A combination of snow and sleet resulted in the region’s first significant storm of the season.

Most areas in Carbon County received between 2 to 4 inches from Thursday’s winter blitz, according to Alex DaSilva, a meteorologist with AccuWeather.

For students who were off from school, it marked the perfect opportunity for snowball fights, to build a snowman, or go sleigh-riding.

Landon Warner, a student at Lehighton Elementary School, spent a portion of the day shoveling out front of his home on Coal Street.

While shoveling can be a chore, Landon appeared to take the trade- off in stride.

“It’s nice,” said Landon, 10, about being off for the day.

Elsewhere, Devon Christman and Serenity Strohl were busy shoveling along Mahoning Street.

“It’s fun and exciting,” said Devon, 16. “I like this.”

Serenity agreed, at least to a degree.

“It’s fun, but hard,” said Serenity, 14.

DaSilva said the storm entered into the region Thursday morning and began as a mix of sleet and freezing rain as road conditions became kind of rough for the morning commute.

He said that continued through the noon time hour and early afternoon, before it transitioned into a period of snowfall, which continued in the afternoon hours, mixed with rain in the afternoon and evening, and then switched over to all rain.

“I think generally the risk of slippery conditions has come to an end this morning,” DaSilva said. “You’ll probably still see some drizzling or light rain; most of this is gone by late morning early afternoon.”

However, DaSilva cautioned that temperatures are expected to drop down to about 27 degrees.

“One thing we will have to watch for this evening will be a potential freeze-up of any remaining slushy areas or standing water that might still be on the roads,” he said. “If there’s any kind of slush that didn’t either melt, or wasn’t removed by plow trucks, that could freeze up.”

DaSilva said Saturday figures to be breezy, with winds between 10 to 20 miles per hour under partly sunny skies, with a high of about 37. But, with the wind, it could feel like it’s in the 20s.

He said winds of 10-20 mph are likely to continue Sunday, with a mix of clouds and sunshine and highs around 34 and overall chilly conditions.

DaSilva said things should remain dry both Monday and Tuesday with a mix of clouds and sun both days and highs in the mid to upper 30s.

Could another storm be on its way later next week?

“It does look like some sort of storm or system in the area by the end of next week; it certainly bears watching and definitely there’s a risk,” he said. “Details still need to be ironed out; it’s dependent on the track of the storm (though it) does look like some sort of system.”

Either way, DaSilva said it’s going to get cold around the end of next week leading into the Christmas holiday.

“Certainly some disruption for the shopping season as we close in on Christmas,” he said. “There’s a good chance below normal temperatures (are) in store for Christmas.”