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We did in January 1996. If I remember correctly, it was +7 when it started snowing in Allentown.

Sounds good, thanks! Perhaps this is one of those nice little overachievers...

As expected, the very first wave out ahead of the 25-30dbz band was virga. Time to run to the store before the 1st actual band gets here. What do you think, MAG, for my far eastern area of CTP? All snow, or does that warm nose make it here as well?

I have to admit, when the models were backing off on the totals Tue/Wed, I got skeptical that we'd see anything substantial out of this event. It seemed like is was going in the direction of our many 2" events from the past. The past few days have surprised me though, as we've come back to respectable amounts. My only worry now is that my wife, daughter, and grandkids are going to Wilkes-Barre tomorrow to see Disney on Ice. Hope they don't run into problems.

Point and click at this time is fairly aggressive. CTP not expecting (at this time anyway) any changeover until after sunset here... Saturday Snow, mainly after 9am. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 29. South wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible. Saturday Night Snow and freezing drizzle likely before 11pm, then rain showers likely between 11pm and 4am, then a slight chance of snow after 4am. Cloudy, with a low around 27. South wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Because you guys are gonna get f.............oh never mind...lol Seriously though, I kind of thought the wind would die down overnight, but it's still ripping and rattling windows and stuff here.

Not you. Indeed!

This thread is getting difficult to read at the moment with the BS interspersed with the storm posts and analysis...

So do I, but in reality, I should have sent this one back 8 years ago after I bought it. The anemometer has never worked right. There is no way, with the window rattling, house shaking wind I had yesterday, that the highest gust was only 16 mph. Even back during Sandy, I couldn't get a gust higher than 24 mph.

Can't believe we're going down the "my snow is bigger than your snow" stuff tonight. Sheesh.

This is exactly what I used to go through a few years ago. There would always be a significant dip to the south right over eastern Schuylkill County in the contours where points to both my west and east would be modeled to get like 3-6 inches more than I would.

lol!!! Not long after I posted it, the winds picked up. It was almost like a gust front the way it hit. All was quiet, then the back bedroom (where my office is) started creaking, and the all the neighborhood wind chimes (I hate those things) started clanging.

Still kind of calm here on the eastern side. 45 with a 5-10 mph wind.

I'm not wishing it away. I actually want this one, which is why it's upsetting to see the numbers go down. Earlier, I was told that those 10:1 maps that include sleet were wrong, and I should be looking at positive snowfall change, which is what I did. Pivotal's maps are much lower than what that TT map is showing.

And as I expected. The 0z NAM has whittled it down to a barely plowable 2 inch event.

Thanks MIke! Just think how much accumulation we'd have every winter if sleet really was a 10:1 ratio...lol

I've never heard much good about it. I'll take 3-6 and run I suppose. Was hoping for more (imagine that...lol) but it's better than the usual 1-2 inch slop fests we've been getting.

Has the UKIE ever gotten one right??? lol

Thanks! I guess I still have a lot to learn about this hobby. As for the VD07 storm, we were pretty much the same here as you were there, except for, perhaps, the mid 40's temp spike for an hour before the crash which is what caused the freeway mess down here. Absolutely.

Yes it was. My bad I guess, but I wonder if we get much sleet or if it goes over to zr. Some in the Mid-Atlantic thread are growing more concerned about an ice storm.

I saw that and I'll be honest when I say that I didn't even know those kinds of winds were being progged for tomorrow.

Did anyone else notice a huge difference between the 10:1 snowfall map at 84 hours between Pivotal Weather and Tropical Tidbits with the 12z NAM? Pivotal is showing next to nothing up the Susquehanna and about 4 inches in my backyard while TT is showing 6-8 regionwide...

As much as I want to get back to work, I hate driving in winter weather, so I was "hoping" for the 8-10 that was being depicted earlier. My group probably would have postponed, but I doubt they will for a 2-4 inch garden variety snowfall...

It's been an extremely boring day/week/month. I haven't worked since 12/19 due to the charter bus business being highly seasonal (which I never knew until I got in), and the whole company being closed from 12/23 to 1/6. It's very frustrating not working, and I'm really wishing I'd have stayed in trucking. Sorry for being a bit "ornery" today...