of the u. S. Virgin islands. Look at the well defined eye. Bigger than almost all of the ward islands. And bigger
Of the airplane. Neither is happening fast enough. The longest line might be here on the road. This is a live look at interstate 75 near central florida. As people try to escape the dangerous storm. Thats because authorities in florida have told more than 5 Million People to evacuate. Its one of the largest in the country history. The National Hurricane center is forecasting life threatening storm surges up to 12 feet in some areas in Power Companies say the strong wind could cause outages for about 9 Million People. The First Alert Weather Team is monitoring every update on this dangerous storm. We got new information minutes ago. Lets go to tammie souza with the latest. The storm has intensified back up to category five. The last 12 hours it looked like it was wobbling and going west. It just dove south. Its making a very early land fall. Right along the northern coast of cuba. It is a very dangerous category five. Again it has been upgraded because of the winds and the strength of s