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
So, because of those very intense winds and that low developing, a high wind watch goes into effect for the entire viewing area saturday evening into sunday where winds could gust 50 to 60 miles an hour. That could create some Power Outages saturday into sunday morning and you combine that with the intense cold, you may want to have some alternate plans to stay warm in case that happens because by monday morning our forecast slow 2 degrees and that will be the coldest start to philadelphias lets just say morning in 21 years. The coldest since 1994. Well talk a little more about the timing of those snow squalls tomorrow and let you know if theres any warm up in that forecast in a bit. Well be waiting with baited breath for that one. Thank you adam. The Action News Team has been out across the city today. We havent noticed many people stopping for long conversations in the street. Its all about staying bundled and getting back indoors as fast as possible. David henry is live in center ci
The peek. In wilmington and Atlantic City felt like 10 degrees below z at jim mentioned we kind of mel load out around 10 degrees this afternoon. Right now feels like 12 in philadelphia, 10 in allentown 11 in lancaster. Still 10 in wilmington and to the south and right along the shore temperatures feeling like 10 to around 14 degrees. But on saturday were tracking another powerful arctic front that will approach in the afternoon and evening hours and this will be extremely energetic with respect to its winds and snow squalls which are intense bands of snow. A general 1 to 3 inches as this slams through tomorrow afternoon and evening and then it will deepen into another monster blizzard for southern new england. Boston cape cod theyre expecting Hurricane Force winds with over a foot of snow. We will escape the snow but we will also see winds near 60 miles an hour dropping wind chills sunday morning to 10 to 20 degrees below zero. So, we do have a high wind watch that goes into effect sa
By far. The Winter Weather advisory will go in effect for the the snow, that is tomorrow afternoon, and that is through sunday morning for philadelphia were looking at the snow to be moving through, in a band of snow like a squall, in the afternoon, and then again, during the dinner time hour. Six or 7 00 we will see another ban moving through. So this will continue. Heres the timing. Between 1 00 and 4 00 tomorrow band of snow squals blustery conditions between three and seven, an additional snow squall or two with low visibility and slick conditions heading out for valentines day and snow tapers off after 7 00 but wind gust to 50 miles an hour. The as far as snow accumulations about one to 3 inches of snow expect in philadelphia with the higher amounts to the north and west. But after that the the wind become dangerous. We will talk more about that part of the 1 2 punch coming up later on in the broadcast. We will see you then. Kathy, thanks very much. There have been a lot of people
Old son while he was waiting for a train on the broad street line near locust. All of a sudden they began to beat him. It was all caught on tape. Senseless. It really doesnt make any sense to me. Reporter the teens mother asked not to be identified after her son ended up at Jefferson Hospital with multiple injuries from the assault. Kids sometimes they seem like they dont have any sense of direction. Reporter passengers at the station on monday were study to learn of the vicious attack. I hate taking the subway or any Public Transportation when schools is out. Kids always rowdy. Stop giving them so much leeway. These kids not grown. Not giving them so much leeway at these early ages, man. Reporter police say it started when the victim and self other teens were walking on broad street near the station. Words were exchangeed between two groups and everyone scattered. The victim headed to the platform to catch his train home. Thats when the other teens spotted him. Its just a scary situat