The major yes, so we prepared you for whats to come in the last few days, now lets prepare you for the weekend. If you are in philadelphia, heres what you need to know. 10 00 p. M. Today the schuylkill expressway eastbound will close, on the westbound side from 95 to route 1, on the vine street expressway, both directions close from 95 to the schuylkill. 30 to belmont avenue t ben franklin bridge will be closed so no access to or from philadelphia or new jersey on the ben franklin bridge. A pedestrian bridge for now. 95 will be open so good news there, well have some select exit ramps closed. Washington avenue, broad street exits will close as well as the traffic box that weve been talking about for weeks, center city will start will begin around 6 p. M. And West Philadelphia it will be 10 p. M. Thanks for that. Pope francis is in new york city where he has a busy and historic day ahead. Hell begin at the United Nations where he will address the General Assembly in spanish and english,
About 10 00 p. M. Tonight. Right now lets look at what its going to be like if you are trying to see the pope in philadelphia. Right now the ben franklin parkway is closed from the Art Museum Circle to logan circle. Kelly drive from fair mount avenue to the art museum sirk. Spring garden from pennsylvania avenue to kelly drive. A major one on the vine street expressway, right in here, right now the good news is its still open. We do have exits closed that started last night. Broad street, 23rd and accessing the ben franklin parkway, eighth street, the vine street park way by 10 00 p. M. Tonight will be shut down. So plan that accordingly even local vine in the area some closures there as well. So your best bet is avoid this area for right now. Tracy. The pope continues his visit to the u. S. He arrived yesterday afternoon, attended vespers evening prayer and pope francis has a busy day ahead. He will address the general assembly, head to the 9 11 museum for a service there. This aftern
The airport. What theyre doing to get to the game. And what you should do if you have a flight in the next few days. Ground travel isnt any better. Todays snow led to numerous accidents. Well show you what the roads look like right now in des moines. And what you can expect tomorrow. But the snow isnt all bad. Well tell you why a group of kids banded together to help people clear their walks and driveways. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 youre looking at live picture of interstate 235. And what little there is. Is taking it slow. The snow started overnight. Let up. And then started again late this afternoon causing dozens of accidents. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Im sonya heitshusen. Some parts of the state have already received about 10inches of snow. Other areas received a double dose of snow and freezing rain. This is all part of that massive weather system sweeping across the country. Lets get right to meteorologis
Through the area this morning, but they wont add too much more today. Roads are slowly improving, but they are still partially to completely covered with snow and ice with the iowa dot camera showing that most roads have at least one lane passable. Visibilities are improving this morning as the winds die down, although they will stay 5 to 15 mph. Temps are in the 20s this morning and wind chills are in the teens. We will keep the few snow minutes. And continuing our team 7 coverage. Storm track sevens Amanda Gilbert county. Amanda, how is it now . I was out all yesterday. Back out today. Conditions are definatly a lot better this morning. Its still snowing but just lightly. Driving though is still a major concern. This morning it looks like theres still a thin later of snow on a lot of the roads. Plows are out working hard though this morning. Ive saw a lot on my way to work. Heres one of the plows in waterloo this morning. I know they have a lot of cedar rapids road crews have been ou
Christmas spirit. Sunny skies, warm temperatures bringing us some Holiday Cheer today. Anchor so how long will this holiday heat stick around . Lets get straight over to bri eggers for more on the forecast. We didnt need today was the actual yule log last night or today because we have the real warmth with us. We made it up to a high of 62 for boston, 60 force worcester. That ties the record from 1964 for worcester but we didnt quite get there. Record for boston tore today 65 degrees. Current temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. Norwood sitting at 51. 54 for worcester currently. So nice enough to still get outside and enjoy this. Its still well above normal for this time of year and the dew points are lower in the 40s tonight that is a big improvement upon yesterday. So im not so worried about dense fog tonight but there is a chance that we could get a pass passing shower. Mainly along the south coast and here. The bulk of it headed to the south of us but it could just graze southeast