We have a wind of 10 miles an hour in philadelphia, stronger to the west for lancaster, enough to make 30s feel like the 20s. And some areas as you mentioned are in the 20s. Wilmington, millville, Atlantic City in the upper 20s. And while its 33 in northeast philadelphia, south philadelphia is at 28 degrees right now. So, a cold start, 32 at 6 00. Well see sunshine but the wind will be picking up, 16mileanhour wind at noon time, 33 degrees will be about as warm as it gets. Well go through the forecast when im back in ten minutes. You hear the temperatures take the coat, gloves, when you head out. Winter cold is here and several counties have taken steps to protect people. Matt delucia is live at a train station to explain. Reporter were going to experience the coldest temperatures so far this season, right now its a little brisk, not unbearable. Ive got the fleece on now. Its not too terrible to be outside for a few minutes but of course as bill mentioned, we get later into tonight and the overnight hours its going to get downright very, very cold. So, because of that there is a code blue thats in effect many parts of the area and also code blues are going to go into effect for other parts of our area starting today. A graphic shows some of those here. Of course the code blue goes into effect when the temperatures get to be low enough that its a danger to people out, mainly the homeless folks, so we have montgomery and bucks county, they enacted code blue alerts and run through wednesday morning. Philadelphias code blue, that starts later this morning. And later this evening for Cumberland County in new jersey. For now a small taste of what is to come, at least for a day or two of course. Yes, winter has finally arrived. Im matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Also schools closed today for shawnee elementary in easton because of a heating problem. The staff should report to forks township elementary at scheduled times. Forks township and others in the district are open and will resume classes. Bill returns with the forecast but you can stay ahead of the Winter Weather on your smart phone or tablet. Now updated on your monday morning back to work, back to reality ride to work. Jessica boyington is watching the roads. Back to work or school, we are already starting off on a good note. Normally we have vine Street Construction and this morning were in business. So no problems there on the vine street expressway. Youre good to go. That construction is inactive. On the 42 freeway in new jersey this is in deptford, route 41 you can see no problems either direction, were still looking at a great drive time northbound from 55 headed to the walt whitman bridge only a 5 minute trip. 202 is looking the same as you can see. It were in the green for our drive times here. And 11 minutes northbound from route 30 to the schuylkill expressway. Ill check with mass transit when i come back in the next ten minutes. A new Jersey Transit bus driver was cited for reckless driving after rear ending a street sweeper and causing a crash. It happened along the white horse pike. The impact sent the bus off the road into a tree. Three passengers were on board but not seriously hurt. The driver was trapped but rescued. His injuries were not serious. Following a developing story in india a deadly 6. 7 earthquake hit the countrys northeastern region. The epicenter was 20 miles outside the city of imphal. Dozens are hurt. The quake struck while most were asleep and rescue workers believe many are buried beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings and homes. The efforts to find victims are hampered because power is down across the region. Its Inauguration Day for philadelphias 99th mayor, jim kenney will take the oath of office today. Swearing in ceremony we caught up with the mayorelect as he got ready to rehearse last night. Kenney says this wont be fancy, they are not having a ball, they call at block party. Kenney who calls himself a regular guy from south philly got choked up when asked about his new role. As a little kid hanging in the fire house with your dad and being mayor. Its exciting. You dont let your head get too big or you cant fit in a room. A fundraiser for philadelphia schools is part of the lineup and kenney is talking about his plans to improve education and reduce poverty. Here is a look at the full schedule. 10 00 a. M. Jim kenney will be sworn in. At 2 00 he will attend several receptions. 3 15 sign some executive orders, and 5 00 go to a reception for the fund for the School District of philadelphia, and finally his Block Party Begins at 5 30. Police in Montgomery County investigate an apparent accident at an applebees restaurant someone sprayed mace. She accidentally sprayed the restaurant last night. More than a dozen people were evacuated. None wanted to go to the hospital. Hazmat crews are investigating. Five people were taken to the hospital after four cars crashed in Hamilton Township mercer county. That happened around noon yesterday at south broad street. Take a look at Surveillance Video that shows the crash. You see the two cars smash, hit two more vehicles in a parking lot. Rescuers had to cut off the doors of one of the cars to pull two men out. Another adult and two children in the other car went to the hospital. Were working to find out how they are doing. Zpl its 4 07. In delaware hundreds of dupont workers will get pink slips. The company is downsizing ahead of its merger with dow. Dupont plans to cut 1700 jobs in delaware including its headquarters in wilmington. Dow and dupont plan to merge and split into three companies the smallest of which would still be based in delaware. Well, the eagles start the postchip kelly era with a win over the giants in the final game. First series, 54 yards for a touchdown. Murrays longest run since his rookie season. Later, Connor Barwin deflected a pass. Thurman took it 83 yards to the house. The birds and pat shurmur beat new york 3530. Jordan matthews had this word for eagles fans. Got to go out there every time and represent that team. Nobody has more pride for the eagles than their fans, none. We got the