41 degrees right now in philadelphia, 41 wilmington, 40 in allentown and trenton and you can see were still at 39 degrees in both reading and lancaster. 43 in millville and cape may. So, a jacket a good idea this morning. A little bit of a breeze blowing, too. 40 degrees by 7 oclock. By noon, 50. And the model right now has us still fairly cloudy by noon. Although i think some of you could start to see some sunshine breaking in by then especially in the northern portion of the region. By 3 oclock in philadelphia, clouds mixing with some sun, 53 is your high and then we begin to clear out as we go into the evening but we do dip to 45 degrees by 7 oclock and down to about 40 for an overnight low. This morning on the bus stop for the kids, put a couple layers on them. Weve got 41 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. In philadelphia and 38 in some of those outlying suburbs. That big crush of cooler air with blustery winds arrives on friday. Ill have the latest from accuweather on that, matt.
The winds were howling, a peak wind gust of 43 Miles Per Hour so you combine the winds with the current temperature, the wind chill in philadelphia 26 degrees, wind chills have been in the 20s all day long and the winds will be diminishing tonight but temperatures will be dropping very quickly. Satellite and radar showing we dont have any cloud cover to trap in the heat of the earth, some very good radiational cooling tonight and temperatures dropping near record low levels and a freeze warning has been posted for essentially everywhere where we havent had a freeze yet. This is the end of the growing season. Actually in philadelphia we even havent had a frost yet but tonight a freeze, temperatures dropping very close to the record low. Philadelphia the record low 21 set back in 1961. Probably within 2 degrees of that but allentown likely a new record low of 16. Trenton a new record of 20, shattering the record low of 25. Wilmington a new record of 21, Atlantic City all the way down to
The damage. You can see that telephone pole, split wires are down, that home has a hole it in now and throughout the day weve watched as the family from inside has brought out belongings. They cant be in there right now its not safe. Police say their officers were chasing down a shooting suspect in that red honda civic. That driver got into an argument with another driver at a red light. He pulled out a gun fired a shot and took off. From chopper6 we see the suspect a 20yearold man was captured nearly allegheny avenue and c street. Okay, now according to police, the person that the suspect fired at was not struck. Again the good news is all of the officers are expected to be okay. Brian and sharrie, when you see that video you know were all very lucky to hear that. Reporting live at Temple University hospital, bob brooks channel6 action news. All right, bob, glad theyre well. Thank you. Now to an accuweather alert as our drastic drop in temperatures is under way. The mercury has been f
Amash market. She took this cellphone video on 202. Traffic was at a stand still after a crash, a tractortrailer hauling frozen turkeys was engulfed in flame. The aftermath of a Chain Reaction involving eight other cars. When the black smoke started coming up, you started to see people running from all directions. People were getting out of their cars. Reporter quigley said some people were running away from the flames, others running towards it trying to see if they needed help. She said she called 911. Some hurt. I think the speed limit needs to be lowered. Reporter police have not said how the crash happened or if speed was a factor. I couldnt even get to my unit, and then i had to go through the University Parking lot to get here. Reporter drivers were forced to detour with signs indicating that the route on 202 was close well into the night. Oh, my god, this is really bad. Reporter just a few cars back quigley was able to make it home safely. Hours later shes still shaken by the o
Mccormack is live near the scene with the very latest, annie. Reporter and walter i want you to take a look behind me you can see crew is still remain out here hours later, cleaning up the devastation, from this fatal crash. One person was killed, and at least two people were taken to the hospital. It was a fiery crash on busy route 202 just after 12 30 saturday afternoon, a tractor trailer, carrying frozen turkies collided with at lee one vehicle, in total police say at least nine vehicles were involved in the crash. Bystanders stuck in traffic recorded the images of the tractor trailer on fire, and late this evening, the coroner arrived on the scene, authorities confirmed that one person was killed. West Goshen Police confirmed that several people suffered minor to moderate injuries. For most of the day both lanes north and southbound remained closed at intersection of the south matlock and 202, hazmat teams initially responded cleaning up the tractor trailers fuel off the roadway an