Back to you. Please come back inside. People are coping with this bitter blast as best as they can, Eyewitness News cameras in center city where those out and aut, of course , bundled up. Temperatures in the 20s and chil wind left many longing for warmer days ahead. Among those braving the chill, some visitors, from australia. Probably coldest it has ever been, painfully cold but refreshing. Makes you feel alive. It is, bloody cold to be mpletely honest. It is freezing. My feet are freezing. My nose is frozen. Everything is frozen but it is so much fun. Welcome to philadelphia everyone we talk with said layers were key in the effort to try to keep warm. Par under a snow emergency. The area was blanketed with a record, 53 inches of snow, in less than 36 hours. The emergency declation will allow officials to bring in more resources, the stormost 3 w on Christmas Day alone and another 2 feet have snow fell yesterday and forecasters say more is on the way. Officialare urging residents to s
Completely meaningless. Are glad, but it is the cowboys, so you want to pummel them. Beat them big time. Good day everyone, it is wednesday, december 27th, 2017. And did we mention that it is cold . It is freaking. Very cold. In fact, i heard, sue, that this is probably the coldest, because it will be here for awhile, the longest cold snap that weve had since 2,004. Jep, dont expect temperatures to get above freezing, any more, in the in te foreseeable future. Thank you for that. Yesterday was 33, hope you enjoyed that balmy 33 degrees. So now this is what i am thinking. Okay, so this is the longest one, we are bea to have, 20,004, talking about eagles, havent had a season it good since 2,004. Maybe right now just repeating the year 2,004 . May. Time capsule. Right. Now im wondering what else happened in 2004 so we can be prepared. Here are thing i look up. Facebook launched in 2,004, maybe relaunch with something. Janet jackson wardrobe malfunction, so were repeat that year. Rumors sh
Above freezing. If you can itsmportant to avoid being outside for a long period of time today because the cold will of course be dangerous. Fficials are not tak with snow this week. They are putting brine down across the state. These trucks were on kirkwood highway in elsmere. Lets to adam joseph with the first word from accuweather. The first day a long stretch of arctic air and temperatures below freezing and in fact we are 24 hours in with the temperatures below 32 degrees and the forecast calls for at least 7 more days with highs at least in the 20s. And that will freeze up some ponds and lakes and stre dont want to venture out over any water that even looks to be frozen unless it is monitored by officials and they tell you that it is safe to go out on. As we look at satellite 6 along with action radar at least its create across the country. A few showers in the northern part of florida and weak system in the northern plains. But no big storms for the rest of this work week. 15 win
Lots of sunshine on the way its a day where it just not going to matter all mucres, as you step outside weve cleared out overnight the have responded by droppinglphia. 12 inllentown. Rtheswindchills. 14 in wilmington, 14 in millville. 18 in cape t any would be bad enough, but we have a breeze it feel like 3 in philadelphia. 2 below in trenton. Zero in allentown. Weve dipped to 4 below in reading,urrently. And 1 below in wilmington. 4 in millville. Cape may 8degree windchill even there you have to bundle up and cover up, as we go outside not only this morning but throughout the afternoon. Here the numbers well get to a high of 23 around there at 3 00 p. M. Lots of sun but bitterly cold. The windchill is a factor with the wind gusting as high as 25 Miles Per Hour during the day. Single digit windchills in philadelphia. Right up through 1 00, 2 00, well get to 10 after that. In the poconos theres a windchill advisory until noon, windchills ten to 15 degrees below zero on the slopes this m
Effect until 1 00 a. M. Tonight it feels more like 12 degrees below zero. As we head throughout the evening just keep in mind wind chills will be in the Single Digits we will continue with the bitter cold by 9 00 with the mercury dropping to around 15 degrees, 13 by 11 00. As i mentioned it will get colder as we head in the start of 2018, plus we have a chance for snow heading our way this weekend we will have details coming up in just a bit. Thank you. If you have been outside today you know how harsh that bitter blast feels like especially when it hits your face. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt is live at Franklin Square fountain with a look at the impact of the sudden cold. It doesnt look good, david. Reporter yeah, you know, i know what it feels like. We had in idea there would be a light show but Perfect Timing for tv, little nut cracker, Holiday Festival in Franklin Square. Reason we came is to show you this frozen fountain. It thousand dollars out a couple hours ago and sta