The cold won’t end with the snow, according to forecasters.
Subzero wind chills and below-freezing temperatures will keep slick roads that way through Thursday night and into Friday morning.
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“Roadway chemicals used to melt the snow will become ineffective with the very cold overnight temperatures,” National Weather Service meteorologist Gary Szatkowski tweeted Thursday evening.
In advance of the storm, Bucks County issued a “Code Blue” from Thursday and Saturday. The on-call churches are: Emilie United Methodist Church in Levittown, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Doylestown and Salem Mennonite Church in Quakertown.
Forecasters also warned of blowing snow Thursday night.
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Thursday’s storm brought around 7 inches of snow to Langhorne Borough and closer 8 inches in the West Bristol section of Bristol Township, according to reader reports.
For shelter information, please call the homeless hotline at 1-800-810-4434. For general cold weather information, please check the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website: www.emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/winter.
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Forecast for the rest of the week:
- Thursday night: Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 5. Wind chill values as low as -5. North wind 8 to 11 mph.
- Friday: Sunny, with a high near 25. Wind chill values as low as -6. North wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.
- Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 14. West wind 3 to 5 mph.
- Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 35. West wind 6 to 10 mph.
- Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. West wind around 6 mph.
- Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 41.
- Sunday: Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28.
