Akeem the African Dream Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I cannot overemphasize that RT 78, Rt 81, Rt2 22, Rt 61,Rt3 3 and even the turnpike stand a good chance of being shut down in the next 8 hours or so. The ice accrual will be faster than salt can melt the ice and sleet and vehicles cannot travel on just ice. This does include the accidents to come with the road conditions with trees and poles down in the roads. Emergency services will be tried in the morning. The real threat other than the power issue is that even if can get out, nothing will be open or you cannot get there because of the road conditions. Penndot is going to surprise you if this stays mostly ZR. The more sleet you get the worse the road conditions will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boreal Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 That band near Harrisburg almost looks like a summer storm on radar. Yup. Might just wait up to see that come through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldstar Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 The heavier echoes might just be sleet, though I could be wrong, so I guess I will have to go outside and see for myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonyweather Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 heavy sleet here, once we go to zr, ****s gonna get serious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldstar Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Heavy sleet in W Allentown w/ a tad of ZR, temps still at 24F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV13WX Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Hi! I'm Carl in Palmerton, southern Carbon County. I'd like to join the icy fray. My 1st post. 25 w heavy sleet. Up a degree in the last 30 min. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldstar Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Hi! I'm Carl in Palmerton, southern Carbon County. I'd like to join the icy fray. My 1st post. 25 w heavy sleet. Up a degree in the last 30 min. Welcome! We love new faces in the LV thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherGuide Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Welcome! We love new faces in the LV thread! Guessing You're from Blue Ridge 13? OT for this thread.. but the stories out of Chicago sound awful.. storm is truly historic out there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV13WX Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Thanx Guys! Glad to join in. Big Jim turned me on to Eastern about 3 years ago. Still learning all the quirks of "posting" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boreal Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Interesting to see that State College is now reporting -SN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldstar Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Not sure what blue ridge 13 is... but I live in the West end of Allentown and I love the weather! Of course, I also love the Lehigh Valley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVblizzard Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Interesting to see that State College is now reporting -SN There was supposed to be a pocket of cold air in the northern half of central PA for a few hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABE SnowObserver Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Moderate sleet here at ABE. Officially .5" on snowboard of sleet since 7pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldstar Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Goodnight friends, I will try and check in at 6 or 7am! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV13WX Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Blue Ridge Communications Cable & Internet TV-13 News Local News M-F 5:00 5:30 10:00PM Covering southern Wayne cty, Pike, Monroe, & Carbon counties. Also Northern & Northwestern Lehigh County, north west Northampton & western Schuylkill counties Cable 11 News Northern Lancaster county Local News sports & weather M-F 5:30 10:00 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pohopoco Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Hello and Welcome Carl...I'm pretty sure I know you,that is to see you...Stll mainly Sleet here 21.7 dgs....need to grab some rest...not sure if I'll sleep my normal hour or two then check things out or I might just be out for good...In that case,enjoy the storm and Be Safe if you have to go out!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomalak55 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Sorry to spoil the fun, but there's no snow in State College (I'm here at PSU). We've had freezing rain with a little sleet mixed in at times for the past 5 hours. The State College obs have been wrong most of the night, earlier they said it was just overcast for a few hours while the freezing rain was coming down pretty hard. Those automated systems still have some kinks to get worked out with winter precipitation. Sorry to get off topic, hope you all in the Lehigh Valley don't get too badly iced over tonight, we're already getting iced pretty well out here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastBravest Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 State of Emergency now in affect...http://nc911.org/Feb_1_2011_Adverse_Weather_Ice_Event_SitRep_3_1.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wederwarrior Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 It is pouring sleet and FR RN right now The noise hitting the roof/windows just woke me up Temp 24.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 25.1*F...with no announced changes to the schedule here at PSU-H I'm calling it a night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 LOL, boy did we ever dodge a bullet up here. I had prepared for a major ice storm, and what did I get? An inch and a half of sleet. I'll be willing to bet we only got 0.1" of ice. So little of it accumulated that my wife's washlines aren't even sagging at all. We must have ran 90-100% sleet for most of the storm. Current temperature is 29.5 as of 5:00AM. So how did everyone else do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SP Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 LOL, boy did we ever dodge a bullet up here. I had prepared for a major ice storm, and what did I get? An inch and a half of sleet. I'll be willing to bet we only got 0.1" of ice. So little of it accumulated that my wife's washlines aren't even sagging at all. We must have ran 90-100% sleet for most of the storm. Current temperature is 29.5 as of 5:00AM. So how did everyone else do? I have 25.3F at the cabin wx station. I heard the sleet on the web cam feeds. Will confirm local conditions at sun up. The spots are off right now. I knew things were looking good when I did not see the generator kick on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab94 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 lucked out so far, sleet all night with only a small amount of ZR mixed in. temp 27.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastonwx Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 temps hovering right at 32, first indications are had some sleet and freezing rain rain, zr looks minor (no obvious hanging branches, etc.). currently rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RkTec Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Lots of ice here in Emmaus. Power has been off since 6:30 a.m. every 15 seconds or so I hear a pop followed by a tree and/or branches falling in the woods. Thank goodness for smart phones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastonwx Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Lots of ice here in Emmaus. Power has been off since 6:30 a.m. every 15 seconds or so I hear a pop followed by a tree and/or branches falling in the woods. Thank goodness for smart phones! seems like Lehigh County and western parts of Northampton County had the worst of the power outages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm017 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Received about an 1 inch of sleet with a glaze on top Temp:30 DP: 29 Cloudy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoconoD Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Good Morning. Looks like about 1.5" of sleet and a small amount of freezing rain. It appears the sleet saved our arses overnight from having widespread power outages up here in the southern poconos. 28.9F right now. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastonwx Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 measuring a real pain, but here are mine: 1.2" total, about 1 inch was sleet, and about .2 ice accrual. Temps still hanging on 32F. Walking outside in about 3 inches of heavy slush is no treat. Clean up is going to be a royal pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVblizzard Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 31F with freezing drizzle. Power is still on. My neighborhood always seems to luck out when it comes to power outages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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