Myself, years, years after doing this show. And im rosemary connors. Its 5 30 on this saturday. Thanks for being with us. Obviously dray new to weekend mornings. Yeah, happy to be here. Glad to have you with us. Thank you. Onehalf hour under your belt. The beat goes on. And three more hours ahead. Meteorologist krystal klei is with us this morning as well and shes tracking a gray and gloomy start this weekend and to marathon weekend in philly, fill us in, krystal. This is a mixed weekend, rain for some of the weekend and then some drying with cooling temperatures. A lot going on. We are starting quite cold out there. 28 right now in allentown, were at 26 in mt. Holly. And philadelphia just a little better off at 36 degrees, the current reading. Although with the light breeze its feeling more like about freezing and some spots below. So bundle up as you head out the door, those getting ready for the big run, this is what were looking at right now. Clouds are increasing across the area.
First alert neighborhood forecast with meteorologist krystal klei and the most accurate forecast in town. Krystal. Good morning, guys. Were looking at a pretty cold start out there. Temperatures for some f us in the 20s. Were at 28 in allentown, 26 mt. Holly and 28 in vineland. Wilmington, youre right at freezing 32 degrees. And philadelphia now has fallen to 34 degrees, so just above freezing but even the lightest breeze is making it feel like we are below freezing. So layer up as you head out the door. Thats your best chance as you get out there. Now, for those runners youre going to look up at the sky, its still dark right now but may notice increasing clouds. Dont worry, i think the rains going to mostly fall after the Half Marathon is done today. But we are getting cloudier conditions ahead of that rain as it moves towards us and its moving quickly about 40 Miles Per Hour chugging along to the east. Its heading our direction and will be here by late morning, north and west neighbo
Marathon runners. Take a look at temperatures right now in philadelphia, 42 degrees, low 40s, wind not terribly breezy quite yet and the rain is not here yet. So a dry run. 32 degrees in reading right now. Were at 41 in wilmington and dovers at 39. Check out rehoboth beach, the marina near atlantic city, these numbers near 50 degrees to start. With the warm air flow coming in from the southwest today, some of these numbers are going to approach 60 as we get into the afternoon hours. Thats because we have warm front moving our way. This is the front side of the storm system thats moving our direction. And that rain is going to make it to us by late morning and then those early afternoon hours. And then its going to be on off moving throughout the afternoon, the evening, even early tomorrow. Remember i mentioned that warm front . Check this out, low to mid 50s this afternoon in philly, starts to cool a little bit, then theres the warm front. We start warming overnight. Not your typical p
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But defining the middle class is much easier said than done. According to an American Community survey from 2013, to be considered middle class in pennsylvania, you need a Median Household Income of about 52,000 a year. In new jersey, its 70,000. And in delaware, about 58,000. But theres more to those numbers. Where the middle class lives, what they do, how they think may have as much of an impact when it comes to defining the middle class as their salary. Joining me now are two experts who know more about the middle class in our area than just about anybody. Larry eichel is the director of the Philadelphia Research initiative for the Pew Charitable trusts. The initiative released an extensive report on the citys middle class several years ago. Also joining the conversation, ira goldstein, the president of policy solutions for reinvestment fund. Reinvestment fund has done Expansive Research on philadelphias middle class neighborhoods. Thank you both for coming in. Larry eichel great to