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I seem to remember a storm maybe back in 2008, '09 or '10 that seemed to have a real similar look to this storm Im going to 3-8" for the collar counties of philly.

By all means come post with us more. We don't really have a moderator, sure sometimes we get off track, but for the most part everyone gets along and we keep things productive. Its definitely not the feeding freenzy like the forums to our north and south!!

I'm a Penn State educated engineer myself but I know the met programs there are quite good but difficult to get into at the grad level. There are some decent alternative paths into the met field which might also provide some fall back careers. One option might be to get an M.S. in physics with a professor that studies climate physics. There are similar approaches when considering computer science. Millersville also offers a perhaps overlooked met program at the b.s. level. They have a climate science applications program at the M.S level. I have an aquintance that went through their Met b.s. and she has a career as a meteorologist. https://www.millersville.edu/programs/climate-science-applications.php Lyndon state in vermont is another school that is good but overlooked. I dont know if they have a graduate program. I know that they have a program concentration in graduate studies so that might be an option if you want to bulk up your c.v. before entering a more competitive degree program. I'm sure Mississippi is a fine school. Go there if you'll think you'll enjoy it and enjoy your career prospects afterwards.

Curious I had some pretty bad road conditions tonight coming home on rt 23. Way worse than this morning.

Talk about a microclimate!

Sometimes I wonder if they write thes kinds of things as weenie fan service: "....still quite a bit of spread in the ensemble guidance."

For this being a true bonafide 4-parter now this might have over taken 2016 as one of my top storms even though my backyard received far less snow. I seem to remember similar scattered snow showers following PD2 in 2003 for a few days. Of course '96 had the Norlun event after the fact.

2001 was classically bad (so bad it ruined a guy's career)... 2015 was ironically bad in the sense that we should have never fallen for it in the first place.

Although I think there was already a GD1 and GD2 before I was born so maybe GD3?

GD1 for groundhog day...seems apt considering the analog.

One of the reasons I haven't commented until now. There's no dance the snow gods like better than the weenie jump... it eggs them on!

Looks like we owe someone an apology.... lol nope.

Precipitation type issues are probably because of strong upper level convection. Hopefully as the sun starts to go down this improves. Has to get worse before it gets better.

I had about 2" of sleet that storm. Still ended up with about 23" as a total.

This storm is beginning to remind me of PDII

the cognitive dissonance is overwhelming ......

Seems like its running a bit behind the others but I cant be certain

Dry slot in Pottstown

Don't count your Norluns before they hatch!

Well take note the time index is t=2010 seconds (its a sign)! The organ is the big ole' Haskell in St. Francis de Sales. The largest church organ in the Delaware Valley. A true philly Icon all around!

Sorry @forkyfork I didn't mean to rub it in that bad. We owe you one.

This was never their storm. The only reason MA is even involved is because some people decided they wanted this to be their storm. ♫ ♬ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♩ Music to my ears! Brought to you by the Philly Orchestra!

If its worth anything, I seem to remember the NAM struggling with the 09-10 winter

Should Eskin resign too?

Dt forecast is going to favor VA NC and southern snow areas. He might be a professional met... but he's also a professional weenie. I thought he always favored the Euro anyway... Don't tell me he's worried about the 3km NAM... This isn't one of those times. This feels like a solid storm. I'm not sure if well see 20" but this is a MECS for most of our area if even at the low end