Hurricane Agnes

True story but when the Flyer's won that first Stanley Cup, they briefly had it displayed in the lobby of one of the old bank buildings downtown, and I dragged my sister there to go see it after school one day (we were going to school downtown at the time). Bernie Parent, Bobby Clarke, Dave Schultz, Barry Ashbee...and Kate Smith singing the national anthem at the games. When Barry Ashbee had his eye injury, he was eventually admitted to Wills Eye Hospital, their original old building (now apartments I think) being right next door (an alley separated the buildings) to where I was in school (Masterman). Me and my classmates used to yell his name out the window across the alley while he was there... Yes, that was junior high. Buncha nuts.

Have had varying intensities of snow showers, with about 10 minutes of full SN, but with the temp at 32 and not intense enough plus at this time of day, nothing was sticking. Currently back to something akin to SN- - and I know whatever melted today is going to freeze solid tonight.

After pixie dust on and off all day, finally got under a tiny bubble of SN-. Temp holding at 32.

Still have non-descript lazy flurries and temp is 32 so stuff is melting.

Have mood flakes here that I suppose if they went on long enough, could add a dusting, but am not real confident. Temp still 31/dp 29. Am guessing south Jersey is getting a sleetfest.

Down to some lazy flurries and I suppose virga despite the radar look. Have a light 0.1" dusting on the colder surfaces and walks where the treatment washed away with melt. Temp is up to 31.

Getting white rain here now. Temp is up to 30.

And the ZR/freezing mist continues here. Temp still 29/dp28.

Has been ZR and freezing mist this morning adding a glaze on everything. Temp has crept up to 29 with dp 28.

Now just have a cold light FZRA event here. My last little measurement around 2 pm of a "core" showed about 1/2" of sleet that compacted down the last 5.5" of snow, so calling it 6" of snow/sleet/ZR (compacted).

Currently have light sleet and ZR ad temp of 27 (dp 24). I think the radar in this instance, says it all!

LOL Not far outside to the west of me. Whenever I got out that way, I go out Ridge Pike.

There's a spotter report of 10" in Norristown and a "public" report in Abington of the same.

Now I am getting a mix of about 2/3rd sleet and 1/3rd FZRA. That is knocking the snowpack down pretty good. Temp has crept up to 25 with dp 24.

Now 50/50 sleet/graupel. Has knocked the total down almost an inch.

Wow. Some wild stuff here now. About 2/3rd graupel/sleet and 1/3rd pancake snowflakes. The graupel is almost getting to hail density the way it is hitting and bouncing and is loud as hell! It also briefly looked like there may have been some FZRA in there too. No changes in temp/dp.

Well technically I didn't have to go out to confirm but could hear the pingers over the sound of the humdifiers. Just came back in after another measurement before it compacted and have 5.5" along with it puking sleet.

Back to SN now. Not hearing any pingers. Temp still holding 24/dp 22.

Born and raised in "Mt." Airy and living in Chestnut "Hill". I think the highest elevation up in this area... not too far up the way from me to the west, is about 425 ft elevation. There are the little Montco towns literally about 4 - 5 miles to my north (and either west or east - Whitemarsh and Glenside) that have been reporting 8", so I am sortof on the southern fringe of the heavier band.

Welcome! There are a couple of us city-proper posters here. Seems we have issues beyond the snow/sleet line that have to do with what is going on in the upper atmosphere with warm noses and whatnot! I think this was pretty much expected - a "front end thump" followed by mixing and then when the coastal takes over, some possible additional, although it remains to be seen if more rain happens with that. If anything, it is interesting to see where the band of heaviest snow had/had set up and it's a pretty narrow gradient for that at the moment.

Getting rimed flakes along with some graupel mixed with pancakes now and am up to 5". Temp is 24/dp 22.

Narrow stripe of heavy snow still holding. CC radar of it -

Still steady snow here shifting between SN- and SN. Picked up at least another 1/2" of powdery stuff that is starting to blow around. Temp is 23 with dp 21. You can see a bit of the gradient for the band that seemed to dump on a relatively narrow strip...

IP has stopped and back to all snow but with pancake flakes.

Mt. Holly's earlier snow & ice maps -