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2.5" here in Hopewell, 7-ish miles NW of the NWS.

Just got back from Brighton Twp., and about an hour ago there had been enough graupel to make the roads slushy. There was an accident on 376 that I have to believe was a "too fast for conditions" thing.

Nothing notable to post at this time--just a normal little summer thunder shower....

2" here in Hopewell.

Did I read (maybe in the Forecast Discussion), a few weeks ago, how exceedingly rare cloud to ground lightning is in January around here? Like only once in the last whole bunch of years? We just had a few good ones here in Hopewell too.

And if you asked me to go out and measure the snow now, I'd wonder what snow you were talking about...

Just measured 1 1/2" on the deck railing here in Hopewell. If I'd bothered to go out an hour earlier it might have been 2".

When I went out at about 10 this morning I measured 5 - 5 1/2" here in Hopewell.

8 hours ago, CoraopolisWx said:

Elevation ?

Oh, sorry. Posted that and hadn't been back here since.

In Rochester was 864, and in Economy was 850, per Google Earth, so not much of a difference.

I was in Rochester (Beaver County, not New York), this morning, and got 1", measured on the deck of an equipment trailer, between 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. The grass was snowy, but pavement was just wet. Drove 1/2 an hour back to our site in Economy, and was surprised to find 2 1/2" on the trucks and trailers parked there.

3 hours ago, TimB84 said:

It was all fun and games until I was hiding in my basement that night in October. To my knowledge, first time I’ve been inside the polygon in PA.

The day of the tornado on Mt. Washington I was working on Bailey Ave.  (Which if you're not familiar, is a little further out from the point, but has the same sort of view that Grandview does.)

I finished up, and when I got in my truck, turned on the weather radio and heard the tornado warning, but it was for points north and west, like Sewickley. I figured, hey, I have a great view from here, so I stuck around and looked at the sky for 10 minutes or so. I got impatient and thought, I'll never see a tornado, so I went home. Ten minutes later it tore roofs off the houses on the next street down the hill...

But I digress. Back to arguing about winter storm warnings, which for my 2 cents worth, just because an event doesn't quite achieve the criteria, doesn't mean it wasn't justified in the forecast.

Did the forecast amount of sleet factor into the difference between an advisory and a warning?

Every time I see a Tornado Warning I'm really disappointed when my house doesn't blow away...

Mixed rain and sleet here in Hopewell. Slushy on the pavement. And yeah, tree branches breaking. 

35 minutes ago, dj3 said:

I wonder if that minimizes the impact until dark for most roads even in the spots where it is below freezing all day. 

Even minimal insolation can make a difference on road surfaces. I was going north on 79 one overcast day, temp below freezing, with no ice on the road. Suddenly a southbound car spun out into the median, after passing beneath an overpass. As soon as I passed under the same overpass I figured out why--the road was iced over because it was in the shade of the bridge...

Here in Hopewell my sidewalks and driveway are just wet, but there's ice on some wooden and steel objects in the yard.

5 hours ago, RitualOfTheTrout said:

4-5 inches in an 18-24 hour period will no doubt cause some problems.

As proven by Ivan in 04. This one is worth keeping an eye on.

Here in Hopewell, the rain has just recently changed to sleet.

Outside a little while ago and I measured 8". That's here in Hopewell Twp.

I guess Rudolph is going to earn his pay tonight.

I'm having a hard time remembering a day where it was so foggy for so much of the day...

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 432 PM EST Sun Dec 1 2019 The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Eastern Beaver County in western Pennsylvania... Southwestern Butler County in west central Pennsylvania... Northwestern Allegheny County in southwestern Pennsylvania... * Until 515 PM EST. * At 431 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from New Brighton to near Leetsdale, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts to 60 mph and quarter-size hail. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles. Damage to trees and power lines. * Locations impacted include... McCandless Township... Cranberry... Franklin Park... Aliquippa... Beaver Falls... Monaca... Hampton Township... Economy... Ambridge... Wexford... New Brighton... Beaver... This includes the following highways... Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 17 and 38. Interstate 79 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 71 and 93. Interstate 279 in Pennsylvania near mile marker 13. Interstate 376 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 34 and 49.

I didn't notice any wind to speak of, and the hail was more the size of BBs, but it certainly is a thunderstorm.

Here in Hopewell/Aliquippa it got gusty for a few minutes, but nothing to write home about. Thunder and lightning were also conspicuous by their absence.