Definitely need the umbrella, rain slicker, fog will continue, casino of good day today with the rain continuing to fall widespread in nature, everyone across the Delaware Valley being touched by this precipitation, the intensity starting to pick up, as well. Temperatures though, theyre not too bad. 54 degrees in philadelphia, right now, nearly 60 down the shore, middle 40s thats not too chilly for you in the poconos, but check this out. What a soaker storm scan3 showing us widespread rainfall continuing to impact the area. We are seeing some heavier pocket now develop. We do have the heavier band, seeing kind of the yellows even pops of orange there near lancaster and just west of reading. That will will continue to kind of move to to the east northeast, much more moisture to contend with as we head into the rest of the afternoon. So rain is for sure near forecast rain continuing heavy at times, but will start to taper during the evening commute. So i think the second half of the even
Along the northeast extension of the pennsylvania turnpike into the allentown area, things are looking good up there. 78 we saw extra volume on the roadways. 95 northbound, girard avenue, unimportantly, the onramp is closed to the construction project. Katy, thanks. We are following breaking feuds, crews are cleaning up after a garage fire in north philadelphia. Firefighters got it under control about a half hour ago. No one was hurt. A decades old church goes up in flames in newcastle county. Matt delucia is live in wilmington, not much is left. Matt, there is an active scene out there. 11 hours later, firefighters are on the scene. One fire truck out here right now. It has the ladder up there, just in case there are any flareups. We have not seen any since we got out here. We got here around 3 00 this morning. So firefighters are doing a good job making sure it has not spread to the homes behind there. There is video here. This is what it looked like last night at 7 00 a. View from a
And along the shore with a bit of patchy fog. Were watching the foggy conditions as well. Highs around the region will be colder than what we saw yesterday. 49 degrees for philadelphia. Mid40s in pottstown. 47 in allentown and colder as we head into tomorrow. Ill be tracking your sevenday forecast coming up in a bit. Lets check in with first alert traffic reporter katy zachry. Thanks, brittany. No major accidents on our roadways to report. Overnight construction but its not tying anything up too badly. A look at drive times throughout the area, lets start in pennsylvania, 76 looking good headed into center city philadelphia. 95 southbound, this stretch between woodhaven and the vine typically gets really delayed as we move into the morning rush. Right now its only about 13 minutes. And the blue route headed southbound between 76 and 95, you shouldnt find issues. Into new jersey, 295 southbound if youre headed between route 38 and 168 you shouldnt find issues. The drive time about 12 mi
Pocono mountains, this is a view from blue mountain. The rest of the area will see cloudy skies and cool conditions. Its completely dry, nothing falling from the clouds. The temperatures have been coming down. Were at 36 in philadelphia, but in spite of clouds through the day today, well see a big warmup and wind up at 56 degrees this afternoon. Well go through the forecast when im back. Katy zachry is following your first alert traffic. Good morning. Things are looking good. Your drive time on 76 eastbound from the blue route to Center City Philadelphia is about 13 minutes, 95 southbound as you head between woodhaven and the vine, a minute more, and then the blue route is good as you go southbound between the schuylkill expressway and 95, 16 minutes average on most of our majors in the upper 50s, low 60s. Ive seen a little more traffic on the roadways this morning. That might be because of the impending holiday. More cars are on the roads, more trucks are delivering things. Well take
Go happen. The new report calling out a temporary policy, shutting down firehouses, not saving money, and possibly, endangering lives. Local church Fire Destroys everything, but its steeple now the atf investigating the property for the second time in just weeks. Bob kelly, another fire. Another fire. This one is a live look at i95, fully engulfed car fire, 95 north near the airport, the rest of the details coming up next. Well see a back up there. First of all good morning, it is thursday december 17th, 2015. Thanks so much for waking up with us on this thursday. And you kind of need some fire, some heat, because it is still chilly . Kind of cold throughout. It is, dave warren, what happened . It is 47 degrees. Thats our average high temperature. Well, youre used to the 70s. Yes. I know. Relative to that, it will be frigid weekend, cold air coming back. But look at the number of the day, down the scale today, only up to three, we had some rain coming in, not here yet. But take all of