Action news is on a half hour early to bring you news on what could be blizzard conditions. Lets start with david. Good morning, everybody. Were off to the races. The snow is falling. For now lets cover all the warnings. Its a winter storm warning from philadelphia all the way down to Atlantic County and Cumberland County an advisory in Cape May County and down toward dover new ca big he warning area as s today will be counties highlighted in orange. Thats where we have a blizzard warning and that means at times over ext probably seven, eight hours, youll have the potential of heavy snow but heavy blowing snow that could give you blinding visibility and thats why the National Weather service has been warning you to take shelterinplace today especially if youre in these Northern Areas but even around philadelphia until the worst of this snow is done. As we take a look at Storm Tracker6 live double scan right now, a lot of rain in south jersey. We were expecting that. Then you get sleet mixing in mainly south of philadelphia. Philadel a sort granular snowflake falling right now and weve started to accumulate. A big concern however when any areas today see this laenon Storm Tracker. Theres a little bit more over here to the east of trenton. That Storm Tracker6 live double scans way of clearly showing you where the heavy snow band is falling and where you see that between now and midday that will be when the heaviest is falling. That could come down in as much as two to 4 inches an hour and thats why well pile up as high as well pile up. Some of you going well above a foot of snow today. Heres the live view in the system. The low is still well to our south. Looks like it will be around our latitude about midday and at that point the winds will still be a factor but the heaviest snow bands will tend to push off to the north. Between now and noon were watching that low pass us by. Between now and then were looking at the heaviest rogers is outside today. Karen you have more on how this is going to unf today. Yeah, dave i drove into south jersey and were it this storm conditions vary greatly by region. Just travel a few miles and it changes and a large part of that is based on the current temperature. The Current Conditions out here, in cape may its 44. Dave showed you the rain. Thats down to the south and east. 35 millville, 32 philadelphia. Youre getting a mix of sleet in between millville and philadelphia. But just 27 degrees in allentown and reading, 19 degrees in mount pocono. So getting a mix of rain sleet and snow depending on where you are and the temperatures really reflecting that. Winds are starting to pick up now. 26 miles an hour wind gusts currently in cape may but a 32 miles an hour wind gust in wilmington, 23 miles an hour wind gusts in trenton so were seeing these gusty winds begin and those winds are going to be more of an issue as this noreaster progresses up the coastline. Heres where you can expect region by region today. The lehigh valley, northwest suburbs heavy snow, on one to 2 feet. Philadelphia along the i95 corridor snow, sleet and then changing back to snow, eight to 12inches over there. In central delaware and southeastern new jersey, some snow changing to rain. Were seeing that process already begin right now so really depends where you are region by region. How about the time lineup this is a high impact. If youre traveling now, 7 oclock normally the morning rush, hopefully people wont be rushing anywhere, 10 00 a. M. High impact. By 1 oclock thats when the storm is pulling ay what, . You have the a couple snow showers left. By 4 oclock even less of an impact. The Morning Hours are the worst overall expect a heavy wet snow north and west, heavy rain south and east mixing along 95. The heaviest of this storm is from now through noon. David will be back to go more on totals region by region so matt and tam Everybody Knows exactly what to expect. Thanks karen. The roads are a mess this morning. Lets turn to many ma map for more on that. I drove in 45 minutes ago in freezing rain. Bottom line is theres a Little Something for everybody out there this morning but we know acrosstheboard is that, yes, the roads are not great. Secondary roads respect completely snow covered. Main highways are at least partially snow covered and weve already had a crash on the schuylkill. That didnt take long. Eastbound side right here by the boulevard, looks like maybe there goes a plow crew which is good news putting down some salt as well because a vehicle already slipped slid and spun out here on the eastbound side of the schuylkill by the boulevard t cleared already. Thats the good news with accidents on a morning like this. Theyre usually pretty minor and we can get them out of the he way pretty quickly but already there was a crash on the schuylkill. Along 95 in the great northeast and you can see some of the road surface youre approaching cottman avenue but it is slushy, slippery, it is a morning to stay home if you can but i know thats not possible for all of you. So, lets talk more about whats going on. As we look at the roads of course precipitation across the region, speeds are down acrosstheboard as they will be all morning long and already some problems in new jersey. Theres a he can before ken down truck in Gloucester County blocking the ramp from 295 northbound to 656 and a jackknifed truck in Camden County on 295 southbound approaching 561. Couple lanes already blocked there and that is just the tip of the iceberg. Matt and tam. Got that right. Thanks so much matt. Speed restrictions are now in effect on the pennsylvania turnpike and other major highways and roads across the state. Speed limits are reduced to 45 miles per hour. Penndot strongly encourages drivers to stay off the roads but if you must drive matt pelman will be here top continue to update you on the conditions throughout the show. Amtrak will run a modified schedule along the northeast corridor today. There will be no Acela Express Service between new york and boston