So, zooming in on philadelphia right now, you can see this is generally freezing rain, little bit of sleet mixed in. Manayunk where weve got the hills could be a big problem. I95 its falling. Fortunately most of the major roads have been treated. The secondary roads definitely concerned. Its a little bit heavier in northeast philadelphia. Also through jenkintown and frankford. As we zoom in, its beginning to migrate east of the new jersey turnpike. Very slowly. Its very light but do notice out in the northwestern suburbs where they generally got the snow, that is shutting off right now and as far as the snow, the snow will really be ending. Its generally just the freezing rain and the rain. Sole,. So wilmington light freezing rain, salem new jersey also bridgeton. Its continuing to push to the east. So weve got Winter Weather advisories in effect until 9 oclock for essentially philadelphia, the northwest suburbs again allentown reading and lancaster its over for you but it will take longer to exit the coast so that Winter Weather advisory continues until midnight right along the coast when it will finally be ending and, you know, a lot of this is all dependent on air temperatures. For more details on that lets head over to meteorologist Melissa Magee. Yes, cecily, and the temperatures are certainly key depending on your location. Right now to the north and west in allentown and reading, numbers are well below freezing. So, its 26 degrees in allentown, 26 in reading, 23 up in the poconos. Philadelphia just below the freezing mark by 1 degree at 31 and 35 degrees in dover. So, well talk about what we can expect and what were dealing with and why we are watching for ice this evening. For the past two weeks, temperatures have been well below freezing, which means weve got a lot of frozen ground overhead. Now, even if the air temperature is above 32 degrees, which will be the case later on today in south jersey and delaware, that can get to some icing still because the ground is so cold and it has been so frozen for so long. So, well talk about what we can expect as were tracking the light wintry mix. Its ending from northwest to southeast across the region. It clears the coast, south jersey and delaware by about midnight. Any untreated surfaces will be slick. The driveways, the sidewalks and some of those secondary streets as well. There is some good news that is headed our way. We are tracking a pattern change as early as thursday. Future tracker showing you across eastern sections of the United States temperatures are nice and mild. 45 degrees later thursday afternoon in philadelphia. 59 in cincinnati and we will be flirting with 60 later on this week. Well let you know when that will occur once we get rid of this wintry precipitation. Guys back over to you. Look forward to the end of the week. Thank you melissa. Uhhuh. Meanwhile the wintry mix is really impacting Road Conditions tonight as we mentioned. Thats right. Matt pelman in the Traffic Center with the latest on the trouble spots. Hi, matt. One of the most interesting parts of this rick and monica is we saw a very early rush hour this afternoon, around 1 00 p. M. , 2 00 p. M. , traffic was really heavy and now at this point when we would normally see the heaviest traffic, things are actually starting to die down. In fact, as we look at the travel times on the schuylkill expressway, they improved by about 10 minutes each time we look at them so now just about a 12 minute delay on the eastbound side. Westbound only four minutes behind. We just saw a trio of salt trucks come through on the schuylkill eastbound by the vine and as long as those trucks are out and about working hard as they have been all afternoon the highways at this point are mostly just wet. You do have to watch on the secondaries, on the sidewalks and if youre just heading out for the first time this afternoon, your car has been sitting outside it will be covered in a thin layer of ice. On the big picture were doing okay on 95. Speeds in the 20s. Some slowing on the walt whitman bridge for sure as you get into new jersey. More on that in just a sec and there are some crashes in the suburbs like in ambler a new one along butler pike at susquehanna road. Downed pole in horsham blocking babylon road. Willow brook road or tournament drive gets you around that. If youre heading to the pizzeria uno in lionville youre good to go. There was a crash on 100. Looks like it just cleared out. Overturned propane truck blocking kennett pike route 52. Baird road greenwood road or creek road gets you around that. I talked about the slow speeds on the walt whitman bridge new jersey bound its because 42 southbound is also extra heavy. There was a crash up ahead by 295 but that, too, just cleared. So, things are improving for the most part but well check it again, rick and monica, in the next half hour. All right. Well see you then. Thanks matt. Local School Districts werent taking any chances with this tricky weather today. Many let classes out early to get students home before the roads turned messy. Action news was at Lower Merion High School in ardmore just as school was letting out for the day. Lets head out now to Annie Mccormick lie in hunt live in hunting park. Annie, what are the roads looking like at this hour. Reporter just within the past half hour we really start to see the rain come down. You heard matt talking about the volume really is significantly less than it normally would be at this hour. Normally here at whitaker and hunting park you would see car after car here but because the city was anticipating this, thats why a number of those School Districts like you were just talking about had an early dismissal and also a number of work places. Well, take a look at this video. This is video for the Streets Department began a salting operation today, this afternoon, prepared with 70 trucks ready for whatever