Ralph Wiggum Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Merry Christmas and Happy Festivus!! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franklin0529 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 If only!! Hey the big ones are sniffed out early right? Right?! Merry Christmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 19 minutes ago, Franklin0529 said: If only!! Hey the big ones are sniffed out early right? Right?! Merry Christmas This setup coming in 7-14+ days reminds me of 2010 and 2016. Still thinking at some point the chances for a larger storm are increased this JFM. We see what the base state has been with high lat atl blocking and a near-stationary block in the N PAC. STJ has had some waves riding thru so I wouldn't rule out this links up with the PJ once or twice in our favor. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVwxHistorian Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, Ralph Wiggum said: This setup coming in 7-14+ days reminds me of 2010 and 2016. Still thinking at some point the chances for a larger storm are increased this JFM. We see what the base state has been with high lat atl blocking and a near-stationary block in the N PAC. STJ has had some waves riding thru so I wouldn't rule out this links up with the PJ once or twice in our favor. Thank you, your expert analysis is always appreciated ... wait, are you an expert? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 11 minutes ago, LVwxHistorian said: Thank you, your expert analysis is always appreciated ... wait, are you an expert? Nothing expert about it. Just trying to put pieces of this wx puzzle together. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVwxHistorian Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 18 minutes ago, Ralph Wiggum said: Nothing expert about it. Just trying to put pieces of this wx puzzle together. Ok, just asking, no offense intended! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franklin0529 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 33 minutes ago, Ralph Wiggum said: This setup coming in 7-14+ days reminds me of 2010 and 2016. Still thinking at some point the chances for a larger storm are increased this JFM. We see what the base state has been with high lat atl blocking and a near-stationary block in the N PAC. STJ has had some waves riding thru so I wouldn't rule out this links up with the PJ once or twice in our favor. I agree. Pattern shown in the next 2 weeks could very well produce a bomb from philly to Boston, heck maybe even DC. Hopefully it sticks through the weekend than we'll know if it has legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 7 hours ago, LVwxHistorian said: That's exactly what happened in 93-94, virtually nothing through December, coating on Xmas, then WHAM 75"!! At least here in the LV, not so great in Phila. PS thanks so much for fixing your tagline, though I liked JAn 2016 data. And I was confused by your new one till I looked it up, lol! That was the awful season of the ice storms - I recall counting 17 in all. The entire tri-state area had run out of salt - both road salt and consumer halite. They eventually had convoys coming down from NY to provide some for the road crews. People were down to putting sand (if they had any) or kitty litter out. I actually had to go on a work trip to Baltimore (via Amtrak) during one of them and drove to 30th St. Station (parked there for a few days) literally just as the latest storm was underway. I was about to go on the Schuylkill Expressway to eventually get to 30th St. figuring PennDOT would be keeping that cleared but decided to go past it instead and took one of the river drives into the city. Thankfully I did because they eventually closed the Expressway and people were trapped there for at least 8 hours. When I finally got to Baltimore, I was able to find a couple bags of salt and brought them back with me in my suitcase for my mom. She ended up being the only one on her block the rest of the winter with her sidewalk clear and dry to the pavement. Currently partly cloudy out and 40 with dp that has gradually crept up to 36. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Merry Christmas! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds~69 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Merry Christmas all...doing the log fire video through LED/5.1 stereo w/tunes. No fireplace and if tried to start a fire at midnight outside...neighbors may think I nuts. 36F 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 12 minutes ago, Birds~69 said: Merry Christmas all...doing the log fire video through LED/5.1 stereo w/tunes. No fireplace and if tried to start a fire at midnight outside...neighbors may think I nuts. 36F Lol - or maybe they'd come over! Merry Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Family member drove off an almost family member in a bitter dispute, a Christmas classic of yore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds~69 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 1 minute ago, KamuSnow said: Lol - or maybe they'd come over! Merry Christmas. Same to you. Merry Christmas! My neighbors are quite religious...ehh, I probably don't want to deal w/it. Rather watch the video/audio fireplace w/acoustic tunes throughout my place w/chromecast...super mellow. 