Hurricane Agnes

My final total for yesterday's rain did end up being 2.21" (didn't get any measurable with the scattered returns that came later). Currently a misty 46 with dp 40.

Finally got chance to pop in but that whole line really over-produced here. I ended with up to 1.44"/hr rates at one point and total so far (at post time, because it looks like another little batch incoming soon) was 2.21"! I watched a thin but moisture-laden line that had been training over me for a bit after the main line had moved on. After a 44 low, got up to 60 for a high and it's currently a misty 54 with dp 54, and lots of puddles.

And that was just a couple minute burst and now the clouds have parted with a few stray clumped flurries. The tail of that band looks pretty raggedy and dry so...

It does! And that band has FINALLY shifted enough to produce something here. Now getting some big flakes with winds blowing it out of the NW.

I am getting fringed by literally being barely to the north of the northern extent the band cutting across Philly (I am right near the Philly/Montco line) and just looked outside and can see the stars with some clouds here and there. The band looks to almost be like a fire hose but it is "spraying" literally a mile or less to my south.

I have been in an extended dry slot for the past hour but it looks like a band is creeping north.

Might have a higher chance of having triple digit temps in summer if the set up is right. If large areas of your ground topsoil are dry, the energy that would normally be spent trying to evaporate any moisture in it will instead go into heating the air even more. Philly hasn't had a triple digit high since 2012 (if one wants to go down a rabbit hole on that year's previous winter - my 2011/2012 season had 4.01" snow/sleet and that season was a weak La Nina like now).

They are much smaller than regular bands or even streaks but they can produce like a pop-up cell! I finally got under one that actually managed to dust up the previously treated surfaces (streets and sidewalks) but it only gave me a whopping additional 0.1" for a total of 0.2" for the day so far. Currently down to 23 with dp 19, and some stray misty flurries.

I have missed out on the little bandlettes and cells and what little I got has mostly blown away - with hardly anything on the SW-facing front at all. The sun has been in and out all through the [banned word] "Event" [/banned word]. Currently overcast with breaks in the cloud deck, down to 24, after a high of 27 and low of 16, with dp 16.

Have a powdered sugar dusting and actually decided to try a measurement on the board and the stuff is like micro-graupel but only have 0.1" so far. The sun has been in and out with the flurries flying. Temp is 25 with dp 18.

Getting a little flizzard. Should have no trouble sticking with current temp 25/dp 18 but the flakes are fine and blowing around so...

As a note, I have never seen any red-winged blackbirds here in Philly but when I took a trip up to Niagara Falls during the summer about 10 years ago (Canadian side), there were a billion of them there. I was like OOOOOHHHHH... THAT is what they look like in person! Have been battling the dry air much of today. Got down to a low of 15 this morning and a dp of 1. Am currently at 27 after reaching a high for the day if 28. The dp has at least made it into the double digits at 11. Humidifiers have been having a rough time (have central air here). Will have to see if anything south of here manages to break through that dry air to deposit anything up here. My snowdrops are coming up so...

Lots of 50 - 60 mph gusts reported. And cold front has raced through with my temp down to 46 and dp to 42.

Gust front has been coming through. Round 1 today was 0.79" and it's currently at 0.83" (with 0.04" from round 2). Had 0.42" yesterday for a 2-day total (at post time) of 1.25". Low this morning was 34 at midnight and my high was 55 in the past half hour before the front started coming through. Currently light rain and 52 with temp dropping and dp 50.

All rain here now. Made it to 0.5" before the switchover. Temp is down to 33 with dp 33, so am close to borderline for ZR before any warm surge.

It took some time but the grassy areas and colder, untreated surfaces finally caved over the past hour. Currently have SN and temp 34, with a 0.25" coating so far, and with dp of 32.

Started off with virga and dews in the teens and then the moisture commenced and have flakes. Temp just dropped from 36 to 35 with dp 27 and SN-.

My Upper Darby sis had texted just before 7 pm to say she was getting sleet. I checked where I am here in NW Philly and only had mist and drizzle and dripping (even with radar returns over me). It did make it up to 34 here today after a 28 low and it's currently misty and 33 with dp 32.

Did a 4:00 am measure and have 2.75" of relatively fluffy stuff. Looks to be good snowball-making snow. I know that round 2 will probably be incoming to add a crust before it all eventually gets rained away. Currently an overcast 28, with some low stratus and dp 28. ETA - this brings my totals just over a foot of frozen for the season!

Did an 8:30 pm measurement and am up to 0.75" of snow so far. It has generally been fine stuff and SN- although it has picked up with some bigger flakes now and there looks to be a "heavier" stripe across my area (and just north). Currently SN- and some fog, with temp 30 and dp 28.

Finally started getting some very light flakes here about 45 minutes ago. The dews had been in the teens the past day or so and finally started creeping up within the past hour to break the virga. Currently 32 with dp 24.

His famous words the last time - "An underdog is a hungry dog". I kept yelling that through the whole game!

I think it was progged to start getting windy later today too so if you still have frozen branches (and the temps have been really slow to rise), I can imagine lots of snapped branches.

Seems everything on the 6z GFS is either southern-sliding, apps-running or lakes-cutting. Temp here continues to rise and am currently at 33 with dp 32. Dripping has been really slow however.