with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪rds, karen rogers and >> we havebacking news on this wednesday december 17th. police take to the roof to surround burglars who were loading up on goods inside a northeast philadelphia target and police say it was not the first time the burglars targeted target stores. a live report is next. >> also a marine accused of a killing spree against a family, his own family in montgomery county takes his life. now the community is rallying behind the survivors. >> the sony hackers are threatening violence against american moviegoers and one theater in our area is not taking any chances. >> good morning out there, 4:30 now on this wednesday december 17. let's get right over to meteorologist, david murphy and to karen rogers to take a look at your accuweather and at your traffic. good morning. >> good morning, everybody. satellite shows you that the rain from yesterday is gone thanks to radar showing that you technically, can kids and then cloud cover behind it still fairly pronounced but we are seeing some brea

edwards, karen rogers and >> good morning. we're on a developing story on this wednesday december 3rd. >> coast guard is still searching for a worker who fell into the christina river last night. >> bill cosby is now facing a lawsuit amid mounting sex assault allegations against him. >> we're taking a live look at atlantic city new jersey. we're up on top of one of those buildings and it's hard to see stuff because we had some low lying cloud cover and also a little bit of rain here and there. >> let's find out more about what's going on. dave murphy is off. let's go over to karen rogers and we've got matt pelman with flashing lights here at 4:30. good morning. >> and that's never good. let's start off with storm tracker 6 live double scan and we're not entirely dry through the region. we've got some light showers for the most part and i don't know if you can detect this but just a light area of blue popping up near pottsville. i wouldn't be surprised to see a sleet pellet mixing in north and west but this is really just rain

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meteorologist karen rogers joins us with the latest from accuweather. we have rain in our future huh? >> reporter: we do, don't mind being out here today, don't need the jacket with the temperatures. i want to show you sat satellite and radar, the clouds are starting to fill in. we started off with bright sunshine and a few clouds mix b mixing in. there you see the showers associated with the cold front they are falling apart as they reach the area. we're expecting a spotty shower around later this afternoon and into this evening. let's look at the temperatures. that's the big story of the day! 55 degrees in martins creek. 61 in quakertown. 67 in coatsville and 65 in ken net square and chester. center city in the mid 60s. 68 in hammonton. temperatures near 70 degrees, this time of year we see a high of 50 and we're well past that. 69 in dover, delaware as you head out later on, expect a mild evening commute, 4:00 p.m., 61. 5:30. 58. 7:00 p.m., 49. as we talk about temperatures so far above average we're considering a winter weather advisory national wea

let's go to karen rogers filling in for david and matt pelman with traffic. good morning. >> what a huge change in our weather. yesterday we had near record-high temperatures and today we're talking about a winter weather advisory and lancaster and your northwest suburbs including berks, lehigh, northampton counties where we're going to see a period of snow and sleet changing over to rain. i want to show you storm tracker 6 live 3-d looks a

captive breeding has not been successful. >> karen rogers is back with accuweather. we ask a lot this holiday season. >> reporter: you do. >> we would like sunshine. >> reporter: i can give you very little sunshine. >> i would like a couple of cookies. >> reporter: i got that. let's look at storm tracker 6 live double scan we're dry, so i'm giving you that, let's go outside and see what it looks like, sky6 live hd is taking a live look in penns landing looking at the river rink in penns landing him they've got winter fest going on, temperatures are not too bad, sarah said try the tacos. let's look at the conditions around the region as we go on and check some of the temperatures. the current temperature is 45 degrees, not too bad. the overnight low was 43. we've on risen two degrees from that, the dewpoint 33. the winds out of the west/northwest at 3. it was a northwesterly wind early on and the pressure 30.0 # inches. the lehigh valley low 40s. 43 in trenton. 44 on the boardwalk in sea isle city. let's look at the satellite image, lots of cloud cover through the reg

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we'll explain and karen rogers has the exclusive accuweather forecast. >>> hi i'm pfc ronald cohen, i want to give a happy holidays to my mother back in new jersey i love you. >>> a kentucky man is accused of burning down the house of a woman that rejected him on facebook, 37-year-old james graham tried to gain the attention of joanie yunt and when she rebuffed his advances, he went to her home and let himself in and set a fire in her bedroom. the woman was not home at the time. >>> security experts have a warning for anyone travel ago way from home this holiday, sharing any information online could make you a target for burglars. >> i thought you said they were gone. they were suppose to leave this morning. >> back in the day you would have to peer in someone's bedroom to know they were home alone. but now just rummage through their social media, you think posting wherever you go is fun and you are actually letting people know i'm gone, go over there and take what you want. >> laverne should know her home was cleaned out after her daughter posted her vegas family vacation on her face

