Snow, rain, water ice
Snow and messy mix has left an icy coating north and west of Philly.
On March 18 and 19, 1956, a surprise storm bestowed over 8 inches of snow on Philadelphia, and two years laters, the famous equinox storm buried parts of Chester County under 3 feet of heavy, wet snow.
Nothing like that is happening, but the National Weather Service has just issued a winter-weather advisory for 1 to 3 inches of snow for Bucks, Chester and Montgomery Counties.
The adivsory in in effect until 1 a.m.
After a raw, foreboding day, precipitation finally broke through the dry air late in the day, and some parts of the region already are getting a quick accumulation.
We've seen reports of up to a half-inch of snow in the colder portions of Chester and Montgomery Counties, with ice balls falling elsewhere.
Radar shows the rain/snow line to be near the Delaware River.
Temperatures north and west of the city are near freezing, and were a chilly 30 in Doylestown at 6 p.m.
Philadelphia was reporting mixed precipitation, and the forecasts still call for a changeover to plain rain throughout the region tonight.
In the meantime, some back roads may be slick, so be careful.