Dry air, thats allowing the temperatures to come down as well. The wind is not completely gone, its just not as strong as yesterday. Thats the view from center city. 23 degrees right now in philadelphia. Thats just three degrees above the record low of 20 degrees. Its close to record territory for reading, just two degrees above the record, and mt. Pocono just two degrees above the record at 12 degrees. Factor in the breeze, it feels like 11 in philadelphia, 6 below in the pocono mountains. Its a cold start this morning. 20 degrees at 7 00, 24 at 9 00, and by lunchtime with sunshine, well still be in the 20s, up to 29 degrees at noontime today. Ill be back in less than ten minutes with the future weather. Well go through it hour by hour. First, nbc 10s jesse gary is live along the black horse pike from camden county. Good morning, jesse. Reporter bill, good morning to you and a very cold morning. Let me show you whats going on behind me. Crews are installing an underground Power Transm
Open from 6 00 p. M. Last night, a lot of stores stayed open for that time. Then the mall doesnt close until 10 00 oclock tonight. Talking little more about that how are we doing now. Really picking up right now. Opened at 6 00 in the morning, and i think were seeing lards to see how this compares to previous years . Very difficult. Our operating hours are different. So i think at the end of the day, you know, we will be able to look back over the past 24 hours to get good feel for it. Any advice for shoppers that are coming out right now . Maybe download a mall map, download and get familiar. Then target a place, close by, to where you want to shop. Thats great advice. Thank you, keith. I our direct or here at king of prussia, real good villes, because this place is huge. Could you get lost very easily. Back to you guys in the studio thanks, jan, enjoy. And the Holiday Shopping frenzy continues, at Willow Grove Park mall Montgomery County shoppers made sure to training advantage of so
Strong, biting wind. It is a freezing start to the morning in most locations, right at 32 degrees. Especially at the Philadelphia International airport. As we head into the rest of today, temperatures are going to stay below average in the 40s, so it is going to be a cold end to your weekend. Wind speeds out of the northwest at 6 miles per hour. Its below freezing in mount holly at 30 degrees. Only 28 in atlantic city. 27 in wildwood. 29 degrees in wilmington. 28 in coatesville. A chilly 24 degrees in mount pocono. Cloudy and cold. Im tracking rain on the way. Ill go over all the details in my sevenday forecast. New from overnight, an Apartment Fire in newcastle county, delaware, september two people to the hospital. The fire broke out around 2 15 at the harbor house apartments. Crews had the fire under control within the last halfhour. We are working to find out the two victims conditions and exactly how many people were evacuated from this apartment complex. Investigators are looking
Pottstown, allentown in the 20s while reading has actually warmed up in the last half hour. 32 degrees. And 36 aPhiladelphia International. The bus stops this morning it is going to be a cold start. The center city in the 30s. We will see sunshine, warm the temperatures into the low 40s by lunchtime but its not going to go much warmer by that this afternoon. By later this afternoon, the temperatures start dropping, 38 degrees later this afternoon. Your hourbyhour future wherear when i come back in less than ten minutes. Jillian mele is watching traffic. Good morning, bill. For an hour and a half ive been watching an accident out of berks county closing 422 between pineland and fairview. Weve got an update that the eastbound side is reopened. Westbound is still blocked. You can take lincoln road as your alternate. This accident involves a tractor trailer, brought down wire its in area. Thats why its taking a long time to at least get the eastbound side open. Chesting not chester county.
Thursday night jim is offer im Monica Malpass and the big story on action news tonight is a violent assault against a 38yearold students in University City. Action News Reporter Sharee Williams is live at the scene with new information about the suspects possible link to other crimes, sharee. Monica that grad student attacked that happened right here behind me along the sidewalk. Police say dragged 50 feet and in the last half hour more information from police. They tell thus same attacker is now accused of assaulting two 32en powellton and big connection of putting this attacker in scenarios is that he was wearing in the same clothing. We think he was trolling out here for females and walking a loan and trying to rob them. A 38yearold graduate student got off the bus 42 street and walked a block 41 and pine when police say a man struck here in the baingt of the head with a bicycle lock. The come fought back and all while books and papers scawld out everywhere and thats when tables tur