Voyager

Dead enough that I ran my new Jeep through the car wash today to get the heavy salt off of it. The bottom half was pure white...

I'm in the early camp as well. I prefer any snow to fall in the meteorological winter months of Dec, Jan, and Feb. By March I'm ready for winter to break and start moderating toward spring-like temperatures.

What a mess the roads are this morning. Between the moon crater sized potholes, black ice, and flooding that's been de-iced by many dump truck loads of salt, it was quite the challenge to get from Tamaqua to Lehighton for my semi annual DOT physical this morning. And while I haven't seen any yet, there are reports of a few near whiteout snow squalls around the area.

And just for fun. This is how rain happens...

I never knew that. Still, I think I'll stay here in the USA...lol

So I ended up with 2.41 inches of rain out of the system. It appears that we ended with a trace of ice and about 1/8 inch of sleet.

My trailer marker light encrusted in salty ice...

No. Those were only on the interstates I believe.

Mixed garbage up in Sunbury now and the roads are getting really "greasy"...

No. I haven't filmed for awile now. I do the same run every day, and I run out of things to say and show. I should have today, though. I'd have rain, some slush, and some high water on the roadside creeks.

Up Sunbury way, it's getting slick in spots. Especially where the road is shaded by trees. Otherwise not too bad...yet...lol

So far, so good this morning. Just wet in Tower City right now. In my backyard it's still 33.3 degrees, so no ice there yet, either. Event total to this point is 2.35 inches. Quite a soaker and creeks and rivers are running quite high.

As I feared. 34 and plain rain here in Tamaqua. 31 and freezing rain in Sunbury. Boss isn't in Sunbury, though, so I don't know if I can call out... BTW, it's 57 in Reading and 52 in Allentown. Crazy temp gradient in just 25 to 30 miles.

Right now 34 here in Tamaqua and 57 in Reading...

I wonder if I can get away with calling out based on what's supposed to happen an hour or so beyond my start time vs the ground truth AT my start time? I just really don't want to be out driving in an ice storm, but...

You guys are supposed to go to ice before I do. I'm really worried about running tomorrow. Even if main roads are treated, side roads won't be, not to mention any ice weight on tree limbs.

36.9 now. It was 37.8 at 5pm, so a slow decent. Hopefully it speeds up a bit. I'd like to lose a degree per hour instead two hours as is the current drop rate.

Send it down here please...and quickly.

I still want my freezing rain prior to 4am. I roll with the truck at 6am and really don't want to have to go out because it's just plain rain and then it changes over after I'm out. I'd rather just stay safe at home.

37.8 here.

Crazy, but I've seen that down my way in the past.

I've been watching the rain/snow line on Accuweather radar, and it hasn't budged an inch all day so far.

12z NAM shows my worst fear. Surface temps don't go below 32 until after I leave out in the truck, thus putting me on the roads just as everything is going over to ice. I am/was really hoping for a 1-3 am drop, so I could call off work. As long as it's just wet when I'm supposed to report, I'll have to go in as the boss won't see a legitimate reason for me to stay home. Go f'n figure...

Per the HRRR, which I don't know how reliable it is at this range yet, I would be at 33 with plain rain at 6am when I roll out with the truck. At that time, I probably wouldn't be able to call the boss man and say the roads are bad and it's icy...because they probably won't be, so I'll have to roll, then get into the icy goods about an hour later. At this point, I hope the cold press is faster, and we go to ice about 3am, so that when I wake up, everything here is a skating rink, and I have a legitimate reason to stay home.

Yeah really. Every storm we are an island as PIT, BGM, and PHL usually ring us with advisories/warnings.