Lehigh Valley to Reading to Southern Poconos to NW NJ ...obs and banter!

[Quakertown needs snow]

hopefully when this moves in it will reach well north past ABE

[jdt]

18Z Ruc valid 12AM. A touch east of 17Z same time for NW areas.

[LVblizzard]

This is gonna be exciting to track whether we get the CCB or not. It'll likely come down to a few miles. Right now I-78 south looks good IMO.

[Voyager]

Looking at the radar, I just don't see how that slug of precip in WV completely misses northern areas later this evening.

You will hear a giant sucking sound as that shield collapses to the east later on...

Seriously, so far it looks good as of 2:30PM. The first batch gave me a half inch. One thing I've noticed is it got windier and just FEELS colder event though my temp stands at 33.

[WeatherGuide]

Gonna be interesting. Radar trends looking very promising. Look at those storms building in C and N VA...

[Boreal]

Bone thrown to some here by SPC

[Big Jims Videos]

NWS bing lowered our totals here from 1-3 to 1-2 fwiw.

Feels balmy outside considering its 33 degrees.

I do have to say the radar looks juicy but I know the nw edge will begin to collapses and areas from chester county to philly to trenton, quakertown, princeton, flemington and N and E will be in one amazing set up come 5-10pm...

[ABE SnowObserver]

2.3" officially at ABE as of 1pm

6" snow depth and .81 liquid equivalent on surface (grass) from this storm and leftovers from last two previous storms.

[jdt]

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0050.html

Latest MD out from SPC. NW areas just on or out of the discussion area depending on how far NW you are.

[Voyager]

Look at that. The northern edge of that balloon follows the Blue Mountain almost perfectly.

Bone thrown to some here by SPC

[WeatherGuide]

Look at that. The northern edge of that balloon follows the Blue Mountain almost perfectly.

But really, hasn't the Blue Mtn acted as a natural boundary of sorts in a lot of weather events...

[wederwarrior]

up to 3 in N.Berks. It is coming down pretty heavy now

Roads aren't bad at all, just wet with slush spots...way to go penndotguy

I think we score tonight...another 5-7"

The current radar trends suggest reaching up to the Blue ridge at least

[wederwarrior]

But really, hasn't the Blue Mtn acted as a natural boundary of sorts in a lot of weather events...

with almost every event....I am 5 miles south of it and watching thunderstorms split is amazing

[Big Jims Videos]

But really, hasn't the Blue Mtn acted as a natural boundary of sorts in a lot of weather events...

Working at my old tv station we had a perfect view of the Blue Mountain and there's a big difference on either side of the Lehigh Tunnel...usually though it plays with severe weather season in the summertime...storms will ride just north or just south of the mountain and follow the path...With systems this big the effects are less noticable.

[penndotguy]

up to 3 in N.Berks. It is coming down pretty heavy now

Roads aren't bad at all, just wet with slush spots...way to go penndotguy

I think we score tonight...another 5-7"

The current radar trends suggest reaching up to the Blue ridge at least

We are in a lull right now Im actually on my lunch/dinner now, Im down here near 222 this go around from the mushroom houses to broadcasting near PSU. should be a fun night ahead

[Voyager]

But really, hasn't the Blue Mtn acted as a natural boundary of sorts in a lot of weather events...

It does on occasion, but many times in the past is was the dividing line between snow to the north and rain/mix in the Valley. At least it was that way when I grew up in Bethlehem.

[wederwarrior]

any chance we cash in on those bands on the VA/MD border?

[Voyager]

Cell phone grab from this morning in Middleport PA, during one of the heavier squalls.

[LVblizzard]

any chance we cash in on those bands on the VA/MD border?

I think the NW edge will set up somewhere between Blue Mountain and I-78...similar to but not as extreme as the HRRR, showing 1" over northern Lehigh and 10" over southern Lehigh. In reality I think it'll be more like 3" north and 8" south.

[goldstar]

Snow starting to pick up big time in W Allentown, big fakes, looks like wave 2 starts now.

[Boreal]

18z NAM. Painfully close.

[rygar]

N&W all hail the 18z nam - we're in the blue!

[Big Jims Videos]

And we're in the white! LOL.

[Voyager]

And we're in the white! LOL.

I really feel bad for you Jim. WB/Scranton I think has had it as bad as anyone. Unreal.

[LVblizzard]

N&W all hail the 18z nam - we're in the blue!

I'm waiting for HPC to claim initialization errors or something.

[Big Jims Videos]

I really feel bad for you Jim. WB/Scranton I think has had it as bad as anyone. Unreal.

I think we are around 8 inches for the year. No joke! I have to goto my moms house in Wall NJ friday night. she stil has a glacier on the front yard over a foot deep.

[Boreal]

It does on occasion, but many times in the past is was the dividing line between snow to the north and rain/mix in the Valley. At least it was that way when I grew up in Bethlehem.

Bingo. But that's just historic, pre-winter 2009-10, mumbo jumbo.

[PoconoD]

It's probably my untrained eyes but the currect radar for the east looks like the eastern half of PA from south to north might get decent snows into tonight. Or,,,,,,,,, is that whole precip area going to transfer to the coast and tighten up? Right now we have about 2" up here in the southern Poconos.

D

[Boreal]

this is new:

[Big Jims Videos]

It's probably my untrained eyes but the currect radar for the east looks like the eastern half of PA from south to north might get decent snows into tonight. Or,,,,,,,,, is that whole precip area going to transfer to the coast and tighten up? Right now we have about 2" up here in the southern Poconos.

D

This...the back edge is already starting to swing through western PA--the heavier echoes moving due north out of VA will continue to collapse as they race north and get transferred to the coastal. The northern fringe will continue to erode away so for all of us in my neck of the woods who thinks we are about to have a few inch hit out of this, its very deceiving. Convective bands will set up for a few hours over the Delaware Valley--folks in Delaware Water Gap and south along the river will cash in. You should get 3-4 inches out of it. Places north and west again will probably see flurries at best. Imagine a skater pulling their arms in during a twist--she spins faster, but the extent of her body does not reach as far outward.