." >> thank you, christie. let's switch live to meteorologist adam joseph. christie said the temperatures are adding additional urgency to the search and they're going below freezeing. hovering right around the freezing point across much of the area and specifically allentown our number presentsly is 34. that's two degrees above freezing. but again, this temperature dipping towards freezing. we have not really seen all that much this winter season. so nobody is acclimated to this kind of weather. so it's a bit of shock to anyone's system and as we look at winds now that continued to pull out of westerly direction no matt whaert air temperature is it feels below freezing area wide and in fact allentown one of the cooler spots now with the wind chilla coming in at 2 25. and temperatures as we go through the overnight hours the temperatures will drop in the lehigh valley to 26 degrees with clear sky and with the rest of us and majority of us also into the 20s and then you factor into the wind that remains up throughout the overnight hours and even through saturday morning at 7:0

painful to be outside. meteorologist adam joseph at the big board with the late word from accuweather. >> jim, in most of the county shaking and shivering as the cold air pulled way to the south. atlanta 27, chicago 3, 11 in cincinnati. 24 raleigh and 18 degrees in philadelphia. the cold is one part of the story, and we are still dealing with winds pushing in from the west, sustained speeds of 20 in philadelphia, 20 in wilmington, 16 in allentown. with higher gusts. that is pulling the air temperature much further down. in fact, when you factor in the wind, it feels like 2 in philadelphia, and also in trenton. 1 below in reading. 2 below in reading. 1 below in wilmington and lancaster. and even at the shore feeling in the low single digits with the poconos at 11 degrees below zero. we do have a clear sky out there right now of the winds continue to drain out of low pressure that continues to pull east ofle northern parts new england to the eastern parts of the great lakes. once that departs late tomorrow into wednesday, the winds will finally ease. first thing tomorrow morning, windy

thing is first, meteorologist cecily tynan and adam joseph have been tracking the start of the storm. we will begin with cecily at the "action news" big board. >> jim, thinks a deep, dynamic storm and it will be intensifying in the overnight hours. storm tracker six live double scan showing that we're already beginning to see these horizontal bands of heavier snow working through. as the storm system intensifies these will be fast and furious and they will also get a lot stronger. these band right now across route one right now, i-95, north of wilmington, this has snowfall coming at a rate of an inch an hour. at the height of the storm the snow will be falling at a rate of two to 3 inches per hour. we will see more of these bands. another band right now is beginning to develop near millville and fortecue and we will see more but already the snowfall totals, amazing, it seems like the snow just started and they are adding up. williamstown 2.5 inches. cape may, 2.5 inches. in newark delaware 1.5. warn gate 2 inches and west dover reporting nearly 4 inches of snow. wider view showing bi

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strangely rising temperatures. meteorologist adam joseph is standing by at the big board with the very latest information from accu weather. >> jim, go figure, another missed opportunity, this warm, winter season, to have a southern storm, lots of moisture and it is all in the form of rain. we can see very bright colors on double scan live radar. we have strike to the north and west, lighter rain in center city right now. a very heavy burst of rain, in southern new jersey, and in fact, a as we lah from cape may right north to glassboro, hammington, atlantic city expressway, 55 and garden state parkway dealing with torrential rain right now. in fact, some red, popping up between millville, mays landing, route 50, 49, near tuckahoe, heading toward egg harbor. egg harbor and absecon. we're seeing that very steady heavy rain and thinks all lifting from the south to the north and many of us will have that opportunity of pretty heavy bursts of rain overnight. the as we widen out on double scan live radar, the center of the low near outer banks of the north carolina overall a weak low de

scarf weather, but bundling up all the way, like the top of your head. and adam joseph braving the temperatures with an scarf but no hat, adam. >> the wind died down, that is helping quite a bit overnight. but yet as mentioned, the coldest air of the winter season passed through this afternoon. high temperature in philadelphia was just 29 degrees. that is 11 degrees below average. but at least it was very bright. right now our wind chills, 18 in philadelphia. feels like 11 in allentown, 20 in reading, 21 in lancaster, 18 in millville. the numbers far better than they were this time last night with winds over 40 miles per hour and wind chills around in the single-dick digits. and for the rest of us as we head out to work and school, sun and clouds, cold with a light wind. temperature 24 degrees at 6:00, and by 8:00 a temperature of 26. when i come back, we talk about above-normal temperatures for tomorrow and the rest of the week, and a chance for some rain at the beginning of the weekend, brian. we have the timing on it all with the seven-day forecast. >> adam, thanks so much. >>>

adam joseph, cecily is at the big board. >> jim, you can see on storm tracker six live double scan just how immense this storm system is now. quickly, it has blossomed. that low pressure in the eastern louisiana right now ahead of it. we've got this plume of moisture even encountering a little will bit of the mix in the tennessee valley. you can see that squall line of thunderstorms. that indicates the dynamics with this system. it is strong. it has left. it has moisture. it will be tapping into that more as it becomes a nor'easter. the the winter storm watches and warnings, extend all the way from little rock, up toward long island. that is more than a thousand miles. this also shows us the the track of the storm. this, yes, is that southern slider. as it moves off the coast, it explodes into a nor'easter. that is when you get the wind. so because of the wind, reducing visibility we have a blizzard watch posted for friday night into unday morning for the bulk of our viewing area, the pennsylvania turnpike and really all points to the south and to the east. so when does that storm

" tonight is 12-18, as in inches, as in snow. we've got meteorologist cecily tynan and adam joseph with all of the latest facts and figures. let's begin with cecily at the big board. >> jim, that's what we expect will be on the ground in philadelphia when this storm finally winds down on sunday morning. in the meantime, we have a little bit of an appetizer before the main event. some snow showers, light south of philadelphia. but i do want to mention this because d.c. got a coating to an inch. roads untreated and it caused hundreds of accidents tonight. use caution. there could be slick spots with the temperatures. and bigger news, water vapor imagery showing the storm system to the west will drive over texas, gather moisture from the gulf of mexico and then from the atlantic and this will cause a major winter storm with far-reaching impacts. winter storm watches and warnings from west of memphbe m through the tennessee valley, the carolinas and virginia into our region and north jersey. here we are looking at the watches going into effect friday night through sunday morning. and also b