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I see lots of light and mod rain obs over ePA, although a lot of dry air is pouring in below 700mb.

It's too bed that reversal attempt in early February failed...that is the one I expected to land.

Grow the fuck up people

Very true. But that thaw comes just about every year. Can’t downgrade a season due to that imo.

I mean..name we a winter without a thaw? The whole first half of 2014-2015 sucked....95-96 had the worst that I have seen. If you need to avoid thaws at this latitude to be an "A", then you're going to wait a loooong time...especially this day-and-age. I understand we had some Pacific trough periods....I predicted them 4 months ago.

http://www.meteo.psu.edu/ewall/WXTYPE/loop25ne.html Sick job by the NAM.

Wow!

Your area had more snow in December than this area.

Lt to Mod snow and 33 in Pen Mar

This is good… Now maybe we can just go ahead and delete the "this is impossible" posts haha. Because it's not

100%. That was the customary Jan thaw..nothing more.

Doesn't appear much of that impressive rad display over eastern PA to eastern NY is actually reaching the ground?

Records: Highs: EWR: 73 (2012) NYC: 71 (2012) LGA: 69 (2021) JFK: 70 (2021) Lows: EWR: 13 (1934) NYC: 8 (1888) LGA: 15 (1984) JFK: 12 (1984) Historical: 1888 — A blizzard paralyzed southeastern New York State and western New England. The storm produced 58 inches of snow at Saratoga NY, and 50 inches at Middletown CT. The blizzard was followed by record cold temperatures, and the cold and snow claimed 400 lives. New York City received 20.9 inches of snow, Albany NY reported 46.7 inches. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel) 1888: One of the most vicious blizzards ever to strike the nation was in progress, paralyzing southeastern New York State and western New England. When the storm finally ended on the 13th, Saratoga, NY was buried under 58 inches of new snow and 50 inches was recorded at Middletown, CT. New York City received 20.9 inches of snow and Albany, NY reported 46.7 inches. Snow drifted as high as 30 feet, to the second stories of many buildings. Winds of up to 70 mph accompanied the snow, creating blizzard conditions. The train system was paralyzed. The icy and wind swept Brooklyn Bridge was closed. Over 400 people were killed, 200 of them in New York City. Record cold followed the storm.(Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1923: Chicago records its lowest pressure ever 28.70 inches of mercury (This record as broken again on Oct. 26, 2010) as a heavy rain/snow/ice mix blasts the city on gale force winds. (Ref. WxDoctor) 1928: The St. Frances dam near Santa Paula, CA burst before midnight, killing 450 people as a flood tide of 138,000 acres of water rushed down the San Francisquito Canyon. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1935: On this date through the 25th,a series of suffocating dust storms blew across southeastern Colorado depositing up to six feet of dust. Six people died, and many livestock starved or suffocated. Schools were closed, and many rural homes were abandoned. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1946: Richmond, Virginia had its earliest last freezing day in the spring when the temperature fell to 29 °F. The average last freezing day in the spring is April 8th and the latest freezing day in the spring was May 11, 1966 when the temperature was 32 °F. (1971 to 2000 average) (Ref. Richmond Weather Records - KRICH) 1954 — A blizzard raged from eastern Wyoming into the Black Hills of western South Dakota, while a severe ice storm was in progress from northeastern Nebraska to central Iowa. The ice storm isolated 153 towns in Iowa. Dust from the Great Plains caused brown snow, and hail and muddy rain over parts of Wisconsin and Michigan. (11th-13th) (The Weather Channel) 1967 — A tremendous four day storm raged across California. Winds of 90 mph closed mountain passes, heavy rains flooded the lowlands, and in sixty hours Squaw Valley CA was buried under 96 inches (eight feet) of snow. (David Ludlum) 1987 — Unseasonably cold weather prevailed in the southeastern U.S., with gale force winds along the Middle Atlantic Coast. A storm in the Pacific Northwest produced rain and gale force winds. Crescent City CA received 2.27 inches of rain in 24 hours. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 — A powerful storm produced high winds and heavy snow in the Upper Mississippi Valley and the Upper Great Lakes Region. Winds gusting to 70 mph produced snow drifts six feet high in Minnesota, and sent twelve foot waves on Lake Superior over the breakwalls of the ship canal at Duluth MN. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 — An early season heat wave continued in the southwestern and central U.S. Nineteen cities reported record high temperatures for the date. Wichita Falls TX, which six days earlier reported a record low of 8 above, reported a record high of 95 degrees. Childress TX was the first spot in the country in 1989 to hit the century mark. (The National Weather Summary) 1990 — Unseasonably warm weather prevailed from the Southern and Central Plains to the Southern and Middle Atlantic Coast, with afternoon highs in the 70s and 80s. Seventy-six cities reported record high temperatures for the date. Downtown Baltimore MD was the hot spot in the nation with a record high of 95 degrees, which smashed their previous record for the date by nineteen degrees. Other record highs included 89 degrees at Washington D.C. and 90 degrees at Raleigh NC. (The National Weather Summary) 1993: An incredible blizzard known as "The Superstorm” struck the eastern United States on this date through the 15th. The storm was described as the most costly non-tropical storm ever to strike the U.S. doing an estimated $6 billion dollars in damage. The storm was as strong as a hurricane in terms of winds and low pressure. The pressure dropped to an incredible 28.35 inches of mercury or 960 millibars when then storm was located over the Chesapeake Bay. Boston, MA recorded a wind gust to 81 mph, the strongest wind they had recorded since Hurricane Edna in 1954. In addition, as the storm was intensifying over the Gulf of Mexico, a wind gust to 99 mph was recorded by an offshore oil rig. It dumped incredible amounts of snow from Alabama to New England. The snow amounts were significant everywhere, but for places like Birmingham, AL, the 17 inches recorded brought the city to a standstill for three days. Mount Leconte, NC recorded 60 inches of snow. Practically every weather station in West Virginia established a new 24 hour snowfall record during the event. Syracuse, NY was buried under 43 inches of snow. 270 people were killed during the storm and another 48 lost at sea. The storm also brought a 12 foot storm surge and 15 tornadoes to Florida, where 51 people were killed. Air travel was brought to a halt as every major airport from Atlanta north was closed during the height of the storm. During the late evening into the early morning hours of the 13th, a vicious squall line swept through Florida and spawned 11 tornadoes resulting in five fatalities. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 110 mph at Alligator Point and 109 mph at Dry Tortugas. Extremely high tides occurred along the western Florida coast. A 13 foot storm surge occurred in Taylor County, Florida, resulting in 10 deaths with 57 residences destroyed. A 5 to 8 foot storm surge moved ashore in Dixie County. Over 500 homes were destroyed with major damage to another 700 structures. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) Ref. (NWS Ranking for Storms between 1956 and 2011) This is the Worst Snowstorm of this period of time 1998: The barometer rose to 30.75 inches of mercury at St. Louis, MO to establish their all-time highest barometric pressure. High pressure records for the month were also established in a number of other Midwest cities. The reading at the center of the high pressure cell was 31.12 inHg over South Dakota. The reading of -7° at Kansas City, MO is their latest sub-zero reading. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 2006 — High school senior Matt Suter survives being blown 1,307 feet by a tornado. (The exact distance is determined by NWS GPS.) The twister rips open his grandmother's mobile home and tosses Suter into the night, launching him over a barbed wire fence and eventually depositing him on the soft grass in an open field. He suffers only a head wound from being hit by a lamp.

