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Nasty out there. 3 or 4 inches of snow, then an inch of sleet on top, and now a glaze starting to form. I'm wondering if my car will be able to be moved tomorrow?

Btw, for those of you that thought this was going to be mostly rain pittsburgh south, still sitting at 27 at 3 am, and likely if there is a changeover it won't be until precip starts to wind down.

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5 inches of snow with an approximate .10 of ice on top.  It is currently freezing rain,.

So looks like a bust on the cold side, the torrential rains and heavy ice never came, this was mostly a snow event for a majority of the Pittsburgh metro area. Maybe a lesson for the Eeyores here so quick to bellyache about .."Oh it always rains here, it always does"

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So looks like a bust on the cold side, the torrential rains and heavy ice never came, this was mostly a snow event for a majority of the Pittsburgh metro area. Maybe a lesson for the Eeyores here so quick to bellyache about .."Oh it always rains here, it always does"

 

Well, it pretty much played out as expected in my area. It snowed here for about 2 1/2 hours and then it was freezing rain the rest of the night. I picked up about 1.5" of snow and maybe close to .25" of ice. A lot of ice on my vehicle this morning, I know that. Certainly not a crippling ice storm by any means but very disruptive for sure. North of Pittsburgh certainly got mostly snow but the warm tongue hit me after just a couple of hours like it usually does with storms like this.

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Watch how the storm comes back on the models for Sunday. And that's not the last of this winter nonsense, a lot more storm to go!

 

 

My advice is to go back and look at past set ups with ridges off the se US and the troughs migrating under confluence to east coast.

 


51794fa448ee9a09a10350af721718d9_normal.

BUT ITS THE PATTERN! This is the 2cnd big one in 3 days for goodness sakes, and so why quit on 3rd before game starts

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Henry Margusity @HenryMargusity

Watch how the storm comes back on the models for Sunday. And that's not the last of this winter nonsense, a lot more storm to go!

 

 

Joe Bastardi @BigJoeBastardi

My advice is to go back and look at past set ups with ridges off the se US and the troughs migrating under confluence to east coast.

 

51794fa448ee9a09a10350af721718d9_normal.

Joe Bastardi @BigJoeBastardi

BUT ITS THE PATTERN! This is the 2cnd big one in 3 days for goodness sakes, and so why quit on 3rd before game starts

Sounds like they are really trying hard to keep the hits coming to their websites...
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So looks like a bust on the cold side, the torrential rains and heavy ice never came, this was mostly a snow event for a majority of the Pittsburgh metro area. Maybe a lesson for the Eeyores here so quick to bellyache about .."Oh it always rains here, it always does"

I think we here on AmWx tend to remember the bad stuff and forget the good stuff.

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So looks like a bust on the cold side, the torrential rains and heavy ice never came, this was mostly a snow event for a majority of the Pittsburgh metro area. Maybe a lesson for the Eeyores here so quick to bellyache about .."Oh it always rains here, it always does"

No one claimed this was going to be a rain storm. Most regulars who understand our area knew we would have trouble remaining snow even when some models were hinting at that, due to WTOD. We knew the snow would transition to sleet/mix, freezing rain and all rain which is what happened. It was never about surface temps with this storm, so despite most places staying below freezing for most of the storm, no one had all snow. As a matter of fact the majority of the store was not mostly snow. Most places in WPA had 2-5 hrs of all snow. So the majority of the storm was something other than snow. And the snow played out as expected, less to the south of Pgh and more to the north.

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Measured 3.5 of snow ice and sleet on the picnic table this morning. I have to assume it was at least between 4 -5 inches before the compaction from the zr and sleet. Id say somewhere between .1 and .2 ice. It looks like they plowed my road after the majority of the snow and sleet, but haven't been back since, its a sheet of ice.

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Not a bad event.

Enough snow to help with traction

Enough ice to preserve the pack, and enough warm air to help with the roads.

It was a little bit better than i thought.

I agree, I think the front end thump of snow over performed for many. In additon to that it seems the warm air was slower coming up so we got more frozen precip than usual in these setups.

 

Temperature is just warm enough to make chipping the ice of easy. I think temps are going to drop at some point during the day so if you haven't already I'd get your veheciles dug out before this turns into cement.

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Sounds like they are really trying hard to keep the hits coming to their websites...

Yeah, seems a bit over zealous, but there is still some chance the storm ends up being something more than whats currently modeled. That one run, maybe it was 12z GFS monday was pretty epic, honestly there was probably nowhere to do but down from that lol.

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No one claimed this was going to be a rain storm. Most regulars who understand our area knew we would have trouble remaining snow even when some models were hinting at that, due to WTOD. We knew the snow would transition to sleet/mix, freezing rain and all rain which is what happened. It was never about surface temps with this storm, so despite most places staying below freezing for most of the storm, no one had all snow. As a matter of fact the majority of the store was not mostly snow. Most places in WPA had 2-5 hrs of all snow. So the majority of the storm was something other than snow. And the snow played out as expected, less to the south of Pgh and more to the north.

UMMM NWS Pgh Did as the storm

moved in 

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Can someone post. All western pa totals Curious who did the best. Thanks.