36F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolHandMike Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Happy Christmas, everyone! Quick shot of the absolute mountain of gifts we will be transporting on the morrow to a friend's house for celebrations and libations amongst friends and family. Cheers and good tidings (and thoughts of future deep snow) to all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 I finally decided to watch the above movie for the first time last week and LOL'd at the plot of a pair of former WW2 buddies who became big time entertainers after the war and ended up meeting and following a pair of sisters (also performers) who were heading to a Vermont Ski Lodge (later found to have been owned by the guys' old WW2 CO) right before Christmas for their next engagement. Upon arrival, they all thought they had boarded the wrong train (musing about whether they were in North Carolina instead) because there wasn't a flake of snow anywhere in the area. In Vermont. In late December. The laments sounded like those here, although for Vermont, that would have been a righteous outrage. It did eventually snow right on queue. Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and winter holiday. Currently light rain and 41 with dp 40. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 6 hours ago, Hurricane Agnes said: I finally decided to watch the above movie for the first time last week and LOL'd at the plot of a pair of former WW2 buddies who became big time entertainers after the war and ended up meeting and following a pair of sisters (also performers) who were heading to a Vermont Ski Lodge (later found to have been owned by the guys' old WW2 CO) right before Christmas for their next engagement. Upon arrival, they all thought they had boarded the wrong train (musing about whether they were in North Carolina instead) because there wasn't a flake of snow anywhere in the area. In Vermont. In late December. The laments sounded like those here, although for Vermont, that would have been a righteous outrage. It did eventually snow right on queue. Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and winter holiday. Currently light rain and 41 with dp 40. Chick flick all the way lol Never seen it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Allentown snow December 1976 16 T 17 T 20 T 21 T 23 T 25 1.4" 26 2.2" 27 .5" 28 1.5" 29 T New Years day T The amounts are light but what a time with snow in the air for the holidays Mildest day after the 20th was 38F on the 23rd January that followed was 11.5F below normal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVwxHistorian Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 2 hours ago, RedSky said: Allentown snow December 1976 16 T 17 T 20 T 21 T 23 T 25 1.4" 26 2.2" 27 .5" 28 1.5" 29 T New Years day T The amounts are light but what a time with snow in the air for the holidays Mildest day after the 20th was 38F on the 23rd January that followed was 11.5F below normal Why did you choose this month? And JAN 77 was coldest JAN ever -- 18.6 mean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 1 hour ago, LVwxHistorian said: Why did you choose this month? And JAN 77 was coldest JAN ever -- 18.6 mean I'll chime in again (lol), but maybe it was because it's Christmas and snow on or around this time is something many of us like a lot, and don't see too often. I imagine RedSky longingly looking at past Christmas snows and coming across 1976. Probably something else though, haha. If 1993-94 was the ice winter, 76-77 was the cold winter. We skated on ponds before Christmas that year. I remember thinking what a waste of cold weather, it had been below freezing most days since Thanksgiving. It finally snowed Christmas night here, about 2 inches or so starting in the late evening. It was cold and the snow was real dry, not heavy, but just floating down. It was a beautiful sight! And yeah January was colder. I think they had an icebreaker come up the Delaware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 17 minutes ago, KamuSnow said: I'll chime in again (lol), but maybe it was because it's Christmas and snow on or around this time is something many of us like a lot, and don't see too often. I imagine RedSky longingly looking at past Christmas snows and coming across 1976. Probably something else though, haha. If 1993-94 was the ice winter, 76-77 was the cold winter. We skated on ponds before Christmas that year. I remember thinking what a waste of cold weather, it had been below freezing most days since Thanksgiving. It finally snowed Christmas night here, about 2 inches or so starting in the late evening. It was cold and the snow was real dry, not heavy, but just floating down. It was a beautiful sight! And yeah January was colder. I think they had an icebreaker come up the Delaware. BINGO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVwxHistorian Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 51 minutes ago, KamuSnow said: I'll chime in again (lol), but maybe it was because it's Christmas and snow on or around this time is something many of us like a lot, and don't see too often. I imagine RedSky longingly looking at past Christmas snows and coming across 1976. Probably something else though, haha. If 1993-94 was the ice winter, 76-77 was the cold winter. We skated on ponds before Christmas that year. I remember thinking what a waste of cold weather, it had been below freezing most days since Thanksgiving. It finally snowed Christmas night here, about 2 inches or so starting in the late evening. It was cold and the snow was real dry, not heavy, but just floating down. It was a beautiful sight! And yeah January was colder. I think they had an icebreaker come up the Delaware. Makes since, just didn't think Red Sky was that old -- that was my first winter on Earth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTA66 Posted December 25, 2021 Author Share Posted December 25, 2021 Pouring cats & dogs on the Blue Route. Heck of a way to run a drought! