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1/6 snowstorm - nuisance event or something bigger?


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Just came back in and measured 1" on the board.  Have SN- of fine stuff with some bigger flakes mixing in every once in awhile.  Some of the radar "heavier" returns over me aren't really producing at this point.  Temp is 25 and dp has ticked up to 23.

2 minutes ago, Violentweatherfan said:

I’ll have to look at the actual super 8 film roll and see if it was ‘77 or ‘76. I know ‘78 had a nice Nor’Easter.

That 1977 was just a cold cold winter. :lol:  That's why '78 was welcomed because we finally had some snow to go with the cold!  There was some snow in '79 too although I remember my senior class trip up to the Poconos resulted in 40F and rain that weekend (at the old Tamiment ski resort), so the slopes were literally a sheet of ice with water on top.  We ended up inside the Lodge most of time watching TV, playing cards, board games, and pool. :axe:

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1 minute ago, mahk_webstah said:

77-79 in Dover DE was pretty epic winter.

That's when the "winter drought" finally broke.

I remember the winter of late 1974 right after my dad died and my uncle wanted to take me and my sisters to go to Burlholme Park in NE Philly to toboggan - https://myphillypark.org/explore/parks/burholme-park-3/

It was literally in the 50s temp-wise at the time and not a drop of snow anywhere to be seen. :axe:  He took us there anyway just to see what it looked like... all snowless and bare.  :lol:

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11 minutes ago, BBasile said:

1 inch so far.  25F

Grew up in Whitman Square - WTHS Class of 80.  Hope you get to at least 3" down there.  When I was a kid it always seemed like south and east of Philly - us - did much worse than north and west of Philly (usually due to mixing/changeover), but this could be your chance, lol.  

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6 minutes ago, ChescoWx said:

That last band gave us 0.8" of snow in 30 minutes between 10am and 1030am - now up to 2.3" for the day. Still snowing steadily....but it appears the end is near.

Yes this is flying east very quickly should clear the Delaware River by or just before 12 noon wow Shazam. 
 

I’m happy with what we get.  Get this storm outta here so we can get mauled this weekend? 

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1 minute ago, RU848789 said:

Grew up in Whitman Square - WTHS Class of 80.  Hope you get to at least 3" down there.  When I was a kid it always seemed like south and east of Philly - us - did much worse than north and west of Philly (usually due to mixing/changeover), but this could be your chance, lol.  

I grew up in TWP in the 80s and 90s and always heard "more North and West" on KYW snow forecasts. Looks like we both made it North but not West.

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51 minutes ago, RU848789 said:

Been snowing lightly for about an hour and we have a whole 1/4" OTG as of 9:50 am, lol.  NWS discussion said they're sticking with their forecast amounts, but I have my doubts for most of CNJ, especially the northern half towards 78, getting to 1" and for Philly getting to 3", looking at the radar, although it can always fill in more.  It is covering all surfaces, which is no surprise at 26F, so paved surfaces are slick already.  It is a very pretty snow - light and fluffy consisting of small dendrites.  

Edit: Well, all of a sudden, the 12Z NAM/RGEM/ICON came out, all upping totals to 1-1.5" (and 2" in spots) for areas N of 276/195 up to 78, i.e., CNJ, plus the 13Z and 14Z HRRR are showing 1"+ for CNJ from 9 am to 2 pm, so maybe I spoke too soon, especially as the radar in eastern PA from Philly to Allentown has blossomed and is heading our way - depends if it holds together or dries up/falls apart.  

In a bit of a lull now with very light, fine, pixie dust flakes falling, but radar looks nice approaching us from the SW, so should pick up soon.  We're up to 0.4" as of 10:50 am (2 hrs) and it's still 26F.  And brining works by the way for light snows like this: the street we live on, which was brined, is just wet, but the street that feeds into it is 100% snow covered.  

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38 minutes ago, LVblizzard said:

Interesting how the snow went more north than expected (seeing reports of flakes north of Danbury, CT) but the heavy snow just did not want to reach SE PA at all. I can’t find a single report of over 2 inches in the entire Philly metro area.

2.5" in NW burbs as we picked up 0.8" in heavy band between 10 and 1030am....verified the NWS 2" to 4" forecast.

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1 hour ago, RU848789 said:

In a bit of a lull now with very light, fine, pixie dust flakes falling, but radar looks nice approaching us from the SW, so should pick up soon.  We're up to 0.4" as of 10:50 am (2 hrs) and it's still 26F.  And brining works by the way for light snows like this: the street we live on, which was brined, is just wet, but the street that feeds into it is 100% snow covered.  

As of noon, we're up to 0.8" as that last ~40 minutes was pretty good snowfall, but we're back to very light snow. Could maybe squeeze out another 0.2" to get to 1", but not sure. Still gorgeous, though, as per the pic, which also shows the two roads I mentioned above, one brined and one not.

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57 minutes ago, RU848789 said:

As of noon, we're up to 0.8" as that last ~40 minutes was pretty good snowfall, but we're back to very light snow. Could maybe squeeze out another 0.2" to get to 1", but not sure. Still gorgeous, though, as per the pic, which also shows the two roads I mentioned above, one brined and one not.

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As of about 1:05 pm, we're up to 1.1" and down to very light snow, with not much more on the radar to our west, so this might be it, unless we get a rogue band over the next hour or two. Not too far off my 1.5" prediction yesterday and more than I thought we were going to get around 9 am this morning when we got off to a slow start. Just enough snow for a few kids to sled on, although they left just before I got the latest pic below.

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