A storm that had the potential to bring quite the thud Sunday into Monday ended up being much more like a dud.

Prognostications called for total snow accumulations between 8 and 16 inches, with winds gusting as high as 45 miles per hour.

While projections fell way short of those expectation, a winter storm warning remains in effect until 6 p.m.

AccuWeather was on cue when it estimated the amount would range from 3 to 6 inches, according to Bill Deger, Accuweather.com senior meteorologist.

“There were a whole bunch of computer models that were throwing out over a foot of snow, others were less,” Deger said. “We kind of took an average (of those) with that 3 to 6.”

Deger said areas such as Germansville received 5.4 inches, Weatherly 4.7 inches, and Mahoning Township 2.5 inches.

“3 to 6 worked out pretty well,” he said, noting that the reason for the lower amounts in northwest Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley is due to a heavier snow band that set up overnight in southwest Pennsylvania near Philadelphia, New York and New Jersey. “And that just really robbed the energy from parts of northeast Pennsylvania as far as the heavier snow.

“It was close. That snow band could have set up closer to the Lehighton area; it ended up being closer to the south and east.”

Deger said there were tight gradients with snowfall totals.

“A shifting of that band a littler further west could have been a whole lot worse,” he said. “I think we dodged the bullet.”

Deger cautioned that although there wasn’t too much snow, there were still likely to be travel issues throughout the day with gusty winds of over 20 mph to blow around whatever snow is out there.

“Slick travel today,” he said, adding that tonight it will get down to 18. Tuesday’s high is expected to reach 30. “Chilly weather ahead.”

However, Deger noted that temperatures will improve by midweek, with highs in the 40s by Wednesday.

Main roads were cleared in the morning, but side roads were still snow covered. Schools were off or had flexible instruction days.

Just before 8:30 a.m., PennDOT relaxed some of the restrictions that had been in place Sunday. Vehicles with trailers were still prohibited on some highways.