Philadelphia snow emergency ends, plows continue to clear city streets
PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia's snow emergency has expired, but plows will continue to rove around the city to continue clearing icy snow off city streets.
The snow emergency went into place ahead of the winter storm on Saturday night and required vehicles to be moved off of snow emergency routes.
Snow emergency ends, plows continue
What we know:
More than 600 plows and other pieces of snow removal equipment were deployed by the city to help clear crucial corridors through the city.
As of Tuesday, some side streets that were left untreated remain snow-covered with a thick layer of ice on top thanks to below-freezing temps.
How Philly businesses are bouncing back after the snowstorm
Businesses in the area are slowly recovering from Sunday’s snowstorm, with some reopening and others remaining closed or focused on cleanup.
"The main roads are good, passable but if you look right back there, a guy is struggling a block back," John DiLorenzo of South Philly told FOX 29.
Mayor Cherelle Parker and city officials vowed not to leave "tertiary" streets untreated during a snow emergency press conference ahead of the winter storm.
The city has an interactive map where residents can check the progress of snow plows in the city.
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Forecasters monitoring potential for more snow in Philadelphia area this weekend
Forecasters are monitoring the potential for another significant winter storm that could impact the eastern United States this weekend. Here's what we know so far, and what we'll be keeping an eye on this week.
Another weekend winter storm
What's next:
It's still early, but forecasters are monitoring a coastal storm that could bring another round of snow to parts of the Philadelphia area this coming weekend.
With several days of data left to gather, there is a large degree of uncertainty among computer forecast models regarding the outcome of this system.
FOX Weather Meteorologists Bob Van Dillen and Jane Minar noted Monday that both the traditional European and the AI-driven European forecast models indicated more impacts for the Mid-Atlantic coast, while the American GFS forecast model was less bullish on a major impact.
But should these forecast ingredients come together, it could set the stage for another snowstorm for the northeastern portion of the Interstate 95 corridor, which had been suffering from a decade-long snow drought in many locales.
Ahead of the weekend, the jet stream pattern will allow a weak clipper system to move out of Canada and bring lake-effect snow to the Great Lakes and western New York.