REGION — While the region did see an inch or so of sleet and freezing rain in the overnight hours of December 29, there has still been no significant snowfall in the Upper Delaware Valley this winter. That’s good for highway departments on both sides of the river that are saving a lot of money on salt, sand, cinders and overtime payments.

According to the National Weather Service, there are no significant storms in the near future destined for this region. The service says, “For the long term, the big picture forecast models [are] in good overall agreement, showing upper level troughing over the east with ridging over the west… a pattern we haven’t really seen so far this season,” which means that temperatures in the longer run are likely to start running closer to average.

The next few days are going to be partly cloudy with temperatures in the 20s at night and in the 30s during the day.