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The transition from warmer-than-average fall weather to wintry conditions eastern Pennsylvania has been experiencing could culminate Friday with a chance of snow squalls, according to National Weather Service forecasters.
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.
With the first day of spring little more than a week away, many residents of the Lehigh Valley have begun putting their snow shovels and sidewalk salt away, secure in the knowledge that the relatively uneventful winter of 2021-2022 is nearly over. According to meteorologists, however, Mother Nature is preparing one last, icy curveball for them.
In spite of near record warmth across eastern Pennsylvania on Wednesday the calendar still says “February,” and Mother Nature is planning a return to more seasonable temperatures along with snow, sleet and ice for Thursday and Friday.
Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, emerged from his home atop Gobbler’s Knob early Wednesday morning to predict whether or not we’ll have six more weeks of winter weather.
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.
The winter storm that began late Sunday dumped as much as 4 inches of snow across the area before the snow changed to sleet, freezing rain and then rain. Monday morning the rain changed back to light snow, though barely enough to coat the slush puddles that formed as temperatures rose into the 30s.
Although the icy glaze weather forecasters feared would create slick conditions Wednesday morning failed to materialize, there will be another opportunity for potentially disruptive wintry weather to occur later this week, they said.
August has been a hot, humid, wet month, and the start of September could be even wetter, according to weather forecasters. The remnants of Hurricane Ida are expected to affect eastern Pennsylvania Wednesday and Thursday, when they could bring flooding rains, the National Weather Service has warned.
The remnants of Tropical Storm Elsa are expected to affect eastern Pennsylvania Thursday into Friday, with heavy rain and the potential for flooding in the forecast, according to the National Weather Service