To be fair, That was the every year January thaw, after a frigid December…that featured really good snow here.

Sleet has started to mix in imby.

Not as bad but it did wipe out all of the snow..

Watch has been extended to more counties, with a warning in GA. Wind advisory is also posted for most of the midlands of SC. It looks to get pretty bumpy out there.

Let's go over this for the third day in a row lol. It's going to snow today. No weather model has any snow depth even in the coldest spots more than an inch or two. Most places will see a half an inch on grassy surfaces etc. maybe. Snow will come out of this sky but it won't amount to much. I just don't understand why there is any other conversation or any other maps.

It wasn't like this...big difference between 50 and 70.

What about the one in January???

DCA has never recorded measurable snowfall on the same day as a 70+ temperature. Here are the top max temps with at least 0.1" recorded. DATE PRCP SNOW SNWD TMAX TMIN 11/11/1995 1.15 0.2 0 67 33 2/8/1933 0.07 0.3 0 66 20 3/8/1995 1.97 0.4 0 63 31 12/22/1967 0.78 0.2 0 62 33 1/9/1978 0.91 0.6 0 62 14 1885-01-01 0.08 0.1 60 27 4/12/1940 0.66 0.4 0 60 32 4/7/1972 0.58 0.6 0 60 30 2/26/1935 1.09 0.5 1 59 24 3/8/2005 0.66 0.8 0 59 24 2/24/1900 0.11 0.2 0 58 21 3/21/1951 0.14 0.3 0 58 34 2/18/2014 0.06 0.3 1.2 58 30 11/25/1950 1.73 0.8 1 58 18 3/21/1951 0.10 1.0 0 58 33 11/25/1950 1.78 1.6 2 58 18 1/16/1959 0.46 2.0 0 58 11 2/11/1955 0.84 2.5 0 58 23 3/3/1938 0.07 0.2 0 57 27

woke me a couple times. Just under .4 for me, but it helps. 42 here.

Just went to a rain/snow/sleet mix here at 8:20 am. Currently 37.1/33.5 and falling pretty fast.

Down to 46F. If correct, some white stuff NW of Reading...

I'm down close to 20 degrees over the past two hours.