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    E PA/NJ/DE Autumn 2025 Obs/Discussion

    in Philadelphia Region

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    7 hours ago, The Iceman said:

    We do wind pretty well around here lately 

    Last year as well. It's been a bitch with the winds we just can't get the God damn snow. Damn it! 

    Winds are   howling. Hopefully some capacitors  blow up. I'll take a good tree falling, smashing stuff and junk. Weather has been boring.Hell, I'll take a big flood thing for drought - guy,....

     

     

     

    E PA/NJ/DE Autumn 2025 Obs/Discussion

    in Philadelphia Region

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    3 minutes ago, Hurricane Agnes said:

    If you are talking about the Jan. 7 - 8, 1996 storm, they definitely declared a state of emergency and actually threatened to fine anyone (like $400 or something) who went out in it.  But people still did and I know that there was at least one car stuck and completely buried in the middle of the street that ran alongside my apartment building.  It was there for almost 2 weeks!  Philly schools were pretty much closed the entire week as was the federal government (we had a LAN and I had a dial-up connection to the office to check email, etc).   I never bought my "french toast" supplies (bread and milk) beforehand like true Philly snow wienies do, so there I was the day after (my birthday), hoofing it with my little shopping cart, to the supermarket that was 2 blocks down the street (walking in the middle of what was somewhat "plowed" (in quotes) of the street), to get some bread and milk. :lol:  The supermarket did open (am guessing the clerks lived nearby).  My car was strategically parked in the lot SW side of my building, where with all that snow, I expected to have to spend forever shoveling, but was spared.  There was literally almost nothing on my car (the building blocked the snow blowing in from the NE).  I just needed a snow brush and was done.  The snow was really powdery (it was ~23F during much of the storm so had to have easily been 15:1 - 20:1 ratios.  The cars elsewhere in the lot were buried in several foot drifts!

     

    I had one LOUD and LONG rumbling thunder about 9:45 pm last night and then maybe 20 minutes later, I heard a softer, more distant thunder.

    I actually picked up 0.25" on Sat., 0.55" overnight, and a couple scattered showers this morning gave me 0.06", for a 3-day total of 0.86", which was not bad.

    Made it up to 64 yesterday after a low of 46 but had my "high" today of 55 just after midnight, and it has been downhill ever since.  It stayed mostly in the mid-40s during the day and the sun did pop out briefly once the last of the rain was done, but the bottom is starting to fall out now, with the CAA and even with the active breeze.

    It's currently 39 with dp 31, so the cold front is definitely sending that dry air in.

    Definitely going to be crisp night. Helps with breathing going out for a quick walk clears my congestion. Being inside I'm a mucus factory...

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    E PA/NJ/DE Autumn 2025 Obs/Discussion

    in Philadelphia Region

    Posted

    Last year of the Farmers Almanac. We have to go out with a bang. I don't care if its a blizzard, ice storm or whatever. Need something memorable...not nickel and dime crap.

    The end of an era.
    After 208 years, the Farmers’ Almanac has officially published its final edition.
    For generations, farmers, gardeners, old-timers, and “I can tell a storm’s coming by my knee” folks have used it to predict the weather, planting seasons, fishing days, and just about everything in between.
    Their 2026 edition is already out — and it will be the last one ever.
    Even their online access is shutting down next month due to rising costs and the mess of today’s media world.
    Whether you trusted it… or just argued with it… it’s hard to deny it was a piece of American tradition.

     

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    E PA/NJ/DE Autumn 2025 Obs/Discussion

    in Philadelphia Region

    Posted

    7 hours ago, Albedoman said:

    sorry, I could pee more than this rain.  I am more exited about seeing the possibility of white rain in the next few days. I will sleep just fine tonight. At least the wind has stopped. Tired of seeing down ash trees.

     

    Itt sure as hell wasn't a gully washer and it's out of here at 6:20 a.m. Guessing .2"-ish... could be completely wrong.

    54F

     

    E PA/NJ/DE Autumn 2025 Obs/Discussion

    in Philadelphia Region

    Posted

    45 minutes ago, JTA66 said:

    I don’t recall at exactly what point, but eventually they closed all roads. Unless you were a first responder, it was illegal to drive.

    Just for $hits & giggles I call my company’s snow line Monday morning (yes, pre-internet days). The message basically said, “The office is open and although the roads are closed, associates are expected to make every effort to come in”. 
     

    yeah, right…FU! I went back to bed.

    I worked for a company like that where we had to call in. If they had enough  people show up we did a little something but never a full day but pay for the full day. If only two or three showed up, ate a little breakfast/donuts/coffee. Didn't work a minute, sent home and paid for the full day. Being a weenie I didn't mind traveling in the snow. I actually look forward to it and getting paid for a full day for doing nothing it was well worth it.

    Another bright full moon, cool and crisp.

     

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    E PA/NJ/DE Autumn 2025 Obs/Discussion

    in Philadelphia Region

    Posted

    Just now, bigtenfan said:

    To this day i wonder if the 1996 game was to be played in Philly instead of Dallas would Rendell have declared an emergency and postponed the game.

    Inside, Rendell being a big Birds fan, he would have wanted the game to be played. But he probably would have been under so much pressure to postpone the game. Literally a life/death kinda storm and if someone died because of his decision to play the game it would have been a nightmare and ended his political career.

    I think we were under a state of emergency...

    E PA/NJ/DE Autumn 2025 Obs/Discussion

    in Philadelphia Region

    Posted

    2 hours ago, KamuSnow said:

    I'm enjoying this "active" weather! Pretty windy here, and it's cloudy at the moment, but yeah the moon is super bright. So bright that it's heating the ground  and helping to mix down those strong winds, lol.

    2:15am, moon probably at it  brightest angle/ spot right now. Clear skies. I could have a football catch without any actual electric lights. The deer are probably a little perplexed. They usually come out of the woods overnight because it's dark but you can see them clear as day.

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