karen rogers is off. let's head over to dave murphy he's got your accuweather. matt pelman is taking a look at traffic. good morning. >> good morning everybody. on the big board storm tracker 6 live double scan picking up for the second straight morning a little scattered sprinkle or shower down south and it's older this morning so p in some cases this is changing over the a couple light snowflakes. not expecting this to do too much for you. we'll be in and out some of the sprinkles. there's a fair amount of cloud cover although clouds will break at times today and i think we're in for a mix of clouds and sun. it is colder start out. temperature right now in philadelphia of just 34 degrees. yesterday of course we were in the low 40's at this time. we're at 30 in allentown. 27 in reading, 35 in millville and 37 in sea isle city. and as we go through the day it is going stay on the colder side. yesterday we were in the 40's from start to finish today in the 30's. 34 degrees right now. probably about the same by 8 o'clock. 36 by noon and that is your high at 3 o'cl

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and with matt o'donnell, tamala >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 5:00 a.m. on this wednesday december 3rd. we're following a developing story in wilmington, delaware. >> that is where the coast guard is searching for a man who plunged into the christina river. >> there are new developments in a case of hit and run that was caught on camera. police say they could be closing in on the suspected driver. >> and three churches go up in flames in a matter of hours, all in the same delaware community. the search is on for an arsonist. >> but first up let's take a quick look at your weather and traffic with meteorologist, david murphy off, karen rogers has accuweather and matt pelman has traffic. good morning. >> good morning. let's start off with storm tracker 6 live double scan. still some drizzle out there in spots. we can see not a lot of rain but you'll get a shower or two that will be passing through the area coming out of the southwest but so is that more mild air can coming out of the southwest. so, it's better news there. let's look at some

. >> let's find out more about that and go on over to karen rogers. she's in for dave murphy and matt pelman has the roads. good morning. >> good morning. satellite 6 and action radar showing us that we do have some showers in place and what you can see from this is really that we're getting the building out here from the southwest. so, while we have some showers and it is just showers with temperatures above freezing, we've got some more showers that are going to be taking its place. not horribly wet all day but some spotty showers here and there. you're going to want to watch for it as you go. here's a closer view with storm tracker 6 live double scan, your best view of exactly what's happening through this region and we can see some light showers moving through the city right here and here's some of the heavier stuff that's starting to hit coatesville right now so looking for that in chester county. visibility is an issue as well. .3 of a mile visibility in mount pocono, 1.3 in allentown. not really a big deal at philadelphia international airport

let's head over to the big board karen rogers is in for david murphy. hi are karen. >> reporter: hi, rick while we're talking about light rain for us, there's a winter weather advisory for carbon an and monroe counties you're looking at freezing rain. for the rest of the area storm tracker 6 live double scan looks like we'll have showers to the south in delaware and southern new jersey. the idea is that the rain is coming from the south. we'll see the light showers through the region. i want to look at satellite and radar, you can see the clouds are in place, we have holes in the clouds, they filled in now, the rain is developing down to the south. while you're getting wet in maryland starting to reach ground in extreme southern delaware, not hitting ground just yet in south jersey. let's look at the wider view of storm tracker 6 live. the bulk of the precipitation, will not be terribly wet, it will be damp. we have showers coming your way today. it will build and be very wet christmas eve. 37 in reading, 39 in millville. we're above freezing. we're sta

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meteorologist, karen rogers is at the big board. >> we are looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan radar. and yes, we are seeing the white stuff, it's light in parts of the region, in philadelphia and parts south and east we have light rain. we have temperatures yesterday of 70 degrees and now light rainfall. let me show you sky 6 hd, some areas are getting mixed precipitation near lancaster and sleeting in reading, light flurries as well as allentown, more west of allentown, that is where you have the best chance of it turning to sleet and icy situations. we had a little bit of sleet earlier in the city as well. lets look at the winter weather advisory for the area, berks and lehigh counties, until 10:00 tonight. for the snow and sleet that eventually turns to rain. in philadelphia for the most part it is rain. in the north western suburbs, mixed precipitation, some changing over to rain and just melting on the surface, because it has been so mild the past couple of days, but continuing in allentown and areas north. we think we could see icing there and that could be slippery in s

and karen rogers is back with the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. right now another holiday greeting from our military member serving overseas. hi, welcome to ukota air base, i'm bradley and this is ply wife cesily, we wanted to wish you a merry christmas and have a holiday season. >> hi to all my family and friends back in philadelphia, i miss you guys, hope you have a great holiday season! pope francis delivered his annual christmas address to the cardinals and bishops who govern the case. this year he talked about the hypocrisy of the vatican who seek out power at all costs. >>> staples have warned its customers about a data breach that stole personal data from a million customer credit cards. chris employed malicious software at 115 stores. malware made access to data between august 10th to september 16. two other stores were hacked during july 20th and the same september date. >>> stores are making changes to accommodate the final frenzy while shipping companies are bracing for a record crush of traffic. abc reporter has the all-important detai

