Tracking the weather. Steve, we should point out its not going to be a deluge of so. Explain that to us. Its a tricky kind of situation. You will not see a lot of snow out of this system, but just enough to cause a slippery mess because weve seen ground temperatures so cold. And that will be an issue as we go through the day today. Snow has not begun in philadelphia just yet. This is a live look at the Comcast Center looking north and wrest where we still have good visibility and dry conditions. If youre headed out in the next hour or so, you should be okay. But the snow will be moving in across the entire viewing area this morning. We are expecting this to last through tuesday 8 00 a. M. , the first alert that is. The snow will end later on today, but its this onetwo punch of cold and snow that is triggering this first alert and why it lasts so long. We dont usually issue these for this long of amount of time here. So this is a serious situation especially as we get into tonight, thro
Saturday. Thanks for being with us. Goor good morning. This is nbc10 news today. Im rosemary connors. Its 5 30 and we are tracking snow and that deep freeze for your saturday. Weve issued a first alert so that youre prepared for the changes to our weather. Meteorologist steve sosna is keeping an eye on the timing of the snow. Steve. Thats right, rosemary. Snow beginning in our western suburbs already in Chester County, its snowing up in the poconos, were seeing the light snow. And, look, visibility has come down. I showed this to you a half hour ago. You can see a little further. The curtain of snow is lowering across the area. Thats camelback. Lets look at other spots in our area right now. This is a live look from the loews hotel. You can s wind here, not a lot of wind at the moment but show you the radar because we are watching snow moving in from west to east across the area. Heres a look at the radar over the last couple of hours. You can see its a solid line of snow all the way u
I95 in wilmington. Fia isrst alracking the conditis in your neighborhood. Again, steve, were not going to get swamped by this snow. Right. But it really doesnt factor in well with the cold temperatures weve had all week long. Yeah, normally this would be deal. Ettable snow, a coating to but the problem with this one is weve had such cold ground temperatures. So anything that falls will immediately stick if not treated. And even the treated surfaces when you get below 20 degrees, the chemicals dont work as effectively. So really your tires need some kind of traction especially when the snow compacts and turns into ice. This is a live look at i95 in south philadelphia where it is snowing if you look closely in the street lights there. Snow now falling in philadelphia. Here is your first alert. We have the entire viewing area in it. And its through tuesday. You may ask why its not going to snow through tuesday. Round one is the snow for today. Round two is the bitter cold that comes in he
I95 in wilmington from our camera at the blue rock stadium. You can see traffic here is clear. Thats the good news. Snow has been coming down in the wilmington area for about three hours right now. Now lets get more from our weather with meteorologist steve sosna. Steve, we have been telling people about this for days. Its a clipper system. Its not like its going t owevs still cold. Yeah, its these little storms that a lot of people like to dismiss because, oh, coating to two inches, but the problem is weve had such frigid ground temperatures, weve had this arctic outbreak and now with everything falling at one time it accumulated instantaneously and caused a real mess on the roadways. If you can, stay home. Even in the camera shot here the main roads in the city are still covered right now. So, again, not good conditions out there. And thats exactly why we issued the first alert yesterday to kind of warn you of this messy scenario. Because just a coating to two inches of snow, when ca
The bitter cold is here. You do have to dress differently than yesterday. Its cold as ice and thats what we have for you. It is numbing outside and, again, you need to dress for that wind. That wind will make these numbers seem much colder. Actual air temperature 15 in philadelphia now. 16 millville. 12 in blue bell. Allentown, 1 degree in the poke yoes. 18 degrees in wildwood. Feels like temperatures, 5 degrees in wildwood. 3 degrees in philadelphia. 12 in blue bell. 16 in the poconos today. You get the feeling here its not going to be one of our warmer days. 0 to 7 degrees for much of the day des temperature readings in the 20s and upper teens. Dress in layers at the eagles game. A lot of you will be tailgating having a good time. Be prepared for it and adequately hydrated. Tonight low temperatures falling. 7 in philadelphia. 5 in coatesville. Ill walk you through the mummers day forecast. The upcoming first week of 2017. Rosemary . Braving the extreme elements at the linc this after