The National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Warning and are forecasting 4-6 inches of snow across Schuylkill County
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...AND A SHARP DROP IN TEMPERATURE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE IF ANY ICE ACCUMULATION.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES.
* TIMING...PATCHES OF FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN AFTER 7 AM. UNTREATED ROADS WILL REMAIN ICY UNTIL AROUND 7 AM. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK...SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.
* WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S EARLY TODAY...THEN FALLING INTO THE 20S TONIGHT. LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY.