Storms come through the area. Meteorologist chris sowers is at the action news big board with details on what to expect. Reporter good morning, gray, the funny thing the cooler air that comes in tomorrow, any normal february, it wont be that bad, but it will feel so much colder compared to this. These were record highs, philadelphia, 74. Tied the record. Reading, trenton, allentown and poconos, reading and allentown, 77. Trenton, 75. Were starting out mild, the normal high for this time of the year is 46 that usually occurs around 3 00 p. M. It is 7 00 a. M. Were pushing 60 in the philadelphia. Allentown, 61. Poconos 54. Trenton, 56. So heres double scan live we set it in motion for you, hefty line of showers and thunderstorms approaching from the west. Pittsburgh is getting wet. Buffalo heavy downpours, this will slide east over the next 1 hours or so, as things start to heat up, later this afternoon, the atmosphere become unstable as the front slides through into the unstable air mas
And the police cars are there to help you get along here. Lets show whats affected now. The left lane of the parkway is closed from the acheins oval to spring gardens. The area in front of the museum steps are closed. And kelly drive lost a lane between 25th and the parkway. We did see crews getting ready last night, getting the roads set up for this closure that is going to be in effect for a few weeks. We also talked with drivers about what this will do to their ride to work. This is my route to work every morning. It will definitely be inconvenient. I think its worth it. Philadelphias a great city. It will be great to be on a National Stage for such an awesome event. Reporter this are still three more phases of closures that you can expect to find here by the art museum the next few weeks. Phase two starts next wednesday, the 19th. The inner lanes of the ben franklin parkway will be closed from aikens, then phase three on the 24th including the parkway which will be closed from the
Where temperatures are in the 60s and upper 70s. The Lehigh Valley and delaware. A beautiful junelike day for us, unusual. Ill take you through it hour by hour to show how quickly temperatures climb when i come back in ten minutes. First, Jessica Boyington has your first alert traffic. Thanks. Route 38 in morristown, new jersey, looks good so far. Our cameras around nixon drive. You see east and westbound lanes, looking okay. Roads are dry there, as well. Not a lot of cars on the road there. Were also watching a few other roads, as well. Heres the blue route. Drive times look good, as well. We looked at cameras around the Germantown Pike on ramp, we look good. Southbound, the most will take you 15 minutes. The normal drive times for now. From the schuylkill to 95, speeds into the 60s there. Well end with mass transit. There was a shooting in this area in southwest philly. So septas route 11 service is being interrupted. Theyre shuttle bussing passengers between 40th street portal and 5
Ill take you through it hour by hour to show how quickly temperatures warm up in your neighborhood when im back in ten minutes. Dont go away. First, Jessica Boyington has your first alert traffic. Thanks. 4 22. Heres our cameras around trooper road. So usually cant use the camera until later when we start to see the sun come up a little bit because its dark in this area. But eastbound here is where were watching now toward the schuylkill expressway. No problems or delays. An eightminute trip from 29 to the schuylkill expressway. Speeds in the mid or early 60s. Also watching mass transit, septas route 11 Service Interrupted because of a shooting in this area in southwest philly. Shuttle bussing is in effect between 40th street portal to 58th street due to Police Activity around the area. Watch for closures in the area, as well. Either way, just check before you go there. Well end on the p. A. Turnpike. Drive times, 21 minutes in both directions. West and east, route 1 to valley forge. T
Thanks for being with us. It is 5 00 this saturday. We have some warm weather to start our weekend. Meteorologist krystal klei is looking at conditions outside in the first alert neighborhood forecast. Good morning, krystal. Good morning, rosemary. This is a forecast one for saturday and one for sunday. Huge differences between the two. Today a warm forecast. Sun and clouds move in through the afternoon and building thicker into the evening. Thats because as we move into tonight, we will see serious changes to the forecast. Rain starting to move in and winds starting to strengthen. Very windy weather moving in by sunday as well as much colder temperatures. Cold enough in some areas north and west of philadelphia, a rain snow mix is possible overnight into early parts of tomorrow morning. Look at the temperatures. 39 in allentown. 37 in mount holly. Upper 30s for atlantic city. No problem, not a bad start to the tomorrow. Tomorrow youll wish those numbers are on the board. Right now, ra