Their way on the sidewalks and on snowcovered streets as well and also in some parts of our region the snow seemed to fall in a very, very pleasant way and this was the scene in Chester County where the community got more than 3 from the passing storm. Now the snow came and went but the bitter cold seems to be here to stay at least for now. Good evening, everyone, im Natasha Brown thanks for joining us it is going to be a freezing start to the new yea year. Meteorologist lauren casey monitoring this frigid forecast and lauren, its going to get worse from here right. It will get worse and if you think it could not get worse it will get worse. We have not seen coldest air just yet and of course today we threw in snow to add to enjoyment and snowfall totals 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. Quie
Bracing the cold today to hit the slopes. It also means icy roads for drivers. Heres a look at i95 in south philadelphia. Glen, you warned me this was going to happen. It is only getting colder. Yeah, its just starting to drop tonight as an arctic front comes through. And the front tonight for the entire area goes through monday, tuesday, all colder than its been this whole season. Wind chills will go as low as 20 below 0 in the poconos and 5 to 10 below in philadelphia, new jersey, and delaware at the coldest point of this cold spell. Right now 21 degrees. 14 in coatesville, feels like 2 in lancaster, 5 in reading, and boy it is going to be cold for quite a while. Only 22 tomorrow, and 19 on monday. 25 on tuesday. The average high is over 40 degrees. Now, this is the way its going to feel tomorrow in philadelphia. Single digits at best during the day. The suburbs start off near 0 in the morning, even 10 00 a. M. Its pretty close to 0. And then it gets colder for new years eve and new
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
Because of cold air and we will continue with it as we head into the new year, we will get a little break as we head into wednesday but then right back in the thick of the cold. Let me take you to a live look at kutztown area with the temperature in at 9 degrees, sunrising over yesterdays fresh coating of snow on the soccer fields there, 15 degrees in philadelphia, 14 in wilmington. Sixteen in millville. Forget about these numbers because it feels much colder then that. When we factor in the wind. It feels more like 1 degree to bear skin one we low in wilmington, 4b low in reading, two below in lancaster. Feels like 17 below in the poconos. Heading throughout the daytoday, across the region you can look for highs in the 20s in philadelphia, and down the shore, and in the poconos though a High Temperature around around 9 degrees with partly sunny skies, so today across the entire region temperatures will be in the teens and 20s, but, that is going to come with single digit wind chill, a
Out there it feels like zero in philadelphia. Feels like three below in wilmington. Five below in reading, 18 degrees below zero in the poconos. As we head throughout the daytoday really these temperatures dont matter, right . Nineteen by noon, 23 as we head in the 3 00 oclock hour but of course it will feel much colder then that when we factor in the winds. Look for highs, regional today in the teens and 20s we will have single digit wind chill, across the entire region today with below zero wind chills in the poconos. A few afternoon cloud and then bone chilling cold sets in tonight, ill have everything you need to necessity for that new years eve planner coming up in just a bit, back to you. Chelsea, thank you. We have bitter blast forecast ted as chelsea mentioned continuing into the new year, the city of philadelphia has opened up a new code blue warming center. Center opened up late at cione Recreational Center in aramingo avenue in kensington. Now through tuesday, people who nee