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<br />The whole thing was jumbled and disorganized from the start, the overall setup wasn't that bad, it's just one of those things folks.

But hey no excuses, I was wrong. <img src='http://img.amwx.us/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/axesmiley.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':axe:' />

Hey, when you made that prediction on Saturday, the models started looking really good for us at the time. I can see why you felt that way. I said this was looking like a near miss for us at best. I guess I was right and wrong. It depends on where you're at today whether or not you're seeing snow. It's funny how Allegheny County almost always seems to be the dividing line for everything. Whether it be on the fringe of a storm or the dividing line between rain and snow. It's happened a lot over the years it seems.

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Am in Washington County. Has been snowing HEAVILY since late morning. Schools dismissed early. Still snowing. We have at least 3 inches and it's heavy and wet. Let's just hope we don't lose our power!

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Which model Monday? NYC and North Jersey bombed again, snowiest month EVER recorded in NYC.

GFS looks like it has some sort of over running type system with light snow Monday night into Wednesday but it doesn't have a big storm hitting the area although something is developing but misses us to the SE.

Getting more snow this morning than I got from the storm yesterday! Marginal snow events during the day light hours definitely suck, unless you get walloped like DC did with 2-3 inch per hour rates with thunder and lightening. Id prefer less qpf with colder temperatures and higher ratios.

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GFS looks like it has some sort of over running type system with light snow Monday night into Wednesday but it doesn't have a big storm hitting the area although something is developing but misses us to the SE.

Getting more snow this morning than I got from the storm yesterday! Marginal snow events during the day light hours definitely suck, unless you get walloped like DC did with 2-3 inch per hour rates with thunder and lightening. Id prefer less qpf with colder temperatures and higher ratios.

yes I picked up about 1/4 inch this morning and still snowing. I had a glaze of ice under the snow this morning from the melting, wet snow that we got yesterday that froze last night.

I also noticed the Canadian models have a storm moving in here early next week. As usual, some models show it and some don't. We will have to wait and see. Hopefully it won't be a coastal again. I feel bad that we are missing out on these storms and especially the midwest folks too.

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Where is everybody?

Possible 2-4 inches tonight and tomorrow and another round on Saturday.

Then something to watch for next week.

:popcorn::snowman::snowwindow:

These clippers seem to be our best bet. Live on these and lake effect. to build up our base. How much for Saturday? Not too excited about next weeks potential for our area. No doubt another EC special...

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These clippers seem to be our best bet. Live on these and lake effect. to build up our base. How much for Saturday? Not too excited about next weeks potential for our area. No doubt another EC special...

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Sat temps may be marginal. not holding my breath.

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These clippers seem to be our best bet. Live on these and lake effect. to build up our base. How much for Saturday? Not too excited about next weeks potential for our area. No doubt another EC special...

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FXUS61 KPBZ 271954

AFDPBZ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA

254 PM EST THU JAN 27 2011

.SYNOPSIS...

-- Changed Discussion --A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL PROVIDE FOR SNOW SHOWERS

THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK SUNDAY...MORE SNOW IS

EXPECTED NEXT WEEK.-- End Changed Discussion --

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/...

-- Changed Discussion --EXPECT AN ENHANCEMENT OF THE SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY LATER THIS

EVENING AS A CLIPPER DROPS SOUTHEAST. THE BETTER CHANCE FOR

ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL COME OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING AS THE

WAVE MOVES OVER. SHOULD SEE LIGHT ACCUMS AHEAD AND BEHIND THIS WAVE AS

WELL. IN GENERAL...EXPECT A BROAD 2 TO 4 INCH ACCUMULATION ACROSS

THE FORECAST AREA FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. WILL

NEED TO MONITOR TRACK...AS THE SOUTHEAST RIDGE COUNTIES COULD GET

A LITTLE MORE SNOW IF THE BETTER ENERGY FOCUSES A LITTLE FURTHER

SOUTH. MET AND MAV TEMP NUMBERS VERY SIMILAR...AND HAVE STAYED

CLOSE FOR THIS FORECAST PERIOD.-- End Changed Discussion --

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...

-- Changed Discussion --AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF RIDGING FRIDAY EVENING...ANOTHER CLIPPER

WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT INTO

SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER BROAD AREA OF

ACCUMULATING SNOWS...ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 3...OR 2 TO 4 INCHES.

WITH TEMPS EXPECTED TO RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S SOUTH ON

SATURDAY...COULD SEE SOME MIXING WITH RAIN...HENCE CUTTING DOWN

SNOWFALL TOTALS THERE.

WITH SURFACE RIDGING BUILDING IN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...HAVE

TRENDED TOWARD A DRY FORECAST FOR THAT PERIOD. HOWEVER...WITH THE

UPPER FLOW FLAT...COULD NOT RULE OUT A WEAK UPPER WAVE MOVING

ACROSS. HAVE STAYED NEAR MAV MOS NUMBERS FOR TEMPS THIS PERIOD.-- End Changed Discussion --

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...

-- Changed Discussion --A BRIEF DRY PERIOD IS POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING

UNDER A WEAK SURFACE RIDGE. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EASTWARD

ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES WILL SPREAD MOISTURE AND PRECIPITATION

BACK INTO OUR REGION LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS

SHOULD BECOME MORE ISOLATED ON WEDNESDAY AS SYSTEM MOVES OFF THE

COAST. NORTHWEST UPSLOPE FLOW WILL KEEP SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OVER

THE REGION THURSDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE

EXTENDED PERIOD.-- End Changed Discussion --

&&

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That potential storm next week is still a long ways off and the models will be all over the place for a good while yet. The GFS just went from a storm that just misses us to the east on the 18z run to a Low that almost tracks over top of us on the 00z run. Still a lot of time on this one. Next run will probably have it track over Detroit or something. The nature of the beast this far out. Should be interesting to track over the next several days.

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NWS is more bullish than they were before...wonder what they see. Maybe a further south track?

Earlier they were saying the first system was moisture starved, and the second "more potent" may be good for an inch or two.

We'll see how this first one evolves. A 2-4" type call is more aggressive than all the guidance.

Just pretty much a dusting here.

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I got more than a dusting but less than an inch here. Nothing too exciting. Not sure what we'll pick up today but probably won't be a whole lot more. I guess we'll have one more little clipper to move through over the weekend that'll probably give us similar amounts and then I guess it's on to next week's unpredictable storm.

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