thanks, getter, i'm meteorologist karen rogers. 44, heading to 46. tomorrow, rain arrives in the afternoon and evening, high of 50. barnes and noble. >> i love all the people out here. >> good morning. >> i have to chat. take it away. >>> thank you so much, ginger. here with us, the one and only uncle si. si robertson. from the hit show "duck dynasty." he's here with his new christmas book, sunkle si the christmas elf. welcome. what was the inspiration to turning yourself into an elf for the holidays? >> well, that was miss ashley nelson. this was kind of her idea. she's watched me with the show and she's known, since korie's her sister, she got to know the robertson family very well. i wrote one book, si-cology 1. they came up and said, write another one. so ashley came up with, we came up with this. all it's about is to tell the real christmas story. about how god became flesh, okay, willingly died on the cross for what si robertson does wrong and the rest of the world. was buried in a tom, okay? but the tomb couldn't hold him. three days later he

karen rogers is live at the big board to let us know when the skies will clear up, hopefully in time for santa's journey. >> the rain does not affect san tarks he is magical and can a drive through the rain. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we have got rain through the area, we can still see areas of heavy pocket of

and karen rogers has another look at the forecast. first another holiday message from one of our troops serving overseas. >> my name is officer simon, i would like to give a holiday greeting to my family in gloucester county, new jersey. >>> green peace says it will cooperate with a criminal investigation in peru, they will determine damage caused by activists, back on december 8th they laid out a message that read time for change, the future is renewable. delegates from 90 countries were attending the climate talks in peru, they are pictures depicting creatures and plants that can be seen from the sky, they are believed to be over 2,000 years old. >>> michael phelps plead guilty to dui in baltimore, police say he had an alcohol level of 1.4, nearly double the legal limit. the sentence is suspended instead he is on probation for a year and a half. >>> now to the meteorologist, who was shot while leaving work at his waco tv station. police have a sketch of the suspect but they are searching for that man and his motive. ryan owens has t

and now karen rogers will distract us with a song. >> no, but the weather. the rain continues and some of it heavy at times, and later on this evening and into tonight, we get a difference, a few showers along the coastline and it's mild and not as wet if you head out for evening services and perhaps seeing friends, we get another round of rain and it's a heavy rain that pushes through and thunderstorms are embedded in that and that mean a dry christmas day. >> the weather outside is frightful, all right fine. never mind. a look now at stories coming up this afternoon on "action news" at 4:00, including christmas 911 from the drug store to the gas station to your kitchen, you won't believe how easy it is to find last minute gifts that won't ruin your budget and a dog proves he is man's best friend, that will do it for "action news" at noon, now, for sara bloomquist, meteorologist, david murphy and rick williams, have a great day out there. happy shopping if you hit the malls. we'll see you here tonight beginning at 4:00. ♪this holiday season, my good frien

edwards, karen rogers and >> good morning. we're on a developing story on this wednesday december 3rd. >> coast guard is still searching for a worker who fell into the christina river last night. >> bill cosby is now facing a lawsuit amid mounting sex assault allegations against him. >> we're taking a live look at atlantic city new jersey. we're up on top of one of those buildings and it's hard to see stuff because we had some low lying cloud cover and also a little bit of rain here and there. >> let's find out more about what's going on. dave murphy is off. let's go over to karen rogers and we've got matt pelman with

let's go right over to meteorologist karen rogers. david is off. matt pelman has your traffic. >> good morning. as we look at storm tracker 6 live double scan, no surprise we're seeing rain. yesterday we just had showers in the afternoon and evening hours. you can look at double scan and see a good soaking. we're also seeing what we didn't see yesterday, some areas of yellow. i told you we would see heavier rain. starting to see that as well. that means the rain is little steadier picking up a bit in its intensity in some spots. it's going to stay that way especially the first half of the day. let's look at the visibility reports. this was the big problem yesterday with travel. wasn't so much the rain but the visibility with the fog out there. so we have 3-mile visibility at this hour at philadelphia international airport, still an issue. 1.3-mile visibility in trenton, only .3 mount pocono, 2 miles in reading, .8 in atlantic city, so even flying out of atlantic city this morning that's an issue with those low clouds. temperatures no issue there. 4

