Hannah, so we will continue to see this as we go through the rest of the evening tonight. Again, little to no accumulation for areas north and west seeing the snow. Maybe a little in the poconos. Nothing that should be sticking to roads, though. Snowfarther north and west will keep moving in tonight. From now until 7 00 p. M. , mainly rain across the area. Snow falling farther north and west in the Higher Elevations. 7 00 to 9 9 00 p. M. Tonight, light snow in the poconos. Chance areas north and west. Rain snow mix in some parts. 9 00 p. M. To midnight, cold rain moving through the area. The snow pretty much ending north and west. From midnight to 6 00 a. M. We slowly start to dry out. For the morning commute, things will be nice an dry, but it will be very cold. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Brittney Shipp is out live in the cold right now. Brittney, what do those temperatures look like . Reporter thats right. Im live in the cold with stormforce 10. One thing we want to point out with stormforce 10, we can monitor the temperatures. When we got out here an hour and a half ago, temperatures werede. Now 42 degrees. It continues to drop. We have four cameras and a laptop, so we can pinpoint your forecast in your neighborhood with this machine. Lets take a look at your current temperatures right now in the poconos, were at 33 degree degrees. Allentown, 37. 44 in philadelphia. 45 in atlantic city. 44 in dover. 41 in will ming. Temperatures in reading in the mid 40s. Right here in ardmore, suburban square, light rainfall. No snow for us. Were going to continue to monitor the situation with stormforce 10. Reporting live in ardmore, first alert meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Well send it back to you guys in the station. All right, brittney. Lets check conditions right now in allentown. Nbc 10 Lehigh Valley reporter Randy Gyllenhaal is live there. What are the conditions like, randy . Reporter well, we are hovering just above freezing. Weve had this consistent drizzle, turning actually into a consistent rain. Let me show you on the roadways here in allentown. Were waiting to see if the temperatures drop enough for this to turn into flurries, maybe even snow. At this point, not expecting much but it is getting significantly colder. If it snows here tonight, this one the first real sign of flurries in the Lehigh Valley. Of course, last year a miserable winter. Ranked in the top ten snowiest in Lehigh Valley history. Right now this cold, consistent cold rain coming down. Were waiting to see if this turns into flurries for the first time this season. Live in allentown, randy our Team Coverage continues now from montgomery county. Nbc 10s doug shimell is live in plymouth township. Doug, what are the conditions like there . Reporter pretty consistently rain as you heard randy mention, temperature about the same here. Perhaps a degree or so higher. Of course, depending upon whether you like winter or not, if you stare long enough into the rain as it falls, see through the light above plymouth townships salt barn, you see snow, but if you dont like winter, well, it is rain. And every so often, we sort of feel as though bouncing off the roof of the vehicle is a sleet or something frozen, but yet that may be wishful thinking. Live in plymouth township, doug shimell, nbc 10 news. Doug, thank you very much. We have a photo we just got in from Chester County. A few flakes have fallen out there. A viewer sent this shot from coatesville. See a little bit of snow on the porch there. Please send us your pictures as this snow begins to fall in parts of our area. Stay with nbc 10 for the coverage, of course, of the Winter Weather. Small towns battered by the cost of last years winter are adding money to their budgets for this winter season. Plymouth township, they added a new 100,000 plow and salt truck to a fleet that was beaten up by endless snowstorms. In upper hanover township, public works crews hooked up new plow blades to replace ones used by too much use. Many cities are trying to build up road salt reserves after running out next year, but its costing 10 to 12 more per ton. Every order that we make, normally we order 200 to 300 at a time, were looking at a 2,000, 3,000 cost difference from last year per load. Right now we have about 1,200 ton of salt and about 400 ton of mixture. And that should hold us, hopefully we wont have anything until the end of this year. We should be in good shape. Reporter you just jinxed us. Yeah, probably. Most towns say after last winter, they were forced to come up with a new worstcase scenario for their budgets. Sheena and the First Alert Team are tracking conditions. We check back with her shortly. Remember, no matter what type of weather were getting, stay on top of the forecast with nbc 10 first alert weather app. Its a Free Download on your smartphone or tablet right now on nbc10. Com. New at 5 00, video of the car involved in a crash where the victim was hanging from the windshield when the driver refused to stop. It happened in ocean township. Marcos ortega is accused of driving under the influence when he hit Kenneth Moeller on route 9. He kept on driving. Moeller was ljslodged in the windshield. The victim is in critical condition. He lost his left leg and already underwent several surgeries. A gun battle with police on the street in trenton leaves a suspect dead. Investigators are trying to figure out what sparked this mornings violence. Nbc 10s cydney long spent the day with police. What did you find out . Reporter i can tell you police spent