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Much like a clipper which gives us some of the nicest snowfalls.

The Joe Denardo rule. This is why you "Don't come out with accumulations numbers until 48 hours before the event."

A solid 3 or 3.5 of fluffy stuff. Good ratios helped us to over perform.

Anyone on the board getting any snow yet? Radar looking good from south to north. County airport reporting light snow.

I do not like overnight snowfalls. You go to sleep and it snows and you wake up and it is on the ground but just about over. I like to see the snow falling during the day like last week. .

Sleet has moved in here as well. My temp is 42

As of now the Euro is the only bad model for us for Tuesday. I think we are in a good spot now. Things will change this weekend. We know it could go either way but I'd rather have more models in our favor now than not.

OZ for Monday Canadian looks good. GFS no good.

Picked up a quick inch earlier. Switched to rain around 6:30 and turned back to snow in the last hour hour and a half. Now it is mainly sleet. I am at a nice elevation and was traveling towards north park and roads are horrible.

It was good to see the little ones out playing in the snow this afternoon. I saw 3 snowmen built today.

Nice back end building here

Heavy rates in the North Hills. Go take a walk and feel like a kid again. Beautiful. Enjoy it.

Funny I just had KDKA on the radio and they are going with a big downgrade from 3-6 at the beginning of the week to maybe an inch tomorrow. You can tell they still have old data.

I say screw the models. This is the only one giving us some snow. https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/?model=hrrr&region=neus&pkg=ref_frzn&runtime=2024010500&fh=2

Euro joins GFS.

Still 48 hours out and big differences in models. Canadian gives us a good 2-4 inches of moderate snow for 5 or 6 hours. GFS goes east and gives us nothing more than a flurry. Something has got to change today. Wouldn't you think?

FDPBZ Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 245 PM EST Wed Jan 3 2024 .SYNOPSIS... Snow showers return tonight with another shot of cold air on Thursday. Still lots of uncertainty regarding impacts from low pressure moving up the northeast coast this weekend. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... KEY MESSAGES: -Scattered snow showers return late Wednesday night through Thursday morning -Minor accumulation in the lowlands with up to an inch possible in the higher elevations -Turning dry again Thursday afternoon and colder with a brisk northwest wind ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dry conditions will continue through the afternoon with zonal flow aloft and high pressure at the surface. Cold advection this afternoon with a weak shortwave trough crossing the PA/NY border is resulting in a stratocu deck north of PGH while areas to the south get a quick dose of sunshine. Snow showers return to the region tonight as a relatively quick moving front drops south across the region. With minimal moisture to work with and the boundary layer failing to extend into the DGZ, snow accumulations will be minimal. Additionally, behind the front the level beneath the cloud deck dries out quickly and the wind direction is too northerly for much in the way of lake effect or orographic snow showers. Outside of the ridges, and possibly some locations in the I-80 corridor, the latest NBM range of potential snowfall (10th pct-90th pct)for Thursday is well below an inch. Even in the higher elevations the 90th percentile sits at 1 inch. Probabilities for even 0.01-0.05 inches remain low. Strong cold advection behind the front will maintain cloud coverage and keep the diurnal range in temperatures to a minimum. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... KEY MESSAGES: -Sunshine returns on Friday. - A weather system could bring impacts to the area over the weekend, however, there remains too much uncertainty to pinpoint any details this far in advance. NWS Pittsburgh just being lazy in their discussion whatever it may be. -----------------------------------------------------------------

Maybe we can pick up 1/2 inch on Sunday from some light snow showers

Yes I think this is more like the precip totals. Storm is a fast mover. I'd take it.

Light snow falling.

Snow Flurries in the air!! Stop the press!