nodriveslow2 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Yea, because it was so windy and the snow was more on the powdery side it was really hard to get accurate measurements if you were doing it the clear every 6 hours method. Almost impossible really in this storm. I think the NWS and CO-OP do 1 measurement every 24 hours, not sure though. CoCoRaHS asks for board clearing every 6 hours(that's where I am an observer) I think many were just doing a final depth measurment when the snow stopped and that was the total, which is fine really because like you said it was so hard to accurate readings. I think that's what Ralph did and if it was a non drifted area it should provide a somewhat accurate measurment. Like I said,some agencies only require 1 measurment very 24 hours. Thanks for the reply. Based on the area reports, I'm pretty confident on how and what I reported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violentweatherfan Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Yeah same I thought the same while recording it. What kind of video camera did you use yesterday... wondering if you need a hand held stabilizer. I made one out of PVC for my camcorder, I can send you the link on how to build it. It works great too by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 And imagine how the snow lovers less than 50 miles NNW in AVP feel about their 2" (that's inches, not feet) dump. Been there done that veteran of 09-10 and boxing day it sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Who has their current snow depth number. Substantial compaction in 2 days I measured a dozen locations came up with 15.5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisy Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Really impressive how well the dry slot for PHL SE NJ was modeled multiple days out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Really impressive how well the dry slot for PHL SE NJ was modeled multiple days out. Yes it was. I wouldn't be fooling saying I was a bit concerned as the northward push continued into the start of the storm that a dry slot could make it deep into SEPA as the best frontogenic forcing was going into Lehigh Valley to NYC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenmsav6810 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Who has their current snow depth number. Substantial compaction in 2 days I measured a dozen locations came up with 15.5" I have significant compaction too, down to 18" or so from 23.5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Prelim report via Paul Kocin says this was a Nesis Cat 4. Didnt make Cat 5 due to lack of heavy snow over populated areas. Guess 1993 and 1996 (Cat 5 storms) were more spread out over more of the large cities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenmsav6810 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Prelim report via Paul Kocin says this was a Nesis Cat 4. Didnt make Cat 5 due to lack of heavy snow over populated areas. Guess 1993 and 1996 (Cat 5 storms) were more spread out over more of the large cities? Surprising considering that 2006 record for Central Park NYC came within a tenth of an inch of being broken. I'm not sure if it broke many of the 96 total snowfall records in SC PA. I don't think it broke any state wide all time max snowfall during a single calendar day or single event records either. If 93 was cat 5 this should be cat 5. This is the best observe snowfall map I've seen: link is pretty good too. Neither give Allentown its deserved fame that it deserves. My snow depth measurements are 26" for North Coventry (taken Yesterday at Noon) and 23.5" for Douglassville (taken at Midnight on Saturday) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyDabbundo Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Aerial photo from a drone of my hometown during the storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenmsav6810 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Sorry to pull up this old thread but this snowstorm just received another accolade: Barack Obama just signed the State of Disaster Declaration for dates related to this snow storm: http://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/obama-signs-declaration-of-disaster-for-pennsylvania-for-january-snowstorm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenmsav6810 Posted April 14, 2016 Share Posted April 14, 2016 PA turnpike commission is still making a mess of this storm: http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20160414_Turnpike_s_storm_report_is_a_snow_job.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treckasec Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Radar loop I put together of the blizzard ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 That was awesome. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds~69 Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 ^Holy shiet...that's killer! What a winter radar loop! (especially for my area) Sadly, some people got screwed...but damn, that was good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violentweatherfan Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 I came across this during a YouTube spiral, for our forum area the loop starts around 1:40 however it's worth watching the entire video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisy Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 This storm was the best and worst storm of my life... 1) I always stay up all night when a storm is hitting. I made it to about 3 am, then woke up about 5:30-6 to the best conditions of my life. Whiteout and over a foot of snow on the ground it was the best. 2) Then the dry slot hit and I was stuck literally 10 miles from heavy snow for most of the day. Could have been an all time great for Philly if the Low was literally 20 miles SE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 30 inches here What a beautiful storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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