LVblizzard

Damn...you beat me with this thread by seconds. I’m really liking this event for a good front-end thump...maybe a general 4-8” or 5-10” for the area. It seems like the kind of storm where the front-end snow overperforms while the rest of the storm is just occasional frozen IP/ZR junk. Fortunately the models aren’t big on significant icing for this one.

With surface temps this cold, we need this to be all snow. Sleet/ZR at 15-20F would not be pleasant.

Moderate snow in Allentown. About an inch has fallen so far.

Very fine light snow in Allentown. This is the kind of snow you can sweep away instead of shovel.

Pretty much the only way to go is to create a local weather page as a side hustle and maybe charge for subscriptions or get ad revenue once you get big enough. Even then it’s a huge uphill battle - I’ve been running my weather page for over 10 years and I’m still not ready to monetize anything.

Here we go again... At this point models all agree on a bunch of overrunning snow starting Wednesday night and lasting into at least Thursday morning. But from there it gets tricky. Some models want to bring the shortwave north, resulting in more freezing rain, while others want to keep it south, giving us yet another nice snowstorm. Regardless, it looks like we’ll have some more wintry precip later this week. Here’s last night’s Euro ensemble mean for this time period. Definitely something to keep a close eye on.

I’m thinking a general 3-6” for the region with a stripe of up to 10” along or near I-95.

Unbelievable...this is the storm that will not end. Woke up and there’s still steady light snow here in Allentown.

Looks like Nazareth ended up eclipsing the 3 foot mark. 36.1” officially reported there. Insanity!!

Still some flakes in the air in Allentown...over 55 hours after the first flakes! Unbelievable duration with this storm.

Woke up and it feels like I’m in a lake effect snow belt with how it looks outside. Over 2 feet on the ground with steady light snow.

I’m 6 miles NE of ABE and it’s still moderate snow.

Wish I knew! I’m stuck at work and I don’t have access to a yardstick here, unfortunately.

This band over the Lehigh Valley isn’t even moving. Guarantee somewhere approaches 3 feet.

Has to be blizzard conditions in the Lehigh Valley right now. Heavy snow and the wind is as strong as it’s been.

The back deck at work in Bath, PA right now

Under the deform band...getting crushed!

I don’t have a ruler at work unfortunately and I can’t really tell since we’ve already shoveled a few times and there’s piles everywhere.

Bath, PA - Under a really heavy band on the radar but it’s snowing much more lightly now. I’d say somewhere between 1/2”-1” per hour.

Not as heavy as it was 30 minutes ago but still coming down really good. 1-2”/hr rates.

CC map definitely shows the area of sleet starting to fizzle a little bit.

Not gonna lie, it’s making me a little nervous, especially for areas south of 22. That thing is racing north. You’d think it would stop eventually as the precip shield starts to pivot...

Yeah my work is right on 512.

TOTAL WHITEOUT here in Bath. Can barely see across the street. Has to be 3-4”/hr rates.

Easily