After a quiet weather day for Christmas, get ready for a messy wintry mix to develop later Friday into Friday night. Because much of our area will see a light mix of snow, sleet, and a little freezing rain, accumulations will be limited to only a few inches of snow and sleet along with a glaze of ice for many.
However, areas in far northeastern Pennsylvania as well as North Jersey, including Monroe, Pike, Wayne, Sussex, and Warren counties, a steadier shot of snow with more limited mixing is still expected. These areas are under winter storm warnings, and still primed for a possible 4 to 8″ of snow and a little sleet.
For the Lehigh Valley, a brief period of snow later Friday afternoon will mix and change to sleet and a little freezing rain or drizzle. Because of the lighter and more varied precipitation, lighter accumulations are expected, with anywhere from around 1″ on the lower end to 2-4″ on the higher end expected. Amounts will be higher the farther north and east you travel, so the Slate Belt will likely see the highest totals, while western Lehigh County sees the lower totals…