Less than a week after a massive winter storm dropped a foot of snow on some parts of Sussex County, Delaware’s southernmost areas will again receive the brunt of an incoming snowstorm − though it’ll be significantly less snow than on Monday.

How much snow will we get in Delaware?

The storm, which will hit the Delmarva Peninsula and Pennsylvania and New Jersey on Friday night into Saturday, is expected to bring 1-3 inches of snow to Sussex County, the National Weather Service said Friday morning.

Kent and New Castle counties may see 1-2 inches and less than 1 inch, respectively.

“Light snow” is expected to begin between 10 p.m. Friday and 3 a.m. Saturday and end between 7 and 10 a.m. Saturday, the weather agency said.

Sussex County has been placed under a winter weather advisory.

Monday storm dumped a foot of snow in some Sussex areas

Monday’s snowstorm hit southern Delaware the hardest, prompting days of closures and delays for schools and businesses.

A polar vortex − a swirling mass of Arctic air typically contained over the North Pole − then moved south. It drove bone-chilling temperatures into the eastern United States, including Delaware. 

However, the frigid temperatures are expected to abate slightly this weekend, just in time for Sunday’s Eagles-Packers game.

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The National Weather Service calls for clear skies and highs near 37 degrees, but with a 4:30 p.m. start time, those temps will drop into the low 30s and upper 20s as the sun sets. Winds should be around 13 mph, leaving the wind chill from the upper 20s to the upper teens.

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As Carter’s work was again getting prominent attention on Thursday’s National Day of Mourning, Smith said he hopes more community members will follow in his footsteps.

“What we’re hoping is that in reflecting on the life of Jimmy Carter, people would think about his life of service and consider how they could get involved with our organization,” he said. “There’s lots of volunteer opportunities — it’s not just about building houses but finding ways to be in service to others, there’s lots of other ways to volunteer and be in service with us.”

Gov.-elect Matt Meyer echoed those sentiments as he reflected on the best way to honor Carter’s legacy.

“About a week ago, someone on my team called and said, ‘President Carter’s funeral is going to be in D.C., and we think we can get you in,’” Meyer said. “I thought about it for 24 hours and said, ‘What am I going to the funeral for?’ The best way to honor the former president is to get out and do something. And I know there’s nothing closer to President Carter’s heart than Habitat for Humanity.”

Meyer also emphasized Carter’s enduring influence on addressing poverty and housing challenges.

“We live in a world today that’s pretty different than the one in 1981 when President Carter left the White House,” he said. “Yet, poverty doesn’t seem to be going away. We have to redouble our efforts, get our hands a little dirty like Jimmy Carter did time and again, and see what we can do to help fix the problem.”

As Carter was being remembered at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., Thursday morning, Habitat continued to expand on his vision with 12 new homes under construction on Wilmington’s East Side as volunteers, leaders and homeowners donned hard hats and picked up tools to help in the work.

“On a day like today, [we] get our hands a little dirty, like Jimmy Carter did time and time again,” Meyer said.

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Residents in parts of Mercer County, New Jersey have been urged to limit their water use following frigid overnight temperatures that caused ice to build up in the Delaware River.

Trenton Water Works customers were advised Wednesday evening to only use their tap water for essential purposes. The utility was unable to draw its water supply from the Delaware River because of frazil ice — a collection of ice crystals known to block water intakes.

The Delaware River Basin provides drinking water for more than 13 million people across Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York.

Trenton Water Works recently spent $9 million to prevent water intake blockages, and a design flaw is likely to blame for the rare incident, said spokesman Michael Walker.

“This has never happened before. We have had issues with low river levels, but we haven’t really had an ice issue,” Walker said. “Frazil ice is unique in its geometry and what’s happening is that the frazil ice is clogging the screens of the intake, which is underwater and not allowing water to flow from the river into the intake which then enters the plant for treatment.”

Trenton Water Works is currently purchasing bulk water from New Jersey American Water through an interconnection.