Still bringing in cold air. Its plenty cold to our west. We have the first alert continuing. Its going to be at its worst. Lehigh valley, poconos are the worst. They will be issuing another first alert for sunday and monday. And then less wind tonight. Plus more clouds will make it a little bit more tolerable than it would be otherwise. Its 19 degrees in philadelphia now. 14 in reading. 4 in mount pocono. And the feels like in single digits. You notice lancaster at 15. The wind has died down there. Thats a good sign. Its going to feel like this all night. Tomorrow morning, it will be almost this cold. So we dont have major relief for awhile. We do have snow thats going to being in for the part of the weekend. Well tell you how cold its going to get early next week coming up. The dangerous cold is make ing the mummers question whether the parade can go on. The Mummers Organization says they met today to discuss what to do because of the weather. But they say a final decision wont be mad
Blast thats coming up towards new years eve. A lot of traffic out there. You have to go pretty far south to get out of the cold. Its 83 degrees in south florida in miami. How about that . 8 00 a. M. Tomorrow, well be issuing another first alert for sunday into monday. Well get into those details perhaps tomorrow. And then the winds will be diminishing tonight. So it wont be quite as brutal tomorrow morning as it was this morning. But its pretty brutal and its hanging around. Look at these high temperatures compared to the average high of 42. By sunday a high of only 22. So no big improvement. 16 coatesville. Reading at 17. 5 in the poconos. Allentown feels like 4. Wilmington, 4. Lancaster, 5. So were not doing very well here. You can see them staying pretty steady for the rest of the night. Less brutal tomorrow. Well talk about snow coming this weekend and even colder air early next week. People across our area are doing what they can to find refugee fr from the cold. The mall was a a
At the jersey shore, four family members are dead and a 16yearold boy is in custody for the killings. Police are were called to a house on wall street in monmouth county. Weve learned the 16yearold boy used an Assault Rifle to kill his mother, grandmother and two other family members. No word yet on what sparked the violence. Mummers will be trying to stay warm as they plan to continue their annual strutting condition, they voted to continue with their new years day parade despite the cold. Matt, what exactly will be done to help keep these guys warm . Reporter well, there are going to be hand warmers are ha organizers are handing out to the folks. A lot of these bands prepare all year for this and today is their big day. It is new years day and of course it is mummers day. Of course you have the police here blocking off the start of the parade route along marcus by city hall. In fact over there just past that police car, you might be able to see some of the floats that are ready to go
Only 11 degrees though and feels like 2. Just brutally cold. Your three day outlook, philadelphia 19 today, 31 by wednesday, but that is as warm as it will get this week. And we could see some snow on thursday. Suburbs, you are looking at 17 today, 32 by wednesday. 16 in the lehigh valley, up to 30 by wednesday. Were 20 in new jersey today with plenty of sunshine out there. Up to 35 by wednesday. Lets go to the jersey shore, up to 34 by wednesday. And finally in delaware, you will see 20 today, up to 34 by wednesday. Now lets check the traffic. Well go back to the crash on the boulevard, but first take a look, this is a ramp on 76, so the eastbound westbound ramp that gets you northbound to the boulevard, they are closed down right now. Police are blocking that off. So where exactly is this crash . It is northbound between the schuylkill expressway and wissahickon avenue. All lanes are blocked. There are reports of an overturned vehicle. We have a crew on the way. Overall drive times t
5 in trenton. 6 in wilmington, 8 in millville. When you factor in the wind which is not all that strong were looking at windchill values below zero. Feels like 3 below currently. 4 below in allentown and wilmington and trenton. 8 below in reading. Theres the ten below in lancaster. These temperatures and windchills moderate a bit during the day, but it will be better straight into the afternoon even after the advisory expires. Im going for a high of 19 even though it says 20. The model are overshooting the high because we have snow cover now. If we stay in the teens, it will be first day since 1918 thats from my producer paul trum best bebeat them we have moderation in the next couple of days that will be good, matt after that all eyes on a coastal storm possibly coming by on thursday, details coming up. Happening today, the show mug on, the mummers will strut down broad street despite the frigid temperatures. John rawlins is live at the quaker city string band clubhouse where performe