Protections built up since Superstorm Sandy as we take a live look at cape may. People in the Lehigh Valley are expected to see the least amount after snow from this storm. Heres Camelback Mountain resort. And were getting an update from officials in Delaware County. A live look mow from the Emergency ServiceOperations Center in middletown township. Officials are telling us about Resources Available to its residents and businesses during the storm. Amtrak is also giving us an update on its preparations. Northeast Corridor Services will operate throughout the weekend but it will be running on a modified schedule. Good morning, im vai sikahema. Im tracy davidson. Were monitoring those briefings and authorities throughout our area advise you to be prepared for the worstcase scenario. Well be with you through it all to keep you updated. Heres what we know right now. Septa will suspend all services hat 4 00 a. M. Tomorrow except for the broad street and market frankford lines. That suspension will last 24 hours. Also Philadelphia International airport has canceled all flights for tomorrow. That includes both arrivals and departures. And we have Live Team Coverage as preparations are under way for this winter storm. Lets begin in the studio with nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. Glenn, i know you just got new information. Break down the timing and totals for us. The timing, of course, is going to vary depending on where you are in our area and in southern delaware it could very well start during the afternoon rush. Heres the latest since, perhaps, last night when you went to bed. Theres now a blizzard warning for parts of the area, the snow starting as early as 4 00 for southern delaware and as late as 11 00 for places like trenton, new jersey. And the forecast snow amounts have been raised. Ill get it to you in just a second. Heavy snow expected in order to get a blizzard 35 miles an hour winds sustained and low visibility for three hours or more in a row. Blizzard warning goes through northern delaware, through the philadelphia area and surrounding count iies and the winter storm warning goes all the way down through southern delaware. So every part of our area is in at least the winter storm warning if not a blizzard warning. So the center of the storms in georg georgia, a huge area of snow and punk is ice in North Carolina. Moving faster than computer models suggested yesterday. Theres snow already in dover and Sussex County, delaware. But it gets darker blue, thats heavier snow, so you could get just a few flurries and think its just light but all of a sudden it comes down harder. So when the snow starts it may get heavy enough to start causing some problems and start to stick. By 11 00, snowing in trenton, snowing hard in central and southern delaware and snowing hardener the other parts of the area. As we go into saturday morning, that may be the peak of the storm for a lot of us and we also could be seeing a little bit of a change to rain down south but look at that snow spreading all the way up to the poconos so weve expanded the area northward of the heavy snow. By noon that dark blue is heavy snow. Its not just a circular area, its in bands. Thats what well be seeing through saturday night and it moves out as we go into sunday morning. So 4 00 p. M. To 11 00 p. M. The snow spreads south to north. As we just showed you hour by hour the heaviest snow from 4 00 a. M. To noon with blizzard conditions most likely at that time. From noon to 8 00 p. M. We have mixing or a change to rain. We continue the gusty winds and the snow tapers off saturday night and into sunday morning. Heres the other issue is the wind. By midnight were gusting 30 plus miles an hour at the shore and by tomorrow morning gusts 50 to 60, sometimes this computer model exaggerates the wind a little bit, even exaggerate a little bit. Thats a tremendous wind likely to cause damage. As far as the snowfall totals, 20 inches or more. Perhaps a part of Newcastle County delaware and down toward washington. Lower montgomery, Lower Bucks County and a little bit of camden gloucester counties as well and much of salem county. 15 to 20 inches. That would put it probably in our top ten biggest snowstorm. Weve also raised the amount as we head toward our town through the rest of bucks county and the Montgomery County and part of the Lehigh Valley. Then six to ten inches in northern portions of berks county and northern part of the Lehigh Valley with two to six inches toward the poconos and we also have a tremendous gradient here from the 15 to 20 inches in salem county to perhaps a couple inches at the delaware beaches in cape may because of the changeover to rain. Now well get more specific about whos going to get what and when with the seven day in a few minutes. Glenn, thanks for that. We want to take you now to Delaware County where they are briefing their Emergency Management plan for the storm so residents know a declaration was signed this morning. Were going to patch you in but weve had a little bit of trouble with our shot here so if it starts to freeze well jump out. What will i need for two or three days if my power goes out . Things like batteries, things like water, make sure they have those things. They should use common sense and take a look around your yard and clear things out. Take loose objects away, anything underneath the tree, we could have falling limbs or falling trees. Amtraks News Conference on the winter storm is under way already. Amtrak says it anticipates a modified schedule of service to run through the storm. Letser what theyre saying. Obviously having some problems but were monitoring all briefings held by utilities, municipalities, septa, amtrak. Well put the information on air and our nbc 10 app. Amtrak is running on a modified schedule, as we mentioned. And flights are canceled tomorrow at Philadelphia International airport both coming in