Out toward the west near cincinnati and chicago we have light showers. Today we have the clouds move in, tonight comes the showers. First you have to get up and get out the door. 30 degrees in allentown thats up from the upper 20s a little bit ago. 33 in reading. In the city its 38. 41 in cape may. Now, remember, yesterday morning we were in the 40s in most spots. So its certainly cooler. By 7 00 a. M. , its in the upper 30s. Noon, 51 under partly sunny skies, a mix of sun and clouds in the afternoon at 3 00 p. M. 55. 56 will be the high today. 5 00 p. M. , 53. 7 00 p. M. , 51 degrees. Whereas yesterday you wore a light sweater, today you were good, today you want a heavier coat for the bus stop. Partly sunny skies and its cold with temperatures ranging from the freezing mark to the upper 30s. Matt well talk about a changing forecast in just a few minutes. Reporter one of us is full of good news, im full of construction. The schuylkill expressway they closed the westbound side, even th
About temperatures in the deep freeze. 30 degrees right now but thats the air temperature. Factor in the wind it feels like 21 degrees right now in philadelphia. So the air temperature 30 here. 17 in pittsburgh but look at the core of that cold air. Fargo seven below. 18 below international falls. Heading into sections of canada as cold as 26 almost 30 degrees below zero. But look at the current wind chills across the area. Teens and reading lancaster 20s elsewhere. Thats how you should dress overnight low temperatures into the teens north and west. Right around 22 degrees in philadelphia. So more arctic air bundle up, dress in layers and coming up, yes, well talk about that chance of snow friday into saturday. Back over to you. Lots to talk about. Thank you much scott. With these bitter temperature several code blues are in effect for the rest of the week. Montgomery, burlington and camden just some of the counties that activated code blues. Many areas opening up warming shelters. Tea
Temperatures make life even harder for firefighters battling the flames. Those bonechilling temperatures get used to them. Theyre sticking around. Now, fox 29 news at 10 00. We begin tonight with that breaking story in delaware county. Video from skyfox shows the daunting task for firefighters. Flames shot high into the air overbrook haven. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im Bill Anderson iain page is off tonight. Those flames forced residents out of the their homes and firefighters right now still working to make sure the fire is out. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson joins us live from brookhaven. Shawnette . Reporter lucy and bill, tonight initially there were reports of people being trapped inside but fire officials have not been able to confirm that. We do know, however, that there have been no reports of any injuries or transports and that part is good news. But tonight residents are worried that they have lot of everything. Heard a loud knocking on my door, and was told to get out of the b
It is freezing out there. Roadways in the too bad as that accident we had overnight that we will talk about in a couple minutes. I dont think weather will cause any additional issues unless you hit road and havent allowed your car to warm up. We have no precipitation, in the terribly windy but any light breeze will make you feel colder, it is way it sets up in this scenario where when we look at these feels like values they are 10 degrees colder generally speaking then what the thermometer officially read right now. Bottom line, bundle up for certainly some freezing but more like the teens, across our area. Even in some spots, even trenton feels like only 9 degrees, six below zero in mount pocono but 12 isnt much better here in philadelphia. Now, when we look at storm scan there is not much to track, there is a i few little band of light snow coming through mostly not impacting, verifying, if you saw snowflakes i will give you that but youre just going to see included and they will con
Karen and matt, lets get it started this morning. Reporter the mummers have a way to stay warm. Reporter the feathers youre referring to. Yeah, for the parade goers it might be a different issue. Satellite and radar showing us the clouds have moved in over the past 1 hours, we can see a little bit of light flurries that tried to move in as well north of the city, not producing much of anything, but if youre in allentown and the poconos you may see a passing flurry early this morning. The big deal today, though is the cold temperatures, 15 degrees in philadelphia. 13 in allentown. 18 in cape may. But then you factor in a light wind today, today the wind will be light, nonetheless theres issues starting off early, the windchill makes it feel like Single Digits through much of the area. Its 4 in beach haven. It was zero earlier. 8 in philadelphia. 3 in allentown. Its another very cold start to the day. The height of the afternoon will not be as harsh as yesterday. Yesterday was the coldes