AccuWeather's Ali Reid is in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, where snow has blanketed the streets and morning commute has been impacted on Dec. 2. She urges motorists to drive slowly and safely.
00:00As you're driving through Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, maybe you'll see guys like the one behind me who is clearing streets here in Carbon County.
00:09Very different change of scenery from what we saw even just a few hours ago.
00:14Flurries coming down just after 7 o'clock this morning.
00:17Now we've got some steady snowfall here in Jim Thorpe, but it absolutely looks gorgeous here.
00:24Accumulation-wise, we could see anywhere from 3 to 5 inches of snowfall.
00:27Of course, that's going to vary depending even on where you are in this town.
00:31Lehigh Gorge, just a few steps away or the start of it, right behind me here.
00:36Elevation at times can get up to 1,700 feet.
00:39So what you'll see on that side of town could be very different from the Main Strip where we are currently.
00:45Now driving conditions.
00:46Things are okay for right now because we're only a few hours into when that snowfall had really started here.
00:52But for what that could look like later, could potentially be a messy situation.
00:57We've got the snow, the beautiful snow right now, but that will eventually turn into rain over the next few hours.
01:03So when you are behind the wheel, take it slow.
01:06Take it steady because sleep could potentially be an issue later on this afternoon.
01:12As for the type of snow, it's beautiful.
01:15I'm going to pick it up and show you for just a second here.
01:17Look at that.
01:18It is that perfect type of packable snow that you just want to have a snowball fight or just lay in it and maybe do a snow angel too.
01:26But again, we're back here in Jim Cores.
01:28You got guys just like this one, maybe driving a little crazier than you should be on the roads right now, but he's doing his job.
01:35He's clearing the streets and getting things as clear as they possibly can be for drivers that are still out on the roads today here in Carbon County.
01:43We're going to continue to follow these conditions over the next few hours.
01:46Of course, again, rain later on this afternoon is where those issues may come up.
01:51For AccuWeather in Carbon County, I'm Allie Reed.
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