the afternoon gathering evidence, they were there all day long including shell casings. As we were leaving that crime scene, its about ten minutes from here, they were setting up lightses to contain it through the evening. Now, we just found out from Trenton Police that they will answer questions on the apparent motive of this deadly shootout about a half hour from now at 5 30. Neighbors, of course, are anxious for answers, as youll see by the video, this was a close call. Two Trenton Police officers narrowly escape what could have been a far different outcome thursday morning. You see bullet holes in the windshield of a police car, wakes us all up. Takes us aback whats going on there. I know they take us for granted, but our lives are in danger every day. Reporter maureen turners family woke up and ran to a second floor balcony, the gunfire wouldnt stop. I told them to get down because it sounded like the shots were coming in our direction. Reporter about how many shots . 20. Reporter the suspect she says was face down and lifeless, still an ambulance arrived quickly. Some neighbors suggested it was a result of an attempted home invasion. A few doors down on wilson. Im not im not saying about a home invasion, well talk later on. Now its an investigation. First start off with the man with the gun. I didnt see anything. I just heard 20 shots around 6 30, quarter to 7 00 this morning, and it was just traumatizing, you know, you cant get out of here. Its just sad. Reporter one witness who didnt want to show his face realizes Police Officers lives were in danger, but he says it seemed excessive. Its justified for you to return fire, i have no problem with that, but, i mean, 20, 30 shots after the guy was on the ground . The suspect most he had to be dead on the spot because they nudged his body. Reporter now, we are told that those two Police Officers did suffer injuries from the shards of glass flying from the windshield, but were told they will be okay. We will have certainly more on their conditions, who the suspect is, and why this all unfolded just before 7 00 this morning. That news conference, again, set to happen at 5 30, so, of course, we will have an update for you coming up later in this hour and also on nbc 10 news at 6. Live in trenton, cydney long, nbc 10 news. Philadelphia police are on the hunt for an armed robber. Investigators say the man with the gun is behind several crimes in the winfield and overbrook section of the city. This video is from a robbery at a pizza shop on north 52nd street last week. The suspect pointed a gun at several employees and demanded money. He got away with about 500. Police said he hit another pizza place in the neighborhood an hour later and drove off in a green thunder bird. Its a show of force on the streets of philadelphia when it comes to building safety. Nbc 10 at city hall this afternoon as 37 new inspectors hired by licenses and inspection were sworn many. The inspectors will oversee permits, construction sites and building safety. The new hires were made possible by an extra 2 million added to the budget for 2015 and part of the changes implemented after the fatal Building Collapse on Market Street in the summer of 2013. The purpose of the commission was to conduct a full independent assessment and provide recommendations on the practices and operations of the department of licenses and inspections with the goal of Public Safety must always be our number one goal in virtually every department and agency of our city government, but certainly the department of licenses and inspections. And the mayor says the lni overhaul isnt finished yet. Well, they carry everything from cars to clothes, and in one shop, shipping port, its now a complete mess. This is video you have to see. Watch as a container ship tilts, tossing dozens of containers overboard. Brand new money for sandy victims. Where 14 million in aid is now headed. And all night long, septa will keep running weekend overnight subway trains. Why the Popular Service will actually cost the Transit Agency money. Take a live tour of weather conditions all across the area now. Here is a live look at the poconos at Camelback Mountain resort. An hour ago we started to see the flakes and now can clearly see the snow in the light. Its coming down quite steadily. Been falling since about 4 00 p. M. Id say. And another traffic shot. Another shot from our camera. Wet roads in the Lehigh Valley. You can see the wet weather on the lens right there. No snow here. But still take it slowly at i78 and route 22. Another live picture. Light rain falling around philadelphia. See it there on the lends. Falling in ardmore, too, where Brittney Shipp is live next to stormforce 10. A live picture from our comcast camera atop the Comcast Center in center city. There was repair work today at the World Trade Center tower. Came as a result of the dramatic rescue involving two window washers. This morning crews replaced the window that had to be knocked out to rescue the window washers. The window is on the 68th floor of the World Trade Center tower. The two window washers were pulled into it yesterday afternoon after a cable on their scaffolding snapped. The washers were left dangling on the side of the building for two hours while they waited to be rescued. Both are said to be doing fine tonight. We have more video you have to see from a shipping port in china. A container ship at the shanghai port tilted causing more than 30 containers to fall like dominos. Some fell on to the ground. Others fell into the ocean. A nearby truck was hit and