From the Lehigh Valley. A photojournalist is giving a look at this snowy scene here. Fortunately roads clear. In west chester, Chester County, looking like a winter wonderland. Not much else. Mostly stayed on the trees and in the shrubs. We give you a live look at i95 in south philadelphia. Visibility is very low. People have their headlights now. Lets head over to center city, ben franklin parkway. Trust us. The surface is so warm. Yesterday we were in the 60s, but its still coming down. Thats exactly what krystal told us earlier. We have first alert coverage. Lets begin with first alert meteorologist erika martin who is in our studios. Tell us whats happening. Its snowing. Yeah, its snowing, and these snowflakes are very big right now. When youre inside the studio, thats one thing. Youre getting the information out to the viewer, but out here it is lovely right now where we are. Accumulation already on my jacket. Right here on the ground. Some accumulation of snow right now. A good thing is a lot of this has already been treated. This will melt soon enough. One of my concerns, however, is as this does melt temperatures for tonight and tomorrow will be below the freezing mark. Of course, we could see a lot of this change over to some icy spots. You can see the wind starting to pick up as well. We can take a look at our satellite and radar image very quickly. I want to show you where the rainsnow line is moving toward the beach right now. Atlantic city starting to see the beginning of light flurries. Cape may, youre still in the green there. However, this system is continuing to make its way from the northwest to the southeast. Keep in mind, were not done yet. The back edge is just approaching the Lehigh Valley, but behind that we do have a little bit more moisture on the way. Meantime im out here enjoying these massive snowflakes. Its actually pretty nice, but pretreat your surfaces. Back to you in the studio. Erika looks perfect out there. Its a little warmer in here. Were looking at the shot in wilmington. It is hard to see this is frauley stadium because the snow is coming out very steady. There wasnt much sticking to the grassy spots because the temperatures on the surface are just on the cusp of freezing. We have these warm grounds from yesterdays 60s. Heres a look at philadelphia. This is in center city. Look at the visibility here. This is in miles. When youre at half a mile or a quarter of a mile, thats where we get difficulty in driving. We now looking even at that rough visibility, Atlantic City to millville less than a mile. A good and steady snow is falling across much of our region. Hourbyhour forecast, well, were at 11 00. We go to 12 30 and its already thinning out in the Lehigh Valley and berks county. Now it is pulling out of philadelphia and thinning in south jersey at 2 00. From 2 00 to 3 00, most of this moves offshore. We still have in the afternoon and early evening hours some lingering snow showers that could briefly pack a punch, so this is not going to end until we get into your overnight. Then we have a very cold weekend forecast. Well talk about that and the potential for more snow coming up. Meanwhile, we have a team of reporters tracking the snow. Thats right. Lets start with pamela osborne. Shes live in doylestown, bucks county. Pam . Reporter yeah, a pretty steady snow here in doylestown as you can see from our picture right now. We talked to a lot of people who said theyre just ready for spring. The news reports said it was coming, so i wasnt surprised. Im not happy about it though. Reporter and in allentown, people were out and about early this morning salting the sidewalks first thing. We saw the mailman even making his deliveries and other people trying to bundle up, keep warm, and get to work this morning. Similar story in doylestown. The snow isnt sticking on the ground, but it was definitely falling and at times reducing visibility. Just one little blast of winter left. We were actually in storm force all morning long. There was a guy who was driving by, rolled down his window and said, hey, this is it, right . I said unfortunately were talking about more snow on tuesday. He seemed a little bit disappointed. Were actually going to get back inside of storm force. Were going to give you a look at the roads, the highways, when i come back at 11 30. Im pamela osborne, nbc10 news. Well see you then. We take it one storm at a time. Our Team Coverage continues now as we head closer to philadelphia. Katy zachry is live in Chestnut Hill with a look at the conditions. Reporter hi vai. Hi rosemary. The accumulation of snow and winter elements is pretty significant. I can tell you look how good this snow is for packing snowballs. There we go. I was going to hit the lens, but i would ruin the rest of our live shot, so i cant do that right now. Most of the grassy surfaces and pavements have decent coats like this. Its in harsh contrast to what youre seeing on germantown avenue and streets throughout the city. The wa because of the warmer temperatures, its not sticking to the roads. It did make it tricky for those walking to school because the snow here started around 7 30. For those walking to school, they were dealing with the elements. We caught up with kids and their parents heading to school this morning. It was slick at tifor them at t crossing the road. Some kids were lucky enough to get driven to school because of the weather today. Yesterday people were wearing flipflops. Today you have to wear your snow boots. Its ridiculous. I dont understand this weather. All right. Back out here live. You are looking at the snow coming down. Its almost coming downsi sidews as it hits you because of the wind picking up. This is Winter Weather at its finest. This snow is awesome for packing snowballs. Im going to try to do it. Well, i wasnt a good baseball or softball player. You