In effect for this afternoon until 6 00 here, morris county, sussex, hunterdon, monmouth, ocean. As you see that fog is just kind of all over the place and reducing visibilities in a lot of spots. The rain im talking about is coming up from the southwest. It will be pushing here. See this big batch to the south. That really gets going this evening through the evening commute. Rainfall amounts so far, theres been a trace in the park, not much. We are going to be looking at record High Temperatures tomorrow, and we possibly could have a record High Temperature on Christmas Day. Well talk about that too in your accuweather forecast coming up in just a moment. Back to you. Thank you. As bill mentioned, the fog is having a real impact on the airports in our area. Eyewitness News Reporter Michelle Charlesworth is at laguardia air and continues our coverage. A lot of folks behind you michelle. Oh, yeah. Thanks liz. Bill was talking about its fog by out here. Theres drizzle. And unfortunately
Delays really close to the tri state area and down toward philly. Rainfall amounts havent been that great yet. They are going to go up in a hurry as we close in on an inch of rain by later tonight. You see the yellows moving in to places like newark and teterboro parts of holmdel and also long island as well. Theres another batch down to the south. Heres what you need to know. This heavy rain will go at times until about 10 00 tonight. Then tough travel with street flooding and low visibility all evening long. Were still on track for the big 70s and potentially the all time high of 75 degrees in 1998. It is going to be a very warm Christmas Eve and record breaking no doubt about that. Much more on the updated seven day accuweather forecast. Thats coming up in a few minutes. David, liz back to you for now. The fog is not only delaying flights its also led to a number of cancellations. Late this afternoon flight aware says there were 47 cancellations and 193 delays at Newark Airport had
Experience was summed up to me just a few moments ago. Were trying to fly in to michigan where im from and they canceled the flight. Now they are saying theres no flights until after christmas, not even one anywhere in this area until after christmas. Reporter after christmas. So. Reporter all of you in line youre wasting your time. American airlines stinks. Reporter so the latest average delay times out of laguardia reached two hours and 35 minutes late not to mention canceled flights. That frustrated family you just heard from says they will have to drive the 12 hours to get back home. Its especially important to her. She tells me she hasnt missed a family christmas in 54 years. Live at laguardia, brian webb, cbs 2 news. We hope she gets there and everybody gets where they are headed tonight but it is a rainy wednesday night. And our airports, well, things have gotten worse as brian said as the day has progressed. Right now the longest delay is at Newark Liberty airport. Three hours