nbc10 news starts now. right now at 11:00, another major snowstorm surging right for us tonight. the nor'easter set to deliver a powerful punch. heavy snow could lead to dangerous driving conditions, and more power outage problems. >> you never know what you are going to get. good evening, i'm jacqueline london. >> and i'm jim rosenfield. our first alert starts now as a major storm gets ready to hammer us. >> seconds ago we got a brand-

new update on the snow forecast. you are looking live at first alert radar showing the storm getting ready to swarm our region. >> and we are starting to see rain and snow in parts of our area. here's a look at camelback mountain where you can see snowflakes falling steadily. in philadelphia, a wintry mix has started to fall. this is i- 95 and south of philadelphia. >> you will have no way to escape the dangerous snowflakes. dangerous travel with snow- covered roads and more power outages as trees and power lines fall. thousands are still in the dark from our last storm. heart attacks know. it'll be heavy, wet, and dangerous to shovel. and school is out. it's too dangerous to get there. the full closure list is running at the bottom of your screen. >> trucks are already hitting the road ready to clear the snow as it falls. nbc10 has crews in allentown tonight. >> we are bringing you coverage of the storm this evening from all across the region. we begin with first alert meteorologist tammie souza. the timing of this is so important.

>> it's here now. a couple of hours ahead of time. we are already seeing the transition to snow. look at this in delaware. some bands of very heavy wet snow making its way to the area. sleep being reported in philadelphia, you can see actually some of the rain switching over to snow. so, we are getting our first blast of snow. some of this is going to transition back to rain, back to sleep, back to a mix. but take a look at this. westchester, you are in light snow. limerick, you are in rain right now. philadelphia, the dividing line we have talked about for days. the i-95 corridor through the middle of philadelphia. conceivably by the time the storm is done, we could see 8 inches in a place like chestnut hill and 2 inches at the airport. those are not the forecast totals but that's the type of differences we could see in a very short distance along that corridor. we go down into delaware, dover, middletown, newark, all looking at some snow right now

making its way through the area. again, this is probably going to transition back and forth from snow to rain. we also have storm ranger out there. this is our own radar on wheels. we have stuck it smack dab in the middle of montgomery county where we are expecting some of the highest snowfall totals. it is picking up right on the edge of philadelphia. so, you can see how accurate it is. this is how we will be able to tell all night and throughout the day tomorrow exactly where the snow line is wavering back and forth. norristown right on the edge, going back and forth. pottstown, you will see big snow tomorrow. but, right now you are looking at rain in the area. here's the big system. cold air coming in from the midwest and the bulk of the energy is now making its way up the east coast. i'm going to walk you through what's going to happen. watch as they come together and that area of low pressure forms right off of our coastline. that's when it is going to

intensify. this is tomorrow afternoon when we get the heaviest burst of snow across the entire area. some of the things we are going to be watching out for along with this heavy wet snow, we are going to be looking at the timing. bursts of heavy snow tonight mixing with rain. a messy commute tonight. messy commute tomorrow morning. the heaviest snow is tomorrow from noon on. that will be a dangerous commute. you should not be out on the roads. tomorrow night, snow tapers off but thursday morning will be messy as well. we'll talk more about your neighborhood and snow totals when i come back in just a few minutes. taking a live look at the snow starting to pick up in delaware county. this is our live camera in haverford township. it just started falling in the last few minutes. >> and it's snowing as well in montgomery county. you are looking at life conditions in collegville. i want to take you to lehigh valley where they will get the worst of the storm. >> nbc10's aaron baskerville is live. what is happening? >> reporter: right now, there is a rain-snow mix that has

been going on for about 90 minutes, since about 9:30. right now we are on lehigh street in allentown. we've been seeing salt trucks going up and down for several hours. salt truck drivers started their shift around 8:00 tonight. of course, we talked to a whole lot of folks tonight. they say, "here we go again." what do you think about the snowstorm that is coming? >> march is no good. >> reporter: joe heller has been through a snowstorm or two. he is assaulting his driveway and sidewalk near jefferson in allentown. the 81-year-old tells nbc10 he has no fear about a second major storm on the way. are you scared about this storm at all? >> no. i'm too old to be scared. >> reporter: allentown's 48 trucks hit the street hours before the snow fell tonight. we are told drivers will work 12 hour shifts around the clock until the snow is cleared from streets. >> last friday was not a fun situation.

