First Clipper

With the weather being as cold as it has been over the past few days the snow that fell last night was light and fluffy.  Good news for the many morning commuters as roads were generally in good shape.  Snow totals tended to range higher as you went north.  I used the old eyeball test to note somewhere around three inches this morning yet I could see the top of the grass when I got to work.  In fact, as the sun came out today most of the snow where I work had melted.  When I took a pit stop at the Moravian Bookstore tonight, even the walkways were still completely covered.  No safe way to run tonight.

Here is the best snow total map I could find.

Light Blue = 1 inch (Reading)
Medium Blue = 2 inches (Allentown)
Blue = 3 inches (Northern Northampton County)
Dark Blue = 4 inches

Looking Ahead


We should remain quiet this weekend.  Should being the key word.  There is a system moving out to sea to our south which could give southern New Jersey an inch or two.  Flashback to last weekend when we thought we were not going to get much and ended up with the most snow.  Not likely in this instance but take notice.  Best chance of snow is south and east of Allentown.

The big question leading into next week will be how active is the pattern as we approach Christmas.  Not close enough to talk about yet but clearly a reason I am bringing this up now.

Random note:  The past three December's failed to hit once inch of snow.  We currently sit at 6.8 inches with half the month to go.  Average is about 5 inches.