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Our well below normal temperatures that have started the New Year look likely to continue for the near future. Today will be our 6th straight day with temperatures staying below freezing. We may briefly get a couple of degrees above freezing (but still well below normal) by Saturday through Monday before we turn even colder by Monday night. We have a good chance at some light snow to freshen up the snowpack Friday night till Saturday morning, but most areas will receive less than an inch of the white stuff.

Only 11 days away....what could possibly go awry?

Nice snow pack refresher on Euro.....

That is clearly a tidbits issue with -6c 850 temps down to the Carolinas LOL!

Below is why the younger folks think it always snows a lot in this area,,,,the 1st 2 decades of this century were mighty snowy compared to average.

Only rain showers are way out in the Atlantic....

We are off to our coldest start to a year since 2018. That year was the coldest start with records back to 1893 for Chester County. Our stretch of below normal temperatures looks like it will continue for almost 10 more days before we see temperatures rise to normal or above by the weekend after this one. A couple flurries have been flying this AM but mostly sunny days but cold are on tap for the rest of the week. We may rise to near freezing by Friday and into the weekend. Our next minor snow event looks to arrive by Saturday morning with no more than a couple inches in most spots.

We are off to our coldest start to a year since 2018. That year was the coldest start with records back to 1893 for Chester County. Our stretch of below normal temperatures looks like it will continue for almost 10 more days before we see temperatures rise to normal or above by the weekend after this one. A couple flurries have been flying this AM but mostly sunny days but cold are on tap for the rest of the week. We may rise to near freezing by Friday and into the weekend. Our next minor snow event looks to arrive by Saturday morning with no more than a couple inches in most spots.

18z GFS with a slight bump up in snow....if it was true a nice few inches of powder to refresh the snowy landscape...

I think folks forget where we live....big storms are somewhat rare - except for the 1st 16 years of this century. I am convinced those snowy seasons made for many unrealistic expectations. That said if we get a general 2" to 4" event this weekend many will be near to above normal snowfall for the season....

The ensembles on the GFS did increase by around an inch for our area.....

We ended up with 2.8" of snow yesterday in East Nantmeal for the season we now stand at 6.1" which is 84% of normal snow to date. Windy today with some areas of blowing snow today (like on my road in Chesco). Dry through Friday with temperatures slowly moderating to within a couple of degrees of freezing. Snow chances increase on Friday night into Saturday, but this looks like no more than a moderate event despite what some are saying.

We ended up with 2.8" of snow yesterday in East Nantmeal for the season we now stand at 6.1" which is 84% of normal snow to date. Windy today with some areas of blowing snow today (like on my road in Chesco). Dry through Friday with temperatures slowly moderating to within a couple of degrees of freezing. Snow chances increase on Friday night into Saturday, but this looks like no more than a moderate event despite what some are saying.

It does have some snow....but only about an inch.....baby steps!

Snowing again driveway getting covered again

With the 2.5" of snow "so far" today here in East Nantmeal Twp. We are now up to 3.0" for the month of January which is 2.1" above normal through today. For the season to date, we stand at 5.8" which is 79% of our normal snowfall to date of 7.3".

With the 2.5" of snow "so far" today here in East Nantmeal Twp. We are now up to 3.0" for the month of January which is 2.1" above normal through today. For the season to date, we stand at 5.8" which is 79% of our normal snowfall to date of 7.3".

2.5" in NW burbs as we picked up 0.8" in heavy band between 10 and 1030am....verified the NWS 2" to 4" forecast.

2.5" with just flurries now here in East Nantmeal Township. Reported to NWS at 1130am

That last band gave us 0.8" of snow in 30 minutes between 10am and 1030am - now up to 2.3" for the day. Still snowing steadily....but it appears the end is near.

Heaviest snow of the day here in East Nantmeal Up to 1.5" of snow as of 10am - been heavy for last 20 min or so

There were no 6" plus storms in Philly from 1967 till January 1978....now that was a true snow drought -today's youngins would not survive!!