The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Schuylkill County and the surrounding counties.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY.
* LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS.
* HAZARD TYPES...SLEET THEN FREEZING RAIN.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH.
* SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN INCH.
* TIMING...A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL TURN TO SLEET THEN FREEZING RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME PLAIN RAIN LATE TONIGHT OR VERY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...TREES AND POWER LINES MAY GET COATED WITH SOME ICE...BUT ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIGHT. TRAVEL MAY BE SLIPPERY...ESPECIALLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT WHEN SLEET IS EXPECTED TO BE THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE.
* WINDS...EAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...INITIALLY AROUND 30 DEGREES...SLOWLY RISING ABOVE FREEZING BY THE END OF THE NIGHT.
This advisory includes
MCKEAN-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE- SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-SCHUYLKILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRADFORD...EMPORIUM...RENOVO... PHILIPSBURG...STATE COLLEGE...LOCK HAVEN...WILLIAMSPORT... LEWISBURG...SELINSGROVE...DANVILLE...SUNBURY...SHAMOKIN... BLOOMSBURG...BERWICK...POTTSVILLE