If you love looking out your window and seeing snow on the ground, Accu-Weather's Joe Lundberg says you'll get plenty of opportunities to do it. "It's going to be an extreme run of below-average temperatures for the rest of the month and probably well into the early part of February. In fact, I would go as far as to say the snow that's on the ground right now may very well be there come the first of March," Lundberg says. Joe doubts we'll creep above the freezing mark until nearly the end of next week. Sunday's official snowfall total was 11.8 inches at Lehigh Valley International Airport.
PennDOT spokesman Sean Brown says PennDOT plow drivers missed Sunday's football games. "Our plow drivers were out all night and all day yesterday making some good progress on our roadways and they will continue to be out all day today and probably well into tonight," Brown says. Brown says today's primary concern is drifting snow that might cover some areas that had just been plowed minutes before.
Unfortunately, clearing all of Sunday's snow proved fatal in the Lehigh Valley. The Lehigh County Coroner's Office is blaming three deaths on snow removal. The coroner says the three who died ranged in age from 60 to 84 years of age. All three of the deaths are consistent with cardiac events often seen during strenuous activity like snow removal, especially in older adults with underlying medical issues.
Lehigh Valley International Airport remains open, however delays and cancellations are to be expected almost all day thanks to Sunday's storm that affected much of the nation. LVIA reminds you the best plan is to check with your airline to see if your flight is delayed or cancelled altogther.
If you use mass transit, you won't be using it today. LANTA has announced all services are cancelled today due to Sunday's storm. Likewise in Berks County, BARTA has also cancelled all service today and in Schuylkill County, Schuylkill Transportation System has suspended all service today.
Somewhat surprisingly, there are no widespread power outages following Sunday's heavy snow. Both First Energy and PPL are reporting fewer than a dozen outages in their coverage areas.
In order to clear parked cars off their streets, the Lehigh Valley's three biggest cities continue to offer parking in city-owned lots. In Allentown, parking is free in seven parking garages through 8 o'clock Tuesday night. In Bethlehem free parking remains available in five different Bethlehem Parking Authority garages until 9 o'clock tonight. In Easton, free parking remains available in the South Third Street and North Fourth Street garages until noon Tuesday.