north pgh Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 Rain and wind here now. Temp is holding at 42.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paweatherguy1 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I hate to say it, but don't think we will be getting much snow..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 I hate to say it, but don't think we will be getting much snow..... Why do you say that? Everything is on schedule. Also, some heavy rain about to move into Monroeville. Meatwad should be getting that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatwad Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Getting the heavy rain right now. Winds are picking up as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatwad Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 The snow getting pretty close to the Pittsburgh area, just checked some of the Eastern Ohio obs, its snowing right now in Zanseviille, OH with a temp of 28. Snowing in New Philadelphia, OH with a temp of 34. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 My temp is dropping like a rock now. Down to 36. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 My temp is dropping like a rock now. Down to 36. Changeover line is right on your doorstep. Down to 38 here with light rain. Wind is gusting out of the west now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burghblizz Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Snow mixing in here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 Getting wet snow here too. 37 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paweatherguy1 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Radar looks horrendous though..I think we might be lucky to get an inch.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 The airport is down to 33 and visibility is down to 1.5 miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I have a coating on the grass so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 I have a coating on the grass so far. I think we only get an inch or two overnight but the biggest problem will be icing. My temp is quickly down to 33 and my front street still is very wet and has standing water on the sides. It will be icing over in the next hour or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paweatherguy1 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I've got a coating and it stopped snowing...what an epic debacle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I've got a coating and it stopped snowing...what an epic debacle... I'm still getting light snow and there's another band just south of Allegheny County that'll give us a little more. I think the wind is going to be the biggest story with this particular system along with the icy conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Here's the updated forecast for my area. Really backed off on the snow totals now. Overnight: Snow showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 18. Breezy, with a west wind around 22 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. Friday: Snow showers, mainly before 2pm. High near 23. Breezy, with a west wind between 21 and 24 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 I'm still getting light snow and there's another band just south of Allegheny County that'll give us a little more. I think the wind is going to be the biggest story with this particular system along with the icy conditions. I agree. Winds are really starting to howl and I am down to 28. NWS just downgraded snow totals in discussion but they think it will pick up more this am. 000 FXUS61 KPBZ 130549 AAB AFDPBZ AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1249 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2012 .SYNOPSIS... -- Changed Discussion -- A LARGE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL BRING COLD TEMPERATURES, GUSTY WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS INTO SATURDAY. AN SLOW MODERATION IN TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. -- End Changed Discussion -- && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/... -- Changed Discussion -- COLD FRONT HAS JUST ABOUT CROSSED THE ENTIRE AREA. MOST LOCATIONS HAVE CHANGED TO SNOW, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NORTHEAST, WHICH WILL BE DOING SO SHORTLY. LATEST HI-RES MODELS ARE INDICATING THAT THE FIRST BURST OF SNOW WILL BE ENDING WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, AS THE SFC LOW MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AND THE UL LOW MOVES RAPIDLY ACROSS OHIO AND INTO W PA. WOULD EXPECT A BREAK IN WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS FOR A FEW HOURS. BY 12Z, IT APPEARS THAT WRAP AROUND ACTIVITY WILL BEING IN OHIO ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE EXITING 50H LOW AND SPREAD EASTWARD. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE THE AREA WITH ANOTHER SHOT OF WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS. VERY COLD AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS OHIO. TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY FALLING AT ABOUT 5 DEGREES PER HOUR BEHIND THE FRONT. TEMPS SHOULD LEVEL OFF IN THE TEENS TO LOWER 20S ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS BY DAWN. ANOTHER MAJOR CONCERN WILL BE THE STRONG WIND GUSTS. EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN THE LOWLANDS TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS, WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 IN THE RIDGES. IT APPEARS AS IF THERE COULD BE AN INCREASE IN THE GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL NEED TO MONITORED IN CASE THE WIND ADVISORY SHOULD BE EXPANDED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 Only a coating of snow this morning. Didn't even have to shovel or salt my driveway. The driveway was dry. Maybe we can eak out an inch or two if we get some lake effect today but not holding my breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Only a coating of snow this morning. Didn't even have to shovel or salt my driveway. The driveway was dry. Maybe we can eak out an inch or two if we get some lake effect today but not holding my breath. Same here, to say I had a dusting would be an exageraton. The futility of this winter never fails to disapoint for snow lovers... I fell asleep around 10:30 woke up arond 11:30 and it was pouring, Did the system not get its act together until after it passed us by, or did a majority of our qpf fall as rain? I was a little concerned when at 9:30 it was almost 50 degrees.I am glad I didn't lose sleep over this. I guess it wouldn't have mattered much as its going to be 42 on Monday with rain showers. Aside from getting lucky and getting under a persitent band I think the snow aspect of this has already passed us. Guess we can wait another 3 weeks for a chance of snow showers again when the next transient cold blast moves though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Yeah, I also ended up with just a coating. They called for 1 to 3 overnight so the overnight part of this was definitely a bust. There's some snow moving through eastern Ohio that we might get in on in a little while. Not sure how much will get out of it. I guess for every storm that over performs for us like the last one, we have a bunch like this one that don't live up to the forecast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 Snow is finally starting to pick up a bit. Visibility is under a mile. Temp is holding at 17.9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 Less than a mile visibility and about 3/4 inch of snow on the ground. Roads are getting snow covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I think we're going to end up seeing more snow today than we did last night, which isn't saying much, but I guess it's something. Snow continues to work its way into the area from Ohio. You have a pretty decent band moving through your area north pgh. Fairly light right now where I'm at but its so cold out that its all gonna stick obviously. Be careful out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 Have an inch on the ground. Lots of blowing so hard to maeasure. Temp is 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Have an inch on the ground. Lots of blowing so hard to maeasure. Temp is 20. Yeah I'd say about an inch has fallen here. Impossible to tell for sure though with all the blowing. At least it looks and feels like a day in Mid January out there today. I was so disgusted when I woke up this morning and saw next to nothing had fallen I went on a little bit of a rant lol. While the pattern remains unfavorable for cold to lock in, hopefully we can get some little events to time up with our cold shots. Maybe a better setup will take hold for part of February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 Just came in from clearing the driveway. Actually had to shovel but a very fluffy 2 inches. We got the snow today I was expecting. Didn't get anything last night though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Just came in from clearing the driveway. Actually had to shovel but a very fluffy 2 inches. We got the snow today I was expecting. Didn't get anything last night though. 2 inches looks good around here too, hard to say for sure though. I keep looking at the radar, and everytime it seems like the bands are diminishing the fill back in across SWPA. If this keeps up for another couple of hours we may end up with another inch or 2 as I keep getting the heavier bands embededed in the persistent light stuff thats been falling all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 I picked up another inch of snow overnight. Ended up with 3 inches. Not a bad little event. Would have been 5 had we gotten the snow Thursday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paweatherguy1 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 I picked up another inch of snow overnight. Ended up with 3 inches. Not a bad little event. Would have been 5 had we gotten the snow Thursday night. Yeah, amazing how poorly this was modeled. I thought for sure, based on the models, that when I got my coating two nights ago I was done..and then I got almost 3 inches after that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Pit Airport went from 16 degrees to 41 degrees in 4 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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