jimmosk

4 minutes ago, Birds~69 said:

Philly received 0.6"...

Yep. A few miles west of PHL we may have gotten one inch more, though the snow is nearly gone already.

3 hours ago, jimmosk said:

Just went back out and did a second brushing, three and a half hours after the first. About 2.5" of fluffiness. Swarthmore's likely going to cross the 5" mark before this is done.

And one final brush-off, with about three-quarters of an inch, maybe a bit more. I'd put my total at 5.25". A great snow day, "just like the ones I used to know".

3 hours ago, jimmosk said:

Brushed off my car for the first time this storm. 2" so far, maybe a smidge more.

Just went back out and did a second brushing, three and a half hours after the first. About 2.5" of fluffiness. Swarthmore's likely going to cross the 5" mark before this is done.

Brushed off my car for the first time this storm. 2" so far, maybe a smidge more.

When do the SREF plumes update? I swear each run used to come out around 5:00 am & pm and 11:00 am & pm, but now they seem to get updated much later than that...

I just whisked the snow off my car -- about 1.5" of it.

At the moment we're getting a flizzard in Swarthmore -- fairly dense, fast-blowing, teeny flakes that don't wind up affecting visibility that much.

It's quite the flizzard here. Pixiedust flakes, swirling everywhere in gusts of 35ish mph.

Just had a burst of sleet and a little thunder in Swarthmore PA

Just now, beanskip said:

Link?

 https://www.mysanibel.com/live-street-cams

That cam was about at the level of the bottom of the two houses behind the center one in the shot, so those hosues at sea level now. The center house stands about four feet higher than them; I bet the owner is feeling glad they paid for the extra height... for the moment.

Rain mixed with sleet in Swarthmore at the moment. 39°.

Just now, RedSky said:

The guy from channel 69 news spotted with a suitcase boarding a bus for Florida

Not a plane for Cancun?

After a half hour of white rain, changed back to all snow, at almost +SN intensity!

Looks like the rain/snow line is getting close, so the current view out my window is probably as pretty as it's gonna get. Which is to say, very.

A little over 1" at this point.

...and yep, as soon as I posted this, rain began mixing in.

Pretty steady increase in intensity, getting close to +SN now. Untreated surfaces have a coating.

Reality is currently trouncing radar in Swarthmore - just a few flakes, while the returns suggest SN to +SN

This snirga can't last, though...

Moderate snow started up again here, 15 minutes ago.

Added a photo of how quickly the snow is sticking to the still--iced-over trees: 

15 minutes ago it was tiny flakes with a bit of graupel, but in the last ten minutes the strength picked up to SN, nearly +SN levels, with larger flakes.

Depth has almost reached 3" in Swarthmore.

Intensity is back up to SN, at times even +SN, with decent-size flakes again. No big pillow flakes, though.

Intensity dropped to -SN in Swarthmore, down from SN. Tiny flakes, with a small amount of sleet. We’ve had a little more than 1” so far.

30 minutes ago, Birds~69 said:

Quite honestly his dated map seems to be pretty correct as far as I'm concerned and I would hold. 3-6" in/around Philly then 6 -8" (or so)  once you hit the burbs...

The northern and western burbs, to be specific. Some burbs are to the south (and, depending on how you classify areas in a different state, to the east).

But if you do mean this neck of Delaware County has a shot at 8", kudos!

I'd put the final total for Swarthmore at a coating to 1/2 inch. There was plenty of snow in the air... but gone as soon as it touched down, whether onto pavement, grass, or trees.

PHL's 0.7" sounds plausible to me.

Still melting on contact here in Swarthmore. There's a trace on the grass, but I'm jealous of those near me (Media) who're measuring it in inches.

25 minutes ago, The Iceman said:

This map says to me that nws isn't confident at all for tomorrow.

Well, that plus the NWS itself putting their confidence level at only Moderate, in their briefing about the storm: https://www.weather.gov/media/phi/current_briefing.pdf