Hurricane Agnes

I believe it. And what was also bad were the grooming tractor ruts on the sides of the slopes that had melted and then frozen into mini concrete-like pillars that you sure didn't want to slide into. My only other trip up to the Poconos was the following year to Tamiment Resort (which was north of Bushkill Falls) in January for a senior class trip, and it rained the whole weekend with temps in the 40s and lots of fog. They did have an enclosed ice rink at that time that my classmates checked out, but all-in-all, that January was a winter FAIL (although the big snow did come the next month).

My high just barely hit 32 (31.8) yesterday and my low for today (so far) was at midnight at 26. Did make it up to 47. Currently 43 and partly cloudy. That's where I went on my first ski trip back in high school... I think in 1978. The one issue we ran into on the trip that day was that despite a decent snowpack, the temps were above freezing (may have been the low 40s), so right when you were getting off the lift, the snow at the jump-off point had melted a bit and packed down, becoming a glacier with water on top. So as skiers hopped off the lift, they immediately slipped and fell and they had to stop the lift each time.

But then he usually (maybe once a week) would do a pun-filled forecast too. In fact, the Centre Daily Times (from Centre County PA) had an interview with him a little over 7 years ago where he shared one of his favorite (and then "once a year") forecasts - https://www.centredaily.com/living/article42810012.html

Bottomed out at 13F (12.7) this morning with dps below 0 (-1F). That's when you know there's arctic air passing through. Currently "up to" 23 here now. with dp 6... and overhead we've got that big ole high, so there's truly not a cloud in the sky (my rhyme for the day ).

True story but that 1979 storm (my senior year in HS) was the first time (at least since the 1966 storm) that my sisters and I had enough snow to finally MAKE a decent snowman. We made it on the front lawn and we were amazed when cars would drive slowly by and take pics of it.

As a sidenote here - and I meant to mention - but early this week (either Monday and I know for sure Tuesday), KYW radio switched up on their meteorologists (after their move to their owner's (Entercom) facility at 2400 Market St. in downtown Philly) and they dropped the CBS3 ones and are now using the NBC10 group including Hurricane Schwartz, who I was surprised to hear on their station early that morning (his shift is apparently now later during the day). Their end-of-weeather-report tagline - "Count on it!"

My did who lives in Delco reported some sleet on Wednesday. We just had some light rain. Ended up with 0.91" for the 2/10 - 2/13 event. Currently am at 32 and overcast with a broken ceiling and there be flakes!

Getting snizzle now. Temp is down to 39.

Getting a light shower with some flakes mixed in. Temp down to 42. Sun is trying to break through.

KPNE reported a 58 mph wind gust. Temp here is down to 43 and it's overcast with a strong active breeze.

My pressure bottomed out at 28.90 mb at storm onset. From what I posted in the obs thread - Cape May Harbor mesonet recorded a 73 mph wind gust.

Got 0.11" out of the quick gust front. Looks like the strongest winds have been reported in the southern part of the CWA with one 60 mph to the north in Mercer County, NJ. Cape May Harbor mesonet reported a 73 mph gust. Temp is down to 51 here now and the winds have picked up.

It's here. Gully washer. Winds kicking with the gust front. ETA - adding updated doppler.

You certainly did!

Incoming! Temp up up to 57 here. Was just saving the attached image when the Warning got lofted over me. Lotta stuff going on in the CWA.

You made me look at mine - downsloping in effect and temp has shot up to 55 here but still misty. Warnings lofted and getting closer to the I-95 corridor.

We may be in some severe weather now! Storm damage from winds down in MD and severe thunderstorm warnings up west of here.

There have been a couple TORRs down in northern MD this morning.

Well one thing to look out for today are the winds. With the ground so saturated, I wouldn't be surprised if there were a lot of trees down.

Possibly because it had started raining there. Am now getting the rain here and am up to 0.18" with improved visibility but not by much. Earlier I was almost completely socked in!

Ended up with 0.54" rain on Thursday and 0.13" so far today. Currently very foggy w/vis < 1/10th of a mile, so need a bit more than a SPS for this. Temp is currently 46 with dense fog and mist.

Had 0.06" rain yesterday and am 0.41" this morning (so far). Currently 37 and drizzly/misty.

Incoming? (watched Punxsutawney Phil this morning and they were getting light powdery snow out there at the time of Phil's cancelling of winter...)

The one thing I was gonna quote from a post upthread regarding 2001 - 2002, which is what you touched on in your post so I'll use that to jump off on, was that after 9/11, the spigot turned off that fall leading into the winter season (resulting in little snow), and then we went into a drought. That meant less and less surface and ground water, with dry begetting dry, leading to serious extended heatwaves, with ocassional triple digit temps and whatnot by that summer. So far I haven't seen that sort of BN precipitation this season, as we have generally been getting pretty close to normal - albeit in liquid form - at least so far. So as long as there is precip, it lessens the chance for the more extreme heatwaves.

I think this is showing the weakness in the models with using past climo because although there are climatological cycles of weather, the "floor" of that sine curve has shifted warmer over the past couple decades, which can sometimes mean the difference between snow/sleet/rain. Plus the increased urbanization, expansion of the density of the suburbs, and even suburbanization of the exburbs, has contributed to more marginal events save for those times when the ENSO state and teleconnections are optimum. On the plus side - at least Alaska is actually having a "winter". They have been above normal during winter the past bunch of years to the point where the state has been losing far too much of its much-needed permafrost.