Posted northern of the pennsylvania turnpike and this is where we expect the highest the poconos could get 4 to 6 inches of snow. But the timing impacts. Philadelphia northwest snowing until 8 00 in the morning and roads are snowy and slippery. South jersey and delaware starts as rain and changes over to snow at the end and the roads are wet and could be freezing rain ill talk total and what is behind the system during the accuweather forecast. We seem to be getting a lot of rush hour snowfall. Lets switch live to walter perez. Reporter well jim, all is quiet at this hour in west reading a coating or so fell in this region earlier this morning but most of it has since melted away but its not over yet. Round one came through the Lehigh Valley this morning leaving an inch of snow in spots. There was some on the roadways in the Lehigh Valley and up north in the poconos got a little worse. So it did create for slick conditions. But we did have crews out there and crews on shifts throughout the day into tomorrow. The timing left something to be desired. With much of it arrives during the morning rush. There were weather related accidents in the Lehigh Valley. And more in berks coins and now with round two on the way penndot crews are loading up for another long night of salting and sanding and plowing depending on location and snow total, we spoke to people in west reading that say they can live with the snow but the unusually cold weather is wearing them out. I got my gas bill the highest it has ever been. The average temperature here last year 36 and this year 26. Last year it was unusually warm. This is kind of a brutal awakening. But im originally from syracuse. So. This is a chip shot for you . A piece of cake. So once again there were a lot of accidents across berks county this morning and with 2 to 4 inches tonight penndot is urging them to take it slow so there is not a repeat of what happened this morning. Walter perez, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Drone 6 took flight this afternoon to check on the icy situation along the Delaware River and ice jams caused flooding in the morrisville areas and causing minor flooding today. The coast guard is trying to get water flowing again along the delaware. And the crews sat out on the ice breaker vessel to help to break up the chunks that formed over the past several weeks. And you can get the latest updates on the forecasted snowfall and check stormtracker 6 live double scan any time. Right on your phone or tablet. The 6 abc app is a Free Download for your mobile device. And action news will get an early start in the morning. Just join the Action News Morning Team for the latest forecast, Road Conditions and School Delays or closings, join us tomorrow at 4 00 a. M. A half hour earlier than usual. Right here on channel 6. It took own minutes for tickets to sell out this morn. If you want attend the eagles vikings game it looks like its the Third Party Market for you. That means more money. Bob brooks is live at the linc. Nobody said this would be easy. No they didnt and its not easy, i tried and they sold out fast and that happened to a lot of people. You may still be able to get tickets but have to pay a little more for them. Fly eagles fly on the road to victory little max may be one of the lowest fans to know the eagles fight song. He wants a win and his family does as well. Instantly, they were gone. They were gone fast. Its like what happened . You couldnt get a chance. It seemed like landing tickets was stuff. Do you have any . I dont i tried. So no, im not. And i really did try, at 10 00 sharp a very important part of the game happened. Tickets went on sale, and i was at my desk ready to purchase. 10 03, still searching for tickets not looking good at this point. I refreshed the search like it asked. Same message no turk ets but keep trying. It didnt work out for me and i tried to calling at 10 00 and the line was busy and the tickets sold extremely quick if you want tickets have you to pay big or on another line to Line Exchange and the lowest price for a ticket is up over 300. Need clothes and shoes and coats. And you look at paying a couple grand for good seats. And max will be cheering at home. Fly eagles fly that is great there, the Better Business bureau has to remind people to watch out for fraudulent tickets. And go through trusted vendors, ticketmaster and check the website out for trusted vendors and if you find a deal that seems too good to be true, they are probably fake. Bob brooks, channel 6 action news. Thank you. In new jersey, the Chris Christie era is over and the phil murphy era has begun. It was Inauguration Day in trenton and vernon odom was right there. The powers delegated to me at high noon the chief justice of the new Jersey Supreme Court issued the oath of office to phil murphy. The diplomat during the obama administration. He immediately blasted president trumps recent vulgar and widely considered racist remarks about immigrants of color. Its leadership that made our country a place where immigrants still come in hope of a Better Future and that includes from haiti and from the continent of africa. The former governor, christie