Surrounding nmg cities and areas north and west of corridor were looking at starting tonight through late tuesday, heavy accumulating snow. Strong winds and limited visibility as a result of those windy conditions blowing around some of that snow. For the rest of south jersey, drop further south along the shore and southern delaware. Especially same timeline looking different though. Heavy snow to start. Shift to heavy rain or even sleeting conditions coastal flooding and damaging winds expected by the time this thing is out. Hour by hour forecast. Coming up quickly. Area of snow comes in from the west. The coastal lull is building to the south. Clip the carolinas and pick up steam as it merges with western storm. Intensifies pulls in snow to us. Rain for southern delaware, but snow along the western county pretty quickly at 11 00 p. M. By Morning Hours, 5 30 a. M. Snow has taken over the region. And notice that distinct rain know line with heavy rain hitting the shore and southern delaware. Blue is the heavy snow. Were going to continue through your Morning Hours to track this out hour by hour. Little closer as well to see neighborhoods in just a bit. Right now go to traffic with jessica boyington. Starting off on 95 this morning. Cameras right around the ben franklin bridge. No problems reported. You can see through cameras traffic moving along just fine. North and southbound side. Check in with drive times here as well. Nothing has moved yet. Still 13 minutes southbound. Speeds still into the 60s here. So we can see the cameras proving true as well. Reported all morning. Well keep eye on that for you. Check in for route 73 when i come back in ten. Well see you then. Neighborhood Grocery Store will be a popular destination today. Rush to pick up the stock up is on just hours before heavy snow belts us tonight. You may also need to make a trip o the hardware store. Yesterday nbc 10 cameras captures people buying shovels and rock salt and other items needed to fight the frozen elements. Some stores had to stop putting on items such as fertilizer and supplies so they could supply the winter tools. Bring a mixed bag of weather to the jersey shore. In addition to snow communities can expect heavy rain, flooding, gusty winds. Beach erosion. Video from late january when the shore saw similar problems. Lets check in. Team coverage continues now with nbc 10 katy zachry. Live in Atlantic City. More on the preparations there. Reporter you know its been a mild winter. The video that you just saw scenes like that are etched in peoples mind at the shore because of mild weather we had and people are bracing for that kind of potential damage. Again, here along the boardwalk. You can bet Business Owners and people who have loose items like tables, chairs, trash cans things of that nature will be making sure theyre secure. Here at the shore, here in Atlantic City and up and down the shore, we are under a coastal flood watch. We are under high wind warning for the weather that is coming into this region. Off to my right, sand, dunes, beach, then water. That is where the focus is going to be. A lot of eyes on that area because of the high tide were expecting that could lead to beach erosion and coastal flooding. On our way here to shore this morning. Already on highway Message Boards were alerts to drivers and people who live and work in this area to be prepared for the incoming weather. Ive talked to a few people who are out early this morning along the boardwalk. They are well informed as to whats coming and they say theyre planning on spending tonight and tomorrow inside staying safe. For now reporting live in Atlantic City. Katy zachry, nbc. Whatever type of whether hits your neighborhood preparation for winter storm is key. American red cross says you should have a three day supply of water and easy to prepare food. Make sure you have a weeks worth of medication. If you plan to drive anywhere, you should fill up gas tank. Thats a really good idea. Remember for pet owners, take the animals inside this week. Also we have School Closing information to pass along. This is for today. Closed today because of heating problem there. Archbishop. Make sure you have free nbc 10 app. Well send you alert the minute your Childs School announces planning to open or close late. Int this is key too. If you lose power during the storm, nbc 10 telemundo 62 partnering with comcast to make sure you are fully charged. If you can safely get to a Comcast Xfinity store. Be able to charge your phone or tablet for free. Look up the locations now just so you have them. Right on the nbc 10 app. Pennsylvania is honoring a firefighter killed in a crash on his way to deadly fire in Governor Tom Wolf ordered state flags to fly half staff. Died saturday from injuries suffered in crash on his way to this house fire. Authorities say the driver took off, but was later arrested. Fire crews rescued two children from flames. A toddler who was injured tied at the hospital. Investigator say a hoover board plugged in to recharge is what sparked the flames. 