and going. Nbc 10s Harry Hairston is live at the airport with details. Harry . Reporter right now we have a very busy airport. People are happy and in a hurry. Take a look. You can see the security lines down the road where people are coming through the regular security lines and to my left and your right there is the tsa precheck line. Thats supposed to move quicker. That one is slow because folks are trying to get out of here. We go to the boards and see that nearly every flight that is leaving today is on time. If its not on time, its already boarding and departed. Thats good news for folks trying to beat this storm. What will happen come tomorrow . It will be closed at the airport with planes not taking off and planes not allowed to come into philadelphia. Heres what airport officials are saying. Airlines done a great job of getting out in front of the situation and many of them as early as yesterday canceled flights for saturday. So theyve been very proactive with this and thats a good thing. But once again, for right now passengers are trying to make their way through security so they can get on their flights and get to their destinations before that gigantic storm thats headed our way socks us. Reporting live from Philadelphia International airport, Harry Hairston, nbc 10 news. Back to you in the studio. Harry, thanks. From the airport we go to the jersey shore where the focus is on potentially major coastal flooding. Matt delucia is live in sea aisle city where hes been down the shore most of the morning. Matt, this will be the worst flooding theyve seen since hurricane sandy. Vai and tracy, this is the front page of the newspaper this morning are you ready . That is the big question. And folks ive been talking with here at the jersey shore tell me after sandy they dont like to take chances. Right now we have calm seas and a lit breeze but likely that wont hold on for long. Were stocking up on salt in our supplies, thats all we can do. At ventnor coffee, their motto is to keep calm and drink coffee. But with a noreaster heading this way, it might take a little more to ease the nerves of this by a front business. Its scary because we could have what we had in sandy. Thats exactly the kind of thing shore residents dont want. Public works trucks are busy piling up the sand as residents spend their time taking down screen doors and raising pieces of furniture off the floor. I just want to get things lifted off more. At mikes seafood in sea aisle city, workers have put in 18 hour days tying everything down and boarding up the doors. I wont leave this property for the next 48 hours. I will be on this property. This is my life. Mikes seafood is my life. This is how high the water was during hurricane sandy. But sandy, he says, might be peanuts compared to this storm because now theres ice involved that could do even more damage. Up and down the shoreline its all about preparing for the worst. I was already thinking, i know its going to be flooding, im thinking if i have to be getting things off the floor, ill watch closely. You have to prepare yourself and people cant take it too lightly anymore. The big concern is the high tide starting tomorrow morning and sunday morning. Folks keeping their fingers crossed this storm doesnt turn the streets into part of the sea once again. Live in sea isle city, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. About an hour ago septa announced it will be suspending all Service Beginning at 4 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. Thats all Regional Rail lines, bus routes and trolleys. Officials say that will last 24 hours. Theyll keep us updated. However the broad street and market frankford lines will continue to run for essential personnel like hospital workers. This is no normal winter storm. Strong winds will lead to near zero visibility and cause trees to fall on overhead power lines along our railroads. The timing of when service might resume on sunday morning di pends on several factors like clearing the tracks and theyre concerned about treesz kno knoc down overhead wires. Well keep you updated on nbc 10 and our nbc 10 app. Today is the day to get your house in order and let the nbc 10 app help you. It features hour by hour radar, we have blogs from our chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz, live cameras from nbc 10 sky cam network, you can see different places throughout the area. You can sign up for weather alerts and notifications of School Closings and delays. Live coverage for the preparations continue just ahead. Glenn . Get ready for blizzard conditions in some parts of the area. Ill let you know when the snow will arrive, when it will get out of here and how much you can expect where you live. Thats just ahead. [ muted ] and so this precipitation is going to last for quite a while. Its going to start as early as 4 00 this afternoon in southern delaware and last until as late as about 8 00 a. M. On sunday. Thats a big storm. More on who get what is coming up. Thank you, glenn. Naturally, drivers are already having trouble driving on the snow down south. Heres a live look from nashville, tennessee. Were told cars are spinning out, trying to get by. You can see an official standing with that vest in the middle of the road. This storm is headed to washington, d. C. In just a few hours. Weather channel meteorologist mike seidel tells us whats expected there this weekend. Here in the washington baltimore area, the blizzard kicks in at 3 00 this afternoon, snow should start falling at the capital shortly after lunchtime then it will get heavier and the wind will ramp up later tonight on through saturday, thats the blizzard warning. Winds could gust 40 to 45 miles an hour, even higher in the coast. The beaches of maryland, delaware and new jersey will have major issues including beach erosion and moderate to major coastal flooding. Federal offices shut down at noon, City