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

[LVblizzard]

1 hour ago, MJO812 said:

Cfs for April

I swear this stuff always happens at the exact moment we all get sick of the snow and cold.

[LVLion77]

16 inches of snow gone in 4 days.  

That has to be some sort of record! I think we all know the late season sun angles are brutal on snowpack, but I feel like they’re more brutal this year! If we could all choose a date to have a major winter storm, it would probably be December 21.

[RedSky]

Guidance support today for a PV split and invasion second half of March

[LVblizzard]

0z mesos are way less amped with Sunday’s little wave which makes it cold enough for snow down to I-78. Gonna be interesting to see if that trend continues.

[MJO812]

1 hour ago, LVblizzard said:

0z mesos are way less amped with Sunday’s little wave which makes it cold enough for snow down to I-78. Gonna be interesting to see if that trend continues.

Globals also. Weaker and further south.  Dusting to inch in spots.

[Birds~69]

I'm downgrading to a B+  Damn people who rate this winter as an A+ are sinners I'll tell yah.  Weenies! Damn it, I may start smashing stuff and junk ...

[Physicsteve]

8 hours ago, Birds~69 said:

I'm downgrading to a B+  Damn people who rate this winter as an A+ are sinners I'll tell yah.  Weenies! Damn it, I may start smashing stuff and junk ...

Lol well yes Ill admit to being a sinning weenie. I like extremes which includes the heat and storms of summer which I understand you and many others despise. Locally I have to go A+ especially considering my weather 2011 onward. Region-wide though I think B grades are fair. Missed a couple of big dogs by the hair on our chinny-chin-chins and the snow event frequency could've improved with a few smaller events. We started the season with clippers reemerging as a path to some frequent refresher snow but that petered out, though obviously still a NS-dependent winter. 
 

Obs: sunny, fog is burning off, and birds are chirping

[JTA66]

I’m curious to see where we go from here. Last winter didn’t suck and this year was really good.

Not saying every winter for the next decade or so will rock, but maybe we’re finally digging out of this crap pattern we’ve been in since 2016.

A weenie can dream. 

[Voyager]

15 hours ago, RedSky said:

Guidance support today for a PV split and invasion second half of March

Man, I've had enough. And why is it that every time the PV splits, it heads right for the northeast? Why can't it go west once in awhile? 

[Albedoman]

Friends, the drought guy here has shown my experience now. I  finally had enought time the last few weeks to gather my educational background information to provide the board with earning my met tag. Thanks guys

[Voyager]

5 minutes ago, Albedoman said:

Friends, the drought guy here has shown my experience now. I  finally had enought time the last few weeks to gather my educational background information to provide the board with earning my met tag. Thanks guys

Congrats!

[The Iceman]

59 minutes ago, JTA66 said:

I’m curious to see where we go from here. Last winter didn’t suck and this year was really good.

Not saying every winter for the next decade or so will rock, but maybe we’re finally digging out of this crap pattern we’ve been in since 2016.

A weenie can dream. 

Next winter will be normal and we’ll have to hear how much it sucks all year 

[Birds~69]

20 minutes ago, Albedoman said:

Friends, the drought guy here has shown my experience now. I  finally had enought time the last few weeks to gather my educational background information to provide the board with earning my met tag. Thanks guys

Congrats! You will be held to a higher standard now. The peanut gallery will be on the lookout...

48F already, 10:55am, Sunny as can be... 

[ChescoWx]

1 hour ago, JTA66 said:

I’m curious to see where we go from here. Last winter didn’t suck and this year was really good.

Not saying every winter for the next decade or so will rock, but maybe we’re finally digging out of this crap pattern we’ve been in since 2016.

A weenie can dream. 

Cyclical pattern FTW!!!

[ChescoWx]

Today will be the warmest day of the year with highs into the mid 50's. The warmest day so far this year was 51.4 degrees on January 7th. Today will be our warmest day since the 56.6 degree reading on December 19th. To put a fine point on how unusually cold this winter has been since December 1st today will be only the 6th day to reach 50 degrees or higher. During the winter months of December through February 60 of those 90 winter days featured below normal temperatures. The warmth will be short lived as a cold front crosses the area overnight tonight. We could also see some wintry precipitation by tomorrow morning as light rain looks to transition to some freezing drizzle as temperatures fall below freezing by 7am. The freezing drizzle could end as a little light snow before ending by noon. Very cold on Monday with temperatures remaining below freezing and more snow arriving by Tuesday morning. This should change to rain by Tuesday afternoon with warmer and wet conditions through much of the upcoming work week.

[Birds~69]

1 hour ago, Physicsteve said:

Lol well yes Ill admit to being a sinning weenie. I like extremes which includes the heat and storms of summer which I understand you and many others despise. Locally I have to go A+ especially considering my weather 2011 onward. Region-wide though I think B grades are fair. Missed a couple of big dogs by the hair on our chinny-chin-chins and the snow event frequency could've improved with a few smaller events. We started the season with clippers reemerging as a path to some frequent refresher snow but that petered out, though obviously still a NS-dependent winter. 
 

