Hurricane Agnes

Had a low of 30 this morning and made it up to 36 for a high before 2 pm. Was out in KOP at a birthday luncheon for a niece and saw where the powdery snow went. It was definitely blowing off the roofs (and even blowing across open fields on the way there and back). Currently down to 31 with dp 22.

I just got in from a birthday celebration for one of my nieces at a restaurant out in KOP and I found the powder snow! The winds had kicked in around when we got out there at 12:30 pm and the stuff was continually blowing off the roofs of the buildings. Didn't have that IMBY - just a lot of splatting as the stuff fell off the trees, sloughing of snow sheets off the sides and hoods of cars, and lots of dripping.

The back edge of the last batch has passed me now and no accumulation from it (melted upon contact). Sun is trying again to come out. Temp is 33 with dp 29.

Yeah I just came in from clearing the car and was even considering looking for a "snowbow" in the west earlier when the sun was busting out in the east and the dryslot with open sky was visible to the west, but the west eventually filled in. The snow wasn't powder nor was it the concrete like the last couple storms, but was fluffy (probably had lots of pancake flakes overnight). The incoming band seems to be moving slower than the earlier bands and consolidated. The SN- with intermittent dropping to flurries, hasn't let up the whole time. It's not really accumulating anything but has been persistent. ETA - temp is above freezing now and at 33 with dp 31. Melting is underway.

Still getting SN- with the back edge of that 2nd round moving through but the sky is brightening and the sun wants to bust through. Still holding at 31/30 temp/dp.

Am under that 2nd round and am getting SN-. Not sure if it will accumulate anything but it is producing something. Current temp is 31 with dp 30.

Looks like that other batch is intensifying a bit.

Interesting temp eval here where it was mostly mid-30s until the storm came in between 1 - 2 am and crashed the temp to right around or just below freezing and raised the dp. I expected wet slop on the streets but although I expect they brined/salted, the areas on either side of my car have little or nothing.

The low is still inland and south and it's like we are in a dry slot before a potential additional batch if that holds together. Not sure how strong it would be though.

Down to flurries and measured 3.5" of wet snow that is sloughing off the cars and trees/shrubs. This came in "wetter" than I expected as there was all the talk about the high ratio snow ... Seems this was a forecasting faux pas with respect to the areas north that got walloped. Had grabbed a screen shot from about an hour ago that showed a 14" (13.7") total up in Macungie (and there are other 13" reports around the same area). It's currently 30 IMBY with dp 30.

Although obviously not a good short range model, it ran so.... here's the 18z GFS -

Throwing in the 18z Canadian.

Throwing the 13z NBM in

6z 3k NAM

It nailed the city but was a little low for the northern fringes of the CWA. It's not really a model per se but blends the MOS data from the main models and then gets some other ancillary data thrown in. I've noticed that whenever we get NAM'd, it just cancels that mess out until the NAM settles down.

19z NBM

Mt. Holly 1 pm snow map -

12z GFS definitely shows that "south" thing...

Bottomed out at 24 this morning but am only at 34 at near 11 am so am wondering if it will really warm up much. Dp has been hanging in the dry teens but finally hit 20. The cirrus has moved in although the sun is still breaking through it.

6z Canadian is similar to the NAM although it shows more across the northern areas.

LOL Looks like the 6z Euro NAM'd us.

6z EC is running but here is the 6z 3k NAM that is now in range.

Throwing the 19z NBM in for Friday night/Saturday morning. As an obs - I actually managed to stay above freezing all night and then finally dropped to 31 for a "low" at 9 am this morning. Was actually surprised at the temps as I expected to get higher today but nope. High ended up at 36 with a chilly breeze to boot. Lots of snow melt on roofs and streets/walks but parking lot mounds that were still around from the last storm, got a complete refresh. When I was out today I noticed there was a "haze" of very high clouds that the sun was blazing through. In any case, am currently 35 with an arctic-like dp of 13.

They used to do measurements from National Park, NJ but I have noticed in the PNS's that they are using an ASOS. The full PNS - Well my "high" for the day was 40 at midnight, but after the storm was done and the sun came out, I did get close, hitting around 38 briefly. It's currently 36 with dp 29.