2/10/2012 - 2/12/2012 OBS Thread: Snow, Rain, Sleet, Wind, Cold.

[Rainshadow]

i love how phl intl has .2 qpf and only .3 of snow to show eeee

Through 7 am I had .15 with 0.5" of snow here, and any snow that has fallen since has just melted, so my ratio is going down toward PHL's level too.

[jrodd321]

up to 2.3 inches here in wayne pa on the course elev 500ft...last hr it has been snowing moderately with nice flake size. Had to come into work and shovel off the tennis courts.

Yep about 2.5" here as well man. It's been snowing to beat the band the last few hrs with huge flakes. Sucks watching it not stick to the roads at all. Hopefully the temps dropping later will help.

[penndotguy]

33 with steady light snow, just about 1" so far her in central Berks cnty.

[cast4]

About 2" in Wayne. Still snowing moderatly. It was nice to look at anyway. Hopefully the norlun can deliver some more later.

[Parsley]

Looks like 1.3" total here. Snowmelt now occuring with temperatures above freezing, even with snow still falling lightly.

[noctilucent]

1.0" in Ewing on SOME surfaces according to my parents. Dang BL...

How about moderate snow and 34.7 15 miles to your west.

Talk about wasted QPF!! Winter 2012 thumbing its nose at us and laughing.

[JERSEYSNOWROB]

Light snow now about an inch and a half on the ground, roads are just wet.

Nice pic. That's what it looks like here too in Morganville, NJ NW Monmouth County. Beautiful. Snow still falling moderately.

[Parsley]

Rapid snowmelt occuring here with temps. in the mid-30s now.

[famartin]

And its melting back home... the end. Unless the norlun strays north more than expected.

[tombo82685]

maxed out at 1.3 here in drexel hill, now melting occuring.

[dan88]

2.5 inches here on table/car tops.

[LMolineuxLM1]

Rapid melting occurring here. Skies are brightening rather fast. Even the cars are starting to clear off.

[RedSky]

snow total 2"

32.5F

[Voyager]

Temp jumped to 35.1 here.

[stormspotterlive]

Impressive mid level and low level lapse rates setting up in Central and northwest pa. we shall see where the spread this afternoon for the Norlun.

For the record melting has occurred here got over an inch in northeast Philly in some grassy spots other grassy spots it never accumulated at all. a typical Philly snow.

[tombo82685]

im still liking the lanc to central new castle co area for the sweet spot with the norlun.

[BucksCO_PA]

Absolutely gorgeous out there earlier this morning, I guess you really can't complain when you have a couple of 1" events to show for a month in which we're sitting at a +6.5 departure.....

1.5" final total at the house & a little more, 1.8" at Playwicki Farm just up the road in Feasterville

some pics from the trek through Playwicki

[Parsley]

nice pics

[tombo82685]

took last measurement at the course before i left about n hr ago...the sun was starting to come out so pretty much accum snow was done...looks like 2.7 at mt wayne..took a couple more photos will add later

[Maximum lawman]

took last measurement at the course before i left about n hr ago...the sun was starting to come out so pretty much accum snow was done...looks like 2.7 at mt wayne..took a couple more photos will add later

I have identical measurements in Mt. BM, down to 33.1 from 34 last hour. Nice burst through here around 9. About 4 inches for the week, not bad.

[noctilucent]

Up to 37.2 here and melting like crazy.

HOWEVER, right after the final burst stopped, I checked the shady side of the house (trash can lid was IN THE SUN). So, I measured 1.1" there and I will go with that. It was snowing pretty hard during that hour, so I'm not surprised it accumulated SOMEWHERE. I saw additional snow on cold spots of the roof, etc (was not going out there to measure!!!).

Anyway, its over for now. The sky looks like July and I am expecting Thunderslush at any minute.

[tombo82685]

here is the rucs sim radar for later on, brings the norlun like feature through the area

[Maximum lawman]

here is the rucs sim radar for later on, brings the norlun like feature through the area

I looked through the SREFs and while all the features are there, and while the orientation puts Philly in the bullseye, eveything is really weak, maybe someone will squeeze out 2 inches. It just looks to me, a rank amateur, like the timing is off - and key elements are sort of spread out over a 12 hour period so it doesn't really come together. Of course, then I looked at SREF verification scores and decided to stop looking at the SREFs altogether...

[LVblizzard]

The sun is peeking out and the inch of snow I got is melting fast. Hopefully the inverted trough can bring another inch tonight.

[Parsley]

Amazing how fast the snow is melting with temps. barely above freezing. Solar radiation + warm ground FTW.

[Plokoon111]

Just woke up all the snow is gone.

[tombo82685]

here are the pics from the golf course....

[Isotherm]

2.5" in Villanova, looks nice out there. I think we might pick up another inch later today. I'm now over 10" for the season.

[Isotherm]

2.5" in Villanova, looks nice out there. I think we might pick up another inch later today. I'm now over 10" for the season.

11" on the season. This is one of those years it looks like a pretty big difference b/t PHL and Villanova totals.

[Feb]

Starting to snow lightly again in Lancaster.