There was plenty of snow to shovel in Wyoming Valley near Exeter.
Tony Callaio | For Times Leader
Region’s first storm of the season drops varying levels of snow, knocks out power
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The parking lot of Ss. Peter & Paul Church on Hudson Road in Plains Township is plowed on Friday afternoon following the first snowfall of the season.
Fred Adams | For Times Leader
These two boys were rolling snow to make a snowman near the Midway Shopping Center.
Tony Callaio | For Times Leader
Sidewalks at Downtown Pittston needed to be shoveled to keep business moving, even during a snowstorm.
Tony Callaio | For Times Leader
Snow throwers were being utilized everywhere including at Geisinger Pittston.
Tony Callaio | For Times Leader
The City of Pittston road crew was out in full force clearing city streets and parking lots like this one adjacent to the city’s fire hall.
Tony Callaio | For Times Leader
Snow and slush coat the ground at the Sunoco gas station at the corner of Plank and S. Main Street, Pittston.
Tony Callaio | For Times Leader
Snowplowing companies were out all over Greater Pittston. Wyoming Borough’s plow was no exception on Friday afternoon.
Tony Callaio | For Times Leader
Wyoming Avenue in West Pittston looks barren at 1:45 p.m. Friday after a fresh coat of snow for the first time of the 2024-2025 winter season.
Tony Callaio | For Times Leader
It wasn’t quite swimming weather on Friday morning in Lake Winola, where the ground was coated with a heavy layer of snow and slush.
Gabrielle Lang | Times Leader
Snow coats the trees and ground Friday morning in White Haven.
Kerry Miscavage | Times Leader
Snow coats the playground at Kirby Park in Wilkes-Barre on Friday morning.
Elizabeth Baumeister | Times Leader
Snow and slush covers the ground at Kirby Park in Wilkes-Barre on Friday morning.
Elizabeth Baumeister | Times Leader
Snow covers a backyard in Weatherly
Jennifer Learn-Andes | Times Leader
Snow covers vehicles on Friday afternoon on a street in Scranton.
Lyndsay Bartos | Times Leader
The region’s first winter storm brought rain and snow along with dropping temperatures and gusty winds resulting in wide-spread power outages across Northeastern Pennsylvania.
PPL Electric reported at 11 a.m. Friday nearly 70,400 customers were without electrical service with most in Lackawanna, Wayne and Pike counties where more than 12 inches of heavy snow has fallen.
UGI Utilities reports nearly 3,000 customers in the Back Mountain and Sweet Valley areas of Luzerne County were without electrical power, as of 11 a.m.
The forecast by the National Weather Service in Binghamton, N.Y., predicted the heaviest snow would be dependent on elevation.
Oh, so true.
According to snow reports, the NWS said nearly 15 inches of snow fell in Bear Creek Township at an elevation of 2,000 feet while the Wyoming Valley received mostly rain until it changed to snow at about 9 a.m.
As the storm moved out of the region, lower elevations were expected to see snow change back to rain and and a mixture of rain/snow at higher altitudes by Friday afternoon with slightly warmer temperatures.