i'm meteorologist karen rogers, temperatures in the 20s and 30s, heading up to 43. clouds and damp this afternoon and evening. sponsored by walmart. i spent time in louisiana. this is how we say -- >> ho, ho, ho. >> h-e-a-u-x. cajun style. lara, back to you. >>> christine baranski lighting up the big screen right now in the adaptation "into the woods." deborah roberts sat down with the star who playing one of the fairytale's most evil characters. >> ladies, our carriage awaits. ♪ now may i go to the festival >> the festival? ♪ with the nails and the clothes you would make us the fools of the festival and mort fie the prince ♪ >> the festival lasts three nights. surely you can let me be there for one of them. >> the king is trying to find his son a wife, knoll a skullry maid. we must be gone. >> oh. >> sit. >> come. go. >> christine. crazy, crazy. you're so mean. where did you find the wickedness? >> i don't know where that comes from. i'm such a nice person. it's so odd. i play these deliciously mean characters with great clothes, lots of attitude. great one-l

i'm meteorologist karen rogers. raining steady out here. grab the umbrella you'll need it all day. 48 degrees right now, headed up to 63. rainy. it's going rain all day and night into the overnight hours. the wettest time period, the heaviest rain the first half of the day. tomorrow we have gusty winds to help dry out the roads for christmas day. 53 degrees for your high with some sunshine mixing in with the clouds. friday's nice and sunny for the start of kwan kwanzaa and 50. 54 on saturday for christmas? >> i don't know. i got my truck levelled. that's pretty good. >> maybe some bacon and eggs. no, don't do that. george, back to you. >>> thank you, rob. and the heat index. help for you who have not finished your christmas list. becky worley takes us to surprising places to find perfect last minute gifts. >> reporter: the holidays are here. ah. oh, no, i forgot to get a present for uncle bob. no worries. it's not too late. many starbucks, open christmas morning. cups, cards, coffee makers. tea infuser plus chai blend. dude, these are some

meteorologist karen rogers filling in for david with the forecast. hey, karen. >> hey, matt. clouds reducing visibility at philadelphia international airport to about 5 miles. it's worse in the northwest up to just .3 of a mile in mount pocono right now. that temperature is currently above freezing as we look at storm tracker 6 live radar we can see we have showers through the region, very light. we'll continue to see these spotty showers on and off not a lot of rain matt and it is just rain because temperatures above freezing even in the lehigh valley but just watch for those spotty sprinkles. >> thanks karen. >>> back to "gma." we're back in 25 ♪ ♪ i'm coming for you ♪ cause all i need >>> a little beauty and the beat from justin beiber. sports fans want him to beat it. they don't want him hanging out with the patriots anymore in boston. >> sports fans are supersticious. >>> and an investigation this morning after a woman was mauled by a lynx in an atlanta neighborhood. questions about why the animal is kept as a pet. >>> and the simple device that thieves are using t

. >> let's turn now to karen rogers. it was a lovely day yesterday but yesterday is over. >> that's right. before that rain came we had those mild temperatures in the mid 60's. today we're talking winter weather advisories. storm tracker 6 live double scan around the region and you can see some of that rain falling. at this point it's south of the city of philadelphia for the most part that is actually reaching ground. looks like a little light precipitation in the northwest. i've been check some areas, haven't seen anything reaching ground just yet. we can go in closer to this with double scan and show you some light rain falling south of philadelphia. i wouldn't be surprised in areas like near mount holly and wrightstown to see some sleet pellets mixing in where it's very light but you can see it's just rain for the most part in philadelphia and areas south. let's go on outside and show you what it looks like and sky 6 looking live at a philadelphia international airport where we do just have cloudy skies reported at t

doesn't seem like it's a real big issue but karen rogers will be along with traffic in a little bit and she's always real good about keeping an eye on that. 33 degrees is your temperature so we're down around the freezing mark but with no precipitation out there, we're not expecting any icy patches. dewpoint close to the temperature, setting us up for that saturated air as that shower activity moves in later today. winds out of the east at 3 miles per hour. so, not much wind to worry about. and that's nice, too, 'cause we don't have to go overboard with any big wind chill readings. 33 in philadelphia, cold enough without wind, right. there unin trenton, 36 allentown and wilmington, 31 in reading. we are holding up to the mid 40's down the shore in sea isle city and coast in atlantic city. >>> future tracker 6 showing some sun early. in there afternoon showers building in. allow for these any time after lunchtime but the late of the run on future tracker still has them out to the west of most of the area by 1 o'clock this afternoon. by 3 o'clock i'm arming the kids with an umbrella on th

