So, zooming in on philadelphia right now, you can see this is generally freezing rain, little bit of sleet mixed in. Manayunk where weve got the hills could be a big problem. I95 its falling. Fortunately most of the major roads have been treated. The secondary roads definitely concerned. Its a little bit heavier in northeast philadelphia. Also through jenkintown and frankford. As we zoom in, its beginning to migrate east of the new jersey turnpike. Very slowly. Its very light but do notice out in the northwestern suburbs where they generally got the snow, that is shutting off right now and as far as the snow, the snow will really be ending. Its generally just the freezing rain and the rain. Sole,. So wilmington light freezing rain, salem new jersey also bridgeton. Its continuing to push to the east. So weve got Winter Weather advisories in effect until 9 oclock for essentially philadelphia, the northwest suburbs again allentown reading and lancaster its over for you but it will take lo
We begin this noon with an accuweather alert. Are you looking live at the soggy scene at Philadelphia International airport. We have been dealing with rain all morning and it is not stopping any time soon. Its friday afternoon and rick and sara are off. Im alicia vitarelli. And im gray hall. The other big story we are following this noon is the farewell to a fallen hero. Family and friends and colleagues are paying respects to lieutenant matt letourneau. The 42yearold was killed last saturday as they battled arow home fire in south philadelphia. Amy mccormick joins us. Reporter that is right. The mourners are braving this heavy rain to come out here and pay their respects. More than 1,000 people are estimated to be in attendance today. And they are in the basilica both sitting and standing and they have opened the chapel next door to accommodate everyone. Inside of the funeral mass for philadelphia firefighter 42yearold lieutenant, matt letourneau, mourners came to sew their support an
We are looking at snow moving through most of the region. Snow changing over from rain in philadelphia right now. Storm tracker6 live double scan shows it to you every time we look at this radar that snow line is pushed farther to the east and now its past philadelphia. What were seeing in the city is very light and were only expecting about a coating maybe a couple spots up and down i95 get up to an inch. Northern suburbs have filed piled up a little bit more. Only snow amounts is from North Catasauqua to the north of allentown and youre at about 1. 9inches as of 3 30 and probably more than that now. Snow starting to lessen a little bit but definitely impacting the early part of the morning commute and probably not totally getting out of here until between about 8 oclock and 9 oclock this morning. 34 degrees right now in philadelphia. But dont be fooled. There are some spots that havent been treated. Theyre a little bit cooler in and around these areas so even though weve got numbers
The passion then to what theyre feeling today, um, im excited for them. For our fans, and u are you know theyre a lot like us. I mean weve been underdogs, you know, are to the last couple of weeks and our fans feel that and they understand that. Even for players who have been to this stage before, playing on this eagles team is incredibly memorable. I came here, you know, for an opportunity to do something special, and, you know, were doing it. So we have a long season. We lost warriors on the way. And we kept grinding and fought through it. They really are a special team. Doug pederson did get some sleep last night. He said went home after the game to celebrate with family. Coming up later the eagles have one game left and some Unfinished Business against the patriots. Hear from the team later at 6 00. Lucy. Take two. I kind of like the odds this time around, kristen. A lot of fans are no doubt dreaming of making the trip to minneapolis for the super bowl. Prices for game tickets and
Here with satellite and radar and we can see how that rain has started to move in. You get the sense by looking at this this is not just a few showers moving through. Weve got a cold front thats still well out to the west. All of that has to push through the area. Its really the first half of the day thats going to be wet. Its mild but its wet. Lets take a look right now at storm tracker6 live double scan. This is really the best way to get a view of exactly whats happening in your area. So, take a closer look here. We can see rain blanketing much of the area, right. You see all that green but what about the areas of yellow. Lets go in a little bit tighter and see those pockets of heavy rain that are really causing some issues. In lansdale, in willow grove, near jenkintown, in norristown, in malvern, in media, just south of media along i95 right now we have some heavy rain. So, while we can see just these pockets moving through over the last half hour we had some lightning strikes. Wer