It is 5 30 here on this tuesday march 14th. We have full coverage of the storm. Dave murphy and karen rogers have updates from accuweather. Matt pelman is watching the roads. Lets start with david. Okay, well, lets start with warnings and watches that we have across the region. Its still a blizzard warning in the northern suburbs and this is going to be the biggest impact area for this storm where youre going to have heavy bands of snow especially between now and 11 oclock to noon then things should begin to lighten up a little bit and you wont have as much accumulation but between now and midday thats a real problem. The i95 corridor is also in a winter storm warning all of this going until about 6 oclock tonight but things are improving a little bit here in the i95 corridor and that rain is really pushing up close to us, sleet mixing in and it may wind up that we get less snow in there than anticipated. Farther south its an advisory. Theres so much rain down there that most of what h
Philadelphia public and archdiocesan schools are closed. So are hundreds of others. The closings are scrolling on the bottom of your screen and also on 6abc. Com. We have our reporters out across the region and from the Lehigh Valley down to new jersey to give you a look at some of the changing conditions. Googood morning everyone its 6 oclock on this tuesday march 14. Well check in with those reporters in a moment. First up lets get the tracking from dave murphy and karen rogers and matt pelman has his eye on all of your roads. Good morning. Is we want to remind you theres still a blizzard warning in effect until 6 oclock tonight in Northern Counties all of these places highlighted in orange. Thats montgomery mercer Berks Chester and points north. Where snow has fallen and continuing to fall especially until about 11 00 this morning or maybe midday before it begins diminish and the winds are also picking up so youre going to get blowing drifting snow up there. In the i95 corridor its
Zone. A special edition of Good Morning America starts now. Present and all accounted for. Good morning, america. Millions across the northeast in the path of that blizzard this morning. Heres a live look at the new jersey turnpike. A dangerous commute. Up and down the east coast. Lets look at washington right now. A look at the white house. Snow coming down in washington, of course, the white house right in the middle of the battle over health care and that new report that says 24 million americans will lose coverage under President Trumps plan. More on that ahead. The latest on the storm, six states across the northeast are states of emergency. More than 5,000 flights have been canceled. So far were seeing winds topping 50 miles an hour. Keep in mind, gentlemen, we are just six days away from spring. That makes the storm seem not so bad. A live look from inside the storm. Our drone is flowing over new jersey right now getting that great view of all the snowfall and if you have to be
A high of 67 degrees, now this is not as mild as yesterday when we got up into the low to mid 70s across much of the region but by 4 oclock its still going to feel pretty comfortable with that 67degree high. Well be back in the upper 50s as soon as 7 oclock and overnight tonight probably dipping into the mid 40s in philadelphia f and remember that the pollen count is still running high. Not only today but for the rest of the work week, something to keep in mind if you suffer from allergies. Karen, were looking at a big time warmup toward the end of the work week. Ill have details on that from accuweather coming up. All right if you suffer from that traffic headaches now is a good time to head out on the schuylkill because were looking good. This is the schuylkill approaching belmont. Probably got another 45 minutes before you see a jam but thats your westbound traffic headed towards king of prussia and moving nicely at this hour with no delay. We do have a new accident that just popped
Morning numbers. 40 degrees in martins creek. You might remember in some spots yesterday we were talk about low 30s its a little bit better. 42 fleetwood, 40 degrees pottstown, 44 saint davids, 50 currently in center city. And some of the suburbs in new jersey you are in the low 40s like browns mills, hammonton and vineland but 46 cinnaminson, 47 glassboro, 47 miles an hour today 47 smyrna delaware. We have mostly clear skies but well get clouds with more of a easterly flow. More of a mix of clouds and sun. Well see enough sunshine to make it feel good an high today of 68 he degrees. By 8 00 a. M. Up to 50 with clouds and sun. By 10 00 a. M. , 57. By lunchtime 63 degrees. A little better than yesterday at lunchtime and youre going to see some sunshine mixing with the clouds. 66 by 2 oclock. Well reach our high of 68 around 4 oclock and come down from that at 65 at 6 00 p. M. A decent afternoon after a cool start. Matt how do the roads look. Already weve got some problems not surprising