23 degrees outside. Happening today, jury selection resumes in the trial of the man accused of the ambush killing of Pennsylvania State trooper. Authorities captures eric froei after a manhunt. Faces first degree murder charges. Killed a state trooper and injured another. The jury will come from Chester County. Hoping to find jur jurors who h not seen media conch verage of case. First alert weather. It is 6 07. Live picture of the i95 corridor. Expect heavy snow. Full day to get ready for the storm. Find out whats to come. That live shot, the winds were calm. Everything was quite. The quite before the storm. We do have first alert that has been issued for major snowstorm including the entire Delaware Valley surrounding new jersey cities. Areas especially north and west of philadelphia. The deal is when. Overnight tonight until late tuesday. This is when we expect two pieces of energy to meet up. Coastal storm and lull developing to the west to develop, and, of course, meet and you happen bring us strong snow heavy snowfall totals especially overnight monday into tuesday. Including monmouth and ocean county. These are the criterias for blizzard. Why the blizzard warning has been issued. Expecting winds in excess of 35mileperhour. In addition visibility will be less than a quarter of a mile. Here is your setup. We do have lull developing across the midwest and continue to work its way towards the eastern sea board. This low pressure system has not developed yet. I would like to highlight how this will develop later today and continue to work its way up the eastern sea board. It will essentially meet up and intensify with other system and really just give birthday to a very strong storm. We have this winter storm warn that has been issued. High wind warning has been issued. In just a bit, talk about the increasing i understood gust that could top out. Thank you. 6 09 for the better part of 2 hours. Weve been telling you about a road closure for small portion of route 73 in south jersey. Lets get you updated. Jessica boyington. Lets explain what happened. Earlier this morning there was an accident involving a vehicle car and another truck. Heres a picture of what that scene looked like. Clearly huge truck involved and engulfed in flames there. We had both sides closed down for a large portion of time while we watched that. Map system showing just the northbound side still shutdown. Have havent had any confirmed reports of that right now. Southbound side moving by. Either way if you decide to head in that direction with them cleaning it up and fire under control as well. You will be fine heading down the area. Take the Atlantic City expressway or the pike to get by. Thank you. We continue to prepare you for the major winter storm. Next, first alert meteorologist krystal klei returns with a closer look at when the snow will start falling in your neighborhood. And theres this [ applause ] cheering on the wildcats. We take you live to villa novas campus as the team prepares to take on the best in college basketball. Theres a look at first alert radar. Coastal lull forming to the south. Those combine for biggest totals coming up in a few minutes. Also this from philadelphia international. A warning for travelers to check carrier ahead airport has tweeted some airlines are offering waivering to change your flight without a penalty. S to change your flight without a penalty. Cheers from the villa nova wildcats. Top ranked team and ready for the tournament. Looking trying to find keith jones in the crowd. Fans already thinking about next championship. Heres a look at this mornings daily news. When all cats fans are hoping to see. Encore. Pamela osborne live for us at villa nova. More reaction from the team. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The wildcats are ready. They definitely are the team to watch as you know. The expectations couldnt be higher. Here they are last night learned number one overall seed. Wildcats play the winner of mount saint marys new orleans game. Going into the tournament with 31 wins. Most ever for defending champion. Last year villa nova wildcats set another record during the final four. Beat oklahoma. Coach says this year the team is more business like. Theyre well aware of expectation. Another thing different. This year only three seniors on the team compared to five last year. Players see this as an opportunity to improve. I feel like we have a lot of young guys. Young guys are Getting Better each and every day. To be honest with you. Our senior class is going and Getting Better with every practice and film session as well. Villa nova will take the court at 7 10 on thursday night. Reporting live at villa nova p university. Pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. Pam, thank you. Of course. Nbc 10 keith jones traveling with the villa nova wildcats this week. Team manager. Undergrad at nova. Watch live reports here at nbc 10. Behind the scenes. Hes got to be pretty psyched. Happenings today annual coaches tipoff breakfast. Big event. Looking at video of last years event. Features the major basketball coaches in and around the city. All proceeds go to american cancer society. Do such a good job with that. 6 16. Talking about you probably wont be going to work tomorrow morning. This morning you got to get to work. Still watching in west jersey. Truck caught on fire after getting in an accident with another vehicle. What the scene looked lining when the fire was engulfing part of that truck. See a big cleanup underway there. Portion of route 73 closed for most of the morning. Still an active scene out there. In between fleming pike and Atlantic City expressway. Map system here showing the northbound side still closinged. Either way, going to see lane restrexs as well. Be prepared to see delays through the area now. Still take Atlantic City expressway. Or route 30. Heres 295. Black horse pike. You can see even to the work zones here. Both directions look great. Drive time clear. Headed to this point with speeds in the 60s. Run reasonable degree on time for new jersey transit. And patco speed line. Updates when i come back in ten. Lets get straight to first alert coverage. Before we talk storm, heading out the door this morning, it is a cold one. Bundle up. Wilmington, 13. And 5 below in mount poconos. High for today stay cold. 37 in center city. 38 westchester and 35 in allentown. Same deal, new jersey, the shore and delaware all right around the upper 30s for highs. And mix of clouds and sun. Increasing clouds later in the day. Heres the problem. It stays cold. The ground is cold tonight. Right as that snow moves in. By 11 30 see the snow edging through much ofn the cusp of freezing the temperatures are. 31 for philly. 