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You should see how much coal the train pulls out of Lehigh Anthracite here in Tamaqua. Most, if not all, of it goes overseas. The trucks (ours included) haul the domestic, as well as some of the port loads.
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I don't know of too many who cook with coal anymore, but coal heat is still quite popular up where I live. Getting some flurries/light snow already as I type.
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I'd say probably a third of the houses in Tamaqua are still burning coal. Even at my work, our shop is heated with coal. You should see the monstrosity of a furnace we have.
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Maybe depending on location, but CTP dropped my Monday low from 6 to 2 per my forecast.
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NWS early morning updated forecast... Friday Snow, mainly after 11am. High near 34. East wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. Friday Night Snow. Low around 24. Calm wind becoming north 5 to 8 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
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Yup. Probably need at the minimum, three inches for it to last until Christmas Day
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So when is the snow supposed to start tomorrow? The past few days, my forecast was saying after 1pm. Now the new forecast this morning just says snow, but no start time. Friday Snow. High near 34. Light east wind.
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I think you misread his post...
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You should rise on one of those ramps in a big truck. Being able to see over the retaining walls gives an even greater illusion to the height than just being in a car.
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Thanks. Hauling water is one of the easiest trucking jobs I've had. Winter cold tries one's patience though. Hoses turn into PVC pipes, caps freeze on, valves freeze shut. Then there's the ever present fear that the vent froze shut. If that happens, especially when we're unloading, a good tank trailer ends up in the scrap yard.
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Way too cold actually. I've loaded water at -8 up in Hazleton in the past. It sucks, though. Everything freezes almost instantly.
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Sunday night keep getting colder... Sunday Night Clear, with a low around 6.
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I guess I've got a pretty good eye (despite the beginnings of macular degeneration) because earlier I said it looked like we got about 2 inches and that graphic shows Tamaqua at 1.9 inch.
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Flipped to rain/freezing rain now.
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Still snowing here. Eyeballing perhaps 2 inches on the ground. Temp is 33.
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Finally, just before bedtime, the snow arrived. Everything is covered, including the street.
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Nice! That's what I'm hoping to see when I get up for work tomorrow morning, but I'm beginning to wonder if delayed is denied.
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Still basically nada here. Only a few random flurries.
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Not two minutes after I posted that, the first flurries started falling...lol
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I'm really hoping it starts before my 7:30 bedtime. My luck it'll start between 8 and 9 here, and by my 1:30am wake up time it'll be rain or freezing rain.
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32/26 at 4:20pm. First wave on radar just passed through and was straight virga. Haven't seen a flake or a pinger yet.
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That's crazy. It's a pure lead gray sky over here...
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31/26 here under the darkening skies of a thickening cloud deck. No precipitation yet, but it looks like some virga is knocking on the door.
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Rain, possibly mixed with sleet or snow after 1am for me per CTP. I'm sure the roads will be just wet with that, plus PennDot salt. I was hoping for a delayed start tomorrow, but it appears to be just a shitty weather long day for me. Wish the snow would have hung on until daybreak.
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If that's the case, I'm gonna be decorating the spare tire on my Jeep this morning...
