Winter’s last gasp: Snow expected across the region through tomorrow
Streets department worker James Ockimey clears a downed tree during a winter storm, Friday, March 2, 2018, in Marple Township in Delaware County. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
(Harrisburg) — Spring is set to arrive at 12:15 p.m. today, but Mother Nature has one more blast of winter weather in store for the midstate.
Nearly the entire region is currently under a winter storm warming until 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night. In Berks County, a winter storm warning kicks in at 6:00 p.m. today through 8:00 p.m. tomorrow.
Snow is expected to start this morning and will fall, on-and-off, through tomorrow.
Some schools across central Pennsylvania are already dismissing early.
The National Weather Service tweeted out an update on expected snow accumulations around 10:00 a.m.
Courtesy of the National Weather Service in State College.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike plans to impose a ban of some trucks, RV and trailers starting at 8:00 tonight.
Vehicle types covered by the restriction are:
- empty straight CDL-weighted trucks;
- Large Combination Vehicles (double trailers);
- tractors hauling empty trailers;
- any trailers pulled by motorcycles, passenger vehicles, pickup trucks or SUVs;
- all motorcycles; and
- all recreational vehicles, or RVs.
Those vehicles will be prohibited from traveling toll road’s east-west mainline from Ohio to New Jersey (I-76, 70/76 and 276) and on the entire Northeastern Extension (I-476) as long as restrictions remain in place.
*An earlier version of this story appears below*
(Harrisburg) — Spring is set to arrive at 12:15 p.m. today, but Mother Nature has one more blast of winter weather in store for the midstate.
Nearly the entire region will be under a winter storm warming until 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night. In Berks County, a winter storm warning kicks in at 6:00 p.m. today through 8:00 p.m. tomorrow.
Snow is expected to start this morning and will fall, on-and-off, through tomorrow.
Franklin County is likely to bear the brunt of the storm with eight to 12 inches of snow.
In Adams, Columbia, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Snyder and Union counties could get four to eight inches.
Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniata, Lancater, Mifflin, Perry and York counties may see between five inches to a foot of snow.
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