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

[RedSky]

ECM almost "three peats" a 3rd winter weather event that weekend 

Is there some kind of universal truth happening here between weather and sports lol

 

[CoolHandMike]

WWA is up for Thursday morning.

[ChescoWx]

..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT
TO NOON EST THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow and sleet
  accumulations up to one inch and ice accumulations between one
  tenth and two tenths of an inch.

* WHERE...Portions of northern New Jersey and east central,
  northeast, and southeast Pennsylvania.

* WHEN...From midnight Wednesday Night to noon EST Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
  conditions could impact the Thursday morning commute.

[RedSky]

ECM ensembles really good for next week more MECS'y than the OP

 

[jwilson]

I feel like late February is kind of a winter storm "no man's land" for the area and much of PA.  When was the last time there was a late February snow of significance?  1987?

Things get more dicey mid-March as spring ushers in unusual and fluctuating weather patterns, but I feel like late Feb is often quiet.  Maybe the data doesn't back that up and I'm wrong, though.

[RedSky]

5 minutes ago, jwilson said:

I feel like late February is kind of a winter storm "no man's land" for the area and much of PA.  When was the last time there was a late February snow of significance?  1987?

Things get more dicey mid-March as spring ushers in unusual and fluctuating weather patterns, but I feel like late Feb is often quiet.  Maybe the data doesn't back that up and I'm wrong, though.

Correct the last week of this month has been unkind over the years. My last big score was 11" from the blizzard on 2/25/10

 

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

I'm pretty sure we all scored big during the second half of February 2015. I've never seen the bottom fall out of the thermometer like this:

2015-02-14	32	18	25.0	-10.6	40	0	0.04	1.3	0
2015-02-15	21	9	15.0	-20.8	50	0	T	T	1
2015-02-16	17	3	10.0	-26.0	55	0	0.02	0.3	T
2015-02-17	28	13	20.5	-15.7	44	0	0.24	3.4	4
2015-02-18	32	11	21.5	-15.0	43	0	0.00	T	3
2015-02-19	23	8	15.5	-21.2	49	0	0.00	0.0	1
2015-02-20	18	2	10.0	-26.9	55	0	0.00	0.0	T
2015-02-21	34	9	21.5	-15.6	43	0	0.76	4.8	T
2015-02-22	47	33	40.0	2.6	25	0	0.28	0.0	4
2015-02-23	37	13	25.0	-12.6	40	0	T	T	1
2015-02-24	25	7	16.0	-21.8	49	0	0.00	0.0	1
2015-02-25	38	15	26.5	-11.6	38	0	0.00	0.0	T
2015-02-26	32	26	29.0	-9.3	36	0	T	T	0
2015-02-27	31	22	26.5	-12.1	38	0	T	T	T
2015-02-28	32	16	24.0	-14.8	41	0	0.00	0.0	0

Of course, this carried over into March:

2015-03-01	32	21	26.5	-12.6	38	0	0.52	0.4	0
2015-03-02	40	29	34.5	-4.9	30	0	0.00	0.0	0
2015-03-03	34	25	29.5	-10.1	35	0	0.61	0.1	0
2015-03-04	43	33	38.0	-1.9	27	0	0.49	0.0	0
2015-03-05	40	20	30.0	-10.2	35	0	0.78	7.5	T

[LVblizzard]

18z GFS with a long duration event next Tues-Wed. Snow starts Tuesday morning and doesn't fully exit the area until Wednesday afternoon. Heavy snow misses to the south but it still gives us 6-12".

[JTA66]

Need to see if there was a launch from Wallops Island. Something really cool transversing the southern sky atm

[RedSky]

11 minutes ago, JTA66 said:

Need to see if there was a launch from Wallops Island. Something really cool transversing the southern sky atm

Yeah i was watching and saw jack nothing

How high was it?

[anthonyweather]

37 minutes ago, JTA66 said:

Need to see if there was a launch from Wallops Island. Something really cool transversing the southern sky atm

Falcon 9

[JTA66]

28 minutes ago, RedSky said:

Yeah i was watching and saw jack nothing

How high was it?

See photo above. You certainly needed a semi- unobstructed view.

[RedSky]

9 minutes ago, anthonyweather said:

Falcon 9

I watched from 15 seconds after liftoff and was looking southeast how did i miss it grrr