Passes by. Not accumulating on the roads but just a tiny bit on the snow on the ground. The poconos the jackpot area of two feet if allentown and the Lehigh Valley, overa foot of snow closing into 14 inches there. Tral montgomery county, 7. 5 inches and the Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management picking up 6. 8 inches in philadelphia. And some rain is mixing in with sleep in west depford. And the rain was a concern for mosh of the morning glasgow and delaware, a third inch of ice and mount holly. 25 inch and chester a third inch and philadelphia a. 10 inch on top of the nearly six inches of snow in the city. Windchill right now teens to 20. Its brutal with is the northwesterly winds and that continues into the overnight hours tonight. And rick when i come back well chat about a slow warm up into the weekend and we are not looking at a fast melt here in the sevenday forecast. Thank you adam. The storm brought snow and ice to parts of the area and along the jersey shore flooding and
These people in north philadelphia were like many others. They needed a little push to get out of their parking spots, frozen in place. Were dealing with strong winds today as well. Heres a live look outside our studios. Winds will increase as the day goes on, and we could even see some snow showers later today. Good morning, im vai sikahema. Im tracy davidson. Dont let whatever sun you see fool you. You wont see a lot of snow and ice melting today because of the frigid conditions outside. That heavy ice and wind knocked down trees and power lines across our area. More wind today. About 16,000 homes and businesses are still without electricity. We have Live Team Coverage as crews work to clean up the storm damage and deal with the icy conditions and the bitter cold thats around. Lets go to tim furlong live in wilmington. Reporter were in the wilmington newark line. You look at the sidewalks here. If you come over here and look at the roads, they did a pretty good job plowing the roads
As we head towards the shore. Now, the visibility tells us how heavy the snow is. We have some fairly heavy snow in hazelton, but reading is in good shape. Pottstown, coatesville, quakertown, doylestown, visibilities are decent in most of pennsylvania. Philadelphia international, 1 1 2 miles. 2 1 2 in northeast philly. 2 miles in atlantic city. So, we have seen some accumulation in parts of the area. That will continue only for another couple of hours. Because as the sun goes down, these snow showers will start to fall apart. Then we just worry about the refreezing as the sun goes down and the temperatures go down as well. Ill be back talking about another chance of some snow coming up in a few minutes. Maybe you heard that today, the sounds of spinning tires echoing across neighborhoods in the Lehigh Valley. The deep freeze making it tough for people to dig out from the biggest snowfall this season. Randy gyllenhaal is live for us in allentown. The streets there seem surrounded by tho
The city is asking owners to keep an eye out for ice that has been accumulating. The storm is over, but this falling ice can be dangerous so they want to make sure everyone is safe. Back out here on the ground, a Philadelphia Police officer is patrolling here. Just making sure everybody is following the order and caution to stay off the sidewalks and stay awayed from the falling ice. Im rosemary connors, nbc 10 news. This is a common scene in the lehigh valley, struggling to dig out of this snow. Randy gyllenhaal is helping drivers get going in the snow for the second straight day. Hes live tonight in allentown. Driving there has not gotten much easier, has it, as the snow refreezes. Reporter we are seeing cars getting stuck and school buses will have a tough time getting down the narrow streets. Were learning that both allentown and bethlehem Public Schools will be closed tomorrow for a Third Straight day. Its tough to get around anywhere in the lehigh valley. We even some flakes fall
But as we go into the next couple officials, this area of snow is really going to diminish. And by 8 00, it should all be gone. Were not expecting any more snow later tonight or tomorrow. But there is a chance of some snow in parts of the area as we head towards the weekend. Well get into that later, but right now we have to talk about the cold and the winds. Lets go to tammie souza talking about those conditions. You know, we were just mentioning how we were lucky we dont work outside because it was raw out there today. Is will be horrible tonight as the skies start to clear, we will lose that heat into the atmosphere and it will get quite cold. We are about 6 degrees cooler today at the sam time than we were yesterday. Look at current temperatures, only 2. We only ma only 28. We warmed a bit, 25 a couple hours ago. 28 is the daytime high. 30 in vineland, 29 in wilmington. The windchill is the big thing. Youll have to cover all that exposed skin. When you wake up tomorrow morning, win