The Greater Philadelphia Area
South Philly — “The Philadelphia Mummers Parade features unique costumes, music, and pageantry. Crowds line Broad Street, from South Philadelphia straight through Center City. The climax of the parade takes place at City Hall and the PA Convention Center where the official judging takes place.”
The mummers started many years ago when residents of South Philly would dress up like women and parade through the neighborhoods. Now, a large parade takes place in center city every New Year’s Day.
TO RAISE FUNDS FOR EDGEWOOD PRESERVE
Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 7:00 PM
An evening of buffet, brews and boogie to benefit open space in Ambler
Bring your favorite people with you to enjoy a fun-filled evening at the brand new Borough Hall in Ambler (at the corner of Rosemary and Poplar.) Try your chances in a Silent Auction of many baskets and coupons generously donated by area businesses, and a 50/50 raffle, while enjoying live music & dancing, a buffet and beers!
Ticket price includes buffet & two drink tickets. Additional beer tickets can be purchased for a small fee.
All proceeds will underwrite the purchase and preservation of Edgewood Preserve: a small woodlands along an environmentally sensitive bank of the Rose Valley Creek on Edgewood Drive.
Ambler Borough Hall Auditorium
131 Rosemary Ave, Ambler, PA 19002
friendsofrosevalleycreek@gmail.com
ORDER TICKETS IN ADVANCE AT treemendous.eventbrite.com
Tickets: $25
Parking available off Poplar Street
PHILADELPHIA — It is rare to have an air quality alert in the winter; however, Philly has experienced four hazardous air days in a row. Normally air quality alert days are caused by ozone. These air quality alert days are caused by “particle concentrations”.
View the current air quality for Philadelphia.
Forecast Discussion: Tuesday is an Air Quality Action day for the Philadelphia metropolitan area for Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (USG) or Code Orange particles. An unprecedented air quality event unfolded across the Delaware Valley beginning Saturday night and has continued into Monday. A very strong area of high pressure has created strong surface inversions that have trapped pollutants, allowing particle concentrations to reach the USG range on Sunday and continue into Monday. Typically these types of strong inversions do not develop until later in the winter, when there is snow on the ground. For Tuesday, another strong morning inversion is expected, and very light winds will become calm in the afternoon, which will continue to limit atmospheric mixing. This stagnation will allow USG particle concentrations to extend into Tuesday. **Extended Forecast: By Wednesday afternoon, surface winds will pick up, which should return particles to the upper Moderate range. But on Thursday, a warming trend combined with another episode of stagnating winds may push particles back into the USG range.