Winter storm hits south-central Pennsylvania, bringing snow, sleet, freezing rain - WGAL Susquehanna Valley Pa.

NOW BEFORE THEY’RE GONE. NOW, THE ALERT FORECAST FROM THE WGA ALL NEWS 8 STORM TEAM. GOOD THURSDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. THAT’S WHY THE NATIONAL SERVICE HAS PLACED THE MAJORITY OF THE SEGMENT VALLEY UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 P.M. THIS EVENING. HOWEVER, FOR MIFFLIN AND JEANNETTE COUNTIES, YOU’RE UNDER A WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 7 P.M. TOMORROW. OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES, FAR NORTHERN VIEWERS, WILL LIKELY SEE MORE SNOW. THE MAJORITY OF WHAT THE SUBSEQUENT VALLEY IS GOING TO SEE IS WHAT WE’RE SEEING OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW. THAT IS FREEZING RAIN TERRAIN. SO BE PREPARED FOR THIS RAIN THAT’S FALLING OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW FOR MOST OF THE VIEWERS. WILL LIKELY HIT THE GROUND AND THEN FREEZE ON CONTACT. LEADING TO A GLAZE OF ICE FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. TEMPERATURES WILL EVENTUALLY RISE, THOUGH, AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. RIGHT NOW IN YORK, WE’VE GOT THAT FREEZING RAIN WHERE CHAPTERS ARE HOLDING IT 32 DEGREES. THAT IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE IN THE PINK, MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE VALLEY. A LITTLE BIT OF SOME SNOW AND SLEET RIGHT NOW FROM AREAS FROM YORK CITY, HARRISBURG, AND POINTS OFF TO THE NORTH. BUT IT IS GOING TO BE A WINTRY MESS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY AS THIS MASSIVE STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE VALLEY. WE HAVE A SHALLOW LAYER OF COLD AIR NEAR THE SURFACE. EVENTUALLY, THOUGH, THIS MILDER AIR WITH MORE PLAIN RAIN WILL START TO MOVE INTO THE REGION AS THE STORM HEADS BY TO OUR SOUTH AND MOVES TOWARDS THE EAST COAST. SO AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY TODAY, FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN THE MORNING, EVENTUALLY MOSTLY RAIN AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE EVENING. BUT AREAS NORTH OF THE TURNPIKE WILL LIKELY SEE A PERIOD OF STEADY SNOW AND THE RAINFALL WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME HEAVIER LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND BECOME A BIT MORE WIDESPREAD AS WE GET CLOSER TO SUNSET. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO NEAR 40 DEGREES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF IMPACTS, JUST WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER THIRTIES. PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT OF SOME SNOW IN OUR FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES. AND THEN FOR TOMORROW, EVERYTHING CAN FINALLY STARTS TO SHUT DOWN. COULD SEE AN ISOLATED RAIN SNOW SHOWER EARLY IN THE MORNING, WHICH SHOULD BE OUT OF HERE MID-MORNING. AND WE’LL START TO SEE SOME CLEARING AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. IT’S ALSO GOING TO BE BLUSTERY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. MAY SEE BECAUSE OF THE FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATING ON SOME POWER LINES AND WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MILES PER HOUR, SOME SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. IT WILL REMAIN BREEZY AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE WINDS NOW PRIMARILY OUT OF THE EAST, KEEPING THAT COLD AIR IN PLACE NEAR THE SURFACE. RIGHT NOW, IT’S 32 IN LANCASTER, THE SAME IN HARRISBURG AND 34 AT THIS HOUR IN CARLISLE, IN THE 20 IS OFF TO OUR NORTH. THERE’S THE MILDER AIR BACK TOWARDS ELKINS WEST VIRGINIA. EVENTUALLY, THAT’S GOING TO WIN OUT. SO LET’S TAKE IT HOUR BY HOUR. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE MORNING. BUT NOTICE BY 10:00 THAT FREEZING LINE STARTS TO INCH A LITTLE CLOSER TOWARDS THE TURNPIKE. SO AS WE GET CLOSER, 10 TO 11 PLANE RAIN FOR OUR SOUTHERN VIEWERS, BUT THEN SNOW AS WE HEAD ON INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR AREAS NORTH OF THE TURNPIKE. NOTICE THAT STEADY RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF OUR SOUTHERN VIEWERS BY MIDNIGHT. THE MILDER AIR WINDS OUT. WE’RE TALKING MOSTLY RAIN ACROSS THE VALLEY, NOT LOOKING FOR IMPACTFUL WEATHER, BUT WET WEATHER TO START OUR FRIDAY. FINALLY, THE STORM SYSTEM PULLS AWAY, MAY SEE SOME FLURRIES FLYING OUT THERE AS WE HEAD ON INTO SATURDAY WITH BLUSTERY CONDITIONS. MOST OF THE VALLEY WILL BE DRY WITH JUST SOME PASSING CLOUDS. IN TERMS OF SNOWFALL DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A SNOWY STORM SYSTEM FOR MOST OF THE VALLEY, HEAVY SNOW. THE SNOW WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN TIER OF PENNSYLVANIA INTO THE POCONOS. BUT SOME AREAS OF THE VALLEY, I WOULD SAY NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ADAMS COUNTY, NORTHERN YORK COUNTY, AND UP TO THE NORTH WEST, 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. BUT 2 TO 5 INCHES CLOSER TO LEWISTOWN FOR OUR MAJOR CITIES, JUST LOOKING POSSIBLY FOR, ACCORDING TO AN INCH OF SLUSH, WHERE THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE THREAT FOR THAT FREEZING RAIN. THE GLAZE OF ICE POSSIBLY UP TO 2/10 OF AN INCH OF ICE OVER SOUTH MOUNTAIN BLUE MOUNTAIN. OFF TO OUR WEST AND ADAMS COUNTY, THE CUMBERLAND IN FRANKLIN COUNTIES. WEATHER DOES SLOWLY IMPROVE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. COULD SEE SOME FLURRIES OUT THERE FOR YOUR SATURDAY. DRIER WEATHER, COOLER WEATHER FOR SUNDAY, MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. AND THEN WE’RE TRACKING ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM THAT COULD BRING SOME WINTRY WEATHE