Burghblizz

It absolutely did here. Cars and sidewalks encased in ice. Very surprising. Not sure why as whole column would figure to be below freezing. Snowing now

I think an inch or two is possible with this appetizer batch, especially north of the city. Not the heaviest snow, but it’s steady and very fluffy.

2.3” before midnight to be a top 10 December. That would make 2 top 10’s in the last 5 years. If the airport was 20 miles south, this would be even more. Really solid considering mostly northern stream systems and LES. https://x.com/nwspittsburgh/status/2006357818778206610?s=46

10” in Jefferson “the burb of the Burgh” County Oh. Thats about 30 miles west of airport. Band is drifting north. Hopefully some others cash in. Certainly won’t have the extended training.

https://x.com/ajuklowpxi/status/2006002289610481752?s=46

8” report from an area basically right by the Meadows. And it’s not moving. I’m partially fascinated and partially jealous.

Avella, Wash county near Ohio border - 7”. Someone might pop 10” down there! Not sure we have any posters in the middle of that, but figure some of the south hills posters will have a decent amount. Unreal - we do all this “work” sometimes to bring home big snows. Then every once in awhile this happens. (Sadly, I’m sitting under 2” for this, but hoping something better oscillates in)

There has been a band pounding Washington County. Seeing 4” and 5” reports.

I got about an inch out of squalls earlier, with lighter snows and blowing snow continuing. VERY windy. I think peak gust at the airport was 61.

Rippin now

Issued by National Weather Service Pittsburgh, PA 2:27 PM EST Fri, Dec 19, 2025 The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a * Snow Squall Warning for... Northeastern Columbiana County in east central Ohio... Northern Allegheny County in southwestern Pennsylvania... Butler County in west central Pennsylvania... Beaver County in western Pennsylvania... Southern Lawrence County in western Pennsylvania... * Until 315 PM EST. * At 227 PM EST, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line from over East Palestine to over Coraopolis, or along a line from over East Palestine to near Franklin Park, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Flash freeze on roads and rapidly falling visibility due to intense bursts of heavy snow and gusty winds. Wind gusts up to 35 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes. * Locations impacted include... Ross Township, McCandless Township, Cranberry, Moon Township, Butler, Franklin Park, Aliquippa, Beaver Falls, Columbiana, Monaca, East Palestine, Shaler Township, Hampton Township, New Kensington, Lower Burrell, Harrison Township, Economy, Ellwood City, Ambridge and Wexford. This includes the following highways... Parkway North between mile markers 10 and 13. Interstate 79 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 68 and 103. Interstate 376 between mile markers 19 and 51. Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 1 and 44.

Some nice bursts around this morning. I think the most impactful thing though was a flash freeze. Lots of ice on everything. Roads seem mostly OK.

Nice - I just missed that. Saw it training over some spots. Was wondering what it produced

The did a nice job. I thought it was little aggressive, just because it felt like a moisture starved clipper….but the mid level frontogenesis really produced.

That’s a fair point. But some of those years right before and right after were painfully low. So those got balanced out a bit. I don’t think the 90s as a whole were dramatically higher than the 30 year average. Maybe a little bit.

Probably have to modify this to more like 5”-8” if you look at the more recent time stamps. The non-ridges winner seems to be in from around New Stanton towards to near Latrobe. A couple 10” reports.

This period has been underwhelming as a snow fan, but calendar day stats are deceiving and this forgets a lot of events in that time. I’ve cracked 4” 8 times since 2021 IMBY, and 3 times in the last 365 days. By 2030, our “reset” 30 year average will very likely either be around where it’s been, or finally tick down a few inches to wobble back to where it was 10 and 20 years ago. It won’t dramatically go down. And I think that’s the point I’m (and some others) were making. There wasn’t some brave new world starting in 2021 where we suddenly will start averaging 27” a year for the next 30 years. I’m all for global, long term, climatological concerns - but the impact on sensible weather here will be slow, and will show ebs and flows. On 11/20/2025 at 9:43 AM, TheClimateChanger said: It's been an incredible 1,348 days since the last calendar day with 4" of snow. You have to think eventually that breaks, or do you guys think it is no longer possible to see 4" of snow in a single day at PIT?

Been watching that about 10 miles north of me and hallucinating it sinking south. It might be starting to

I think the bartender screed up and poured me a 16 ounce Mad Elf last night, instead of whatever smaller pour was standard. Added to a very festive night.

Pretty impressive to have a clipper with no real surface low and no lake enhancement, deliver 4-7”.

I’ve had your “will we ever see it again” snow twice IMBY since u posted that like 13.5 days ago. So unserious.

Picked up here in Cranberry. Decided to go out to dinner. Roads are trash, but beautiful night. About 2.5” so far.

I’ve had three hours or so of pixie dust. Briefly picked up a few times, then back to pixie. Between 1.25” and 1.5” so far eyeballing.

Sucks that there isn’t a very active thread anymore for Ohio. Would like to get some real time updates on conditions. (on the other hand - might not be a great sign that it isn’t super active with snow falling)

Light steady snow had begun. Pretty efficient though in sticking to everything.