Hurricane Agnes

And to think that 1996 produced almost 3 times as much. I remember everyone had chains and snow tires (of course that was before the "all season" type tires too). Always had that twice-yearly ritual of putting on and then taking off the snow tires. The irony of 1966 was that summer, the east coast experienced a heatwave where many all-time high records were shattered and here in Philly, the temps tied the all-time high for the date (at the time) of 104 when that happened July 3 - https://www.weather.gov/phi/hist_phi I remember that some friends of my parents had a cottage in N. Cape May and we spent a couple weeks there for vacation during that hot summer (I think in August).

I had a picture somewhere of me and one of my sisters (the other wasn't born yet) after the "blizzard of '66", standing in front of our garage door with the snowsuits and shovels and Yogi Bear boots. Actually it was a slide pic because that was my dad's hobby and shooting on slide film allowed him to have color "photos" back in the '50s & '60s when regular consumer pics were generally only B&W (he had boxes and boxes of slides and we had been slowly converting them). Mt. Holly described it here (the hot links don't work so have to scroll down) - https://www.weather.gov/phi/hist_phi Article about that nor'easter - https://weatherworksinc.com/news/1966-christmas-snowstorm The snows before that year back to when I was born in the early '60s, were mostly the usual nickel & dimes.

Latest PNS -

A trained spotter in your area reported 1.0" ZR.

Now at 32 degrees and the melting has commenced (tipping the bucket in my gauge) along with the light rain.

Now getting all ZR again. Temp is up to 29.

And you got your snow pile started. Will have to see if there was enough of a mound to have it saturate but maintain its shape and then freeze into a glacier to encourage more to pile on top.

Have transitioned from ZR to sleet. Temp is up to 28 here. The atmospheric battle is underway.

ACK! ZR. Never got the pingers here. And it's not like DZ either. A light rain and the temp is 26. Dp is up to 21.

Just came in from measuring and all the snow has stopped here (and there's no precip at the moment so overcast). Got 1.2" total so far. Temp is 25 with dp up to 19. Not sure what is coming next but something is!

Intensity has picked up a bit and am at SN (with some fog). Temp is down to 25 and dp is 17.

Getting some SN- now. Temp is 26. Looks like some heavier returns moving in from the SW.

Am seeing a flurry here and there and the temp is up to 26. Looks like the warmer air is starting to push in from the far S & W.

Like a quick-hitting summer thunderstorm without the thunder or the heat.

I watched a band right over top of you so was wondering if you survived it.

Now fully in the dryslot and currently overcast with temp up to 25 (dp 14). Am seeing spotter reports N & W of 1" (Chesco & Bucksco) so far.

Down to flurries now. Looks like a dry slot is moving in. Temp is 24 w/dp at 14.

Yup. That's a nice first start of the official KamuSnow annual snow pile!

Still SN- (with a little fog) even under the lavenders. Measured and got 0.30" so far. Very powdery. Temp has crept back up to 23 and dp still 15.

It's software on my laptop - GRLevel3 v2. ETA - http://www.grlevelx.com/grlevel3_2/ (I also have GR2Analyst on a smaller convertible laptop which is great for convective stuff but not cheap - http://www.grlevelx.com/gr2analyst_2/)

Now down to SN- with temp that has fallen to 21 and dp still at 15. Have 1/4" so far and the initial puffs of wind have dropped off... but there is still some lavender parts of bands that have back-built to my west so will see if any of that stays together as the line moves to the east.

Don't even need a shovel for that. I think a broom will do.

That's an old radar snapshot now (see the later posts)! I am under a coating now here in NW Philly! ETA, temp is now down to 23. The snow is similar to the 1996 blizzard type of powdery "23 degree snow". Dp up to 15.

Did not expect the pink blob to drop all the way down here and sit over me (figured it would stay mostly in Montco) but it did. Temp still creeping down (at 24 but technically 23.7 and falling).

Getting some pinkage near me now. Didn't even have any flurry-notice. Just 0 to SN. Already have at least 0.1" out there. Temp still at 24 but creeping down and dp creeping up and now at 13.