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EYEWITNESS WEATHER (WBRE/WYOU) — A clipper system approaching Pennsylvania could bring a few inches of snow to your area.

A clipper system will move into the Great Lakes and Northeast on Friday. The result for us will be scattered snow showers and pockets of light snow Friday afternoon through Saturday.

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It will start Friday morning and continue through the afternoon, evening, and tonight. Any steadier light snow will taper off early Saturday morning.

MONTOURSVILLE — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has lifted the speed limit and right-lane-only commercial vehicle restrictions that were in place on several roadways in the region.

EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — Officials say all of Northeastern Pennsylvania is under a winter advisory from Sunday into Monday morning.

The National Weather Service (NWS) announced a Winter Advisory will be in place for all of North Eastern Pennsylvania from 4:00 p.m. Sunday until 10:00 a.m. Monday.

The advisory is in place in the following counties.

Bradford

Carbon

Clinton

Columbia

Lackawanna

Lehigh

Luzerne

Lycoming

Monroe

Montour

Northumberland

Pike

Schuylkill

Snyder

(WBRE/WYOU) — After dealing with drought conditions across northeastern and central Pennsylvania over the past few months, beneficial rainfall is here this week.

Wednesday, a general 1-2" of rain is expected with locally higher amounts. Temperatures during the day will be in the 50s.

As colder air filters in on the backside of the storm, some snow will start to mix in or change over during the evening.

Little to no snow accumulation is expected. However, some of the highest elevations will have the chance to see minor accumulations.

(WBRE/WYOU) — As people are waking up and clearing snow off of their cars and sidewalks, the National Weather Service at Binghamton has issued a Snow Squall Warning for several counties.

The warning includes Lackawanna, Wayne, Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Luzerne counties. Around 8:40 a.m., "a dangerous snow squall was located over Elmhurst, or near Scranton, moving east at 45 mph," the NWS reported.

(WBRE/WYOU) — The National Weather Service out of Mount Holly, New Jersey has issued snow squall warnings in several eastern Pennsylvania counties.

Snow squall warnings have been issued for Carbon, Lehigh, and Monroe counties until 4:30 p.m.

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"At 3:40 PM EST, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line extending from Flatbrookville to near Hometown, moving southeast at 25 mph," the alert noted of the Carbon County squall.

Alerts for snow showers, some heavy, have also been issued for multiple counties in northeastern Pennsylvania.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — As winter approaches, we've already experienced snowstorms, showers, and those dangerous snow squalls.

Snow squalls may come and go quickly, but the dangerous conditions they bring can make driving extremely hazardous.

When you get an alert that a snow squall is approaching be prepared for whiteout conditions.

(WBRE/WYOU) — Cold air is firmly in place across Pennsylvania. While we do expect this to continue through the weekend, we're tracking snow showers early Thursday.

EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — The "fowl" weather that we had for Thanksgiving is now heading off to the northeast and will allow some of the coldest air of the season to move in for the weekend.

Temperatures are anticipated to be below average over the next several days with multiple chances of snow showers.

For Thursday, residents can expect the skies to become partly cloudy.

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It could get cold with lows near 30°, which may cause some roads to get icy late Thursday night or early Friday morning.