SHAMOKIN - A few inches of snow are expected to accumulate through Wednesday, likely making for a white Christmas day and some slick driving conditions.
The winter weather is expected to force area public works employees into action on the holiday.
Kevin Richardson, Shamokin street department foreman, said department employees readied the city's trucks on Friday in the event of snow and sleet.
If a storm comes as expected, the employees will be called in to plow and treat the city's roads.
"You hate to go out on Christmas, but that's how it goes," Richardson said Monday. "It comes with the territory."
Light snow mixed with sleet and freezing rain was forecast to fall Monday afternoon into Monday night, about 1 inch or so, according to Mike Dangelo, National Weather Service meteorologist.
Christmas morning will be cloudy and cold, with temperatures in the low 30s. The clouds are expected to break up in the afternoon, allowing for a period of sunshine and pushing the temperature to 36 degrees, Dangelo said.
A more significant storm is expected to arrive Wednesday morning, he said, bringing "mostly snow" to the greater Shamokin area. Perhaps a few inches. There's also a chance of sleet and freezing rain.
The storm is expected to last throughout Wednesday and into early Thursday.