Worst of snow hits South Jersey

At least it wasn't another blizzard.

The Philadelphia region woke up to another snowy morning Saturday, with snowflakes quickly coating roads and causing minor delays at Philadelphia International Airport.

The worst of the storm hit South Jersey, with 6.9 inches measured at Atlantic City International Airport by late afternoon. Somerdale, in Camden County, got 2.5 inches, and Philadelphia International Airport received 1.7 inches. About two inches fell in Bucks and Chester Counties.

Tony Gigi, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, said Friday's snow had taken some of the punch out of the Saturday snowfall.

"It was able to bring heavy snow to the coast but not further west," he said.

Roads were slippery, and police reported a number of mostly minor accidents.

In Atlantic City, police shut down transit bus service because a number of buses were getting stuck in the snow.

Vehicles slid into guardrails on Route 42 and I-676 in Camden County, and police reported an accident on the Vine Street Expressway at the ramp to I-95.

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation snow crews went home Friday afternoon for some rest before starting again around 7 a.m. Saturday, said Eugene J. Blaum, PennDot's assistant press secretary.

"So far it's been relatively - knock on wood - uneventful," he said about 11 Saturday morning.

At Philadelphia International Airport, flights were taking off on time, but planes due to arrive were being held on the ground elsewhere, airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica said. Some arriving flights were delayed 70 minutes or so, she said.

"We're open for business," she said.

Forecasters were calling for a sunny and brisk Sunday, with highs in the lower 30s and gusts up to 30 m.p.h. More of the same was expected Monday, but forecasters were watching another storm approaching for Tuesday.

Part of the region could get rain or freezing rain instead of snow, and Gigi said it was difficult three days out to pinpoint snow totals. The computer models were pointing to moderate snow Tuesday, he said, but there's a chance the storm could intensify.

"It's not going to miss us," he said. "We're going to get something out of it."