Weve issued a first alert because of the icy conditions. We have Live Team Coverage of the storm and how it will impact you. We start with meteorologist bill henley. This is storm system just Getting Started in our area and will be with us all tay. But this morning is the greatest concern. Thats when were going to ea combination of no and ice. We went into a first alert at 4 00 this morning. And a combination of first snow and ice. And the icing is the biggest problem. Were going toee icy roadways and walkways. Those untreated surfaces treat them as being icy this morning. The atmosphere is colder. So until 3 00 this see accumulating snow and ice, and then its going to change over to rain. But snow covered walkways will lead slippery conditions, too. We will see some light snow to start with. Weve seen a few snowflakes so far. Very light snow in south philadelphia, just reaching into Montgomery County too. And look at wilmington, too, thats some very light snow. But the gr what you see
20 degrees right now in the suburbs. Philadelphia, lee high valley, new jersey, everyones going to be seeing sunshine. A little slower to begin with. By 11 00, well see 36 degrees in wilmington. Ask the winds that are coming out of the east at 11 00 become southerly this afternoon. Thats going to boost all of the temperatures in every neighborhood today. 43 degrees for the suburbs and the lee high valley and up to 44 degrees in delaware. And today begins a warming trend thats going to continue right on through the weekend. A look at that when im back in ten minutes. But first katey zachary has your first alert traffic. And were going to start things off on a good note, a green note. All in the green, that indicates no construck thats affecting things, no crashes. Average speeds across the board in the low to mid60s. You cant go wrong with that starting the 6 00 hour. Route 73 on cedar hill road where throughout the morning theres been pretty light to moderate traffic. If you were to co
Feeling feeling. Thespire enjoy area is experiencing the gusty winds. Feelslike weather in the teens. 18 in philadelphia. Pottstown just got colder along with allentown and reading, and teens now in delaware and south jersey. Millville, 19 degrees the feelslike temperature. If youre heading out, heading to the parade zone bundle up. Even without the wind cold. The suburbs, philadelphia, and the Lehigh Valley. Well get a lot of sunshine. The wind will come downl be a even though there will be a cold breeze heading for 30s this afternoon, up to 33 this afternoon. Ill break the forecast down hour by hour and show what the parade forecast will look like and how the weather will change for the parade in ten minutes. First Jessica Boyington. Good news the schuylkill expres back open moving past the vine street expressway going to be an option especially for people trying to maybe get toward the center city area. Also this will happen later. I dont know exactly when. Thats the problem. But th
Ground thats still going to be frozen in many neighborhoods in delaware and south jersey. We could see a large part of our area where icing conditions this morning. The good news here is temperatures have been creeping up. The sun is not even up yet, but the winds have shifted and now temperatures i climbing. We will still see that accumulating snow north and west. Especially it poconos mountains going to get snow out of this. Were not talking a lot of ice, but if you see the ground and it looks like its damp, treat it as ice this morning. Thats just enough to make for very slippery travel this morning. And thats what Jessica Boyington is keeping an eye on fist alert traffic. A few problems this morning. Our cameras on the northbound side o wissahickon avenue still. All routes have reopened following an earlier crash. Right around route 422 right near that overpass, watch for Police Activity right there. And some taconypalmyra some residual delay because of an opening. Because of the i
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