Our crews will be out salting. Reporter hanging on every word of the forecast for tomorrow, Area School Districts trying to decide with snow falling threequarters of the school day, should they Cancel School or send them home early . That story coming up at 5 00. Live in Norristown Doug shimell, nbc10 news. When were not on the air, you can count on the First Alert Weather Team and our digital team to bring you the latest snow forecast directly to your mobile device with the nbc10 news petkovic. If you dont already have this, download it now. Its for your smartphone or your tablet, before this next system moves in. If schools let out tomorrow can you counsel on nbc10 and the digital team to let you know about it as soon as it happens. Well alert you via text or email immediately. All youve got to do is go to nbc10. Com, Search School closings and then sign up. Breaking news right now. A guilty verdict in the racketeering trial of a longtime philly union boss. Minutes ago 73yearold Jose
Hours, it will move into the western suburbs and portions of the i95 corridor. Thats at 3 00 this afternoon. To the south and east we have a mix. Thats some sleet across portions of delaware and south jersey and rain as well. Thats at 5 00 in the afternoon. But as the atmosphere cools, that all changes to snow. And the snow will continue accumulating during the evening hours. So this morning things are pretty quiet. A few icy spots possible. 30 degrees at 7 00. By 9 00 clouds are increasing, 31 degrees. And the first snowflakes arriving in parts of the area especially the western suburbs at lunchtime with a temperature in philadelphia at just above freezing at 33 degrees. Well take you through the future weather hour by hour and right on into the end of this event when im back in ten minutes. But first well go to traffic reporter jillian mele. Good morning to you, bill im starting off with a live look at 295 near route 70. No accidents or delays. The new jersey turnpike looks good. Sam
Temperatures out there. We are live monitoring the weather conditions and checking on any dangerous Road Conditions that could impact your morning plans. Well begin with meteorologist bill henley in the first alert forecast. Bill, no rain out there this morning. No. And its not anything similar to what we had yesterday. Its only the areas that are not dried up overnight that are seeing refreezing this morning. Notice a few flurries in the pocano mountains. There are a few isolated showers, very light stuff that is blowing in from the north and west. Meantime inland in philadelphia we are seeing the temperatures right around freezing or just below for much of the area. Pottstown, doylestown, just below freezing this morning or right at freezing for wrightstown. And a few flurries moving in north and west so dont be surprised to see those. A few icy spots for those area that is did not completely dry up and were not treated last night. They are out there. 32 degrees at 7 00. Temperatures
Ill go over how much smoe well get in my full forecast. Thank you. Nbc10s doug shimell continuing our live coverage tonight in North Montgomery county. Road crews are telling you theyre ready this time around. Its a different situation from the icy mess we saw on sunday . Exactly. Penndot says sundays icing was more difficult to predict and imagine but they believe tomorrows snow should be much more straightforward. The ice that did this on sunday cant happen again, according to penndot. Its why john bolt and phil wideman have been out pouring thousands of gallons of brine in advance of wednesdays snow. It wont be a heavy, accumulating snow but the timing is such it will be in the afternoon so the evening rush hour on wednesday, motorists will need to get themselves extra time. Our crews will be salting. Reporter the early afternoon snow is at the end of the school day which means superintendents like upper marians Jane Callahan have to decide whether to Cancel School or send kids home
The Franconia Springfield parkfd away. Lets look at the cameras,ras, eastbound 66, heavy volume in in manassas and traffic will slowsw from fair oaks toward 123, no accidents to report on the end of theth beltway, lanes will opn on southbound 270, delays are da starting to form on father hurley boulevard, and headedd toward 270, and approaching appr Montrose Road, heavy volume allm the way out toward the split. Quick look at the maps, northbound i295, accident activity at malcom x avenue, stay to the left in order to get by. Thats a check of the fox 5 on time traffic. All right, julie, thank you. We want to begin with breakh news from a 46a huge explosions over the mall in kenyas capita and smoke is now rising. Youre looking a live picture, hostage standoff is more thane two days old. Ys it started with panickedcked shoppers running for cover after terrorists ordered all nonmuslims to leave and then started opening fire. Fi. 68 are now dead, some 175 are hurt including four americans.