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Leftover moisture from hermine. So just because its dry now, thats not to say it will be dry all day. More of a typical storm coverage at 4050 . Beach looks cloudy with high clouds. I want to encourage you to keep it on the sand and not in the water today. Radar looks quiet. What were seeing is a sign of what is to come. Moisture building on the near shore waters. Most of this 13 miles west stays offshore. By midday one or two of these could make bay. We are in the midtoupper 70s. We will warm up to 79 in tampa. Low 70s hanging on. Enjoy it. Bartow and arcadia. 73 and 74. Stalled front to the north. Moisture to the west. Gives way to interior storms this afternoon at 40 to 50 . On the back side of hermine, which is no longer tropical is drier air. That moves in to the early part of the week. We want to point out this system really is going to bring rough surf and strong winds to the coast. 65mileperhour winds. No longer tropical. Ill have the latest track coming up. Alcides all right.
And a suspect who sped away. Well, good evening, jessica dean is off tonight. Im chris may. The driver who ran from police swerved into oncoming traffic, smashed head on into another car and died. Eyewitness News Reporter Todd Quinones is in glenn olden feet from where it all happened. Hes got the latest. Todd. Reporter chris police here contend the driver had a callus disregard for everyone else as he sped down this section of chester pike at a high rate of speed. Police scanner traffic moments before impact indicate the suspect fled when an officer tried to pull him over. Devastating head on collision that occurred later could be heard throughout the neighborhood. Just horrific scene. Reporter this picture taken mommy aft the crash shows smoke coming out of the White Nissan Altima police were chasing. That driver was pronounced dead at the scene. Emergency crews had to cut away a second mangled car get the other drive out. Barbara davis says her daughter heard the crash. She saw the
Suspect fled when an officer tried to pull him over. Devastating head on collision that occurred later could be heard throughout the neighborhood. Just horrific scene. Reporter this picture taken mommy aft the crash shows smoke coming out of the White Nissan Altima police were chasing. That driver was pronounced dead at the scene. Emergency crews had to cut away a second mangled car get the other drive out. Barbara davis says her daughter heard the crash. She saw the Police Officer get out of his car and like point the gun to the white car to tell the person to stop and freeze or whatever. But i guess he realized he was all right deceased and he put the gun down. Reporter the driver in the altima was heading southbound on chester pike at a high rate of speed after fulcroft police tried to pull him over for a Motor Vehicle violation around 4 00 monday afternoon. Fulcroft police say the officer pulled back from the chase when the driver sped up. Moments later he collided head on with aut
74 birmingham. 71 in columbia. So that front it will continue to move in our direction. That rain will change over to wet snow especially north and west after about 11 00 oclock and then aft midnight progressing toward the south continuing into south jersey and delaware during the day on thursday. So heres the call for snowfall expected. Trenton, philadelphia, wilmington five to 8inches. Likewise in south jersey, some locations could achieve over 8inches of snow. So once again now through 11 00 mainly rain and then after midnight we start to see the bulk of that snow moving in by day break on your thursday. Guys, back to you. All right. Scott thank you. Penndot watching this forecast closely its got crews on call and ready to go hoping to stay one step ahead of this stop. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell is live in norristown with more on the conditions. Chris . Reporter well, first of all you may be surprised iain to learn that penndot plow drivers are not preparing for tonights storm. Thats be