SP Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Easy 3 in the highest elevations.....a bit less around 1500ft. Accidents everywhere including interstates. My skiers had one of their best days of the year at JF. Of topic slightly, but how long do you envision JF staying open this season? ....especially given the potential for relatively decent weather (for skiing, that is) through the end of March? Based on past experience, all of the Poconos resorts tend to call it quits no later than the first weekend in April no matter how much base they have left and no matter what weather might be in the forecast. In recent years, that has been a necessity due to warm spring weather, but there have been plenty of seasons (well, occasional seasons) where the available base and the weather would have allowed them to keep chugging into mid-April if they so desired. JF was closing after this weekend but announced it will not. I know a lot of people who work there and run the place and will get the skinny and let you know. My hunch is maybe a week or two. I know they have to not just take into consideration the conditions but if they can make money or not. My hunch is BB stays open but JF maybe one more weekend. I was not there today but my kids said it was empty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 that was me yelling outside happy with march snow grats on the snow and birthday, now revel in the euro defeat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Think I'm busting low on this one... guess it was about time you guys got a snowy March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Coulda swore I had a small clap of thunder here. Keep dreaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Keep dreaming Actually PNE is reporting VCTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximum lawman Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Coulda swore I had a small clap of thunder here. Pretty sure I heard it too, right around the time he posted. Roads are totally covered in BM even moderately travelled ones. 100% sleet. Or as you Philly people say it "Oice" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penndotguy Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 once again the Reading Pa. snow hole prevails very little on the grass, coating on the deck. Please put an end to the misery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Actually PNE is reporting VCTS. I'm in Drexel hill as well. Only thunder he heard was an empty beer can hitting the ground lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJ_Ken Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 JF was closing after this weekend but announced it will not. I know a lot of people who work there and run the place and will get the skinny and let you know. My hunch is maybe a week or two. I know they have to not just take into consideration the conditions but if they can make money or not. My hunch is BB stays open but JF maybe one more weekend. I was not there today but my kids said it was empty. Yeah, it always seemed like, in this part of the world, people's minds moved on to other things by the time April 1 rolled around, even if the conditions are still decent on the slopes. Of course, if 99.9% of their potential clients are busy in their gardens or on the golf course (or dreaming about those things), it is pretty darn difficult to get enough people to make the drive up there so they can cover their nut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 I'm in Drexel hill as well. Only thunder he heard was an empty beer can hitting the ground lol Were they your cans, Tom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jg1 Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 There was thundersnow at approx 3:10 in Robbinsville, NJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noctilucent Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Warrington, PA. 32.1 degrees, winds E at 10. 50% sleet (someone tell Rob/Rib)/50% snow. 0.3" of variegated frozen material on the ground. We just arrived home from Lancaster after a terrifying trip on the Turnpike from Morgantown to Valley Forge. Cars flipped over, spun-out, a 5 car accident just east of Downingtown. What a mess! Salt trucks were just getting out. Caught everyone by surprise. EDIT... After Valley Forge, it was just wet. .At home we are 5 mi North of the PA turnpike (E/W, I-76). As we worked our way north, there was very little evidence of snow right at the turnpike. EACH MILE NORTH, there was a steady increase of frozen precip and accumulation. Interesting to watch unfold. Could have done without the white-knuckle turnpike drive though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 I'm in Drexel hill as well. Only thunder he heard was an empty beer can hitting the ground lol I was down by city line avenue. I'm siding with ray on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jims Videos Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 I'm in Pittston now about 1.5 on the grass but driving on the turnpike from the tunnel to Wilkes barre was AWFUL around 1:30. Snow covered roadway people zooming past and not a plow truck or even salt truck to be seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Indeed, where is Rib? Running down the streets naked in pure ecstasy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 1.2 new snow in Highland Lakes, NJ Temp 28 F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allman15 Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 ne philly 33.8.....sleet and snow mix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucksCO_PA Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Meanwhile Washington DC is sitting at 59 degrees Sleet transitioning to mostly snow now in Fairless Hills Bucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Even PHL has mainly reported rain today. Just north of there is the transition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 difficult to measure this one but the glass deck table has 2.5" on the nose that surface was the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximum lawman Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 I was down by city line avenue. I'm siding with ray on this. I'm 3 or 4 miles from city line. So it's possible (and I'm drinking bottled beer for the record). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximum lawman Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Indeed, where is Rib? Running down the streets naked in pure ecstasy? Indeed. It's his day. Though my oice is mainly rain at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Even PHL has mainly reported rain today. Just north of there is the transition. I was @ te driving range on city line ave between upper Darby/lower Marion/Philly border and majority of it was sleet/snow earlier.. Now sleet/rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucksCO_PA Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 that was me yelling outside happy with march snow Happy B-day Andy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Up to 1.4" back home in Ewing now... looks like the heaviest is behind them per radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allsnow Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Grass coated up again here. As intensity slows , it melts off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Just looked outside (although I didn't want to) and there is about an inch to an inch and a hlaf on the grass in the backyard. I don't feel like making it official and measuring it though. I'm in a "boycott snow" kind of a mood today. Especially after seeing that most of Virginia enjoying 60 degree temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Lightning Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 The grass is covered in about half of an inch of sleet right now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Humidity Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Up to 1.4" back home in Ewing now... looks like the heaviest is behind them per radar. 1.3" here with the heavier bands gone east. Looks like your folks beat me this time. Ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowanBrandon Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Plain rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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