Back to Work, School and Yes, Even Some Snow

Welcome back to reality. That seemed to be the message from Mother Nature Tuesday morning as school students, their families and area workers got back into the daily grind of the new year with a flurry of snow fluries that coated grass and dusted some pavement.

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a special weather statement at 8 a.m. Tuesday advising that a fast moving band of lake effect snow had moved into an area from Phoenixville, across Tredyffrin and Easttown and south to Upper Darby.

The snow band dusted roads with snow and blowing snow forced drivers to slow down on the morning drive.

The NWS forecast for Tuesday calls for a 20 percent chance of precipitation and bitter cold with temperatures reaching only 29 degrees by afternoon. The forecast calls for clear skies with temperatures plummeting to just 12 degrees.

Temperatures are expected to climb slowly through the week with a high of 52 predicted for Saturday.