We are following the latest at Ursinus College where a hundred students are sick with the stomach vei are you. The it is thursday, february 11th im erika von tiehl. Before you head out of the door, word of advice, bundle up. The it is cold. Lets check with katie and meisha. We really feel the difference this morning. Absolutely good morning. Gateway to the weekend. Roads are looking good. Overnight construction clearing out of the way but first thing i notice i had what you said, it is cold. Set to get colder unfortunately in the next couple of days. If it is not your cup of tea you might want to bundle will up with a cup of tea because we have chilly weather unfolding here. The it will be cold et cetera air we have experienced so far this season. The let start off by going outside the a hint of the the breeze the lefthand side of the screen they are and take you from atop of the Hotel Bethlehem in bethlehem, pennsylvania. The northampton county. Definitely calm and collect. Very quiet
Mother nature, thanks for that. Whats in store for us . Snow on the way for sure, already starting to see it move in relatively quickly on storm scan3, but not expecting any casino of major snow. I would really say the legacy of this storm will end up being the fact it was such a heavy rain producer and heavy rain gets underway later tonight into tomorrow. However, weve got the cold air in place right now, as we start things off with quick peak here, from the ben franklin bridge, overlooking from our campbells field camera, not heck of a lot happening just yet. But, as soon as go back over to storm scan3, you can see the signs of life off in the distance, generally off to the south at this point in terms every any snow having easier time actually falling to the grounds, but it is starting to move in already. So far the course of the next couple of hours light fluffy snow, starts to move in, so not dealing with the slushy mess necessarily on the roads, but certainly there could be some
In the like snowstorm where things can change last minute, cold air coming at us. This is the best it will be right now if you step outside. The winds will kick up through the day, core of the colder a ace refers tonight and certainly tomorrow morning. This is what is happening. Coldest air of the season so far. And you have to go back to last february at this time when we had temperatures this cold, a lot of windchill advisories will go effect later today. Light snow through the overnight. Check it out radar, still left over snow showers coming across kent county, delaware, right now, toward dover, smyrna, the actual arctic front that came through, dropped little bit of coating in some spots, late last night, the winds are going to start to kick up, winds advisory, 6 00 this morning until 6 00 this evening, gusts to up 50 Miles Per Hour anywhere across the region, we are under warning right now, up in poconos, advisory will go effect later tonight counties in blue pretty much the enti
Suburbs, still finding hint of precipitation, see how it is starting to turn over to green. So, that tells you that the warmth is surging in, look at some of the values, i mean, you really are all over the place. At freezing in norristown, with virtually in wind whatsoever, but the wind has since turned out of the south, over the southeast, across cinnaminson, wayne, mays landing, allowed the temperatures to go on real nice uphill climb. See the values changing right before your very eyes, live observations, after all. Meanwhile today lull, as far as precipitation is concerned. But, late morning, we will start to see basically a wall of water. Start to move in here. A really just heavy batch of rain, wind driven no less, moving through, with the actual cold front, that crosses through with this storm. So right now, were sitting in the warm sector after storm system. And that is why these temperatures are climbing as swiftly as they are. Meanwhile, hey, freezing rain advisory, it just w
All of this while School Officials and officials with the Montgomery County health dealt try to figure out what made so many students so sick. Keep to myself. Reporter thats the sentiment echoed by many students on the campus of Ursinus College. After a fastmoving outbreak of gas tow intestinal illness on campus. It was mostly vomiting and some people had diarrhea and some people were like coughing and one friend did have to go to the hospital. And she just got treated today. But my other friends they were okay. Just had to get some rest. Reporter First Student was taken to the emergency room at 2 00 a. M. Since then at least a hundred students have been sicken. 22 treated at local hospitals and urgent care facilities. Started coming in more and more. 2 00 oclock, 3 00 oclock, 4 00 oclock. So by the time i got to the health center, the waiting room was full of students that had been afflicted with this what appears to be stomach virus. Bite end of the day were hoping that at least both