INQUIRER: On the eve of the winter solstice, the most potent December snowstorm in 100 years — complete with thunder and lightning — has left the region under as much as 20 inches of snow. And for the rest of the week, the faintest sunlight of the year will glance off a bright and dense cover, which may affect weather for several days. And for the rest of the week, the faintest sunlight of the year will glance off a bright and dense cover, which may affect weather for several days. Temperatures may not get out of the 30s until at least Thursday, when another storm threatens, although right now, that one looks to be wetter than whiter. In the immediate Philadelphia area, totals ranged from 10 to 20 inches. Officially, a whopping 16 inches was measured at Philadelphia International Airport, which weathered a brutal day of disruptions. MORE