Now the next frigid and dangerous blast of arctic air from Mother Nature a live look from sky 6 hd at the ben franklin bridge, and the partly frozen delaware and tonight we could hit record lows, we have Live Team Coverage tracking the cold at this hour. Chad pradelli has the deadly toll it has taken in our region but lets begin with david murphy at the big board. And if Misery Loves Company there are plenty of miserable people. Down in washington still in the upper teens and same thing in richmond, virginia and notice the single digit temperatures out to the west than is the direction with which the wind is coming and a couple of spots going below zero, and that is your windchill in washington and 2 degrees in philadelphia and north and west a lot of below zero windchills and that is part of the package as you wake up this morning and the wide view on satellite, you can see what is happening by following the throw of the clouds and warm air is in place and has been there for a couple
People walking on temple universitys campus today bundled up as bitter air blew through. How fast . Winds gusting up to 35 miles an hour. Tonight into tomorrow we will really be feeling them. Meteorologist gina par mean is hear with details of record breaking cold. If you thought today was cold, tomorrow is actually going to be even colder. So we do have a first alert out for tonight into the tomorrow especially tomorrow morning. Thats when we could see record cold. It is going to be dangerously cold could feel from minus 10 to minus 20 degrees when you factor in the wind. You can get frostbite in this type of weather in about 30 minutes. Cover account hands, the ears. You dont want to be outside for a long time. I dont think many of us can be outside in this kind of weather. Its kind of intolerable. 30mileanhour winds in philadelphia. 35mileanhour wind gusts in wilmington. Were still seeing 30mileanhour wind gusts. In philadelphia right now, we only feel like 1 degree. Reading 5 below
Good afternoon in the news this noon, a search for a bandit that stole up to 100,000 from a new jersey bank. And a Philadelphia Police captain is hurt in a hit and run, the details on an accident on a busy highway. But the big story is the deep freeze, and several deaths in our region are being blamed on the extreme cold. That is five people and a 66yearold allentown man who wandered away from home and died of hyperthermia today. Sky 6 hd is looking live at penns landing, windchill advisories are in effect across the region and temperatures plunge close to zero by tomorrow morning. Eva pilgram is live outside but first lets get the latest from meteorologist, david murphy, over at the big board. The temperature is not treating us kindly this noon 23 in philadelphia and well probably hold there for the next several hours 19 in wilmington and 17 in allentown and there say wind coming down from the northwest and that knocks the windchills down across the region feels like 2 if philadelphia
Temperatures, here we go, about 8 00, 9 00, snow showers came through last night with the cold front. Now temperatures are dropping. We were at 16 degrees last hour, now it is 15. You see the flag unfurling now, wind chills below zero. Sunrise 65 49 this morning more temperatures, ten in reading, 13 millville wilmington, 16 wildwood. But, this is what it feels like and keep this in minds because kids going to school today, you supply to wait for a ride or for your bus below zero windchills, just about everywhere. Feels leak below zero. Break from the wind yesterday not today, 25mile an hour gust in philadelphia, 29mile an hour win gust in millville new jersey, so, well have dangerous windchills today, and tomorrow specially tomorrow, maybe flurry or two today. 18 degrees and the winds make it feel a lot colder, if we get down to that 1 degrees tonight, we will tie the record, for february 20th because that one will happen earlier in the morning tomorrow. And tomorrow is the 20th. But,
Of that year. When you look at the windchill advisories in place about an hour from now and they linger through 11 00 through the entire viewing area and the windchills drop between 15 and 25 degrees below zero and we break it down region by region and northern chester and northern buck county, that is your spot, the poconos close to 30 below and i95 and most of southern new jersey feeling closer to 15 to 20 degrees below zero tomorrow morning. When we come back well talk about a warmup over the weekend but it comes with a price of snow and rain. Thank you adam. Because of the record cold temperatures, forecast tore tomorrow morning, all Public Schools in delaware are closed. Find that information at 6abc. Com and scrolling on your screen right now we will constantly upgrade the school decisions. Chad pradelli is live now at the philadelphia museum. These cold temperatures are dangerous and even deadly. Reporter yes jim at least a half dozen people have died from hypothermia in the pas