Hurricane Agnes

Back edge is moving through, the sky is brightening, and the sun is trying to come out. Ended up with 0.25" of snow, trace of sleet/ip, and 0.26" of rain/snow/ip melt in the bucket. Anything that had coated or dusted any surfaces, has melted. Currently overcast but clearing and 35, with dp 35.

So far got a 0.25" that coated the coldest surfaces (i.e., the car tops), with some dusting of the mulch and grass that quickly melts. But what is on the cars has mostly turned to liquid mush. Currently SN- and 34 with dp 34.

After 2 days of highs of 80, I have fatties flying (earlier had some trace pingers). Made it up to 64 as a high before the bottom fell out. Currently SN with little or no stickage, and 35 with dp 33.

Even with the "threatening" radar, am only getting some drizzle and graupel (with the latter only barely visible on cold surfaces). Currently 33 with dp 29.

As a ranking, for the past 20 years posting here on EasternWx/AmWx, this season came in 5th highest.

Looks like my high today will be 56 (which happened just before 3 pm), after a 27 low. This is the warmest day since this past Dec. 19., which hit 57 here. Still have massive plowed mounds around the area that might be here for weeks unless there is sustained warmth and maybe rain. The NE-facing spots still have about an inch or two remaining. In any case, it's a cloudless 55 with dp 39.

We have definitely seen the huge and "curious" (and territorial but not too aggressively so) Carpenter bees, so know where their holes were (which were bigger). These holes were definitely downy woodpecker pecks! The downies are much smaller than the pilated that she has in the area too that pop up every once in awhile.

The storm has about wrapped up here now as of ~11 am with some flurries and snow blowing off of roofs (although I won't count out any sudden back-building bursts). The sun was briefly trying to shine through the clouds too. I measured another 1.5" on the cleared board so that plus the 8 am 13.5" would make it 15" here in what is visible of MBY. We're talking knee-height snow to wade through and definitely a lot more than the last storm here. Currently a breezy, overcast (but with sun trying to shine through) 31 with dp 31, along with some occasional flurries.

I think the snow total ranges were spot on but the only thing that perhaps "under performed" were the winds west of the Delaware River. I am about 5 miles east of KLOM (Wings Field) and the strongest gusts have so far been around 22 mph throughout the event so far - https://forecast.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KLOM.html ("real time" updated link). It's possible as the storm continues to bomb out and move away, the pressure differential may kick up the winds and blow a lot of this stuff around.

That's right near the Visitor's Center across from Independence Mall (and that President's House exhibit). Used to work a couple blocks from there for 30+ years. I am currently at 31 w/dp 31 and the snow had briefly dropped down to SN- but there is some back-building with heavier returns nearby so am back to SN with blowing and drifting snow now. My weather station anemometer is plastered and frozen in place.

For an 8:00 am reading, currently 30 with dp 30 and persistent SN. Finally climbed through the tundra to get to the board (which is on a table) and what was there was taller than the 12" ruler, so got a 2nd one to get 13.5". The Ryan Hall Y'All look-alike snow ruler that I had adjacent to the board, had snow that drifted to almost 17" (I had sprayed it with teflon spray to at least minimize wet snow plastered against it). I did remember that 10 years ago, I bought a 4ft aluminum T-square that I had used to make some replacement dresser drawer bottoms, so dug in the basement to find that and try it. It was difficult to find an "open" place to sink it (my back patio is poured concrete with strips of ground on either side) but both my lilacs are completely bent over onto what open center patio area there was, so readings there would be skewed. Still, it ended up sinking to at least 12" - 13" in multiple spots (and I left it out there). I cleared most of the board (that I could get to) and will see what comes next. Time to buy an old-fashioned wooden yardstick.

Looks like around KDIX and could be some radar clutter/noise.

Still have SN with a slightly heavier band overhead here in NW Philly and the backedge on the way. Temp holding at 29 with dp 29.

I have one of those plastic "snow sticks" propped up against my snowboard and it's at least 12" - 13". Still getting SN with temp 29 and dp 29. Looks like a band sitting right near the river that must be puking snow.

Currently 30 with dp 30 and almost up to 4" here IMBY with steady SN and fog. Haven't seen any bursts of SN+ yet but I expect that will depend on the deform band and how far it backs inland.