for everything we need to know about the frigid conditions, we send things to meteorologist, adam joseph. everyone needs to be prepared for this? >> for sure, these are dangerous windchills and it's a prolonged period of strong winds and bitter air. right now not too bad. 41 in philadelphia. and 46 in washington, you see the 20s in pittsburgh and buffalo and binghamton, that is not the arctic air and that drops more behind the front slicing through the great lakes and 18 in detroit and green bay 11 and international falls, 4 below zero. the front will interact with what we call a jet streak in the upper atmosphere. it's a river of cold air, it's a burst of some snow around the midnight hour and thereafter. this is future tracker 6 at 2:00 a.m. especially to the south and east and as that pushes through and the temperatures drop this could lead to black ice by early tomorrow morning. so the timing for the front and that round of snow will be between midnight and 4:00 a.m. where mainly along i-95 cares south and east and not so much north and west of philadelphia. the potential of flash fr

adam joseph is joining us now. not so bad out there now but getting much worse. >> as we go into thursday and especially friday. today seasonable. the normal is 45 degrees and we are at 44, we are tracking a weak front to the north and west. the temperature in pittsburgh 33 and binghamton 30 degrees and a little bit of moisture with it. this front to the north and west lifts to the north, low pressure to the carolinas heading out to sea, we are kind of in the rip off zone in between these two systems, a little may happen outside of a brief flurry or rain sprinkle into the overnight hours. there is a second front tracking early thursday morning passing through behind that you see how windchills drop to 16 below in international falls and 4 below in green bay season 1 in sault st. marie. and in fact, going into wednesday night through saturday morning we are looking at a period of 60 hours below freezing it won't get anywhere above that. you will want to think about dressing in layers and have the necessities like th

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let's head over to meteorologist adam joseph. >> we have fallen into the 30's, wind chills in the 20's today and we're even seeing a few snow flurries and snow showers across the area especially to the north of philadelphia and those cold surfaces like the cars or maybe even some of the grass as this passes through could briefly stick a little bit on those surfaces but as you can see the northeast extension near quakertown doylestown bucks county parts past lehigh valley and then up towards northampton county seeing some of these what we call streamers coming from the north and west. they kind of look like long fingers here, one, two, three, that's basically those lake effect snow showers breaking away from the lakes and then those stronger winds puncture them into our northern areas. winds right now 13 miles an hour in allentown sustained 17 in philadelphia, the same for millville, 21 in wilmington and winds gusting right now lancaster of 22 miles an hour. as we take a look at wind chills, howl it feels when you step out on this late friday afternoon, 24 in the lehigh valley, 22 in l

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adam joseph has the latest from accuweather. >> reporter: damp raw afternoon. this morning they picked up quite a bit of snow in the poconos, tobyhanna 5 inches of snow lake harmony 3.5 inches, north hamilton county 1.3, allentown a .50 inch of snow this morning. a lot of that across the lehigh valley has felted away and the storm is winding up and heading into new england and scattered showers to the west and they will fall apart and this low will start to crank up. and the good thing here is, the clouds begin to fall apart and the stars reappear and the winds turn breezy and notice a slow drop in temperature from the upper 30s to the mid-30s around 36 degrees by 11:00 tonight. then the storm comes a powerhouse in northern new england tonight in friday and wrapping strong winds around it. through the latter part of tonight into tomorrow. winds gust 40 to 45 miles per hour. quite a change at the end of the week and bitter cold with windchills even tomorrow afternoon only in the 20s. we'll chat about the end of 2016 and beginning of 2017 with that holiday weeken

tweet me at adam joseph and the first person to get it right get a shout-out. we had at least one, last december was the warmest ever in philadelphia's history. and so far we are running above normal this december. >> but december has just begun. >> okay. >> add ac thank you. >>> well, across the delaware valley people took time to remember those that lost their lives 75 years ago today during the attack on pearl harbor in galloway township, they took time to honor 93-year-old peter, a survivor of the attack on d-day. [ taps ] >> cadets joined veterans for the pearl harbor ceremony in newport and the cadets played taps and laid a wreath to remember the moments that pearl harbor was attacked. >>> a man made the list of america's most wanted and tonight he is behind bars overseas. monica malpass is live in the newsroom now with details on his arrest. >> reporter: that is right. a convicted child predator that fled the country before he could be sentenced in montgomery county. find out where the 33-year-old fugitive was captured after being on the run for 10 years