>> reporter: at a nearby gas station, scott gaumer was getting ready for the morning commute, already sick of march weather. close by, another man was focused on tomorrow as well. he was filling his gas container for his snowblower. >> the farmer's almanac was correct. they said march was a heavy hitting month. what are you going to do? >> reporter: we came across-- we came across utility crews, where they are doing their job. this will stay for another week and all the foreman could do is laugh about the threat of more severe weather. >> i'll tell you what. i'm not looking forward to it by no means. >> reporter: i don't think anybody is looking forward to this. the good news right now is that the snow is not sticking to the ground. i'm told the emergency operations center in allentown will be up and running for the storm. in allentown, aaron baskerville, nbc10 news. and the garbage trucks are pulling double duty tonight. take a look. the philadelphia streets department is putting plows on the trucks to help clear the snow around the city.

and if you're planning to take a train tomorrow, you might be in trouble. you are looking outside 30th street station where amtrak is canceling trends and changing their schedules. nbc10's keith jones is live inside of the station right now. nobody will be getting anywhere fast tomorrow. >> yeah, the city warned of significant delays, especially at 30th street station. in fact, we found one student from st. john's university, her name is julia fox, who heeded the warning from last friday. she's not making that mistake again. >> i was stranded at 30th street station and almost have to sleep overnight. i did not have a good experience and am not looking forward to this. >> reporter: so tonight, julia is stocking up. >> chicken, eggs, milk. all the essentials. >> reporter: over the weekend, set to run 24 hour service on the frankfurt and broad street redlines. most regional airlines will operate on a separate schedule as well. amtrak plans to operate on modified schedules.

at philadelphia international, some airlines are waiving fees to change flights. this man already took advantage of that. >> there would be no way i'm getting home. he called the airline and changed the flight. >> reporter: now he's back in las vegas before round two hits and all of these flights are canceled. if you don't have to drive, we have four words for you. stay off the roads. michaela penn learned the hard way friday. >> it should have taken 30 minutes getting back to our hotel. it ended up taking three and half hours. >> reporter: she's in town from cleveland. tonight, they grabbed as much food as possible. >> we are going to our hotel and we are staying in. no roads for us. >> reporter: good idea right there. we are back live. the city declared a snow emergency. what that means is on those snow emergency routes in philadelphia, if you've got your carparks, it's going to get towed. get it out of there by 8 a.m. tomorrow and be safe on the roadways. for now live at 30th street

station, keith jones, nbc10 news. new jersey transit will run its limited severe weather schedule tomorrow. they will cross honor tickets. that allows customers to use them on an alternate mode, rail, bus or light rail. >> tapped the nbc10 app for a free guide for getting around during tomorrow's storm. use our live interactive radar so you will know exactly when the worst of the snow is hitting your house. >> and as you wake up tomorrow morning, join us for nbc10 news today. we'll have your forecast personalized for your neighborhood starting at 4 a.m. there is more coverage i had tonight but it's let's get to the other headlines. a 3-year-old girl is in critical condition after she was hit by a car in mayfair. the driver is on the run. we were over the scene on tyson avenue before 7:00. police say a mom was walking with her two kids on a sidewalk when the driver lost control and jumped the curb, heating one of the children. the woman was also hit. she is in stable condition. the driver got out of the car and ran away from the scene.

attacked on the way to work. a woman sexually assaulted in centre city and now police need your help finding the man who did it. police released this video of the man grabbing the woman. it happened on long part avenue around 5:30 sunday morning. you can see the man pulled the woman around the corner. police say there was a second suspect to a. to act as a lookout. to a high profile departure from the white house. president trump's economic advisor gary cohn resigned tonight. he was a strong opponent of the president's plan to impose new tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum. but that did not stop the president from doubling down on the plan today, saying a possible trade war may be a good thing. the european union has already threatened to retaliate if the tariffs go into effect. here at home, bill cosby's lawyers are fighting to keep a long list of women from testifying against the comedian at his sexual assault retrial. he was at the montgomery courthouse for another hearing today.