power lines were torn down. No one was hurt. Three salvaged ships helped recover the fallen containers. Investigators are trying to figure out what caused that ship to tilt. In washington the house of representatives will vote tomorrow on whether to build the controversial Keystone Xl Oil pipeline. The house began debating the measure today. Its expected to pass. The senate could take up the bill on tuesday. That would get it to the president s desk by the middle of next week. The pipeline has been at the center of a sixyear battle. Some have raised Environmental Concerns since it will carry oil hundreds of miles through the midof the u. S. The president could also veto proposal. This saturday marks the start of the Affordable Care acts second open enrollment season. Thats when consumers can begin shopping for and enrolling in Health Insurance plans in order to qualify for coverage by january 1st. Consumers must select a plan by december 15th, but what if you signed up for coverage last year . Importantly, for people who have Health Insurance coverage who bought it last year, theyll be automatically reenrolled, but were encouraging them to shop around because there are a lot of new offerings in the marketplace and may be able to save money on their health care. Last year was the first time people used the health care website, healthcare. Org to sign up for coverage. There were a lot of technical issues. Theyve been working hard to make sure this years process is easier. A new report shows student loan debts keep growing. The average last year was 28,400. Thats up 3 from 2012. The total topped 30,000 in six states. And more than 2 3 of graduates left school with at least some debt, but a separate report by the College Board finds borrowing fell for the Third Straight year as the government clamps down on forprofit schools and families become more cost conscious. We have a new wrinkle tonight to tell you about in the Veterans Affair scandal. In pittsburgh, the feds fired the head of the Va Health System after an internal investigation found she committed, quote, conduct unbecoming of a senior executive. Terri garrick wolf has been on paid leave since june after Department Review of a 2011 and 2012 outbreak of legionnaires disease was traced to Water Treatment problems. At least six pittsburgh vahd patients died and 16 were sickened by the bacterial disease. The Veterans Affairs department never specified any allegations. And in washington, the house Veterans Affairs committee is hearing testimony on a measure to help vets. Its called the veterans access choice and accountability act. It was passed in august after we learned of long waits and secret waiting lists to hide patients who werent getting care. Officials say its already working. Our top priority has been accelerating care of veterans, moving them off wait lists and into clips. For example, we reduced the number of veterans waiting the longest for care by 57 . Some republicans are disappointed by the pace in which va employees are being held accountable for the events of last year. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist Sheena Parveen. Well, many parts of the area are seeing the first flakes of the season right now. Temperatures are cold. And we are tracking rain and snow showers. The snow showers are up in the poconos. Here is a live look up in the poconos where you see the snow falling here. And in the poconos, we could see an inch of snow accumulating. But other areas north and west that are seeing a little rain snow mix or light snow, we really expect little or no accumulation. Here you see the snow falling. Temperatures are cold. Up in the poconos right around the Freezing Point right now. So in mt. Pocono, the light snow is being reported. 33 degrees. Visibility is down to one mile. This is 15 degrees colder than yesterday, but the windchill, that is in the upper 20s right now in the poconos. This will be continuing for the next few hours or so. So, again, little to no accumulation. Most areas north and west of philadelphia. That will see a little rain snow mix as we go through the rest of the evening. Either way, these temperatures are getting colder. Theyll be colder tomorrow morning when you wake up and even tomorrow afternoon. So look at the numbers north and west. We have only recently dropped into the 30s here with the light rain which is in some cases changing over to a rain snow mix. 35 in pottstown and reading. 37 allentown. 38 westchester. Philadelphia, here we really have the cold rain falling. For south jersey and delaware, youre mostly dry right now, but temperatures are chilly in the mid 40s. Once that rain slides into new jersey and delaware, it will be a cold rain later on tonight. So heres a look at the radar. Snow up in the poconos. Now we could be seeing snow through parts of lancaster, also berks counties. So this is just pretty much developed on the radar. So there you see some areas of snow. Higher elevations of Chester County. Its on the lighter side. So, again, little to no accumulation expected. As we zoom in here, parksburg seeing possibly light snow, up to honeybrook, continues closer to the reading area. See the colder rain surrounding. Poconos, light snow falling up around toby hannah, across 380. We will continue watching this but, again, its on the light side. More moderate rainfall is closer to the philadelphia area. Parts of lower montgomery county, across 76 where we have cold rain falling. These numbers will continue to drop the temperatures. Another batch of snow north and west were watching, on