best in the league, in the world, universe, point blank period. Eagles finish 79. In a few minutes will he stay or go, a look at the future for sam bradford. Hear why one current player wants a familiar face to be the next head coach. Downingtown west is the winner. The band won a field competition in jacksonville, florida. Georgia beat penn state in that game. And take a look at the plaque. They won the state championship in its division. Congratulations to all of them. Nine minutes after 4 00. Its a cold morning and its going to be a cold day, a cold blast is coming in on gusty winds that will be with us right on through this afternoon. And then it gets even colder tonight as those winds settle down. Get ready for what will feel like really the first stint of winter weve seen. 20 degrees right now in mount pocono, northeast philadelphia, just above freezing at 33. At the airport 29 there and no surprise making snow in the pocono mountains, the view from camelback. The wind is blowing so the wind chills solidly in the 20s for philadelphia. Mount pocono, 9 degrees and thats steady wind will be blowing a few clouds through the area. Well get a good deal of sunshine, but with some of these clouds will come a slight chance of flurries during the day. Nothing more than that. Geelt enough sunshine to keep temperatures from going too much lower because of that wind. This afternoon, 22 degrees for mount pocono. Look at the 30s for allentown, reading and quakertown. Sunshine for most of the afternoon, 29 in doylestown, 32 for mount holly and below freezing this afternoon for trenton. At the shore for cape may and Atlantic City, middle 30s today. 36 degrees, rehobeth, less likely to see a flurry in these locations. Mostly sunny skies today, we could see a passing cloud especially to the west for westchester, more likely to see a flurry at 30 degrees. Wilmington, swedesboro, topping out at 33. A closer look at the temperatures as they progress through the day, hour by hour when i come back in ten minutes. Thanks for that. 10 after 4. Getting out the door early, back to work, lets check the roads. Vine street expressway, a camera to prove we dont have construction going on. This is around 24th street. Were all open westbound and eastbound. You can see cars moving by right now. Westbound to the schuylkill expressway were doing okay, again these are around 24th street. So far no problems or delays. The same pretty much for the schuylkill expressway and 95 into center city, were still in the green there, no problems on the blue route southbound from the schuylkill to 95, still at 15minute trip. Mass transit no problems or delays. Septa, patco and new Jersey Transit. Thanks. Check out this damage to one home in philadelphias brideberg neighborhood. Cant blame it on the weather. Why police say a criminal is behind this basement flooding. The search for this missing allentown child ended in tragedy. The push is on to prevent another young death. How some parents want to track special Needs Children. Its 4 13. Today president obama will begin his final year in office tackling gun control. The president will meet with the attorney general to map out what he can legally do on the issue. He is expected to use executive action to strengthen background checks and restrict gun sales to some criminal suspects, something that congress did not approve. The president is making it following another year of gun violence on his watch. Bernie sanders applauded the president s plan. I support it but i also believe that in terms of the second amendment, what we have got to do is to make sure, and i believe that its not an absolute right. Hillary clinton is also on board with the president s plan but new Jersey Governor Chris Christie led republican candidates in blasting the president for side stepping lawmakers on the issue. He wants to make changes to laws go to congress and convince the congress they are necessary. Christies rivals donald trump and marco rubio promised if they are elected they will undo any executive action the president takes on gun control. I will unsign that so fast. So fast. On my first day in office theyre gone. Nbc news will monitor president obamas meeting today and let you know when he reveals his final plans for gun control. Its 4 15. Today part of a social Services Center in san bernardino, california will reopen just a month after that mass shooting there. Husband and wife terrorists killed 14 people and wounded nearly two dozen others. Police killed the couple during a shootout. A Memorial Service will be held at the center today to honor the victims. We have new information on the sinking of the freighter el faro. These new underwater images show a gaping hole in the hull of the ship. Federal officials are considering launching another search for the black box. It got caught in a hurricane and sank with 33 people on board. Water in the basement. Thats what youre looking it at in the home of a woman, her house one of several flooded yesterday after someone stole copper pipes from a vacant house nearby. People living near tacony and orthodox street called police and fire crews when they noticed the flooding. We spoke to a firefighter who explained how it led to the flooding. The piping was ripped out of the basement and the shutoff valve as well. Neighbors said copper thieves are targeting a number of foreclosed properties in the area. The eagles season is over finishing 79 with a win over the giants. Fans want to know whats next than a search for a head coach. John clark reports. Reporter eagles players made it clear this was not a meaningless game to them. Some said they wanted to make a statement and go out a winner. Now the big question other than head coach, sam bradford, will he be back as quarterback . Jordan matthews says sam made it clear to him yes, he wants to be here. It goes without saying his maturation, what he has been able to do the past couple of games, how hes ended the season, you look at the numbers, okay, yeah, i know he is going to do that but look at his leadership, the guys gravitate to him. He has to be the guy. I hope hes back. I think he is a tremendous player. Obviously free agency is always a question mark. You never know how thats going to turn out. I think hes a guy thats shown in the past he has what it takes and through the season how he evolved that he is a tremendous quarterback. I think early in the season i just missed some throws that i was unaccustomed to missing. But it seem likes after the bye everything came back to me and everything slowed down and i played the way that i knew i could. Who would jason peters like to see in as head coach . Andy reid like a fatherly figure and Malcolm Jenkins would like a coach who lets the leaders run the locker room. Im john clark at Metlife Stadium for comcast sportsnet. 