High sierra. Around the bay area, starting to see a few cracks in the cloud cover. Well talk about whats next in the forecast coming up. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. And im ken bastida. Also right now on the kpix 5 news at 7 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, thanksgiving is a week from tomorrow and right now some people are rushing to get tested before their big family gatherings. Kpix 5s Juliette Goodrich is in pleasanton where people are having a hard time getting a test. There are many testing options, but getting a test seems to be the hard part these days. And when you do get your test and you get the results, doctors say that doesnt mean youre in the free and clear come next week. Karma chang and her two sons got their covid test today in the cv s drivethru line. No, we just wanted to before the holidays just make sure we were healthy. And we plan to just stay with our own family. Reporter but securing appointments meant booking them at the strike of midnight, and even then
Pope francis prepares to do what no pope as ever done before. Philadelphia gets ready for its biggest changes yet. By this time transform philadelphia will be transformed. Your papal visit Survival Guide is coming up. We begin with pope francis spending his last night in the nations capital. Here he was arriving at the Apostolic Church in washington, d. C. , the equivalent of a Vatican Embassy where the pope is staying during the first leg of his u. S. Visit. President obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greeted pope francis. The commander in chief escorted the head of the Catholic Church to the south lawn where the pontiff addressed the crowd in english, one of the few types he will do so during this trip. As the son of an immigrant family, im happy to be a guest in this country. Which was largely built by such families. Pope francis delighted an adoring crowd with his possibly mobile procession through the streets of washington. As hes known to do the pope paused to have babies broug
Flash freezing this afternoon and evening. As the temperatures plummet, anything on the ground will refreeze. Rain is falling along the i95 corridor. A mix of snow and rain in the Lehigh Valley and further to the north, just snow. Expect slippery conditions from the i95 corridor. The majors have been treated but some of the side streets are a mess. The rain starting to break. The temperatures come up in dover. 50 degrees in dover. Its still borderline north and west. Coatsville, 32 degrees. 33 in westtown. It is below freezing. These are the areas that are going to see slipping and sliding and icy conditions to start with. But, we will see the temperatures slowly climb as the day goes on. Around lunchtime in the 40s with the rain starting to taper off. Well go through it hourbyhour when im back in ten. For now, lets check in with traffic reporter jillian mele. Good morning. Good morning, bill. Slippery conditions out there. Slow down and take your time. 22 has been reopened. It was blo
Expect weather to impact your day from start to finish. We have Team Coverage to help you prepare for the wintry messy weather on top of the area today. Lets begin with meteorologist bill henley and his forecast. The worst of it will be this morning, then later this afternoon. In between, a break. Right now, rain is falling down. Its deceiveing. We got snow to start w. Its creating an icy mix. The poconos are getting snow. Thats the scene from kak elback. You can see that on the radar with a large area of snow. Theres rain and much is slush covered. To the north and west icing. You can see some of the pinks in the radar. This is where freezing rain is coming down. Sleet is a possibility as well. Snow tapering off in areas to the north as the temperatures climb. They have been climbing overnight. 35 in wilmington. Areas north and west are colder. Doylestown, 31 degrees. Bucks county right at the freezing mark. Theres plenty of slipping and sliding going on with icy conditions north and
Afternoon period. My collogue kate bilo has much more what is to come and you can see current temperatures on the mild side but they will turn cold very quickly overnight, once that front moves through and that colder air settles in. Kate has more on the timing of the storm, inside, hi, kate. Hi kathy yeah another look at these temperatures and it is raining and raining heavily and certainly warm enough for rain, we will sit at 42 at the airport. Fortytwo in wilmington, mid 40s in wildwood ape dover. Temperatures do play a role in how quickly that rain will be able to change over to snow, as the the cold air filters in but let me take you back to the west and cold air is moving into portions of ohio, moving into indiana in the 20s in chicago and st. Louis. That is cold that will press in as our storm arrives during the overnight hours. Lets start off with our storm time line when now and 1 00 a a. M. In the city were talking about period of rain and areas of fog between 1 00 a. M. And