20 to 25 degrees colder than they were at this time last night when we were awaiting that line of rain that came through overnight. It was 23 degrees warmer last night at this time than it is now. Its been 26 degrees a drop from last night in lancaster much much colder and winds were very strong today. We had few wind gusts reported 50 miles an hour. Those strong winds bringing colder air in place now that the cold air has settled in you can see all the blues and purples overhead a system riding along the boundary between cool and warm and thats going to produce snow for us. Coming up ill tell when you the snow gets here, when it moves out, how much youll see and whether it will impact your friday morning commute. For now back to you jessica. Kate, thank you. Multiple people are dead and part highway is shut down tonight after a violent crash. Authorities stay five people died tonight when tract trailer collided with their car in Upper Macungie Lehigh County that accident happened on r
Reporter just a couple of flurries in parts of the area most of us us are not seeing anything at all which is good news, its cloudy and chilly with temperatures in the 20s and 30s. Most of us steering clear of the snow flurry activity. We have stuff to the north. Northern portions of new jersey and Lehigh Valley picking up snow shower activity. Well zoom in there first. Theres allentown and bethlehem. If youre traveling along interstate 78 or route 222, you could see a quick coating of this, always it pushes by to the east. A quick coating is possible because temperatures are freezing up north. Heres the call over the next halfhour 45 minutes, snow showers continue, a coating is possible mainly on grassy surfaces. The roads should be wet, at least the main roads. Things like parking lot and sidewalks. Once the snow shower activity symptoms and pulls away, the numbers rebound nicely and were up in the 40s for places like bethlehem and allentown. 33 in reading, 37 in philadelphia. 30 in
Was a mistake. Action News Reporter dann cuellar is live at Police Headquarters, dann, how could this happen. Reporter well, jim, this is a classic example of what can happen when Police Mistake you for violent culprits they are looking for. In this case one southwest philadelphia family says that is what happened to them, in the misunderstanding led to their home being raided in the middle of the night. Incident happened here on 2 30 this morning in the 1600 block of elmwood avenue. Police were looking for culprits in the violent Home Invasion involving weapons. Surveillance video from the Police Real Time Crime center led heavily armed swat officers to this house. I opened the door i saw six or seven or eight swat team members with m16s, or, high powered weapons, like it was a radar something. Coming out of the shower and pump action rifle in my chest. He just like put your hand up. Rifle in my chest. I said wow. Reporter fortyeight yearold mrs. Jardine who was shot in the head by a
Tomorrow the the pontiff will fly from cuba to the washington tc. On thursday he heads to new york city for todays and then on saturday morning his plane will touchdown, right here in philadelphia. The final preparations are underway, for Pope Franciss visit to the nations capitol. There roads are blocked off, metal fencing going up around National Mall and in other locations the pope will visit. While in washington the the pope will speak before a joint session of the congress. Of course, work continues here in philadelphia, chopper three over ben franklin parkway today where the stage that will host the pope is taking shape. Many arriving today, for the world meeting of families got a very special, gift at the airport. The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society presented visitors passing through terminals b and c with carnations and walking formats of the cities public arts. This warm welcome was intended to give those visiting a great first impression. What we wanted to does give them a
Accident on a rural road tonight and this hour a south Jersey State Police officer in the hospital. I a Police Cruiser he crashed westbound small suv route 30 tuck hoe road and franklin township, gloucester county. The Police Cruiser careened into the woods while the suv came to a stop 50 yards away and the Police Officer had to be flown out to Cooper Medical Center but we have just heard that the Police Officer has non lifethreatening injuries. That is good news. And the other driver was not injured at all. This is apparently been the scene of traffic tragedy before. There are two crosses one seemingly for adult and one for a child right where this accident happened tonight. In philadelphia, police are on the case tonight in wake of violent home up vacation 1900 block of north diamond street four blocks from the Temple University neighborhood where theres been a surge of violence. Action News Reporter jeff chirico is live at central detectives in spring garden. Jeff, what happened the