After it will reach the Lehigh Valley its the first snow of the season and the accumulations will actually climb to substantial levels in some areas and so welcome to winter 2017. It is friday night and the big story on action news tonight is our Winter Weather advisory and storm warning, it is a double dose of Winter Weather, we have action News Reporters Trish Hartman and dann cuellar straked out in strategic locations but first lets get the late word from accuweather and cecily tynan. Double scan live showing plenty of moisture streaming up from the south and a lot has been missing to the south and what is happening low pressure developing off the coast of South Carolina and once that develops it will pivot this so the moisture moves in land and encounters the cold air and produces the snow and Cape May County its been snowing there kind of onandoff at different rates since about 3 00 this afternoon, about an inch and a half and that location notice dover delaware also some light sn
6abc. Com live in norristown im dann cuellar channel six action news. Be sure to wake up with action news tomorrow for updated snow totals and conditions on the roads and action news mornings begins at 5 00 right here on channel six and keep up with any changes to this weekends wintry forecast right on your phone or tablet and includes real time views from Storm Tracker six the 6abc app is a Free Download for your mobile device. Pennsylvania state police are investigating a turnpike tragedy. A driver was killed when his vehicle was hit by flying debris this morning. The victim has been identified as 57yearold Gregory Leiber of lang horn and went through the windshield and hit leeb leiber and happened at 11 00 this morning and debris went airborne after being hit by a truck in the westbound lanes and looking for the driver of that truck. A Philadelphia Police officer was injured by a bullet while responding to a call about a dog attack in north philadelphia this afternoon. The incident
Pleasantville, new jersey, alex coen is seeing snowflakes fall in the darkness. Mobile 6 pleasantville, new jersey, route 9. Were looking live via route 1 in dewey beach. You can see the snow on the grassy areas and the side roads. Ruth one appears to be okay for the most part. Now lets look live at philadelphia airport. No snow if philadelphia just yet. If you have a flight today, be sure to call ahead or go online to check your flight. We have Live Team Coverage of the first snowfall of the season. Meteorologist karen rogers is in for chris sowers. Bob brooks is in the thick of it in south jersey, lets begin with the updates on conditions. Hi, karen. Reporter hi, nydia. You were showing the shots of snow on the grassy surfaces not on the roads at this point. We expect that to be the case for much of the day. Satellite and radar you can see the storm in motion. This is the historic storm that brought snowfall to areas in texas and georgia that never see it. Now we can see the snowfall
Area the atmosphere is trying to moisten up before we see the flakes. The snow is coming, its taking its good sweet time. Temperatures have dropped in the city, 35 in philadelphia. 33 in trenton. Wilmington, when we get the snow in the i95 itill melt especially with the first snowflakes. 33 in allentown. N reading. Sitting at the freezing mark in millville and bn Atlantic City and came may. What to expect, we expected 7 00 a. M. To see the snow, we saw nothing. By lunchtime we expect to see the snow in philadelphia. 34 degrees. 2 00 p. M. , its snowing everywhere and light snow in the poconos. 33 degrees. Its snowing on and off during the day, 5 00 p. M. , 33. 7 00 p. M. , 33 degrees as it gets ready to pull out of here. Its a Long Duration event. With the late start and fighting off the dry air it will change the totals a little bit. What to expect with the winter storm warning much of the area until 1 00 a. M. The National Weather service has this posted. Youll get the snow and the r
Service has issued a Winter Weather advisory for lancaster, berks, lehigh, northampton counties in the poconos. It goes in effect until 1 oclock in the morning until 10 00. I think icing would likely occur around 4 oclock in the morning or so and then behind this system we do dry out tomorrow but find the layers. You will need them. Future tracker showing 8 30 tomorrow morning, were already dropping. The wind chills into the teens in philadelphia, the north and west suburbs into the single digits. If youre planning on skiing in the poconos, the wind chill down to 10 below, big weekend for skiing in the poconos. Then heading into the afternoon, going to the eagles game, look at that at 4 30 when the game starts the wind chill only 16 degrees and next week im tracking a chance of snow. Ill talk about that in the sevenday forecast. Jim. Thank you cecily. And we are urge you to stay with action news throughout the weekend for updates on the forecast and be sure to check out the 6abc app to