Snow to continue throughout Thursday in Butler County
While school districts across Butler County opted to keep buses off the roads Thursday, Jan. 16, snow continued to fall on already snow-covered roads.
As the day continues, a meteorologist from the National Weather Service of Pittsburgh reported an additional 2-3 inches of snow is expected via light, dry, steady snowfall throughout the day.
Some areas could see more due to lake effects, the weather service said in a Thursday phone call.
A winter weather advisory will be in affect for Butler County through 4 a.m. Jan. 17, the weather service reports.
Most snowfall Thursday will accumulate during daylight hours with little accumulation after sunset.
High temperatures will be in the upper 20s and drop to the low 20s overnight.
PennDOT road crews are on a 24-hour coverage schedule and can plow at any time, but crews can usually stay ahead of the snowfall with road treatments if less than one inch accumulates per hour, according to Tina Gibbs, PennDOT District 10’s community relations coordinator.
PennDOT’s Butler Maintenance location covers 1,567 road miles. Its 82 winter operators are divided among its 50 trucks and 44 routes. Most trucks are capable of treating and plowing roads.
District 10 is based in Indiana and covers Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Indiana and Jefferson counties.
