Winter Weather Advisory Issued for Centre County

Centre County is expected to see a round of snow before frigid air settles over the region for several days.

The National Weather Service at State College has issued a winter weather advisory from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday with total snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches.

“Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will likely become slick and hazardous,” NWS wrote in the advisory. “Plan on slippery road conditions.”

AccuWeather forecasts 1 to 3 inches of snow for the State College area, with steady accumulation taking place between early afternoon and early evening.

Two Centre Region townships have declared snow emergencies for Sunday:

• In Harris Township, the snow emergency is in effect beginning at 9 a.m. and all vehicles must be removed from public streets by noon, when ticketing will begin. The snow emergency will automatically end 24 hours after the snow has stopped.
• In Patton Township, all vehicles must be removed from streets by 9 a.m. until the snowfall has stopped and the township declares the snow emergency has ended.

Once the snow ends, a prolonged cold wave will begin overnight Sunday into Monday as a blast of Arctic air hits the northeast. From Monday through Wednesday, AccuWeather forecasts highs in the mid-teens with lows between 0 and -2 each day in the State College area.

Winds will make it feel even colder. AccuWeather’s RealFeel Monday is -2 degrees during the day and -8 at night. For Tuesday, the RealFeel is forecast as 6 degrees during the day and -5 at night, and Wednesday is expected to have a daytime RealFeel of 2 and nighttime of 1.

Thursday is expected to remain very cold, but not quite as extreme, with a high of 19 and low 9. Things will start to warm up for the end of the week, when AccuWeather forecasts temperatures climbing back into the 30s.