Obs: sunny, fog is burning off, and birds are chirping

Not only chirping but pecking in the grass. (Worms/insects) Hungry MoFo's...

[Birds~69]

17 hours ago, LVLion77 said:

That has to be some sort of record! I think we all know the late season sun angles are brutal on snowpack, but I feel like they’re more brutal this year! If we could all choose a date to have a major winter storm, it would probably be December 21.

Sun angle has always been brutal once late Feb occurs. Many on this board seem to ignore it but we are the stage right now where snowing at night is almost a must if you want it to accumulate on all surfaces. RedSky is a big fan of overnight storms so this is right up his alley...

51F 

[bringmesnow1]

"A" graded winter IMBY.

12" snow and sleet from the big January storm, but could have been 18"+ if it stayed all snow.

12" for the blizzard but I wasn't here to see it, places to my East got 20"+ and the blizzard conditions didn't seem to materialize in northern Delaware.

It's an A+ if we get 18+ from either of those storms.  A bit picky I guess lol.

[Birds~69]

2 hours ago, Birds~69 said:

Congrats! You will be held to a higher standard now. The peanut gallery will be on the lookout...

48F already, 10:55am, Sunny as can be... 

And I mean this seriously. I knew shit about droughts/ice jams before you. Speak, provide some stats and maybe I can learn something? We are in a drought but by the snow melting/ground squishy/squashy I wouldn't think so? Go figure? Even the streams/ponds/lakes don't look "real" bad? 

 

[Kevin Reilly]

5 hours ago, JTA66 said:

I’m curious to see where we go from here. Last winter didn’t suck and this year was really good.

Not saying every winter for the next decade or so will rock, but maybe we’re finally digging out of this crap pattern we’ve been in since 2016.

A weenie can dream. 

That fateful night in February 2017 when a 978mb storm cruised over Erie and we had winds gusting to 60-70 mph out of the SSW with tornado warnings was from that night on when our winters have been pretty bad.

Perhaps we have turned the corner, but we will have to see as we go through spring, summer, fall 2026 to see what’s waiting on the other side.

I give this winter an A

break down:

Cold: A+
Snow A

Precipitation dry stretches C

Snow melt rate: A-

Tracking: A

Freezing Creeks, Streams, Ponds, River, Bays, Cold Ocean: A+

Blocking: A-

 

 

[RedSky]

Calling the depth 1.5" 

Ranges from 0 to 6" in the shade

 

[Lady Di]

Took the snowflake down off my door today and have the screen door open. I’d give the winter an A not so much for snow imby but the cold and snow cover was lovely! 

 

[Lady Di]

Oh and it’s sunny and 57F.  Moving on to the spring thread.  What a great time had in here. Thanks!  

[Hurricane Agnes]

Looks like my high today will be 56 (which happened just before 3 pm), after a 27 low.  This is the warmest day since this past Dec. 19., which hit 57 here.

Still have massive plowed mounds around the area that might be here for weeks unless there is sustained warmth and maybe rain.  The NE-facing spots still have about an inch or two remaining.

In any case, it's a cloudless 55 with dp 39.

[Hurricane Agnes]

As a ranking, for the past 20 years posting here on EasternWx/AmWx, this season came in 5th highest.

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Snow/sleetfall 2009 - 2010 season = 70.38" [Calendar year 2010 = 57.50"]
Snow/sleetfall 2013 - 2014 season = 60.52"
Snow/sleetfall 2010 - 2011 season = 41.52"
Snow/sleetfall 2017 - 2018 season = 41.04"
Snow/sleetfall 2025 - 2026 season = 36.18"
Snow/sleetfall 2014 - 2015 season = 32.29"
Snow/sleetfall 2020 - 2021 season = 31.31"
Snow/sleetfall 2015 - 2016 season = 26.45"
Snow/sleetfall 2018 - 2019 season = 19.26"
Snow/sleetfall 2008 - 2009 season = 17.30"
Snow/sleetfall 2016 - 2017 season = 15.81"
Snow/sleetfall 2021 - 2022 season = 15.62"
Snow/sleetfall 2023 - 2024 season = 14.04"
Snow/sleetfall 2024 - 2025 season = 12.56"
Snow/sleetfall 2006 - 2007 season= 12.40"
Snow/sleetfall 2012 - 2013 season = 5.66"
Snow/sleetfall 2011 - 2012 season = 4.01"
Snow/sleetfall 2019 - 2020 season = 2.47"
Snow/sleetfall 2022 - 2023 season = 1.20"
Snow/sleetfall 2007 - 2008 season = 0.90"

 

[rcostell]

And I mean this seriously. I knew shit about droughts/ice jams before you. Speak, provide some stats and maybe I can learn something? We are in a drought but by the snow melting/ground squishy/squashy I wouldn't think so? Go figure? Even the streams/ponds/lakes don't look "real" bad? 
 

Despite dire predictions by some- no ice jams locally again this year. Gradual warmup, no flooding rains and sunshine already have already had their effect. Local rivers in good shape. Ice in mid Delaware River is about gone, for example.


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