The Saucon Valley is cleaning up from a winter storm.
UPDATE (10am, Sat.): The snow emergency in Hellertown has been lifted. Property owners are being reminded to remove snow and ice from their sidewalks, as per the Borough Code. UPDATE (5:40pm): The National Weather Service has maintained its Winter Storm Warning for the Lehigh Valley, in spite of the fact that little snow fell during the day Friday. Overnight snow accumulations of 3 to 10 inches are possible throughout northeastern Pennsylvania and northwestern New Jersey, according to the latest updated NWS forecast and the current storm warning. UPDATE (11:45am): Due to the weather, the Red Out Saucon Valley High School Boys Basketball game/fundraiser for the American Heart Association has been rescheduled from Friday night to Monday, Feb…
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Winter Storm Warning in effect but local forecasters say Lehigh Valley will be spared the brunt.
"Snow is on the way." Most folks would believe that statement to be nothing more than a cruel early April Fool's Day joke. But, it's not. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning from 10pm tonight through noon Friday for all of the Lehigh Valley, southern areas of the Poconos and counties in the far northwestern corner of New Jersey. How much of the April Fool's Day white stuff we will get is still up for debate. Although the winter storm warning itself is for 5 to 10 inches of heavy snow, the National Weather Service forecast for Northampton County calls for today's rain to begin mixing with snow at around 2am Friday, continue to mix for several hours, and then change to all snow at around 5am. The forecast …
Barbara Valladares
6:38 pm on Friday, February 8, 2013
The Weather Channel named the storm Nemo. They decided it was easier to track big storms if they had a name. They posted the explanation and chosen names on their site: http://www.weather.com/news/winter-storm-names-20121001 more ›