...PRELIMINARY SNOW AND SLEET TOTALS...LOCATION                      SNOWFALL    COMMENTS                               IN/S/RIMERSBURG PA                  10.0        923 AM   2/05PUNXSUTAWNEY PA                 9.0        850 AM   2/05MONACA PA                       8.2        927 AM   2/05ZANESVILLE OH                   8.0        915 AM   2/05FREEPORT PA                     8.0       1019 AM   2/05KARNS CITY PA                   8.0        921 AM   2/05JEWETT OH                       8.0        912 AM   2/05CLARION PA                      8.0        924 AM   2/051 N BUTLER PA                   7.5        858 AM   2/05PIEDMONT LAKE OH                7.0        700 AM   2/051 N ZANESVILLE OH               7.0        738 AM   2/05KITTANNING PA                   7.0        800 AM   2/05CABOT PA                        7.0        455 AM   2/05CAMBRIDGE OH                    7.0        729 AM   2/052 SW BUTLER PA                  6.8        730 AM   2/05CRANBERRY TWP PA                6.5        555 AM   2/05COSTONIA OH                     6.5        617 AM   2/05ALIQUIPPA PA                    6.5        928 AM   2/05NEWCOMERSTOWN OH                6.5        615 AM   2/05STRATTON OH                     6.5        615 AM   2/05WELLSVILLE OH                   6.1        733 AM   2/05NEW BETHLEHEM PA                6.0        723 AM   2/05GLENWILLARD COOP PA             6.0        700 AM   2/05EAST LIVERPOOL OH               6.0       1000 AM   2/05BUTLER PA                       6.0        402 AM   2/05INDIANA PA                      6.0        722 AM   2/05HOOKSTOWN PA                    6.0        733 AM   2/05MARS PA                         6.0        747 AM   2/05NEW WILMINGTON PA               6.0        905 AM   2/05CARROLLTON OH                   6.0        911 AM   2/05WEIRTON WV                      5.5       1010 AM   2/051 SSW SLIPPERY ROCK PA          5.2        800 AM   2/054 S NEW PHILADELPHIA OH         5.1        856 AM   2/05MOON TOWNSHIP PA                5.1        815 AM   2/05PINEY DAM POOL PA               5.0        700 AM   2/05GIBSONIA PA                     5.0        245 AM   2/05TORONTO OH                      5.0        616 AM   2/05SAINT CLAIRSVILLE OH            5.0        913 AM   2/05CLYMER PA                       5.0        346 AM   2/051 NE FORD CITY PA               5.0        538 AM   2/05FORD CITY PA                    5.0        732 AM   2/05KENSINGTON OH                   5.0        330 AM   2/05N APPLCN WTRSHED OH             5.0        803 AM   2/05CLAIRTON PA                     4.8        715 AM   2/05ROSWELL OH                      4.5       1007 AM   2/051 NNE SALEM OH                  4.5        657 AM   2/05KNOX PA                         4.3        643 AM   2/054 SSE CROOKED CREEK LK PA       4.0        700 AM   2/05MCCANDLESS TOWNSHIP PA          4.0        917 AM   2/05CREEKSIDE PA                    4.0        700 AM   2/05WELLSBURG WV                    4.0        920 AM   2/051 NW SAGAMORE PA                4.0        700 AM   2/05CLINTON PA                      4.0        729 AM   2/053 SE INDIANA PA                 4.0        700 AM   2/05CROOKED CK. DAM POOL PA         4.0        700 AM   2/051 N WHITNEY PA                  3.5        713 AM   2/05TIONESTA PA                     3.0        852 AM   2/05OAKDALE PA                      3.0        929 AM   2/05NATRONA PA                      3.0        600 AM   2/05CARNEGIE PA                     3.0        930 AM   2/053 NNW MAYSVILLE PA              3.0        847 AM   2/051 NNE SENECA PA                 3.0        700 AM   2/05EIGHTY FOUR PA                  3.0        855 AM   2/05RUFF CREEK PA                   3.0        730 AM   2/05MURRYSVILLE PA                  3.0        240 AM   2/05BRADDOCK PA                     3.0        600 AM   2/051 S FRANKLIN PA                 3.0        700 AM   2/05POINT BREEZE PA                 3.0        723 AM   2/05OAKMONT PA                      3.0        717 AM   2/05PENN RUN PA                     3.0        817 AM   2/05LEECHBURG PA                    3.0        858 AM   2/05TILTONSVILLE OH                 2.5        843 AM   2/051 NW SCOTT TOWNSHIP PA          2.5        745 AM   2/05FINZEL MD                       2.5       1024 AM   2/051 E COOPERSTOWN PA              2.3        700 AM   2/051 W UPPER ST. CLAIR PA          2.2        702 AM   2/05HOUSTON PA                      2.0        726 AM   2/051 SW WEST MIFFLIN PA            2.0        500 AM   2/05CHARLEROI PA                    2.0        600 AM   2/05BELLE VERNON PA                 2.0        839 AM   2/051 N TERRA ALTA WV               2.0        700 AM   2/05PIKE ISLAND WV                  2.0        600 AM   2/05OAKLAND MD                      2.0        737 AM   2/05WHEELING WV                     2.0        732 AM   2/051 SW BRIDGEVILLE PA             2.0        500 AM   2/05NE MCMURRAY PA                  2.0        700 AM   2/05LOYALHANNA LK PA                1.8        800 AM   2/05CONEMAUGH DAM POOL PA           1.5        700 AM   2/054 ESE CHAMPION PA               1.0        710 AM   2/05WEST LIBERTY WV                 1.0        617 AM   2/052 NW MC HENRY MD                1.0        700 AM   2/053 ENE WASHINGTON PA             0.6        700 AM   2/051 ENE FARMINGTON PA             0.5        700 AM   2/05NEW FLORENCE PA                 0.5        700 AM   2/05FARMINGTON PA                   0.2        617 AM   2/05
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