ME_wannabe Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Snow falling real nice right now. My daughter just heading out the door for her first round of making snow angels. Working on our 1st inch here in the new snow capitol of the USA - South Jersey. After a smashing 09/10 winter, never expected another great season like we have had so far. Tally ho! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noctilucent Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Warrington, PA 21 degrees F. Dewpoint 15.8. Barometer 20.45 Falling, Light South wind. Light snow (started about 7:40 am, earlier than expected). Dusting on sidewalks, driveway and street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 steady snow over the past 1/2 hour has dropped a fresh coating here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcutter Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 just a program I purchased...for more info go to www.wxsim.com It's a personalized localized forecast for your backyard...using the normal models and local real time info from either your weather station or upstream to incorporate advection routines. Hope that helps Paul how accurate would you say it has been since you purchased it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslotted Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 just a program I purchased...for more info go to www.wxsim.com It's a personalized localized forecast for your backyard...using the normal models and local real time info from either your weather station or upstream to incorporate advection routines. Hope that helps Paul Looks pretty cool. How long have you been running it? Do you have any statistics (or commentary) on it's accuracy over that time period? I am going to read through how it is fed data when I have some time later today. Intrigued! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WebBreaker63 Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Its a radar issue... there's an algorithm that tries to take out ground clutter etc and its overdoing it right now. Its detecting it, but then removing the returns from the output erroneously. Thanks for the explanation - I noticed that in the radar in Ocean County NJ - steady light snow, not really showing up on radar - cold here at the shore 23F - snow is light as of now but sticking to everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChescoWx Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Very accurate regarding temps...it actually as part of the program has a "self learning" routine that compares actual vs forecast (also generates that report/analysis) and basically learns from its mistakes. It certainly is not better than the NWS at forecasting rain and snow amounts...because it uses the same models (GFS/NAM etc) but it is very good at forecasting temps in my backyard. Plus as it is excellent at start/stop times for precip in my location. Hope that helps! Looks pretty cool. How long have you been running it? Do you have any statistics (or commentary) on it's accuracy over that time period? I am going to read through how it is fed data when I have some time later today. Intrigued! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowanBrandon Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Snowing pretty good here now in Buena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChescoWx Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 It looks like the BWI radar is much better at detecting the snow out here Snow is once agin moderate here in NW Chesco Temp up to 21.5...I will measure at 9am Thanks for the explanation - I noticed that in the radar in Ocean County NJ - steady light snow, not really showing up on radar - cold here at the shore 23F - snow is light as of now but sticking to everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubbs Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Very light snow here. We have between 1/4 and 1/2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowanBrandon Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 HUGE flakes coming down right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phlwx Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 occasional fits of steadier snow in between a nice light snowfall. Probably about 1/2" now in Royersford. Will probably go out for pictures later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVblizzard Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Flurries in Allentown Edit: now a steady and VERY light snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gakmsg Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 occasional fits of steadier snow in between a nice light snowfall. Probably about 1/2" now in Royersford. Will probably go out for pictures later. Steady snow - big flakes. Rare case of observed snowfall being more promising than radar trends. Didn't think much of what I was seeing an hour ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny and Warm Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Flurries in Allentown yep. It's trying to connect the flakes into what would be considered a very light snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RkTec Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Light snow started here in Emmaus, PA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVblizzard Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 yep. It's trying to connect the flakes into what would be considered a very light snow. I noticed that line of snow over Harrisburg died out and now stuff is starting to build towards Reading. Hopefully we can squeeze an inch out of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Up here in the hills it's been going since just before 8:00 am. SN Temp 25.5 F Visibility 0.5 miles with fog Winds are light out of the east. The flakes are pretty small too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Light snow started here about 10 minutes ago. Currently a very wintry looking and feeling type of day with a heavy gray overcast and 15 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChescoWx Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Heaviest snow of the day here in NW Chesco...see some additional banding starting to develop to the south and west of here. Heading out for some shoveling and a measurement shortly Temp 22.2 Wind SE 2 mph RH 92% DP 20.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny and Warm Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 I noticed that line of snow over Harrisburg died out and now stuff is starting to build towards Reading. Hopefully we can squeeze an inch out of that. agreed. Light snow now, and it appears lifting is occurring over Berks area, which should drift over us during the next six hours. I like 1-2 inches here. Wishing for anything more would be weenie-ism. That's okay though. We have friends coming over tonight, and if we get too much, it'll be cancel city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcostell Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Steady moderate snow in Haddon Heights NJ...small flakes, no wind. About 1/2 inch per hour rates...and about 1/2 inch on ground. Very nice scene, indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChescoWx Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Quick shot of the heavier snow band here in NW Chester County Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTA66 Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Snow started here shortly after 8:00, now coming down at a moderate clip with a fresh coating on everything. Temp 24.6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParanormalWx Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 First flakes starting to fall here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterwarlock Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 no snow here yet in Belle Mead NJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrodd321 Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Coming down nicely outside now. Everything covered, mod snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dssbss Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Heaviest snow of the season outside of Reading, PA right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Heavier burst of moderate snow has dusted everything quite nicely now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAM22 Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Interesting commute this morning to work - left my house in Collegeville at 8am, just started to snow....got to west chester where i work and the snow was coming down good......the best part! I turned to make a left and kept sliding right into a telephone pole, but it gets better, my wheel/tire hit it (no framework damage) and I kept driving like nothing happened...while people stared...now i have a dent in my tire/wheel. It was WORTH IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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