After one of the colder, wilder, and more-volatile days of the year and a sequence of mornings in the 20s, it might brighten your outlook to turn your attention to Thursday.
Yes, it really is likely to reach the 70s around here on Thursday afternoon, Jonathan O’Brien, meteorologist with the National Weather Service Office in Mount Holly, said Monday, a day that featured outbreaks of snow squalls and cellphone alarms around here, and a tragedy in central Pennsylvania.
Squalls began rippling through the region late in the morning, appearing more plentiful than expected. Blickley said he was surprised that vehicles evidently had failed to slow down despite the rapidly deteriorating conditions. The accident forced the closure of a 12-mile stretch of the busy highway for at least several hours, he added.
The official high in Philadelphia of 36 degrees missed tying the 145-year-old record for the lowest maximum temperature for the date by one degree. Atlantic City’s high, 38, set a record, and Wilmington’s, 37, tied one.Yes, the weather has been topsy-turvy