31 for oo wwim further south. Thats going to set up rain snow li watch this closely. Go from 11 to 6 00 a. M. Mute for you. Not likely so. Heavy snow. Nd west. These are the zones under the high snow threat. Heavy rai threat as we go south. Could see the sleeting line mix in by0 95 corridor. Snow showers will continue into the afternoon. Thin out a ve lasting snow. More spotty e wednesday. Impacts are going to be big. Talk about neighborhood by neighborhood with crystal. We are talking about how we are going to be in your neighborhood individually. Of course we have to conside a we wanted to focus on you being impacted by two coming together and really developing a verywint s storm warning has be issued. Until including burlington, camden,la counties. Keep in mind storm while it will be quiet tonight. Be early tomorrow morning, see tysnow satellite and radar imagine picking up on first piece midwest. Notice those arrows here showing tdirection. We also have that secondary storm really thatstm that will o develop, and, of course, once those two mes all morning long. Means we do have a lot of snow headed in our totals right now seeing for the jersey shore anywhere frl 03, 4rks inches. Anywhere between 1218 inches in and around philadelphia. North ward of that were seeing 1520 inches. So again, in addition to all the snow were getting. Were also getting very strong wind speeds and wind gusts and coastal flooding and coastal dancing likely. See you in just a bit. 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President trump is facing a dateline today to prove wire claims. Earlier tweeted accusations that obama had tapped phones at trump tower in new york before the election. Spokesman for the former president called mr. Trumps claim simply false. Lawmakers investigating the claims asked the Justice Department to turn over any evidence by today. Pennsylvania senator bob casey faced largely friendly crowd. It was a contrast of republican town halls across the country. Marked by loud opposition. Senator told one member of the audience they were right to question him on how he will mobilize democrats and attract independence for future elections. Jessica boyington watching the roads. Checking out route 70 in new jersey. No problems or delays reported there. Watching that through cherry hill. Lets get a check on todays forecast. Take a live look outside along i95 right now. Things moving smothly. By tomorrow, you wont want to drive. Going to talk snow totals and the high amount we could see as well as the heavy rain and possible flooding at the shore. All details coming up. See you in a moment. Live Team Coverage continues in a moment. Look at road crews preparing to keep drivers safe. Also up next, your key to ride. Find out what septa is doing starting today to make riding easier for commuters. Calm before the storm. Helping you prepare for a major winter storm moving into our area starting tonight. Winter weather essentials. Food, water, rock salt. Shovel for your car. Today is the day to get ready to stay safe. Shore from poconos. Expect everyone to feel the impact from the storm. Live look right now. Cape may. Strong wind, rain. Flooding beach erosion all expected. Monday morning. March 13. This is nbc 10 news today. Im havvai sikahema. Im tracey davidson. Expected to bring heaviest snow weve seen all winter. First Alert Weather Team getting you prepared. Meteorologist erica martin. Working on how much your nabld could see. Lets start with meteorologist krystal klei. With the timing for that storm. Good morning. Good morning. The timing is going to be key here. Hits during what would be your morning commute. Not likely for tomorrow. Totals are going to be so high. Radar and satellite right now. Storm to west. Pumping snow and cold air on top of already cold air we have. Then we have the system thats going to form to south. Hasnt yet done so. You can kind of see action already. Thats going to track up the coastline. Two combine to make that major snowstorm for us. In fact the biggest we have seen this season. Storm impact scale. Starting with lehigh valley, berks county. High impact event. Snow start time. 10 00 p. M. To midnight tonight. Heaviest amounts of snow. 4 00 a. M. To 2 in the afternoon. Accumulation amounts. Getting right to it. 1520 inches by the time Social Security said and done. Lingering snow showers late tuesday and early wednesday. Blowing and drifting certainly a possibility due to high winds. May lead to Power Outages in these zones. High impact as well with snow starting around 1011 at night. The heaviest amounts. 411 in the morning. Also possible heavy sleet for zones and gusty conditions even as more of the snow passes late day into the night. Windy conditions linger. Delaware beaches and jersey shore. Still a high impact event. Looking to go snow to more of a heavy rain possibly thunderstorm forecast. 04 inches for snow along these locations because a lot of the period of time should be in the form of rain. Gusts about 60 miles an hour. Could force to moderate coastal flooding zone. Looking to go back to snow. Actually track more visual person coming up in a bit. Right now go to traffic with jessica boyington. Still this morning, a earlier vehicle fire as a result of an accident involving a truck. Another car. Route 73 was closed for most of the morning. Just between fleming pike and Atlantic City expressway. This is what a picture of this scene looked like earlier. Clearly when the truck was engulfed in flames. Theres been a closure there for most of the morning. Map system looks like the