Voyager

I have to say that, for now anyway, I actually enjoy the first day of winter. Added benefit. On this new Office Depot account I drive on, I only go to Tucson, and then to Tempe. No more Flagstaff snow for me!

Setting up to be a soggy desert this weekend for me. Pretty impressive rain event as far as Phoenix is concerned. Thursday Night A 50 percent chance of showers after 11pm. Increasing clouds, with a low around 56. East northeast wind around 5 mph. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Friday Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. High near 63. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible. Friday Night Showers. Low around 52. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Saturday Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Wow!!! Only down to 26 in Tamaqua.

I'm beginning to think that it's not going to be cold and snowy until I return to PA. The same thing happened from 96-01 when I was out here. Snow was quite scarce back there during those years. I came back and all hell broke loose in 02-03.

3.50" in Tamaqua for what appears to be the final total for the event.

3.32" in Tamaqua per the USGS gauge since mine doesn't work anymore.

High end point and click rainfall totals for Tamaqua and eastern Schuylkill County were 4.25" earlier. Don't know if new forecasts will change, though.

I was thinking. Maybe Canderson should put some Airtags on his trashcans for later tracking and final location for retrieval...lol

Where the hell did he post that???

Looks to be wet on both coasts. After our flirtation with 80 degrees the next few days, the talk is of getting some much need rain here in Phoenix late next week.

I don't know. My buddy that drove refrigerated trucks quit and is going to become a driver instructor. I gotta find a new connection...

Hope y'all don't mind me here. I'm 2,300 miles away, but I've been a contributor for years, and will likely return once my commitment to my mom ends. I'm not a troll, but I do like funnin with you guys sometimes with my warmanista tendencies...

I thought my move to Arizona would help you guys out, but so far, that's failed miserably...

Thanks and enjoy! It's kind of nice to watch it all unfold (or unravel) from a comfortable distance.

Where are you?

So CTP hosted a WWA for the Skook.

Rumor has it that she wanted me, since she grew up in Reading which isn't far from Tamaqua. She gave up when I moved to Arizona, so she settled for Travis...

I agree that I miss "the chase" as in tracking an event until it verifies (or not). I don't miss the aftermath of digging out, cleaning cars, driving a semi in the snow, freezing my ass off, etc. Tracking from afar, without having to actually deal with work and stress of the storms outcome, is nice.

Oh yeah, I get it. Wasn't calling you out. As for the NWS playing catch up, CTP is/was the same way. They've almost always played conservative with totals up almost to game time.

We'll see I guess. The higher totals may verify up north of Tamaqua (Hometown and beyond) due to the higher elevation than the borough proper. Many times, we get little if any accumulation, then a mile north on 309 and up the hill in Hometown, there's a slushy inch or two. Then after you climb up to McAdoo and Hazleton, you get into more serious accumulations. It can be a totally different world up there in a marginal situation. It'll be 28-30 degrees and snowing like a bastard up there, and 35 with mixed precip in Tamaqua.

Interesting... I know anyone can click and get the forecast, but this is where they went with Tamaqua on the point and click. It had been a half inch Sunday night and a half inch Monday morning. Tonight Rain before 1am, then rain and snow. Low around 32. Northwest wind 8 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible. Monday Rain and snow before 10am, then a slight chance of snow between 10am and noon. High near 39. Breezy, with a northwest wind 18 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Looks like CTP caught on to the models increasing the snow totals. Verbatim, the Tamaqua forecast went from a half to one inch to a possible 2-4 inch finish.

Thats quite the turn of events if it verifies.

My forecast (Tamaqua) for tonight made me laugh. The way its worded it would be best to stay out and close the bar before attempting to drive home. You have a 1 hour window to be able to see where you're going... Tonight Patchy fog before 2am, then patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 33. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Looks somewhat like an I-81 (northeast of Harrisburg) special.