. >> let's go to meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> it's going to continue to warm up. these temperatures today already well above average. the average high is 47, 52 right now. we did get up to 54 and compared to the rest of the area, 10 to 13 degrees warmer than at this time yesterday. we're going to have a similar jump for tomorrow and a similar jump again for wednesday. here we go through the evening. temperatures not dropping very much, 46 by 10:00 with a mere 4-mile-per-hour wind. it's going to be a mild night. we had that big temperature drop between saturday and sunday. now we're on the rise, tomorrow 66 wednesday, 76 and we have a chance of breaking some records. philadelphia i'm predicting right around the record level. allentown has the best chance of breaking a record, also trenton and wilmington could be breaking records as well. but there's a price to pay for that. possible severe thunderstorms. i'll have the timing on that in a few minutes. >> in an effort to stop people from smoking, new jersey is looking to become the first state to ban flavored ecigare

. >> let's go to first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. it's never been so woorm this day for parts of this -- warm on this day for parts of this year. >>> not just this area. multiple states. this is a widespread record-breaking event here. camera shaking a little bit here. it's south philly. i-95 as that southerly wind comes in here. it's down to 67 in philadelphia, 59 in wilmington, the winds coming in off delaware bay and the atlantic. seeing the 50s at the shore. still 70 in northeast philly and in allentown. so these were the records today. 74, philadelphia, tied a record. allentown broke a record. trenton broke a record. reading tied it. allentown's record, though, is the warmest temperature ever recorded in february. that is impressive. one more warm day, and then a big change. we'll get it down to you hour by hour coming up. >> enjoy the warmth while you can. >>> this just in, prison time for one of the two owners of the popular jersey shore pizza place manco and manco. in the past hour, charles bang emwas sentenced to -- bangle w

. >> nbc10's glenn "hurricane" schwartz joins us tracking the warmth. >> yeah, if you didn't get a chance to get outside, enjoy the nice, warm weather today, you can do it again tomorrow. if you miss it tomorrow, you'll have at least a number of hours on saturday. we have a beautiful -- a beautiful day. temperatures have dropped now into the 60s across most of the area. down to 59. atlantic city international and even at the airport there, they were into the 70s. we got up to 73 degrees today in philadelphia, just shy of the record. allentown tied a record. reading broke a record. friday we're close to the record. saturday in the 70s. and then the temperature drops. we're not seeing much in the way of rain for tonight but we do for a part of the weekend. i'll time that out for you coming up. >>> road rage. a retired upper gwynedd police officer is facing charges from his former department after he fired a gun. owen farmer is now accuseded of shooting a glock pistol at a bmw suv, hurting a 15-year-old girl inside. farmer says it started when his stepdaughter got in road rage fight and the

chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is tracking a stretch of 70s. we know you're the most accurate in town. there's no doubt it will feel like spring very soon. >> reporter: yeah, no doubt that the temperatures are going to be getting at or above 70 degrees in many parts of the area over the next few days. if you look to the west, it's coming this way. beautiful sunset. at least parts of the area. clouds in the western sky help with that. the temperature generally in the 50s in most of the area. dover, 48. one of the cool spots with the wind coming in off of delaware bay. the temperature today got up to 58 degrees after 52 yesterday. and now we're going to the 70s. starting tomorrow, going all the way into saturday and again it looks like we're going to add it all up for the month of february and be the warmest ever recorded. we have some clouds here, the showers are way to the north and not going to be moving in this direction. we start off the day tomorrow with fog, very mild start, and then temperatures getting up near 70 degrees. those are just

let's go to chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. people will have to bundle up for their plans tonight? >> yeah, it was a really cold day today. the high temperature 32. it's about ten degrees below normal. the clouds, though, tonight that's going to be one of the reasons that the temperature is not going to drop very much. 32 in philadelphia now. 28 in allentown. and in coatesville. and that's about as low as it's going to get tonight. but we do have some returns on radar. now just about all of this is not reaching the ground because the low levels of the atmosphere are so dry. but there could be some snow flurries in parts of the higher elevations, especially. that's what the future cast computer is showing us, berks county, but especially the poconos seeing flurries over the next few hours and then it's gone. that's the end of that threat. because the atmosphere is warming up. temperatures going up as we go through the night tonight with the cloudy skies, no significant precipitation expected. different story over the weekend. we