comes their way. They have 35,000 tons of salt at their disposal. Now, crews will be on duty through the night including overnight. Theyre waiting to see how this forecast plays out to see how big of a salting operation they need to have. Take a listen. Give a little bit of traction. Its the cold ground, the untreated asphalt. If that hits its just going to freeze and its going to give a little slow going until the salt gets to it. We do have a lot of residual salt from this past weekends snow eventually. Reporter back out here live again the precipitation that weve been seeing since weve been out in this area of hunting park for several hours, this is really the heaviest that weve seen it come down. Also within the past half hour we started to see ice form on the sidewalks. Again, theyre also hoping to have salting on city sidewalks as well. They also are giving tips to people on their own to have shovels ready, to be prepared so that that way they can also help their neighbors out if theyre walking in front of their houses or their workplace as well hopefully so no one trips and falls. Reporting live in hunting park, Annie Mccormick channel6 action news. Back to you. Thank you annie. Now lets switch to bob brooks live in roxborough for us tonight. Its not just icy conditions but also water main breaks that continue to be a problem across the city, right bob. Reporter monica absolutely. Its been happening across the city and many in the Roxborough Manayunk area. Many have stressed the fact that the Water Department isnt fixing things, theyre out there working. I spoke with an official who told me theyre facing more than 20 water main breaks a day so theyre very busy. Behind me just the latest one that happened up here on larson street. Its still closed. Monica it created a layer of ice 2inches thick out here. Its been a busy day for the philadelphia water crews, fixing water main breaks and neighbors cleaning up after the water froze. Happening all around the city right now, all around manayunk. So, its pretty bad out here. Reporter just this afternoon on two streets off ridge avenue we saw two water main breaks. One on larsden street that forced it to be closed and martin street where it flooded and froze in backyards and leaked into caitlins basement. It is way too cold. When you look up at the weather and you see that in alaska its warmer than here. Reporter rest assured the Water Department is as busy fixing water main breaks as theyve ever been. Earlier today we caught up with spokesman john. We have seen 20 water main breaks weary paring. It may take crews awhile to get to each break with such a high volume. Typically in the winter we go to a 12hour shift. Right now were on 16. 16 hours doesnt mean theyre done in 16 hours. Reporter warmer weather expected this week could create or reveal new breaks. The ground is pretty much frozen solid. As the ground thaws there could be some water main breaks broken underground that we havent seen yet. Reporter now he asks everyone have patience. First they have to fix the water mains, then they can get to individual homes and get the water back on if theyre out and the other thing Manayunk Roxborough is famous for are their hills. Its raining. Its only a matter of time before the roads start getting slick so please be careful. For now reporting live in roxborough, bob brooks channel6 action news. Bob, thank you. A broken water pipe forced the evacuation of the Fairview Care center in springfield township Montgomery County this afternoon. A spokesperson says the busted pipe flooded a nonpatient area and prompted them to shut down electricity to the building. A school bus and several ambulances were brought in so patients and residents wouldnt have to sit in the cold while officials were deciding what to do. Theyve now decided to relocate all 108 people to other Nursing Care Centers in the area. And as always action news will be on tomorrow morning to help you navigate any slick spots on the roads and to keep you up to date on School Delays and closures. Join matt tam david and karen starting at 4 30 tomorrow morning. Much more still ahead on action news monday night. Hundreds gathering in new jersey to say a final farewell to former governor brendan byrne. What those closest to him said about his legacy today. And the Philadelphia DistrictAttorneys Office is now in rebuild mode following the firing of dozens of attorneys. What d. A. Krasner must do to get the department back up to speed and how current cases are being impacted. That when action news comes right back. Hundreds gathered in essex county today to bid farewell to former governor of new jersey brendan byrne. Former governors current lawmakers family and friends gathered at the paper mill playhouse in millburn this morning. Governor christie gave remarks and had fond memories of the two term democrat. Byrne dedicated more than 30 years to public service. He won his first term as governor in 1973 and later authorized the law to permit gambling in Atlantic City. Former governor Jim Mcgreevey just spent new years with the byrne family he told us. I think he was at peace. He had lived a long good life. But given so much to the state. He loved lucy, his children w dad. Brendan byrne died last week at the age of 93 in livingston. A changing of the guard for the financially strapped revel casino hotel. It has a new owner tonight colorado developer bruce deifik. He plans to open with a new name ocean resort casino and that about the same time the hard rock will be opened. It closed after two years of losing money. The dust starting to settle following the swift firing of dozens of prosecutors from the Philadelphia DistrictAttorneys Office. So whats ahead for d. A. Larry krasner and his new team . Action News Reporter vernon odom has that story. Reporter the criminal Justice Center was Still Standing today even in the wake of