Snow a No, But Ice & Rain Still Likely

By  METEOROLOGISTS GLENN "HURRICANE" SCHWARTZ, BILL HENLEY and MICHELLE GROSSMAN

Updated 9:36 PM EDT, Tue, Jan 6, 2009

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Winter weather is expected in some of the area until Wednesday morning.

 

Expect some winter weather to hit the Philadelphia area Tuesday night into Wednesday. Earlier forecasts for snow seemed unlikely as the storm approached Tuesday afternoon, but freezing rain and ice were still possible.

Icy Mess Expected for Tuesday

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An Ice Storm Warning and Winter Storm Watch is in effect for parts of the area as we brace for a nasty winter storm.

A Winter Storm Warning  is in effect  for areas North and West of the city,  including Chester, Montgomery and Bucks counties. 

A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect  for Philadelphia and neighboring N.J. counties. 

An extended period of sleet and freezing rain will cause some travel troubles Wednesday morning. The main area of sleet and rain will be moving in during the evening and increase in intensity overnight.

Sleet accumulation is likely in some areas north and west while freezing rain will start to accumulate on tree limbs and power lines.

There may be enough ice accumulation on trees and power lines to cause some outages.

Watch out in some areas, as temperatures will remain below freezing even through the Wednesday morning rush. 

From Philadelphia southward, any sleet should not stick to the roads and will change to rain by the morning rush Wednesday.

Some precipitation already fell lightly in the area on Tuesday but didn't amount to much accumulation as temperatures remained above freezing.

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  • Melted SnowMan Wednesday, Jan 7 at 2:44 PM FLAG COMMENT I think Hurricane blew it BIGTIME with his winter prediction of 25-35 inches of snow for the season. It's almost mid-January and we hardly got anything so far. He should take a good look at the weather trends and realize that La Niña conditions are back, and so he should revise his outlook - NOW. And what's he gonna say next winter? 40-50 inches of snow that NEVER hits??? I betcha he does!
  • wings2b1 Wednesday, Jan 7 at 11:56 AM FLAG COMMENT Hey all, quit complaining about no snow,the bow tie dummy,spoil food, THE EAGLES ARE IN THE PLAYOFF"S!!!!! LETS GO BIRDS
  • Anonymous Tuesday, Jan 6 at 9:33 PM FLAG COMMENT do you guys have nothing else to do but complain, GET A LIFE, there is things to do other than worry about the weather. Start by getting a cat or two or 60! Really, it's a prediction, in an unstable climate, that i am sure you helped deteriorate. Besides it old news bitty's like you have been yapping since the inception of the forcast. NOBODY CARES!
  • Glenn "often wrong" S. Tuesday, Jan 6 at 8:47 PM FLAG COMMENT Confused...I re-typed that sentence and should have taken the word "more" out, so now I willl use it in a new sentence....Could you be MORE Pompous?! (Was that a good one???)
  • Shutup Ann Tuesday, Jan 6 at 8:05 PM FLAG COMMENT Ann,now I hope you do lose power...Maybe you can hook up with Hurricane. I hear he's looking.

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