the lighter side. This evening, chance of rain snow mix mainly areas north and west. 8 00 p. M. , confined to the poconos, maybe parts of the Lehigh Valley. Midnight, we start to see that kind of come to an end, but the rain continueses to slide through the area. Heres a closer look areas north and west. Some rain snow mix right now. As we go closer to midnight, mostly poconos. We could still see patchy light snow north and west. We start to clear out as we go overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning. So for tonight, we get colder. Rain snow mix through parts of the area. 33 for the low in philadelphia. Upper 20s in the suburbs. Then tomorrow, sunny, breezbree. Colder day. Mid to low 40s. Temperatures keep on going down. Waking up saturday morning, we could be in the upper 20s in philadelphia. Mid to low 20s areas north and west. Then we see rain monday. Will be mild enough for that. High temperatures after that, though, theyre dropping into the 30s. Another check on the snow coming up. Well check back with you, sheena. More federal aid coming to new jersey in the wake of hurricane sandy. Today senators Robert Menendez and cory booker announced new sandy relief grants tolding more than 14 million. Money will come from fema. The specific grants will go to new jerseys office of emergency management, city of margate, Somerset County acquisitions and hudson sewage authority. Deadly mall carjacking. It happened in new jersey during last years Holiday Shopping season. Now we get a new look at security footage. Lets take a live look at snow falling at Camelback Mountain in the poconos. Our first flakes of the season here. Coming down substantially. As seen thheena said, 33 degree. Skiers are delighted to see it this early. Not officially winter yet. Back out live now. A live tour of weather conditions across the area. I think its safe now to stop referring to camel beach water park. The weather quickly changing as you can tell. Steady snow here in the poconos. At Camelback Mountain resort. Doesnt appear to be collecting at the moment. I dont think the water parks will get much use of the slides any time soon. See the snow and rain on nbc 10 first alert radar. A team of reporters across the area and meteorologists tracking the weather out there. The everchanging weather. From our south jersey bureau, a rabid raccoon removed from a Camden County neighborhood tested positive for rabies. On sunday, a windslowe township resident found the raccoon lying in their front yard. Animal control was called to remove and test it. Right now the county Health Department says they dont know of any people or animals that may have been exposed. Safety tips to keep in mind for yourself. Health Department Recommends enjoying wild animals from a distance. Dont touch, feed, attract wild animals by leafing garbage out. As for pets, keep vaccinations up to date and watch them closely when you let them out. Residents in one New Castle County neighborhood is warned about a kitten that tested positive for rabies monday. All but one of a litter of fourweekold kittens died from similar symptoms. The kittens were confined to a home, but Health Officials say its likely adult cats that spend their time indoors and outdoors may have infected those kittens. Just saw it in the live pictures, especially up in the poconos, snow is falling in parts of our area. Others, though, seeing rain. I didnt know wed be talking about this so early. Nbc 10s Randy Gyllenhaal is live in allentown. Rain coming down there, randy . Reporter consistent rain. Were seeing a couple snowflakes here or there. Onlying up, what people are doing to prepare for another rough winter. And the Pilot Program was so popular they made it permanent. Septa Weekend Subway Service will run all night long. Why themb new service is actu costing septa more than its making. Just like an interception, i bet you didnt see this one coming. Up your game with a new fritos chili pizza. A large for 12 dollars. Add a mega Chocolate Chip Cookie for just 5 dollars more. Better ingredients. Better pizza. Better football. Papa johns. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Right now at 5 30, first snow. Rapidly changing conditions. We showed you this live picture 4 30 today. Now the flakes are falling steadilycamelback resort. And berks county, morgantown, many Traffic Cameras throughout the area. Nbc 10 first alert radar also tracking rain along with those snow showers moving into the nbc 10 viewing area. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Sheena Parveen joins us now. Sheena, rain, snow, conditions quickly changing. Break it down for us. Yes, most of this is on the lighter side which is the good news for us. We dont expect it to be sticking to roads, but there could be a little bit of a grassy accumulation when you wake up tomorrow morning possibly. Here is a look at the radar across the area. Parksburg and parts of Chester County, west caln up to honey book s brook seeing light snow. This is very light snow, talking about. 