Cold and the commute by going over to david murphy and karen rogers. Reporter it is bitterly cold. Well start out with sunshine and high clouds will streak in. It will be basically dry today, but uncomfortable. Right now these are temperatures were at 15 degrees in philadelphia. 11 in wilmington. Just 8 degrees on the thermometer in trenton, 12 in allentown. 9 in reading, 2 below in millville, new jersey. Just 11 in wilmington. As we take a look at the winds they are not all that strong but they are forcing worst windchills it feels like 6 degrees in philadelphia. 14 below in millville. 11 in wilmington, thats the same as the temperature here because winds are calm currently, feels like 4 in allentown. Every now and then a little bit of a wind blowing up temporarily and making it feel colder. As we roll through the day, 12 degrees at 7 00 p. M. In philadelphia. Inching back up to 23 by noon. The high this afternoon 27 windchills making it feel like the upper teens or low 20s at the bes
Were getting you ready for another bitter blast of arctic air in the tri state region as we deal with ice and snow on the sidewalks and roads which can make it a hazardous start to the day. Award winning Actress Meryl Streep gives a golden globe speech that has everyone silent in the audience and her words were directed to the president elect. Lets go over to david murphy talking about this cold and karen rogers talking about the bit of an icy commute. Good morning. Reporter its definitely a cold start if you were out yesterday you noticed the cold and the wind not as windy this morning, as you take a look at cloud cover its out to the west. Well start out with early sunshine, i think the clouds streak in pretty quick, we wind up with a clouds and sun mix through the day. Temperatures are on the cold side. 15 degrees in philadelphia. Thats a three degree improvement over the last hour. 12 in wilmington, and allentown. 11 in trenton. 1 in millville. The windchills even though the winds
A terrifying ordeal and police are praising the brave 19yearold woman for being able to fight back and escape. She was in the fight of her life. Thats her handled at his throat. So she was in the fight of her life and she fought him off. Reporter we showed People Living in the neighborhood pictures of the suspect who is described as a 37yearold black man about fiveseven and 225 pounds. Police say he was wearing a black hooterred sweatshirt and black pants. No one we talked to recognized him. Residents are disturbed by the news and hoping for a quick arrest. I wonder if she had any kind of training or had anybody tell her, you know, dont freeze in that moment, like fight, scream, yell, yell fire, do something. You know, to get away. Theres a balance between fighting back and being smart and i think that she probably, you know, took a little bit of a risk but im glad that she did and im glad that the guy didnt hurt her any more than he did. Reporter and tonight detectives say that they a
Hill area. Bensalem looking at some of that moderate rainfall but a lot of lightning. Thunder activity across the area so if you hear thunder you can be struck by lightning. Also moving into south jersey, sections of central delaware, some very heavy rainfall right now. Moving through sections of kent county. So this is really round one. Take a look to the west. The actual cold front that will continue to head in our direction and we have some sunshine in between these two linelines that were watching so that will help to destabilize the atmosphere. The other concern, through late tonight a Flash Flood Watch posted for the entire area. Watching out for the threat. Heavy rain that is the highest threat. Watching for damaging winds and also the potential is there for some hail out of these systems. As we watch what to expect, a line of slow moving showers and thunderstorms ponding on the roads. If you encounter flooded roadways, turn around, dont drown. As we progress throughout the over
It adds time my commute. I was happy that the trains running. Reporter no one wants to face a rail strike in february when the snow is flying. Davidavid henry channel~6 actin news. No snow is flying here. Adam is soaking up the sunshine. A great start to the work week. We have lots of sunshine. A few clouds into the average. 85 in wilmington. A nice sea breeze at shore. Temperatures in the lower 70s. So we are approaching 90 degrees. S in the lower 70s. But not there just yet. As we take a look at doubleheaderdewpointsits a mean fairefahrenheit. That is when we say its humid and oppressive when to gets to 60 degrees. You have to go hours away to harrisburg and State College even in pittsburgh that is five or six hours away. Spotty downpours are popping up. Showers will push through. If they do its around sunset or after. You see raleigh and nashville at 93 degrees. Hello to the 90s. The first time its going to happen tomorrow in 2014. 91 degrees we are expecting. That is nine months si