Burghblizz

Even though I didn’t get that main band, it reminded me how much a love this. Sometimes tons of tracking doesn’t play out. But other times, you get something like that mesoscale feature that you would have never predicted 3 or 4 days out.

And as far as overall “climate”…sure it’s changing. And it’s impacting some things. But we need a helluva lot more than a poor 18 month stretch to glean that our sensible “snow weather” is significantly different. The data just doesn’t show that. Our 30 year snow averages continue to go up. And that included a drought that happened in the early 90s. Then we cranked out 3 70” winters over the next 40 months. Climate change and “snowing a lot in Pgh” aren’t mutually exclusive, especially when viewed in our lifetimes.

NWS Weather “headlines” aren’t scores. They are just one services way to broadly communicate what they think will happen. We like watches and warnings as weather fans because it kind of validates our tracking. But no one in there right mind is going to check that 5 years from now. No one cares. People will however remember being stuck in 2” per hour rates. In fact, headlines are for “county averages”, not for one location. So clearly this was an event that averaged at least 4” in the county. It absolutely “verified” (which again, is just us talking, not some official score). If that band was 10 miles east and the kid working last night at NWS thought “hmm…I’m puttin up a warning for the county”, does that count as a WSW verified? Or no because half the county didn’t get it? This stuff can be spun either way. But it’s silly try to position it so it fits the trolling agenda. It was a good winter day for most…a great winter day for some.

Go to banter with the trolling. Taking this thread back. Yesterday was fun with actual weather and weather conversations. Don’t need 30 more posts because a ruler missed by .1, or was 2 miles in the wrong spot. Clutter.

If u move to Philly, DC or Central Park, you can see 700 day stretches before seeing even an inch. 12 miles from the airport had 10” yesterday. So let’s not carry this stat forward anymore. If the official total got it, you would have said “well that doesn’t count because I didn’t get ituhhh”

December 2020 was a fairly widespread average that approached a foot.

Spotter 2 miles from me reported 4.5”, so that’s what I’ll go with. Had 3.5” from main shield. Picked up about a half inch in about 20 minutes in the LES band. Then a little bit after that, including another littlep snow shower just now.

Funny how the bigger snows circumvented the weenies fighting and made it to some good posters. Maybe being positive will lead to better snows!

Just saw McMurray - 8.5” Havent seem an official KPIT total. What’s funny is I think the office is slightly north of the airport. And in watching the band, it may have mostly missed them even though it was snowing at the actual airport.

I’m not someone that rips on NWS because they aren’t giving me the “headlines” I want… But man, this band needed something more than continuing an advisory for 1-2” additional. There is going to be a wide swath (or at least long swath) of areas that got an additional 4-5” in a matter of hours.

Slightly jealous, but happy for the southern posters that can be on the front lines of screwdom sometimes.

East Liverpool - 8”. Just missed that by 30 miles

I think there are different levels of block. (but I’m honestly not sure. I just have one person blocked that last posted in 2011 and can’t remember why)

The ignore button would solve some of y’all’s problems

Looks like a general 3”-5”. It will be fun to see who pops 6”+ where the band persisted. (I was not one of them, but it doesn’t mean it doesn’t count - lol). Congrats to those cashing in. I saw a 6” in Monesson and 8.5” in Lisbon, Oh where the band originally posted up

Feb 1994 (I think) we got 8” off a similar band with a double lake connection. Starting to think you might see that where it is training in Ohio. I’m hallucinating it sliding east, but will be interesting.

East Liverpool has 4.5” and is still firmly in that band. I bet they top 6”.

I feel like south hills are in a good spot for this main weenie band.

HRRR nailed these bands. Recent runs had some streamers with a couple inches. Depends on placement and how much they train, but some should pivot east. Just west of the airport looks to be getting really thumped.

Fat and falling fast

This is making up for the slight underperformer today. Heavy snow falling on top of fresh snow.

Rippin in Cranberry.

Overall main shield looks to be shrinking and dying out - but short term models still show some mini death bands coming off Lake Erie. Those are beginning to show on radar as well. Taken literally, looks like south and west of the city have a best shot.

Seeing more reports of 3” and 4” and less reports from TimB

Seeing a few 3” reports around Allegheny and Greene counties. I’m at 2.5”. Slow grind, but a nice winter day.