Schuylkill. A 13 minute trip headed eastbound. Average speed there into the 60s so you can see eastbound here, westbound here, no problems either direction. Both directions still at 22 minutes though eastbound or westbound from route 1 to the valley forge to the airport, no problems or delays here. Same goes for mass transit and the bridges. This morning were following breaking news out of south philadelphia where an 11yearold boy accidentally shot himself in the face while playing with a gun. It happened in a home along south hicks street. Right now the boy is in critical condition. He is expected to survive. Distrakcted walking sends a teen to a hospital. Witnesses saw the young girl face timing on her phone as she walked right into traffic. Its an important reminder as kids across our area get ready to go back to school. These devices can cause a dangerous distraction. Were joined live now from the high school where the teen was headed. Whats the latest, katy . Reporter the teenager
Clouds right now in wilmington, but no showers with those clouds. And the temperatures that are in the 50s and 60s warming into the 70s and low 80s this amp and the clouds that lingered at the shore, you can see the cloudiness offshore at cape may. It is in the low 80s right now is the forecast for the shore and well climb to near 80 degrees in the suburbs. Ill break it down hour by hour. I want to come back in a few minutes to show you how quickly it warms up in your neighborhood but first your first alert traffic. Our cameras around trooper row, everything looks good and the eastbound side seeing a little bit more volume than we are on the westbound side but thats typical. Our drive time totally isnt increasing yet. 8 minutes right now from 29 to the schuylkill expressway and the schuylkill still looks okay. Were not seeing any big delays or hearing of any accidents there. Eastbound to the blue route to the vine in the center city. Average speeds in the high 50s. Were dealing with eq
The first alert traffic and weather center. Lets get right to meteorologist, krystal klei, with her first neighborhood forecast. A close look at communities across delaware and pennsylvania. We are tracking that mix of wintry weather out there. This is pretty much timing out exactly how we have been calling for it all weekend long. A lot of us are seeing rain from delaware, new jersey, philadelphia. The rain snow line has been tracking to the north. Earlier, around midnight to 2 00 a. M. , we saw the line pretty close to the suburbs and nearing philadelphia. Since then, that has started to stretch farther north. The pinks you see are the zones we are most concerned of. Those are where we have the potential to see the icy mix on roadways if you are one of the Early Morning commuters. We have zoomed in here and freeze your radar look. Areas like allentown and tracking up through to the poconos, we are getting reports of freezing rain this morning and in the last hour. So those are the ar
The pink is the area of concern. This is where you can see on radar the reflection of freezing rain potential. What is that . It is very, very cold rain. It is rain that begins falling at snow, melts due to a warm air layer like the warm front we have been dealing with and hits and freezes upon impact. The northern most edge. The pink is showing off where we are still seeing some icier conditions and that potential right through North Hampton county as well. The deeper green, the more moderate to steady rain that is falling now in philadelphia. The yellow orange is to our west. It will be heading our way. Pockets of heavier rain and more scattered showers through delaware as well as new jersey. Thats not going to be the case the whole morning. P at periods, i expect it will be more steady to heavy rain there. Well track those conditions throughout the rest of your morning. Now, lets talk traffic with jessica. Thanks, krystal. We are starting over on the admiral wilson boulevard moving
Potential for rain. We are looking at the potential for wet rode ways. As for temperatures, much better than the last few days. Some temperatures are warmer than the highs we have seen the last few days. Take a look at the comparison to 24 hours ago. Some of us are more than 20 degrees warmer than yesterday. Well talk more about conditions for your monday. A few accidents there. One in Washington Township heading eastbound towards the shore point. Right around route 42. No big backups or delays because of it. Out in bellmawr, another crash there on 76 westbound. The traffic moving up towards philadelphia. The right shoulder closed around 295. Watching the vine street expressway, if you are tuning in, we are open. Not dealing with any construction. Wet roads, slippery conditions getting on and off of the ramp as well. This is the vine street expressway around 8th street. You can see no big problems or delays because of that. The rain still coming down. The vine street expressway is open