Harrisburg: Colder Air, Snow to Ring in New Year

By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist

December 31,2013; 3:55PM,EST

 

 

Colder air has returned to the Harrisburg area in time for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day activities. The cold air will help fuel a snowstorm on Thursday.
Expect good travel weather Tuesday and New Year's Day. However, there will be a light coating of snow in some locations Tuesday evening.
The cold may be pose a challenge for those spending time outdoors.
For New Year's Eve revelers watching the giant kiss drop at Hersheypark, temperatures will dip into the 20s in the with RealFeel® temperatures in the teens.

This New Year's Day will be the coldest since 2009 in the region, when the high was only around 30 degrees.
AccuWeather.com meteorologists are monitoring the a snowstorm for the Northeast on Thursday into Friday.
The storm will spread snow over south central Pennsylvania Thursday and will continue into Thursday night. Initially, roads will be wet and slushy, but as temperatures fall late Thursday and Thursday night, wet and slushy areas will freeze. A general 2 to 4 inches of snow is forecast from the storm.

Regardless of the amount of snow that falls around Harrisburg and vicinity, Friday will bring the coldest weather of the season so far and the coldest weather in about four years with a biting wind.
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