frigid changes are creeping in and adam joseph is live now at the "action news" big board with the latest from accuweather today. >> winter is not on the calendar just yet but it feels like it by tomorrow morning. right now the air temperature at 45 degrees, so yes it's chilly but not too bad. 45 new york city and 48 in washington but as you work past the mountain chain of the appalachians it drops into the 20s for pittsburgh, buffalo and binghamton. those are not windchills those are air temperatures. as we widen out the numbers continue to tumble to the north and west. and this cold air is pushing down to the south. dallas, texas, 36 degrees it's colder here than it is in philadelphia the same for memphis as 37 degrees. for this evening we don't see a crash in temperature but a slow drop through the evening. 8:00, 38 degrees, mid-30s, 9:00 and 10:00 and the low overnight dropping down to 29 degrees for philadelphia. for the bus stop for tomorrow morning, it's bright and breezy and windchills 15 to 20 degrees, bundle up the kids with air temperatures below freezing and cover all extremit

meteorologist adam joseph has been helping host the fun now for a deck caged he -- decade. he joins us live. >> reporter: it's a.m. spectacular night here. it's a family event. it's a family tradition where people come out and it gets bigger and better every single year and you can hear the music behind me. take a look. this is hometown band the reston high school marching band one of 20 marching bands that will be in the parade tonight and they are vying for prize money. yes, they give out $5,500 with the top 20 bands that perform here so they're going try to go for number one here tonight. as we take a look at the weekend outlook 49 degrees for the day tomorrow so it's going to be another chilly day and windy as well and then going into sunday 47 degrees. any early sun will give way to clouds in the afternoon with a december chill and this band here, they are six time state championship -- champion under the direction of michael shore mount so they sound spectacular, they look spectacular and you know what, i think they're kind of enjoying this staying in one position. an

. >> meteorologist, adam joseph is here. look at that picture. >> this is one place that loves it, snowboarders and skiers, they are cranking up the snow. trying to add man made snow to the slopes here cranking it out all day tonight and tomorrow. before we get a good amount of rain as we go into our upcoming weekend. as we look at wind gusts, 35 in philadelphia, clocking in 35 is reading and 36 in lancaster and the winds are starting to calm down just a tad. we had winds well foo the middle to upper 40s for much of the day. it's creating windchills that are biting on the bare skin, 1 in reading and 12 lancaster and 7 in millville and atlantic see airport 5 degrees above zero. we had clouds that welled up with the instability and you see the snow showers and squalls on going. one impressive band from lake heron and passes tostate with bt part of new york state. back at home it's bitterly cold and clear, temperatures dropping to 10 and philadelphia 15 and the same for millville. winds in dover 15 to 20 miles per hour. that th

. >> let's go to meteorologist adam joseph where it's been a windy cold day today so far. >> it will turn warmer we'll have less wind so really no complaints for your saturday and sunday but for today kind of winter-like with winds whipping in out of the northwest. we had some of those flurries and snow showers working off of the great lakes. most of the heavier bands of snow were well to our north and west but a few passed through our region kind of giving that feel that yes, it is winter and it is december. those wind gusts in philadelphialy 37 miles an hour, wilmington 35, 36 in al tune and clocking in at 40 miles an hour for atlantic city as well as mount pocono making it feel a lot cooler than it was today. in fact those wind chills stayed in the 20's most of the afternoon. as we get into new year's eve here, a lot of clouds but not too chilly. your temperature at 6 o'clock, 41 and at midnight another round of fireworks your temperature still right around that 40-degree mark. in fact, we're going to go to 45 for a high tomorrow, sun and just high clouds. still a bit breezy betwe

. >> let's head outside to meteorologist adam joseph. hey, adam. >> more sun or more rain. >> i'm thinking sun. >> yeah, of course. >> no, more rain. 50-50 shot you guys had. as we take a look right now yes we are breaking apart that cloud cover but we speed back time on satellite and radar 2:30 this morning when we saw wet snow in those northern and western suburbs suburbs with rain from most of the area then it quickly moved on early this morning and there you can see by 4 o'clock this afternoon a lot of breaks in the cloud cover with that sunshine returning right before the sun sets but some areas saw their first accumulation of snow early this morning up in the lehigh valley. allentown a trace. hough's church in berks county just over an inch palmer ton there blue mountain right around an inch bush kill township 1.5-inches and northampton county and mount pocono 2-inches of snow earlier today. temperatures are right around 50 degrees right now. we have a little breeze out of the northwest adding a bit of a chill to the air with high