Employees go home early, most every school in the area is closed today ahead of the blizzard of 2016. The record snowfall in one storm in washington is 28 inches. Probably wont get that officially at Reagan National airport but were looking at 18 to 24 inches. As far as flying out, forget about it, between bwi, Reagan National and dulles, 75 to 85 of all flights in and out of those three airports have been canceled on saturday. And more impacts in philly and new york, those cities under blizzard warnings under less snow fall will accumulate in those two cities. Im mike seidel at the capital in washington, back to you. The storm headed our way has dropped snow in North Carolina as plows were out early in the city of boone, pushing away a couple of inches of snow thats accumulated on the ground. Well, this is the latest since you went to bed last night. A blizzard watch has been upgraded to a blizzard warning for at least parts of the area, the snow starting earlier at least in southern parts of our area that could affect parts of the afternoon rush. Thats mostly the southern half of delaware and perhaps parts of cape may county. And the forecast snow totals raised in some cases significantly. The blizzard warning in this area, dark purple, it goes from new york city all the way down i95 to baltimore and washington areas and our region it goes from northern delaware through philadelphia and the surrounding counties and up through trenton and the winter storm warning on both sides of that. Heres the satellite and radar. You can see theres still snow in mississippi all the way up to virginia. Thats a lot. You can see it moving closer to washington, d. C. Theres the leading edge, not quite to washington yes but its not supposed to get to washington before noon. Heres a closer look at what we can get from the timing. Were generally okay, by 4 00 were starting to get snow in penn county and Sussex County in delaware and the darker blue indicating heavier snow so it can get heavy enough to stick pretty quickly. Untreated surfaces, its going to stick. As soon as it started by 5 00 still not into philly but were getting heavier snow in the southern half of delaware and parts of Cumberland County and cape may counties. By 6 00, were up toward newark, delaware, close to wilmington into vineland, into Atlantic City toward the end of the afternoon rush. By 7 00 were getting close to philadelphia itself and then it spreads through the rest of the area by midnight its getting fairly heavy. Heres another view, wider view of the snow starting. By 11 00, thats heavy snow in dover and the dark blues indicating heavy snow. Saturday morning, theres saturday noon. We could see thundersnow with that kind of intensity and dont be surprised and then it just kind of spins around as we go through saturday night and spins out sunday morning. So its a long lasting storm. The other feature is unusually strong wind for a storm in this part of the country. Saturday morning wind gusts of 41 miles an hour. So if we get that, that would put philadelphia into blizzard categories. But its going to be close on the wind. The wind in south jersey and delaware is clearly going to be Strong Enough for a blizzard and its so strong its going to be causing a lot of problems at the shore. Heres one model just to give you an idea how much falls, by 11 00 not a whole lot but again it sticks and by 8 00 a. M. , nine, ten inches of snow already. 9 00 a. M. Tomorrow. 15 to 20 inches total in the philadelphia area. Even more in parts of Newcastle County toward baltimore weve expanded the area as well, expanded the 10 to 15 inch area as well up toward allentown and reading and toward the shore there will be a lot of mixing so that will limit the snowfall totals down toward the shore. For the rest of the day today, were seeing snow starting between 4 00 south and 11 00 north. Temperatures getting up close to the freezing mark. Theres your winter storm blizzard on saturday. The first alert out for tonight into sunday morning and most of the day sundayy is windy and clearing and then very cold on monday, some of the snow will melt next week but if were talking 15b9 to 20 inches of snow, it wont melt very quickly. I heard you say once the snow starts falling within the hour, the snow totals will accumulate quickly. On untreated surfaces you could be surprised. You could be on the road and just a few flakes and before you know it, maybe before you get home it sticks on the roads and on the driveway and side streets that havent been treated yet so you want to get home before any of the snowfalls and not just count on the fact that in the beginning it will be light because sometimes it can catch up to you. And it will start between 4 00 and 11 00 tonight depending on where you are. Quite a difference across the area so amounts will be quite different. Were continuing to get new information from briefings going on right now. Well have Live Team Coverage continuing in just a minute. The archdiocese of philadelphia issued a message about sunday mass. The office for divine worship says catholics of all ages but especially the elderly are advised to use extreme caution when making decisions about attending mass this weekend. That say an individual is free to make a prudent decision to remain at home and not venture outside this sunday, especially for their safety and the safety of others. Pastors will try to maintain a schedule for those who make it to church. Our live coverage of the approaching winter storm continues. We have just been told by glenn that there are higher snow totals to talk about. Gl glenn will be back with updated information, timing and totals of the storm ahead. And at the jersey shore theyre preparing for coastal flooding and major beach erosion as we take a live look at cape may, new jersey, from our camera at the marquis de lafayette. You can see crews are already working to protect the coast