LVLion77

Impossible to nowcast this thing. Not as uniform of a precip shield to the west as I would like but I do like seeing signs of the coastal off se coast.

A few miles away from you, sitting at 13.7° and just took the dog out for one last time with no flakes yet in sight. It will be interesting tomorrow to see if Lower Macungie (for those not in this area, a growing suburban lehigh valley township pop 33k) and the state of Pennsylvania can come to an agreement on whose responsibility is to plow state roads like Brookside Road in this area. They had had a disagreement last weekend during that roughly 9 inches of snow and it was not touched for a long time. I am an essential worker so I will be out in it tomorrow afternoon. I drive an AWD vehicle so no problems on my end, just the other idiots out there! [emoji2957]

It has me at 20”-24” up here in the Lehigh Valley ! Crazy. .

Often the wraparound changeover back to snow does not work out, but occasionally it does. Fingers crossed to get a few inches at the end.

Personal final prediction (sleet ruins the fun points south of Poconos) - Mt Pocono - 12-16” all snow, Allentown -8-12” front end and then sleet, Philly - 6-9” front end and then sleet, South NJ/DE 3-6” front end and then mix to rain. If the coastal can become primary faster than forecast, then perhaps Philly and north are all 12-16”

It’s funny watching the various weather forecasting services gradually backing off the extreme snow forecasts. The reality is that when you have low pressure passing this far to the north without the coastal becoming dominant at about VA Beach, doesn’t matter how solid the cold air mass is in place - mixing will race north. It’s been that way forever. I think it gets even into the southern Poconos at this point just looking at the situation this morning.

So many winter storms setup with lines at either South Mountain or Blue Mountain. However, this one worries me with the primary low heading so far north before the transfer to the coastal. Often that is a blue mountain sleet line.

Another 2” on top of about 6” yesterday. The snow that’s falling now is very difficult for the radar to pick up, but it is steady. I am praying for a back build later on! .

Approaching 4” and 29 degrees here near Macungie. A pleasant surprise. .

We’ve had rain of varying intensities the last several hours. I’m up to 0.61”. It looks like it will be winding down soon. .

Final total 2.27” here a few miles away. Too much drought or deluge the last few years! The forecast definitely miss this one. .

Up to 1.88” here this evening with perhaps more on the way in two rounds of storms.

Wow, did not expect nearly an inch of rain this evening. A welcome surprise and good fortune in the center of that band of heavy showers heading into very dry weather pattern.

I am only a few miles away from you and got only, but a much needed, 0.98”. The airport got only 0.40. Thunderstorms always amaze me.

It is quite startling and has me in the mood for fall football! .

Awful forecast for the Lehigh Valley. Airport got a few hundredths of an inch. I am southwest corner of the Valley and got more at 0.62” but not close to the Noah’s Ark forecast! .

Power outage from the storm, but not quite severe. 0.53” thus far with perhaps more back building a bit.

The only area of the LV that got anything substantial was where that band set up along south mountain into the southern areas of the 3 cities. Most of the Valley looks to have received 1/4” or less - I only got 0.22” in lower macungie. Per radar estimates looks like there was 2“ less than a half mile south of me. It always amazes me how localized storms are in the summertime! .

Lower Macungie and only had 0.17. I am shocked we have not gotten torrential rains over the last few days in this soup, but the bands have setup elsewhere. I am over 2” for the month but relatively little recently.

Even across the street at times. It is a fascinating time of the year. The difference between the winners and losers is a lot greater than the other seasons .

I’ve only received the 0.11” between yesterday and today. I feel like this is a glitch in the matrix considering how high the humidity has been lately!. .

It is shocking not to see anything here today. Definitely the soupiest day of the summer! There is a line coming through central PA, but I am not sure it survives the trip east. .

We need more rain like we need an STD. My goodness, it’s been feast or famine over the last several years.

Thankfully, I got less than a 1/4”, but definitely parts of the Allentown area and points north in the LV got 1-2”. I drove through some of it and it was torrential. .

1.22 this evening and a little over 2” total since last evening. Thankfully we dry out over the next 7 days! .