JamieOber Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Hope you can find your car. Second biggest snowfall of the year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Second biggest snowfall of the year same here - lol - .5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Euro's LE banding is pretty darn widespread. Low wind speed/shear and moist mid levels argue for flurries/snow showers to make it to the turnpike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSTWX Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Euro's LE banding is pretty darn widespread. Low wind speed/shear and moist mid levels argue for flurries/snow showers to make it to the turnpike. Indeed. This should be a pretty decent event Sunday night through Tuesday night. With limited shear, squalls should make it well inland. Areas west of I-99/Rt 220 will get hit pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Indeed. This should be a pretty decent event Sunday night through Tuesday night. With limited shear, squalls should make it well inland. Areas west of I-99/Rt 220 will get hit pretty good. This sounds great. Looking forward to it. BTW, 31.5 here....freezing rain issues tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Indeed. This should be a pretty decent event Sunday night through Tuesday night. With limited shear, squalls should make it well inland. Areas west of I-99/Rt 220 will get hit pretty good. my biggest snowfall last year came from a LE set-up (5"). hope we can do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Clause Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 When is the next threat east of the Mtns...aka where LE goes to die!!! lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 When is the next threat east of the Mtns...aka where LE goes to die!!! lol. Hey we got .1" Thursday, winners can't be beggars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Clause Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 true...we had a white film here last night lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Winter storm watches up for the Laurels counties of Cambria and Somerset.. something i'm not surprised about given the significant cold shot over the warm lakes coupled with the very deep low progged to reside north of the lakes (near 980 mbs). The usual suspects in the Laurels I would imagine will be seeing over 6 inches of snow in those first couple days this coming week. I found the winter storm watch statement itself kinda interesting, /O.NEW.KCTP.WS.A.0010.120102T0600Z-120104T0000Z/ CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET 1250 PM EST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE ALLEGHENY AND LAUREL MOUNTAINS. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW * ACCUMULATIONS....2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. * TIMING...LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CAUSE LIMITED VISIBILITIES AND SLIPPERY TRAVEL. PREVIOUSLY WET ROADWAYS MAY BECOME ICY. STRONG WIND GUSTS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITIES WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S. * VISIBILITIES...BELOW A HALF MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT...WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE. A 36 hour duration 2-4 inch winter storm watch?? The futility of the winter to this point must be lowering the standards haha . At any rate, I personally expect that most folks in the Laurels will be seeing at least a 4-8 inch type event and perhaps a good bit more in the specific areas that usually capitalize on the LES/upslope. I think advisories will likely go up for most of the west (Pit NWS area at least at and above the US 422 corridor) and then counties in CTP like Clearfield, Elk, Cameron, etc. This is one of those situations where I would not be surprised to see advisories and/or actual advisory type snow make it into the tier of counties immediately adjacent to the laurels within any decent bands of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Winter storm watches up for the Laurels counties of Cambria and Somerset.. something i'm not surprised about given the significant cold shot over the warm lakes coupled with the very deep low progged to reside north of the lakes (near 980 mbs). The usual suspects in the Laurels I would imagine will be seeing over 6 inches of snow in those first couple days this coming week. I found the winter storm watch statement itself kinda interesting, A 36 hour duration 2-4 inch winter storm watch?? The futility of the winter to this point must be lowering the standards haha . At any rate, I personally expect that most folks in the Laurels will be seeing at least a 4-8 inch type event and perhaps a good bit more in the specific areas that usually capitalize on the LES/upslope. I think advisories will likely go up for most of the west (Pit NWS area at least at and above the US 422 corridor) and then counties in CTP like Clearfield, Elk, Cameron, etc. This is one of those situations where I would not be surprised to see advisories and/or actual advisory type snow make it into the tier of counties immediately adjacent to the laurels within any decent bands of snow. I agree. We are talking a high ratio event. 2-4 is good if its only going to snow for an hour or so per spot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PottercountyWXobserver Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 LE should be interesting, hope to pick up 2-4" , but we will see. Everything else looks dissapointing outside of this LE event. Might see temps stay in the Teens, but that is really the only highlight, how sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 looks like some real cold air next week, at least for a couple days..... Leaving soon for outback and then a safe place to bring in the new year, so i would like to wish everyone a safe and Happy new year! see yall in 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 looks like some real cold air next week, at least for a couple days..... Leaving soon for outback and then a safe place to bring in the new year, so i would like to wish everyone a safe and Happy new year! see yall in 2012 same to you...happy new year to all. be safe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Guess it's worth mentioning that given the wind aspect of this storm system, the Steelers/Browns game being played in Cleveland tomorrow afternoon ought to be a blast with the 50+ gusts in the forecast up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Unless we get a shower from these few dark clouds, KMDT will end 2011 with 73.73" of precipitation. For those keeping score, that's 33.07" of departure from normal and shatters the previous record of 59.89" (set in 1972) by nearly 15". I wish all my CPA friends the happiest and safest New Year's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 18z NAM has a nice band extending all the way to the Chicken Capital. :weenie: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Hi Everything works West to East. Ex. T-3 " zone, more likely to end up with high end amounts closer to the lakes and T amounts further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Guess it's worth mentioning that given the wind aspect of this storm system, the Steelers/Browns game being played in Cleveland tomorrow afternoon ought to be a blast with the 50+ gusts in the forecast up there. that makes me a little nervous as our running game isnt what it used to be & with 50mph gusts it could really affect the passing / kicking game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Happy New Year to all!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PottercountyWXobserver Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Hope 2012 is better for snow! Happy New Year all CPA'ers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Happy New year! Back to Pittsburgh tomorrow. Snow for everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Happy new year everyone! Heres CTP's snowmap for the LES/upslope event just updated about 20 min ago. Blair and Northern Centre/Clinton/Lycoming look like potential candidates for an advisory area (2-4 variety) that is further southeast than usual for these type of events... something I mentioned as a possibility when i posted yesterday. Duration of the accumulations could be too long to meet criteria, though. The rest of the north central where Potter resides should be good to go with an advisory type snowfall when this is all set and done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Clause Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 .9"!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Happy new year everyone! Heres CTP's snowmap for the LES/upslope event just updated about 20 min ago. Blair and Northern Centre/Clinton/Lycoming look like potential candidates for an advisory area (2-4 variety) that is further southeast than usual for these type of events... something I mentioned as a possibility when i posted yesterday. Duration of the accumulations could be too long to meet criteria, though. The rest of the north central where Potter resides should be good to go with an advisory type snowfall when this is all set and done. i like that ( 4"+)...now we just need to make it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Woooo! We're starting 2012 appropriately, with rain. Is everyone sure we're in a new year? Feels and looks an awfully lot like 2011 to me. Good luck to you guys that get the LES goodies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Woooo! We're starting 2012 appropriately, with rain. Is everyone sure we're in a new year? Feels and looks an awfully lot like 2011 to me. Good luck to you guys that get the LES goodies! Indeed. Trying to give the bird an oil change and half way through, the sky starts leaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizzard92 Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Seems like CTP does not account for the threat of snow showers east of the Alleghany Plateau which are definitely likely given the long fetch and traditional northwest flow. It would not surprise me if areas down towards Lewistown, Raystown Lake, Lock Haven, and State College see spotty 1-2in amounts. Also guidance indicates the potential for a 322 band towards Tuesday night as bands consolidate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChalkHillSnowNut Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 So by this map we don't even see any flakes in Pittsburgh?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Clause Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 WOW...boy did they drop those totals!!! Don't trust LES!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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