KamuSnow Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 Same as what I reported yesterday, 9 1/2" in shaded areas, 8" in fairly flat sunny areas, with some grassy spots here and there. The snowpile took a hit, 7 1/2 feet down to 5 feet, and while it was a better "snow look" last Tuesday, I'm impressed with what's left after 6 days of high temps ranging from the mid 40's to upper 50's along with a couple of thundershowers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds~69 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 HM kinda crankin in the MA thread....snow depth took a hit though. One more...birds are starting to chirp early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChescoWx Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Still 15" in the yard here in NW Chesco. My son took a picture but didn't mail it to me to upload. You always have much better snow cover then I ever record....you must get limited sun exposure. The back of my property is still 100% covered with an average of 9" of snow the front on a south facing hill is 75% covered with an average of 4". Will call snow cover at 6" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman56 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 You always have much better snow cover then I ever record....you must get limited sun exposure. The back of my property is still 100% covered with an average of 9" of snow the front on a south facing hill is 75% covered with an average of 4". Will call snow cover at 6" You always have much better snow cover then I ever record....you must get limited sun exposure. The back of my property is still 100% covered with an average of 9" of snow the front on a south facing hill is 75% covered with an average of 4". Will call snow cover at 6" My yard is about a 1/2 acre and has a pretty uniform 15", the south facing hill away from the house is getting some bare spots. Most wooded areas away from the sun are running around a foot or a little more. But yes, I get no sun in the yard in December and still pretty indirect even now. I'm in the valley rt. 100 runs through just up from Fairview Rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 today's stick shot, 5pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisy Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 We still have snow on certain lawns. Where I live (Northeast) we have tiny front yards...It is funny, but due to the sun angle and where the homes are aligned one side of my street always had snow way longer than the other. Plus there's mountains of snow on everyone's lawns from shoveling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman56 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Still 14" in the yard in NW Chesco, exposed south slope partially bare, pile in the shade near house 6.5 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 The snowpack is good overall, especially with the colder weather. Feels and looks like winter still. One thing that's going on and this is definitely an end of February thing, is that the grass spots are getting bigger. Still plenty of snow out in the middle of the larger areas. Kind of a cool look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 The snowpack is good overall, especially with the colder weather. Feels and looks like winter still. One thing that's going on and this is definitely an end of February thing, is that the grass spots are getting bigger. Still plenty of snow out in the middle of the larger areas. Kind of a cool look. The cold was slow to set in on sunday my pack is at 10" going from 8" sunniest spots to 12" shade. I have one yard long open lawn spot under a lone pine in the most sun. I have thought about filling that spot in One interesting observation is I cannot walk on my snow yet was hiking nockamixon park today and noticed most areas i could walk on the snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Humidity Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Still about 50% coverage overall in my yard and neighborhood overall. More in the front, less in the sunny back. I consider it a big win since this is now going on the 36th consecutive day of snow cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubbs Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 In a transition zone at the southern edge of snowcover with bare spots in sunny areas.but fairly deep snow in sheltered areas.There is almost no snow SE of the fall line in N De and NE Md which is as close as 6 miles from here. My yard slopes E and is snowier than most. Have roughly 20% bare, 30% with 2-4 and 50% with 6-11. So 4 is rough avg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChescoWx Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Current snow cover here in NW Chesco down to between 3" to 10" - will call it 5" on average - our 37th straight day of snow cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab94 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Still 12" here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCT777 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 As of yesterday late afternoon, my lawn in Spring Mount, PA still had a decent snowpack ranging from as low as an inch in the warmest/sunniest areas to about 8 or 9 inches in the cooler/shadier areas. Overall, it averages out to 4 to 5 inches. Today is the 37th straight day of at least 1" of snowpack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman56 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 From the frozen hinterlands of NW Chesco: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 From the frozen hinterlands of NW Chesco: Nice snowscape! Looks like you netted at least an inch out of this morning's snow. Hey, is that a homemade measuring device? Hmmm.....lol, j/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman56 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Nice snowscape! Looks like you netted at least an inch out of this morning's snow. Hey, is that a homemade measuring device? Hmmm.....lol, j/k My stick is photogenic -- don't have an old school yardstick, only a 12" ruler and that doesn't get it done right now. I made the stick from a tape measure. so close enough for 'gubmint work... I know Ray would not approve... