Area the atmosphere is trying to moisten up before we see the flakes. The snow is coming, its taking its good sweet time. Temperatures have dropped in the city, 35 in philadelphia. 33 in trenton. Wilmington, when we get the snow in the i95 itill melt especially with the first snowflakes. 33 in allentown. N reading. Sitting at the freezing mark in millville and bn Atlantic City and came may. What to expect, we expected 7 00 a. M. To see the snow, we saw nothing. By lunchtime we expect to see the snow in philadelphia. 34 degrees. 2 00 p. M. , its snowing everywhere and light snow in the poconos. 33 degrees. Its snowing on and off during the day, 5 00 p. M. , 33. 7 00 p. M. , 33 degrees as it gets ready to pull out of here. Its a Long Duration event. With the late start and fighting off the dry air it will change the totals a little bit. What to expect with the winter storm warning much of the area until 1 00 a. M. The National Weather service has this posted. Youll get the snow and the r
That in a few moments. And 87 percent relative humidity, only 5 miles an hour. And, around 92 today. Hot and humid. But tonight, 74. Muggy with some fog. So, this is a pattern, that sort office typical of the dog days of summer. Get used to it when we see how many we are seeing in the seven day forecast. Coming up. Bob kelly, you have more found more fog. Greatest hits of the 90s here all week. Hello west chester fog rolling up and down 202. Be careful. Keep headlights on longer then you typically would. Same deal here in delaware live look at route one down in delaware, patchy fog as you rolling out the front door this morning. Lets go downtown a live look at the vine street expressway. We are hazy, borderline hazy, foggy here across the town but both directions are opened and there is no delays, heading over toward 30th street station. Busy heres is what on the penndot to do list today, drain cleaning. They need it too. Westbound schuylkill expressway, youll fine right lane blocked f
Lottery. Tuesday night, and the big story on action news tonight is septas mass transit plan to take transit to the mass. Live at the station, septa finally disclosed how the new system is going to work. Thats right, jim. After the first plan proved to be a disaster septa thinks it has found a solution. It has a plan b, a lottery system that will be open for a 24hour period for anyone wishing to buy the regional 10 passes. Last week septa placed 350,000 Regional Rail passes up for grabs on the website, but the agency did not anticipate the stampede it would create. A rush ever of people trying to get their hands on tickets, crashing after selling only 201. An e commerce site is not a viable solution. And causing the stampede rush was key in creating plan b. When sunday turns into monday you have 24 hours to submit a submission for a Regional Rail pass. Customers with winning entries receive an email with information on how to complete the transaction. Everyone has the same chance of be
Action news, delaware valleys leading news program with jim gardner. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to ride the rails into philadelphia to see pope francis. And now we know that if you want to ride septa in from the burbs, youre going to have to win the lottery. Tuesday night, and the big story on action news tonight is septas mass transit plan to take transit to the mass. Live at the station septa finally disclosed how the new system is going to work. Thats right, jim. After the first plan proved to be a disaster septa thinks it has found a solution. It has a plan b a lottery system that will be open for a 24hour period for anyone wishing to buy the regional 10 passes. Last week septa placed 350,000 Regional Rail passes up for grabs on the website, but the agency did not anticipate the stampede it would create. A rush ever of people trying to get their hands on tickets, crashing after selling only 201. An e commerce site is not a viable solution. And causing the stampede
During that papal visit. Good evening to you, im lucy noland. Im iain page. There are only enough septa passes for a tenth of that so today septa announced a lottery. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is live in norristown tonight at one of the few septa stations that be running that weekend. Shawnette. Reporter okay. Iain and lucy heres the deal. 350 thus san Tickets Available for that entire weekend. The tickets are mandatory for travel into the city the weekend the pope will be here whether you plan to come to see him or you need to be here on other business. I think you may have a better chance of actually winning the lottery. Reporter step Regional Rail riders we spoke to arent happy about the lottery that will determine who gets passes into the city the weekend of the papal visit. Just arbitrarily what you can or you cant based upon random number. Septa officials said during a News Conference today that monday august 3rd they will launch a sight built by philadelphia firm ticket leap that