4" (unexpected) Snow overnight here at HQ. Others: Subject: Delaware Valley Schools Friday Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 22:07:40 -0500 From: "SBC C&C - Pa" <sbccomp{at}sbccomputer.com> To: "CASI Mailing List Recipients" <casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org> Asst Supt. Jim Purcell has announced that classes Friday will be held in South Africa (where it is summer) Boeing 707's are on standby at the DDMS complex at this hour See Below! (The real deal? 2 hour delay - effective immediately for Friday) Ongoing Updates, as always, at the Pike Weather Station http://www.sbccomputer.com/Pikeweather.html Subject: Snow/Ice - dangerous conditions Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 00:48:57 -0500 (EST) From: Greg <gregd{at}earth.sunlink.net> To: casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org Here, 3 miles outside of Watsontown PA, it is currently (12:30 am) sleeting at a good clip. It has been doing this much of last afternoon and evening, with the exception of between 6 and 8 pm when a break moved over the area. primarily snow fell during last morning, with accumulations of 3.1". Just to my north, in Muncy, 7" fell! Sleet accumulations were around an inch. I never did experience much freezing rain at my location like predicted, but areas of southern and western PA certainly did! Tree limbs down and many power outages are reported in western PA because of the ZR. Roadways are very hard to drive on, and in some areas virtually impossible. Several area roads here in the Middle Susquehanna valley have been closed because of too many accidents. Hundreds of schools in just central/eastern PA have closed both yesterday and today. Public places, like malls, have closed early yesterday. The Hazleton mall never even opened! That is the smart thing to do. You end up spending more money on electricity bills and paying the employees than you would ever make from the customers on a day like yesterday. Interstates like 80 and 180 were not well maintained today. Actually, only every few hours did a PennDOT truck even come by! According to them, temperatures were too cold to have the special chemicals (like a new anti-skid material, being used for the first time this year) work effectively. Allentown PA didn't get out of the single digits all afternoon! Temperatures were coldest at the lower elevations during the day today, due to cold air damming and warm air streaming in just a few thousand feet overhead. Winter storm warnings remian in effect through this morning for most of PA... drive safely.... Greg Watsontown, PA ------------------------------------------------------------------ The Pennsylvania Weather Page - http://www.angelfire.com/pa/pawx -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "Andy Warhol had it wrong, Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes *and* have their own Web page." --William Shatner || ICQ No. 136832 || ---------------------------------------------------------------------