Daily Local News (West Chester, PA)
More snow headed this way
Forecasters predict 4 to 8 inches of snow through Wednesday morning
WEST CHESTER >> And you all thought we were done with this. Wrong.
Weeks after digging out from nearly 3 feet of snow – when we can finally see sidewalks and grass again – Old Man Winter is paying us another unwanted visit.
No, there won’t be another 3 feet of snow but we will be shoveling, snow blowing and plowing out from about 4 to 8 inches of snow — at least according to the latest forecasts.
When, you ask? The storm was expected to begin around midnight Monday and continue basically through late Tuesday night in some fashion.
The snow was expected to develop late Monday and may become moderate or heavy especially west of Philadelphia – including Chester County.
The Chester County and surrounding areas are under a winter storm watch from Monday midnight until Wednesday around 4
a.m. The watch means that there is a potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations.
According to AccuWeather.com’s Alex Sosnowski, the storm taking aim at the mid-Atlantic states will not deliver a blockbuster amount of snow like the Blizzard of 2016 did, but rather a light to moderate accumulation in most areas.
Enough snow will fall to cause slippery roads, airline delays and disruptions to some daily school and work activities from parts of New York state to West Virginia, western and northern Virginia, northern and central Maryland and Delaware, wrote Sosnowski.
Late Monday some municipalities were preparing for the storm.
After meeting with the Spring City Borough Manager and Mayor Weiss, a Snow Emergency will be in effect for Spring City Borough from Tuesday, Feb.
9, at 1 a.m. until Wednesday Feb. 10, at 11 a.m. This will allow for snow removal and salting operations, the township said in a statement.
Residents who live along the snow emergency routes are directed to remove their vehicles from the snow emergency routes. Per order of the mayor of Spring City, officers are authorized and directed to ticket and / or tow vehicles in violation. Snow Emergency routes are as follows: Northbound traffic lane side of Main Street (Hardware store, Foundry and American Legion side); Yost Avenue odd side of street; Broad Street, odd address side; Hall Street, Odd Address Side; Chestnut Street as marked; Poplar Street as marked; Washington Street, odd address side; Walnut Street as marked, and Pikeland Avenue, odd side.
New Street is a through route and is plowed and maintained by PennDOT as well as South Wall Street and Bridge Street.
Along the Interstate-95 corridor from Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia and New York City, the storm will initially bring a rain/ snow mix or wet and melting snow. However, as temperatures lower and road surfaces cool, roads will become slushy and slippery into Tuesday night.
“Snowfall on the order of 3-6 inches will extend from eastern Ohio, western New York and western Pennsylvania to much of West Virginia, the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, northeastern Maryland, southeastern Pennsylvania, northern Delaware and part of southern New Jersey,” according to Accu-Weather Senior Meteorologist Bernie Rayno. “Snowfall near the coast in this zone could go higher and extend farther north, due to interaction with new storm forecast to develop just offshore.”
The heaviest snow, 6-12 inches, is likely to fall over the mountains along the borders of Virginia, West Virginia, western Maryland and south-central Pennsylvania. Part of this area received 20-40 inches of snow from the blizzard during late January.