Prepared as you head out and go about your day. Meteorologist krystal klei is tracking that big chill outside. Krystal, fill us in. Exactly, rosemary, this is a continuation of the bitter cold we dealt with yesterday. Hopefully you stayed indoors all day long yesterday, thats what i did, because it was just cold the entire day. In fact, throughout friday the temperatures actually fell instead of picked up like they typically would. And theyve been continuing to fall throughout the night. So take a look at what temperatures feel like now. This is factoring in the winds as well as that arctic blast thats hit over us. 10 right now in pottstown and 14 degrees in philadelphia. 12 the current feels like in wilmington. And 14 degrees in trenton. Look at mt. Pocono, feeling like only 5 degrees outside. This is a multiple layer, big coat, boots on kind of morning if you have to get out the door. If you dont, id stay inside with a cup of coffee. Radar and satellite shows we dont have any clouds
Is still hanging around out there this morning. The big chill is on. Our First Alert Weather Team has issued a first alert. They did that yesterday because of the blast of arctic air. It continues this morning. What does a first alert mean . It means we want to make sure youre prepared, little shock to the system because we had temperatures that were so warm over the past week. Some neighborhoods this morning have already set record cold temperatures and others may continue to fall. First alert meteorologist krystal klei is keeping us up to speed with all the details. Krystal, fill us in. It habiterly co habiterlsy cold. Areas like trenton, wilmington and allentown. We have cold afternoons, not just cold in the morning but even the afternoon hours we dont see much of a warmup both today and even tomorrow. But heres the good news, were seeing some slight warming in the trend moving forward. A little bit of a pickup tomorrow, bit of a more pickup or rather more of a pickup on your monday
Take steps to protect the homeless. Philadelphia and other parts of our area have a code blue in effect today. In philly the Homeless Outreach overnight has brought at least 50 people to warm indoor places. All seemingly back to normal after weather caused some traffic problems. Skyforce 10 was overhead following black ice issue last night. We normally dont see salt trucks until december or january. It was closed for a time but back open this morning. With the burst of bitter air cranked up, folks are adding on the layers for events this weekend. One of those events the annual rocky run. Nbc10s Randy Gyllenhaal is live at the rocky run by the Philadelphia Museum of art. Randy. Reporter good morning, rosemary. Were live here on the rocky steps. And despite that frigid cold youve been talking about there are a lot of Outdoor Events today, both for veterans day and as you mentioned the big rocky balboa annual run. Thousands of people out here on the rocky steps doing their best sylvester