Across the area inch and a half to three and a half inches and one out liar Atlantic City close to five inches of fluffy snow. Same in king of prussia and delco picking up 3 and north east philly three inches of saturday snowfall. Quiet conditions right now and flurries passing through the big apple. Otherwise well keep it quiet precipitationwise throughout the overnight period. And snow and ice an the ground tonight. Do watch out for areas of black ice. Overnight tonight and even really through much of the day tomorrow because road salt is lessee infective at 20 degrees or colder while temperatures in the teens overnight tonight and for a good chunk of tomorrow of Course Plaque ice difficult to see so be sure to use extreme caution and then we have one of our coldest new years days on record in store. And the coldest ever back in 1918 when it was only 16 degrees and forecast high for monday 19 degrees coldest in 100 years and this is rare cold on only 12 occasions since 1800s have we
Plus years. Since he was a teenager. You can see outside the firehouse there is black bunting put up by his fellow firefight firefighters here. Now in his memory. Today grief grips some of the bravest men and women in our region as they mourn the loss of one much their firefighter matt letourneau. 11 07 this morning, he was declared dead. And we are without words. Reporter philadelphia fire commissioner adam thiel trying to hold it together outside Temple University hospital where the fallen firefighter was pronounced dead. Lieutenant letourneau called with fellow philadelphia firefighters 8 00 in the morning to battle this blaze on north colorado avenue in north philadelphia. As he was inside the smoke filled row home, there was a collapse and he was trapped. He was never alone. The rescue effort started almost immediately. Reporter for half an hour more than 100 firefighters trying to get one of their own out and they did but the 11year veteran of philadelphias Engine Company 45 had
Game. The Minnesota Vikings have arrived in philly. Their fans are here, too. A crowd of them welcomed viking players and team staff as they checked into a center city hotel. I think the vikings got the advantage. I think we have the better defense. New to philly viking fans seem to be quick to predict minnesota win at the linc tomorrow. Im sure it will be a big win for both team. But it is our year. We have wait add long time. But eagles fans have waited just as long, as out outside the viking hotel just next to the crowd of viking fans, gathered, eagles fans, showed up. Go eagles. And showed out. Came a long way, baby. Eagles diehards just had to remind anyone wearing purple. Eagles, eagles that this city bleeds green i think it will be a battle of the defense, it will be whatever defense shows up. But im rooting for the birds, as you can see, im in the green today. There is no love, no love in the purple today. And you got to love some good oldfashioned trash talking, friendly trash
Fever reducing medication. Dr. Karyl rattay urged sick people to call their doctor rather than show up an emergency room antiviral drugs can be prescribed over the phone without the risk of affecting others and like pennsylvania, new jersey and other states, delaware is seeing a higher share of b strain cases than normal for this year. So, even if youve been sick once, get a flu shot if you havent gotten one already because it is possible to get sick again. And while School Absentee rates are higher than normal theres no reason for any of the schools to close because of this. And there are also other viruses going around this time of year. As for the flu we expect high levels of the virus to stick around for several more weeks so you want to make sure that youre washing your hands with soap and water frequently, wipe down common surfaces with a disinfectant and of course cover all coughs and sneezes with your elbow or with a tissue. You want to do what you can to protect yourself. Rick
Now on the east and then also the kind of southern edge. Cold front moving through. Influx every southerly wind bringing in more mild air, even at this hour few 30s reading allentown high 30s by 40s, low 50s being back down toward millville, atlantic particular city and wildwood. Storm scan3, quick break in the action, showers starting to work their way back in, little bit more moderate rainfall now into Burlington County new jersey. Eyewitness weather tomorrow morning we wake up with areas of fog, 45 degrees, around 7 00 or so in the morning. Then as we get into into the midmorning, 10 00, time frame , toward noon, showers start to pick up the rain will be heavy at times, 10 00 in the morning, 50 degrees there, and as we get toward the noontime hour lunchtime temperatures up into the lower 50s, at 53 degrees, couldnt even get up near zero six later this afternoon, talking about whether we could dry things out, then another chance for 60s later in the week in just a little bit. Thank y