JTA66 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Sounds like the house is getting sand blasted. Sleet in Harrisburg. Weren’t they expecting 18” out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newman Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Now turned to all sleet. Just went out and cleared the measuring board for this sleet/dry slot. 6.5" as I had mentioned previously. Snow depth in the yard, however, is near 8 or 9" with the snow from Monday still on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 5" and the dreaded IP'ers mixing in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Di Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 My son. Just had to. It’s rain some freezing now. 28degress Making a skating rink lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, JTA66 said: Sounds like the house is getting sand blasted. Sleet in Harrisburg. Weren’t they expecting 18” out there? They weren't suppose to get sleet, sleet has busted through all the front lines and winning the war Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rtd208 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Carteret, NJ Wind starting to pick up here. Moderate to heavy snow falling. Estimated accumulation 3.5"-4.0" Current temp 25/DP 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhound Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Power just went out briefly. Never a good sign. Still light sleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Checked my NWS forecast and no mention of sleet tonight oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazwoper Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, Lady Di said: My son. Just had to. It’s rain some freezing now. 28degress Making a skating rink lol If it’s 28 degrees it’s all freezing. Did you mean freezing rain and sleet mix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furrawn Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Sleet is falling here like someone dumping sand from a bucket. Like @@Hurricane Agnes the sleet is audible over Taylor Swift and a fire playing loudly in the background. About five inches of snow with sleet starting to pile on top. 26 degrees according to Wunderground. Forecast has possible gusts up to 45 mph. Exciting storm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolHandMike Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Anyone want to hazard a guess as to why all the models and predictions turned out to be so wrong with this storm? Two days ago we were supposed to get almost 2' of snow, then yesterday they backed it off to 13", and now I have barely 4" with sleet coming down much further north than predicted, with not much else seemingly incoming. I mean, I want to be happy for the first major snowfall in a long, long while, but why the huge bust this time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Like Snow Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Abington here and it looks like at least 5-6 inches out back. The NWS site says: "Snow before 9pm, then snow and sleet between 9pm and 4am, then snow after 4am. The snow and sleet could be heavy at times. Low around 26. Blustery, with a northeast wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible." Is another 3 to 7 really possibe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Over to IP now in Hopewell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty97 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 haven't heard any sleet here on the mountain. back to big flakes too. shoveled a small spot outside the door for the dog and we have about 5" of very light fluffy snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChescoWx Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 1 minute ago, I Like Snow said: Abington here and it looks like at least 5-6 inches out back. The NWS site says: "Snow before 9pm, then snow and sleet between 9pm and 4am, then snow after 4am. The snow and sleet could be heavy at times. Low around 26. Blustery, with a northeast wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible." Is another 3 to 7 really possibe? Certainly possible...remember that 3 to 7" includes sleet which again counts as snow....it just accumulates more slowly...most spots will go back over to snow overnight....so total additional snow/sleet if you get under the wrap around band could get there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 1 minute ago, CoolHandMike said: Anyone want to hazard a guess as to why all the models and predictions turned out to be so wrong with this storm? Two days ago we were supposed to get almost 2' of snow, then yesterday they backed it off to 13", and now I have barely 4" with sleet coming down much further north than predicted, with not much else seemingly incoming. I mean, I want to be happy for the first major snowfall in a long, long while, but why the huge bust this time? The warm punch has been modeled for at least the last 24hrs it was a clear and present danger. Also all the snow maps that have been flying around with 10:1 ratios are garbage and now you know why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVblizzard Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Looks like the sleet line is starting to slow significantly as it approaches Allentown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newman Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Honestly precip has all but shut down here. Dry slot. Now we wait I guess? Might have to go to sleep early so I can wake up for the late night/early morning backside snows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPotter_WX Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, LVblizzard said: Looks like the sleet line is starting to slow significantly as it approaches Allentown. I can attest to that. Hellertown still dumping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penndotguy Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, CoolHandMike said: Anyone want to hazard a guess as to why all the models and predictions turned out to be so wrong with this storm? Two days ago we were supposed to get almost 2' of snow, then yesterday they backed it off to 13", and now I have barely 4" with sleet coming down much further north than predicted, with not much else seemingly incoming. I mean, I want to be happy for the first major snowfall in a long, long while, but why the huge bust this time? well its never good when your in the bullseye 5+days out that fails almost always, so I think alot of us had this outcome in the back of our minds from the get go. Its not over yet this should change back to snow as Low passes at least thats how I read it. Lets let things play out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpantz Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Just now, LVblizzard said: Looks like the sleet line is starting to slow significantly as it approaches Allentown. I thought it was a radar hallucination, but it does appear to be getting beaten back some. Time will tell. Haven't seen the latest short-range guidance re: 850/700 lows, so I'm not sure if we still stand a chance of hanging on here from 78 northward. Might be a good time to take a look at the 00Z soundings as they roll in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delaware Valley Weather Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 1/2” of sleet puts me at 6” for the storm here in Lionville. 25° Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Mainly rain (freezing) here now with just a little sleet. Can hear the tree branches starting to creak a little from the ice. Currently 31F. Power flickered for a minute. Come on dry slot! And then maybe some powder on top? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVLion77 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I can attest to that. Hellertown still dumping.Mix of snow and sleet here in macungie, next door to allentown. That line us blasting north.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolHandMike Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 22.8°F and light sleet. ~4" on the front steps, ~6" in the back yard (measured depth to ground). Wondering if we will get any colder or if we're bottoming out right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Looks like the blob of sleet is up to Lebanon County and ZR is cutting across Wilmington (haven't seen any of our Delaware folks check in yet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPotter_WX Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 After further evaluation, it’s mostly a mix with snow. CC would argue that as well as the mixing line is having a tough time progressing north. 5” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Di Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 20 minutes ago, hazwoper said: If it’s 28 degrees it’s all freezing. Did you mean freezing rain and sleet mix? Yes. But it has lightened up considerably. Which makes it hard to say it’s ip. But it is. Just a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChescoWx Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 IP has really picked up over last 30 minutes temp now starting back up now at 25.8....just measured another 0.3" of IP bringing our snowfall for the day up to 6.0" - also noting a few mangled snow flakes starting to mix back in over the last few minutes...should see a transition back to snow later tonight from NW to SE....someone will pick up several more inches in wrap around later tonight....not sure where but - nice storm for December!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, Hurricane Agnes said: Looks like the blob of sleet is up to Lebanon County and ZR is cutting across Wilmington (haven't seen any of our Delaware folks check in yet). Been mainly ZR here for about the last hour! I was shoveling and got drenched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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