. >> david is here with weather and karen rogers has traffic. >> reporter: i heard a lot about that movie, too. we have cloud cover north ran west of us, we'll wind up with partly sunny skies. the cooler has moved in overnight and it's going to be chillier today. 36 in philadelphia.going to be 34 in allentown. 33 in reading. yesterday at this time we were up in the low 40s. but not today we're cooler. i'm recommending extra gear for the kids. on the way home, as well, this afternoon will be chilly and windy. here's what it looks like on your smart phone. 33 by 8:00. noon, we're up to 41, 42 at 3:00 p.m. that's about close to what we'll see today, i think we'll get up to 44 around 2:00 p.m. and then we dip quickly, back into the upper 30s by dinnertime partly sunny skies today, a good looking day, karen, but it will be cool and brisk. does that pattern continue into the weekend, i'll have the latest from accuweather coming you up. >> let's hit the roads at the early hour, we're live in new jersey, let's look at 42 northbound, we have the traffic up ahead because of construction. you have t

. >> good morning, to karen rogers, and matt pellman, good morning to all of you. >> reporter: good morning, we have temperatures at 43 degrees in philadelphia. 41 in allentown, 42 in millville. keeping the clouds we can keep the temperatures in the 40s, they are not going very far. currently they went 13 miles per hour in allentown, 9 in philadelphia, so makes it feel chilly out there, 34 degrees is what it feels like in allentown, 36 in philadelphia. 38 opt the boardwalk in ac. feeling cooler than it is. we're looking at satellite and radar, yes we have the clouds in place, but no rain just yet. we're watching the rain tomorrow afternoon and be tomorrow evening. so far we're dry for the day today, we'll finally matt pellman see the sunshine coming your way. >> reporter: no, no,. >> reporter: believe it or not. >> reporter: you come back from vacation and you bring back the sunshine. we have good news in the holmesburg section of philadelphia, the ramble to southbound i-95 closed for construction reopened in the last few minutes. the ramp is ready for you and the morning commute. no issues

. >> let's go over to david murphy, and matt pellman who is in for karen rogers. it's slippery out there today. >> reporter: we have a shower down the shore it will be off the coast quickly. the only additional snow shower is down through lancaster county and reading. they will fall apart quickly. some of you have snow on grassy surfaces. there might be slick sidewalks near the i-95 corridor. we have slick road conditions in the northern and western suburbs. the winter weather advisory is north of the area up in the poconos where we have freezing snow and drizzle possible. overnight there's the satellite view showing you how the snow showers did manage to pop through i-95 we've got the one guy by the shore. it does look like it's falling apart quickly. everybody south of allentown, reading and trenton are above freezing. i could see philadelphia dipping to the freezing mark. you want to be careful in the northern and western suburbs for slick spots, the main roads are okay. if you're dressing the kids, bundle them up. it's cold and windy and chilly this afternoon.

let's go over to karen rogers with weather and matt pellman has traffic. >> reporter: good monday good morning starting off on the cold side. we can see a good amount of clouds, we're dry through the area but we have showers building in down to the south. we have moisture in the area i had to do some scraping and there's frost out there. 29 degrees, it's cold, 31 in allentown. 21 in reading, and look at wilmington we're looking at 24 degrees. 24 degrees in millville. and 0 degrees right now on the boardwalk in atlantic city, so a very cold start to the day. future tracker 6 showing at 5:30, starting to see showers build in. we can see spotty showers or light rain through the overnight hours. we're starting a wet period even though we're dry right now. it's mostly cloudy, it's damp, from the afternoon straight on it doesn't wrap up until christmas day, details in the 7 days forecast, matt. >> reporter: good morning, karen rogers looking live at the schuylkill expressway this morning right underneath 0th street station where it's dry. it's dry this morning in the overnight construction t

. >> karen rogers is here, matt pellman has traffic, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, we're dry, 43 degrees, when we factor in the wind feels like 39 degrees in philadelphia, 33 in allentown, 34 in reading, 38 is the windchill currently in sea isle. so we have clouds, but we're dry, satellite 6 and action radar shows we have a dry day ahead. we have clouds, but starting to erode from the south to the west. starting off with cloudy skies, 9:00 a.m., 40 degrees, temperatures are not going very far. by noon, 43, mostly cloudy skies, that means sunny breaks, 3:00 p.m., 46 degrees, 6:00 p.m., 44 coming down from a high of 46 degrees. staying dry today not tomorrow. details on the rain coming your way in the seven-day forecast next. >> reporter: dry today, we'll take it, the morning commute is dry. we have a bunch of issues out there, including a downed streetlight in camden, mlk boulevard. you'll find that with restrictions. camden county, west end avenue near ukraine -- d avenue. everything is reopened along 73. there's a new crash to watch out for in flower town at paperle mill roa