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenmsav6810 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Should be interesting to see if the snow packs hold out to see any of next week's potential events! Don't mean to jinx it but we could set some new records for snow pack duration if it turns out right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 My stick is photogenic -- don't have an old school yardstick, only a 12" ruler and that doesn't get it done right now. I made the stick from a tape measure. so close enough for 'gubmint work... I know Ray would not approve... Lol, yeah I know I was just having fun. It is very photogenic indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 Should be interesting to see if the snow packs hold out to see any of next week's potential events! Don't mean to jinx it but we could set some new records for snow pack duration if it turns out right. First time poster? Welcome if so! I think the snowpack will be fine with the forecast temps, the bigger question is will it be added to/how much next week. Like Ray and a few of us mentioned the other day, most of the snowpack attack is coming from the expanding grassy/non snow areas as opposed to from the top down. Today was classic late February and March snowpack behavior. In the shade, even in the sun, we added an inch or more to the existing snowpack, while where there was grass before today there is for the most part grass again "at the end of the day". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenmsav6810 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Yes this is my first time posting but I have been reading these forum's for sometime. Admittedly I don't know much about weather modeling, but have a good underlying knowledge about how they are generated and how the data is collected (I'm a student of mechanical engineering). Is there a place I could learn about the more customary approaches to weather prediction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 Yes this is my first time posting but I have been reading these forum's for sometime. Admittedly I don't know much about weather modeling, but have a good underlying knowledge about how they are generated and how the data is collected (I'm a student of mechanical engineering). Is there a place I could learn about the more customary approaches to weather prediction? My technical knowledge is limited also, but there are many in here (Ray among others) who could point you in the right direction. There has always been a piece of weather forecasting that has a lot to do with data collection (at different levels of the atmosphere) and processing. Computers/models assimilate a lot more data at a much faster speed and do some "what if" scenarios along the way. Past history is an important piece also (analogs), as in what has happened in the past, in a similar setup. I listed these elements because in my amateur mind they are some of the basics, and my relative ignorance is on display here, but I'm sure plenty of folks in here would be happy to help you. You asked your question in the right place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenmsav6810 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I guess what the biggest question is evaluating whether or whether not a model run is a quality representation. Another big question for me is what the data each model, be it Canadian, Euro, NAM, or GFS, factors and how it manipulates that into a "prediction." Obviously there using computers to evaluate some type of flux integral, but I would just like to know more about the details, so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White_Mtn_Wx Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 From the frozen hinterlands of NW Chesco: Nice wood pile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 11" depth Had to shovel away yesterdays snow from concrete walkway. Just crazy 2/27 sun couldn't melt away 1.5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 yeah i haven't cleared our walkway thinking it would melt off but it hasn't. i think the tunnel path of snow on the sides block the sun for us. snow pack holding steady all week here. expecting (if models are correct) to exceed the 24" mark with yard stick in front yard. march lion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCT777 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Under the tree on my front lawn are a couple patches (each about a foot or so in diameter) of grass now, which had a snow depth of about an inch a few days ago. This is an area that gets a lot of sun when there are no leaves on the tree. Otherwise, the snow pack is still good and solid everywhere else (and is about 8" deep in my backyard where my south-facing house shades it most of the day). Not sure of those two patches are enough to say I don't have a full snowpack on my lawn. If not, I'm at 38 consecutive days and counting. Otherwise, I only made it to 37 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCT777 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 yeah i haven't cleared our walkway thinking it would melt off but it hasn't. I live on a corner lot and the part of the sidewalk in front of my house has no snow or ice. Along the side of my house, it doesn't get as much sun and that part of the sidewalk has about 1/2 inch of snow and ice on it (since I didn't shovel after the 1.1" on Wednesday morning). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 Okay, time for a snowpack report, fwiw. The big story here is that the snowpack, where it still exists, has not lost much depth since the beginning of the week. Measured close to 10" in the shade, and 8" in a large snow covered (normally sunny) area. The other major news is that it continues to be eroded from the sides by expanding bald areas. IMBY there is still probably about 75% coverage, but even on the coldest days this week, that March sun was doing it's thing and expanding the grass areas. I've been doing some yard cleanup in the grassy areas since it's March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubbs Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 With this AMs snow a fairly uniform 10-12" in the backyard which holds snow well. Snow covered since Jan 22. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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