colonel717 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Wow, looks like we could double or triple our seasonal totals to date over the next 10 days, exciting times ahead...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Here is some good reading on the weather pattern to date and going forward. http://www.wxrisk.com/the-return-of-the-firehose/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChalkHillSnowNut Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Merry Christmas my western PA, Pgh. Peeps!....may we all be blessed with a flurry tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Merry Christmas my western PA, Pgh. Peeps!....may we all be blessed with a flurry tomorrow! Merry Christmas to you and all as well! I think we will be surprised tomorrow morning. Not with much snow but snow will be in the air and don't be surprised to see a coating which would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Nothing like Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Christmas Eve. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 564NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK425 PM EST WED DEC 24 2014SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 564 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM ESTFOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSPAC003-007-019-039-049-059-073-085-121-125-250300-/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0564.141224T2125Z-141225T0300Z/PA. PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES INCLUDED AREALLEGHENY BEAVER BUTLERCRAWFORD ERIE GREENELAWRENCE MERCER VENANGOWASHINGTON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Merry Christmas my western PA, Pgh. Peeps!....may we all be blessed with a flurry tomorrow!I think our next chance of Fleury is Saturday. Merry Christmas my Bethel Park peep. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mailman Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTEDSEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA736 PM EST WED DEC 24 2014THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...WESTERN ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...BEAVER COUNTY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHEASTERN BROOKE COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIANA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO...* UNTIL 800 PM EST* AT 735 PM EST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDINGFROM HAMMONDSVILLE TO WINTERSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.HAZARD...60 MPH GUSTS.SOURCE...RADAR.IMPACT...TREE DAMAGE.* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HAMMONDSVILLE... WINTERSVILLE... STEUBENVILLE...WELLSVILLE... NEW CUMBERLAND... TORONTO...WEIRTON... NEWELL...TOMLINSON RUN STATE PARK... SUN VALLEY...NEW MANCHESTER... EAST LIVERPOOL...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...THIS LINE OF STORMS IS NOT PRODUCING MUCH LIGHTNING. PREPARE FORDAMAGING WIND GUSTS. MOVE INTO A STURDY BUILDING AND AVOID WINDOWS.PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TOTHE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatwad Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Special Weather Statement SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 816 PM EST WED DEC 24 2014 PAZ021-029-031-073-075-250145- ALLEGHENY PA-FAYETTE PA-GREENE PA-WASHINGTON PA-WESTMORELAND PA- 816 PM EST WED DEC 24 2014 ...SHOWERS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL AFFECT EASTERN WASHINGTON... EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL GREENE...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE...EXTREME WEST CENTRAL WESTMORELAND AND SOUTHERN ALLEGHENY COUNTIES... AT 815 PM EST...SHOWERS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM OAKDALE TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF WASHINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OAKDALE... CANONSBURG... THOMPSONVILLE... CARNEGIE... BRIDGEVILLE... SCOTT TOWNSHIP... CRAFTON... UPPER ST. CLAIR... UPPER SAINT CLAIR... INGRAM... GREEN TREE... MCMURRAY... PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE OR BY USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. LAT...LON 4054 7973 4008 7981 4000 8026 4043 8019 $$ KRAMAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatwad Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Severe Thunderstorm Warning SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 814 PM EST WED DEC 24 2014 PAC003-007-019-250130- /O.CON.KPBZ.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-141225T0130Z/ ALLEGHENY PA-BEAVER PA-BUTLER PA- 814 PM EST WED DEC 24 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR BUTLER...BEAVER AND ALLEGHENY COUNTIES... AT 813 PM EST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FERNWAY TO EDGEWORTH...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR. IMPACT...TREE DAMAGE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ECONOMY... SEWICKLEY... BADEN... HARMONY TOWNSHIP... ECONOMY BORO... AMBRIDGE... CORAOPOLIS... ALIQUIPPA... CARNOT-MOON... MONACA... MOON... ROBINSON TOWNSHIP... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWSPITTSBURGH. LAT...LON 4041 8028 4058 8031 4077 8027 4085 7990 4051 7983 TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 253DEG 37KT 4072 8018 4056 8015 $$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChalkHillSnowNut Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Wow it's howling out there boys....santas got some help flying around PITT tonight!....hoping some flakes in the am.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraopolisWx Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Canadian is still on it's own for next Tuesday. Not sure if that means anything at this point, but it's been a solid model so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdd9108 Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 Merry Christmas all. So the models are looking grim. Can we just skip to spring and avoid this madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Merry Christmas all. So the models are looking grim. Can we just skip to spring and avoid this madness. Keep hope. We are not getting nickel and Dimed. Maybe we will get the big storms instead in Jan and Feb. Remember most of us want the big storms and are annoyed with the little stuff. It is early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psunate1977 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 What is the driest winter we have had? