KPITSnow Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Why on earth are we under a WWA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraopolisWx Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 1 hour ago, KPITSnow said: Why on earth are we under a WWA? Far northern areas could have some slick roads throughout the night. Splitting the county probably isn’t an option for this occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatwad Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 Snow Squall Warning SNOW SQUALL WARNING NWS PITTSBURGH PA 212 PM EST WED DEC 18 2019 OHC067-081-PAC003-051-125-129-WVC009-029-069-182012- /O.NEW.KPBZ.SQ.W.0002.191218T1912Z-191218T2015Z/ 212 PM EST WED DEC 18 2019 Harrison County OH-Jefferson County OH-Allegheny County PA-Fayette County PA-Washington County PA-Westmoreland County PA-Brooke County WV-Hancock County WV-Ohio County WV- The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a * Snow Squall Warning for... Northeastern Harrison County in east central Ohio... Southern Jefferson County in east central Ohio... Washington County in southwestern Pennsylvania... Southern Allegheny County in southwestern Pennsylvania... Westmoreland County in southwestern Pennsylvania... Northern Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania... Northeastern Ohio County in northern West Virginia... Brooke County in northern West Virginia... Southeastern Hancock County in northern West Virginia... * Until 315 PM EST. * At 212 PM EST, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line extending from 7 miles northwest of Tiltonsville to 8 miles east of Derry, moving southeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Heavy snow and blowing snow. Wind gusts up to 30 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel. * This includes the following highways... Interstate 70 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 2 and 57. Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 55 and 100. Interstate 79 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 23 and 60. Interstate 376 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 61 and 84. Locations impacted include... Pittsburgh, Penn Hills, Mount Lebanon, Bethel Park, Monroeville, McMurray, Greensburg, Weirton, McKeesport, Steubenville, Washington and Jeannette. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Consider avoiding or delaying travel until the snow squall passes your location. If you must travel, use extra caution and allow extra time. Rapid changes in visibility and slick road conditions may lead to accidents. Reduce your speed and turn on headlights! During snow squalls, the visibility may suddenly drop to near zero in whiteout conditions. LAT...LON 4013 7917 4009 7926 4006 7928 4001 8022 4025 8088 4039 8105 4048 7943 4045 7939 4048 7936 4045 7936 4047 7934 4045 7933 4046 7930 4044 7930 4042 7927 4043 7924 4041 7916 4037 7912 4037 7909 4033 7902 4013 7917 $$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Snow squalls / bands were fun today. Looks like one last round moving through now before we dry out and moderate, unfortunately just in time for the Holiday. While we can never roll out a fluke setup or transient cold shot long rang not looking great for snow prospects, hopefully by Christmas we can see the signs of a good pattern locking in for Jan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB_01 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 1 hour ago, RitualOfTheTrout said: Snow squalls / bands were fun today. Looks like one last round moving through now before we dry out and moderate, unfortunately just in time for the Holiday. While we can never roll out a fluke setup or transient cold shot long rang not looking great for snow prospects, hopefully by Christmas we can see the signs of a good pattern locking in for Jan. Starting to see some signs of the models seeing cold during the first week of January - just need to hope we get the precip too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Near 570dm ridge for Christmas day.. All I can say is: Could push for top 5 warmest Christmas days with that. Still looks like some sort of pattern change near the new year is on tap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 I guess Rudolph is going to earn his pay tonight. I'm having a hard time remembering a day where it was so foggy for so much of the day... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChalkHillSnowNut Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 5 hours ago, Digger said: I guess Rudolph is going to earn his pay tonight. I'm having a hard time remembering a day where it was so foggy for so much of the day... Seriously-driving from the laurels into bethel park was ok-leaving bethel around 8pm to come home-it was thick thick fog until we hit Uniontown....not sure what the deal was with all that dense fog-hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and hope New Years brings some snow and a better pattern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraopolisWx Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 24 minutes ago, ChalkHillSnowNut said: Seriously-driving from the laurels into bethel park was ok-leaving bethel around 8pm to come home-it was thick thick fog until we hit Uniontown....not sure what the deal was with all that dense fog-hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and hope New Years brings some snow and a better pattern Glad you made it home safe. This is some of the lowest visibility I can remember in a awhile. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PghPirates27 Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 anything on tap for the next few weeks? not seeing anything looking that great.... still looks to be kind warm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwilson Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 10 hours ago, PghPirates27 said: anything on tap for the next few weeks? not seeing anything looking that great.... still looks to be kind warm. Absent a fluke event, I would say no. There might be a brief relaxation period of the overall pattern in early January. Otherwise . . . This is the doldrums. 50F days around the holidays and an extended period heading into January where snow doesn't really exist. Funnily enough, the Euro weeklies back in early December gave us a total of 11" of snow through the end of January (which of course is well below normal). I thought that was extreme, but as of now I'm more convinced it may be prophetic. This pacific pattern is stout and may last for the foreseeable future. If a pattern change does happen, and it can, we may not know about it until after the fact. However, a lot of winter forecasts also called for an early end to winter. If those are to be believed, "winter" may have only existed in November. One problem we're seeing, I think, is the GFS/GEFS issues overdoing cold in the mid-and-long ranges. They keep wanting to give us snow but it caves every time to the Euro once the timeframe closes. Now they can't be trusted, but I don't know if that's a pattern issue or a model bias. Watch the main indices (PNA / AO / NAO / EPO / MJO) and see if any flip to more favorable conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPITSnow Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Boy, frustrating start to the winter season. We can save it with one big storm, but unfortunately we all know what is more than likely to happen is rain/slop followed by dry and bitter cold, or we get the annoying half inch snows that are a pain in the butt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rd9108 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 This winter