For two days and affecting all of our neighborhoods. Neighborhoods could see some heavy downpours. The rain threat continues through tomorrow night. We could heavy downpours again in the area. Periods of heavy rain today and tomorrow could lead to slippery roads and gusty winds that will bring down more leaves. Those could be some slippery combinations. Clogged drains are a possibility so watch out for ponding the roadways. It hasnt happened yet. Light rain has already started. There are going to be some heavier downpours but for now light rain in south jersey, philadelphia, and into the suburbs. This is more moderate rainfall now moving through delaware, falling at a rate close to it half an inch an hour right now but thats on the move. So stand by. Youll need your rain gear today and tomorrow. Fortunately the temperatures never got cold overnight. The temperature has gone up to 49 degrees. 48 in the Lehigh Valley. With wind out of the south that will be strong this afternoon, were de
Fled. Some customers at the acme are unnerved by the senseless violence in the middle of the parking lot where they felt safe. This is a safe, nice place, we love this place and now we have to be careful. We live in a Senior Community and im scared for my neighbors too when they come to shop. Some people dont have someone to come with them to shop, especially if they are seniors. Acme is cooperating fully to help catch the carjacker and customer safe it is paramount importance. The victim says was terrified and suffered minor cuts and bruises when she was pulled from the car. She is shooken up but shell be okay. If you see the kia call 911 but do not approach. Police in the Lehigh Valley, identified the man who die Fire Department a morning crash, john murray of tripoli hit a parked car and then a house at 4 15 this morning in South Whitehall township and died at the scene. A passenger in his car was sent to the hospital and the crash caused a fire in the house it crashed into but nobo
Arctic front barrelling through. During the afternoon hours well see snow showers and squalls aligned with the front. Always it passes through it will bring the snow squalls in with it. What to expect. There will be snow showers developing around lunchtime moving west to east. That transitions over to snow squalls. Its a quickmoving heavy burst of snow. One minute the visibility is fine, the next thing you cant see a thing. It will produce one to two inches in a short period of time. Slippery roads, you can belt youll encounter that. It will be windy into the evening and overnight. As a matter of fact, the National Weather service issued a high wind warning for winds gusting from 50 to 06 Miles Per Hour. Hurricane force is 74, its not too much off that. Ill talk about that in the seven day forecast. Now to a developing story a Police Officer in bucks county opened fire hitting a man after the man hit him with the car. This is the suspects car up the embankment with a bullet hole in the
Temperatures by 9 00 and 11 00 staying steady right at around 20 but once again feels like temperatures will be in the Single Digits. Adding insult to injury, we have some snow in the forecast tomorrow afternoon and evening. Its going to be some blowing snow reduced visibilities so keep that in mind for your valentines plans. If you have dinner reservations were watching that system off to the north and west. Thats going to head in our direction as we watch how things play out. You can see tomorrow afternoon were watching some of those bands of heavy snow move toward the area continuing by about eight, 9 00 oclock down the shore and then this intensifies into a potent noreaster with Hurricane Force wind gusts for sections of new england. For us its going to get pretty rough as we move toward saturday night those winds gusting over 40 miles an hour in some locations. We could exceed 50 maybe even 60 m hour gusts during your overnight saturday into sunday. So the bottom line, a lot going
Snow squall, low visibility, slick spot, going out to dinner for your valentines make sure you give yourself a lot of extra time. After 7 00 oclock that snow tapers, wind gusting to 50 miles an hour and that will lead to high wind watches being posted because of the wind. As far as snow, one to 3 inches expected in philadelphia, as we get further down shore we will look at those amounts right now looks like one but could get higher and then three to 5 inches of snow as you head toward the poconos. Back here live you can see, everyone bundled up on independent mall late this afternoon, hats, scarves, mittens, winter boots you name i had, we need it because it will only get worse as the weather gets dangerous over the weekend. We will talk about those wind chills going below zero, potential for damaging wind coming up later in the broadcast, for now, back to you. Kathy, thank you so much. Stay bundled up, bitter cold is especially dangerous for very young, elderly and people who have to