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 What is the driest winter we have had?I don't know off the top of my head, but we had one season back in the 90's where we officially only had around 11" of snow for the entire winter. I may be off on that amount a bit, but it was close to that. We had some very snowy winters back in the 90's, and I remember that one just being unusual. Can't remember the exact year, but it was in the middle of the those snowy winters. We may have had one drier than that, but that one was at least close to the top. That gives me something to research later, unless someone else finds the answer first. Anyway, we still have a whole season ahead of us, so I'll just look at it as being off to a slow start for now. Hopefully, things pick up in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Keep hope. We are not getting nickel and Dimed. Maybe we will get the big storms instead in Jan and Feb. Remember most of us want the big storms and are annoyed with the little stuff. It is early.Yeah, I honestly didn't enjoy all of those nickel and dime events from last year combined with the frigid cold. I'd actually rather have this and maybe cash in on one or two big ones for a change. Not saying that's going to happen, because we miss more than our fair share of storms around here, but it's early, so all we can do is just keep an eye on things for now and hope. It's frustrating, but we're used to it at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 At this point I wouldn't mind even a couple of 1-2 inchers and a week of seasonable to slightly below temps. I do agree that last years relentless cold and daily nickels did get old but I havent even measured an inch of snow at one time on the ground yet so starting to get annoyed with that. I think all the indicies looking favorable leading up to this winter makes it harder to swallow that we may struggle to hit normal snowfall unless we cash in on a big one. Yeah, I honestly didn't enjoy all of those nickel and dime events from last year combined with the frigid cold. I'd actually rather have this and maybe cash in on one or two big ones for a change. Not saying that's going to happen, because we miss more than our fair share of storms around here, but it's early, so all we can do is just keep an eye on things for now and hope. It's frustrating, but we're used to it at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdd9108 Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 Its hard to be optimistic with this crap pattern, I expected atleast a 2 inch snow storm by now but it looks like its extremely difficult to squeeze out any type of frozen precip. I am at the point where if the next two proged storms don't pan out then I am quitting storm chasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChalkHillSnowNut Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Haha Rdd..... A 2" snowstorm....now that's funny! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psunate1977 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 I believe I heard this was only the 6th time since 1880 we have had less then an 1" of snow total for December. That said, we always talk about the snowiest winters and try to pinpoint the current winter up to those, but aren't we do for a below avg snowfall winter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolling Snowed Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Here's the official historic snow amounts by month dating back to 1883: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/pbz/thissnow.htm Looks like the least snowiest season was 1918-1919 with 8.8 inches. The most recent season with way below average snowfall was 1990-1991 with 17.2 inches for the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdd9108 Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 Im torn because on one hand I love snow but on the other. These temps are perfect. I don't have to use my propane heater ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Here's the official historic snow amounts by month dating back to 1883: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/pbz/thissnow.htm Looks like the least snowiest season was 1918-1919 with 8.8 inches. The most recent season with way below average snowfall was 1990-1991 with 17.2 inches for the season. I guess I was off a bit with the amount, but I knew we had a pretty dry one back in the 90's somewhere. Funny how we had that dry winter and then it just exploded after that for a while for a lot of the 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psunate1977 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Looks like another boring Weather Week ahead. Next week (5-11) doesn't look promising either as of right now. Hopefully we get a few good ones, but if we go through Jan without much I don't know what to think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderhead Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Looks like another boring Weather Week ahead. Next week (5-11) doesn't look promising either as of right now. Hopefully we get a few good ones, but if we go through Jan without much I don't know what to think. Yes, although at least with the cool down, ski resorts can make their own snow. Was hoping to get some lake-effect with the cooler pattern, but flow pattern does not appear favorable at this point. Perhaps something for W NY mid-late week. It's still early. I think that several good winters on the whole had cool+dry periods that were followed by significant snow as juicy systems began to interact with the entrenched cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdd9108 Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 Yes, although at least with the cool down, ski resorts can make their own snow. Was hoping to get some lake-effect with the cooler pattern, but flow pattern does not appear favorable at this point. Perhaps something for W NY mid-late week. It's still early. I think that several good winters on the whole had cool+dry periods that were followed by significant snow as juicy systems began to interact with the entrenched cold. how does the 3-5 threat look? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdd9108 Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 Groundhog day on the models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Groundhog day on the models. Hopefully, we don't have to wait until Groundhog Day for our next threat. Of course, if we would get buried that day then I would gladly wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdd9108 Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 Potent clipper next week. awww screw it, its just gonna fringe us anyway. This winter has busted hard so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 You know its been a lousy winter to date when this is post worthy on the last day of December, but I saw some flurries ealier this evening, maybe even qualify as a brief light snow shower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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