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And the older I get, fall and winter are the seasons I least look forward to. Part of that reason, beyond my commercial driving, is that I had my thyroid removed last fall, and as a result, my tolerance for cold has decreased exponentially. This was not a cold winter as far as stats are concerned, but yet for me, it was the worst one since I moved back here in 2001 as far as how it felt to my body.

As you could guess, I love severe much more than snow. You mention towers in your post. Well, you haven't seen anything until you see towers rising all around you from the mountain ranges during an Arizona monsoon while it's clear on the valley floor. It's kind of like a ring of fire, and you watch the sky and the radar wondering which ones will build into a super cell, and which ones will drift down out of the mountains and into the valley. Unlike here in PA where they mostly roll in from the west or northwest, a cell can come from any direction at anytime, and occasionally drift from multiple directions and come together into one immense storm. One of those happened when I lived out there as a storm came north from Pinal County and Gila Bend, one drifted south from Lake Pleasant, and the other came in from the east out of Mesa. They hit West Phoenix and Avondale (where I lived at the time) with such a vengeance as I'd never seen before. Lightning that wasn't CTG stretched from one end of the sky to the other in a near strobe light effect for nearly an hour. Then there's the outflow induced haboobs, or duststorms, which can be incredibly amazing in their own right.

Well we got enough sleet to put down a coating on everything, including sidewalks before we changed to rain, although I'm wondering if we completely changed or just mixed overnight, as there were still a few "pings" on my corrugated patio roof extension when I put the dog out at 7am DST.

Just got back from Atlantic City. Parked the bus and came home. It was dry out. Ten minutes in the house and go outside for a smoke and we have light/moderate sleet. Talk about making it just in time...lol

Thanks! Probably getting back into the region around 8-9pm. I don't yet know my departure time from AC. Probably 5 or 6pm.

What's the timing for that? Doing an Atlantic City charter tomorrow, and will likely be getting back to Hazleton/Tamaqua after sunset.

You'll need hip waders just to set out the bases...lol

I never was a fan of cold weather, but at one time, before I drove commercially, I actually did like snow. My intolerance for winter snow and cold came from the five years I lived in Phoenix. I never recovered from the year round warmth, ease and worry-free driving, and in MY opinion, comfort.

Nope...lol

I didn't measure, but a co-op observer over in Mahanoy City, about 12 miles from my house on the other side of I-81, recorded 7 inches from this event. Eyeballing my own backyard, it looked like maybe about 3-5 inches here.

It's all good. I think we'll get our 4, but insane rates are cool to watch. Even if just for an hour or two. I was in total awe back in 96 when it snowed so hard in the final deformation band that it looked like pea soup fog outside.

20+dbz rates have successfully danced south of Schuylkill County all night long. But, it had been modelled that way for a couple days now. Our heavy(er) rates have visibly backed off in the past hour though

Cool. If we're going to have snow, then I want to see good rates. Thanks!

Big question, though. Does that good forcing make it up here to Schuylkill County or does it stay down there in the southern tier counties? As you know, I'm a "go big or go home" kind of person when it comes to winter events, so if it's going to snow, especially in March, then I want to get my azz kicked with a good one, and not be "fringed".

And that's what I hate. There is more to weather than just snow. Try to start a discussion about thunderstorms and tropical systems, and it's mostly crickets in here...

Which storm is that? So many storms back to back I can't tell which one you guys are talking about...lol If it's the Sunday/Monday storm, what are the estimated start and end times? I'm supposed to do a Philly Flower Show trip on Monday, and I'm not looking forward to driving in that mess after spending a week here in Phoenix. I hope the trip cancels.

Nope. Tomorrow. I get back to PA about 7pm.

I wish I could stay in Phoenix another week...

I just hope it's enough to cancel my trip to the Philly Flower Show on Monday. The last thing I want to do is drive a 45 ft bus in a wintry mess immediately after arriving home from warm and sunny Phoenix.

Thanks! I'm not experiencing this one as I'm out west watching from the sidelines. It looks like gusts we're into 50's statewide, though. I expected to see the outage map intensify overnight. Was surprised it didn't.

Looking at the power outage maps this morning, it appears that Eastern PA is in much better shape than Western PA. We're the winds stronger out that way, or is there another factor at play?

Just checked my forecast for Tamaqua and CTP boosted the gusts up five to 65mph during the overnight hours.

I must be getting punished for my earlier post. Delayed/late getting out of Allentown by an hour due to a mechanical issue which caused me to miss my connecting flight. That resulted in rebooking on a later flight which now has.......... wait for it...... mechanical issues. So now this flight out of Charlotte is going to be delayed by about an hour or so. All in all a lousy flight day and one that's going to end up 3 to 4 hours longer than expected.

There are times when that causes a short circuit though...