Colorado. Going to beaver creek. Hopefully we will get snow. Reporter carla kline and her family are heading to the slopes this thanksgiving holiday. Heading into Philadelphia International airport they are hoping to avoid the holiday rush. I would be there but they came from panama yesterday and it took me two and a half hours to get to the airport last night yeah, so traffic was really bad but today was a breeze, no traffic at all. Reporter midday on the ]jbusiest travel day of thes were the lack of long lines. So far, so good we came early. Flight is supposed to be at 4 30. We just wanted to avoid hustle and bustle so we came early. Im surprised our flight anxiety we chose to come early and so far it looks good. Reporter rick fox and his family breezed through airport check in on their way to chicago. Im really excited. Spend time with my husbands family. So we will get sometime off. Reporter earlier in the day lines formed quickly at this tsa security checkpoint as travelers tried
People were great. Most of the people that come in, and, you know, they get bad rap, people bumm rushing the door, everybody was actually really nice, everything relatively quiet. So, you know, so yes, give shout out to all of the people getting up early this morning, i know that you guys are getting your gifts, and all of that kind of good thing, and a lot of fun when youre into the shopping on black friday morning, myself, not necessarily too big on getting up and standing in line, but if you are, it is a clear and cold start to the day on this black friday, you see on storm scan3, there is not a whole lot out there. Very quiet scene when you have clear skies, like we had with the exception every maybe few high clouds around the Lehigh Valley and the poconos, couple of that with very quiet and calm winds. You see, wind speeds right now maybe as high as just about 5 miles an hour in fill, but calm across the board, colder temperatures, and what we have risen a degree in philly from 31
Reporter we have that cow back on the farm. We have a Winter Weather advisory posted early this morning from the National Weather service. Youll notice its mainly south jersey and delaware, and the city of philadelphia and Delaware County in these counties between 1 00 p. M. And 9 00 p. M. Were expecting 1 to 3 inches of snow. Ill caution there will be some accumulation up to allentown and reading, as well. Not as much. But the problem is the time period in the evening commute that might make things slippery today. Looking at satellite well see sunshine and clouds filling in quickly this morning. In allentown, the temperatures had a dipped to 10 degrees. One thing i can tell you theres not much wind out there, so we dont have to worry about windchill. Ten have very cold. 18 in reading. 25 in wilmington philadelphia, 21 in wilmington, 18 in trenton. As we roll through the day, sun is possible, 29 degrees by noon. I think the snow in philadelphia probably holds off until 1 00 p. M. , 2 0
On the west coat will becoast we this afternoon. Reporter omar jimenez reporting. While the ntsb works to determine this crash it brings back memories of the crash that happened here in that Port Richmond just two years ago. Amtrak train 188 derailed in may 2015. Eight people were killed and more than 200 others were injured in that incident. The train was traveling 106 miles an hour in a 50 Miles Per Hour speed zone. Investigators determined that the engineer was distracted by an incident with a nearby train. In september, a judge dismissed charges against that engineer. You can follow the latest developments of the fatal amtrak derailment on 6abc. Com. You can watch video from the scene in washington state. Pennsylvania state senator day lon leach released a new statement. John rawlins live in Center City Philadelphia this afternoon with the very latest including john some reaction from the governor. Reporter thats correct. Leach is a state senator who has ambitions his goal in 2018
And overnight into tomorrow morning in the very least we are looking at snow arriving and theres a winter storm watch highlighted in these bright pink shades along the coastal counties of delaware and new jersey and an advisory has been posted up to the Delaware River and then up through dover in delaware. In all of these areas travel could be difficult especially overnight tonight and then in through tomorrow morning. In terms of whats going on right now, though, again, sunshine a plenty a little later this morning and then this cloud cover that you see welling up from the south in association with that approaching coastal storm will start to overtake us as we go through the day. Temperatures on the way out the door are still qualifying for coat weather definitely and heavy coat at that. 11 degrees in trenton, 16 degrees in philadelphia. 12 in wilmington. We drop to four in allentown and just 2 degrees in reading. A little bit better down through south jersey. Some spots in the mid sp