Perhaps the icy conditions have given you a case of the winter blues?

Don’t fret: Temperatures are expected to rise throughout the day as the meltdown starts in earnest.

For students, Wednesday’s mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain lent itself to either another late start, or for some, no school at all.

CCTI, Tamaqua, Jim Thorpe, Panther Valley and Weatherly school districts all closed today after delaying the start. Lehighton, Palmerton, Northern Lehigh and Northwestern Lehigh school districts operated on a two-hour delay, with Pleasant Valley schools on a three-hour delay.

The ice left over from the storm wreaked havoc for some after several trees fell this morning, according to Gary Williams, Carbon County 911 director.

Williams said one tree fell in Franklin Township that blocked Route 209, while a tree in Lake Harmony fell on wires and took out power for many in the Kidder Township, Penn Forest Township, Lake Harmony area.

Crashwise, there wasn’t nearly as much of an impact, Williams said.

“Honestly, it was pretty quiet from when it started until now, it really wasn’t bad,” Williams said. “There were accidents, but not like normal with a winter storm.”

In Schuylkill County, a ban on commercial vehicles on highways led to problems locally.

Around midday, major thoroughfares in Rush Township had to be closed when tractor-trailers jackknifed and became stuck.

On Route 54, known locally as The Vulcan, a tractor-trailer headed uphill toward Route 81 became stuck.

State police blocked motorists from continuing down the hill, while Ryan Township officers handled traffic at the base of the hill.

Route 309 was closed to traffic, both north and southbound between the intersection of Route 309/Fairview Street and Route 309/Lofty Road, due to two jackknifed tractor-trailers. McAdoo and Rush Township police handled traffic control.

Sean Brown, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesman, said things weren’t really all that bad from a traffic standpoint.

“I think the storm went well,” Brown said. “Traffic was light; it does help our drivers do their job when they (motorists) stay off the roads.”

“Our folks are still out there doing some cleanup work,” he said. “We have to address our state roads.”

On average, around 2 inches of snow fell in most parts, according to Tom Kines, a senior meteorologist with AccuWeather.

Kines said the snow arrived midmorning, then changed over to sleet and freezing rain during the midafternoon hours, before the precipitation ended shortly after midnight.

“I think probably we had some sleet in with the freezing rain, which might have saved us,” Kines said.

The snow and ice will melt today as temperatures are expected to get well up into the 40s with some sun, but windy conditions.

However, Kines cautioned that temperatures are expected to drop below freezing tonight, meaning that any wet or slushy spots will freeze up.

He said temperatures could get up into the 40s on Friday, before clouds come back in on Saturday and will likely result in some rain later in the day and Saturday night and ending Sunday morning.

“I guess one of the positives of the weekend weather is Sunday should turn out to be a noticeably milder day, with temps into the 50s,” he said.

Looking ahead, Kines said there could be a system that may come through on Wednesday and bring us some snow, though it doesn’t appear to be a big storm.

Lisa Price contributed to this report.