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Figures I would go to work and miss thundersnow. I was surprised to see I only had to go about two or three miles toward town for straight rain. Nice to hear it's still snowing up there. We had three inches or so when I left. Did we pick up much more?

 

Very heavy snow for the last half hour. Thunder woke me up to the north.

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Figures I would go to work and miss thundersnow. I was surprised to see I only had to go about two or three miles toward town for straight rain. Nice to hear it's still snowing up there. We had three inches or so when I left. Did we pick up much more?

Haven't been out yet to measure but it is now snowing big flakes and visibility has got to be 1/4 mile or less for the last hour.

Schools have just canceled.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
720 AM EST TUE FEB 18 2014

OHZ050-PAZ014-020>023-029-073-074-WVZ001-002-181530-
JEFFERSON OH-BUTLER-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WASHINGTON-
WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-HANCOCK-BROOKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STEUBENVILLE...BUTLER...BEAVER...
PITTSBURGH METRO AREA...KITTANNING...INDIANA...WASHINGTON...
GREENSBURG...LATROBE...LIGONIER...DONEGAL...WEIRTON...BETHANY
720 AM EST TUE FEB 18 2014

...AREA OF HEAVY SNOW WITH THUNDER SNOW AT TIMES THIS MORNING...

A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WITH EMBEDDED THUNDER WAS MOVING FROM NEAR
DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH TO DUBOIS. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL
CONTINUE BEHIND THIS BAND THROUGH 9 AM WITH SNOWFALL RATES OVER
ONE INCH PER HOUR. USE EXTRA CAUTION THIS MORNING.

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Big ol' dud down here, second wave has missed completely. Hard to believe a call of 1 to 2 would bust low haha. Well can't win em all, hope it is nice for ya'll to the north!

Didn't do much better in my neck of the woods. Picked up a half inch with that first wave that went through last night. Then temps went up overnight and turned things to rain. When I left for work this morning, it was starting to sleet in Bethel and now it's sleeting with some snow trying to mix in where I'm at in Bridgeville. I would have to say I busted low as well since I was in the 2-4 range for this and definitely didn't get that.
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Didn't do much better in my neck of the woods. Picked up a half inch with that first wave that went through last night. Then temps went up overnight and turned things to rain. When I left for work this morning, it was starting to sleet in Bethel and now it's sleeting with some snow trying to mix in where I'm at in Bridgeville. I would have to say I busted low as well since I was in the 2-4 range for this and definitely didn't get that.

yep whatever I got with 1st wave is basically gone, The NWS had TOOOO Much snow Forecasted !! hahahahaha :axe:  :poster_oops:

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Figures I would go to work and miss thundersnow. I was surprised to see I only had to go about two or three miles toward town for straight rain. Nice to hear it's still snowing up there. We had three inches or so when I left. Did we pick up much more?

:axe:  Same here! I can see on radar a pretty heavy band slammed my backyard, but nothing here in Greensburg, just light snow. I'll have to call my wife and see if she heard thunder.

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So the next question is how much of our snowpack do you think we lose with the slight warm up.

I think its going to take a pretty big hit to be honest. Thursday-Sat look pretty brutal with SW winds and high dew points. I think Thursday night we also stay above freezing. Compact all that with some rain and you have a recipe for fast snow melt. 

 

It will be interesting to see what staying power the pack has with a frozen ground underneath and probably at least 1.5 inches liquid equivalent.

 

My snow weenieism aside, I'm hoping for a slow melt for folks that live near rivers. A fast melt + rain + ice jams could spell a disaster.

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Just shoveled again. 3 inches of heavy wet snow. I think 2 of it fell in a one hour period this morning with this last batch. 

It was funny because last night's squall line, which I thought would be bigger dropped about 1/2 inch. Then this morning I was expecting an inch or less and get a 2 inch burst with Thundersnow. Never turned to rain here.

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My wife works in the city and said all the roads she were on are clear. No problems

I don't know about the city schools but the schools in the North Hills all pretty much had to close. We were getting  1 to 2 inch rates from 6:30 until 8:00 here and the timing was bad. Roads are wet now but they had no choice with the snow coming down when it did.

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