Winter hats, gloves, mittens and scarves \u2014 not to mention snow shovels, brushes and ice scrapers \u2014 proved worth their weight in gold across Berks County this past weekend.<\/p>\n
And residents may want to keep all of that winter gear close at hand.<\/p>\n
Forecasters are monitoring a storm developing in the South that could bring snow and ice to the region by Saturday, AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Tom Kines said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s something to keep track of,\u201d Kines said. \u201cThe storm may stay in the South and never bother Pennsylvania at all.\u201d<\/p>\n
What does appear certain is that cold air will remain entrenched in the region through the end of the week and into early next week.<\/p>\n
\u201cOverall, this weather pattern favors colder weather for the next week, and possibly longer,\u201d Kines said.<\/p>\n
On Monday, the National Weather Service issued a cold weather advisory for Berks that remains in effect until 10 a.m. Tuesday. Wind chills as low as 12 degrees below zero were forecast.<\/p>\n
The weather service urged residents to use caution when traveling outdoors and to wear appropriate cold-weather clothing, including hats and gloves.<\/p>\n
The advisory followed back-to-back snowstorms Saturday and Sunday that each delivered more than 3 inches of snow to Berks \u2014 far exceeding earlier forecasts.<\/p>\n
Even the hint of another snowy weekend is enough to inspire dread or delight, depending on one\u2019s tolerance for winter weather.Kines said both weekend storms tracked closer to the coast than anticipated, resulting in heavier snowfall across southeastern Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
The highest totals fell along a swath that included Berks, northern Chester County, western Montgomery County, and Lehigh and Northampton counties.<\/p>\n
Here are some two-day snowfall totals reported to the National Weather Service across Berks:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bern Township (Reading Regional Airport): 6.8 inches<\/p>\n
\u2022 Boyertown: 7 inches<\/p>\n
\u2022 Birdsboro: 7.2 inches<\/p>\n
\u2022 Huffs Church: 8.9 inches<\/p>\n
\u2022 Spring Township: 7.3 inches<\/p>\n
\u2022 Mertztown: 7 inches<\/p>\n
\u2022 Richmond Township: 6.5 inches<\/p>\n
\u2022 Wernersville: 6.5 inches<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winter hats, gloves, mittens and scarves \u2014 not to mention snow shovels, brushes and ice scrapers \u2014 proved…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,182,139,28,128,130,129],"class_list":{"0":"post-91336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reading","8":"tag-berks-county","9":"tag-local-news","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-pennsylvania","12":"tag-reading-city","13":"tag-reading-city-headlines","14":"tag-reading-city-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91336","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=91336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}