Residents throughout the Levittown area woke up to a peaceful dusting of snow Monday morning, but the worst of the storm was still hours off.
Forecasters on Monday afternoon were predicting 14 to 18 inches of snow to fall in Lower Bucks County by Tuesday afternoon.
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After a day of light snow, forecasters are calling for accumulation to ramp up Monday evening and into early Tuesday.
A winter storm warning for heavy snow was in effect for the Philadelphia region Monday through 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Due to the impending storm, the Bristol, Bristol Township and Neshaminy school districts dismissed classes early Monday. Bucks County Technical and Conwell Egan high schools also closed early. Most of the municipalities in the Levittown area also declared snow emergencies, which require residents to remove their vehicles from public streets.
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“The Monday evening and Tuesday morning commutes will be adversely affected,” a National Weather Service briefing package stated.
Local municipalities prepared their road crews and emergency responders. Middletown Fire Marshal and Emergency Operations Director Jim McGuire said the township would open its emergency operations center during the storm. Officials from Bucks County and PECO will be stationed at the county 9-1-1 center in Ivyland.
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“We have been loading salt and starting our patrols and we are ready for these events,” PennDOT official Mike Keiser said.
The state transit agency said on Sunday that it has 2,235 trucks ready to hit state roads once the heavy snow begins.
Up north, a blizzard warning was issued for parts of New Jersey and New York City.
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