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KYW Eyewitness News At 5 January 23, 2016

Conditions, kate knit weather center, justin on the skydeck. Meisha keeping an eye out on the roads. Lets start out with kate, good morning, first winter storm. You said it, nicole, yep, we in the thick of things as we speak, now is the time to just stay home. If you are watching us from the comfort of your couch, we hope thats where you are, please dont go out in this unless you absolutely have to. We are still finding relatively speak ago light fluffy snow. But as dew points climb, this is turning over to more heavy stuff. That will will make it even more treacherous to travel, obviously piling up. Multiple reports of six plus inches already, and were just getting started, folks. Out to storm scan one more time. Notice any time this is radar 101, you get the darker shades of turn purple showing up, heavier snowfall intensity, basically exploded over the Chesapeake Bay area into central delaware. Still finds that real good fetch of moisture getting drawn on shore with very persistent northeast winds flow. And right now you have got some of your heaviest snow currently falling right through the delaware bay actually, but also the cut off line taking place down near some of the shore towns. Little bit of wider zoom, in fact, we zoom out one more time to show you the storm in its entirety, basically finding heaviest snow falling right over our area as we get on the Northern Branch of the storm, as we sit here better part of the day well do well with snow totals. Blizzard warning remaining in effect now through 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow. So long lived event, guys. Winter storm warnings posted everywhere else. Wind gusts as they stand right now, theyre impressive. Take a look, 46mile per hour gusts currently wilmington, 44, ac, not even getting report in wildwood because it is that strong. And look at what it looks like in rehoboth right now. Cameras shaking everywhere. Notice that winds, that is brutal. Right on shore at 53 Miles Per Hour, guys. That is going to lead to errosion, thats going to lead to coastal flooding and youre looking at pretty soaking rain right now down there, really not going to help matters much. Now this is our snowfall map. We have since updated, since we are starting to see the one to twoinch per hour snow totals coming in here. It will pack up quickly. Since beefed it up, 18 to 24 inches for the greater philadelphia ash. And still pretty impressive as you heard further south or north out of this, as well, and as we said, it is going to continue all day long. And we will walk you through the timing little bit later in the show. Soap, meisha, a not looking so hot if you have got to be out in this. Certainly, one of those things, katie, where there is no reason to get in your car. If you do not have to to drive through this, avoid it at all costs. He drove in this morning. I can let you know that it is very dangerous conditions right now. And the snow keeps coming down. So you what looking at right now, seeing our camera kind of jump around. This is penndot feed. I particularly wanted to pull this up, as they are jumping around, cycling through different camera shots, just to kind of give you overall vibe, overall sense whatever you are dealing with, by the way when they show a shot looking under a bridge and it looks wet, i can let you know right now very slippery. You are dealing with black ice. Tons of snow, obviously on all of your major interstates, and highways right now, it is not just the snow thats going to slow you down. Visibility is going to play a major issue today. We do have penndot out there. This is the vine, eastbound, at 11th street toward the ben franklin bridge. See the flashing lights. Even though penndot is out there trying to get these cleared out of your way, visibility is an issue. Driving in the snow, and i am talking deep snow, is an issue right now, especially over the morning, because you dont have the volume of vehicles going over the roadways flattening it out for you. You are literally driving through feet of snow right now. This is a look at the ben franklin bridge. Can you see it . You cant see it. This is what i am talking about when i talk about visibility. Just not there. Speed restrictions on all major pa highways, 45 Miles Per Hour, bridges, youre down to 25 Miles Per Hour, and also, in the worlds of mass transit, septa suspended except for the market frankford line and broad street line, new Jersey Transit and dart also completely suspended today. If you can stay in your warm homes, do so. Jim, nicole, back over to you. Thanks, meisha, very much. Snow emergency is in effect for the city of philadelphia. Vehicles parked on snow emergency routes are being towed right now. These drivers parked on broad street in south philadelphia are finding out the hard way. Getting your car back will cost you up to 125. If your car was towed, contact the city of philadelphia, snow emergency hotline at 215686snow. Our first major snowstorm of the season is here. Snow is steadily coming down across the region this morning, about one, 2 inches an hour, i drove through it, too, what a mess. Visibility is low, and the roads are very dangerous. Very, very treacherous. State of emergency is in effect for pennsylvania, new jersey, and delaware, at this point. Our Team Coverage starts here in philadelphia. Thats where cherri gregg from our sister station kyw news radio 1060 is live for us in center city. Good morning to you, cherri gregg. How is the commute in this morning . Did you run into any trouble . Yes, let me tell you, this snow is coming down at a good clip, low visibility, the entire roadway is covered. If you take a look, here at broad and walnut. If you look down at the street, and ive seen four plows take a path down broad street yet the