and limited service between new york and washington, d. C. Different parts of our region will see different things. Well have reporters out this morning all across the region to show you what theyre seeing. Lets start with katherine scott. Shes tracking the conditions in new jersey. Shes live there in runnemede, Camden County. Googood morning, katherine. Reporter good morning, tam and matt. Yeah, weve seen a bit of everything here in new jersey this morning. It started with a bit of snow, now we are just seeing pouring rain here. Im going to get out of the way so you can take a look at the intersection that were at here in runnemede. Were at black horse pike and constitution drive. A plow train just came through a couple minutes ago and pushed away some of the slush that was in the street here. But, yeah, really for the last 30 or 40 minutes weve seen rain its just been pouring rain here in runnemede. We have seen cars out on the roads. You can see some right now and they seem to be moving along okay here but there are certainly slippery conditions. Over the past few hours, conditions have really varied greatly depending on where you are and whats falling at that exact moment. Earlier we saw more snow in this area, maybe a couple inches you could sweep off your car. Then came the changeover to a wintry mix and now its just plane rain and so thats where we are at the moment its making road surfaces pretty inconsistent and sloppy. Folks are being asked to stay off the roads so crews can continue to work. Weve seen plow trains out on the highways and on the roads this morning with the state of emergency in new jersey nonessential employees are asked to stay home. Were live in runnemede, katherine scott, channel6 action news. Katherine thank a you. In ortley beach residents are keeping an eye on the atlantic ocean. Every time theres a noreaster flooding and beach erosion become a really serious threat. The county says 200 workers came in at midnight. The Emergency Management center will be fully active at 6 oclock with extra dispatchers getting Warming Centers to be ready for people if their power goes out. Delawares department of transportation has salt trucks out in full force. Governor john carney issued a level one driving warning for New Castle County. Drivers are encouraged to stay off the roads if you dont really need to be out there. Crews will continue to spray brine on roads, overpasses and bridges. Lets turn now to action News Reporter jeff chirico who is live in were evident mount airy in a philadelphia neighborhood to show us whats going on there. Good morning, jeff. Reporter good morning matt. A very snowy mount airy this morning and a very quiet germantown avenue. You see we do have some slush, some snow over here. Travel this morning has been rather busy rather difficult. Your roads, your wheels are spinning as you are traveling through these roads. The past a, say, 15 to be 20 minutes we started to see a changeover from snow to more of a rain. It is not quite sure exactly what is happening here but we do see the accumulation seemed to have kind of tampered a little bit and we see more of a slush than a snow here on the sidewalks and on the roadways. Now, as you as you know, this City Government offices and other agencies have mobilized for this snow emergency. The snow emergency went into effect last night as a result, there are restrictions on parking and schools and offices have closed for today. And take a look here and you can see how the road looks at this hour. We are just talking some slush but travel is difficult. So, if you are hitting the roads or planning to hit the roads today tyou want to leave plenty of extra time because it is going to be a treacherous commute if you are if you are hitting the roads over the next several hours. We have not seen any plows come this way over the past hour since we arrived here in West Mount Airy but we do expect according to the city some 400 pieces of equipment will be hitting the roads throughout the day, hitting primary roads and secondary roads first. So, well continue to be out here monitoring the situation and talking to folks who are walking up and down the streets in this very Early Morning hour. So, matt, tam, back to you. All right, thank you, jeff. And of course were inviting you to join the action. Send us pictures or videos of your view of the snow and what youre doing out in the storm. I suggest you wear the kids out, get them out there, the dog, too. Just use the 6abcaction or email them to us at join the action at 6abc. Com. 4 11 is the time. We continue to track snow, sleet, rain and potential blizzardlike conditions this morning. Lets go on out top mobile6. Its making its way across the ben franklin bridge. Katherine scott was just out there joining us from south jersey right now. Theyre dealing with some freezing rain out there. Theyre dealing with sort of rain sleet conditions. Well be back with your accuweather forecast. Snowy and soggy scene. Thats a live look at the base of the Commodore Barry bridge in chester, were. A. Yup, the snowstorm is here and its really dumping snow quickly. And david, weve seen already from our reporters out there if youre standing in pennsylvania you might see one thing, in new jersey something else. Yeah, and i think theres even going to be that sort of like, hm, thing on people in southern delaware and maybe Cape May County because it may have snowed a little bit earlier there or it might at times but by the time you look out your window later this morning it could be that anything that did fall is already washed away. Because of the rain. Mainly rain down there but snow for a good portion of the region and a lot of it. Storm tracker6 live double scan showing is you we have rain across much of south jersey and about the southern twothirds of delaware currently and then youre getting into that sleet freezing rain mix highlighted in blue right up into philadelphia or close to it and then in the northern suburbs of course we just dont