Thunder Road Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Truly my favorite storm of the 09-10 and 10-11 seasons combined. Reasons why: -Major over-performer. 15.1" at PHL (16.9" imby) with a forecast of 4-8" the night before, and 10-15" from Glenn halfway through the storm. -Surprise front-end thump of 3-6". -Exhibited all 4 precipitation types, as well as thundersleet and thundersnow for many. -Intense snowfall rates. Many areas close to I-95 saw 12-13" in just over 6 hours. And on top of all that, it was advertised as being mainly a rain storm by the ECMWF and GGEM and a few runs of the GFS as little as 48 hours out. Post your photos, obs, and memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris L Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 . this is your favorite storm even better than February 5-6, 2010? impressive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cast4 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 This was an awesome storm. We had several occasions of thundersnow and snowfall rates of 3 to 4 inches an hour for a few hours straight. The first part overperforming was great too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 . this is your favorite storm even better than February 5-6, 2010? impressive... Meh we got 14.2" out of that one, while PHL got 28.5". I was expecting closer to 18" or even 20", so for me it was a bit of a bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexD Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I dont remember this one, looks like it was mostly rain here, might be why i dont remember it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris L Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Meh we got 14.2" out of that one, while PHL got 28.5". I was expecting closer to 18" or even 20", so for me it was a bit of a bust. How about Feb 9-10, 2010? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 How about Feb 9-10, 2010? Somewhere around 17", which is what I was expecting. This storm over-performed so much, which is why it's so much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phlwx Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I was in LA a year ago today (where it was 77 degrees for a high that day) and I was sending pictures of palm trees and sunshine to my friends who hated snow. It sucked to miss the thundersnow but was so glad I didn't have to shovel any of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 How about Feb 9-10, 2010? I hated both 1/26/11 and 2/10/10. Cuz I was on mids in Elko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 It was an awful storm for those of us on the northern edge of the region. Just look at that first map. 1-2 inches in locations just north of the Lehigh Valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 It was an awful storm for those of us on the northern edge of the region. Just look at that first map. 1-2 inches in locations just north of the Lehigh Valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 i remember this storm fondly. I remember being on here posting with ray saying this first batch is going to dump some decent snow because down in the dc/balt area it was snowing where it was not suppose to be. None of the models had the first batch making it up here. The after the 3-5 inches of snow from the first bacth ray went all in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 i remember this storm fondly. I remember being on here posting with ray saying this first batch is going to dump some decent snow because down in the dc/balt area it was snowing where it was not suppose to be. None of the models had the first batch making it up here. The after the 3-5 inches of snow from the first bacth ray went all in... Yeah that... sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Yeah that... sucked. i like when ray goes all in...happens rarely so savor it while it happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 i like when ray goes all in...happens rarely so savor it while it happens I go all in when needed. I think I had 8-16 for several storms in recent years. The one where I went all in and probably shouldn't have was 2/25/10... I think I went 10-20 and we had 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 My super weenie thundersnow video!! Just after this video, I remember going to a fire call coming down west Chester pike Towards 69th street. On the westbound lane, there was a parade of cars about 2 miles long (west bound was slightly uphill!) all stranded. They were let out of a Robert Plant concert @ The Tower Theater that evening. It was absolutely RIPPING at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 This is my favorite storm since moving to the area in 2005. The evening transition from thundersleet to thundersnow was amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I remember going to bed the night before not expecting much than some flurries to start later the next day. Woke up 6 hrs later with 5-6" on the ground at 7am. That was just as awesome getting that sneak attack snow(Over running) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I remember going to bed the night before not expecting much than some flurries to start later the next day. Woke up 6 hrs later with 5-6" on the ground at 7am. That was just as awesome getting that sneak attack snow(Over running) Yeah, the overperforming overrunning snow was great, especially when the radar upstream showed all the precipiation moving north for later in the day/night. Then, it was all a matter of sleet vs. snow and when it came down hard that evening it went back over from sleet to snow. I'll never forget the 5 minute period where there were atleast 3 or 4 lightning strikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Lancaster County got ~12" of snow, when the night before we were only forecast to get 5" max. Roads were utterly a mess, littered with accidents countywide. Nevertheless Millersville Univ. opened without so much as a 2-hour delay and neglected to plow parking lots, sidewalks or dorm entrances. To quote the president of the school, "it was not that big of a storm." