{"id":16529,"date":"2017-02-09T08:40:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T13:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=16529"},"modified":"2017-02-09T08:40:51","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T13:40:51","slug":"snow-snarls-morning-commute-closes-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=16529","title":{"rendered":"Snow snarls morning commute, closes schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Snowflake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3175\" src=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Snowflake-301x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>You can forgive folks in Chester County if they feel a bit like they have whiplash this morning \u2014 yesterday afternoon featured highs in the mid to upper 60s and sun, and this morning, residents awoke to closed schools, slushy roads and a deep chill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Forecasters struggled a bit with what today would look like, as the Delaware Valley straddled the line where rain would become sleet and snow. Locally, last night\u2019s heavy rains turned to sleet and then snow around 5 a.m., just in time to mess up the morning commute.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Anticipating the mess, a number of local school districts moved to close today \u2014 making the announcement yesterday. Most of the rest opted to close this morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to information around the county, the total snowfall will fall in the 2-4 inch range, with higher amounts in the north. Most roads are passable \u2014 with slick spots. Winds are pushing snow off trees and a could lead to downed branches. Scattered reports of power outages came in from around the county, PECO listing about 500 homes without power as of Thursday morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Snowfall should stop in most parts of the county between 10 and 11 a.m. Most roads will be passable, but the potential for slick areas will remain. Motorists are urged to use caution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The snow will likely not be around long, as temperatures will moderate this weekend, reaching back into the high 40s locally. The trend for the rest of the month appears to call for warmer than usual temperatures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can forgive folks in Chester County if they feel a bit like they have whiplash this morning \u2014 yesterday afternoon featured highs in the mid to upper 60s and sun, and this morning, residents awoke to closed schools, slushy roads and a deep chill. Forecasters struggled a bit with what today would look like, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[20,3912,3403,114],"class_list":["post-16529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-chester-county","tag-featured","tag-snow","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16530,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16529\/revisions\/16530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}