A winter storm watch is in effect for Northeastern Pennsylvania, with forecasters predicting 4 to 12 inches of snow to fall in the region Sunday into Monday, and accumulations on the lower end locally.<\/p>\n
Meteorologists with the National Weather Service expect southern areas such as Pottsville and Hazleton to be hit first and receive higher accumulations of snow than residents in the Wilkes-Barre and Scranton areas, as a nor\u2019easter moves northeast along the Mid-Atlantic Coast.<\/p>\n
The storm watch from the NWS office in State College, in effect from 5 a.m. Sunday through 1 p.m. Monday, calls for total snow accumulations between 5 and 10 inches in Schuylkill and more southern counties, with winds that could gust as high as 35 mph Sunday night and Monday.<\/p>\n
But, a detailed forecast for Pottsville released Saturday morning calls for lesser snow accumulations. Snow was expected to begin falling there after 3 a.m. Sunday, with heavier snow developing after 7 a.m., producing accumulations from 1 to 3 inches during the day and another 3 to 5 inches overnight. Sunday\u2019s high should be around 33 degrees, and Monday\u2019s should be around 35.<\/p>\n
The storm watch issued for Lackawanna, Luzerne and Wyoming counties, which remains in effect from 7 a.m. Sunday through 7 p.m. Monday, predicts total snow accumulations between 6 and 12 inches, and winds gust as high as 35 mph, according to the NWS office in Binghamton, New York.<\/p>\n
The Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton areas should receive accumulations on the lower end, according to detailed forecasts.<\/p>\n
In the Scranton area, snow was expected to begin after 3 a.m. Sunday, possibly mixed with rain throughout the day until becoming all snow after 1 p.m., with little or no accumulation expected. Snowfall Sunday night could produce accumulations of about 4 inches. Sunday\u2019s high temperature should be around 38 degrees, with low-speed winds, while Monday\u2019s high will be near 35, with 13- to 20-mph winds.<\/p>\n
In the Wilkes-Barre area, rain was expected before 3 a.m. Sunday, then turn to snow, followed by a mix of snow and rain, with little accumulation expected. Rain should stop around 4 p.m., with just snow falling late Sunday afternoon and evening and an expected accumulation of around 3 inches. Sunday\u2019s high will be around 38 degrees, while Monday\u2019s will be near 35, with wind gusts as high as 26 mph.<\/p>\n
In the Hazleton area, forecasters expect snow to begin falling around 2 a.m. Sunday, with about 2 inches accumulating throughout the day and another 4 inches overnight. Sunday\u2019s high will be around 34, but wind gusts could reach 20 mph. Monday\u2019s high will be around 32, with wind gusts as high as 34 mph.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a chance the snow could continue falling in all four areas until around 1 p.m. Monday.<\/p>\n
The weather service warns that travel could be difficult, with hazardous conditions especially affecting Monday morning and evening commutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A winter storm watch is in effect for Northeastern Pennsylvania, with forecasters predicting 4 to 12 inches of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6520,201,182,803,139,28,30,29,4961,231,178,802,2685],"class_list":{"0":"post-120153","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-hazleton","9":"tag-lackawanna-county","10":"tag-local-news","11":"tag-luzerne-county","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-pennsylvania","14":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","15":"tag-pennsylvania-news","16":"tag-pottsville","17":"tag-schuylkill-county","18":"tag-scranton","19":"tag-top-stories-cvc","20":"tag-wilkes-barre"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}