weather service notes in its daily forecast briefing<\/a>, with different forecast models showing differences in storm track, speed and strength.<\/p>\n\u201cSome models track the low closer to the coast,\u201d which would bring warmer temperatures and rain, \u201cwhile others are more offshore,\u201d meaning colder temperatures and a greater chance of snow, the weather service said in its forecast briefing.<\/p>\n
Regardless, areas closer to the coast should see mostly rain, while areas northwest of the Interstate 95 corridor, \u201cand especially near and north of the I-78 corridor,\u201d have the greatest chance of seeing snow, according to the weather service.<\/p>\n
Still, \u201cthe overall uncertainty in these specific details remains high, so forecast confidence in them is still relatively low,\u201d the weather service cautions.<\/p>\n
As of now, the extended weather service forecast for the Allentown area is calling for \u201ca chance of rain and snow\u201d Tuesday. A high of 38 is expected, but the overnight low will plunge to around 26, well below freezing.<\/p>\n
Looking to this weekend, below average temperatures will continue through Sunday, according to the weather service. Friday\u2019s high will be around 40, but the overnight low will drop to 27.<\/p>\n
Sunday could also bring a prelude to next week\u2019s possible winter storm, with a chance of rain and snow in the morning, according to the weather service forecast. However, any snow accumulation should be less than half an inch.<\/p>\n
Here is the extended forecast from the National Weather Service:<\/p>\n
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.<\/p>\n
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 42. West wind 5 to 10 mph.<\/p>\n
Saturday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 29. Calm wind.<\/p>\n
Sunday: Rain and snow likely before 10am, then rain. High near 45. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80% New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.<\/p>\n
Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Chance of precipitation is 20%.<\/p>\n
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 41.<\/p>\n
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26.<\/p>\n
Tuesday: A chance of rain and snow. Cloudy, with a high near 38. Chance of precipitation is 50%.<\/p>\n
Tuesday Night: A chance of rain and snow before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Chance of precipitation is 40%.<\/p>\n
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 38.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the calendar turns to December, the Lehigh Valley could see its first snowfall of the season early…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,433,182,2941,139,434,28,432,1133],"class_list":{"0":"post-46961","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allentown","8":"tag-allentown","9":"tag-allentown-headlines","10":"tag-allentown-news","11":"tag-lehigh-county","12":"tag-local-news","13":"tag-monroe-county","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-northampton-county","16":"tag-pennsylvania","17":"tag-top-stories-tmc","18":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46961","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=46961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}