041 an inch an hour. This is very light. Through the next few hours we are talking about light snowfall across areas north and west. Especially through parts of berks county. There you see it kind of changing over through parts of berks county. Again, very light snowfall here across 176. Robson up to reading. This is continuing through lancaster county. This is some light rain starting to change over to very light snow or even a rain snow mix. As temperatures continue to drop as well. Now we slide up into the poconos where we have been seeing pretty steady snowfall on the lighter side. The poconos, since the elevation is higher there and the temperatures stay colder for longer, we could be seeing about an inch of accumulation in the poconos. But this is fairly light. First flakes, though, that weve seen so far, toby hannah seeing light snow there. Still falling. That is expected to continue for a little while. Now, as we look through most areas north and west, montgomery, bucks county, lehigh, also northampton and moving into the Philadelphia County and Delaware County area. We have some light rain falling. This is a cold rain. Temperatures are continuing to drop down into the 30s. Some areas north and west. So as we go through the next couple of hours, now until about 7 00 p. M. , mainly rain around the philadelphia area, but we do have the snow falling north and west. This is mainly, again, on the lighter side. But dont be surprised if we see a Little Grassy accumulation. From 7 00 to 9 00 p. M. Tonight, light snow in the poconos. A chance of the snow still changing over areas north and west where we have the light rain. Keep in mind temperatures are continuing to drop right now. 9 00 p. M. To midnight, cold rain around the philadelphia area. We still see possibly at this time could still see areas of rain and snow trying to move through. After midnight tonight into the morning rush tomorrow, the good news is, we do start to dry out. The morning commute will be dry. We dont expect the snow, again, to be sticking to roadways but we are certainly seeing our fair share of Winter Weather moving in. Like i mentioned, the cold temperatures are out there. First alert meteorologist Brittney Shipp is standing by with a look at that. Brittney . Reporter thats right, im ive in suburban square. Weve seen the temperatures drop in the last 30 minutes 3 degrees. We saw the rainfall pick up in intensity. We have our photojournalist, steve grash hesh ham, show you intensity of the current rainfall. The temperatures, the other big story, how cold it is compared to yesterday. Our current temperatures throughout most of the region in the mid 40s. 44 degrees in philadelphia. 41 in wilmington. 41 in reading. Freezing for the poconos. 47 in allentown. Mid 40s in atlantic city. 44 degrees in wildwood. Temperatures throughout the i95 corridor will drop down into the 30s right at freezing, even below freezing for our suburbs to the north and west. Were also uh . W showing you a sf our satellite radar shot. We picked up. 04 an inch, thats the rainfall rate there of light snowfall near honey brook and also stretching into parksburg. Well have a complete updated forecast for you, but im monitoring all the weather conditions here in ardmore. Im first alert meteorologist Brittney Shipp with stormforce 10. Well send it back to you in the studio. All right. Our Team Coverage continues now with a look at cold conditions in the Lehigh Valley. Nbc 10s Randy Gyllenhaal joins us live. Is it rain falling there, randy . Reporter you know, i think ive seen a couple snowflakes. Dont quote me. I used to live in florida. If we look over here, i think we can see at least a wintery mix of some sort. Definitely seeing some bigger snowflakes calling as the temperatures are also dropping. A big reminder to everybody here that winter is coming. Its getting to be that time of the year when etch the penguins at the Lehigh Valley zoo think its too frigid to be outside. They are from south africa. If its below 30 degrees they do not come outside. Reporter even though theyre penguins . Even though they are penguins. Reporter if last year was any indication, they have good reason to hibernate indoors. 2013 was one of the coldest and snowiest winters in recent memory. Nothing we can do about it. Mother nature. Reporter people in allentown prepping for another four months of deep freeze, some buying a new winter jarcket. I get up at 5 00 in the morning. Its cold when i get up so i throw on a big coat. Reporter last winter ranked among the top ten snowiest in Lehigh Valley history. At the zoo, the camels have had it. Most animals heading indoors. The zoo will remain open hosting a months long light festival, feel the cool air and bask in the lights. What better way than to showcase winter and what better way in winter than with lights . Reporter and the best way to call this wintery mix that were getting now is very stubborn. Its a mix of rain weve been having for much of the late afternoon. Now were seeing at least a couple flurries in the air. Were waiting to see if this develops into a more serious, steady snowfall, but right now, its a mix of wet rain, a few snowflakes. Definitely getting a lot colder here in the Lehigh Valley. Live in allentown, Randy Gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. And were getting if some photos of the snow. Nbc 10 viewer sent us this shot from western Chester County a mile from lancaster county. A nice coating on the deck when this was taken. More live Team Weather Coverage in just a moment. The city council is debating the future of the philadelphia gas works today and tomorrow. The council said no to the citys deal to sell pgw to Uil Holdings Corp for more than 1. 