Hurricane Agnes

I know I have skunks around here and will go out to the patio and get greeted by their hellish "perfume"! It definitely appears to have ticked north and looks like it wanted to be an apps runner and then does the Miller-B jump.

I had mentioned it here - It happened sometime in November around Thanksgiving.

My Wyndmoor sister had texted yesterday about the foxes on her street whining and screaming all night. Am guessing it must be mating season or something. The 12z GFS is running so will see what happens. I bottomed out at 39 this morning and had noticed it had clouded over overnight. It's currently partly cloudy and 48 with dp way up there at 41.

It looks like it has the cold air coming in after the storm is off the coast though (unless it thinks some cold air will come with a little clipper-like low that precedes the coastal).

I just took a peak at the 12z Euro and 12z GFS for the 2/13 storm and they are like polar opposites (Euro north and GFS a DC metro bonanza). But thing is - the snow from them seem to happen for VD and stays around for the following week or so, and you can't really tell what any additional contribution would have been after VD with a 2nd storm around 2/18 - 2/21. And at least for the GFS range, the storm from the 18th - 21st is a slider, going south of Philly metro.

After a chilly low of 28 this morning, I made it up to 46 for a high. The breeze was more noticeable today so it felt cooler than the high suggested although spots in the sun were "warm". It's currently clear and 43 with dp 28.

That's a Harrisburg, north and west special! Even with us now being pretty much at the "coldest" time of year for water temps (due to the natural lag), the surface temps are still in the mid-upper 40s off the coast. The 0z Euro has that low further south.

Well we didn't quite get there the last time it hit close to 60, let alone 80 down in D.C. (although I think more north could still get flakes)! I think the model "climatology" pieces are unable to handle the changes in climate.

It's been good to see the sun for a somewhat extended period and my obs for highs the past couple days have been mainly mid 40s (45/46/45) with lows in the upper 20s - mid-30s (35/29/30). This morning the radiational cooling and dry air got me much colder, where so far my low has been 27. Currently 27 with dp 15. Looks like a torchy weekend ahead.

The Governor officially named Punxsutawney Phil the "official" PA State Meteorologist this morning. So far have 0.12" in the bucket today.

But there are still plenty of floodlights out there. Looks like Phil cancelled winter.

It may get stuck in the mud. When I was out yesterday running errands I did see a few surviving plowed mounds still occupying space in the store parking lots, albeit pretty much completely dirt covered. Well the first day of February started off with a low of 29 (with folks out there scraping frost off their car windshields) and made it to a high of 47. I finished January with 7.53" of liquid (although it was missing some rain when snow/ice-clogged with that storm #1 in mid Jan.). I did see the sun much of the day today but then as progged, it clouded over. It's currently 45 with dp 37.

Made it up to 37 yesterday after a low of 33 and had noticed the sidewalk was wet with some non-measurable precip yesterday evening (didn't see flakes at the time). Overnight registered 0.01" of liquid although again, am not sure if any of it was from flakes, light rain/drizzle, or a mix. The temp stayed above freezing overnight regardless. Currently a damp and misty 35 with dp 33.

Kamu's squirrels are looking for their mound and traveled up there to find one! The sun did manage to pop out earlier this morning but that didn't last long. It's currently 40 and overcast with dp 32.

The on and off drizzle/light rain rounds continued yesterday evening after my last report and I finished up with 1.07" yesterday. The precip. kept on coming overnight with 0.04" in the bucket this morning, resulting in a 5-day total of 1.64". Currently mostly cloudy and 38 with dp 35.

Bottomed out at 39 this morning and haven't moved much today, with a high so far of 42. The initial round of the heavy rain that began sometime after 1 am, netted me 0.93" before a pause. A lighter round ensued mid-morning with an additional 0.07" (so far) for a total of 1.00" on the nose at post time. Currently a misty 40 with dp 40. ETA to note that I have recorded 7.41" of liquid for the month (so far) although some of that is missing rain data during the transitions from snow/sleet to rain for the 1/15 - 1/16/24 storm that didn't make it through a snow/ice-clogged gauge and also includes delayed snow melt from the gauge.

Ended up with a low of 41 this morning and a high of 49. And yes, that odd yellow orb in the sky did make an appearance thanks to breaks in the clouds. Had some leftover misty stuff deposit 0.01" in the bucket early this morning, and with 0.26" the previous 2 days, I ended up with 0.53" for a 3-day total. Currently partly cloudy and 46 with dp 41.

Bottomed out at 43 this morning and made it up to 51 for a high. It's currently a pea soup-thick foggy 49 (vis. < 1/10th of a mile) with dp 48.

The couple nights that stayed above freezing pretty much knocked everything on the grass and streets completely out. The giant plowed mounds in the supermarket lots are still there though. Made it up to 44 for a high yesterday, bottomed out at 43 this morning, and ended up at 53 for a high today. The fog where I am was much greater yesterday than today although where my sis is in Wyndmoor, they had much more today (more open areas still had snow cover there). Was expecting more rain by now (had 0.03" yesterday and 0.21" today so far), but will see what might bubble up overnight. Currently a misty 51 with dp 51.

Ended up hitting 36 for a high today so had lots of slushy shoveled/plowed mounds that will freeze solid tonight. Currently 30 with dp 20.

12z Canadian has the High oozing down just after the precipitation has mostly moved OTS.

Looks like the suggestion was that a Canadian High was going to ooze down over NE and chill things as the Low passes off the coast. Nailing that this far out (for GFS) might be dodgy though.

Wanted to wait until after sunrise this morning to confirm but my low this morning was 20. And although the winds relaxed after about 6 pm last night, they never went calm, and there were puffs of a breeze on and off all night, so the ideal radiational cooling wasn't in effect. Currently mostly sunny and 23 with dp 16.

Bottomed out at 20 this morning and made it up to just under freezing with a high of 31. The wind was blowing a lot of the powder off the roofs in the area in any case. I also noticed that some time after noon yesterday, my station's anemometer and vane managed to free themselves from their frozen encasement and were moving again. Currently clear and 29 with dp 14 and I expect the radiational cooling will be in full effect tonight.

OMG it's been a LONG time since we've seen the epic snow pile at your spot! As powdery stuff, six on one side says it would go quickly and a dozen on the other says if there is some rain in there with melting and refreezing, the potential for glacier creation would be there to help build a solid foundation. So far today (and probably the final) my "high" for the day was 23 at midnight as I got no higher than 22 during the daytime hours. It's currently partly sunny but with a high cloud deck moving in, and 22 with dp 9.