let's head over to karen rogers. good morning. >> good morning, tam, we have a beautiful start to the day. you want to bundle up early on. it's chilly. the afternoon will be mild. it's currently 38. headed to 50. above average this afternoon. nice and sunny first day of kwanzaa. tomorrow mild, lots of sunshine. high of 52. sunday 50 for high which is not bad and lots of clouds and some rain and now looks like rain will be early on in the day but it doesn't look like a lot. it may be a few showers. monday turning colder and 43 and chance for rain and snow showers early monday, tam. >> thank you, karen. time for more news and holiday cheer with gma. time for more news and holiday cheer with gma. see you back here in 30 >> thanks >>> if you have not done so, take a look at this wonderful moment. they welcomed back other soldiers and you see what happened. mom and dad cooked up this whole surprise giving their kids the ultimate christmas present, their dad appeared. >> what a good morning. >> that is fantastic. we have m

good morning you to karen rogers. hope had you a nice christmas holiday. if we look outside live of course there was no overnight construction because of the holiday. we're here in ongoing work zona long 95 at cot map we don't expect major southbound delays this morning. so many have off work today because of christmas holiday. lots of people will head to the malls. we're watching mall traffic closely this morning and keeping tabs on every other roadway as well. in case anything happens. but at this point there's not a lot happening on the roosevelt boulevard, schuylkill expressway, vine street expressway looking good. earlier opening at tacony palmyra wrapped up there and we're getting ready for one at at the the bab bridge. the girth of any child is memorable even if it happens on a septa train. we can katherine scott live with the indread i believe story and video. >> reporter: i'm guessing this is not the home video this mother was expecting. you don't get to choose when your baby is born but this baby was born on the crowd. >> i hear her saying my wat

david is off, let's head over to karen rogers and matt pellman. >> reporter: it's too nice to be inside on the computer, look at temperatures, 53 degrees, 52 in millville. and you can compare this to 24 hours ago, it's ten degrees warmer already in philadelphia. so you see that trend we're on another upswing. satellite and radar showing the one fly in the ointment. some showers are moving through, this is the cold front that is going to spell a huge change for the weather. we'll have light and spotty showers, as early always lunchtime you want to watch for the spotty shower. here's a look at future tracker 6 showing up at 1:30. some of the light showers are starting to move through and endings up around the evening drive time. we'll have cloudy skies and spotty showers, high of 62. things change hugely in the overnight hours, details coming up in the seven day, matt. >> reporter: it's a shame so many people have to go back to work. good morning, everybody, we're looking at i-95 the great 23450e69. northeast. no extra overnight construction across the board this morning a lot of projects

let's good right over to meteorologist karen rogers in nor david murphy and matt pellman is watching the roads. >> good morning, hopefully everyone had a good holiday. starting off friday, clear skies above. you know when that happens we get colder now. that's what's happening. look at the temperature. 34 in philadelphia, 31 allentown and 32 mount pocono. any of the puddles we had leftover from the storm we had could be frozen out there. be careful you don't slip and slide. millville 29. 25 degree temperature drop in 24 hours in the city. changes for us, 31 coldner millville than this point yesterday. 23 in allentown. so we told you would be colder overnight and that's what's happening. however this afternoon is mild. even though we're starting off cold we'll see sunshine and mild afternoon high of 50 above what we should be this time of year we'll see how cold it gets after the 50. matt pellman hope you had a good christmas. >> same you to mine was nice, good, good, good morning to you karen rogers, i'm thinking this will be a rinse and repeat of black friday. not only a friday. but

with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪rds, karen rogers and >> we havebacking news on this wednesday december 17th. police take to the roof to surround burglars who were loading up on goods inside a northeast philadelphia target and police say it was not the first time the burglars targeted target stores. a live report is next. >> also a marine accused of a killing spree against a family, his own family in montgomery county takes his life. now the community is rallying behind the survivors. >> the sony hackers are threatening violence against american moviegoers and one theater in our area is not taking any chances. >> good morning out t

. >> reporter: good morning, i'm meteorologist, karen rogers with your accuweather accuweather update. partly cloudy skies, you can see sunshine mixing in, a mild temperature of 50 degrees. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, heading up to 62, mild and chance of showers moving through late this afternoon into this evening. tomorrow, rain arrives late morning it rains through the day and wintry mix mixing in the northwest suburbs, 42 for your high. in denver. that caused some flights to be diverted in some cases. i learned a new term last night. middle seat monday. all the business travelers didn't travel yesterday. they travel today. even the premier travelers, like george stephanopoulos, get stuck in the middle seat. >> thank you, rob. >>> coming up on "gma," did you hear this story. a young boy missing for four years discovered behind a fake wall. the dramatic reunion with his mother. >>> shoplifters make off with billions in merchandise. >>> and new details about the new "star wars." who is that voice in the trailer? ow! so you think santa will like these... red and green

rogers, in for david murphy. how was your christmas? >> great thank you, wonderful. nice to be outside today, gorgeous day, bright sunshine and blue skies and a breeze and temperatures are above where we would normally see, 43 currently in martins creek and quakertown and 46 in pottstown and 45 in coatesville and 45 in kennett square and center city, we started off this morning on the cold side with windchills in the 20s and we rebounded nicely and 47 in browns mills and hammonton 48 and 48 in dover delaware. look going out there today. normally a high in the low 40s, we are above that and climbing further from here. satellite 6 along with action radar showing we have clear skies and high pressure is in control and clouds up to our north and some streaming into our northwest. bright sunshine through the day today. here is what to expect. by 2:00, 49 degrees and 5:00 p.m. 50 and 6:00 p.m. 45 and by 10:00 getting cooler under mostly clear skies and 41. woe have gorgeous sunshine today and half of your weekend is lo

