Inches of snow on roads Friday morning, more to come
An overnight batch of snow left the ground covered Friday, Jan. 19, in Butler County, making road conditions dicey for commuters, according to the National Weather Service of Pittsburgh.
Meteorologist Bill Modzelewski estimated the county saw one to two inches when they woke up Friday, saying the flurries first started around midnight.
“Today and tonight it’s looking like another one to three inches (for Butler),” he said.
Those totals will accumulate on the roads and not clear easily, Modzelewski said, as low temperatures have prevailed the past few days.
School districts in Butler County closed or moved to online learning, and plow trucks were seen passing roads multiple times in an effort to clear them Friday morning.
“It’s mostly the colder temperatures. Several days of cold weather cooled down the surface temperatures,” he said.
Friday morning’s temperature clocked in at 21 degrees, and was only expected to rise into the mid-20 degree range, he said.
Once night falls, Butler can expect to feel 10 degrees and single digit wind chills, according to Modzelewski.
“Even into (Saturday), it’s a high around 18 degrees,” he said, adding the snow will stick around over the weekend.
Temperatures in the 40s are planned to sweep in by Monday, Modzelewski said, taking the snow with it by Tuesday.
