Even with clouds and a chance of showers. There should be breaks in those clouds and temperatures will climb into the upper 70s in philadelphia today. Well go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when im back in ten minutes. Jessica boyington is watching first alert traffic. Jessie . Were watching the schuylkill expressway right now. These are our cameras around montgomery drive where everything looks okay. So far, as youre headed eastbound right in here, this is the drive time for that. 13 minutes eastbound from the blue route to the vine street expressway, average speeds just into the 50s. But they are high 50s right here. No problems heading westbound towards the king of prussia mall area. No backups. Construction on the betsy ross bridge eastbound ramp to rich monday street and that will be closed until may. Definitely something you want to plan into your morning commute. If youre heading over into new jersey at any point or coming from new jersey as well, cinnaminson
Henley. Another day to bundle up, bill. Yes, but it does not feel as cold as yesterday. Heres why. The wind has died down. Most of the area report nothing wind, calm conditions, a breeze at Philadelphia International. The temperatures, teens in the pocono mountains, low 20s in pottstown and its now below freezing in philadelphia, wilmington and dover with the temperatures still falling at this hour as skies are clear. Which also means well see sunshine today. 32 degrees at 6 00. By 9 00, up to 38 and then upper 40s and still climbing at noontime. Well start to see a few high clouds coming in at noontime. Well see more wind out of the south. The southerly winds warm us up that will happen this afternoon. Your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when im back in ten minutes. Right now Jessica Boyington has your first alert traffic. Were watching the vine street expressway right now. We have that ongoing construction, closing in both directions. These are cameras around 24th street. No c
Pushing warmer than what we saw yesterday. 61 degrees in philadelphia, 49 in chester springs, 56 in kenneth square. 48 in quakertown, 52 in allentown and temperatures in the low 50s right now in the poconos. You can take a closer look at millville. 51 degrees, a cool start in lots of locations. Look at the Atlantic City airport at 56 degrees. Our city planner shows that our temperatures will be slow to warm again today. But the big difference is yesterday we stayed closer to 70 degrees by 1 p. M. Now closer to 80 degrees. 71 by 10 00 a. M. And todays high will reach 84 degrees. We expect to warm up more than that as we push into tomorrow. Ill let you know how long well stay there coming up in my full forecast. Lets check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. Were still dealing with the 3alarm fire with a lot of closures. That fire is at 13th and chancellor street. Were dealing with multiple closures in the area. Fire Department Activity on the scene. 13th street east
Springs. 53 in wilmington. Temperatures in quakertown at 48 degrees. 52 in allentown. 47 in coatesville and 49 in oxford. 43 in woodbine. 50s at the Atlantic City airport. Millville at 51 degrees. A bit warmer in dover but High Pressure stays in control. Lots of sunshine expected for us once again today. It will feel like summer versus fall. We did see a break from the temperatures but by 7 00 a. M. Were at 60 degrees, by 10 00 a. M. , 71 and take a look at 1 00 p. M. , 79 again lots of sunshine today and temperatures push into mid80s. Ill go over how long well stay there coming up in my full forecast. For now lets check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. And brittney were on the schuylkill expressway. Roadways are still doing great. Around Spring Garden no problems you can see we still have the 12 minute drive heim into the Center City Area from the blue truitt the vine. No problems there and 64 Miles Per Hour your average speed. Center city area no problems, once
The clouds have advanced quite a bit just during the day today. Theres still no rain around, but its getting closer, as you can see, the clouds, of course, have come in and this is a large area of rain thats getting closer and closer to washington, d. C. Its, obviously, going to hit delaware first. And that area is going to be pretty wet by the morning rush, thats for sure. Near 60 degrees now, upper 50s in much of the rest of the area. Remember the average high is only 59. Weve been spoiled last week because of all that warm weather, so these temperatures are more typical for this time of year. 7 00 its still just cloudy and on the cool side, but midnight the rain starting to move in. Probably already raining by midnight in delaware and extreme south jersey, just starting to move into parts of the philadelphia area, and by the morning rush tomorrow its going to be wet. 57 degrees, not especially cold, but when you combine that rain with all the leaves that are still going to be on the