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E PA/NJ/DE Winter 2024/25 Obs/Discussion


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39 minutes ago, Duca892 said:

Feels like we could legit walk away from model watching for a week. Not much out there 

Yup and to think just last Friday it looked like this week had the potential to be a blockbuster...instead just another nickle and dimer and cold/dry then who knows. This winter has been such a tease. 6 separate snow events, which is great considering we still have another roughly 6 weeks of winter chances but only 9" total. I feel like I would currently grade winter a B so far just based on the number events and the cold. It's actually felt like winter this year which is a win compared to the last few... If we can get a MECS in Feb or March, this winter would be an A in my book despite being nickle and dimed most of the year.

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last nights low was -10 at my house in Macungie. Many areas in the deeper valleys were colder than that  along Rt 222. This is the coldest  temps since the infamous winter of 1994 for me at the house. That was the year my digital thermometer locked up at -25 below zero and had to trash it. But  I really remember the one thing in 1994 that I have not seen but one other time when it has been this cold here  and because the Little Lehigh is in my backyard ---ICE FOG--. I hope Mike Gorse reads this. This is really a rare weather phenomena  here and demonstrates how cold the air  really is in the riverine valleys in PA.  Ice Fog forms when the skies are clear  -10 below zero and colder and the stream is not frozen because the water is limestone spring fed at around 60 degrees. The warm water literally starts to steam in such colder temps. Everything within the riparian area around the stream turns into an crystallized powder on the vegetation and becomes a  beautiful  ice wonderland.

 

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This morning was one of Chester County's coldest mornings in the last 31 years dating back to January 19, 1994. There were 7 stations this morning that recorded below zero readings. This includes 9.1 below zero at Warwick Township (station record 14 years of data) this was the coldest station reading in Chester County since the 11 below zero reading at Coatesville 2W in 1994. That day the 19th was also the only day in County history a station failed to get above zero for a high temperature. West Bradford / Marshallton also set a station record of 4.7 below zero breaking the old station record of 3.8 degrees below back on January 14, 2014. If you think we have had a long stretch of below normal cold you would be correct! Since Thanksgiving Day, we have seen below normal temperatures on 70% of 39 of those 56 days. This includes 25 of the past 33 days. The good news is we should finally see a return to near normal average temperatures by Sunday into early next week. We also look to stay dry for most of the next week. Stay warm!

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7 minutes ago, Chief83 said:

Worcester, PA.  -6.2 last night. I am in a cold area and a night with snow on the ground and no wind and no clouds I really bottom out. Had 0.0 the night before. Up to 11 now.

-2F here, so I can believe it.

Up to 12F.

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15 minutes ago, RedSky said:

Power failure. Awesome timing for it.

 

Hopefully it doesn't last long. I actually saw a fleet of utility vehicles in what looked like a temporary staging area in Chadds Ford last night on my way home. I don't know exactly why, but the place looked busy.

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10 minutes ago, CoolHandMike said:

Hopefully it doesn't last long. I actually saw a fleet of utility vehicles in what looked like a temporary staging area in Chadds Ford last night on my way home. I don't know exactly why, but the place looked busy.

Yeah auto generator here but not everybody has that let alone has one setup for the furnace. Like the neighbors next door for example..

 

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