After days of updates, forecasters say the overall message is not how much snow or sleet could fall, but how difficult travel could become, especially Friday night.
There's a possible scenario emerging Friday in which parts of the Lehigh Valley could end up with 6 inches of snow, and some could end up with a lot more sleet or even freezing rain.
Asked Santa for a white Christmas? Snow may arrive a day late in the Lehigh Valley, forecasters say.
Already above its December snowfall average, the Lehigh Valley is expected to add a little more to that total this week.
Strong winds sweeping through the Lehigh Valley early Friday already were knocking out power to thousands of residents, with outages expected to climb as a powerful cold front moves through the region.