Philly, 34. Layer up out the door. That will be the case day after day. In fact, colder, below freezing, this weekend. On radar and satellite, some clouds in place. The rain, snow, that is out. Today is going to be a fairly dry day. A chance of showers as we go into thursday. Then a big dryout for the weekend. Well check that out coming up in a few minutes. Now to traffic with jessica boyington. Starting off in bucks county now on route 1. Around langhorne, southbound at 95, too. An accident here over into the shoulder. You can see the full part of the ramp and this part of the shoulder, too. Southbound, looking northbound, not seeing problems with traffic moving by the scene. Bucks county might see a delay. Another delay, lower gwynned. A crash at 202 in both directions closing it at Sumneytown Pike and route 73. Ill end on the schuylkill expressway. Checking drive times approaching rush hour. Eastbound and westbound, no projects so far. 13 no problems so far. 13 minutes from the blue
Is still hanging around out there this morning. The big chill is on. Our First Alert Weather Team has issued a first alert. They did that yesterday because of the blast of arctic air. It continues this morning. What does a first alert mean . It means we want to make sure youre prepared, little shock to the system because we had temperatures that were so warm over the past week. Some neighborhoods this morning have already set record cold temperatures and others may continue to fall. First alert meteorologist krystal klei is keeping us up to speed with all the details. Krystal, fill us in. It habiterly co habiterlsy cold. Areas like trenton, wilmington and allentown. We have cold afternoons, not just cold in the morning but even the afternoon hours we dont see much of a warmup both today and even tomorrow. But heres the good news, were seeing some slight warming in the trend moving forward. A little bit of a pickup tomorrow, bit of a more pickup or rather more of a pickup on your monday
Of this, not very long. We still have a little bit more time to go with the record cold. Its subsiding. Were starting to look at chilly conditions. But these are the morning lows you can see out there. 22 at the northeast airport. We did set record lows in allentown, reading, wilmington, Atlantic City but not in philadelphia. This it typical what you would see for january 5th. Not for what you would see in the middle of november. So we will start to rebound. Average high is 58 degrees. Right now its 38 degrees in philadelphia. We have the clouds rolling in. You saw that milky sky this afternoon. And that will keep a lid on temperatures on later on tonight. We wont see those really numbing numbers, but its still going to be a cold night. The record cold is out of here. We dont have to worry anymore about that. But you still need the hats, the gloves tonight. Temperatures will drop down into the 20s, but the winds will be lighter. Temperatures will return to the 40s tomorrow and next wee
Given because hes a celebrity. He was charged with drug and gun possession in 2007 but violations like driving a car with windows tinted too dark landed him in court. A fight with a fan in an airport is another infraction and the latest case came after meek mill pled guilty to recklessly riding a bike in new york city. The judge sentenced him to jail for two to four years. I think 12 years of holding on to the same case is and for what hes given back to the community. Reporter locals say since he became a famous artist, he has given back. Hes a good person. He does a lot for the community. Reporter the rapper has visited neighborhoods hit by tragedies and local group homes. The cause outside today are for the judges removal and for the rapper to be released. Free meek mill try another option some say if punishment or reform was the cause here, he could serve rather than going to jail. Thats what they are calling for, criminal Justice Reform all around. Reporting live in center city, de
Forecast. Rains going to be heavy in places. Then the thunderstorms . There is a chance of thunderstorms in delaware and south jersey. Most of the day, rainy and windy conditions. Check out the view looking toward the art museum. The cameras shaking in the wind. You see closely the flag is blowing, too. Showers moving into philadelphia, moving to bucks, montgomery, and northern chester county. Seeing the rain. Its getting closer to berks county. Already drying out in wilmington, vineland, morris river. Theres more rain waiting to the south. This is part of the same system we had yesterday. To the south, there are heavy downpours. I expect those arriving this afternoon. Temperatures staying put for most of the day. Winds out of the northeast at 13 Miles Per Hour. Were at 53 now in philadelphia. 54 in the Lehigh Valley with cloudy skies. Wont be long before showers move in this morning in the easton area. At 11 00, 54 with light rain. For new jersey, 52. Into the mid 50s this afternoon.