I am utterly shocked how much we got in this region from kutztown to macungie and emmaus. I am upset I slept through it. I got pics from a friend in Bethlehem 20 minutes away - may be 5” there at most and 12”+ here.
32.2 F / 21 dew and cloudy near Allentown. It will be powder here. It will be interesting to see how intact the precip shield is as it crosses the mountains. I am cautiously optimistic for 3-4” .
Seriously, I had a similar conversation today with someone on the same subject . The sun this afternoon felt like March/April today. I never used a coat this afternoon in the sun as it felt so warm at 38 degrees.
These storms always produce winners and losers! That sucks. I go crazy missing out on these winter storms (nailed this one though.). I also hate missing a severe thunderstorm! .
Moderate snow up here near Allentown - 31.2 on my weather station with calm winds. Eyeballing at least 4” on the deck, possibly more. Leaving for work soon so I will find out soon! .
It really does feel warm up here. 41.5 f and dew of 33.2f (near Allentown.) It may be the rare significant accumulation when the air temp is 33-34 F. .
Steady but light snow up here in Lehigh County - 23.1 F. Just slightly more than a coating thus far. I am thinking we stay at the low end of the nws forecast range. .
Yeah, this is a bad bust. It’ll be interesting to see how far north th mixing progresses. Based on what we’ve seen thus far, I would say the southern Poconos are in trouble as well. Maybe it makes it as far north as Mount Pocono. .
I’m just happy to get something after the disaster of last winter. Sometimes south mountain here can be a barrier to the changeover, but often we follow suit after Lansdale and Quakertown go down. .
It’s been monsoon weather here as well - just over 4” here thurs thru sun 5 miles sw of Allentown. It’s been a spring/summer of boom or bust for precip.
2.20 for the period from Thursday afternoon thru the early morning hours, nearly 1 3/4” from that last line that went from Reading to Easton. We actually had hail at midnight as that cell was wild. .
The track of the storm that traveled over me from topton in berks county over to macungie, emmaus, and south allentown dropped a quick 3/4” of rain. It then quickly fizzled out if existence! .
A pretty decent isolated t-storm hit Allentown. It was fun for 10 minutes! It will be interesting to see how long it maintains intensity as it moves south. .
Winding down now at 2.27” for the day with a tenth of an inch or less left based on radar. I am wondering if this was enough to remove the moderate drought criteria here over lehigh county. Much of Berks likely improved enough to erase drought or dryness criteria!