8 billion. Today they talked about alternatives if the utility stays city owned. The deal expires at the end of the year. If not approved by council. The members say theyve been excluded from the decision process. Mayor continues to pretend that he involved council in this process, but actions speak louder than words. Yes, he invited Council Members and others to a couple of meetings at which he told us what he was going to do, but that is not what fairminded people think of as a collaborative process. The hearings will include testimony from experts about new directions for the utility. Sale opponents are worried about private owners caring for a city asset, while still supporters say pgw can only improve in private hands. Right now rates are the highest in the region, while Customer Satisfaction is the worst of any large gas utility in the nation. New jersey lawmakers are considering two measures stemming from the politically motivated lane closures near the George Washington bridge last year. One would subject the Port Authority of new york and new jersey to the open records laws of both states. It also would require an annual audit. Lobbying restriction and the creation of whistleblower protections. Both states must pass identical bills for the legislation to take effect. New York Lawmakers have already given the goahead. Skyforce 10 over a gas main break that shut down a major road in Delaware County this afternoon. A peco crew hit an underground gas main. Brought traffic on route 252 to a stand still between palmers mill in Upper Providence township. That section of road has since reopened. No one was hurt in the incident. Do you recognize these men . Police in cherry hill hope you can help track them down. The pair is accused of using a stolen credit card at macys in the cherry hill mall. They racked up more than 8,000 worth of fraudulent charges. If you know who they are, police want to hear from you. Also wanted in cherry hill, this woman stole a pair of jeans from the True Religion store at cherry tree mall. The jeans cost 200. She left in a hertz rental car with illinois plates. Call police if you know anything about this theft. New Jersey Schools may be required to keep food allergy medications on hand for students. A committee advanced a bill that addresses the growing number of schoolaged kids with food allergies. The measure would allow School Nurses to treat patients during an allergic reaction. Right now a school must have a parents permission before helping out. A new alternative arrived for part of the pennsylvania turnpike. Three new cng pumps are open up in westmoreland county. Cnb stands for compressed natural gas. These new cng stations were unveiled this afternoon. Compressed natural gas is popular among commercial truck fleets. It cuts down on pollution. Its also cheaper than regular gas. Goes for about 1. 99 a gallon here at this stanton station. Speaking of travel, septa will continue running subway trains all night on weekends despite a hefty price tag. Keeping those trains rolling costs about 34,000 more than the night owl buses theyve replaced. The Transit Authority says weekend business is booming. An average of 15,000 people ride the trains each weekend throughout the end of october and thats, of course, according to septa. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Im meteorologist Sheena Parveen. We are continuing to watch some rain changing over to light snow across parts of the area. So in some cases, we could see a little bit of light accumulation on grassy surfaces. The poconos could see about an inch of snow, but here is what the radar looks like. We are looking mainly west of philadelphia. Through chester, parts of bucks county, lancaster county, or berks county i should say. So in parts of Chester County, this is where were seeing some light snow falling across the area. Parksburg been seeing a little bit of light snow for a while. West caln seeing the light snow as well. If we zoom in, you can see where the light snow is falling shown by the blue coloring. The pink shows where we could be seeing a little rain snow mix. Now, this is falling fairly lightly. This is about. 08 of an inch per hour. So less than a tenth of an inch. And that gives you an idea of the rate of the snow falling across this area in Chester County. West caln seeing light snow. Well take sample of this from the radar. This is lighter snow than what i showed you a little farther south. Honey brook continuing to see light snow. So whats happening here is were seeing the light rain changing over to light snow. So now we are starting to move into parts of Lehigh Valley, across the major interstates. 176 and 766. What were seeing here is the temperature is dropping and that light rain is changing over to the light snow which we really only expect to accumulate on grassy surfaces. So near reading, were seeing about. 04 an inch. Again, this is well less than a tenth of an inch of snow per hour possibly or precip per hour. So we are continuing to monitor this even though we dont expect it to stick to roadways. It is moving into parts of the Lehigh Valley or changing over i should say. Reading seeing a little bit of light snow falling there. Some areas, again, closer to maiden creek, the pink coloring. We could be seeing a little rain snow mix at this time. Well zoom out a little bit and start to see which counties out of our area are seeing more of the changeover with the cold temperatures. What we do see around the philadelphia area, this is mainly light rain, but keep in mind, this will continue to drop our temperatures. So it is a cold rain across the philadelphia area and surrounding suburbs. One section we have also been watching is up in the poconos. That is where we see the light rain falling here. This has been pretty steady light rainfall. Toby hannah, mt. Pocono, a lot of ski rezoosort have been seei the laight rain falling in this area. This could be an inch accumulated by the