north pgh Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 My temp is down to 4. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rd9108 Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burghblizz Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 -6 IMBY Seeing as low as -11 close by on WeatherBug. Curious to see what some of these rural places show tomorrow morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PghPirates27 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 -4.5 was my low this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Deep Winter out there.. It's been a great January. Mixed feeling about the pattern finally relaxing, on one hand wouldn't mind if this kept up, but also wouldn't mind seeing if we can get something more favorable for a bigger storm even if its more variable and less favorable for snow retention. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rd9108 Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 You know it's a bad pattern for big snow when you see this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Officially, went below 0 this morning. But when Lake Charles, LA gets a blizzard warning more recently than us, that’s…something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Snowing here at a decent clip right now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Heavy snow now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 1 hour ago, TheClimateChanger said: Heavy snow now. Blowing through here now, definitely more impressive than radar indicated. Less than a quarter inch, but went out during the height of it for a brisk but short walk. Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Dew points are starting to drop, down to -4. How low do the actual temperatures make it tonight? I say we end up around-5 to -8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 15 minutes ago, Ahoff said: Dew points are starting to drop, down to -4. How low do the actual temperatures make it tonight? I say we end up around-5 to -8. My temp is down to 4.8 and the skies are clear. I'm thinking about -8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 4 at KPIT for the 10pm update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burghblizz Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 1 hour ago, Ahoff said: Dew points are starting to drop, down to -4. How low do the actual temperatures make it tonight? I say we end up around-5 to -8. I think some of the rural areas get to -15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordo74 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Unverified PWS obs at Deal trailhead of the Allegheny passage was -21 at 7:38am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChalkHillSnowNut Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 -12 here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PghPirates27 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 got to -11.7 last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Looks like the coldest of any ASOS/AWOS site was Zelienople (KPJC). A very efficient site for radiational cooling. Unlike most larger airports and airfields, this one is located in a small valley. Coldest temperature was -16.6F, or rounded to -17F, which was observed for several hours. The AWOS does not report minimum temperature, so it may have been even lower in between 15 minute observations. Link: National Weather Service Washington County Airport (KAFJ) reached -16F. Another spot for good radiational cooling. Link: National Weather Service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burghblizz Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I saw some PWS’s around me in the -14 to -17 range. Zeli is also about 7 or 8 miles away. Impressive cold! Today is looking like the first day of the month with zero snow. Would love to land a widespread big storm. A couple moderate ones so far, but they have been dissecting the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PghPirates27 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Any snow on the horizon over the next 7 days? Looks like we are eventually going to warm up into the mid-30's for a while. Hope we don't get rained out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 17 hours ago, PghPirates27 said: Any snow on the horizon over the next 7 days? Looks like we are eventually going to warm up into the mid-30's for a while. Hope we don't get rained out. The pattern is relaxing, I'd expect temperatures to fluctuate but not deviate to far from normal one way or the other after this weekend. Only little shots at snow over the next 7, less than inch type deals. The next bigger storm threat window looking like its associated with that cutoff low in the SW US over California and when it ejects out and how, ie does it come out all in one piece, or multiple little ones. GFS and Euro at 00z show it starting to move next week and possibly affect our area by next weekend (Feb 1 - 2) but of course this is all subject to change every 6 hours. The NAO and AO are positive so there isn't any blocking to hold cold air in place so its going to need to be well timed with a northern stream vort re-enforcing the cold or a decent high funneling cold in. This setup is more likely to result in a mixed precipitation type event (slop storm as we call them) as there is a pretty narrow path to all snow given all the things that would need to go right. After the last couple weeks of really maximizing a pretty dry pattern I wouldn't mind a mixed event if its more frozen than wet but we also don't have to stress over a couple tenths of qpf being the max upside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Light snow falling, pretty sure a trace was observed yesterday, so the streak continues! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 13 hours ago, RitualOfTheTrout said: Light snow falling, pretty sure a trace was observed yesterday, so the streak continues! Yes, they did register a trace on Wednesday, although it's not clear when that fell from the hourly observations. Must have been brief. Wasn't sure if it would snow today, but there are flurries flying here. Nothing at PIT. But it's of no consequence since the snow showers yesterday extended past midnight, so the streak has already continued through today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burghblizz Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 It’s wild that it snowed at some point on Wed. Thought for sure that ended the streak. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted Sunday at 01:46 PM Share Posted Sunday at 01:46 PM Patterns looks to be ending soon. Wonder if it will come back. My worry is it will return in the Spring and delay the start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted Sunday at 03:12 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:12 PM If the month ended today, it would be 4th driest & 10th coldest on record. Precipitation looks minimal this week, so likely to finish among the Top 10 driest Januarys. Temperatures looks somewhat milder, so we will probably fall in the rankings for coldest Januarys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted Sunday at 03:12 PM Share Posted Sunday at 03:12 PM Just now, TheClimateChanger said: If the month ended today, it would be 4th driest & 10th coldest on record. Precipitation looks minimal this week, so likely to finish among the Top 10 driest Januarys. Temperatures looks somewhat milder, so we will probably fall in the rankings for coldest Januarys. These are for Pittsburgh, to be clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rd9108 Posted Sunday at 03:56 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 03:56 PM 2 hours ago, Ahoff said: Patterns looks to be ending soon. Wonder if it will come back. My worry is it will return in the Spring and delay the start. Looks like there will be a brief warmup followed by us going into favorable phases again. So I fully expect winter to return. If you are looking for the next snow opportunity then next weekend is the next possible chance. Depending on how much the cold presses will determine if we get anything. After that is the warmup followed by phase 8 of the MJO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted Tuesday at 05:02 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:02 PM On 1/26/2025 at 10:56 AM, Rd9108 said: Looks like there will be a brief warmup followed by us going into favorable phases again. So I fully expect winter to return. If you are looking for the next snow opportunity then next weekend is the next possible chance. Depending on how much the cold presses will determine if we get anything. After that is the warmup followed by phase 8 of the MJO. I've been keeping an eye on the MJO forecasts, and its definitely been verifying at a little higher amplitude than what was forecast a few days prior. Now it looks to (albeit still relatively quickly and weakly) traverse through phases 5-6-7, its not a surprise that the upcoming "warm" period looks a little more hostile in terms of the SER and storm tracks being a bit further North. Still not a no hope setup for snow, but given we won't be building any kind of snow pack, I'll certainly have less interest in little 1-2 inch possibilities. I still think mix events will be more likely than all snow and temperatures will be much more variable, but not straying super far from normal in any given day. Hopefully we get one more reload for the last 2 weeks of Feb into March, that still seems likely but as we know nothing is a guarantee in this hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted yesterday at 01:15 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:15 AM Dud of a day down here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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