entire roadway is still covered. And it is because the snow is coming down pretty heavily. As you can see, it is sticking to my jacket, as you are sitting there. Having a vacation on my coat. My commute from south philadelphia station at 15th and spring garden. As you can see, it was low visibility there. The entire road was covered. There were other cars on the road. There was car or two that got stuck on side streetment cabs on the road, things like that. So, this is very treacherous driving. It is very dangerous. But back out here live, it didnt stop a lot of folks from Walking Around here. We had people who were plowing and shoveling this area, but as you can see, it doesnt look like the shovel was out here this morning. Im out here, near the wawa. Folks had been bundled up. This is a boot day. You cannot get around with sneakers. You definitely need boots. But it is definitely a day to bundle up. If you can, just stay home. Live in center city, cherri gregg, kyw news radio for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Watch it all from the comfort of your couch, exactly, exactly, thank you so much. Thats a look in philadelphia. But delaware is also under a state of emergency. If you have to be on the road in the first state, be careful out there. Our eye on the storm coverage continues with Eyewitness News reporter justin finch live in wilmington. Justin . Reporter jim, nicole, good morning. From delaware, were here in arden town, wilmington here, at the corner of marsh and silver signed i want to show you here first. Just the snow im standing in, it is pretty deep out here in parts, this snow and winds blowing at very steady pace, creating problems for the plows making their way out here. Several plows have made their way around this area here. But as you can see, the roadways are staying area. Also, at this hour, a level one driving restrictions is in place. That means, all nonessential traffic is prohibited throughout the state. Of course, you noah blizzard warning, parts every Winter Weather watch in others, and coastal flooding are the major state here in delaware. Rst were actually here at the shopping of gray land plaza. Right there it ends tends to be open 24 hours, the process first getting to the door. There have been several plows coming in this area, clearing off this parking lot. You see the squawl that just moved in here. Almost whiteout here conditions here, this parking lot here. It is very tough to keep these areas clear which is why it is a hazard for you to be out here on these roads if you truely have no business out here. Now, we do know, the governor plans to have an update for us later sometime today in the smyrna area at the del dot situation, rather, set up there, we do know that starting earlier this week, that del dot was out clearing roads, but i can tell you, making our way south, on the philadelphia area here into delaware was quite arduous. We saw tractortrailer off of the road, almost in in the median of the highway there, several cars taking it slow, others choosing to pull over. I can hardly see you right now because the winds and snow is blowing in my face. These are just not conditions to be in if you truely dont have to be. Your best bet is as youve been saying throughout the morning so far, is to stay home and watch this. If you must. From the comfort of your own television where you are nice and warm. Nicole, jim, back over to you. Live here, in wilmington, delaware. You said it, justin, definitely good day to stay at home. Thanks. Now, lets check how things are going on in Montgomery County. Eyewitness News Reporter rahel solomon live for just king of prussia. Whats it like out that way . Reporter well, you know, jim, nicole, good morning, not much better than Everything Else weve been hearing, you can see sort of in our shot how heavily the snow is coming down, when you couple that with the strong winds, it is just absolutely awful out here. Take a look right now, you can see some of the right now route 202 and henderson in king of prussia where also the snow coming down quite heavily, quite forcefully, and these winds are just not making it easier. If we can take a look up now to the american flag, just the side where were standing, and as this winds starts to pick up, you can see just how forceful these winds are, how it is whipping the flag back and forth, so just not making it an easy commute for anyone who has to be out on those roads. This morning we took the schuylkill on our way in, those roads, snow covered, not many cars out there, we did see quite a few snow plows, Montgomery County officials morning telling me they have their full fleet out. But they admit to me, look, it is tough, the snow coming down so quickly, there is only so much crews can do. So if you dont have to be on those roads, of course, weve been hearing it all morning, trust me, you dont want to have to be. It is dangerous out there. Now here at route 202 and henderson, what were seeing again, not a lot of most rid is cents but folks out there plowing, people out here shoveling. Right now we have andrew from blue bell. Andrew, good morning, tell me, whats it been like out there for you this morning . Just complete whiteout. The blizzard, pretty much it. Is it making things touch out there just even driving to where you are going . Oh, yes, yes. Everything is covered. What are the Road Conditions been like . Horrible. I mean, what is plowed is plowed over, and there is just now snow everywhere, pretty difficult to drive. Andrew, we certainly wish you the best. Good luck out there. So again folks like andrew, what we are seeing out here, snow plows coming to this rest stop, to this wawa, to gas up, get some coffee, get warm, then hit the road again. But, jim, nicole, i have to tell you, you know, about what, 5 00 in the morning, coming down so forcefully, the winds are so heavy, and it