time this is all said and done. The precip rate. 041 an inch per hour. Thats fairly good. Seeing it good on our cameras. Well continue watching this through next few hours. As i mentioned, temperatures where the rain is falling are dropping. That will allow maybe some other spots to even drop down to see some rain changing over to snow. This is mostly on the light side, though. And as i zoom out even more, you can see much of south jersey and delaware is on the dry side. Now ill loop this. This is whats been happening over the past hour. Weve seen an area of moisture move across the area. Like we were telling you yesterday, some of this changing over to light rain or snow showers. Mainly north and west is where we do expect the snow showers, but as we go through the rest of the evening, we will keep this in the forecast. Farther to our north and west is where we see a little bit more snowfall. This is weakening, though, as it approaches, so we really only have i would say maybe three or four hours left of seeing this type of weather, although we will be watching it for you as we go through the next several hours. Ill stop this, again, and zoom into parts of Chester County. Some Higher Elevations here could be starting to see a little steadier light snowfall. Again, were query this. Its about. 08 an inch per hour of precip. Again, this is a little less than a tenth of an inch. Again, were seeing accumulating snow possibly on grassy surfaces. Not much, though, but in the poconos, thats where we could be see about an inch of snow accumlating. These are the first flakes of the season. We have live camera views of that. Chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz is standing by with a look at that. Glenn . Yeah, sheena, at least in the poconos the snow is looking pretty impressive and its coming down at a fast rate and the flakes are also on the bigger side. 2 can allo some accumulation there as sheena was saying. Now, on the wider view, we see a couple of things. First of all, there is a back edge to this. Not going to be going all night. The temperature is going down. Were also seeing the snow in Higher Elevations. That is a factor. Of course, the sunset. Now, you can see these patches of blue, again, sheena was showing you this. And obviously the biggest one is in the poconos and spreading down a little bit toward the Lehigh Valley. This is a solid area of steady snow. These are not flurries. These are not snow showers. Theyre steady snow. Now, the darker blues, its been a long time since weve shown this, back to last winter, for example, the darker blues indicate the heavier snow. So we have one little batch of heavier snow go through, and now its a little bit lighter. But look at the back edge of this whole storm. That is moving, so its not going to stay all night. We have the rain in the philadelphia area right now. Now, visibility gives us an idea of how heavy the snow might be. 3 4 a mile in the mt. Pocono. Its fairly significant. Mile and a half in reading. These other visibilities, not that low. The other thing that is clear and important is, of course, the temperatures which are above freezing except in mt. Pocono which is 32. Its getting a little bit closer in parts of Chester County to the freezes maing mark, too. Its one thing we have to follow hour by hour. And well be right back. Right at 6 00, lni responsible for the safety of buildings in philadelphia to make sure this doesnt happen. Oh, [ bleep ]. The whole building just collapsed. Coming up, whats being done today to make sure buildings around the city stay safe. Plus, a new jersey driver hits a man and keeps going with the man stuck in his windshield. At 6 00, were talking to family and checking out the surveillance video. And with winter temperatures coming early, coming up, how local townships are preparing to keep roads safe when the snow starts falling. Count on nbc 10 news at 6. Weather is a priority here at nbc 10. Heres a roundup of some of the live pictures weve seen. Steady snow in the poconos. At Camelback Mountain resort. Weve seen it falling now since about 4 30. You know what, conditions here are quickly changing. Wet roads in the Lehigh Valley. Take it slowly here at i78 and route 22. As the temperature continues to drop. The light, cold rain changing over to light snow. Expected to stick only on grassy surfaces. And look at the steady rain there. See it on the lens of Comcast Center in center city, philadelphia. Its also cold out there. Temperatures expected to drop into the 30s tonight. Its falling in ardmore where Brittney Shipp is. Shes live next to stormforce 10 and, again, youre looking live at the city of philadelphia. We want to check conditions right now in allentown, going back to nbc 10 Lehigh Valley reporter Randy Gyllenhaal. Randy, i understand a lot of the rain you were seeing before is transitioning to that snow . Reporter i think you can safely say at this point it is snowing in allentown. Its flurries. Nothing too severe. Its definitely sticking to my arm. I dont know if you guys can see it back there. Its not sticking to the grass. I dont expect it to any time soon. Its wet, nasty, sleet, snow, whatever you want to call it. Flurries are falling in allentown, as the temperatures are beginning to dip down. This would be the first significant snowfall in the Lehigh Valley. Again, last year, one of the worst snowiest winters on record, top ten in Lehigh Valley history. Right now, just a light snowfall. Couple flurries. Well see if that changes. Live in allentown, Randy Gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. Meteorologist Sheena Parveen, here is a look up in the poconos. This is where we have seen pretty steady snowfall over i would say the past hour or more, and this will continue as we go through the next few hours. So we are continuing to track some rain changing over to snow through parts of our area. Along with those dropping temperatures. Ill show you who can expect snow for the rest of the ev evening, coming up. