Hurricane Agnes

That pile almost looks like the biggest that you've had in the past couple winters! And yes, something has back-built over the area and I am getting some SN-. If it all goes right, maybe I can make it to 2" overnight.

LOL the 18z GFS is doubling down on a storm buzz-sawing its way up the coast. As an obs - there are some more returns coming in with a mini-round 2 and yes, something is falling from the sky - very light, just above random flurry level. Not sure how much additional accumulation I will get but we'll see. Currently 28 and SN- with dp 25.

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Looks like it might be done here - nothing coming from the sky. Measured 1.75" of fine powdery stuff on the board. Currently overcast and 28 with dp 25.

Saw your report!

Now getting the biggest flakes of the day. Not pancake-sized but much more clumped then the fine stuff from throughout the morning. Temp still holding at 26 with dp 23 so must be some warming up in the atmosphere.

It would be a mix/ZR fest! Something like that would theoretically benefit central PA.

The 12z Ukie does what the EC did but has it go OTS even further south!

That's a coastal hugger that would throw "warm" ocean water air back over the area. That 12z GFS does send it up to NE this time, and has it bomb out on the way up there.

Just measured 1.5" and the rates appear to be maybe a notch or two above just plain flurries at the moment. I see a dry slot to the west although perhaps it will back-build. Currently SN- and 26 with dp 23.

That's when the "winter drought" finally broke. I remember the winter of late 1974 right after my dad died and my uncle wanted to take me and my sisters to go to Burlholme Park in NE Philly to toboggan - https://myphillypark.org/explore/parks/burholme-park-3/ It was literally in the 50s temp-wise at the time and not a drop of snow anywhere to be seen. He took us there anyway just to see what it looked like... all snowless and bare.

Just came back in and measured 1" on the board. Have SN- of fine stuff with some bigger flakes mixing in every once in awhile. Some of the radar "heavier" returns over me aren't really producing at this point. Temp is 25 and dp has ticked up to 23. That 1977 was just a cold cold winter. That's why '78 was welcomed because we finally had some snow to go with the cold! There was some snow in '79 too although I remember my senior class trip up to the Poconos resulted in 40F and rain that weekend (at the old Tamiment ski resort), so the slopes were literally a sheet of ice with water on top. We ended up inside the Lodge most of time watching TV, playing cards, board games, and pool.

They sure as hell wouldn't! After that, many winters made up for it though. I do remember 1977 being nothing but frozen, glacial tundra. Just sheets of ice leftover from the couple inch snows, that lasted forever. Bunch of single digit temps that January as well as a couple below 0Fs. Brutal when standing out on a corner waiting for a SEPTA bus and then when one does show up, it is packed to the door and drives by... and the next one takes forever to come so you start walking.

Just measured 1/2" with SN- to SN variable rate, although still mostly fine flakes. Temp is 24 and dp has been holding at 22, plus now have a little fog.

I was in high school and whatever went on in the '70s before '78 was barely enough to write home about - at least here in Philly. In '78, I remember me and my sisters finally being able to make an actual snowman and did so out on the front of our house. It was a good sized one too. We even had some Japanese tourists drive by and then stop to take pics! My mom also bought a new car that winter and when I had come back from a weekend class ski trip around the time of that storm, I returned to the car smashed up on the side due to some cop doing a chase on the icy streets, and T-boning my moms parked car. My HS friend's dad had picked my friend and me up from the school after we returned from the trip to drop me off, and he had to calm me down when I saw the car.

The 6z EC doesn't go out as far as the GFS and has the same GOM Miller A-type thing, but then suppresses the storm, and takes right OTS.

Have 1/4" here in NW Philly with SN- of very fine flakes, a temp of 24, and dp now up to 21. I expect if the dp continues to rise, the flakes will be enlarged, and it will look "more dramatic". ETA - the untreated parts of the streets have started caving.

This is supposed to go all day... I think you guys are under the WSW.

And the pixie dust snow has commenced - just after 7 am, with a light dusting on cars and untreated surfaces. Dews had been slowly moistening the past half hour and it's now 25, with dp 19. Let the games begin!

LOL As a note, the Philly public schools and Archdiocesan elementary/middle schools are closed today (Archdiocesan high schools are on virtual instruction). The city also closed its offices today as well, interestingly enough. The early '70s was the "snow drought" period with little or nothing really happening until 1978! Didn't stop us from turning on KYW for the numbers though.

Welcome and look forward to any obs that you have with this current storm!

Overcast here in NW Philly with virga. Temp is 27 with dry dp of 16.

Made it up to 31 yesterday with a low of 22. Currently 27, overcast with virga (as the precip shield begins to overspread the city) and with a dp of 16. 6Z GFS has a Miller A-like setup that apparently "misses" throwing any measurable back over the area.

ICON falling in that same range. I would think the S. Jersey and DE folks will cash in if something warm doesn't advect back in from the ocean.