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Line isn't moving much. im still getting heavy snow, temp is still 14.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

857 PM EST MON DEC 13 2010

PAZ007-013-014-020>023-073-074-140345-

ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BEAVER PA-BUTLER PA-INDIANA PA-LAWRENCE

PA-MERCER PA-WESTMORELAND PA-WESTMORELAND RIDGES PA-

857 PM EST MON DEC 13 2010

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND...

BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING

COUNTIES...

ARMSTRONG...ALLEGHENY...WESTMORELAND...BEAVER...INDIANA...BUTLER...

MERCER...LAWRENCE AND WESTMORELAND RIDGES...

AT 840 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH

INDICATED A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING

FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF FARRELL NEAR THE MERCER AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES

BORDER, TO NEAR LIGONIER. THIS BAND WAS EXHIBITING VERY LITTLE

MOVEMENT.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE BANDS OF HEAVY LAKE

EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS INCLUDE...

APOLLO...BLAIRSVILLE...BUTLER...DELMONT...EVANS CITY...

FARRELL...FOMBELL...FOX CHAPEL...FREEPORT...GIBSONIA...

GREENSBURG...HARLANSBURG...HERMITAGE.. .LATROBE...LAUREL

MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...MURRYSVILLE...NATRONA HEIGHTS...NEW

CASTLE...PLUM...SHARON...SPRINGDALE...ZELIENOPLE AND WHITNEY.

SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE RAPIDLY AT THE RATE OF A HALF INCH TO INCH PER

HOUR WHERE THIS BAND OF SHOW SHOWERS PERSISTS. VISIBILITY WILL BE

SHARPLY REDUCED BELOW A MILE AND UNTREATED PAVEMENTS CAN BECOME SNOW

COVERED AND SLIPPERY.

IN ADDITION, WIND AND COLD AIR HAVE COMBINED FOR WIND CHILL INDICES

AROUND ZERO.

PLEASE REPORT SNOW AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING

TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION BY INCREASING DISTANCE BETWEEN

VEHICLES...ALLOWING MORE DISTANCE TO STOP...AND BY INCREASED

ALERTNESS SHOULD VISIBILITY SUDDENLY DECREASE.

LAT...LON 4030 7905 4018 7913 4016 7915 4012 7917

4010 7920 4011 7922 4009 7924 4091 8052

4131 8053 4031 7903

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My area for snow totals

Major Snowfall Totals in Blue are 9+ inches of snow

Significant Totals in Red are 4-8 inches of snow

Minor Totals in Green are T-3 inches of snow

Ridges of Westmoreland, Cambria, and Somerset are getting clobbered.. How you figure minor accumulations?

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I think I'm getting semi shafted as that band is about 5 miles north of me! Got about 3" total

Also, it may be interesting to see the NWS total. They were around 4" earlier, and it looks like a band has been parked in western Allegheny for some time

I was in the same boat... The band over pittsburgh and just north setup literally a half mile away from me. Was in and out of it, but still got a fresh inch and a half. Have close to 4 total, which I will take for a les event. I think though there are going to be some unusually high totals in norther allegheny and southern butler. Would not be surprised to see someone have 10 inches somewher in butler....heck, they had 4 inches at the airport, and may have near 6 now which is almost unheard of for a les event here.

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I was in the same boat... The band over pittsburgh and just north setup literally a half mile away from me. Was in and out of it, but still got a fresh inch and a half. Have close to 4 total, which I will take for a les event. I think though there are going to be some unusually high totals in norther allegheny and southern butler. Would not be surprised to see someone have 10 inches somewher in butler....heck, they had 4 inches at the airport, and may have near 6 now which is almost unheard of for a les event here.