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. >> meteorologist, melissa magee, is in for adam joseph. >> reporter: hey there brian and monica, hard to come in on a day like today. temperatures were quite mild and well above average, near records in spots today. philadelphia so far our high comes in at 63. and the record 65. set back just two years ago. or one year ago i should say. allentown 63, was the record. the new old record was 59 and atlantic city coming in at 63 degrees. outside still comfortable. these are numbers we would typically see for the month of october rather than december. 62 in the city and 58 for reading and lancaster and 58 in cape may and 60 in trenton. here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have some showers around earlier today and all the moisture is pushing on off to the south and east and a mostly clear skies and plenty of sunshine overhead this hour. for the rest of tonight we have clear skies on the way and a chilly breeze and 30 in allentown and 35 in philadelphia and 34 in millville and 36 in cape may. future tracker 6 showing you the change comes later tonight and we started the day out wi

. >> all right, meteorologist melissa magee in for adam joseph dan she's got the latest on the cold snap we're seeing but not necessarily christmas could be more wet than white, hm. >> yeah, i mean it's certainly going to be mild so if you're hoping for a white christmas, you may want to ask santa for a little bit more in your stocking this christmas. we'll tell you what's going on outside. sky6 live in hd from our spring mountain cram there in montgomery county you can see some snow on the slopes and some skiers as well. pretty cold and cold conditions across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys. right now the temperature coming in at 30, the dewpoint at 10 so the air is really dry. winds out of the north-northwest at 9 miles per hour. the wind chill coming in at 22 here in philadelphia and the ocean temperature in at 43. most spots right now are either at the freezing mark or below. it is 32 in atlantic city at the airport, 30 in philadelphia. the upper 20's north and west from allentown down reading and lancaster and 32 degrees in dover. here is satellite6 along with action radar.

. >> let's move to melissa magee in for adam joseph. >> hi, walter, monica. certainly not bad the day after christmas. temperatures are cloudy -- or conditions are cloudy i should say and temperatures still above where they normally should be for this time of year. sky6 live in hd, the ben franklin bridge on this monday, we've got a mostly cloudy sky. it feels a little cooler especially with an easterly wind overhead inform philadelphia coming in at 44 but to the north and west it's 10 degrees in cool earl, allentown coming in at 34, same thing in reading, lancaster 38, trenton 41 degrees. at the coast in cape may though we're coming um into the upper 40's. same thing for dover and also millville, new jersey. here's satellite6 along with action radar. you can see we've got a fair amount of cloud cover overhead. there's a frontal boundary off to the west. we'll take a closer look at that in a moment but with an easterly wind coming in off the atlantic we're dealing way mostly cloudy sky and that will be the name of the game for the rest of tonight. here's stor

for sharrie williams, alicia vitarelli and adam joseph i'm brian taff, hope you'll join me tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. now here are rick williams and melissa magee with a look at what is ahead at 5:00. >> reporter: hi there. coming up next at 5:00, a knowledge state trooper is killed in the line of duty, new information on the call he was responding to and the other driver involved in the crash. >>> and temple university's football coach is packing up and heading to texas. we have more on matt rule's decision to leave and reaction from temple's campus tonight. i don't want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. or wonder whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients... ...who've had no prior treatment. it transformed treatment as the first cure that's... ...one pill, once a day for 12 weeks. certain patients... ...can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. harvoni is a simple treatment

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meteorologist melissa magee in for adam joseph today live at the "action news" big board with the latest from accuweather. hi melissa. >> hi brian. a lot to track as we go into the start of our weekend. we'll check out the temperature across much of the midatlantic. as mentioned most spots along the 95 corridor are only in the 20. 25 in philadelphia, 27 in washington, d.c. the teens off to the west there in pittsburgh coming in at 17 degrees so extra layers will be needed if you're out and about for the rest of tonight. so that winter weather advisory has been posted because we'll be tracking moisture moves through really after midnight but the vis sorry goes up at 10:00 a.m. lasting right into saturday. it is for the heart of the delaware and lehigh valleys as we'll be tracking some snow that eventually changes to rain. storm tracker6 live double scan radar 3-d showing you the moisture across the northern plains. this will be working eastward really after the midnight hour. future tracker6 timing it out. 1:30 in the morning we've got that snow even here in philadelphia and points to the

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