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The CBS3 weather team has been talking a lot this week about "Alberta Clippers."
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The CBS3 weather team has been talking a lot this week about "Alberta Clippers."
Storms through Atlanta Wednesday night turned the trip into a roller coaster of delays, but we arrived – tossed, but unharmed -- after a twelve hour adventure.
It didn't take the game of basketball long to get the juices flowing, even before the Super Bowl game.
A warm front continues to move through the Delaware valley Tuesday evening, allowing for a mild air mass to briefly return.
Expect a mix of light snow, sleet or freezing rain & drizzle to arrive 6-8 AM Monday. A coating of snow and light ice accumulation is possible if the cold air remains in place long enough.
A fast moving storm system is bringing snow to the region this evening.
After a mild start to the winter season, a blast of true arctic air has invaded the Delaware Valley.
A frigid day is underway with the high climbing to just 25 degrees – that is with sunshine. A vicious wind chill is adding insult to injury with gusts peaking around 35 mph - that means it feels no warmer than single digits for the better part of the day.
The coldest air thus far this season is taking over, and being reinforced by a quickly evolving and fast-moving system that will also usher in a little light snow mainly late this evening, just enough to drop a nuisance coating across the Delaware Valley.
To the surprise of more than a few, we're going to have a hockey season after all.
We have been keeping an eye on a developing storm tonight which has prompted Winter Storm Watches across southern portions of our viewing area. An area of low pressure will ride up along a stalled front on Thursday as colder air digs in from the north. We'll see plenty of clouds during the day in Philadelphia but the storm will have a difficult time spreading moisture this far north.
We barely get one weather system out of here before the next one eyes us.
A wave of low pressure riding along the front will bring another round of rain to Philadelphia tonight.
The mercury climbed to 58 degrees this afternoon in Philadelphia which is 18 degrees above the normal high and the warmest temperature recorded so far this year.
Basketball is about to take over.
On the last Sunday of 2012, the Eagles squad should have stayed home to play with their kids and their new Christmas toys.
I hate to break it to you, but the holiday is over and I'm not talking about New Years.