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 21 minutes ago, LVwxHistorian said: Makes since, just didn't think Red Sky was that old -- that was my first winter on Earth! Only reason I remember it is because that was the year we got snow days for being too cold for school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 6 hours ago, RedSky said: Chick flick all the way lol Never seen it Ehh... it was a typical Bing Crosby WW2 musical thing. They contrive a plot with buddies who are performers who eventually attempt to revive/open an entertainment venue. It was a nod to Crosby's "Holiday Inn" (which released 12 years earlier), where the songs "White Christmas" and "Happy Holidays" actually debuted. Some of the quips in the movie reminded me of our little group though, including one where Crosby saunters up to the lodge desk clerk and starts a conversation with "We came up here for the snow. Where're you keeping it?" and she replies "Well we take it in during the day". 41 minutes ago, KamuSnow said: I'll chime in again (lol), but maybe it was because it's Christmas and snow on or around this time is something many of us like a lot, and don't see too often. I imagine RedSky longingly looking at past Christmas snows and coming across 1976. Probably something else though, haha. If 1993-94 was the ice winter, 76-77 was the cold winter. We skated on ponds before Christmas that year. I remember thinking what a waste of cold weather, it had been below freezing most days since Thanksgiving. It finally snowed Christmas night here, about 2 inches or so starting in the late evening. It was cold and the snow was real dry, not heavy, but just floating down. It was a beautiful sight! And yeah January was colder. I think they had an icebreaker come up the Delaware. Ugggghhh... and I was on SEPTA to get to/from high school and living here with the hilly streets meant either no buses showed up and/or showed up but were packed to the point that people were smashed against the doors and it had to bypass my stop and/or we would have to get off and walk up to the top of hills along the route, and then get back on once there because the bus couldn't make it without sliding back down. That was the year of the glacial streets and walks. I know our ice chopper got much use and the station wagon had to use chains a few times. The temps here have been wavering with the warm front and have gone up and down (high for the day appears to have been 54, assuming the non-diurnal warming is done for now) and am currently getting a round 2 of very light, with temp at 52 and dp 50. Picked up 0.05" earlier and am now up to 0.07 with this latest round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 I see greenskeeper was in earlier passing out weenie stickers. Merry Christmas @greenskeeper! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 33 minutes ago, JTA66 said: Pouring cats & dogs on the Blue Route. Heck of a way to run a drought! Just had a pretty heavy shower here as well. Had about 30 minutes of partial sun this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 18 minutes ago, RedSky said: Only reason I remember it is because that was the year we got snow days for being too cold for school. 'Nuff said! The above is an excellent news summary (and obviously PR piece from PGW) about that winter. The year of the long johns too and where wool sweaters/socks and puffy down coats and vests became a thing. I remember after that and the next couple winters, we ended up getting a kerosene heater (and had found a gas station not too far away that sold kerosene). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVwxHistorian Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 2 hours ago, RedSky said: Only reason I remember it is because that was the year we got snow days for being too cold for school. January 94 Allentown school district had the whole week off for snow AND cold -- the ultimate "snow week"!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChescoWx Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Today's High Temperature of 56.6 was the 10th warmest Christmas Day in Chester County PA weather history with the warmest high temp being the 66.7 back on Christmas Day of 2015. The coldest Christmas Day here in Chester County since records began back in 1894 was Christmas Day in 1983 with a high temperature of only 6 degrees above zero and a low temp of 3 degrees below zero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVwxHistorian Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 1 hour ago, ChescoWx said: Today's High Temperature of 56.6 was the 10th warmest Christmas Day in Chester County PA weather history with the warmest high temp being the 66.7 back on Christmas Day of 2015. The coldest Christmas Day here in Chester County since records began back in 1894 was Christmas Day in 1983 with a high temperature of only 6 degrees above zero and a low temp of 3 degrees below zero We should probably be suspect of Gordon's temp. records too, no?! Lol!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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