kerplunk Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Wow. Woke up and looked outside expecting to see maybe a dusting to an inch. It wasn't doing anything when I went to bed. Just measured 3.5"of new fluff. Looks like an isolated band just kept sitting over UNV during the night. It's still snowing lightly. Nice surprise. 17/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy_wx Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Wow. Woke up and looked outside expecting to see maybe a dusting to an inch. It wasn't doing anything when I went to bed. Just measured 3.5"of new fluff. Looks like an isolated band just kept sitting over UNV during the night. It's still snowing lightly. Nice surprise. 17/10 Wow is right! I just measured 6" of low-density snow here just south of town. Definitely good snow growth with dendrites along with aggregates composed of dendrities falling. It's a good reminder of how limited we are in forecasting small-scale features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfbaggett Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 3.7" here in Boalsburg! A pleasure to shovel. And oddly our largest snowfall this February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 4" of pure fluff here. No issues even driving on the unplowed side roads just a bit ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfbaggett Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Wow! Just checked State College's climatology for the day: 4.9" from 0.15" liquid. 33:1 !!! Also, through the 27th, February's mean monthly temperature is 17.54F. The coldest February on record is 17.8F, so barring some sort of massive, completely unforeseen heat spike today (perhaps on the same order of magnitude as the snowfall seen today), the record is in the bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfbaggett Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Also, we are going for a couple more daily records in State College over the next 24 hours (the 4.9" set a daily snowfall record for Feb 27). The record cold high for Feb 28 is 18F while the record cold low for March 1 is -1F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennMan Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 3.7" of fluff in Bellefonte. Awesome surprise snow. Looks like it was pretty limited to the Milesburg-State College corridor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy_wx Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Interestingly, yesterday's 18z 4 km NAM had the weak inverted trough feature likely responsible for this morning's "surprise" snowfall. My car and the freshly-covered walkways outside my apartment this morning: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallow Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 What a surprise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Wow! Just checked State College's climatology for the day: 4.9" from 0.15" liquid. 33:1 !!! Also, through the 27th, February's mean monthly temperature is 17.54F. The coldest February on record is 17.8F, so barring some sort of massive, completely unforeseen heat spike today (perhaps on the same order of magnitude as the snowfall seen today), the record is in the bag. Thanks I was just about to check that. It's some seriously high ratio stuff, I can't think of getting higher ratios from any event that was more than an inch or two from a narrow LE band or something. Wonder how much will be left by the end of this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 On the Sunday/Monday storm, deteriorating precip. plus questionable temps...lol nothing can go wrong there! Congrats to our State College friends great pics!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillvilleWx Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Wow. Congrats on who got in on the overnight fun. I'm surprised on how much fell. This winter has been something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easternsnowman Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Sunday looks good for poconos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennMan Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Wow. Congrats on who got in on the overnight fun. I'm surprised on how much fell. This winter has been something else. Yeah it was a very nice surprise after the last few events have underwhelmed. It reminds me a bit of that small mesoscale band that dropped 8-12" across central Lancaster County a few years ago but hardly anything just 10-15 miles either side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawatch Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Wow! nice surprise State College...This season has had a few surprises for us all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Ca Ching State College peeps. You guys are past climo now right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennMan Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Ca Ching State College peeps. You guys are past climo now right? Definitely above average for this point in the season. 43.7" so far. Another 2" or so will put us at our total seasonal average, should happen Sunday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 The snow depth has been impressive here as well given that we're not too far above average. It's a testament to the cold that we've had consisten, often double digit depths here for the past month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I hate the CPA precip hole that appears to be present with this system as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 what SNOW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Wow. Woke up and looked outside expecting to see maybe a dusting to an inch. It wasn't doing anything when I went to bed. Just measured 3.5"of new fluff. Looks like an isolated band just kept sitting over UNV during the night. It's still snowing lightly. Nice surprise. 17/10 Wow is right! I just measured 6" of low-density snow here just south of town. Definitely good snow growth with dendrites along with aggregates composed of dendrities falling. It's a good reminder of how limited we are in forecasting small-scale features. 3.7" here in Boalsburg! A pleasure to shovel. And oddly our largest snowfall this February. 