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  1. Off topic.

    Does anyone here have recent experience with assisting a loved one with placement into a nursing or assisted living facility?

    Mom's agreeable to doing this so I can return home to my wife and family, but I got some sticker shock when I found out how much they cost per month. We're also not sure she would qualify for medicaid assistance. 

    We're not sure if it's financially possible. She wants to stay out here, so getting a one story house with her living with us in PA isn't an option. 

    I'm perplexed and frazzled as I really want to come home, but I'm not sure if we can do it.

    Any opinions or help is appreciated. 

  2. 4 minutes ago, canderson said:

    It’s really frustrating that Tuesday event is out to sea, literally.  We have cold locked in for once and poof, be gone. 

    Maybe we get a squall tomorrow to salvage the week. 

    Isn't that the case so often? Once you get good cold, the storm track is suppressed? 

  3. 9 minutes ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

    Many of us just had a Warning level event last Saturday.

    We still have a Winter storm chance on Tuesday & Friday this week.

    The longer range for late January & February looks promising on most guidance.

    True, but one warning level snow every 2-3 years doesn't cut it for a winter weather lover. The past few years have been horrid in that respect.

    It seems you guys can't beg, borrow, or steal an optimal big snow producing track.

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  4. 1 hour ago, Festus said:

    Pretty remarkable that 49 out of 50 states has a NWS product(s) issued (yes, AK and HI have something).  Guess Arizona is the place to be.

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    Yup...lol

    But, it was 27 this morning again, and we did have a freeze warning, which obviously expired now.

  5. 56 minutes ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

    I’ll take the 6z GFS with cold air in place. It crushed the Susquehanna Valley this run. This is the furthest west solution we’ve seen yet for this potential event. Most of the ensembles & other Ops are furthest east, but this track is certainly another possibility that gets it done for us.

    Long duration storm this run for CTP has depicted this 6z GFS run.

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    That looks like it gets it done quite nicely. 

  6. 2 hours ago, Bubbler86 said:

    The Icon actually has a north displaced trough a bit north of you.   Temps are not that bad for you...Fridged over here.

     

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    I'll take that...for now, but I am so ready to come home.

    Sad part is that unless my mom agrees to come home with me or go into a care facility here, I'm stuck. I'm missing my wife and family bad though... :(

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  7. 44 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

    40 here and fairly windy but gusts just in the upper 20's and low 30's.  Other side of the house getting it today.   

     

     

    The 16th still in play on the 12Z GFS and then another close one a bit later.  Not literally worried about this timing missing as it shows some potential and still in that period before the relaxation that keeps being advertised the last week of January.  The key for me is the 16th system getting into NE Canada to keep the fun going the next week after it.   500 below shows what I think was the coastal SLP just missing a phase. 

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    I can't tell you much I like this post, and moreso, the map!

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  8. 1 hour ago, canderson said:

    There will be 80-90 mph winds Tuesday night at the 850mb - if we get heavy rain they could get mixed down. I think it’s going to be very bad for someone in this forum. 

    Batten down those trash cans...lol

    From what I saw on Facebook posts, friends (who don't know proper measuring procedures) were showing 8 to 11 inches in the Tamaqua and Lehighton areas, so I'm GUESSING my backyard got similar. 

    My wife can't be bothered with measuring snow, so I'll never know the exact number. 

  9. 6 hours ago, anthonyweather said:

    All Oz runs tonight so far are consistently painting 8 to 10 inches in the Lehigh Valley. It’s been a long time since I remember seeing good trends leading right up into the storm.

    Hopefully it's a precursor for the rest of this winter's storms. Far to often, in the past, the trends were the opposite. 

  10. 26 minutes ago, pawatch said:

    Less than 24 hours and our totals are improving!

    Don’t laugh...Had to move my zero turn to get to the snowblower.

    So while I had the zero turn running I gave the grass a quick cut. January 5th  :lol:

    I’m ready to go tomorrow. 

    How close do you live to your neighbors? We won't laugh, but if any of them saw you, I'll bet they did.

  11. But then....CTP introduced mixing into the Tamaqua forecast for Saturday night.

    Saturday Night
    Snow, possibly mixed with rain before 1am, then rain, snow, and freezing rain likely between 1am and 4am, then snow and freezing rain likely after 4am. Low around 29. East wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.
  12. 7 minutes ago, canderson said:

    Dumb question: what exactly is the snow depth map the gfs produced? Is that snow after a storm? How is that even measured? 

    Probably some kind of computer algorithm that takes temp, dp, compaction, and who knows what else into consideration. 

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  13. 10 minutes ago, mitchnick said:

    I know it's an operational, but the 12z Euro is downright depressing how the ridge keeps building back along the east coast and the trough just stays in the west causing 1 cutter after another. Put the 500mb anomaly maps run in motion.  Speed it up and you'll see what I  mean.

    https://www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?m=ecmwf_full&p=500h_anom&fh=loop&dpdt=&mc=

    That's equally depressing for me as well. Believe me, I don't want that trough out here. 

    I might just see mid 20 lows at my house next week. All those warm western winters, and now that I'm here, it gets cold. 

    Worse, like you said, as depicted, such a deep western trough sets you guys up for cutters. That sucks.

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