Carabeo. Jim and rahel are off today. This is just the start of the frigid forecast and this weekend we may even be able to see some snowflakes out there. Meteorologist Kate Fehlinger is live in the Weather Center this noon monitoring what it could feel like for your new years celebration, katie. It will be brutally cold right through that time frame, jan. We were feeling as cold as below zero in a lot of outlying suburbs to the north and west. It felt at the worst as cold as 20 below zero in the poconos. Understandably that was a sewn that had a wind advisory which has gone out of effect but it hasnt gotten a lot better even since then. Let me show you currently just the wind speeds. You know, this is the x factor. This is what you need to account for when you walk out the door. So i could show you the actual air temperatures but id rather show you the feelslike values because this is what you want to use as a gauge when you walk out the door. You know, it feels even still like its 12
Degrees by 9 00 oclock with that bitter cold, bundle up at 11 00 temperatures dropping to 13. It will feel like the Single Digits once again tonight. I will have more in the full forecast but for now back to you. Chelsea, thank you. While we think we have it bad imagine how philadelphians felt 200 years ago during the coldest winters. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt has Historical Perspective as he joins us live from Franklin Square in center city with more on that. David. Reporter big light show going on right now. People outside. It doesnt seem to bother them single digit wind chills going on right now. I have to tell you it made me think about going back in time and thinking about these cold winters during the revolutionary war. It feels like the Single Digits in philadelphia, and it is not letting up. These are the faces of the american revolution, images of men and women who lived during the brutal winters of the late 1770s, in pennsylvania, new jersey, and delaware. The peri
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
Year but even as we head into next weekend. So we are stuck in the deep freeze. Take look at current feels like temperatures. 3 degrees below zero. Thats what it feels like in millville. Feels like nine in philadelphia. Feels like 16 degrees below zero in mount pocono. So cold again for the overnight. Temperatures back into the teens to Single Digits area wide. Were looking pretty cold. And then watching the clock as we head toward the upcoming weekend for a clipper that will be on the move so coming up well talk about how much snowfall to expect out of that system and when temperatures might try and rebound above freezing. Back over to you. All right. Thank you very much, scott. So there you go. Its going stay cold and the show must go on. Thats why many philadelphians are saying tonight after these bitter temps threaten one of our citys most popular traditions. People come from all over to watch the annual mummers parade but this bonechilling weather may postpone the big event for th
Into the lower 48. Not only for the end of this year but even as we head into next weekend. So we are stuck in the deep freeze. Take look at current feels like temperatures. 3 degrees below zero. Thats what it feels like in millville. Feels like nine in philadelphia. Feels like 16 degrees below zero in mount pocono. So cold again for the overnight. Temperatures back into the teens to Single Digits area wide. Were looking pretty cold. And then watching the clock as we head toward the upcoming weekend for a clipper that will be on the move so coming up well talk about how much snowfall to expect out of that system and when temperatures might try and rebound above freezing. Back over to you. All right. Thank you very much, scott. So there you go. Its going stay cold and the show must go on. Thats why many philadelphians are saying tonight after these bitter temps threaten one of our citys most popular traditions. People come from all over to watch the annual mummers parade but this bonech