Ride. True. Roller coaster ride will continue all the way into next week, from snow to possibly record warmth, thats going to be headed our way by next tuesday and wednesday. I know it is confusing, what do you wear, how windy you need to make sure youre off the roads. Well talk about all of that coming up this morning. Let me start you out with a live look this morning, from our neighborhood network, looking at the city and the skyline, very quiet start to the day. Here under mostly clear skies this morning. And with the northerly component to the flow, temperatures will drop quite a bit considerably from yesterday morning. 31 degrees, now, in philadelphia, were below freezing, 30 in wilmington some spots in the 20s as we start out your saturday morning, allentown, 27, also, 29 degrees currently in reading. Look at the temperature change 23 degrees colder in philadelphia. Compared to this time yesterday. This chill thats going to set the scene for some wintery weather to head our way.
One of the more impressive numbers. Yes indeed, sunshine today, temperatures warming into the mid upper 40s, a lot of the snow will be a thing of the past. Let me take you right now to a live look at bethlehem. There are the wet roads, we have some slush on the side. There could be some slick spots. Temperatures north and west of philadelphia are below freezing right now in some spot. So just be minds full of that. Then taking live look at spring garden, just dealing with the wet roads here in the city. So a not too much in the way of slick spot, expected across the city, but just be minds full and take the extra time this morning. Let me take you right now to live look at storm scan3. You can see the snow has moved on out. This is following up in places like boston, not even going to last there too much longer as we see increasing sunshine throughout the day. 35 degrees right now in philadelphia. It is 34 in trenton, but see the areas north and west, reading is right around 32, 32 all
Swamp road. In Montgomery County, police on the scene at the intersection, kind of flagging traffic, look, right in front of the gas station there, the luke oil. So just be careful. Roads are wet this morning, everything is slippery over here in new jersey, a pedestrian struck, route 73, so anyone leaving maple shade or philadelphia trying to get down toward 295 youre pushed off waverly road rye thereby the burger king, then go over to church road, make left that will put you back on at fellowshipment looks like some folks going through this what used to be used car business here, kind of going through their parking lot. But it is the southbound side of 73 closed and the fog really thick up here between the northeast extention quakertown interchange and called way up to the poconos. Mike and alex back over to you. Course the big story in the country is this mass shooting at an american high school. This time it happened in parkplanned florida 17 people are dead after a gunman opened fi
Least a decade. Im told, also a bar also that has taken a bunch of damage. I spoke with the fire commissioner earlier, he explained how dangerous this is for his crews. Yes, the firefighters you see here just one aspect of the builds being, we have firefighters literally surrounding this building, inside, outside, adjacent buildings, it is cents a very complex, and very dangerous fire fight. So this is an environment that doesnt necessarily exist anywhere else. You know, we love it, lover the old buildings, lover the history at the same time, very dangerous, very complex for our firefighters but do an amazing job. And i also spoke with a septa rep. There is a bus down the street further down Chestnut Street that is holding many evacuees, who needed a place to be safe and warm. Thats the very latest, live in old city, chantee lans, cbs3, Eyewitness News. Jan . Chantee, thank you. Our other top story this morning, of course, was that blast of snow saturday and overnight. But by the time
Gr gras, this might be our fattest fat tuesday yet. Tomorrow is ash wednesday, the beginning of lent i dont know what to give up this year either my faith in humanity or fraps. This episode debuts of what will be first of many, many editions of the bachelor winter games, its olympics meets survivor meets herpes. Taking people from the bachelor and bachelorette from this country and others like the zika virus its spread to other country so bring people from germany, japan, canada, et cetera and force them to ski and many of them do not know how to ski so basically its like watching people fall and have sex. And no winter games would be complete without an opening ceremony. The winter games [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] oh, are we on . Oh, my goodness, you know, you dont typically expect to be moved by a sporting event but that really got me here. [ laughter ] and the message they send of inclusivity bringing all these people together from all over the world is so reassuring one c