SHORT TERM FORECAST
TONIGHT: Cloudy with some periods of light snow or sleet; irregular ice cream. Low: 26
FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy and fast with some persistent light snow or showers until noon. Total additional accumulations of a coating to an inch or two. Maximum: 36
FRIDAY NIGHT: Partly to mostly cloudy with showers or snow showers, especially in the Poconos. Low: 22
FORECAST SUMMARY
Our last round of winter weather offered a steady round of snow and sleet the first half of Thursday, which brought 2 to 6 inches of snow to much of the area, with amounts of 6 to 9 inches thanks to a band of heavier snow from Chester and Bucks and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania and from Mercer and Monmouth counties in central New Jersey. Although the heaviest snow and sleet has receded, we will still have to struggle with a few pockets of lighter snow and lighter back from time to time until tonight and even Friday morning. Additional build-ups will be an irregular coating of up to an inch or two for some, but not for all, as temperatures remain below freezing and in the 1920s until early Friday. Watch out for any icy showers that may cause a slight glaze of ice on any surface. The driest weather arrives later Friday, with clearings on Friday night leading to a partly mostly sunny weekend. While it will be brighter, it will also remain quite cold throughout the weekend, with highs only in the mid-to-mid-1930s, with a sudden breeze that will add additional cooling on Saturday. On Monday early next week some mild rain and snow is possible, but little build-up or impact is currently expected.
DETAILED FORECAST
TODAY FRIDAY MORNING
Expect lots of clouds and some intermittent periods of light snow and sleet overnight on Friday mornings, with temperatures that will stay at mid to mid-20s and any additional buildup will be small and only around an inch’s coating or two. But as little snow and sleet is still possible and temperatures will remain below frost, watch out for any slippery spots on some roads in the area during the morning. There may be some frozen spray tonight and overnight as well, which can add a thin layer of icy glaze to any surface and add to slippery conditions.
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY LATER
Most of the clouds will remain, but a drier climate will prevail and a rain or snowstorm could still persist, mainly in the Poconos, but most of the time they should be dry. The highs will occur in the mid-1930s on Friday, which should help improve road conditions with a bit of modest melting, although watch out for the possibility of freezing Friday night again as the lows drop to 20 lows. The clouds may start to break a bit overnight.
THIS WEEKEND
For the first time throughout the month, an entire weekend in February seems dry with a good deal of sunshine, but also with fairly cold temperatures. Expect partly sunny skies on Saturday with a warm, cold breeze and highs only in frosts, then mostly sunny skies with lighter winds on Sunday, but still cold with highs only in the mid-30s. Night lows will be quite cold and fall well to adolescents.
FIRST WEEK
A cold front will bring some clouds on Monday and some light rain and snow, but not much is expected at this time. Otherwise, expect the highs to rise to the 40s the rest of next week, as a less cold and active weather pattern will finally arrive just in time to end the month of February.
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