Heavy bumping several inches in several locations and although it was light enough to shovel slick conditions caused all kinds of problems on the roadways today, we have Team Coverage of the whole thing that happened, action News Reporter Jeanette Reyes is live with the details on the accidents in our area, and meet role goodies adam joseph has details of a very, very cold new years eve and new years day. But we will begin with a look how things look across the day action cabbing in wind feel within fired people fired up the snow blowsers. Commuters were taking it easy as they made their way through some slushy, slick conditions across the region. Over in center city they were bundle up to get against the bitter cold and wint. They had to navigate snowy sidewalks and drivers had to get around sections of snow packed roadways across the area. Manayunk notoriously hilly streets were still snow covered when action cam arrived but from the look of the things it looked lake people were deci
Bloomquist is off. The big story on action news is our accuweather alert. And its an unwelcome dose of deja vu. We are stuck in the repeat in the cold weather and g with record levels today and today is of course the worst yet. And some schools were cr delay because of the snow and ice and caked on roads because the arctic blast is not letting up any time soon. Septa bus commuters are waiting longer in the bitter cold and they are delayed and detoured due to the street conditions. One lady our Jeanette Reyes talked to is taking it in stride. They need to stay home and be in bed and not go to work and have a hot cocoa and hot toddy. How long . 48 hours. That is all you need. Thats all. The coal weather taking its toll on the lens there. And we caught the flags whipping around by the ben franklin parkway. The gulfs are making the awful cold even worse. Bob brooks outside near the schuylway but first lets check in with meteorologisn for david murphy. Happy frigid friday. You said it. Its
Operating among the customers three neighbors enjoying breakfast and answering our questions about the storm. I remember a storm like this back in the 70s. We were talking about it, and h. Because my sis was living with us, and you are in ocean and you will only get 5 inches of snow. And we had this big storm. And it meant blocks of plowed in cars, on the 1100 block of bay, this woman cleared her walk but the hard snow that blocked her van and suv no deal. Any able person that wants ts for me. Its a slow deepout and given the deep freeze forecast getting back t not expected to easy or particularly quick. John rawlins, channel 6 action news. Ere picture of Philadelphia International airport t traveling yesterday was nearly impossible and today things look better at according to the website flight aware. 7200 flights are delayed today. And there are nearly 1500 flights canceled. If you plan to travel be sure to check with your airline before you make the trek in the cold to the airport.
10 oclock sunday morning and that wind chill warning remains in effect for the poconos. So, the lowest wind chills tomorrow morning again, even more intense than this morning, most of our viewing area, the wind chill 10 to 15 degrees below zero. The north and west suburbs extending across the Lehigh Valley into the poconos, 15 to 30 degrees below zero and even right along the coast where youre closer to that warm ocean still pretty brutal wind chills five to 10 degrees below zero. So record lows expected the next two nights. The best chance will be sunday morning. Thats when philadelphia will have its coldest morning in 24 years. We start to lift out of it by monday. But then im tracking a wintry mix behind it a big change in our weather pattern and ill talk about that in the sevenday forecast. Jim. Thank you cecily. Lets switch live to ocean city, new jersey, and action News Reporter chad pradelli. Chad, the shore got pummeled yesterday so how goes that tough task of digging out today
The poconos close to 30 degrees below zero. The way it felt on your body. Allentown 11 below. Philadelphia 8 degrees below zero. Wilmington nine below. Atlantic city airport reporting a wind chill of 7 degrees below zero and they really havent recovered much. Wind chills hovering very close to zero. Philadelphia feels like one below, cape may feels like three. Lancaster feels like 5 degrees below zero and the poconos currently the wind chill 19 degrees below zero. Now, the National Weather service has extended the wind chill advisory. They were supposed to be expiring at noon tomorrow. Instead, theyve been extended until 10 oclock sunday morning and that wind chill warning continues until then in the poconos, so this dangerous cold will be lasting most of the weekend. So, tomorrow morning, the wind chills even a little bit more extreme in some parts of our region than this morning. The far northern suburbs, the lehigh valley, parts of berks county, the poconos, 15 to 30 degrees below z