My friends…
The forecast models are in wild disagreement about the Sunday night into Monday winter weather event; one suggests a foot of snow will fall, while most others are in the range of a dusting to a few inches’ accumulation. I’m going to lean toward the conservative side for the first time in my life and say that it’s not going to amount to much of concern for our area. The breakdown…
Sunday 1/13: cloudy with rain showers developing toward evening, changing to wet snow before midnight. Wet snow will continue on and off overnight, with up to two inches of accumulation likely by the morning commute. High 46, low 29.
Monday 1/14: snow tapers to snow showers and flurries, perhaps mixing with a bit of rain toward afternoon. High 36, low 27.
Accumulations:
Extreme northern Berks, Allentown, Poconos: 4-5 inches
Bucks County, northeast Philly: 6-8 inches
Northern New Jersey and into New England: up to a foot or more
Most of Philly, Chester, Delaware Counties: slushy coating to an inch; majority rain
Central and southern Berks, northern Lancaster, Lebanon Counties: 1 to 2 inches
Dauphin County, Harrisburg, southern Lancaster County: slushy coating to an inch; mixed bag
School closing predictions:
Forecast area (in bold above): 10% cancellation; 35% delay on Monday
Tuesday 1/15: partly cloudy with increasing clouds late; flurries or a brief snow shower possible.
Rest of the week and looking ahead: pretty quiet with highs in the 30s and lows in the 20s, then the deep freeze sets in (temperatures below freezing for a week or more, perhaps) for the weekend and beyond. I’m looking at January 23rd through 25th as a potentially active period in terms of snowfall.
Take care…
Monsoon