Starts as early as 5 00 a. M. Saturday. And with the extreme cold goes through 8 00 a. M. On tuesday. Another long lasting thing here, the snow not amounting to a whole lot, a coating of two inches. But slippery on untreated surfaces because the roads are so cold and dangerous. Subzero wind chills as we head toward new years eve and new years day. Timings just not very good. Nothing on the radar close by. We do have a significant area of snow coming through the midwest, hitting the chicago area right now. Its a fast moving clipper system. It has limited potential, but there it is covering much of the area, even by 5 00 a. M. Some of the western suburbs. By 8 00 a. M. , covering most of us and lasting for several hours through the midday hours, possibly even into early afternoon in some spots. Not accumulating a whole lot, but were talking about slippery conditions. A coating to two inches. Its the fluffy kind of snow that would be blowing around in the wind. After that, it gets brutall
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
Burlington vermont and again this cold goes way down to the south. You have to go actually into central southern parts of florida to kind of escape this winter chill but there is still a little bit of a wind out there so it feels more like 10 in the city of philadelphia, same for new york city, pittsburgh 10 degrees. That number up a little bit from this time yesterday but again, that coldest of air is still yet to arrive. As we look at Storm Tracker six live double scan if the cold is not enough for you were going to get a little bit of snow. Well whiten that ground tomorrow. It is a clipper system coming from chicago and cincinnati. Not a lot of moisture, not going to last all that long but it is going to create a nuisance here to begin the weekend. In fact, that snow will start falling first thing in the morning, even before the sunrises west and south of philadelphia, the steadiest will come in during the mid, late Morning Hours around lunchtime and then it tapers off in the aftern
Will stick and still looking at about a coating to 2inches of snow. Then that intense cold comes in after and this is what were expecting for new years weekend. Brutal here sunday morning, feeling like zero. Dress for 5 degrees for the eagles game. If youre going there in the afternoon. The ball drop at midnight, 0 degrees. Monday morning for the mummers, 0 degrees. And then monday afternoon, even still only feeling like 5 degrees. So, well chat about just how long this cold stretch lasts coming up in that full accuweather forecast, brian. All right, adam see you shortly. Thank you. Penndot has started treating the roads early today in hopes of preventing slick spots tomorrow. Chopper6 spotted this crew on 413 in Bristol Township bucks county. You wont see any salt or brine being laid for the rest of the day because workers were sent home early so they can come back early in the morning. Crews at the ready to go out and to spray salt down throughout the region, throughout the day as ne