. >> david murphy as accuweather and matt pellman is in for karen rogers. >> reporter: we have snow showers ready to leave the coast and one in northern chester county and berks county, it's falling apart and becoming less intense over the last half-hour. we did get snow showers that came through and put down a grassy coating in places north and west. you meant to be careful on roads anywhere you see snow on the grass in case it got on the roads and it will freeze up a bit. the only winter weather advisory is in the poconos and berks county and beyond. that expires at 9:00 a.m. 4 in philadelphia. 34 in wilmington. from here on to the south we have temperatures above freezing. allentown, trenton, northern bucks and chester counties that's where you could have the icy patches, more prevalent than what you have close to i-95. temperatures around the freezing mark, mostly cloudy, a snow shower can't be ruled out 1/2 neighborhoods, as we roll through the day, 37 by noon, 38 by 3:00 p.m. the high of 39 that will hit right there at 2:00 p.m. by 6:00 p.m. we're down to 36. matt pellman the roads a

we're live from phl. >> well, let's head over to karen rogers. she's in for dave murphy and matt pelman has been watching a nasty situation where the vine meets up with the schuylkill. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. the only thing better is standing outside in the rain. grab the umbrella and hoodie. storm tracker 6 double scan around the region you can see that the rain is overspreading the area and some of the rain areas of yellow that we're seeing right through philadelphia right now, some pockets of pretty heavy rain so watch for that as you're headed outer. it will look similar to this all day long. we've got a lot of rain coming our way. say the light six and action radar showing this is just the first batch of this. visibility we under -- upped a mile at philadelphia international airport. 2-mile visibility at reading so watch for that and certainly call ahead if you're flying out of town. 48 degrees right now in philadelphia, on the mild side butter with the rain and the breeze certainly feeling a little chillier than that b

karen rogers is at the "action news" big board with the latest from accuweather. a lot of people need the weather to cooperate with our shopping and travel plans. >> lots of last minute shoppers out there, the waeshl is cooperating and it's not very pretty, a great deal of cloud cover and we can start to see wholes in the clouds popping up and a peek of sunshine through the clouds in allentown and reading and lancaster, we are stuck with the clouds and peeks of sunshine trying to mix in. temperature-wise temperatures are a couple of degrees below average, you expect it to be chilly, in december, 38 in pottstown and 39 degrees currently in center city. it's chilly out there, 38 in browns mills and woodbine, new jersey, 38 degrees in dover, delaware, when you factor in a bit a breeze at 13 miles per hour, the windchill 33 degrees in philadelphia it feels like below freezing in spots. 30 in allentown and 43 in reading and 31 in millville. on the coastline at the boardwalk in a.c. or sea isle city it's 29 degrees. lots of shopping today and there will be clouds and br

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good morning karen rogers. we've been in and out of the fog here in camden at the ben franklin bridge. at the moment the fog situation doesn't look too bad and neither does the traffic situation for the cars rolling over the ben headed westbound towards center city. the lanes are a little bit wet but you're getting by without any major issues. we do have an issue on the new jersey turnpike this morning in woolwich township gloucester county it's a knack knifed tractor-trailer accident in the southbound lanes just south of exit two for 322. they do have the right lane blocked as they clean up that jackknifed tractor-trailer that ran off the roadway at this point speeds don't look too terrible. and there's a crash involving an overturned vehicle in marlton along center boulevard at quaker street. stick with lip opinion cots drive or 73 as an some alternates. camera time on the roosevelt boulevard extension south of fox street as you head towards ridge avenue and the schuylkill we had some earlier problems on the

