Changing to rain by tomorrow morning. In fact, weve got a very warm ground in allentown and the Lehigh Valley. The last time it was below freezing december 21st so any of the sleet that falls overnight tonight you could see a little coating on the cars or the grass but not looking at on the major roadways or the sidewalks. Well talk about how much rain to expect here tomorrow morning and monica, well also look at that seven day to see if we can get any full days of sun coming up in accuweather. All right, thank you sir. Of course a lack of freezing temperatures means a lack of snow at area ski resorts. Obviously bad for their business. Its been a slow start as well for penndot crews who are still gearing up for whenever wintry weather hits. Action News Reporter chad pradelli live in South Whitehall township with that part of the story. Hi, chad. Reporter hey, monica. Within the past couple of minutes it began to rain here in the allentown area. Earlier tonight we saw the penndot trucks
Ill vouch for that. And karen has traffic. Yeah. We have a few clouds that swept through overnight but there are some holes in the clouds we expect a fair amount of sunshine to build through. Yes, it is a cold start. Its 35 degrees in philadelphia, up in allentown just 25. 28 in trenton, 31 below freezing in reading and the freezing mark on the nose in wilmington, 23 degrees in millville. Not much wind this morning so unlike yesterday where it was not only on the cold side is that the windy side you dont have to worry too much about wind chills today. As we take a look at the bus stop, 32 degrees the freezing mark by 6 oclock and not much different by 8 oclock. So bundle up on the way down to the bus stop at least there wont be a lot of wind there but obviously it will be cold. Your storm tracker6 app its going to wind up a few degrees milder later this afternoon. Well be down around the freezing mark by 8 oclock but by noon 45 and 3 oclock 50 degrees. That is your high today. With les
Surfaces are very warm, so were only expecting maybe a coating of sleet on the grass at most in that advisory area. So, what to expect here in that advisory zone between 7 00 p. M. And 4 a. M. . Some light sleet. Same time for the rest of us its just light rain. Between 4 a. M. And 7 00 a. M. , sleet changing to rain in the Lehigh Valley. A steady rain here and between 7 oclock and 10 oclock no matter where you are it is a soaking heavy rain. Well let you know how much to expect and when it pushes out brian coming up in that full accuweather forecast. All right adam thank you. Team coverage continues with action News Reporter chad pradelli live in South Whitehall where the penndot trucks are getting ready for any Winter Weather to come our way. They had to knock the rust off first i imagine, chad. Reporter yeah, you bet, brian. Here in the last 10 minutes weve seen some of the penndot trucks loading up with salt. Theyll be on the roadways tonight getting ready in case any of that sleet
Been caught in another country. Theyre bringing him back here to potentially face new charges. Matt pelman is in for karen with traffic and dave murphy is outside in the rain. Definitely got the umbrella handy this morning, guys. Take a look at Storm Tracker6 live double scan as everybody from wilmington up the chute to philadelphia and up to trenton definitely getting the rain, the shore also wet. Out to our west you do see a break up and we will start to see the intensity of this rain ease back during the ladder portions of the morning rush hour. By midday we should be out from under it. You notice the blue up north, its out of allentown and as we take a look at the Winter Weather advisory its only posted up in the poconos at this point and thats up until 11 oclock where we could still see some lingering sleet and freezing rain. Allentown and reading youre no longer under the threat of sleet or frozen stuff. Temperature in allentown 36, reading 39. Philadelphia 48. And then into the
This storm shifted today. In new jersey people leaving their homes to try to escape rising floodwaters. A look in wildwood tonight. It could bring in another devastating wall of waves. In delaware, wilmington where several more hours expected as that person there shoveling some of it. Good evening, everyone. Im jim rosenfeld. Look outside. Winter storm weve been warning you out all week is living up to or exceeding expectations. Here are headlines. We just learned the blizzard turned deadly in the area. An 88yearold Montgomery County man died as he was shoveling snow in lower providence. As far as power outages, 30,000 people in the dark in south jersey, the majority of them in cape may county. Pennsylvania and delaware reporting a handful of outages. High tide just after 7 00 tonight so floodwaters at the shore are on their way back up. Our team of reporters spread out across our region to bring you stories of the storms impact. That impact is two main parks. First, the snow. Its crea