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist Sheena Parveen. Good afternoon. Im nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Sheena Parveen, and were continue to track the rain changing over to light snow through parts of the area. This is mostly north and west of philadelphia. Well start in Chester County. Right around highland where you see the blue shading, this is showing us what rain has been changing over to snow. The pink is about a rain snow mix. And were seeing about. 04 falling per hour. This has been falling for quite a while in this area of Chester County, near west caln township. Close to a tenth of an inch an hour. As i zoom out here, really see the areas that have fbegun to change over from light rain to snow. Chest e county. West caln. Earl. Robson, parts of berks county. Reading as well seeing light snow falling. Were continuing to watch all this happen as the temperatures drop off. Again, this is mainly light snow. New morgan seeing light snow as well. Could accumulate on grassy surfaces. Again, this continues through parts of the Lehigh Valley as this light rain sits right over us. Temperatures dropping. This is causing all of this to be changing. Through the allentown area. Some light snow being reported there as the rain changes over. And through parts of the poconos, this is where we have also seen pretty steady snowfall. So in this case, in the poconos, we could actually be seeing about an inch of snow accumulating. At this point, it is still falling lightly about 0. 04 an inch per hour. As we go through the next few hours well continue to see light rain changing over to snow. Keep in mind those temperatures are still dropping. The philadelphia area, montgomery county, parts of bucks county, still seeing the cold rain falling. And as i loop this, this is what it looks like over the past hour. So we still have this light area of moisture sitting over us. But, again, as those temperatures drop off, we could still see some spots changing over to a light snowfall. So that is going to be in the forecast for the rest of this evening. So this will be the case for tonight. Temperatures will be dropping down. 33 in philadelphia. 28 degrees in the suburbs. A period of rain snow mix. Tomorrow, though, we will be clearing out of the breezy and colder temperatures in the mid to low 40s. Coming up, we will take a closer look at the rain and snow on the radar and who else can expect it for the evening, and also your sevenday forecast. Thats straight ahead. Take a quick live tour of these changing weather conditions across the area. Up in the poconos, a live picture of steady snow. Falling here in Camelback Mountain resort since 4 30. Its cold outside, too. Were talking 30s tonight. And steady rain and cold weather around philadelphia. Take a look at the traffic backups along the schuylkill expressway. Light cold rain making for a mess out there with a slick situation on area roads. Live Team Coverage ahead. There it is. This is where i met your grandpa. Right under this tree. man some things are Worth Holding onto. Theyre hugging the tree. man thats why we got a subaru. Or was it that tree . man introducing the allnew subaru outback. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Right now at 6 00, tracking snow. These are live pictures from Camelback Mountain where weve seen the flakes coming down throughout this afternoon, and this isnt the only place snow is falling. Good evening, im renee chenaultfattah. And im jim rosenfield. Well, all afternoon weve been getting you snow pictures and please keep them coming in. Now, these were sent to us from nbc 10 viewers in berks and Chester County. You can see a dusting of snow covering back decks and flakes falling in front of a street light in boyertown. Tonight, we have live Team Coverage of this changing weather situation. Nbc 10 First Alert Weather Team tracking the know for us. Thats right. Lets begin with nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Sheena Parveen, and sheena, where is the snow right now . Well, most of the snow which has begun as light rain, but now changing over to light snow, thats areas north and west of philadelphia. So Chester County, parts of berks county, now lancaster county, up in the poconos weve seen it for a while. This is where we see the snow. So im going to zoom in here to parts of chester, berks and lancaster kthscounties. Blue around west caln is light snow falling. Pink, rain snow mix. The green, light rain. Across 76 through parts of Chester County and into parts of lancaster county, that is where were seeing snow falling here. This is mostly on the lighter side. In this area of Chester County, Higher Elevation have been seeing the snow falling pretty steadily for a while. 0. 04 an inch, precip rate per hour. We will continue to watch this as with go through the next few hours. This area of moisture extends and continues to get colder. As we go into parts of berks county. Right near robson, 0. 04 inch per hour. Its still falling at a fairly light pace. But it is still continuing to sit in the same area. So grassy accumulations are expected in some parts