Solomon. Lets goat Kate Fehlinger on the sky deck with a chilly thanksgiving forecast. Katie. It is. Youre right. It was a very cold start to the morning. What we had working for us however is thankfully not too much of a twitch have to worry about but that said, the temperature really took a hit since yesterday and even despite bright sunshine it really isnt going to feel much warmer than, say, 10 degrees or so below average. Now looking at storm scan that is clear. It will stay that way throughout the day and even into tomorrow. That said, when you look at the temperature difference, yeah, its chilly outside with your deficit from this same time yesterday, almost as much as 20 degrees, so it is chilly out here and worthy of the heavier layers so winter companies, the scarf, the gloves and i took a little walk to get coffee earlier this morning and a lot of people had all of those extra layers plus the hat. That was a smart move because i know they were out at the parade and it wasnt
Are without water at this hour. Crews you can see them working behind me, they are trying to fix that main. This is Rittenhouse Square near 18th and locust the main broke around 10 00 a. M. This is the second water main break in this area. The first one happened just yesterday about 12 feet weigh from where theyre working right now. Now the main was already scheduled for a full replacement in the coming year we learned. City Officials Say the age of the main could be a factor of it breaking but they say water main breaks are typical this time of year. Were in our winter season. We do see an increase in water main breaks this time of year. When the water temperature drops below a certain point we do see water mains break more frequently. There could be contributing factors not just the age of the main something related to the water temperature possibly. Reporter thats a new pipe right there that theyre hoping to put down under the ground. Now, city Officials Say that theyre hoping to tu
Carabeo. Jim and rahel are off today. This is just the start of the frigid forecast and this weekend we may even be able to see some snowflakes out there. Meteorologist Kate Fehlinger is live in the Weather Center this noon monitoring what it could feel like for your new years celebration, katie. It will be brutally cold right through that time frame, jan. We were feeling as cold as below zero in a lot of outlying suburbs to the north and west. It felt at the worst as cold as 20 below zero in the poconos. Understandably that was a sewn that had a wind advisory which has gone out of effect but it hasnt gotten a lot better even since then. Let me show you currently just the wind speeds. You know, this is the x factor. This is what you need to account for when you walk out the door. So i could show you the actual air temperatures but id rather show you the feelslike values because this is what you want to use as a gauge when you walk out the door. You know, it feels even still like its 12
Because of the bitter cold. Eyewitness News Reporter alycia nieves is live along the parade route on broad street where fans are braving the cold for a front row seat to all the action. Hi, alycia. Reporter rahel, it is cold out here. We see people out here drinking their hot cocoa, drinking their coffee trying to stay warm. Some even doing things like putting hand warmers in their gloves. Others just o jogging in place all for this and it seems to be well worth it. 120 Year Administration unique to philadelphia is under way right now. Happy new year to the Delaware Valley from your mummers. Reporter bands and performers dancing down broad street for the mummers parade entertaining a sprinkling of fans standing on the sidelines most of whom clearly decided not to let the subzero temperatures stop them from experiencing the one of a kind annual show. It didnt stop us. But its really cold so we bought a lot of gear over the past couple weeks just so we could be ready. Reporter with fans
Volunteer Fire Department arrived just before midnight and made quick work of the flames. But the damage was done. Fire tour a hole through the roof right above the kitchen. More than a dozen employees are now out of a job. Kelly reads daughter was a waitress here. She loves it. The customers are great. She loves coming to work every day and shes going to be really upset over this. Reporter thomas giannis bought the last mothers day changing the name from the white horse diner to country town diner. We were struggling. A lot of changes in the diner. And its our bread and but. Reporter fortunately no one was injured. The business was closed at the time but now hes left wondering if he can rebuild. Im going to work there. Its hard to get a job in this business. I dont know where to go from here ill be honest. I mean, i have my mother is disabled, my father has a heart problem and i was the only one who was keeping them on a daily basis. They with me every day. Reporter now the owner tell