doesnt appear that this snow is letting up. So we can only imagine what is left in store, but this morning again, those roads looking snow covered. Theyre slick, visibility is poor. So if you can stay home, this is certainly a good day to do so. Reporting live in king of prussia. Rahel solomon, Eyewitness News. Rahel you need to have that man sell you his ski goggles, the suggestion at this point. Rahel, thank if you. Our eye on the storm coverage is just getting started, up ahead the dangers you could face once you start shoveling all of that snow is wet, it is heavy, ahead in our health watch from Stephanie Stahl. Snow plow crews are working to keep up with the blizzard, this is a live look at the schuylkill expressway at montgomery drive. Meisha johnson is next with more on the progress theyre making on the roads. Stay with us, our Eyewitness News team will get you through it all. Were back in just a moment. Herswe pour em ures. We pass em we pick em delicious fun for everyone. Hersheys miniatures are mine, yours, our chocolate. Terry bradshaw . What a surprise you know what else is a surprise . Shingles. And how it can hit you out of nowhere. I know. I had it. Cmon lets sit down and talk about it. And did you know that one in three people will get shingles . all no. Thats why im reminding people if you had chickenpox then the shingles virus is already inside you. all oooh. Whos had chickenpox . 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This is one we received, snow covered neighborhood in delaware, again, the snow just piling up already overnight. So, a big thanks to jj for tweeting that out. And, julia tweeted this picture, conditions looking a little dice any pennsburg, Montgomery County, interesting to see the weather, also very interesting to see the competency every these photos. A lot of talented photographers out there. Interesting subjects, larry carry tweeting us a picture of his dog making snow angles, ridley township. I think the dogs name is shelby. Big shout out to shelby. Pretty good snow angel. Shelby will have a good day today. Show us where you live, share us photos, facebook, twitter, instagram, with the cbs3 snow. This is our morning photo. Yes, i can we take a shot . There it is, oops, there it is. Okay. Cbs3 snow everybody. Our Team Coverage continues with katie in the weather center. When is it going to stop, katy . Well, you have some time to kill guys. This will be a while. We are in the thick of things, i would say right now, butwill o tonight before it really lets up. Now, we will take you out to another bunch our live Network Camera shots, one of our more remote towns, closer to the northern fringe of this shore, pleasant valley, middle, High School Campuses here, school obviously not in session, but good shot to show you, snow starting to pipe up there, as well. Going to storm scan, localized zoom, no break out there is at least little bit of dry slot thats starting to lift in though over the chesapeake. See that right on the tail end of the loop. Let me zoom it out one, two more times here, actually we go one more, get to you nice wider zoom of this. You can see all of the moisture getting drawn back on line here, we havent talkedff about this all week, depending where the mix line takes place, likely see limiting snow totals, and thats specific down near the shore towns specially Sussex County delaware at this point. But also the fact that you have got some dry air starting to nudge in, with the rotation, that counter clockwise flow around this. It is helping to draw some of that in. Soap, youre either going to be just getting pounded on around that region maybe catching little bit after lull. Doesnt mean that it is over, how much, folks, this is still got a long ways to go. We talk about potential for historic, it is potential, now, i dont think weve got shot at a record, at least not at number one, but we look at the top three, as long as we hit, you know, into the 20s, we will be in the top five here, and at this point we think weve got a good shot at t still question mark, still in the midst of all of the snow currently falling to the ground. But we will walk you through the detail of our expectations in just a second here. Meantime, were in the thick of t right now. Normally would you only have couple of hours perhaps of the thick of things. But looks like that will linger right into mid afternoon with blizzard conditions for you. One more look at the snow amount, 18 to 24 inches for the greater philadelphia region, and potential for as much as 12 to 18 further north. And remember, guys, even though we talk about blizzard, were not talking snow and the, rather winds and visibility. That advice isnt very, very poor right now. And for more on that, we will send it out to the trooper of the day, and that would be our own meteorologist, Justin Drabick, out on the skydeck all bundle up. How is it looking, justin . Talk about poor visibility, you cant even see me. I see the lens, actually some just fell off. Getting blasted here with the rain on the camera lens, tv equipment here is getting cant even see the buildings, visibility an issue, stay off the roads, dont even try to think about even later tonight check it out what we are dealing with at most of the locations as far as the visibility go. Half mile or less, it will get down even worse, quarter mile visibility, fan that happens for three hours, thats true blizzard conditions. So no matter where you are this morning, across the Delaware Valley will be rough. Wind, certainly beginning to kick up, the worse of it will be through the morning into early afternoon. These are forecast wind gusts, midmorning, 50, even low 60s, along the shore line, and it stays windy throughout the afternoon. Even though when the snow ends tonight, we are still going to be dealing wi

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