RitualOfTheTrout

Looks like the first accumulation of the season is possible tomorrow evening / night, probably only looking at a coating at best outside of the favored I80 / upslope regions but time to knock off the tracking rust.

Well that escalated quickly, I think we made a dent in that drought map today. Power knocked out too.

Finally got a good soaking rain today. It’s been interesting seeing the storms find different ways to dissipate before getting to me this week. Today appears to be no different but at least managed some rain. Lawn was starting to look like mid August than early to mid July with how brown it is. Case in point, watch the line just dissolve. Must be something to do with terrain as this happen pretty frequently year round, although today is partially plagued by some rain earlier that probably stabilized the atmosphere.

That's one of the best snow maps I've seen all "Winter" lol. I mean if its going to be cold and precipitation falling I'm all in for something record setting which has Burghblizz mentioned in May wouldn't take much. Heck if I see a coating of snow on May 9th I'd consider that a win. I know anecdotally we welcome the cold snaps in Spring to kill bugs etc, just curious what impact an actual hard freeze this late would do to mosquitoes etc.

Looks like snow for Mother’s Day weekend is possible... .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... Dry and cool conditions resume Thursday before another shortwave returns rain chances Friday and Saturday. Models are in above average agreement with heights and temperatures aloft heading into the weekend...with values 2-3 standard deviations below normal and 30 year return intervals. By Saturday morning 540 thickness is as far south as the carolinas and h850 temps over the forecast area will be between -7 and -8C. Although sfc temperatures will be above freezing during the day precipitation should be all snow based off temps aloft. Breaks in the clouds and May insolation should result in at least a marginal amount of sfc based CAPE given the cold air aloft (convective temps will be in the low 40s)...and that with a saturated DGZ there could be brief periods snow intensity high enough to get some measurable amounts (higher than a trace) during the day before melting. The last time in PGH where May snow was anything more than a trace was 1966, and measured snow greater than a trace has only occurred six time in the period of record. Early morning temperatures in the extended will be abnormally cold; frost/freeze headlines may be needed if current model trends continue.

That’s what I was just saying to my wife, fall / winter / spring have basically merged into one 6 month period of blah. I just saw this article in the Trib, nothing surprising and pretty much predicts what we have been saying. PA Climate Story We will of course still get snow, but it will take an increasingly anomalous pattern as we proceed into the future. It is crazy to see some of the short term effects of the drops in pollution due to COVID-19 stay at home stuff. It’s too bad we don’t have a way to feasibly cut it like this indefinitely. An abstract macabre thought... maybe COVID-19 is actually the planets immune system trying to eliminate a virus.. us! Yeah the quarantine is probably starting to affect my mental state.

That's the problem, it too bad we couldn't get a pattern like this in the December - March time frame...

Pretty intense snow squall moving through here right now. Some pretty strong gusts and brief whiteout. Even managed to briefly whiten the roads. What a week of weather, 70s, tornado, snow squalls, par for the course for western PA spring I guess lol

Yeah it was crazy for sure. I saw the line of storms on radar, but when it hit it meant business. Within a few seconds it seemed to go from relative calm to hail banging of the windows and the power started flickering and then was out then about 45 seconds later both of our phones went off with the Wireless Emergency Alert for a Tornado Warning. I ran and looked out the kitchen window to a sight I have never witnessed since living here. Already the roar was was incredible from the wind and I said get the kids and get downstairs now, this is for real. There was probably a 45 second period where the sound was so deep, as they say almost like a freight train. We could hear the deck furniture start sliding and them slamming off the rail and then almost as quickly as the whole thing started the wind died down (relatively speaking) and it was done. I'm thinking that period was probably the tornado at its closest proximity but can't be sure. We were lucky, very little damage. Ripped off a downspout and the chimney cap, lots of branches etc but the biggest thing the kids trampoline was blown into the trees and got mangled up pretty bad. The other bad thing is we were without power for about 12-13 hours so most of the food in the refrigerator was lost. I think I'm good on severe weather now, I'd be good with saving all the "interesting" weather for the upcoming winter season.

Power out here, tornado warning, roughest 10 minutes of weather I’ve witnessed in a long time. We ran to the basement with the kids when the tornado alerts went off.

Things look to get interesting in the next hour or so. With all of the quarantine / stay at home stuff the kids bedtime has been slipping later and later. I expect that line coming through will wake them.

Picture is worth a thousands words... Insanity Winter 2018-2019 Is Doing the Same Thing Over and Over Again and Expecting Different Results.

Just miserable cold rain.. Maybe we should start tracking mud slides.

Easy there... Let's not get carried away lol. I need a new lawn mower this spring so I'm even less enthusiastic about grass cutting season starting. Anyone have any good recommendations on a good push mower? Prefer non-self propelled. I had a basic Craftsman with a 5.50hp Briggs and Stratton engine but it would tend to bog down at time. It was a good mower though otherwise, started on first pull even after long time in the garage. Had it 11 years but it started smelling like gas while sitting in the garage this past year but no evidence of a leak and revving up and down while running. Then this fall on the last cut it started backfiring then wouldn't start. Not sure how interested I am in trying to fix it.

That and most stores will be empty from a people perspective. I think everyone blitzed the grocery stores last night and early morning.

Lol I will say I expected more from this winter to this point. Still has time to redeemed itself and a favorable outcome this weekend would be a good start.

Euro on board with similar output:

This. I agree by the way the rule is written there was a valid reason to "review" the play but it was ruled a touchdown on the field. He was down on his knee with full control of the ball before making a move towards the goal line, had control of the ball has it broke the plane of the goal line up and until there was some movement as his hands hit the ground. It's really leaving this interpretation up to a human and I certainly didn't think the outcome from video review was 100% conclusive.. In other news the snow storm we had a few days back on Christmas day has been awarded to NE, ruin our football and steal our snow!

This winter is so depressing I can't even go into the New England forum and live vicariously through them...

I'd love to live there when you can count on LES almost every year...

You referring to the blizzard last year? I got like 4-5 inches out of that, just missed the good stuff. So I'll reserve the right to cry and moan about frozen water (or lack there of) falling from the sky and laying in my yard.

So since this seems to be over performing for everyone (posters in the South especially) what is better, having a big snowfall modeled at least 2-3 days in advance and it actually verifying so you get to soak in all the hype etc, or something like this that ends up being more than forecast with advisories and warnings be added \ upgraded on the fly?

If its any consolation we are foretasted to get into the 40s on Monday and Tuesday with rain showers. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't pass on a potentially historic blizzard because of that, but seeing a warm-up after a big snow is a downer for me. That's why once we get into March it better be big or go home when it comes to snow in my book. I'd love to get a big snow in early to mid January followed by a cold spell with some clippers dropping a fresh 2-4 every couple days, then another big one as the pattern breaks down.

Tied up 2-2, making a comeback just like the models will show a big north trend tonight, guaranteed!

I was thinking the same thing, if we were sweating the r/s line you know this would have shifted 75 miles north to give us slop lol.