18 minutes after 4 00. If youre getting ready to head out, in fact any time you get ready to head out today youre going to have to bundle up. The cold weather that moved into the poconos is moving through the rest of the area and going to stay with us all day long. You see they are making snow, doesnt look terribly windy, getting some drift with the gusty wind that is starting to settle down now in the pocono mountains but the winds will ramp back up. 34 now, thats down 1 degree in the last hour. Its likely to come down a bit more as we approach sunrise. Northwest winds at 10 miles an hour, those kick in and really keep a lid on the temperatures during the day. Well see lots of sunshine. This is a live quiet view from the adventure aquarium. Pottstown look at the 20s and clear skies, wilmington and Atlantic City. There are some clouds blowing in from the northwest, and farther to the west some scattered snow showers in central pennsylvania. We wont see snow showers, but with the clouds blowing through during the day today, there is a possibility well see some flurries at times, you can see if you look closely looks like a flurry developed in berks county. Its going to be fleeting at best. But cold enough for snowflakes, as the hour by hour futurecast shows its going to stay cold through the day. 27 degrees, thats colder than it is now. Thats at 8 00 this morning. A few hours later at 10 00, 28, and the temperature coming up just a little bit with a lot of sunshine, thats at noon time. See some clouds offshore with the winds coming out of the northwest. We could see clouds blow by but enough sunshine to keep our temperatures in the low 30s during the early afternoon. As the wind ramps up later in the day the temperatures start cooling down. Were back in the 20s at 3 00. Here comes the real cold for the evening commute. Middle 20s, thats 10 degrees colder than it is right now. 19 degrees in allentown and 24 in wilmington. And it goes even colder as we go through the night. This time tomorrow morning the temperatures will be in the teens. So, stand by to bundle up today and youll need even heavier gear tomorrow. Windy and cold, lots of sunshine, but there will be a few passing clouds. So there is a chance of a flurry, not expecting accumulation in our area. Temperatures in the 30s this afternoon, but were on track for the 20s tonight. There is some warmer weather in the sevenday forecast. Weve got that coming up in the next half hour. Bill, thanks for that. 20 minutes past 4 00. Take your ride to work. New jersey turnpike, a look at that. Jessica boyington has it. Earlier accident now accident investigation on the new jersey turnpike is what were looking at on the northbound side between route 206 at exit 7 and 195 around 7a. The left lane is blocked. Watch for Police Activity there on the scene. The accident scene is pretty much under control. The schuylkill expressway around 202 you can see no problems if youre headed westbound or eastbound, eastbound drive time from the blue route to the vine street expressway is 13 minutes so were go to go there. The p. A. Turnpike in the green. So, starting off good on this monday morning westbound or eastbound on 23 minutes at the most from route 1 to valley forge. How cute is that. They have dreams of dancing. These are aspiring ballerinas from across the region auditioning in center city philadelphia, vying to be best in their class in hopes of taking a bite out of the big apple. They adugs for the school of american ballets Summer Program in new york city. The school only takes 200 dancers of the 2,000 who audition in 18 cities across the country. The school of american ballet is the premier academy in the country. The temperature outside isnt the only thing low now. Gas prices are about 25 cents lower than this time last year. Next, hear what experts think where experts think prices will go in 2016. Look at this video. You have to see it. Watch as a kayaker has a Close Encounter at sea and cameras are rolling. What makes this simple salad the best simple salad ever . Heart healthy california walnuts. The best simple veggie dish ever . Heart healthy california walnuts. The best simple dinner ever . Heart healthy california walnuts. Great tasting, heart healthy california walnuts. So simple. Get the recipes at walnuts. Org. Its 4 24. Near ocean city was the scene of a Close Encounter. You have to see this. Come to your screen. Nbc 10 photo journalist was kayaking, a whale came up for air a few feet from where he was. He was seen for another breath. By then it moved away from our photographer. Good pictures though. Here is something that may make your first drive to work in 2016 easier. Wont cost as much. Gas prices are expected to stay low and even drop. The annual average price of gas this year will be between 2. 25 and 2. 45, cheaper or comparable to the 2015 average twof. 40. The average consumer spent 700 less on gas. Even when prices go up as they do in the first quarter, we dont expect them to reach the heights that we had seen in 2015. Experts say the drop is due in large part to supply and less demand. Heres what drivers are paying on average around the area. Philadelphia, 2. 17, delaware 1. 90 and drivers in south jersey 1. 83. Got a cold one. Temperature is dropping now 33 degrees here at nbc 10. Clear view from center city. But with the wind blowing we could see flurries during the day today. You still need your sunglasses. Plenty of sunshine at 4 26 the sun, were waiting