looking on governor murphy completed a list of campaign ises including legalizing marijuana and raising the funding levels for Public Schools all measures that counter the Chris Christie administration. A bill to raise the minimum wage to 15 an hour. You may as well stay up. A bill to promote equal pay for women. The new governor drew several Standing Ovations for the partisan crowd. Was news enthusiastic for the need to tell new jerseyans to resist the hatred and racism coming out of washington, d. C. He promised to keep the shores safe, safe from all offshore drilling. They controlled the assembly since 2001 and that majority continues, it appears that governor murphy will hit the ground running. Vernon odom, channel 6 action news in trenton. Jury selection is now underway for the upcoming federal corruption trial of allentown mayor, ed pawlowsky. He is accused of accepting Campaign Contributions in exchange for city business. Open statements are scheduled for monday in allentown and the democrat was sworn in for a fourth term earlier this month. Police release a sketch a man wanted for a gun point rape in august. Its not based on the victims description but on dna. Well show you how investigators develop the sketch. Well take to you south philadelphia where eagles players and coaches are focused on overcoming the minnesota vikings. It should be mild for the eagles game on sunday. But we have some snow that will gradually move in here overnight and ill have details on where you live. And a big pattern change behind the system. In the accuweather forecast. Those stories and more when action news continues tonight. Officials have released a new sketch of the suspect in the norristown farm rape in august. And the new sketch is the result of technology involving dna. Sara bloomquist explains. This composite illustration should resemble the suspect that violently rape aid 19yearold girl in forest town park at gun point on august 1st. Kevin steele released the new wanted poster at a news concerns this afternoon. Through relatively new technology we can try to put a face on the dna evidence that we have in the case. The new technology is called fino typing. And it was sent to the lap in virginia and using the dna scientists can determine the suspects ancestry and possible appearance. Using thousands of comparisons of dna this is a prediction of what the suspect looks like. The suspects dna determines he is 52 european and 45 african. That 50 50 mix of african and european ancestry is rare and possibly a parent of european decent and the dna cant determine the exact hair style and tattoos and scars and weight. Predictions are at a default age of 25 and sounds appropriate in this case. The teenager was attacked from behind on stoney creek road by a man that held a black semi automatic gun in his right hand and described him as a black man in his early 30s. And was wearing a sweater shirt on an 80 degree day. This put a face on the rape suspect with the hopes that someone may recognize him and call detectives. A 10,000 reward is offered for information and the arrest of this suspect. Future police and military members tested a new training tool in pilesgrove salem county. The called a milo simulator it allows students to practice emergency situations that test their Critical Thinking and quick decision making. The Salem Technical School got a grant to buy the machine and will be used by Law Enforcement agencies for their trainings. Then there is the story of this game coming up next weekend sunny think. Subject night is the place to be. I tried to get tickets, but none to be found. How will you get there . A press pass i hope. The eagles are in the nfc championship game and the work on how to beat the minnesota vikings, that work is underway. Jaime apody is joining us live. This is what they played for all season the chance to host the championship game and the win the eagles are in the super bowl. And dont understand estimate the power of the home field advantage. The last 7 of 8 nfc title games were won by the home team. It doesnt matter how they won but they did. They go all of that out of their systems and they got an extra day to prepare and put the win in the past. We have moved on to the vikings. Its a big game for us. To get one step closer to the ultimate goal. The vikings is our focus and last week is history. The vikings need aid last minute miracle to knock off the saints and they may be riding the momentum. Minnesota has lost three times this season, two of those losses came on the road in outdoor grass stadiums, their bags are packed for philadelphia and running back mckinnon all business talking about our bird. There is a new task at hand, the philadelphia eagles, we played there last year and lost. We know what the environment is, its our hardest test yet. They have a great defense and stable running back and a veteran quarterback and the number one seed. Its going to be a great game. And yet, despite all of that the eagles are once again june dogs in this game. 3. 