's lawyers say the accusers are peddling quote, ancient allegations, that would sway the jury against cosby. they also want the jury to hear details of cosby's secret settlement with andrea constand, the woman he's accused of sexually assaulting in 2004. up next, back to our nor'easter coverage. you can see the storm already reaching us on first alert radar. still working to restore power to thousands of customers. their biggest challenge, working in a second nor'easter. and look at those big, heavy flakes that are falling. some of that will melt when it hits the ground but it will start to pile up. it's going to be heavy wet snow and is already moving into parts of the area. we will break down what you can expect, timing and totals, after the break. and here's a live look at the snow falling in collegeville. it started falling more heavily in the past 10 minutes. stay with us. this winter, count on nbc10 first alert weather.

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already starting here in our area. you see it over us now on first alert radar. let's take a live look outside at south philadelphia. this is i-95. tammie is timing out the totals for your neighborhood in three minutes. >> it is expected to be a heavy wet snow taking down more powerlines, triggering more outages. that's because peco says 9900 customers are still in the dark due to friday's storm. let's go live to brandon hudson where people are still without power. >> reporter: a spokesman for peco says they are working 24/7 to restore power to its customers. they had 1500 out-of-town crews working with their peco crews. they plan to work through the storm in conditions like this, as long as it's safe. the belle view family hopes this is the last night they have to rely on a generator.

>> i've got my refrigerator going. a small heater. >> reporter: with another nor'easter on the way, they hope a peco crew can get to their block. robert has 20 gallons of gas for his generator on standby. they are among the thousands of peco customers still without power. tonight, kristin decided to warm up in her mom's car. >> it is freezing and i've been sleeping on the floor in my living room in front of the fireplace for the past how many days? >> reporter: while the family uses a generator, their neighbors on this side of the street don't have power. but you walk across the street and see this block here. they all have their lights on. >> knowing a lot of people are still without power, it's sad. >> reporter: some still without power. i went to a hardware store where they told at least three dozen generators ahead of the second storm. at peco's emergency operations center, the staff is assigning resources to help customers during the nor'easter. that includes keeping those who lost power friday a top priority.

>> we want to make sure those customers are getting taken care of because we don't want to see customers have extended outages. >> reporter: peco spokesman said the biggest challenges the extensive tree damage. you see trees down like this all over the area. they said whether it's caught up in the street, or tangled in wires. live in haverford township, i'm brandon hudson, nbc10 news. traffic night locked out -- traffic lights knocked out during last night's nor'easter. now, police are letting drivers know what they should do if they pull up to one of those signals that is out. police say the rule of thumb is treat it like a four way stop sign. and also this, be mindful of the new l.e.d. traffic lights in a lot of places in camden county because police say the bulbs don't generate a lot of heat. so, the snow can accumulate on those lights and not melt. that makes it hard to see the signal. let's take a look outside at this live camera we have

been showing you in collegeville. you can see the snow starting to pick up there. but this is only the beginning. and if the storm hasn't reached your house just yet, it will get there very soon. >> let's go back to first alert chief meteorologist tammie souza with the latest. >> we are getting new snow totals and a new timeline. we are seeing this burst of snow but the main body of the system is to the south of us. soon it will wrap up this mild air over the atlantic ocean. we are going to see transitions back and forth tonight between snow and rain, unless you are up here in the pennsylvania suburbs, lehigh valley, berks county, that's where we will stay cold enough to see a mainly snow event. let's break it down for you. we go down here to cape may. look at the jersey shore, even some thunderstorms possible as all of this starts moving northward in our direction. but look at this. down there in cape may, we see a difference. we see snow coming onshore. look at that. quickly changing back to rain.