fridays wholesale mass shakeup at the District Attorneys Office where in all, new d. A. Larry krasner fired 31 veteran employees chiefing from the ranks of those at odds with krasners progressive priorities. Hes a Death Penalty opponent and he cut off lots of hard liners. Many were supervisors who did not fit into krasners game plan. Criminal lawyers downplayed the impact of this move by the new d. A. This is not something unusual and i think only because its a new philosophy of the d. A. That everybodys making such a big deal out of it. I dont think its all that unusual. It happens all the time and it happens all around the country. Reporter the new d. A. Is making a point of staying out of the publics eye. A source tells me plans to name some new murder squad personnel late this week some of left the d. A. s office years ago and are ready to return as reformers. Hes progressive in the sense hes going to initiate types of programs that are in tune with the times and i think thats going to do well for the city of philadelphia, for the victims as well as for defendants when they come to the courthouse. Reporter Larry Krasner did appoint a new supervisor of victim services, mavita johnson huer roll a spokesman for the judge of common economies court said there was no known disruptions in the courts operations today despite the massive slashings from late last week. Im vernon odom channel6 action news in center city. Turning 65. Downsizing. Enrolling in Medicare Part d. These are moments when people realize that where you get your medicine matters. And they come to cvs pharmacy. For advice and ways to save money. Including copays as low as zero dollars. Switching is easy, call 1833cvsmedd and transfer today to cvs pharmacy. Popular childrens activity sending many kids to their hospital. Pediatricians are warning about the dangers of paintball without proper protection. Health reporter and registered nurse ali gorman joins us at the action news big board with more. Hi, guys. Almost everyone remembers this from a christmas story when ralphie asked for a bb gun and pretty much everyone including santa claus says youll shoot your eye out kid. A new report is actually backing that up. Eye injuries related to bb pell letter and paintball guns is up 169 percent over the past two decades. Eye injuries from these activities are much more likely to land kids in the hospital than other sports related eye injuries. Keep in mind in paintball kids are aiming at each other but 90 percent of the injuries can be prevented if the right safety gear is used. Also today, surgery may seem like a drastic step for a teenager who is severely obese, but a new study shows having the surgery earlier in life has dramatic benefits especially when it comes to protecting the heart many of the four to 6 million severely overweight teenagers are already at risk for heart disease. With high blood pressure, prediabetes or high cholesterol. Doctors at nationwide Childrens Hospital and four other Major Medical centers found that a third of their candidates for weight loss surgery had three or more of these risk factors. But three years after surgery, that number dropped by 85 percent. And nearly half of the teens had no risk factors. Bariatric surgery is safe and more importantly its extremely effective and more effective than many of the nonsurgical options that are available. 19yearold liare was prediabetic. With a Family History of heart problems when she decided to have a sleeve gastrectomy. Shes down 70 pounds and says working hard on a healthier lifestyle is worth it. You dont want to go back to the past. You dont want to quit. Like two minutes into the workout. So, it does give you more energy to want to keep going. And doctors say the results of this study show in weight loss surgery shouldnt just be a last resort for for adolescens with more than a hundred pounds to lose. This study will continue. Rick and monica. Thanks ali. Much more action news coming your way. Well take a break and be right back. You ok . Eczema. Its fine. Hey hi arent you hot . Eczema again . Its fine. I saw something the other day. Eczema exposed. Your eczema could be something called atopic dermatitis, which can be caused by inflammation under your skin. Maybe you should ask your doctor . Go to eczemaexposed. Com to learn more. Time for a check of the accuweather forecast. Meteorologist cecily tynan here with the very important details about the evening ahead. Yes, you know, i always say it only takes a little bit of ice to cause some big problems and thats what were getting out there in some parts of our region. Im want to show you a photo george posted from kenilworth in North Coventry township Chester County. You can see that light glaze of ice over the grille. He says that his deck, his railings all covered in ice. Really what you get in the form of wintry precipitation depends on the temperature at all layers of the atmosphere. This shows it pretty well. If you have cold air all the way from 5,000 feet to the surface, that is easy, you get snow. However if you have a thin layer of warmer air and then colder air, what happens is snowflakes will melt and then they refreeze. Thats sleet. Thats the ice pellets. Then if you get warmer air lasting even longer but theres still cold air at the surface it becomes rain but its freezing rain. If you have warmer air that extends down to the surface then its just rain. I do want to remind people in south jersey and delaware, though, although it can be just rain, with that frozen ground it will be freezing on the untreated surfaces so definitely need to be careful tonight. Once we get through tonight we have a big pattern change ahead. Accuweather highlights show you tomorrow the warmest day in two weeks. By friday temperatures rising close to 60 degrees. Comes with a price though a soaking rain on friday, about one to 2 inches of rain but wit