Philadelphia Weather: Extremely Strong Wind Gusts

Kate Bilo reports.

FIVE YEAR PHASE IN OF15-DOLLAR HOURLY MINIMUM WAGE.KATE BILO JOINS US NOWWITH A FORECAST, ONE SECOND,WHITE OUT CONDITIONS, THENEXT, BAMM.YES.SUNNY TO WHITE OUT TO SUNNYIN TEN MINUTES?IT WAS QUICK.PRETTY CRAZY OUT THERE,TODAY.YEP, THESE SNOW SQUAWLSSOMETHING TO BEHOLD, COOL WEGET THE WARNINGS ON OUR PHONESFOR THEM.I DID GET ONE.IF YOU'RE DRIVING, HE WANTWANT TO KNOW SOMETHING LIKE ISCOMING BECAUSE IT CANCOMPLETELYLY TURN INTO ADIFFERENT DAY.CRAZINESS.BUT COMING TO AN END NOW.NOW JUST SETTLING INTO COLDNIGHT.AND COLD DAY AHEAD TOMORROW.BUT, IT IS GOING TO WARM BACKUP AS WE HEAD INTO THEUPCOMING WEEKEND.LET'S TAKE A LOOK OUTSIDE.WE SHOW YOU OUR TEMPERATURES,ACROSS THE REGION, AND THEYARE GETTING CHILLY.IT IS ONLY GOING GET COLDER ASTHESE WINDS START TO DIE DOWN,NOW THAT THE SUN HAS GONEDOWN, TEMP UPS DROP QUICKLYTHROUGH THE 30'S WELL DOWNINTO THE 20'S EVEN TEENSOVERNIGHT.THIRTY-SEVEN THE CURRENT TELLEPP IN PHILADELPHIA.THIRTY-FOUR ALLENTOWN, IT IS32 DEGREES IN READING, AND ITFEELS WHOLE LOT COLDER THANTHAT.RIGHT NOW SUB FREEZINGALREADY.WEST CHESTER, POTTSTOWN, 30.QUAKERTOWN 32.MEDIA, AND MULLICA HILL, BOTHSITTING AT 37 DEGREES.YOUR TEMPERATURE TRACKER AS WEHEAD INTO TOMORROW MORNING ISPRETTY QUICK COOL DOWN.WE ARE DOWN TO 29 BY11:00 TONIGHT AND DOWN WE GO,INTO THE LOW 20'S, BY THE TIMEYOU WAKE UP TOMORROW MORNING.SO, IT IS GOING TO BE A VERYCHILLY START TO YOUR THURSDAYMORNING.THERE ARE STILL SCATTERED SNOWSHOWERS AND SQUAWLS OUT THERERIGHT NOW.BUT NONE OF THEM REALLY MAKINGIT FAR ENOUGH SOUTHWARD TIMEPACT US.THE BAN THAT'S STRONGEST ISACTUALLY HEADED DOWN INTO THEHUDSON VALLEY HERE.WE WILL SEE IF ANY OF THESESURVIVE TO MAKE IT INTOPORTIONS OF CONNECTICUT OR NEWYORK CITY LOOKS LIKE MOST OFIT WILL STAY NORTH EVEN AS NEWYORK CITY.THERE ARE STILL FEW FLURRIES,YOU CAN SEE, ONE LITTLE BATCHMOVING THROUGH THE MAIN LINEHEADED INTO PHILADELPHIA RIGHTNOW.BUT, NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE SAWEARLIER TODAY.SO FEW FLURRIES THIS EVENING.THEN MAINLY CLEAR WITH GUSTYBREEZE OVERNIGHT.DOWN TO 21 FOR THE LOW.SO WE TO WILL BE COLD NIGHTFOR US.TOMORROW LOOK FOR LOTS EVERYSUNDAY SHINE, CHILLY DAY, 36THE DAYTIME HIGH.WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWESTFIVE TO 10 MILES PER HOUR.THEN, MAJOR WARM UP TO LOOKFORWARD TO.NORMAL HIGHS ARE IN THE LOW40'S, TOMORROW, ACTUALLY5 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE.BUT THEN, NOTHING BELOWAVERAGE ABOUT THE REST OF THEFORECAST.WE GO INTO THE 50'S, AND 60S,AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND,AND EVEN NEXT WEEK IT LOOKSLIKE WE WILL STAY ABOUT10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.AND IT STAYS PRETTY QUIET.TOMORROW DRY DAY.HERE IS 2:00 P.M.FRIDAY FEW MORE CLOUDS, YOUCAN SEE, SHOWERS AND STORMSMAINLY STAYING OFF TO THENORTH AND WEST.AND THAT WILL BE THE CASE ONSATURDAY, AS WELL, MORNINGFOG, A LOT OF CLOUD COVER, BUTIT IS VERY VERY WARM WITH JUSTA STRAY SHOWER HERE OR THERE.SO WE INCREASE 30 DEGREES FROMTHURSDAY TO SATURDAY.FROM 36 TO 51, UP TO 66, WHICHWOULD TIE THE RECORDS FROM1975, SUNDAY'S HI, SIX A, WITHMORNING SHOWERS.AND THEN IT DOES TURN COOLERSUNDAY NIGHT.AND EARLY NEXT WEEK, LITTLEBIT COOLER, BUT STILL ABOUT 10 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE.STILL TALKING 50'S MONDAY,TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, NICEWARM JANUARY STRETCH TO LOOKFORWARD TO, STARTING REALLY ONFRIDAY.I REMEMBER THAT DAY IN 75.