. >> ♪ >> good morning, i'm meteorologist karen rogers with your accuweather update. some light showers and drizzle in place. it's wet out there. let's take you outside. at least it's mild. as we look at philadelphia international airport, 110 minute flight delays because of fog reducing visibility to just two and a half miles there so be careful and call ahead. 52 for your high today. second half of the day going to feature clouds and just a touch of drizzle. tomorrow rainy and breezy, a high of 63. 57 on christmas day and we're dry. the northeast. you know, who's up at white face? amy robach. back on the slopes and doing well. >> thank you, rob. >>> coming up on "gma," the tv weatherman shot outside his station speaks out for the first time as them manhunt for the shooter heats up. >>> and what happened to the army man behind the wheel? >>> and drones are the most popular presents, but a new warning from the government what you're really putting under the tree. >>> why is it so hard to create a hit that everyone wants to sing along to. we're cracking the code. ♪ t

we have the latest coming up. >> karen rogers comes back with the full accuweather forecast when we come right back. >> now to breaking news we're live from chopper 6hd over souderton in montgomery county. we've been following the latest developments in a killing spree that has unfolded in the county. at this location two people were found dead. the s.w.a.t team has been on the scene throughout the morning. they believe the gunman in the series of killings may be barricaded inside a home. teams on the scene did hear a loud boom a short time ago. david henry reported there maybe indications an on going standoff may be coming to an end smed this -- this is one of the three locations in the county. in lansdale they found two people dead. in lower salford township, a woman was found dead. two girls were taken from the home, but found safe a short distance away. we're following the killing spree in montgomery county, a number of locations, we've been waiting throughout the morning for a news conference from authorities, if we get that we'll bring it on air and online where you can find all th

. >> david murphy is off, let's hear about that from karen rogers and we have matt pellman with traffic, good morning. >> reporter: we have dropped a few degrees in the past few hours, 49 in philadelphia. 51 in millville. 36 in allentown and 48 degrees in the poconos right now. satellite and radar showing a good amount of clouds, you can see the showers that are trying to move through this is associated with a cold front that's going to change our weather. in the meantime the showers are moving west to east, but not hit us until later on this afternoon. they are spotty and light, today is not a big deal as far as precipitation, you look at future tracker, you can see them around 2:00. you can see the showers ending around the evening rush. 9:00 a.m., 55. noon, 62. by 3:00 p.m., 59 degrees and by 6:00 p.m. 52 coming down from your mild high of 62. so feeling good today. we'll talk about that seven-day forecast and big changes coming up in a little bit. >> did you have a nice holiday weekend, karen? >> reporter: yeah, i did. >> we're checkering the vine street expressway things are lookin

him. >> good morning, david murphy is off, and karen rogers is filling in. i'm realizing that my sweater is inside out. 25 degrees in pottstown, 27 in center city. we're dry because with temperatures like this you would have to worry because we have precipitation currently. we have moisture in the atmosphere, i know i needed to warm up the car and scraped the windshield a little bit, you'll need to watch for that. satellite showing we have clouds in place, we're starting to see holes in the west, but we'll see a good amount of clouds today, it will be damp. not a significant amount of rain, but we'll see showers building in to the south. the best chance of this will be later on in the afternoon and evening hours because of the showers, because of that the

let's go right on over to karen rogers to talk about that weather and matt pelman has your roads.

tam. >> thank you matt. >>> let's go over to karen rogers and karen you say this is actually the best part of the day that we'll see today. >> yes, breezy and chilly a big change from yesterday with temps in the upper 30's and a winter weather advisory in effect for the northwest. let's take a look at storm tracker 6 live 3-d. we can see that we are dry right now in philadelphia but watch those showers. much of this isn't reaching ground but you get the idea we've got showers moving in and that area of blue showing could even be a little mixed precipitation especially in those northwest suburbs before changing to rain. we're going to see showers on and off until midnight so watch for that wintry mix in the far northwest and then tomorrow much milder, 55 with a couple of showers. finally on thursday we're dry with partly sunny skies, tam. >> thank you, karen. >>> coming outpatient on "action news" at noon adrian peterson looks to overturn his son with a switch. an update on a fast moving fire in north philadelphia that tore through a row house and sent someone to the hospital. kelly an

. >> let's go over to karen rogers with accuweather and matt pellman is watching that in traffic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, we're starting off today with the temperatures on the mild side. normally we have a high of 50 in the afternoon we're already at 50 at 6:01. 39 in lancaster, 49 in trenton. 51 in millville and 53 down by the shore in sea isle city. satellite and radar showing some of the early clouds have eroded, but the clouds from thest west will be moving in this afternoon, we'll see mostly cloudy skies, we'll seal the light showers that are moving through, that's associated with the cold front. we think by the afternoon hours we'll watch for spotty showers, so future tracker 6 showing at 3:00 a.m. we get the showers starting to move through. it's damp at times during the evening rush before it's out of here, let's look at the temperatures through the day, going up, 9:00 a.m., 54 mostly cloudy skies. noon, 62. 3:00 p.m., we'll see rain in spots and 59 degrees. 6:00 p.m., showers around and 52 coming down from a nice high of 62 degrees, the temperatures are g