guys get the idea. If it is fun if youre clothed, have your hat on and jacket and everything. Its great to be out in. Katy zachry, nbc10 news. I think katy was trying to hit the photograph, not the lens. I think shes getting some practice for when shes out with her kid later. Now is a good time to download the free nbc10 app. Youll get realtime information and updates on this wintry weather. Plus, well tell you whats in store for next week. Were watching another system for the beginning of the week. The snow having an impact on our roads. Having an impact on our cameras. We need some wind shield wipers out there. Im trying to clean it. Were looking at 611 in doylestown. Earlier, we did see these turning to water droplets. Since the temperature is closer to the freezing mark, were seeing the water droplets are starting to freeze. Its slowly coming down from the camera lens. Again that is in the doylestown area. Now this is the 42 freeway over in new jersey. Look at the action and travel conditions on the new jersey turnpike. Were seeing wet roads still, but we have those light flurries coming on. This is on the northbound side leaving towards the philadelphia area. Were doing okay. I would advise everyone to use caution out and about today, especially for the evening commute. Were looking at a bridge opening ahead of schedule. Its still pretty green right now. It opens on a day like today where we have lots of snow. We have a vehicle fire in conshohocke conshohoc conshohocken. Take it slow. This is in New Castle County. A school bus carrying hearing impaired students was involved in an accident in wilmington. Tim furlong is live in wilmington to tell us more about what happened. Tim . Reporter the snow is falling here, but the traffic is getting b by. It was a much different scene a little while ago. Just before 8 00 this morning, a kristina School District bus was in a crash with a dump truck. A witness tells me the truck didnt stop at the light and ran into the bus and pushed it into a pole. Theyre okay. The driver was complaining of rib pain. He and the aide on the bus are at Saint Francis hospital. A witness who came to help them says they are in a little rougher shape. When i got to the dump truck, i noticed they were bleeding really bad. The lady was pinned underneath the dashboard. I asked them were they okay. Look, lets call 911 right now. Dont nobody touch nobody. Then the cops and everybody showed up. Reporter the dump truck occupants are at kristiana hospital. It was not weather related. He said it was driver e rrror. It was a pretty ugly scene, but no lifethreatening injuries. More good news. This one for drivers who travel over the Delaware River turnpike bridge. It is open for the First Time Since it was closed for emergency repairs. It opened last night weeks ahead of schedule. Repair crews worked seven days a week to fix the crack that was found back in january in westbound lanes. 40,000 commuters take this bridge to get to and from pennsylvania and new jersey. Coming up, gone with the wind. Watch as a little girl is swept away by the gusty conditions. Thats just ahead. And just like that snow is starting to thin in parts of the poconos, and thats going to continue tracking down to the south. Ill let you know when the snow moves out of your neighborhood and what we have in store for a cold weekend forecast coming up. We just moved into this house and didnt realize how difficult it was going to be to tie all that space together. With an open floor plan, you need to separate it with furniture. Bassett had everything that we needed. Fabric combinations marry the rooms together. Having someone with bassett has been invaluable. We couldve never dreamed up this room without bassett. Welcome back. Heres a live look outside in center city. You can see those big flakes floating down to the ground. Good news is the road surfaces right now look really good. Well tell you what to expect next coming up. Happening today, pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf will be in philadelphia to talk about the impact of the Republican Health care plan. The governor will discuss the issue at the center in the park in germantown. Wolf opposes the gop plan saying it would hit seniors with fixed incomes especially hard. New eagles player alshonn jeffrey arriving in snowy philadelphia. Our cameras were there as he was walking through Philadelphia International airport. He comes from the bears. He is one of the biggest names in the receiver market. We caught up with him at the airport. Well show you that at 5 00 this afternoon. Have you seen this video . Its been going around a lot of peoples facebook feeds. A Home Security camera shows just how strong the winds have been this week in ohio. Hello come back. The 4yearold girl tried to open the front door of her home. The wind took her for a short ride. Fortunately she was just fine. Shaken up im sure. Oh, my goodness. Im glad she was okay. And weve got some windy conditions ourself. We have some cold conditions and weve got some snowy conditions. Weve been tracking the snow all morning long. Its timed out almost exactly as we said it would. There you go. Now that were in our 11 00 a. M. Hour its spread to the shore. Take a look though through trenton, philly, down to wilmington. Thats that deeper purple. Thats the more steady snow thats going to continue progressing down to the southeast as we go through the next couple hours here. Lets take a look where we do have the steadier snow. Avenuing on the just starting to thin out more. Philly getting a good hit. In gloucester county, lighter snow were looking at, but the next steady line will be heading that way. Heres a look at the hourbyhour forecast. What were tracking right now is the snow across our entire region all the way down to cape may and the rainsnow mix for southern delaware. If we go from 