Mailman Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mailman Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Closing in on 2" here. Over-performances make me happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 Closing in on 2" here. Over-performances make me happy. A solid inch here. Snow caked on everything. Nice little surprise for pretty much a 2-3 hour snow. A sharp cutoff to the northern edge. North of Wexford to Cranberry looks like nothing. (about 15 miles north of me) Anyone see the 18z GFS for Tuesday storm is now east of us. We need to bring it back west a tad and we are looking good. Lot's of time to waffle back and forth but again it will suck me into watching the models all week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 overperforming here in bethel park! Sure is. I'll measure when I get home but looks like 1.5 to 2 inches on the grass. Just a judgement call on that for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Check out what the 0z NAM is suddenly showing for Saturday. Model madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 Check out what the 0z NAM is suddenly showing for Saturday. Model madness. This detour sign is working it's magic and it started by bringing the snow north tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Check out what the 0z NAM is suddenly showing for Saturday. Model madness. This detour sign is working it's magic and it started by bringing the snow north tonight. Let's see if the others catch on to what the NAM is showing as far as intensity is concerned. I know the NAM tends to be the one to overdo the QPF so we'll see. The 0z GFS and EURO will be interesting. Any kind of bump up in QPF from those two would be encouraging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 0z GFS doesn't look good for us with either potential storm. It basically has next week's storm right back where it was before the 18z run. Model madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 0z GFS doesn't look good for us with either potential storm. It basically has next week's storm right back where it was before the 18z run. Model madness. Yes indeed. One run it goes about 200 miles the other way. Whatever happens on Saturday will probably affect Tuesday's storm. Anxious to see the Canadian in a few minutes before I turn in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 Canadian follows GFS out to sea on Saturday. Tuesday still looks like a rain to snow event. By the way, If my big map of March 93 is a distraction on all of these posts let me know and I will take it off. I didn't know if it bothered anyone because it takes up so much space and may be an eyesore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Canadian follows GFS out to sea on Saturday. Tuesday still looks like a rain to snow event. By the way, If my big map of March 93 is a distraction on all of these posts let me know and I will take it off. I didn't know if it bothered anyone because it takes up so much space and may be an eyesore. Doesn't bother me. Then again, I had a big ass radar in my signature for a long time and you guys put up with that. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecon Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Latest NAM for Pgh shows about 8.2 inches of snow for friday Night/ Saturday!! Some ratios at times as high as 19 & 20 to 1--Snow to Rain. GFS, however, does not agree. I'll keep my fingers crossed!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Latest NAM for Pgh shows about 8.2 inches of snow for friday Night/ Saturday!! Some ratios at times as high as 19 & 20 to 1--Snow to Rain. GFS, however, does not agree. I'll keep my fingers crossed!! We can kiss that goodbye now with the 6z run. We get teased with a run or two that puts us in a good spot and then we go back to reality when the models trend unfavorably for us. I think I'm going to take a break from this for a while. Whatever happens, happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwilson Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I hate to say this, but don't give much credence to the NAM. It has been absolutely awful this winter. It showed almost all of New England from NYC to Maine getting 24"+ of snow from the blizzard last week even 24 hours before it hit. When it's wet it is due to overamplification. When it is dry it tends to be closer to accurate. Blend the Euro and GFS to get a decent prediction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecon Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Blah---0600 NAM has us getting about .2 of an inch!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Canadian follows GFS out to sea on Saturday. Tuesday still looks like a rain to snow event. By the way, If my big map of March 93 is a distraction on all of these posts let me know and I will take it off. I didn't know if it bothered anyone because it takes up so much space and may be an eyesore. Nah, lately it has been the only map worth looking at. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted February 14, 2013 Author Share Posted February 14, 2013 The temp has just gone above freezing. Fun watching all the snow falling off the trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 GFS back to bringing storm for the coast. Looks like same areas as last weeks, just not as strong. Still couple more days though. Attached thumbnail(s) Reduced 20% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 Check out that little snow circle in Allegheny County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 403 PM EST FRI FEB 15 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING AND BRING SNOW SHOWERS TO THE AREA. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...COLDER TEMPERATURES WITH SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... THE LATEST RAP MID-LEVEL ANALYSIS INDICATES A BROAD 500MB TROUGH ACROSS THE MIDWEST WITH THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY IN A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE. 700MB OMEGA INDICATES AN AREA OF LIFT PUSHING EAST OF THE ALLEGHENY FRONT. THIS LIFT HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR GENERALLY 1-2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE ALLEGHENY FRONT. AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED NOW PUSHED EAST OF ZANESVILLE AND IS MOVING ACROSS EASTERN OHIO. WITH THE FRONT...NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS ARE MOVING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS EVENING...THE COLD FRONT IS PROGGED TO BE REACH THE PITTSBURGH METRO BY AROUND 23Z. THE FRONT WILL BRING SNOW SHOWERS...