tsteel Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 I only picked up about 1.5 From this one. When I can still see grass peaking out of the top of the snow, I know it was a pretty minor event. The original forecast of 1-3 for my area ended up being the accurate one. On to the next one. Yea the NWS forecast from Thursday for my area of 1-2" was by far the most accurate, only got 1.5" here as well. It was a small time frame to get 4" or more, because of so much mixing during the day. The heavier snow only lasted from about 6 to 9 here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraopolisWx Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 I only picked up about 1.5 From this one. When I can still see grass peaking out of the top of the snow, I know it was a pretty minor event. The original forecast of 1-3 for my area ended up being the accurate one. On to the next one. Yea the NWS forecast from Thursday for my area of 1-2" was by far the most accurate, only got 1.5" here as well. It was a small time frame to get 4" or more, because of so much mixing during the day. The heavier snow only lasted from about 6 to 9 here. Yeah I agree. What yesterdays models and forecast saw as a SE shift of snow, was in reality an attack of dry air moving SE. Another perspective: 11.4" so far this year 4.0" normal 0.3 last year And we have missed out on at least half of what we've gotten so far. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChalkHillSnowNut Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 and I see the 13-14th 2 footer storm disappeared I know it was too early for that to come to fruition anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burghblizz Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 No closed H5 low....should have known any model showing 10" without it for our area is beat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burghblizz Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Yeah I agree. What yesterdays models and forecast saw as a SE shift of snow, was in reality an attack of dry air moving SE. Another perspective: 11.4" so far this year 4.0" normal 0.3 last year And we have missed out on at least half of what we've gotten so far. LOL Lots of work getting there though. Would have rathered a bunch of snow showers than a couple tricky and underperforming storms I'll be positive now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Picked up 2 inches here. No big deal. Sometimes the excitement of the storm and tracking it are more fun than the storm itself. I always look on the bright side, My teenage son was out last night so the lighter snowfall made it easier on me to not worry as much as the roads stayed clear. Also, not much to shovel today so better on my back. What does everyone think of the storm coming tomorrow? I know it will be light and mix and eventually change to rain but it would be nice to see snow falling for the Steeler game. Me may end up having our only snow for the day during the game. Comments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Picked up 2 inches here. No big deal. Sometimes the excitement of the storm and tracking it are more fun than the storm itself. I always look on the bright side, My teenage son was out last night so the lighter snowfall made it easier on me to not worry as much as the roads stayed clear. Also, not much to shovel today so better on my back. What does everyone think of the storm coming tomorrow? I know it will be light and mix and eventually change to rain but it would be nice to see snow falling for the Steeler game. Me may end up having our only snow for the day during the game. Comments? I'm not sure what to expect. It looks like we don't get much precip while temperatures are cold so I don't expect much snow at this point. Ideally, we'd get a front end thump of snow and sleet followed by dry slot after temps at the surface and column go above freezing. Not sure how likely that is at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolling Snowed Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 No closed H5 low....should have known any model showing 10" without it for our area is beat Truth, son. This is/was Denardo's rule of thumb, damn near works everytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north pgh Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Joe Denardo from WTAE and Bob Kudzma were my 2 favorite weatherman growing up. If anyone else out there is my age and can remember the 2 we were lucky to have them. Since Joe's name has been brought up in recent posts I am attaching the link in which most of you have seen but it is always nice to watch again to see how much I miss his weather forecasts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzM6YVTkd-A My favorite is around the 3:49 mark where he goes over the snow totals. That map is crazy for snow totals for a one day storm which really surprised many of us as I had to drive from work downtown to my home in Plum. While at work that morning, actually looking out the windows from the 7th floor of my office building, I think it was the hardest I ever saw it snow. (I had to abandon my car off RT 286 in Holiday Park on my way home and go get my car later that night) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ1j1hfuHvk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderhead Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 DeNardo was good. Probably my favorite meteorologist on Pittsburgh TV, though, was Matt Morano on Fox 53 from 1998 to 2003. He was accurate and did not always go low on snow totals like some others do. Going low all the time works most of the time, but when the big one comes, this approach fails and people can be caught off guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdd9108 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 I would of loved to have been old enough to enjoy the "blizzard" of 94. Snowfall rates at 3-5 inches an hour is absurd. I doubt I ever get to witness that anytime soon here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I would of loved to have been old enough to enjoy the "blizzard" of 94. Snowfall rates at 3-5 inches an hour is absurd. I doubt I ever get to witness that anytime soon here. Still my favorite storm of all time. I received 27" in one day from that one where I was living. A lot of it fell during the day too. Can't remember the last significant snowstorm we had that was mainly during the day. The 2010 storm was an all nighter. Maybe the President's Day weekend storm of 2003 would be the last one since that fell day and night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsteel Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Not looking too impressive for Sunday. Models looking to keep most of the moisture south and east.. thinking just a coating of snow by 8PM. Freezing rain/sleet late Sunday night could get interesting however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatwad Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 I would of loved to have been old enough to enjoy the "blizzard" of 94. Snowfall rates at 3-5 inches an hour is absurd. I doubt I ever get to witness that anytime soon here. I got 30" of snow that day. One of my favorite storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rdd9108 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Even the blizzard in 2010 snowfall maybe reached 2 inches/hr here but 4 and 6 is crazy. I couldn't imagine snow accumulating that fast. Maybe it will be our year this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdd9108 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I know its a week+ out but has anyone taken a look at the storm in 15-20 range. http://theweathercentre.blogspot.com/2013/12/december-15-20-potential-significant.html?m=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I know its a week+ out but has anyone taken a look at the storm in 15-20 range. http://theweathercentre.blogspot.com/2013/12/december-15-20-potential-significant.html?m=1 I've noticed this threat on the GFS, but right now its out to sea for the most part. The author here implies it is likely to be a lakes cutter. If that's the case prepare to see a few runs in the coming days that show us in the bulls eye only to have it end up to far west and we end up in the warm sector. Without blocking I think for any strong storm we have to rely on timing if phasing is involved and ridging in a favorable location to steer the storm so to speak on a good path for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I'm a bit more confident we may see a couple inches from this system today. Latest NAM ( I know its nowcast time) seems to show heavier precip making it a bit further North, which seems on par with other WAA setups in that the Northern edge of precipitation tends to over perform. Then as temperatures warm, we see the precipitation shutoff or lighten up considerably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdd9108 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 1-2 and then the precip shuts off sounds prefect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraopolisWx Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I'm a bit more confident we may see a couple inches from this system today. Latest NAM ( I know its nowcast time) seems to show heavier precip making it a bit further North, which seems on par with other WAA setups in that the Northern edge of precipitation tends to over perform. Then as temperatures warm, we see the precipitation shutoff or lighten up considerably.No new disco about the wwa, although not suprising for a Sunday.Yeah, we'll see if a convergence zone sets up in the northern shield. Mabey someone gets a cheap 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChalkHillSnowNut Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Hey I bet we get more today then we saw Friday....haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatwad Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 Light Snow now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraopolisWx Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Latest 511 camera shows 79 getting covered a bit down near southpoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChalkHillSnowNut Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Yea snowing pretty good here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatwad Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 moderate snow here now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraopolisWx Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 If those returns back in ohio hold toghether, alot of us will get a prolonged period of moderate snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 If those returns back in ohio hold toghether, alot of us will get a prolonged period of moderate snow. I was just thinking the same thing. Hopefully it doesn't fall apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mailman Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Looking like an overachiever. Already over 1". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatwad Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 Moderate Snow again, temp is 26°F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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