Hurricane Agnes

Currently 23 here and overcast with dp of 8. This incoming band looks interesting. Will have to see if it erodes as it moves east due to this dry air.

It looks almost like it's trying to predict a low running up east central PA with a warm front that gets "hung up" near SE PA/N. DE. I don't recall seeing hung-up fronts that far east - usually they do that further south and west over the apps and eventually "snap up" and move northeast relatively quickly.

"Glacier" is the perfect word for it Not since the winters of '76 & '77 with their frigid temps (and their glaciers), did we have so much ice here. I remember back in '77 where I lived (lots of hills like where I am now) where the buses could not get up the hills due to the ice (with water on top), so they made people (like me) get off the bus and walk up to the top of the hill and get back on again. Those were the years when long johns became really popular again down here. It was a big change from the early '70s with the snow drought (not unlike we are seeing now). And like '76/'77 eventually heralded the blizzard of '78, so too did '94 eventually herald what happened in '96.

That song was a riot and done by a local Philly singer too. Philly area has become the "new Colorado" with "spring snow". My "high" yesterday was at midnight and was 33... and after that it dropped and never rose above 30 the rest of the day, with the "low" of 21 happening at midnight on the other end of the day. It bottomed out this morning (so far) at 21 (closer to 20 @ 20.5, than to 21), but has nudged up a bit to 22 and overcast. The dp of 7 at the moment, is truly arctic.

Not here in Philly. That period was the nightmare of the "ice storms". I think I literally counted around 17 individual events IMBY that I was white-knuckle commuting through to/from work, starting some time in December (and there had been a "rain every couple days" thing going on antecedent to that so it seemed inevitable). It was to the point where the tristate area had run out of salt and there were caravans of trucks that eventually came down from NY state to help with the shortage/unavailability of both road salt and consumer ice melt products. People were left with throwing sand, kitty litter, and table salt out on their walks. I remember the worst one that first week of January (the 7th I believe), when I had to go on a work-related trip down to Baltimore (by Amtrak) where I had planned to drive to 30th St. station early morning and park there to get on the train. And on my way down, I intended to go on I-76 (that I generally avoid) figuring it would have been better treated as a "primary (interstate) route", than my normal downtown route (the river drives). But literally, just as I approached the entrance ramp to I-76, the traffic report indicated that PennDot was about to close 76 because of the ice build-up, with cars/trucks getting stuck on the ramps, unable to go up or down them. So I was able to bypass that and continue on downtown along one of the river drives, and ease on into the station parking lots. Meanwhile I-76 was eventually completely closed with hundreds of cars and people trapped there for over 8 hours. While in Baltimore, I managed to find and bring home 3, 5lb bags of Halite in my suitcase that I handed off to my mom for her sidewalks. She ended up having the only portion of sidewalk on her block that was "clear and dry" to the cement. What was interesting too about the '94 ice storms was that many of the residents of the western suburbs learned the hard way that Rte 202 was considered a "secondary" route, meaning "delays" in road treatment while the "primaries" (interstates) were worked on as a priority... and the outrage was fierce. Forget if you live in the city proper, where the "main thoroughfare" streets were considered "tertiary", so good luck... So here in Philly in '94, it wasn't the snow depths that upstate/Lehigh Valley may have had, it was the nightmare of the ice. It was enough to uproot and pull down an old cedar tree between my mother's house and her neighbor's house, and when it went down, it extended some 50ft across the front yard abutting the house, and halfway into the street, just missing the neighbor's car. And as a historic note not mentioned for Philly - that 1994 winter was the last time that Philly recorded a below 0 temperature (recorded as a -5F at KPHL January 9, 1994). It's gotten close a few times with 1s and 2s and 3s but so far all above 0.

Looks like I may have maxed at 65 just as the rain was coming in (got 0.06" from that broken line and already had 0.07" earlier overnight between 2 - 3:30 am for a total of 0.13" so far today). Currently 63 and overcast.

64 here at post time with dp in the upper 50s. A convective line is on my doorstep.

Just smashed a stink bug. Currently 66 and overcast here. Have been able to open the windows and back door to air out the house.

Had a "low" of 48 this morning and it's currently 65 here and getting mostly cloudy. Dps are in the (somewhat) juicy low 50s.

Bottomed out at 22 here this morning - even with the puffs of wind that kept up overnight... so that was some serious arctic air (the low dp of 8 seems to confirm that). Currently 24 and clear.

And another squall coming through. This time with big flakes! Sun out with it too. Temp had gone back up to 36 after the last round.

Sun is back out and tht thing was moving fast. It did drop the temps down to 34 though. Nothing really stuck (mostly bounced off, blew around, and melted although there is about 0.1" on the coldest spots) but pretty cool.

Here we go! Getting that EAS squall warning! The graupel is kinda cool though. Temp is still 38.

Getting a flizzard of snow and graupel and the stuff is bouncing and blowing around on the street with the wind.

Looks like a blob of one is headed my way. Will see what happens when it hits these hills. Sun is obscured again. Only thing is the temp is @38 so not sure how it will manifest. ETA - am getting flakes this time!

South and west cashed in on it down in MD.

Looks like it's breaking up in these hills here and is scootching along right to my north... Temp is up to 34.

Sun has gotten obscured. Leading edge has dribbled over me but the warning window is still outside of the city limits. Not seeing flakes yet but I expect they are coming. Temp is 33.

Seeing dark clouds off to the west of me. It's on it's way! :

If the band running through Montco keeps on its current track and stays together, I may get hit with it here in NW Philly. Current temp is 32 and it's partly sunny at the moment.

I saw/heard Mt. Holly issuing the various Snow Squall Warnings. May end up getting more from that than this last event!

GFS ensembles -- (also from what I have read, the PV is pretty strong at the moment which precludes it breaking apart).

Went out and measured and have 0.20" and am down to flurries. There's a coating on the cars (mostly those that weren't driven today) and just a light dusting on some open grassy areas but nothing on the larger plants or walks or streets. Temp still just above freezing at 33.

The SN- is getting a bit closer to SN and what has fallen so far has finally chilled the ground and colder surfaces and am now starting to get a coating on the car and some grassy areas. Walks and streets are still wet and temp is now at 33.

Still getting some SN- but with finer flakes with nothing on the grass, streets or walks but a dusting trying to hang onto the car windshields. Temp is 34.