NortheastPAWx Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 Now reporting light snow, which I can say is highly inaccurate as I look out my apartment window. Definitely sleet and freezing rain. That censor has a long history of being inaccurate in these events. I remember back in a December 07 event it was reporting -SN in what was clearly sleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Final OBS for the night. Mod 50/50 freezing rain/sleet combo with accumulations pushing .15-.25. Roads are gone. Completely. Going to be highly surprised if much of anything opens up tomorrow morning/afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Welp, took my walk. Air temps via the hand held are lurking in the 31.3-31.5 range and there is a lot of ice on the trees. I'm starting to hear stuff coming down in the woods. The township road is still in pretty good shape considering.. just slushy. I stuck a rain gauge in the snow on top of the picnic table before this wave started and its got 0.5" in it. moderate ZR continues with some sleet in here and there. Very nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I just looked outside, it is sleeting with some snow flakes... I can hear the sleet bouncing off my sky lights. Watching the local traffic cams shows all roads are covered. The scanner keeps going off with auto accidents and falls. all schools are closed but the colleges and unis have not (yet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Clause Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Sleet/Frzn mix still here East of Williamsport....limbs sagging here out in the sticks....temp 29.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scummyratguy Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 here in york, i just went out to salt for my wife who (may) leave for work at 5:30. It's bad. Road here at my house is dangerous, sidewalks are more dangerous. Trees are getting heavy with ice accum. Interested to see what I find when I wake up. goodnight all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Marusak Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I just looked outside, it is sleeting with some snow flakes... I can hear the sleet bouncing off my sky lights. Watching the local traffic cams shows all roads are covered. The scanner keeps going off with auto accidents and falls. all schools are closed but the colleges and unis have not (yet). i was talking with a HS friend earlier on, about midnight eastern. and she said it was sleeting in glen lyon/newport township at about midnight ET. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 Temp's up to 24.7*F. Well, it looks like we'll be spared the ice storm. Sleet is not budging, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Marusak Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Temp's up to 24.7*F. Well, it looks like we'll be spared the ice storm. Sleet is not budging, last bufkit soundings were saying that the changeover for the wyoming valley wouldn't occur until say 3 am (08z). so you've got another hr or two to wait on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Temp's up to 24.7*F. Well, it looks like we'll be spared the ice storm. Sleet is not budging, That's good to hear, you don't want it haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 looks like it might be over for us in the next hour or 2 back edge coming in fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 looks like it might be over for us in the next hour or 2 back edge coming in fast. How's the icing situation up there? Its gettin pretty bad down this way. I've been hearing larger branches etc. coming down in the woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Precip has pretty much shut off as the dry slot punches through. Measured 0.75" in rainfall. Pretty difficult to measure the ice.. Its def over the warning criteria though. Wind is now kicking up pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 How's the icing situation up there? Its gettin pretty bad down this way. I've been hearing larger branches etc. coming down in the woods. i dont know...haven't been out in a while. we'll see in the morning...i did get alot of sleet so that prob saved me from the bad icing. 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...
JamieOber 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 0.0" 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? Not too bad. Rise in temp/sleet helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Not too bad. Rise in temp/sleet helped. That 0.0 figure should read as 0.1 inch of ice. Anyway, my station doesn't break down temps so I don't know in what incraments the surface rose overnight, but I suppose one of two things saved us. We must have had either a very shallow layer above 0c preventing a full melt, or it was higher up and the rain re-froze before reaching the surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 That 0.0 figure should read as 0.1 inch of ice. Anyway, my station doesn't break down temps so I don't know in what incraments the surface rose overnight, but I suppose one of two things saved us. We must have had either a very shallow layer above 0c preventing a full melt, or it was higher up and the rain re-froze before reaching the surface. I went outside for the newspapaer (it was there, have to give props to tthe newsboy), it is freezing rain right now. The college I work at is opening at noon. I am working from at home today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Anyone know if conditions weren't as bad west of me? Not to turn this into a school thread, but I find it interesting that all schools from my location east, including WB/Scranton and the Lehigh Valley, are closed, and those from Pottsville and west are open on a 2 hour delay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jen2swt Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Looks like it's just rain now ......it did get nasty overnight, the wind was fierce....trees are def iced, roadways are not since they were salted yesterday.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Everything is a sheet of ice here in Lancaster County Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Side roads are bad, major roads are pretty good. I think we are very lucky the temps went up. With as much as the ice built up on everything..wow, we would be in trouble, serious trouble. It looks really cool out there.. With as many downed trees and power lines as we have, our school district closed..Scanner is going crazy with associated problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jen2swt Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I still think it's crazy we are a 2hr delay. The sidewalks the kids walk on are a sheet of ice....hopefully they will call it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Over 25,000 people without power across the eastern Susquehanna Valley. 7,000 in Lancaster County alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Over 25,000 people without power across the eastern Susquehanna Valley. 7,000 in Lancaster County alone. For those who don't know the link, here is PPL's power outage map. It's lighting up like a Christmas tree now. https://selfserv.ppl.../OutageMap.aspx I wonder if this is a good example of an illustration of cold air damming, and where temps aloft were the coldest? You can pretty much make out who had mostly sleet, and who had predominantly freezing rain just by the outages. It's kind of like a "ring of fire" around Schuylkill County at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jen2swt Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Here is firstenergies http://www.firstenergycorp.com/outages/outages.do?state_code=PA FWIW...Phil did NOT see his shadow. He calls for an early spring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Clouds Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Why do I have a 2 hour delay? I am pretty sure everything outside is a skating rink! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfox1 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Still hanging at 32 here. looks like about 1/4 inch of ice. My birch trees are bent to the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Side roads are bad, major roads are pretty good. I think we are very lucky the temps went up. With as much as the ice built up on everything..wow, we would be in trouble, serious trouble. It looks really cool out there.. With as many downed trees and power lines as we have, our school district closed..Scanner is going crazy with associated problems This. Describes our area perfectly. I'm still at 32, but the ice is definitely softening now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Still hanging at 32 here. looks like about 1/4 inch of ice. My birch trees are bent to the ground. Yeah, I wish I could have waited to make the drive over Chickies in daylight instead of in the dark. I'm sure the ice looks spectacular through there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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