Rough weather ahead for Montco.
It might be a good Friday night to stay in. According to the National Weather Service (NWS), at approximately 3:38 p.m. Friday, there is a Freezing Rain Advisory in affect for Montgomery County and surrounding areas. From 10 p.m. Friday evening to 8 a.m. Saturday morning, area residents are warned for icy and freezing conditions. A previously issued "Winter Weather Advisory" was cancelled. The advisory warns of trace ice accumulations as a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain or rain may become all freezing rain overnight. "Icing wil create hazardous conditions on roadways and sidewalks overnight into Saturday morning," said the advisory. Temperatures are slated to stay in the low 30s through the evening. The NWS warns that the weather …
The shore will only provide a partial escape from this weekend's sweltering heat.
Hot air blowing east from the High Plains will impact our weather for the first half of the 4th of July holiday weekends...note the plural since the 4th falls on Wednesday and squarely in the middle of the week, which results in a few folks taking a full week off and enjoying a longer vacation. We won't have a true "heat ridge" like the ones we have had the past couple of summers but with a southwesterly wind aloft we will see temperatures away from the shore and Delaware beaches jump into the mid and upper 90s for Friday, Saturday, and perhaps Sunday. The coastline will be warm as well — temperatures in the 80s both Saturday and Sunday at the shore, with the lower 90s at the Delaware beaches as the wind trajectory will allow for some sea…
Ruth
7:58 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
I hope everyone remains safe. Someone I know told me about the advisory. She lives in Allentown. more ›