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Yeah, the overperforming overrunning snow was great, especially when the radar upstream showed all the precipiation moving north for later in the day/night. Then, it was all a matter of sleet vs. snow and when it came down hard that evening it went back over from sleet to snow. I'll never forget the 5 minute period where there were atleast 3 or 4 lightning strikes. Yea. Probably one of the most dynamic storms as far as thunderstorms go. I witnessed thunder sleet and then thundersnow shortly after. Maybe a once in a lifetime experience as far as that aspect goes. My video made it's way to nbc10 after Glenn saw it on here. That was pretty cool. My phone blew up after he aired it. Got my 15mins of fame. !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Yea. Probably one of the most dynamic storms as far as thunderstorms go. I witnessed thunder sleet and then thundersnow shortly after. Maybe a once in a lifetime experience as far as that aspect goes. My video made it's way to nbc10 after Glenn saw it on here. That was pretty cool. My phone blew up after he aired it. Got my 15mins of fame. !! Yup, I remember that video like it was yesterday. Like you said it was one of the more "dynamic" storms.....sure it didn't drop 25 inches of snow, but the intensity of the precipitation (for atleast a few hours) was something that will be hard to replicate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwilson Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Unfortunately I missed this one. We got like 3" in Morgantown, and since I've been out here the biggest storm I've seen thus far has been 4". Pretty mild snow pattern in comparison. It seems large dynamic events are a lot more rare out here (which makes sense), but I would imagine the average yearly snow is greater than PHL. I know PIT averages 40", but those forty come over a great number of small events each averaging 1-3". I'd rather get the big thump all at once. My favorite, outside of January '96, was the Feb 10 storm of '09-10--that was the first storm that season to actually perform on the level of PHL IMBY. The cutoff was so sharp in the storms before that we'd end up with more than a foot less than what PHL measured despite being less than twenty miles away. I can only imagine how much snow we would've had if the lull had not occurred in that storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCT777 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 It truly was amazing. My wife ended up having to work until almost 8 PM that night, and I was at her workplace to take her home (we normally carpool, but especially when snow or ice are in the forecast). Driving from Harleysville to Spring Mount - typically a less than 15 minute drive - took about 45 minutes and it was extremely difficult to determine where the edges of the road were on some of the streets. For me, it was one of the 3 or 4 worst driving conditions I have ever had to navigate - and right up there with the afternoon of Feb 5, 2001. Thank God for my Subaru Forrester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Unfortunately I missed this one. We got like 3" in Morgantown, and since I've been out here the biggest storm I've seen thus far has been 4". Pretty mild snow pattern in comparison. It seems large dynamic events are a lot more rare out here (which makes sense), but I would imagine the average yearly snow is greater than PHL. I know PIT averages 40", but those forty come over a great number of small events each averaging 1-3". I'd rather get the big thump all at once. That's not unlike what I have to endure here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 1 yr later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 1 yr later Hey now...there's freezing/frozen precip on that loop. It's just not where most of us want it to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plokoon111 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 This thread makes me depressed. I was in the zone where there was constant thundersnow, saw around 18". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boch23 Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 This by far was my favorite storm. Waking up that morning to 5 inches of unexpected snow. Then at the start of the second batch walking to my friends house and back going from heavy rain to heavy sleet to heavy snow in about 45 mins. 3 1/2+ inch/hr snowfall rates at one point. First storm i experienced thunder snow (4 times) in a 2 hourish span. Spent 3 hours outside just watching taking it all in. Idk if i will ever see a storm like that again. Definitely my favorite storm to date in my life (too young to really remember 96). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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