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and of course it was an emotional night as hundreds turned out to remember a slain philadelphia police officer. plus, rain coming later. let s get details from dave murphy and matt pelman who is filling in for karen. and i ll start you guys with satellite this morning. we do have some breaks in the clouds and there could be some early sunshine. but overall we are looking at clouds increasing and eventually that rain you see south of pittsburgh is going to start marching in. 34 degrees right now philadelphia. 32 in wilmington, 27 in allentown. a lot of these numbers close to the freezing mark, some cases a little below and as a result i want you to be careful of that melting snow from yesterday refreezing overnight and creating icy patches both on side streets and sidewalks. as we roll through the day, 34 right now on your storm tracker 6 app. 38 degrees by 8 o clock and by noon up to 48 with a high of 53 at 3 o clock this afternoon. and again, during the afternoon ....
i mean, the bat news i bad ns this is some big monster. i think we are very well coordinated. hurricane irma packing a powerful punch, still punishing florida at this hour as it climbs up the coast. brian: monster storm s violent fury unleashing a devastating strike, forcing the sunshine state to go dark. that s the way it is right now with the sundown, leaving millions, by the way, without power at this hour. up to 4 million. steve: steve irma s lengthy assault with winds over 100 miles per hour. turned streets into raging rivers and ripping off roofs. a lot of them. ainsley: you go, they caught that on camera. massive storm blamed for at least five deaths, including two police officers down in florida as hurricane irma surges north. its path of destruction now sparking rapidly rising life threatening water levels. storm surges that could climb up to 15 feet. 10 to 15 feet of storm surge, i don t know how anybody survives that pray. i don t see prayer as a last ....
This area now, if you were to dial 911 are called emergency services, they may not be able to respond this area. it is so low-lying that it typically does see flooding. we have covered hurricanes in this exact area in the past where we have seen businesses and resorts go underwater. we will be here throughout the night and warning and keep you updated. back to you as the news warns. live in saint pete beach. thank you. let s bring in michael presley bobbitt an author, playwright and resident of cedar key which could be in for a direct hit. we talked earlier and you said you were going to ride this thing out. any second thoughts as it gets much closer? in for a penny and in for a pound. we are here. we spent all day getting the island as ready as we can be and getting things boarded up with sandbags and encouraging as many people as possible to leave. at this point we are here and set up for the evening. ....
Here in this area before where we ve seen flooding, you know, push into the residential areas, push into the commercial areas. it s extremely prone to that. we re likely going to see some of that again based on the water line that we re seeing right now, the rain on and off here in saint pete beach. back to you. ian: yeah, we ll be watching for that moving through the overnight hours tonight and into tomorrow. that onshore flow persists so the water stays high and that s where that surge risk becomes a bit prolonged through the overnight hours early part of the day tomorrow. fox news reporter matt finn, thanks for joining us. jane: we have a lot more coming up here on fox weather your hurricane headquarters, stay with us. we re expecting to get the new update from idalia coming up in just a few minutes from the national hurricane center. ....
Scenario dial 911 call the com center. anything else needs to be information ian: sheriff we know land-falling tropical systems especially ones of this intensity present a number of threats and we ll be watching for any of those bands for rotation as they re pivoting on through. we know it s going to be an uneasy night we appreciate your time. the merion county sheriff billy woods thanks for talking with us here on fox weather. thanks for having me. ian: best of luck moving through the night. we do want to check in with the fox team on the ground in florida. fox news reporter matt finn joins us live from tampa. matt how are the conditions there? we know we re close to a high tide cycle and we are we re concerned about the high tide cycle moving into the early afternoon hours tomorrow. we saw your shot pop up. you ve got some big waves behind you. yeah, we do, we re in saint pete beach which is about 20-30 minute drive west of tampa, this is one of those barrier islands ....