4" of pure fluff here. No issues even driving on the unplowed side roads just a bit ago. 3.7" of fluff in Bellefonte. Awesome surprise snow. Looks like it was pretty limited to the Milesburg-State College corridor. That's crazy! I saw the lingering snow on radar last night over the State College area but never would have thought it amounted to those amounts. 0 snow overnight here, there was quite the shadow off the Allegheny front over these parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 We still need 6.1" to reach average. If that doesn't symbolize how annoying this winter has been I don't know what does. And yes, models are insistent on setting up another precip hole for Sunday-Monday...come on, please don't let it happen again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 wasnt expecting this? Winter Storm WatchURGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA123 PM EST FRI FEB 27 2015...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIAEARLY SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY....A POTENT AND SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL IMPACTTHE REGION WITH PERIODS OF SNOW BEGINNING EARLY SUNDAY...ANDCONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST A PORTION OF SUNDAY NIGHT.PAZ004-005-010-011-017-280900-/O.NEW.KCTP.WS.A.0005.150301T0900Z-150302T1200Z/WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD123 PM EST FRI FEB 27 2015...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGHMONDAY MORNING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTERSTORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGHMONDAY MORNING.* LOCATIONS...THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS.* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE.* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A LIGHT GLAZING OF FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE AS THE SNOW ENDS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY MORNING..* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS SUNDAY AND BECOME STEADIER AND HEAVIER SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FROM SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES.* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.* TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS EARLY SUNDAY...RISING SLOWLY THROUGH THE 20S SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 wasnt expecting this? Winter Storm WatchURGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA123 PM EST FRI FEB 27 2015...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIAEARLY SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY....A POTENT AND SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL IMPACTTHE REGION WITH PERIODS OF SNOW BEGINNING EARLY SUNDAY...ANDCONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST A PORTION OF SUNDAY NIGHT.PAZ004-005-010-011-017-280900-/O.NEW.KCTP.WS.A.0005.150301T0900Z-150302T1200Z/WARREN-MCKEAN-ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD123 PM EST FRI FEB 27 2015...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGHMONDAY MORNING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTERSTORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGHMONDAY MORNING.* LOCATIONS...THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS.* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 INCHES OR MORE POSSIBLE.* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A LIGHT GLAZING OF FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE AS THE SNOW ENDS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY MORNING..* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS SUNDAY AND BECOME STEADIER AND HEAVIER SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FROM SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES.* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.* TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS EARLY SUNDAY...RISING SLOWLY THROUGH THE 20S SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. The models have been putting you in a QPF bullseye the last several runs, where the western half of PA sees the most precip from this potential wave and your area in particular is in a good spot to not have any temp or mixing issues. The QPF being cranked out is certainly enough to warrant a potential for 6"+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 The models have been putting you in a QPF bullseye the last several runs, where the western half of PA sees the most precip from this potential wave and your area in particular is in a good spot to not have any temp or mixing issues. The QPF being cranked out is certainly enough to warrant a potential for 6"+. Didnt even realize it. I guess im in my own little world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 PSU, even Ukie is showing precip. hole for everyone but our far W gang. I think we should believe it this time lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennMan Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 The models have been putting you in a QPF bullseye the last several runs, where the western half of PA sees the most precip from this potential wave and your area in particular is in a good spot to not have any temp or mixing issues. The QPF being cranked out is certainly enough to warrant a potential for 6"+. Day 3 WPC probs are nice. >70% chance of 4" for PIT-FIG-UNV-IPT and >40% chance of 8" for much of western PA over to FIG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meteo Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 What I have seen in the Pittsburgh forum of the afternoon euro is it plasters western and central pa with 4-8 inches of snow sunday into Monday..... then has the cutter for midweek.... then looks like another storm next weekend if iam reading it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Lol @ the precip hole that literally stretches up from MDT to IPT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerplunk Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Have been crazy busy with work and so haven't gotten the chance to get around to putting together a video on the Valentine's Day snow squall until today. Glad I caught it on video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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