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Yeah, to be fair, this had to be an extremely tough forecast....i just wish they would be more flexible in their adjusments...maybe just say if you are outside of the river valleys you are going to see a couple inches?

Welcome to the river valley my friend.

Dynamic cooling snowstorms are really tough to come by below 800 ft. Unfortunatly the best dynamics were too far away, and elevation became a bigger factor.

Occasionaly the AFD might mention hilltop snows, but like you said, forecasting the rain/snow line within the county is pretty tough.

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I'm going 1-3 PIttsburgh proper

2-4 in Westmoreland and Indiana County in the lowlands...

Ridges..I'll go 5-9.

Anymore adjustment west though, and we could be looking at an advisory level event...they might throw one up anyways for 1-3 inches due to the time of year.

BTW, 3 inches of wet snow right now would cause major power issues, IMO.

I'd say your call was pretty solid, I ended up with about 1.5. Higher elevation just north of Freeport at my parents they had probably a solid 2-3 inches. Now this storm has wet my appetite for tracking and we probably have another month before something else to track comes up lol.

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Thanks for gathering the links for these up! WPXI was pretty vague but agrees with the other 2 in that we should see below average temps and above average snow. Should be interesting to see how it all plays out.

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Yeah we got 1.6" overnight. How did you guys fair down that way? Should be interesting to hear the reports this morning.

A few flurries around 7 or 8 this morning in the air. That was about it. It looks like Northern Allegheny, Butler and North and East had at least a coating. Sun is shining now and 38 degrees.

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No Snow here this morning. The sun is starting to come out now.

The long range looks boring.

Depends on what you mean by long range. The GFS ensebles seem to be almost evenly divided around the time of Thanksgiving with half in a deepening EC trough mode and the other half in an EC High mode. However, two days ago there were markedly more members in the EC High mode. I believe we will see the blocking increase and a trough deepening over the EC around the 25th that could result in a lot of LE snow the last week of November. Of course, I could be bias because I am hoping Peek N Peak opens for the first weekend in December, so there will have to be a cold and snowy pattern developing around Thanksgiving to achieve that.

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Tornado warning Erie, PA.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

TORNADO WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH

449 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 530 PM EST

* AT 444 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

INDICATED TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING

TORNADOES. THESE DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OFFSHORE OF ERIE

COUNTY. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF GIRARD...OR 12 MILES

WEST OF ERIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH. THE OTHER STORM WAS

LOCATED 10 WEST OF NORTHEAST ALSO MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

ERIE AND NORTH EAST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF NO

BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE

BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

858 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

OHZ050-PAZ014-020-021-029-WVZ001-150245-

ALLEGHENY PA-BEAVER PA-BUTLER PA-HANCOCK WV-JEFFERSON OH-

WASHINGTON PA-

858 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

...STRONG SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT

BEAVER...HANCOCK...NORTHERN ALLEGHENY...NORTHERN

JEFFERSON...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER

COUNTIES...

AT 851 PM EST...STRONG SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE

ALONG A LINE FROM ZELIENOPLE TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

HAMMONDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE SHOWERS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER

TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL

STREAMS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...

TOMLINSON RUN STATE PARK... CHESTER...

ZELIENOPLE... SHIPPINGPORT... FOMBELL...

EVANS CITY... BEAVER... HAMMONDSVILLE...

NEW MANCHESTER... NEW CUMBERLAND... ALIQUIPPA...

CRANBERRY...

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY

CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 4030 8022 4049 8085 4062 8058 4064 8052

4065 8052 4082 8019 4064 7971

$$

WOODRUM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

1018 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

OHZ057-059-068-069-PAZ021-029-031-073-075-076-WVZ002>004-012-021-022-

150415-

ALLEGHENY PA-BELMONT OH-BROOKE WV-FAYETTE PA-FAYETTE RIDGES PA-GREENE

PA-MARION WV-MARSHALL WV-MONONGALIA WV-MONROE OH-MUSKINGUM OH-NOBLE

OH-OHIO WV-WASHINGTON PA-WESTMORELAND PA-WETZEL WV-

1018 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

...HEAVY RAIN...

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN TO MOVE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING

COUNTIES...

BELMONT...MONROE...MUSKINGUM...NOBLE...ALLEGHENY...FAYETTE...

GREENE...WASHINGTON...WESTMORELAND...OHIO...MONONGALIA...MARSHALL...

MARION...BROOKE...WETZEL AND FAYETTE RIDGES...

AT 1011 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN PITTSBURGH

SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4

MILES NORTHWEST OF CANONSBURG TO 10 MILES WEST OF BELLE VALLEY...OR

ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CANONSBURG TO 6

MILES SOUTH OF HIGH HILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH

AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN

THAT MAY CAUSE PONDED WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS.

VISIBILITY CAN BE REDUCED.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS

INCLUDE...

WEST LIBERTY... WARWOOD... CLEARVIEW...

WOLF RUN STATE PARK... SARAHSVILLE...

MARTINS FERRY... BELLE VALLEY... BRIDGEPORT...

CANONSBURG... WHEELING... SOMERTON...

CALDWELL...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

PLEASE REPORT HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING PROBLEMS TO THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.

LAT...LON 4031 8022 4001 7931 3998 7933 3944 8061

3947 8071 3959 8086 3958 8090 3960 8095

3954 8104 3957 8105 3960 8128 3960 8139

3964 8146 3959 8147 3958 8152 3963 8160

3966 8159 3967 8166 3975 8165 3975 8172

$$

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