E PA/NJ/DE Winter 2025-26 Obs/Discussion

[Ralph Wiggum]

Let's do a repeat in 2 weeks 

[Kevin Reilly]

1 minute ago, Ralph Wiggum said:

Looks like guidance all but lost the threat for next weekend. But the GFS has a Feb 10 overunning snowstorm 

Back to our regular scheduled La Niña program cold and dry! Then we get ready for the next storm which will be snow then change to sleet for the important hours of the storm!  Welcome to the 2025-26 winter!  I’ll take this in a heartbeat over the past 4-5 years. 

[Ralph Wiggum]

1 minute ago, Kevin Reilly said:

Back to our regular scheduled La Niña program cold and dry! Then we get ready for the next storm which will be snow then change to sleet for the important hours of the storm!  Welcome to the 2025-26 winter!  I’ll take this in a heartbeat over the past 4-5 years. 

Agreed and hey, at least it isnt "wasted cold"....we cashed in and this should be around for a while.

[Chief83]

Worcester, PA  12 degrees . Almost all sleet. Some flakes mixed in. Rough estimate 10 inches. 

[JTA66]

As someone mentioned in the MA forum, when’s the last time we cashed in at the beginning of a good pattern?

Usually our bigly storms come as the pattern is breaking down.

[Ralph Wiggum]

21 minutes ago, JTA66 said:

As someone mentioned in the MA forum, when’s the last time we cashed in at the beginning of a good pattern?

Usually our bigly storms come as the pattern is breaking down.

Maybe we can book-end storms. Then call it a winter. I would be ok with this and an early spring. Winter has been ok in my book. Zero complaints thus far.

[RedSky]

24 minutes ago, JTA66 said:

As someone mentioned in the MA forum, when’s the last time we cashed in at the beginning of a good pattern?

Usually our bigly storms come as the pattern is breaking down.

Essentially it happens in the great winters 1996, 2003, 2010,2011,2014, 2015 etc

 

[JTA66]

28 minutes ago, Ralph Wiggum said:

Maybe we can book-end storms. Then call it a winter. I would be ok with this and an early spring. Winter has been ok in my book. Zero complaints thus far.

If we get blitzed between now and say Valentine’s Day, I’ll gladly call it a winter.

[Physicsteve]

Sleet started around noon towards the end of the snowblow with a few fun raindrops mixed in and it’s since been steady sleet with some flurries occasionally trying to mix in. Measured 7.5” but was a bit after the mixing started, so going with 8” snow. Hard to measure sleet but maybe 1/4”-1/3”? 

[Tatamy]

Heavy sleet in Bethlehem Twp.  9/8.  Snow/sleet total so far 8.5”