Feeling below zero. Then as we get later in the day sunday, finally things will start to calm down and very gradually warm up. Looking at bitter stinging cold. What i mean by that you step outside, you know what im talking about, it hurts your face to step outdoors. Feels like temperatures between 25 below and 5 below zero for the most part during the morning hours. Frostbite can set in in as little as 30 minutes during these kind of conditions, which is why we are saying stay indoors. Not just joking around. Were being serious when we say this is dangerous. Temperatures out there were at 9 degrees right now in philadelphia. 8 in wilmington. 2 below zero actual temperature in mt. Pocono and 8 in trenton. Those are the actual temperatures, but take a look at what the feels like conditions are. It feels 10 below in philly, 11 below in allentown. And 7 below in atlantic city. The reason for that, those winds are still up as we are going through today. So were at 12mileperhour winds in phi
Lets get right to your first alert neighborhood weather with meteorologist krystal klei. Krystal, these temperatures are just absolutely brutal. Yeah. Thats exactly right. That dangerous cold first alert has been in effect since yesterday. And the dangerous cold conditions are not going anywhere through today. For the entire area at least through tomorrow morning around 8 00 a. M. We have this first alert in effect. Heres why. Dray already said it. Bitter stinging cold. You know what im talking about. When you step outside for even an instant you can feel it on your face. Any exposed skin just that sting that hits feels like temperatures between 5 and 25 below zero during the Morning Hours is what were expecting today and again tomorrow. Frostbite in as little as 30 minutes can set in when you have these kind of conditions. Thats why were calling it dangerous. Its not okay to be outside during this type of weather. Right now actual temperatures 8 degrees in philadelphia. 8 in wilmingto
Map right now. So it is just feeling very, very cold out there. And part of the reason why not just the cold air but the winds mixing with that cold air 17mileperhour winds in philly and up to 20 right now in millville. These wind gusts stay strong the rest of today. Well talk more about what to expect on your saturday and when conditions improve coming un. Thank you, krystal. This is the kind of day when your heating system will be working overtime. Some families are struggling to stay warm in this bitter blast, but help is on the way. Nbc10s Randy Gyllenhaal is live in Delaware County where one family in need of a new furnace is getting one. Reporter yeah. On the coldest day in decades a very warm gift to a local family here. This is the home of ann hoskin. Shes had a tough few years. A strong summer storm came through here in 2015, did a lot of damage to the home. That cost her a lot of money. And a couple months ago this is her furnace. It gave out. Its being held together by tape.
Morning. We do continue the first alert for the entire area through 11 00 a. M. We decided to keep it through 11 00 a. M. This morning. Feels like temperatures still in the 5 to 15 below zero range for the most part which still means through the Morning Hours frostbite may set in as little as 30 minutes. The good news is it ends today because around 11 00 a. M. , temperatures start to feel zero or above. So finally we will get out of that below zero territory. Here are the actual feels like temps. A few spots have crept out of the below zero feels already this morning. Pottstown and allentown. The winds are very low there and thats when you get the feels like temperatures in line with the actual temperature. In philly feeling like 7 below. Mt. Holly 4 below. Lancaster feeling 8 degrees below zero mark. Atlantic city has broken a record for cold on this date. The previous record set in 1884 at 4 degrees. Wow. Big change. 3, the high in wilmington. These numbers will still fall likely a
Stay indoors. Still under a first alert for dangerous cold across the entire area. This will last through 11 00 a. M. But 11 00 a. M. Today. We will come to a close here with those feels like temperatures that are below zero. Throughout the morning were still feeling about 5 to 15 below zero across the region. Frostbite can set in as little as 30 minutes. Look at the actual temperatures. Inching closer to the record of 4. 3 ties the record for cold in wilmington and those are the temperatures that are record breaking. Still feeling below zero. 6 below in wilmington and 9 below in Atlantic City. Mt. Pocono feeling 25 below zero this morning. The winds are really dying down as we speak which means the feels like temperatures will be brutal. It is clear. Look at the wide pic. A messy monday morning commute coming up. And its leading to water main breaks. Thats where nbc 10s Randy Gyllenhaal is standing by live this morning. Reporter were dealing with two in philadelphia. Its capped off. Y