Laurel Highlands Wx Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Took another walk down to the road, here's how thick the ice is on it. post-1507-0-79393900-1425445194.jpg Impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizz Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Similar to the RGEM. GFS has been an outlier through this whole cycle, hoping it's still that. GEFS is a bit further NW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Took another walk down to the road, here's how thick the ice is on it. post-1507-0-79393900-1425445194.jpg a little empirical evidence eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted March 4, 2015 Author Share Posted March 4, 2015 a little empirical evidence eh? Basically haha, I could barely walk on my driveway to get down to the road. That's pretty much what 0.5-1" of sleet turned into from a whole evening of freezing rain. Actual ice accrual on stuff appears to be near the warning threshold of 0.25".. hard to tell with that earlier sleet on most surfaces. Ice build-up on trees is pretty noteworthy but not to the point of breaking a lot of stuff. It's still hanging right around 32ºF.. and still raining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted March 4, 2015 Author Share Posted March 4, 2015 Impressive! Been listening to the scanner, they've had Sugar Run Road that comes up the mountain from Altoona to Gallitzen shut down for being impassible due to the ice on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel Highlands Wx Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Been listening to the scanner, they've had Sugar Run Road that comes up the mountain from Altoona to Gallitzen shut down for being impassible due to the ice on the road. I've been on that road many times...not surprised it's closed given how hilly and curvy the road is. Not to mention also narrow. Someone could easily be killed on that road in bad weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Just filling in for voyager...Must be on the road. Thanks! I got home at 5:00pm, had a shower, supper, then off to bed at 7:00pm. I'm up at 1:00am this morning for a 3:00am run. Nothing falling at the momnent and temp is up to 31 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I have been listening to the scanner as well, there is a major fire up in Duryea.It is now a 5 or 6 alarm fire. not much traffic here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted March 4, 2015 Author Share Posted March 4, 2015 Quick take on the Euro.. it isn't the GFS lol. Southern tier below the turnpike is hammered pretty good and moderate in between the turnpike and 80 and sneaking up 81 towards AVP a bit. Hours 30 and 42 frames of 0.25-0.5" below the turnpike with a 0.1-0.25" hour 36. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rd9108 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Quick take on the Euro.. it isn't the GFS lol. Southern tier below the turnpike is hammered pretty good and moderate in between the turnpike and 80 and sneaking up 81 towards AVP a bit. Hours 30 and 42 frames of 0.25-0.5" below the turnpike with a 0.1-0.25" hour 36. Here MAG before I go to sleep. Heres a little visual aid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-83 BLIZZARD Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I guess I can live with the Euro. We need some of those 15 inch numbers to creep east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted March 4, 2015 Author Share Posted March 4, 2015 Here MAG before I go to sleep. Heres a little visual aid. Thanks! It'll be interesting to see what happens in the Pittsburgh area/SW PA towards daybreak as it looks like there will be a renewed surge of precip overnight as well as the HRRR and RAP advertising things beginning to change over by or a bit before daybreak. Looking at mesoanalysis the 850 0ºC line is quickly moving back southeast (0 line halfway through Butler County as of 6z). 925 0 line is lagging a bit but the column is already cooling in western PA as are surface temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted March 4, 2015 Author Share Posted March 4, 2015 Per looking at the 511 cams I can confirm that it has already changed over to snow in parts of Cambria (along Route 22) and Clearfield Counties (I-80 west of Clearfield). This is gonna be an interesting morning with all the precip in western PA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Uhoh woke up to 27 and moderate rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Well, models are already off with placement of precip, and horribly off with temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paweather Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Good luck tonight and tomorrow guys flight is actually going out this morning. It was a glacier here still only 32 with light frz rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Per looking at the 511 cams I can confirm that it has already changed over to snow in parts of Cambria (along Route 22) and Clearfield Counties (I-80 west of Clearfield). This is gonna be an interesting morning with all the precip in western PA. Its currently snowing south of Pgh and its starting to stick on pavement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 It's 33 and everything is still nice. Busting low there ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Regarding snow for Harrisburg: WSW for 4-8" by CTP WHTM (ABC 27) calling for coating-3" WGAL (NBC 8) calling for 4-7" WHP (CBS 21) calling for 3-5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 My parking lot is solid ice, as our the sidewalks etc. It took me an hour just to do the main walk leading into our building. Man was i wrong, i thought we'd warm up and go to plain rain. Is WHTM-27 riding the GFS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Festus Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Regarding snow for Harrisburg: WSW for 4-8" by CTP WHTM (ABC 27) calling for coating-3" WGAL (NBC 8) calling for 4-7" WHP (CBS 21) calling for 3-5" C - 3"? Gutsy call. That moisture plume looks pretty impressive at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomixwx Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 With the tricky nature of the forecast and the low temperatures right now, I wonder if we're looking at a horrible bust for this next one. If we get the 4-8 variety that CTP has warned us about: Awesome, now shut it down! If not, you're at a full count, bottom ninth with 2 outs and nobody on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashtown_Coop Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 C - 3"? Gutsy call. That moisture plume looks pretty impressive at the moment. WHTM has a 3-6" for southern counties with 6-9" along Mason dixon. WGAL has a 7-10" about 15 miles north of Mason dixon with 4-7" all the way above Harrisburg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 WGAL's call is good and 10" is probably the max we see. Unless someone really flips fast before dawn and gets deathbanded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashtown_Coop Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 With this setup, south mountain usually cashes in with snow. They end up changing over faster. I'll try to get up to big flat at 2000ft tomorrow and get a measurement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillvilleWx Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 WGAL's call is good and 10" is probably the max we see. Unless someone really flips fast before dawn and gets deathbanded.I like WGAL's map. They have been very good this year and are always level headed. Last I checked, Eric Horst is going with 4-8 south of the pike which to me is spot on with the latest guidance. I think the most fun and games will be near the MD line where the better 700mb VV's will be close by. I never discount a weenie band along the MD line in this type of setup (or any for that matter) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I like WGAL's map. They have been very good this year and are always level headed. Last I checked, Eric Horst is going with 4-8 south of the pike which to me is spot on with the latest guidance. I think the most fun and games will be near the MD line where the better 700mb VV's will be close by. I never discount a weenie band along the MD line in this type of setup (or any for that matter) keep talking dirty to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashtown_Coop Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I like WGAL's map. They have been very good this year and are always level headed. Last I checked, Eric Horst is going with 4-8 south of the pike which to me is spot on with the latest guidance. I think the most fun and games will be near the MD line where the better 700mb VV's will be close by. I never discount a weenie band along the MD line in this type of setup (or any for that matter) I like that ! Golf course in Fairfield should be in a sweet spot. It's less than 10 miles from the M/D line. I might not see grass there till April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 keep talking dirty to me and i just spit my coffee out laughing............ you're in a good spot.................AGAIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 and i just spit my coffee out laughing............ you're in a good spot.................AGAIN surprisingly, I haven't done all that well this year. the 2/21 storm I did pretty well (7.5") everything else has been less than 3 inch events for me. I'm just over 7" shy of climo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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