morris river in the rain. we can see the whole thing moving northward and changing rapidly, minute by minute. you are going to see snow one minute, rain the next. in philadelphia, we have that urban heat island effect so we have more warmth in the pavement. we are still looking at rain across much of the area but quick bursts of snow taking place. warminster, some snow. limerick, still in rain at this point. westchester, one of the places we expect heavier snow for tomorrow. looking at snow now. hilton, snow, dover, snow. you can see all of this is making its way northward. our storm ranger, which is our capital x-band radar on wheels, it's out near coatesville, collegeville, and you can see, here's the rain. but look at coatesville. we have rain coming down so we get a good picture of what's going on. reading, even a mix for you in berks county. westchester looking at the snow. new morgan, looking at snow. warrington, some snow. norristown looking at big heavy

flakes of snow. look at the temperature profile. we are starting to drop close to freezing but we will see the temperatures going up tomorrow morning as we wrapped in that warm air. this is key to it. if we are a couple of degrees above that freezing mark, we are still going to get that wet, sloppy snow. now, the highest risk of power outages is where we will see the swath of heaviest snow coming in. right now, we are going to be breaking this down for you. as we head into some of the suburbs, you can see westchester, phoenixville, chester, we could see power outages because of the heavy snow bringing down tree branches and also powerlines. as we head into the pennsylvania suburbs from philadelphia into montgomery county, look at this. abington, north town, richland. even parts of philadelphia included in this, and over into country lake and pemberton. then we headed out toward trenton and we could see some outages there. up into the lehigh valley. not quite as much.

earlier it looked like the swath might be heavier. at this point, allentown is right on the edge up where we see the heaviest swath. this is where we are expecting to see the main body of power outages. now we are going neighborhood by neighborhood because it is very different across the area, what you are going to get and the timing. tonight, snow and rain as we head through philadelphia and delaware county. now, these totals are based on the fact that we are going to see a wet, heavy burst of snow tomorrow. we are going to go back and forth with rain before then right along the i-95 corridor. look at this. more than 6 inches, and in swarthmore, perhaps 5.6 inches. the inner-city could see 5 inches. the heaviest snow is going to be tomorrow in the afternoon for philadelphia and delaware county. let's go into the pennsylvania suburbs. tonight, you will see a snow mixed changing before dawn. heaviest will be in the afternoon. look at these numbers.

we could see upwards of 10 inches of snow. let's go into northern delaware and into central delaware. cason could see 5.8 inches, delaware city, 3.2. you are going to see rain predawn. the heaviest snow will start to move in tomorrow in the afternoon, with high confidence, we could see that lehigh valley and berks county, you could see 12 inches. maybe a few areas higher. look at this. landon at 11.5 inches. it's going to be all snow in that area. finally, let's go out to the beaches. not much. we are going to see rain, perhaps a thunderstorm. this is a rain event. a quick burst of snow is what you will get and our final stop, south jersey, yes. you could see some accumulations in south jersey that could be mount laurel, 4.5 inches, you will see showers, rain, rain mix, and that heavy snow tomorrow afternoon that will move into your neighborhood . and it looks like the entire area, with the exception of the beaches, is going to be doing some shoveling. so, get ready for that.

guys, back over to you. and here's a live look at the ben franklin parkway. as you can see, the snow has started to fall as the major storm begins to move into our area. count on nbc10 to keep you prepared. our coverage continues after this.

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well, we are looking now at our first batch of snow. this is a heavy wet snow. a lot of but not sticking to pavement but will cover the grassy areas covering much of philadelphia, new jersey, delaware and the suburbs. to the south, we have more moisture coming in converting to this wet heavy snow but this is not the big show. we'll see this go back and forth with rain overnight, less in the pennsylvania suburbs. otherwise, we get the heavy snow tomorrow afternoon. places like new tripoli, up to a foot. >> we will keep you updated throughout the night. good night. center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- john oliver. lucy hale. musical guest marshmello & anne-mie