think that that freezing rain and change to rain line is going to make it to you. Youre going to stay cold enough for snow and right now year getting quite a bit of it. Ill get a closer view of this in a moment. Lets get you outside. We got sky6 looking down at i95 and for now passable on i95 but of course as those heavy snow bands come in later on that could be a changing situation in philadelphia and certainly points north. As we take a look at that overhead view, there again is that sleet line which right now on Storm Tracker does appear to be pushing into philadelphia. Some of the snowflakes that weve had have been mixing with those sleet pellets. I saw some of that when i was walking from the hotel to the station and then of course its rain down to the south. At times you may get snow pushing back. I dont think theres going to be a whole lot and some that has already fallen has been washed away. Big concern is outside of philadelphia. Lavender pushing in through a good portion out of chester county, this is the heavy banding snow coming down probably two to 4 inches an hour. Thats a lot of snow piling up in a hurry. We dont have that so much up in montgomery and bucks just yet. There is a batch of it however to the east of trenton and these bands are going to be setting is up at various parts of the region to the north of us as we go through the day and thats where your heavy snow is going to be and where your blizzard conditions may develop as well. Your temperature currently in philadelphia 33 degrees. Cold enough at the surface around the airport to probably support some frozen stuff on the roads. I know thats 1 degree above freezing but thats just one reporting station. 41 in the ocean and as we take a look at temperatures across the region, 27 degrees in allentown, 35 in dover and 44 in cape may. Again, that wind coming in off the ocean over the top of that approaching noreaster is bringing in a lot of mild air and thats why weve got the changeover to rain. Future tracker6 shows us that between now all the way up to about 7 oclock, were probably still going to be in the same sort of profile that we see now. Heavy rain in the south, a little bit of mixed precipitation up close to i95 and that heavy snow continuing up north. As we get up to 12 oclock, though, the center of that low Pressure Center quickly gets up to about our latitude here in philadelphia. Once in happens, the heavy snow bands start to push off to the north. Then you can see what happens the rest of the afternoon. We get the winds changing, dry air comes in and the snow starts to break apart. Getting less intense after lunchtime but really knocking down later in the afternoon and later in the evening hours. What are we expecting on the ground . Looks pretty good. Again, this coating to 2inches probably gets washed away, no shoveling there. Two to 4 inches isnt going to be much impact either. A lot of rain mixing in here as well but as you step up close to philadelphia we still think theres a chance of eight to 12inches inly if, 12 to 16 in the immediate suburbs up north and 16 to 24inches farther to the north. Again, weve got a lot of concerns today. And one of them would be blizzard conditions potentially developing in the northern suburbs. It means youre going to see gusts over 35. I think thats pretty easy. Snow reducing visibility to a quarter mile or less and this has to last three hours or longer, three solid hours in order for it to be determined a blizzard. Whether or not we officially get that, though, this is a storm to ride out indoors especially during the morning up into the early afternoon. Heavy snow and sleet and wind as well today. Blizzard conditions at times up north and todays high is 34. In your seven day tomorrow a lingering snow shower is possible but otherwise cold and snowy. 36 sunny and brisk on thursday and for Saint Patricks day partly sunny and 38. Now there is the chance of another snow shower or rain shower mixing on friday night. And on saturday, we may see a period where theres a little bit of mixed precipitation as well. Other its clouds and sun and then were back up into the upper 40s by monday. Okay, thanks, david. The snow is coming down very quick. Its hard for those crews to really clear things out. Lets go to matt pelman. They cant just quite keep up because its coming down at that fast of a clip. As we look live in Exton Chester county the intersection of route 100 at Commerce Drive you definitely see the road is mostly covered. Some tracks here where people have gone to make the turn. Give yourself plenty of time to get stopped if you have to make a turn at an intersection like this. And this is 422 completely snow covered at this point. These are the eastbound lanes just past the oaks interchange, the dump would be over here on the left side of the screen. Hopefully oh, yeah, here comes a plow train as we watch live coming eastbound those lanes always happy to see them. If you encounter them six car lengths is the distance you need to maintain between you and that group of plows. Were glad theyre coming through because at this. 422 is mostly covered. Out here live in Plymouth Meeting mostly covered along the blue route, 476 as well. These are the southbound lanes. At least we have a lane deficit. You know, in spots like this where it would normally be three lanes we kind of have one passable lane but that one passable lane is still going to be very slick, very slippery as you head down towards the schuylkill expressway. Thats what i was finding on my way in, even the lane where you could see some blacktop it was slushy and slippery for sure. And secondary roads are completely snow covered. This is knights road overtop woodhaven road in the great northeast. On woodhaven you can see wet surface near philadelphia mills and Franklin Mills in the eastbound lane headed toward 95. Up top the road is completely snow covered. Delco along 95 near the state line and there, too, we are seeing a decent amount of snow coverage as we flip that