heck, i got 8 inches of snow here in Gibsonia on Route 8, some it drifting, and i can see areas getting a foot of snow, that band is couple reform pretty soon, it goes through stages, weakens one point then strengthens again, northern allegheny county and southern butler will have 8-12 inch totals, maybe some 15 or 16 inch totals

also, just watched WPXI, Julia Bologna says 1-3 inch totals, :arrowhead::gun_bandana:, she sucks at weather forecasting, she should be gone for real, after calling 3-6 and we get 2 feet last winter

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post-1757-0-87455000-1292298970.jpg

My area for snow totals

Major Snowfall Totals in Blue are 9+ inches of snow

Significant Totals in Red are 4-8 inches of snow

Minor Totals in Green are T-3 inches of snow

congrats on the snow....but you are way over-estimating the coverage of the heavier bands. Also, don't forget about the upsloaping in Fayette and Somerset counties. "Average" accumulations over a widespread area will be greater down there.

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heck, i got 8 inches of snow here in Gibsonia on Route 8, some it drifting, and i can see areas getting a foot of snow, that band is couple reform pretty soon, it goes through stages, weakens one point then strengthens again, northern allegheny county and southern butler will have 8-12 inch totals, maybe some 15 or 16 inch totals

also, just watched WPXI, Julia Bologna says 1-3 inch totals, :arrowhead::gun_bandana:, she sucks at weather forecasting, she should be gone for real, after calling 3-6 and we get 2 feet last winter

No one in Allegheny county is seeing 15" or 16" out of this...The highest total on the last P.I.S. was about 4". There should be an update soon, but I'm not ready to believe that there is a widespread 8" to 10" type snowfall in Northern Allegheny county. Drifts are not snow totals

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No one in Allegheny county is seeing 15" or 16" out of this...The highest total on the last P.I.S. was about 4". There should be an update soon, but I'm not ready to believe that there is a widespread 8" to 10" type snowfall in Northern Allegheny county. Drifts are not snow totals

Ok, then, i think someone in the region will see that, a widespread 8 to 10 inch snowfall is a good bet, i got 8 inches already outside

All i just have to say is this is one of the Best LES events i've seen

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Since the LES is most likely going to start slowing down tomorrow, I've started looking ahead at the next two potential systems and neither seems to be trending well for us (if you like snow) at this point. The clipper late in the week looks like it's going to miss us to our south. That one has been trending more and more south with each run and we were barely on the northern fringe to begin with. The 2nd system, which is the potential late weekend storm, has been trending further east and well out to sea. It would have to make a major shift back to the west for us to even have a shot of getting anything decent out of it. But, there is still a lot of time before that one, so who knows. Just stating how things seem to look at this point.

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Just came in from having a snow fight.. Pretty cool :)

Its freezing though wow.. Bundle up

Some of you need to get off here and go enjoy this. Its Fun!

Hit and miss remember? Last night I got hit. Not much for me tonight. Tonight it was your turn. Enjoy it. :snowman: BTW, I thought you hated snow? Sounds like you're not hating it tonight anyway! :lol:

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Up by Laurel Ridge.. Off Ross Moutain Park Road.

Oh wow, your good to go for this lake effect event haha. Would love to be at your location or snowboarding at 7 Springs right about now. :snowman:

That Huron connected band continues to plug away at Lawrence, southern half of Butler, and northeastern Allegheny counties in particular. Westmoreland seems to be seeing more light to moderate snowfall as per PBZ radar. And of course the favored locations of the Laurels in the warning zone are seeing this lake plume getting enhanced by the upsloping over the ridges...something that the PBZ and CTP radars usually don't catch on the edge of their ranges. Could be some wild totals coming from those locations as well as some isolated areas that have been in the path of this primary band north of Pittsburgh. Farmington in Fayette County appears to be the current winners of the latest pns statement from NWS Pittsburgh... with an overall storm total of 10.3 inches as of 9:12pm.

Had a look at the 0z WRF simulated reflectivity and it keeps this snowband relatively stationary through a good bit of tomorrow before eventually the flow backs and the band shifts to areas further north and east.

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