looks bleak. Only a big storm can salvage it and even then all of the forecasts are gonna bust low. Don't worry it will be snowing in April atleast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 4 hours ago, Rd9108 said: This winter looks bleak. Only a big storm can salvage it and even then all of the forecasts are gonna bust low. Don't worry it will be snowing in April atleast. Yeah, after a few brief shots at more normal winter conditions the next couple days and again next week it looks like models are locking into a pretty robust SE ridge. Could be towards the end of January until things hopefully improve. Maybe we can manage to get something before that sets in and even if not in Jan you can fluke your way into a storm so while not optimistic right now still worth monitoring. I'd love to get a cold and snowy January one of these years rather than these miserable Springs of late but that probably won't be the case again this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChalkHillSnowNut Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Models looking good in 10 day range-lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rd9108 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Insert Lucy pulling football away picture. I'm not buying it until it's a day out. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB_01 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Insert Lucy pulling football away picture. I'm not buying it until it's a day out. A day? That’s generous. I need to see it on the ground with my own eyes before I believe it. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mailman Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 12z Euro coming in with the white stuff on Tuesday. Looking like a change-over, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 I think we would all be happy with a 2-4 inch Clipper system. Then we can get a 12+ system in February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB_01 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Just to mention ---> Candian and Euro have a pretty similar look in the upper levels for tuesday. Very different from 18z GFS. Im waiting up for the 00z gfs tonight. Curious to see if anything changes or if it continues to be slightly rainier than the euro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rd9108 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 This is looking like its trending to shit and January looks like its trending to shit. The good news is maybe I'll be ready for golf season earlier. Although knowing our luck its gonna be snowing in late April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwilson Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Yeah, the longer this goes on, the more I'm convinced it is simply an extension of the pattern that served us last winter. They aren't quite the same, but it's more a matter of these conditions are a follow up to those previous. These cycles can last for multiple winters. I don't buy the 10-day solutions that consistently get punted backwards as we get closer. I'm more interested in watching what is driving the current pattern and seeing if there's any chance of it breaking down. Right now, I don't see anything. It's a strong central pacific ridge, supported by the flow upstream, that won't abate. This simply won't be a great winter. That's how the dice rolls on occasion. I should add: there's always the possibility we get a popup storm solution. 2016 comes to mind. Unlikely, and the overall pattern won't be conducive to repeats or consistency, but that's really all there is to save the overall snow totals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Some snow squalls making their way into Northern Allegheny / Westmoreland now, I wonder if they will be able to hold together. Would be nice to see some snow coming down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPITSnow Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 17 minutes ago, RitualOfTheTrout said: Some snow squalls making their way into Northern Allegheny / Westmoreland now, I wonder if they will be able to hold together. Would be nice to see some snow coming down. Nope. I’m up just north of Wexford...not very impressive and on radar the band looks to be falling apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPITSnow Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Jeez...I never say this. I’m ready for spring....even snow squalls disintegrate when they get near us. it is comical reading the comments on here that yesterday’s storm was originally too far north and a mix and ended up being south of us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Wow!!! That squall gave me 35 mph winds and a dusting. Back in the 1970's Joe Denardo would have called that a scattered snow shower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwilson Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 3 hours ago, KPITSnow said: Jeez...I never say this. I’m ready for spring....even snow squalls disintegrate when they get near us. it is comical reading the comments on here that yesterday’s storm was originally too far north and a mix and ended up being south of us. Sort of like how 10 days ago the GFS wanted to give us 10" of snow, and instead we'll be approaching 70F. I wonder how the NWS feels about their updated model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burghblizz Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 We’ve only had 1 or 2 winters in the last 40 years that we’re under 20” - but the way this is going we could make a serious run. On the bright side, less time pissed off over near misses. ☺️ PS: I feel like the new Snow Squall warning is a bit overused. We had one in the early 90s that also came with warning criteria snows. So it was a pretty special event. Now it’s changed to just a low visibility squall. I get needing to keep people aware, but warnings (with all kinds of alerts on people’s phones going off) is a bit much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PghPirates27 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 I was trying to work in my office and kept getting interrupted by a cacophony of blaring phones. All for 5/10 minutes of snow, that’s already melted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwilson Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Burghblizz said: We’ve only had 1 or 2 winters in the last 40 years that we’re under 20” - but the way this is going we could make a serious run. On the bright side, less time pissed off over near misses. ☺️ PS: I feel like the new Snow Squall warning is a bit overused. We had one in the early 90s that also came with warning criteria snows. So it was a pretty special event. Now it’s changed to just a low visibility squall. I get needing to keep people aware, but warnings (with all kinds of alerts on people’s phones going off) is a bit much 2015-16 was the last year under 30" (29.6"). 1990-91 was the last year under 20" (17.2"). The only other year in relatively modern history below 20" was the winter of 1973-74 (16.6"). Otherwise you're going back to the 30s, which apparently was a horrendous decade for snow. More recently, there was that pretty futile stretch in the late 80s and 90s where PIT was below average 13 out of 16 years, including six years in a row two separate times ('86 thru '92 and then '96 thru '02). This stretch was interspersed with quite high yearly snowfalls exceeding 70" three times (72.1" in '92-'93, 76.8" in '93-'94, and 74.5" in '95-'96). Going below average this year would make 4 of the last 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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