See half inch or threequarters of an inch of rain including city of philadelphia it comes through remainder on this evening into the overnight hours but that is not all there is to talk about in our forecast, temperatures are poised to plumet, i will tell you how low it goes, couple snow chances in the forecast as well and tell you which day stays in the 30s, stay tuned for that, ukee. A explosive wild fires are being stoked by strong santa ana wind northwest of los angeles, scores of homes have been burned in tens of thousands of been evacuated. Largest fire burning right now is near town of ventura, growing wildly to more than 70 square miles, and a smaller fire has erupted on the edge of los angeles threatening the philmar and lake view, terrace neighborhood. Most scary thing i have ever seen in my life. Helicopters going in. Reporter you heard from michael, who moved to the l. A. Area from philadelphia, a few years ago. He shared this video with cbs3. This is from the 210 freeway i
Im rosemary conners. Southern california is now under a purple threat. It is a color thats never been used before. It means there is ek trextreme danger. It forced authorities to close a major freeway. Thousands of homes remain threatened by the fires that are burning. They predict more favorable winds for firefighters. Thats some good news. Department warning potentially dangerous gusts are still possible. We show you the human impact that is striking days before the holidays. Driving through tunnels of flames as fire closes in. We need to get out of here. Thousands of evaccuees in a race for their lives. Staying behind to protect her home but sending her kids out of harms way. Her house Still Standing but her neighbors lost everything. Bell air is homes to mansion answered mustve vie stars, towering flaming sweeping across the exclusive neighborhood. Crews are confident the museum is under no immediate yalt danger. For many the damage is done. There was nothing anyone could do. Repor
Theres a winter storm watch through south jersey advisory close to the river and into the state of delaware. It kicks in tonight and late saturday night. In any event were looking at decent snowfall totals in parts of south jersey, while most of this should wind up on grassy surfaces, use caution and plan ahead allow for extra time and keep your eye on the forecast for any changes. The precipitation to the south is mainly rain, because its milder down there. This will have a tendency to change over to snow as we get into our latitude tonight into tomorrow. 36 degrees in philadelphia. 31 nill an in allentown. 35 in wilmington. There is no snow or any kind of precipitation falling right now. Youre off to a good start on friday. By noon, 39 degrees. 3 00 p. M. , 42. 5 00 p. M. , 39 you can see the numbers slipping by 7 00 p. M. 38 if youre down the shore theres at possibility this afternoon by 4 00 p. M. , or so, some areas down at the shore seeing rain or the first snowflakes. By 10 00 t
School Security Preparedness across the state in the wake of the deadly parkland florida , high school shooting. Today we will review current protocols and outline additional steps being taken at the state level to augment the vigilance already being practiced by local law enforcement. Reporter over in south jersey Washington Township schools, sent this letter to parents last night a reminder of the safety plans already in place. Our secure is this building i feel like measures we have put in place have absolutely up the security of this school and district. Reporter School Spokesperson jane is talking about recent changes, two years ago, district made all High School Students wear id badges before entering the building, all 11 schools are now secured with vestibules and inside security cameras at each entrance and in the hallways, the footage is now live streamed directly to the Washington Township police department. There are two security drills among including lock down evacuation,
Outside, today. Definitely good we are looking outside construction crews are loving this. They are out there, they are every where and we will have a few accidents, we will get to that in a little bit. But, it is still enough you will notice it, especially if your commute is a long one, keep that in mind, you may encounter that no dense fog advisories, so that is helpful , knowing it will not be quite as bad but there are trouble spots here most definitely at or under a half mail visibility, millville, wilmington, ac airport, lancaster getting in on that. But in berks county in reading you are only at 10 miles visibility. Key to remember with a map like this these are observation sites, that 1 mile visibility at philly international isnt ideal but it doesnt necessarily represent the whole tire city of philadelphia, you will see this if you go come through in patches. So expect thaw can run into it now storm scan very often will make it tough for us to detect fog out there. It is there