Icing on Delaware
Feds report river icing, extending up to 100 feet from the shore.
Temperatures have averaged close to 7 degrees below normal so far this month in Philadelphia, and the Delaware River is showing the effects.
The National Weather Service reports that as of Sunday, ice was extending about 100 feet from the east shore at Cinnaminson.
A few days earlier, it reported ice reaching about 100 feet from the west shore at Trenton.
At Cinnaminson, however, 80 percent of the channel remained open, and 70 percent at Trenton.
In addition to the icing along the banks, the weather service said that "anchor ice" – that's the stuff attached to the river bottom – also was present in the river, as is plenty of free-floating chunks.
So far no major navigation problems have been reported, said Kristin Kline at the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, but with a fresh Arcrtic intrusioon due tomorrow, further icing is a strong possibilitiy.
Said Kline, "That is something we're going to be monitoriing."