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. WITH WARMER GROUND AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND SHOT OF CAA LAGGING SOMEWHAT BEHIND THE FRONT...BELIEVE THIS WILL LIMIT ACCUMULATION. THUS...WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE ITSELF...SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL MOSTLY BE AN INCH OR LESS ACROSS THE AREA...NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION A LOCATION COULD GET 2 INCHES IN MORE LOCALIZED SNOW SHOWERS. HOWEVER...ACCUMULATION WILL MOSTLY JUST BE ON GRASSY SURFACES AS THE BIGGER IMPACT WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL BE REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE IN THE STRONGER SNOW SHOWERS. TONIGHT...THE FRONT WILL SLIDE EAST OF THE AREA AND CAA WILL ENSUE. BEHIND THE FRONT...A WESTERLY COMPONENT WILL ALLOW FOR SOME UPSLOPING ACROSS THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS AND ALLEGHENY FRONT OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...DEEP MOISTURE WILL NOT BE PRESENT IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT AND THUS ANTICIPATE THAT SNOW WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL OVERNIGHT ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR LOCATIONS ABOVE 2000 FT. ACROSS THE LOWLANDS...AN INVERSION AROUND 4-5KFT WILL LIMIT SNOW SHOWERS AND THUS ANTICIPATE LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION OVERNIGHT. WITH A POST-FRONTAL ARCTIC AIR MASS SETTLING INTO THE REGION...TEMPS TONIGHT WILL BE NOTICEABLY COLDER. A MAV/MET BLEND WAS USED WITH LOWS RANGING FROM THE MID TEENS NORTH AND EAST OF PITTSBURGH TO NEAR 20 IN PORTIONS OF EASTERN OHIO AND NORTHERN WV. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY/... A MODEL CONSENSUS INDICATES THAT A MID-LEVEL TROUGH WILL CROSS THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...PROVIDING FORCING FOR SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BEGINNING IN THE LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE TROUGH AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED GENERALLY ACROSS THE AREA...ALTHOUGH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO THREE INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY WITH UPSLOPING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...DEPENDING ON WHERE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOP. THE TROUGH WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY...WITH SNOW SHOWERS DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE AND COMING TO AN END FOR MOST OF THE AREA BY THE AFTERNOON. MODELS REMAIN IN AGREEMENT THAT HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST BEHIND THIS FEATURE AND ALLOW FOR A DRY FORECAST SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. FOR TEMPS...A NOTICEABLY COLDER WEEKEND IS AHEAD IN CAA BEHIND THE FRONT. TEMPS WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH 30 ACROSS THE AREA EACH DAY WITH TEMPS AROUND 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. WAA WILL RETURN AHEAD OF THE FRONT ON MONDAY...ALLOWING FOR TEMPS TO WARM TO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE DISTRICT TUESDAY BRINGING SHOWERS AND WARMER TEMPERATURES AHEAD OF THE FRONT. AS THE FRONT PUSHES EAST OF THE DISTRICT RAIN SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS AS COLDER TEMPERATURES MOVE IN FOR TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST FLOW OFF THE LAKES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING SOME SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY WEATHER FOR THURSDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL BRING A RISK OF SHOWERS FOR FRIDAY. && .AVIATION /21Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE DISTRICT THIS EVENING WILL BRING PERIODS OF SNOW WITH MVFR TO IFR RESTRICTIONS WHEN THE SNOW IS OCCURRING. GENERAL MVFR OVERCAST CEILINGS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT WHERE NO SNOW IS FALLING. SNOW IS MOST LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTS. .OUTLOOK.../SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... PERIODIC RESTRICTIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY AS SEVERAL FAST MOVING DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. HIGH PRESSURE AND VFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO RETURN MONDAY AND LAST UNTIL A COLD FRONT APPROACHES TUESDAY. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...NONE. OH...NONE. PA...NONE. WV...NONE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwilson Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I'll risk eating crow and say the snow for this winter is pretty much over. I'm ready to move on at this point if not much else is going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I have one tiny little snow shower that happens to be right over top of me right now. Snowing moderately I'd have to say. Shouldn't last too long and then another area of snow showers moving in from Ohio should affect at least some of us in a little bit. Maybe we'll see a quick coating to an inch out of it. This is the best we can do right now while everyone else around us seems to get the storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 Check out that little snow circle in Allegheny County. Remember this little bullseye. Here it comes. SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA648 PM EST FRI FEB 15 2013PAZ014-020>023-029-031-073-075-076-WVZ001>004-012-021-022-160115-ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BEAVER PA-BROOKE WV-BUTLER PA-FAYETTE PA-FAYETTE RIDGES PA-GREENE PA-HANCOCK WV-INDIANA PA-MARION WV-MARSHALL WV-MONONGALIA WV-OHIO WV-WASHINGTON PA-WESTMORELAND PA-WETZEL WV-648 PM EST FRI FEB 15 2013...AN AREA OF SNOW WILL AFFECT ALLEGHENY...EASTERN BROOKE...EASTERNMARSHALL...EASTERN OHIO...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MARION...EXTREMESOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...GREENE...NORTHEASTERN WETZEL...NORTHWESTERNMONONGALIA...SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER...SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK...SOUTHERNBEAVER...SOUTHWESTERN ARMSTRONG...WASHINGTON...WESTERN FAYETTE ANDWESTERN WESTMORELAND COUNTIES...AT 636 PM EST...AN AREA OF SNOW WITH THE LEADING ALONG A LINE FROM 3MILES WEST OF RACCOON CREEK STATE PARK TO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OFWILEYVILLE...WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.THIS AREA OF SNOW WILL GENERATE A QUICK ONE TO TWO INCHES OFACCUMULATION AND MAY DROP VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. HIGHWAYS IMPACTED INCLUDE... I-79. I-376. I-70.YOU CAN REPORT SNOW TOTALS BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POST TO THENWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH.LAT...LON 4078 7936 3978 7960 3956 8072 4057 8051 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Snowing moderately here in Bethel Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Heavy snow in Bethel now. Very large flakes coming down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwilson Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Blah that snow is missing us to the north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Light snow here now. Looks like it's going to end pretty soon here. I have to say that personally that's as heavy as I've seen it snow this winter. Usually you guys up north get it and we miss out down here. This one just happened to track perfectly for where I'm at. Too bad it can't snow like that around here for hours instead of minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatwad Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Heavy Snow here in Monroeville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mailman Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Been coming down nicely here, but it's not sticking to the pavement or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 One inch here on grassy areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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