18 in reading. But allentown is calm. Thats why the feels like is not an issue. It was 61 degrees and then todays high. Feels like in the teens, even colder in the suburbs. How cold is it going to get thursday morning . When we could see some snow this week coming up. One thing for sure is anyone driving home after the holidays will want the heat on high. Heres a live look at traffic on i95 in south philadelphia. In center city, its the perfect time to use any of the new hats or coats or glovs you may have gotten for christmas. Lets continue live coverage with lauren mayk. It feels cold. These guys dont seem to mind it. Look at how many people are out here tonight because they want to be. They got their hats and coats and gloves. They are all bundled up. But for some folks, they do not have a choice. Being outside in the cold is part of their job. And that job is about to get a lot tougher and colder this week. With the holiday over, moving out while the cold weather moves in. Clearing
You told us about it in your first alert forecast. We have clear skies now. The wind is starting to diminish. Thats going to allow the temperatures to drop sharply. And just a few hours, our first alert continues through 8 00 a. M. For the entire area in the poconos and Lehigh Valley. But were likely to issue another first alert for sunday and monday. Just want to give you a heads up because thats a holiday. And well have less winds during the night tonight. So well be more looking at the actual temperatures than the feels like temperatures. Right now its 21 degrees. Thats as warm as its gotten all day. Hasnt gotten out of the teens in areas north and west. And it is just by the rer cold. We still have enough wind to make it feel like the Single Digits. Its not felt any better than this all day. We have been telling you about this that it was going to be like this. It feels like 4 00 in pottstown. As we go through the night tonight, the feels like temperature by tomorrow will be about
Blast thats coming up towards new years eve. A lot of traffic out there. You have to go pretty far south to get out of the cold. Its 83 degrees in south florida in miami. How about that . 8 00 a. M. Tomorrow, well be issuing another first alert for sunday into monday. Well get into those details perhaps tomorrow. And then the winds will be diminishing tonight. So it wont be quite as brutal tomorrow morning as it was this morning. But its pretty brutal and its hanging around. Look at these high temperatures compared to the average high of 42. By sunday a high of only 22. So no big improvement. 16 coatesville. Reading at 17. 5 in the poconos. Allentown feels like 4. Wilmington, 4. Lancaster, 5. So were not doing very well here. You can see them staying pretty steady for the rest of the night. Less brutal tomorrow. Well talk about snow coming this weekend and even colder air early next week. People across our area are doing what they can to find refugee fr from the cold. The mall was a a
Up for the weekend. The first is the snow, got a first alert out for that starting tomorrow morning. Followed by brutal cold and that goes till tuesday 8 00 a. M. Everythings cold all week. But some are colder than others and more dangerous than others. A coating to two inches of snow sticking on untreated surfaces. Then the subzero wind chills that are coming in. Just to give you an idea, its 12 right now. By new years morning it feels like five below. Thats a 17 degree difference. 17 degrees colder than it is right now. Imagine that. Theres the snow on the radar. Its obviously moving in. It will not be with us this evening, it will be with us tomorrow morning. And its a fairly large area, but its not all that heavy. Its not going to last all day. Were talking, again, about a coating to two inches of snow. But its that slippery type because of the cold roads, its a flurry snow, it will be blowing around in the wind. Well talk more about when the coldest of the cold is coming in a few
Were bringing you Live Team Coverage tonight from philadelphia to berks county and Atlantic City. Well begin here in studio where its a little warmer. Glenn, first snow and then more brutal cold . As low as those feels like temperatures went in the core of this cold blast, its going to be worse by new years day. Up here in camelbin back and poconos, its going to be feel like its 20 below zero on new years morning. The first alert covers the entire area as weve been saying. Its a double whammy here. The snow part starts Early Saturday Morning and the worst of the bitter cold ends about 8 00 a. M. On tuesday. Subzero wind chills through much of the area with this cold air mass. The amount of snow, not as big a deal as the slipperiness. Its moving fairly quickly, its a sure bet its coming in. Its a sure bet its not a major storm, but it may only take an inch to cause some roads to be slippery. There it is, 7 00 a. M. Its just getting started. And once it does start, its a steady snow for