Were talking about. The big time rain pours in here this evening and tonight. Heres the temperature, just rises on up. Computer model has it at 57 by 6 00. Therell be rumbles of thunder this evening and pouring rain with street and highway flooding. We talk about that next. Heather is looking at your commute . Hows it going out there so far . Reporter an hour and a half at laguardia sph youre going to pick somebody up. Jfk and newark on or close to schedule, but you want to get in touch with your individual carrier. Island on the cross island north the bell boulevard has been cleared away. Delays remain, however. Then as you go onto routes 1 and 9 south, newark, right near wilson avenue, that earlier accident has been cleared away. We still have a delay as you go through that spot. The accident on the garden state parkway local lanes north right near exit 114, the accident is on the shoulder. Its causing a little bit of a delay, but really nothing serious, but you just want to take it
You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. Mr. Freeze himself. Well, it is going to be cold and today will feel balmy compared to whats out there right now. 18, 12, down the shore. 11, you see poughkeepsie, 3 monticello. Weve got a lot of wind from 8, 16, 14 Miles Per Hour. Thats dying down a little from winds. We have windchills in the Single Digits around brooklyn and queens, around jamaica bay. Single digit windchills, and monticello. Today well be looking at a temperature in the upper 20s. Thats it. Then the arctic blast comes up heather has an accident on the fdr. Thats right. As you go to the northbound side on 116th street, an accident and a couple of lanes close down as you head through that spot. Atrain some track work so downtown trains are bypassing diekmann street. In the truck lane, we have an accident, so everybodys going to be forced off to the car lanes in the meantime. Then we have the George Washington bridge. As you go to the lower level und
40 mileperhour gusts in the last hour in new. The winds are taking down clouds from the great lakes. Let me show you a couple of snow showers. Weve hadalls out of the philly area and now the newest squall is from edge over to madison park and haslett. Parkway. I95 near East Brunswick could have a quick coating making things slippery. This is the fist of two pushes of arctic air. The one that comes late friday night is so much worse. Single digit windchills tonight. Were in the 20s and take a step back before the next wave of cold comes in. That arrives Early Saturday Morning with the potential of a snow squall that could coat the ground and then the bitter winds during the afternoon. Saturday afternoon into sunday. The record low on sunday morning is 2 set back in 1916. We have a great shot at that based on what i just saw. Even lower. Weve got great common sense tips to pass along to help you prepare your home and family for the cold. Well get you through it. The sevenday forecast is
Well also talk about temperatures in the 50s for the weekend. Weather and traffic together every seven minutes. Heathers looking at the trains whats going on . Reporter yeah, there is a new Jersey Transit, metro north, they are doing just fine. Our Subway Service is also running on or close to schedule. This is a look at the fdr drive doing very well. We had an earlier accident right here. We also had construction as you go southbound. That construction vehicle is still blocking the right lane, but its really not causing major delays as a result. Were also taking a look at the new england throughway as you go southbound right near exit 18. That is an accident. You have two lanes closed off as you go through this spot. This deegan accident has been cleared away. This is the George Washington bridge. You can see the bridge is doing just fine coming into the city. Leaving the city, no major issues there. You have a minor delay coming into the tolls of the George Washington bridge. Delays
Out when the tree fell. No one was home at the time including the homeowner. He says he discovered this when he came home earlier this afternoon. The room in the back thats the most badly damaged is that of his 9monthold son. Heres what he had to say. The one of the branches scraped up the whole room. Water damage and another smaller room in the back of the house. And the roof is also messed up. Branches and debris all over the place basically. Reporter its unclear if the tree that fell was a weather related event. But the rain caused all kinds of problems. We have video of flooding in hackensack, new jersey where sheets of rain were coming down. The Fire Department is still on the scene, securing the area and closing the street right the homeowner will be allowed back inside in a little while. We apologize about the signal with valorie. We are having some live issues because of the signal. Probably due to the weather. And so are others, the power problems across the area. Pseg long is