cold and the commute by going over to david murphy and karen rogers. reporter: it is bitterly cold. we ll start out with sunshine and high clouds will streak in. it will be basically dry today, but uncomfortable. right now these are temperatures we re at 15 degrees in philadelphia. 11 in wilmington. just 8 degrees on the thermometer in trenton, 12 in allentown. 9 in reading, 2 below in millville, new jersey. just 11 in wilmington. as we take a look at the winds they are not all that strong but they are forcing worst windchills it feels like 6 degrees in philadelphia. 14 below in millville. 11 in wilmington, that s the same as the temperature here because winds are calm currently, feels like 4 in allentown. every now and then a little bit of a wind blowing up temporarily and making it feel colder. as we roll through the day, 12 degrees at 7:00 p.m. in philadelphia. inching back up to 23 by noon. the high this afternoon 27 windchills making it feel like the upper teens or low
we re getting you ready for another bitter blast of arctic air in the tri state region as we deal with ice and snow on the sidewalks and roads which can make it a hazardous start to the day. award winning actress meryl streep gives a golden globe speech that has everyone silent in the audience and her words were directed to the president-elect. let s go over to david murphy talking about this cold and karen rogers talking about the bit of an icy commute. good morning. reporter: it s definitely a cold start if you were out yesterday you noticed the cold and the wind not as windy this morning, as you take a look at cloud cover it s out to the west. we ll start out with early sunshine, i think the clouds streak in pretty quick, we wind up with a clouds and sun mix through the day. temperatures are on the cold side. 15 degrees in philadelphia. that s a three degree improvement over the last hour. 12 in wilmington, and allentown. 11 in trenton. 1 in millville. the windchills
heavy rain moving east toward the shore and some storms, round two between 8:00 p.m. and midnight the scattered showers to the west and weakened thunderstorms. after midnight gradual liz clearing from west to east. after that we will be talking with a weekend winner, and chasing 90 degrees in the seven day, looking forward to that as long as there are no storms. for now back to you. thanks, so much, kathy. if it is safe to take a picture during the the storm we d like to see it. send your picks to us on, twitter and use hash tag cbs-3 storms. we are no less than six hours away from the possible strike on septa s regional rail line. governor corbett s office is offering to get involved. eyewitness news reporter walt hunter is live in center city tonight with the latest developments, walt. the decision on whether or not your regional rails train will be running 12:01 a.m. tomorrow may well be made right behind me, closed doors of the law office, on the 32nd floor of t
hill area. bensalem looking at some of that moderate rainfall but a lot of lightning. thunder activity across the area so if you hear thunder you can be struck by lightning. also moving into south jersey, sections of central delaware, some very heavy rainfall right now. moving through sections of kent county. so this is really round one. take a look to the west. the actual cold front that will continue to head in our direction and we have some sunshine in between these two linelines that we re watching so that will help to destabilize the atmosphere. the other concern, through late tonight a flash flood watch posted for the entire area. watching out for the threat. heavy rain that is the highest threat. watching for damaging winds and also the potential is there for some hail out of these systems. as we watch what to expect, a line of slow moving showers and thunderstorms ponding on the roads. if you encounter flooded roadways, turn around, don t drown. as we progress through
it adds time my commute. i was happy that the trains running. reporter:no one wants to face a rail strike in february when the snow is flying. davidavid henry channel~6 actin news. no snow is flying here. adam is soaking up the sunshine. a great start to the work week. we have lots of sunshine. a few clouds into the average. 85 in wilmington. a nice sea breeze at shore. temperatures in the lower 70s. so we are approaching 90 degrees.s in the lower 70s. but not there just yet. as we take a look at doubleheaderdewpointsit s a mean fairefahrenheit. that is when we say it s humid and oppressive when to gets to 60 degrees. you have to go hours away to harrisburg and state college even in pittsburgh that is five or six hours away. spotty downpours are popping up. showers will push through. if they do it s around sunset or after. you see raleigh and nashville at 93 degrees. hello to the 90s. the first time it s going to happen tomorrow in 2014. 91 degrees we are expecting. th