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  1. 17 minutes ago, Kevin Reilly said:

    I was living in NE Philadelphia and the winds were howling down the driveways between row homes.  One side was completely bare of snow maybe an inch the other side 5-6 foot drifts. I was 9 years old so snow was up to my waist and the drifts in some cases over my head.  I remember the thunder and lighting and also the graupel mixing in with the snow while we had the lighting and low rumbling thunder.  I think the next day under the strong Feb 12th sun it made it into the upper 30s.  Almost like the storm mixed out the arctic air and replaced it with modified Atlantic air.  
     

    Reason I say this last sentence because the air out there at 32 down here doesn’t feel Arctic anymore feels like modified Atlantic air that storm basically flipped every thing. 
     

    looking over the models looks like a bit of a war setting up medium long range with the Southeast Ridge and cold coming back from Canada.

    Next two weeks could get interesting up and down the east coast with an awakening subtropical jet in play. 

    Yep, I lived in those types of situations where the air merges between two structures and creates a hurricane like blast then the snow creates it's own pattern. Blacktop showing then not that far away a huge drift up the side of a building. 

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  2. 10 minutes ago, RedSky said:

    A final storm note- drifting was very minor despite the awesome wind. Imagine this storm suffered the same fate as 2006 in that the snow was too wet.

    Still nothing for me has compared to 1978,1979 and 1983 in drifting.

    All 3 were great but 83' was probably my best.

    I was  1'-2' shorter during that whole period which made everything seem huge. Just walking during the height of those storms w/the drifts was a real struggle....

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  3. 19 minutes ago, RedSky said:

    Significant retreat of the  "polar vortex" cold that was being shown for next week a couple days ago to normal cold, no complaints.

     

    This is probably due to your age. I'll send you to my parents house w/the thermostat on 80, electric heater humming and electric blankets a must at all times.  :oldman:

    Much complaints here, wanted highs in the teens/wind! Predicted highs are now up 8-10+ degrees from a couple days ago. Still cold but not super cold.

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  4. 2 hours ago, GilmoreWaters said:

    Getting a marathon pimp slapping up in Poconos  around Jack Frost/Big Boulder.

    52 straight hours of snow, still snowing .  Wrap around banding  continues to  hound  the area  from the NE.

    The heavy snow bands  didnt make it this far north but  a consistent 1/2" hour rate for 2 + days. 

    Closing in on 2 feet. 

    Nothing wrong with your post but if you're going with a Pink Floyd reference as your screen name it's David Gilmour...

    34F / flurries 

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  5. 3 minutes ago, The Iceman said:

    Low that close to the coast and it's easily sleeting probably all the way up to mt Pocono. 

    Sleet, 33/rain or nothing? I'll take sleet even though I'll be pissed it's not snow and Monday temps will be winter tundra like for this area w/wind. At least it's not boring weather...

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  6. 1 hour ago, RedSky said:

    Did the groundhog see his shadow? 

     

    The whole point of groundhog day is for old folks to dress up, find a reason to drink in the morning and pull a rodent out of a tree. The result makes no difference. Even Punxsutawney Phil is sick of their song and dance and doesn't want to be disturbed...

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  7. 8 minutes ago, mattinpa said:

    Yes. It was supposed to be deposited Jan 4, but went to a closed account. Finally saw it coming but the mail wasn’t there. The only bad thing about this storm. 
     

    Seeing yet more sun come through. 35 degrees. 

    Man, that sucks. From what I read online the mail method seems to take forever or they screw it up. Hopefully yours comes soon.

    35F / stray flurries

    Springtown, PA 31.2", highest I've seen so far. I'm sure there are more 30+ which I haven't seen...

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  8. 21 minutes ago, mattinpa said:

    Actually saw the sun. The sleet kept this from being historic here, but I am not complaining. Been a long time since I got a foot of snow. Now I just have to hope the mail finally comes today and that my stimulus check is there.

    Hasn't poked through here yet but very bright. 

    Being 34F and a very shallow cloud cover (w/snow melting), anything that falls today won't make a difference in totals....at least here.

    What stimulus...the $600 dollar one from last year?

    34F / unproductive/melting light flakes falling

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  9. 36 minutes ago, Animal said:

    Look I am troubled by this storm.

    I am old..41

    been hearing the same bs stories for 26 years.

    the L moved.

    are you effing kiddding me. I had been told expect snow.

    I had 17 hours of sleet. Its sleet so hard...people take care of your health..wife just told me screech died.

    wife..told me Dustin died...

    Sad day.

     

     

    Nothing about the guy himself but I couldn't stand Screech...very annoying. Much like the D-bag Urkel character.

    Dustin had stage 4 cancer. Probably better off he passed because the rest of his like would have been hell...

    28F / mod-hvy snow

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