5 points the vikings are favored. The eagles could careless about that. And get this 2018 the chinese year of the dog. Ill take anything i can get. Thank you jaime. So much. We are ramping up for sunday and friday. Friday night at 7 30 the action News Sports Team brings you a special Preview Party broadcasting live from chickie and petes in south philadelphia. Spring is around the corner and the phillies report to spring training in four weeks and a couple of players were at the ballpark to meet with the media and they are pulling hard for the birds. As a fan, you know that is what we with long for a winning product and the eagles have done a really good job over the last couple of years to build what they have. And to see that culminate into this year and what they are able to do overcoming injuries, its awesome for the city. And like i said the buzz that is around, hopefully is here to stay. Its an incredible feeling and to see the city embracing these guys and what they are doing is really a cool thing and i think we are striving to do the same thing. Flyers and rangers from new york. The flyers are streaking four wins in a row and the rangers are not. They lost 7 of their past 10 games. Its not good they havent been winning as much as early in the season but to think they are not a Dangerous Team especially at home they find ways to get wins. Five days away jim. Lets keep it going. Cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. Am i wrong or does it seem like the snow events over the last week or so are during rush hour. Er you are right. The worst ones were during the afternoon evening commute. In the morning you can have delays and not everyone is on the road at the same time. Its the timing that is the problem. The calm before the storm. Its not going to be a big storm but we are live taking a look over the ben franklin bridge. The river rink at penns landing on this mild day. Made it up to 45 degrees and light snow across the Lehigh Valley. And berks county most of the day. And stormtracker 6 live double scan showing the band of snow is advancing eastward. And it kind of links up as an inverted trough that helps pull in moisture and helps to spread the snow east after midnight and could begin at rain in philadelphia and areas south and east. We have a snowy start to wednesday and once we get rid of this system. The sunny stretch starts on thursday and we look at temperatures climbing up into the 50s for the weekend and actually an extended thaw is moving in and beach haven 37 and cape may 40 and allentown reading and lancaster, 32 degrees these areas dealing with a band of snow. Stormtracker 6 live double scan showing its not a lot, northern Lehigh Valley and northern berks county and not moving easiest through the evening hours, but the snow up there gets heavier and after midnight. When the moisture advances to the east. Temperatures gradually are cooling and allentown 27 for the low. Philadelphia 30 and millville 32 and right around the shore temperatures likely above freezing, future tracker 6 timing it out at 11 00. Lots of clouds in philadelphia. Could have a little bit of rain and the snow confined across the Lehigh Valley and berks county and lancaster. 3 00 the this is when the snow line begins to advance through philadelphia and the i95 corridor. And notice south jersey just raining and temperatures start to crash as we head through the morning. This is the latest model shows the snow is lifting out. And a few lingering snow showers and the sunshine is back by the afternoon. This is really a quick hit of snow not talking about much south jersey and delaware, nothing more than a few wet snowflakes after rain and interior south jersey into northern Newcastle County and northern kent county a coating to an inch and the i95 corridor a slushy inch possible north of philadelphia. North of quakertown and allentown and reading. 2 to 4 inches. 4 to 6 inches across the poconos, so really where you live determines what you get. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, very early snow and sunshine is back by the afternoon and 45 is the high. And mostly sunny on thursday and 37. And temperatures warm heading into the weekend, friday mostly sunny and 43 and clouds move in but mild on saturday. And sunday 56 degrees plenty of clouds and kickoff temperature for the eagles game probably 48 degrees, still pretty warm and monday our next system cuts to the west and that brings us rain a high of 54 degrees and tuesday clouds mixing with sun and a high of 45 degrees, im getting more information about the snow ill have details on that at 11 00. Action news with david muir is next on channel 6. And action news continues on phl 17 at 10 00. And then please join us for action news at 11 00 on channel 6. For cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire action news team. Im jim gardner. We hope youll join us for action news at 11 00. Tonight, several developing stories. We have you this reporting here, the horror inside that home. Police say 13 siblings, the youngest just 2, held captive. Some chained to furniture, malnourished. Now the family photos. And video of the parents renewing their vows. Led away now in handcuffs. How did this go unnoticed in an American Neighborhood . 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