Kevin Reilly

I am looking at the water vapor map over the past 4 hours and now the visible satellite looks like there could be a weak system in the eastern Turks and Caicos Islands. Looks like it is right under a high-pressure system as all air is evacuating in all sectors. Looks like a bit of southerly shear and a fair amount of dry air to its north and northwest, but it appears the dry air is lifting northeaster ward. Guess this could be something to keep an eye on. Pennsylvania Satellite Weather Map | AccuWeather

Media 40 rain with sleet mixed in again I’m very surprised

Media moderate to heavy wind swept snow 31 dewpoint 30 winds NNE 20-40 all surfaces caved trees loading up

Media all snow mainly still a little sleet now light though a few fatties glide through every once in a while 32 dewpoint 31 starting to accumulate on grass

Media Delaware County moderate sleet and snow 32 dewpoint 32 N winds 25-35 cars roof tops just starting to cave

Media Delaware County all sleet accumulating sleet 32 dewpoint 32 winds NNE 20-40 mph

Media Delaware County rain sleet 34 dewpoint 33 winds NNW 20-30 Sleet starting to accumulate on the cars ice sliding down the windshield

Media Delaware County rain sleet 34 dewpoint 34 winds NNW 20-30 Sleet starting to accumulate on the cars ice sliding down the windshield

Media all sleet here 35 dewpoint 34 winds NNW 20-35

Media rain sleet mixing in now 37 dewpoint 36 winds NNW 20-35 mph

Media moderate rain 43 dewpoint 42 strong gusty NNW winds to 36 here it comes

Media 45 light rain dewpoint 44 looks like winds veering around to the NNE 10-15

Media Delaware County temp drop 70 to 56 in 12 minutes winds 45-55 easy lots and lots of power flashes no lighting brief downpour maybe lasted 7 minutes. Winds still busy out of the NW 20-40 mph. The power flickered once.

Looks to me we will have minimal problems for the following reason in Delaware County: 1. heavy rates not allowing for ice accretion. 2. relative warmth from past days. 3. temps think needed to get lower we are currently at 29 it was 28. 4. temps will slowly rise overnight. 5. Warm air aloft in heavier rates will eventually mix down to the surface further aiding in temp rises.

Media Delaware County heavy rain 28 it’s raining so hard that there is no ice accretion just running off

Media Delaware County Cloudy 33 dewpoint 17 wind NNE 13

All about wind vectors, density push of cold to the north southbound , oh and sun angle makes an impact at around 9:30 am onward to about 3:30 pm. Warm ground surfaces will also impact I’d think especially the closer to metro areas and 95 you go.

Media Delaware County 38 dewpoint 22 wind NNW 16

I think this is exactly what I’m thinking along 95 sleet freezing rain minimal switching over to rain. I’ve seen this song and dance before after record breaking challenging warmth. Think 95 areas up to 15 miles west of it in southeastern pa is okay. This has 31-35 rain written all over it just north and west of 95 with very little ice accretion.

I think for the southern zones south and east of a line Pottstown to Doylestown back to York this is much more realistic of what to expect. I-95 south and east not much if anything just north and west of 95 very minor north and west of West Chester to Plymouth Meeting to say Bristol to Trenton the problems begin. Lancaster to Reading to Allentown points north yikes.

Probably sleet

Media Delaware County 32 very light snow. 2.2” mainly on the grass exactly what I’d thought this would be like nothing on cement or paved a few coatings here and there otherwise just wet elevation 335 feet.

Media Delaware County SE pa light snow 39 dewpoint 21

Media Delaware County light snow 39 dewpoint 21 snow pellets accumulating on the car now. Paved getting wet.

I think the Gfs is too far southeast push that 35 miles NW