Gordo74

I plan to be just east of Cleveland on a beach but the forecast keeps wavering from 40%-70% cloud cover. Driving me mad all week.

6 hours ago, KPITSnow said:

I ended around 3.5. Sucks that literally 3 miles south got close to double. 

Does it REALLY suck when the forecast less than 48 hours ago was half of what you actually got?

28 minutes ago, Rd9108 said:

All of this negativity is making me not even wanna storm chase anymore. 

Agreed - that's why I blocked TimB and KPitSnow a long time ago and the thread is much more factual and weather discussion rather than whining and complaining. Instead of doom and gloom, it is excitment and fun speculation rather than temper tantrums and poopy pants.

It’s been a beautiful snow globe all morning here. Approx. 3”, which based on temps, serves as a really nice base for Friday if it plays out.
 

This past week has really brightened my mood about winter with the cold and few snow bursts that stick around. It’s certainly nice to enjoy.

New band came out of nowhere for the east, sitting at about 2” with another 2” to come in the new band according to Wunderground. We will see, but this is a nice surprise  

Got a quick unexpected inch here overnight and, given the temps, should be on the ground for a long time. Makes it feel like winter.

The wind gust took a piece of siding off though, so it’s not all good news  

18 minutes ago, Burghblizz said:

18Z NAM looks largely the same - maybe a tick stronger and cooler. Extreme SW PA does a little better this run. Maybe that will be enough to expand the adv. 

 

I don’t buy those high totals and I’m capping my expectation at 4”, but that certainly would be a welcome surprise.

WWA for Westmoreland.

Winter Weather Advisory

Issued by National Weather Service
Pittsburgh, PA
2:23 PM EST Fri, Jan 5, 2024

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 2 and 5 inches.

* WHERE...Portions of northwest and western Pennsylvania.

FWIW, weather underground for my location has bumped up in the last 24 hours and now shows 4” and changed the verbiage to “3 to 5 inches expected” whereas before it was 1”.

I don’t think anyone would be sad at this in western PA based on the roller coaster of the last week.

1 hour ago, TimB said:

That will be melted by afternoon with temps in the mid 30s.

Yup and I’ll be happy for it after 2023. 

Again, I'll take just the grass covered at this point as I said from the get go before the new year. We're halfways there after overnight.

1 hour ago, TimB said:

2nd storm is a warning level event on the Canadian, lol. Nevermind that verbatim it has snow falling in some areas with 558 thicknesses.

You’re not sucking me in this early this time, jack.

7 minutes ago, Rd9108 said:

Easy now. Don't jump yet. The shortwave isn't sampled until probably tomorrow's 12z. The big jumps are most likely not gonna happen since this isn't a big phase bomb. I'm sure we will see minor adjustments both ways the next few runs. It always seems to happen. 

I'm not jumping, but I do want to call out, looking historically to 2021 when we actually got snow, the Euro nailed pretty much every storm that year with totals whereas the others were busts.

EDIT: Still happy with anything that covers the grass for this one. It has been way too long since.... anything and at this point, I'll appreciate anything.

57 minutes ago, Ahoff said:

That’s kind of how I’m looking at this.  It shows 12”, in my head I’m thinking, okay that’s a good 3-5”, lol.

I’d take anything that covers the grass at this point. 

Didn't see this depressing stat posted here:

I get that the negativity can be... over the top here sometimes. But when it's been a year+ and the 2nd worst year in weather history for the area..... MAYBE it's sometimes warranted.

I’m pleasantly incorrect in my earlier comments. It’s snowing buckets in Monroeville/Murrysville now.

Weather underground which has gone from 2.5” to 0.3” in Murrysville. NWS updated totals as well about an hour ago and shows no accumulation pockets all over Allegheny and westmoreland.

Aaaand it’s gone.

Sure as heck would be preferable to last winter when we didn’t even crack 20” if I remember right.

It was nice to get a little blast on winter, but nothing good on the next few days :( 

Really nice, seasonal September so far.

That’s what it has been showing for a week and only two of the last week have been rainy, which has been nice. Overall, great start to summer with being extremely comfortable outside. Pools probably hurting a bit for attendance though.

I see high 70’s next weekend on a few forecasts. Quite a way to start April.

This was the worst winter in memory for weather imo. 

At least we’ve had a nice stretch of spring weather and looks to continue through next week.