Chief83

Worcester, PA. 36 degrees - light rain occasionally mixed with snow. (Basically a miserable day.)

Worcester, PA. Ended up with approx. 12". Accuweather was a little slow to get there, but with some adjustments their forecast of 10-14 was right on with my 12". I watched that "death band" last night and it just struggled to move into Montgomery County from Bucks. Not surprised western Chester and Berks came up short in the end. Kind of what was pretty much forecasted with all the talk of a sharp cutoff to the western edge. If anything seemed overdone (to me locally) in the end was the NWS PHL statement at 10:30 last night of an additional 10 to 16" after 11 PM or so. We did get a few more inches , but i don't think anywhere near that. It may have been worded that select areas to the east of me would get that. I'm not sure. I guess if that death band had come 15 miles further west it would have verified. I am very aware they cover a wide range of territory and the variances in location, elevation, etc, etc. make it an impossible task to have a forecast or comment apply to all. It appeared to me that the temp getting down to 29 last evening may have saved us from power issues with the snow becoming drier and not clinging to the trees as much. Our trees were loaded, but not many power outages as could have been if the flakes had been bigger and wetter. By midnight i saw light blowing snow as compared to what could have been. If I have a complaint with the posters on the forum - I wish everyone would just add their location on posts or in their visible profile on the left side as it is difficult to know where they are and the forum covers a huge area. We are big on IMBY and for the most part few know where your backyard is. Ex - If you say 34 and light rain. Are you in the Poconos or Delaware. (My 2 cents)

Accu forecast is 10 to 14 for me in Montgomery city. Pa. Have 7 now.

I think power outages may be the #1 issue. They will probably not be isolated so "get in line". Heavy snow + strong winds = toast.

That map shows the low location on Monday morning if I'm reading it right.

Worcester, PA. 3:45 PM. Changed to all snow - moderate, 32.7 degrees -dewpoint 32.4. Had .22 of rain before the change over. Unpaved surfaces covering.

Worcester. PA. 33.6 Non paved surfaces covering. Light snow. Had started as light drizzle.

Same happened to me. Ran out of oil. In my case my oil delivery guy did the bleed. It took about 2 minutes. I was going to do it. You tube video shows it . Not hard to do.

Worcester, PA. Highest gust 37.8 mph. Lowest wind chill -9.7. Brutal outside.

Worcester, PA 12 degrees . Almost all sleet. Some flakes mixed in. Rough estimate 10 inches.

Worcester, Pa had a low of -6. Neighbor had -5.6. . Up to 11 now at 9:30 am.

Worcester, PA 5 degrees at 8:45 pm.

Worcester, PA 30 degrees. . Down 2 degrees in last 1.5 hours. Everything covered again. Roads had cleared. Now covered again. I expect road crews are getting tired. Great job locally. Haven't been out to see rest of the area.

Thanks for the clarification. I was not aware of that. It seemed to me after a road is brined the road just stays wet and doesn't ice over until it get too diluted or washes off.

Worcester, PA ended up with about 2.5". Normally not much of an event, but in this case the roads were horrible. I am not 100% sure, but it would appear not much brine was put down. It wasn't an issue of 15 degrees and brine not working. (I think brine has a point where it is too cold and doesn't work similar to salt). It was 30 to 32 degrees. It appeared after running four fire calls with in 2 hours it was township, county and state roads that were just a mess. (I'm in central Montgomery County PA.) I know the storm over performed, but I think we all knew there was a chance of snow. It also shows it doesn't take much of a coating to create traffic nightmares. I think I read most of the computer models missed it and only the RGEM performed better than others. Kind of makes sense to not put all your eggs in one model. Tomorrow we have a winter weather advisory - so we have a heads-up. Not sure, but I think brine has to go on a dry road. That does not appear likely today. In addition the locals are still plowing and not is a position to brine for tomorrow. Be fun to watch the models tonight for tomorrow.

Worcester, PA. 32 light snow. Everything covering, including the roads.

Worcester, PA. 34 moderate snow. Starting to cover ground and roads.

Worcester, PA 8 degrees. I'm in a cold spot and the combo of snow on the ground and no wind.

Worcester, PA. Very light snow. 32.9

Worcester, PA was down to 25.2 a few minutes ago. 26 at this moment. Still pretty clear our with a bright moon. I expect we will pop up when the clouds move in.

Worcester, PA. Gust to 35. Power off briefly, but back on now.

Worcester , PA temp 32.4. Dp 32.2 Moderate snow. Grass and roads now covered. Even the treated roads covering.

Worcester, PA 32 dp 29 Moderate snow. Not sticking anywhere yet.

Worcester, PA. 29 degrees freezing rain.

Can you imagine not having power or cable TV for the SuperBowl? I guess plan B would be to drive to a location that had no ice issues. I'm in Montgomery County so I'm officially on record as not wanting any ice.