we'll begin with meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz and the most accurate first alert neighborhood forecast, glenn? >> yeah, jacqueline, the flag is not just blowing strongly, it's blowing left to right. from this angle, that's a cold wind. the opposite way is the warm wind. we'll be getting into that before too long. but it's 28 degrees in philadelphia now. 23 in allentown. that doesn't tell the whole story. because we still have a lot of wind out of the northwest. as you saw with those flags. still gusting at 36 miles an hour in atlantic city. 39 miles an hour in dover. that's not quite as gusty as it was a few hours ago when it was up to 52 miles an hour in cape may. look at what happened here. yesterday at 3:00, it was 66 degrees. remember, records all over the place. by 5:00 this morning, it was feeling like 32. and by 9:00 this morning feeling like 16. that's a 50 degree drop in 18 hours. no wonder it feels freezing cold by the time you go outside. the temperature, as we go through the evening, dropping through the 20s. feels like temperature, dropping to 10 by 11:00 and sing

let's go back to nbc10 first alert meteorologist glen hurricane schwartz. if people pay attention to you, they will not be caught off guard tomorrow. >> wedant want you to get caught off guard. look out the window and it'sing or snow is melting as it hits. you say, oh, they're wrong. just wait. things will be changing rapidly. that rain changing to snow. the snow getting heavier. the temperature going down. and it starts sticking. so all these things are likely to happen. the heaviest snow from 5:00 to 9:00 a.m., right during the morning rush. of course, the peak snowfall rates, 2 to 3 inches per hour some places. plows can't keep up with that. thundersnow possible. low visibility and snow covered roads. not just the roads but also the trees and power lines. it's going to be heavy, wet snow, sticky type snow. good for snowballs but also good for knocking down trees and causinger outages. this is the intense forecast for philadelphia. 5:00 a.m., something is going to be coming down hard. it could be rain, could be snow, could be a mixture. where the big pixt

let's get to glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> some folks are going to be seeing the rain just as we get into the morning rush. we're starting to see some of the high thin clouds increase to our west just as we're after sunset and just before it gets totally dark out there. it's 49 degrees right now in philadelphia. we got up to 54 degrees today. the average high is that number, 42 degrees which is what we have in allentown now, even 48 degrees in coatesville. so it's warming up that any precipitation that comes in tonight is in the form of rain and here it is advancing through the east coming through west virginia now and into some parts of the area by daybreak. it's not going to be that cold. you can see some of those rain showers and pa suburbs and lehigh valley and possibly at the jersey shore. more areas with rain and then eventually some snow. that's coming up in just a few minutes. >> see you soon. today we got our first look at what's causing a slowdown on septa's busiest line. septa leaders showed nbc10 pictures of cracks in two subway cars. that prompted an inspection of all th

. >> meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is tracking the cold. >> you're going to have to bring out the winter coats if you haven't already. it certainly is going to continue to get colder and colder tonight. traffic is moving just fine. you get out of the car, and might not feel so great. 33 degrees in philadelphia. 28 in allentown and coatesville. 19 in mount pocono. those are the temperatures. it feels like it's 8 in mount pocono. 22 in mount holly. 24 in atlantic city and 18 in allentown and coatesville. that's right now. and we've got a whole bunch of hours to go before we reach the bottom. and reaching the bottom in philadelphia, feeling like 12, 13 degrees. by about 7:00 a.m. and in allentown, some other areas, single digits. we'll see when it warms up coming up in a few minutes. >>> on monday a vote is expected on legislation that would place new stricter limits on abortion. the stricter limits include banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. the only exception would be a medical emergency. right now, the law bans abortions after 24 weeks. there will not be a publi