Weather

Many without power due to high winds and ice across Northeast and Central Pennsylvania

Extreme cold warnings were issued for an 11-state swath of the U.S. stretching from the Canadian border to Oklahoma and central Texas.

SUNBURY — A large portion of the Susquehanna Valley will likely see 1-3 inches of snow Saturday before a changeover to sleet, freezing rain then all rain on Sunday, according to an AccuWeather meterologist.

(WBRE/WYOU) — With the return of arctic air this week, you can expect to see wind chills in the single digits during the day and below 0° at night, until midweek.

Any wintry mix overnight Saturday could change over to rain on Sunday. Winds may pick up Sunday afternoon and will continue through Tuesday.

For Sunday, you can expect mostly cloudy skies with periods of rain. It could be breezy with highs in the upper 40s.

Sunday night could be cloudy, windy, and cold with lows near 20°.

TURBOTVILLE — Turbotville Borough Council at its most recent meeting agreed to discontinue the Statewide Tax Collecting service and accept the contract offered by Keystone Collections.

(WBRE/WYOU) — Our busy weather pattern continues as the next winter storm develops and moves in our direction on Wednesday and Thursday.

Scattered snow showers and pockets of light snow will overspread the region Wednesday evening.

Any snow accumulations will be on the order of a coating to an inch or two. Then, the snow will change to a wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain. After midnight, the mix will change to mainly rain by early Thursday morning.

Closings & Delays

The quake struck at 6:23 p.m. local time in the middle of the sea and had a depth of 10 kilometers, the USGS said.

Saturday’s winter storm is likely to cause slippery driving and walking conditions but not a significant accumulation of snow, according to an AccuWeather meteorlogist.

(WBRE/WYOU) — Though there is a common misunderstanding between sleet and freezing rain, there is an easy phrase to remember the difference.

"Sleet pings (and stings) while freezing rain clings."

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Sleet bounces off objects while freezing rain instantly freezes on contact with an object. 

Sleet is not to be confused with hail. Hail happens during the summer months within a thunderstorm cloud. Sleet only occurs during the winter months. 

Editor's Note: Snow totals have been updated as of 6:30 p.m.

(WBRE/WYOU) — There is a Winter Weather Advisory for the entire area from 4:00 p.m. Saturday until 7:00 a.m. Sunday.

Light snow and sleet could be with us through 8:00 p.m. with a wintry mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain will continue through the night.

While most of us may see the change to a mix, parts of northern Pennsylvania could stay all snow.

This mix should quickly end early Sunday morning, likely between 4:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.