11 00 a. M. To 1 30 in the afternoon, we have thinned the line of snow. I think it will be a little more filled out than this, but it will be dropping farther south. This is going to continue moving from 1 30 to 3 30 pretty much offshore. We will have lingering scattered showers though, snow showers for most as we move into your afternoon hours. You see it in parts of berks county and Chester County. Whats going to happen with these is its not going to be as widespread, long lasting as we saw through our morning hours, but it will be for brief periods of time steady to heavy in some areas. But it will be short lived. Still, that means for the drive home from work or school theres a chance youre going to run into a least a bit more falling snow. Lets take a look at the temperatures. We started this morning in the 40s. Sochl some of us in the mid to upper 40s. Look at us now. Philadelphia, 33. Were reporting snow across the board at this point. If we go into our philadelphia neighborhoods, what were going to see is temperatures pretty much consistent right around the freezing mark. 34, society hill. 33 for us in areas like parkside and 33 as well for toursdale. These temperatures right now right around freezing. 36 at 1 00 p. M. 37 around 5 00 p. M. It feels colder than it actually is with our feelslike conditions more like the 20s for some of us. Well be at 33 9 00 p. M. 36 at 1 00 in the afternoon for the suburbs. Lehigh valley, 35 degrees the best you see on the board. 34 this afternoon in delaware starting to thin out the snow and maybe mixing in a little rain. Snow in new jersey 35 at 9 00 p. M. Rain mixing in at the shore for 41. As we go into your weekend forecast, things stay cold. 32 saturday. Thats your high temperature. Overnights are in the teens with feelslike temperatures Single Digits for your saturday morning. 34 for sunday. Well get to your tenday on 10 coming up in the next half hour. All right. Well see you in ten minutes. Naturally the snow is impacting conditions throughout our area this morning. Heres a live look right now of conditions along i95 in New Castle County. Our live coverage of the snow continues just ahead. Studies show that having a College Degree versus just a High School Diploma makes a big difference when it comes to employment, income, homeownership and your overall health. A Philadelphia CityCouncil Woman is here with us this morning along with the director of development for steppingstone scholars. Thank you both for being with us. Thank you. We see you are proudly wearing your schools. Im penn state. Pennsylvania university. You and i were saying a moment ago applying to college a very daunting process and as you put it can be intimidating. Do you find parents and students are reluctant to ask questions . Every year we discover that same fact that it is intimidating. Uncertainty is inevitable in this process. This rich collaboration we have with the university of sciences and the steppingstones scholars, our goal is to demystify the process. Tell us about steppingstone scholars. Its been in the area for the last 17 years, and our goal is to get students to and through college starting in the fourth grade. Going to college isnt just about applying to college, but its actually preparing yourself academically and personally through those years starting from fifth grade on. Learning those skills youre going to need in college. Definitely. Counscil woman, what will parents and students learn to tomorrow . Theyll hear from those who have completed the College Admissions process and experts. A number of colleges are represented as well. Wonderful workshops that deal with the affordability of college, Financial Aid. If youre talking Financial Aid, youre going to ask the question about the availability of scholarships for starters. Young people get a chance to speak up close and personal with College Admissions officers about career trends, about the expectations that come with the college experience, and the journ journey. While it can be intimidating, it is an exciting and fun time for families. You mentioned Financial Aid, of course, paying for college. Do you find this is one of the main impediments to people thinking about applying and getting ready for college, College Preparedness . Definitely. A lot of kids think that i want to go to this college, but the price tag on this college is astronomical so im not going to apply. Because of merit scholarships and Financial Aid, there are things you can do along the way to get your foot in the door financially and academically into colleges. Planning is key. Prior proper planning will prevent a poor performance. Dont wait until spring of your senior year. Think of it during your freshman year in high school. So many of us were on Financial Aid in college. Work study. Thats the norm. Thank you so much for being with us. We have some information on the Fourth Annual step into college precollege conference. Its happening tomorrow from 9 00 in the morning until 2 00 in the afternoon at the university of the sciences. Go to our website if you want to register and get that info, nbc10. Com, or check out the t tag nbc10 app. Were tracking snow throughout our area this morning. Our live Team Coverage of the snow and the cold weekend continues just ahead. We are tracking snow across our region this morning as we give you a live look at broth street looking northward from the Kimball Center campus camera. Thats city hall there in the background. Flakes were falling on the boardwalk in Atlantic City earlier today. Very little accumulation. And snowflakes pelted windshields in New Castle County this morning. Storm force 10 captured this video on route 202 south approaching i95 in the wilmington area. Heres what the morning looked like in Chester County. Windshield wipers going at full tilt. Heres another live look from the Lehigh V