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If it seems early in the season for snowflakes to be in the forecast, that’s because it is. Snow in mid-November is relatively rare in the Lehigh Valley area, but that’s what the National Weather Service says some areas may see Tuesday night.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory that includes Lehigh, Northampton and Upper Bucks counties for rain turning to snow overnight Wednesday and early Thursday. The advisory will be in effect from 3 to 11 a.m. Thursday.
As far as Januarys go, the weather this month has been remarkable only for its uneventfulness. Temperatures have been above average, and dry days have been the norm for the past several weeks. That may change in the next few days, however.
A mid-May snow forecast may seem far-fetched, even with evidence to support it, however if there’s one thing 2020 should have taught us by now it is to expect the unexpected.
After an exceptionally mild winter springtime temperatures have reverted closer to normal, and possibly a bit below normal, as evidenced by the fact that the National Weather Service has issued a freeze watch for the area for Thursday from 12 to 9 a.m.
Do you fondly remember cold, snowy winters that lasted for months? (Because winter is literally supposed to last three months.) Well… Cue the turntable scratch effect. Because if frosty memories are your thing, you probably already want to forget about the winter of 2019-2020, which has been a dud for anyone who fantasizes about fresh powder or gets misty-eyed for a mercury thermometer plunged past zero.
According to forecasters, colder air and precipitation will invade our area in time for the weekend, which is when several events that will help kick off the holiday season are planned.
If you think it feels more like January than early November, you’re not alone. Temperatures have taken a nose dive throughout the area due to an invasion of Arctic air; an invasion that will receive a reinforcement on Tuesday, when snow is also possible.
In the wake of a winter storm that generally deposited three to four inches of snow on the area early Saturday, another more potent snowstorm is taking aim at the Lehigh Valley.
Where is warmer weather? Although March 1 is what is referred to as the start of meteorological spring, it won’t be feeling spring-like in the Lehigh Valley for the foreseeable future, according to forecasters.