Hurricane Agnes

Looks like the 18z NAM whiffs a "heavier" blob just south of RedSky. Hit 42 as a high today and it's currently overcast and 40, with dp 30. I think we would still have a playoff slot but not home field advantage & a bye IIRC.

I think in this instance, it's because we are "too close" to the ocean and the coldest ocean temps lag the coldest air temps. That's why February tended to be the jackpot month (often President's Day), although ENSO states might allow the more significant snow to come in January. I just popped out and that's exactly what it looks like. A thick deck of cirrus with the sun trying to shine through it with a hazy yellowish tint. I bottomed out at 29 this morning and it's currently a hazy 41 with dp 28.

Well the NBM is reflecting the whoosh! for the SE for tonight/tomorrow morning. In other news it did make it up to 45 IMBY yesterday after a low of 37 and this morning, I have slowly crept down to freezing for the first time in awhile, with temp at 32 and dp 28.

Made it up to 64 yesterday after a low of 50. Was expecting rain but it pretty much missed to the west and/or evaporated. Currently partly cloudy (much of it cirrus), a full moon setting at post time, and 55, with dp 55. Haven't seen fog here yet but I expect it might come soon.

You must be just north of the warm front. It's surprisingly "clear" of fog here. Mt. Holly did put an Advisory up for the counties N and NW of Philly metro and over into central & north Jersey. Temp hit 55 after a low of 47 and am currently 54 with dp 54 (so fog might come if the warm front wobbles back down this way). I did pick up 0.19" of rain today after the drizzle and mist of yesterday and this morning.

And I ALSO got buzzed by a skeeter today and managed to shoo it right out the front door (my spiked swatter wasn't close by )! Had a 41 low and 56 high today and it started out cloudy, got sunny, and then self-destructed into some drizzle the rest of the afternoon, and into the evening. Nothing measurable yet though. Currently 51 and misty with dp 49.

The GFS/GEFS don't quite get there though although some members are appearing in phase 8, but still not really a strong signal as yet. As some obs, after a 39 low on New Year's I made it up to 53 as a high (also finished the year with 0.37" of rain on 12/31, giving me a 2022 total liquid equivalent of a whopping 55.91"). Currently 41, with a little low stratus, and dp 40.

Happy New Year to the Philly forum. May this new year bring some good things to track!

Mt. Holly gave up and the Dense Fog Advisory is up until 4 am tomorrow morning. The rain today - at least in the Philly metro area - hasn't been heavy enough to scour out the fog. Am guessing that will wil make for some freaky fireworks. Currently getting some light rain (have 0.04" in the bucket at the moment) and 53 with dp 53.

And the Dense Fog Advisory was extended to 6 pm. I had just heard on KYW at the top of the hour (3:02 pm) that the bridges were all down to 25 mph restrictions due to the dense fog. Currently still foggy and 54 with dp 54.

I found that site last year discussing what would be an incoming SWE and it's been pretty fascinating checking in with them through the year. Each one of the blog entries does get repetitive with respect to using the same boilerplate intro describing the PV, etc., before launching into their analysis.

Getting the light rain now (had been misting earlier with the fog) and got enough to finally tip the bucket for 0.01". Temp/dp still holding at 53.

Here's a discussion to go along with that - https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/winter-season-2022-2023-polar-vortex-power-up-stratospheric-warming-wave-forecast-united-states-europe-fa/

ANNNDDDDD.... the Dense Fog Advisory has now been extended to 2 pm. Not as bad as earlier but still under 1/10th of a mile here. Temp is 53 with dp 53.

Dense Fog Advisory extended to noon (and that's good because the fog seems to have gotten even denser here in NW Philly) - Current temp is 51 with dp 51.

Geez. Hope you guys take it easy get better. I know there are all kinds of respiratory things going around. Probably universal to suggest plenty of fluids although I expect some adult types of "fluids" might be on tap for the Iggles tomorrow. I did make it up to 57 as a high yesterday and this morning, in the midst of literal pea-soup fog with visibility < 1/10th of a mile (and I saw a Dense Fog Advisory was lofted), I have had a low of 48 so far. Currently foggy and 50 with dp 50. Also Mt. Pocono had a Record high min yesterday. lol

A LOL @ this (going from record lows climo section to record highs climo section) - I did make it up to 46 as a high yesterday and possibly have a low this morning of 28 as it's currently 29 with dp 25.

At least that was a rare powdery snow (temp was in the low 20s where I was much of the event) and when I made it out to start digging the car out, because of where I had parked it in my apt. complex lot, the only place on it with snow was the front bumper. No joke. The rest had been blown off by the wind and the car had been mostly protected by the building too. Still had to trudge down the middle of the street to walk to the supermarket with one of those grocery carts to get the usual milk and bread that I previously laughed at people buying beforehand (on my birthday even, as the storm had just ended and the sun came out) and was greeted with 6 ft plowed mounds on both sides of the street and a couple cars stuck after getting stalled and buried on one part of the street.

I made it up to a high of 36 yesterday and after a low of 28 this morning, am already up to 40 and rising steadily. Currently mostly sunny with some cirrus and dp at 27.

You were looked for as some were worried! It's not good (or safe) up there with some of the restrictions in place.

That low that bombed out and went up into Canada is still up there as a 992 and that plus the northern jetstream are in positions that are still funneling arctic winds over Lake Erie, hitting Buffalo hard and over an extended period of time (it's snowing up there right now at post time). The lakes were only minimally ice covered before that arctic blast came in so that made conditions ripe for a huge lake effect event in those areas where the wind direction hits the right way. As for IMBY, I seemed to have kept cloud cover overnight so the low was 26 and I'm currently overcast and 28 with dp 17.

Had a low of 15 this morning and made it up to 28 as a high, which is the 3rd consecutive day when it didn't reach or go above freezing (starting 12/24). It's currently 27 and overcast, with dp still dry at 13 (giving my humidifiers a workout).

This sis and her neighbor are in Wyndmoor. I know the neighbors on the block were giving them a hand (my niece and the neighbor's daughter had been texting back and forth after it happened). I was at my sister's house last night and had asked about any status updates and she was thinking they may be staying in a hotel for now (am not sure if they have family nearby - I have met the neighbor's daughter many times when she would visit my niece when I was over there). Am surprised (but shouldn't be) that the temp has stabilized overnight and has been hanging around 14. Currently clear and 14 with dp a balmy 7.

I got it too. I mentioned upthread when I heard on KYW earlier this afternoonas well. They are claiming their equipment isn't' handling the big temp drop this early in the season. I am also thinking that winter is usually when they do maintenance so they probably also have some facilities offline so they can't handle the extra load (along with the storm wreaking havoc to the grid with downed lines, etc) in other parts of the state. One of my sister's neighbors literally lost her house to a fire last night due to a fallen tree that brought down wires and then a power surge literally fried the house insulation and the whole house went up in flames.

Hope you have a joyous Christmas and also hoping PJM doesn't start the rolling blackouts (as I heard this afternoon on KYW ) Looks like my high may end up being the 14 that it's been hanging at for the past few hours. The low this morning ended up being 5. It's currently a breezy 14 with dp 0. PHL will definitely break a record today for coldest high for Christmas Eve day (when I checked earlier this afternoon, they had made it up to 17 but are now down to 16) - They also did a climo site temp change chart (I know Don has been adding that to-