Rd9108 Posted Sunday at 04:43 PM Share Posted Sunday at 04:43 PM 12 minutes ago, RitualOfTheTrout said: That's probably how we will have to get snow with a -pna over the next couple weeks. Cold front goes through then you time a follow up wave while you have the cold, then it warms back up, rinse and repeat. Didn't we have similar December snows around Christmas a few years ago? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted Sunday at 04:44 PM Share Posted Sunday at 04:44 PM Lastly, getting a nice little streamer right now and enhancing the deep winter feel. This is perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burghblizz Posted Sunday at 04:47 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 04:47 PM 3 minutes ago, TimB said: Anyway, from the standpoint of not fretting about whether or not our annual snowfall is declining and just enjoying what we have, yesterday’s most recent NWS forecast just before the snow started was pretty much spot on with where totals ended up. It’s rare that totals get boosted before the event and then we hit them almost exactly. The did a nice job. I thought it was little aggressive, just because it felt like a moisture starved clipper….but the mid level frontogenesis really produced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted Sunday at 05:01 PM Share Posted Sunday at 05:01 PM 16 minutes ago, Rd9108 said: Didn't we have similar December snows around Christmas a few years ago? We had near 30 inches in Dec 2020. I think it was 3-5 for Christmas that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PghPirates27 Posted Sunday at 05:11 PM Share Posted Sunday at 05:11 PM Got under that band for about 2 hours this morning. Picked up another 1.5” or so from that alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burghblizz Posted Sunday at 05:24 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 05:24 PM 13 minutes ago, PghPirates27 said: Got under that band for about 2 hours this morning. Picked up another 1.5” or so from that alone. Nice - I just missed that. Saw it training over some spots. Was wondering what it produced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordo74 Posted Sunday at 06:06 PM Share Posted Sunday at 06:06 PM Ended up at 8.25" after 3 rounds of lake effect this morning. Now the cold really setting in. Feels a ton like winter. Couldn't be happier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB_01 Posted Sunday at 08:08 PM Share Posted Sunday at 08:08 PM Ended up at 8.25" after 3 rounds of lake effect this morning. Now the cold really setting in. Feels a ton like winter. Couldn't be happier. That might be the winner for the storm. I haven’t really seen anything today. A few flurries maybe, but honestly it has been hard to tell with blowing snow coming off the roof. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwilson Posted Monday at 12:27 PM Share Posted Monday at 12:27 PM I saw an 8.8" measurement in NWS PIS (before lake effect), seemed kind of high to me. The wind and drifting made things difficult to measure. I had about 5" at midnight on Saturday based on some manner of averaging and trying to find a decent wind-protected spot. We probably got another 1.5" afterward. There were some decent rates, at times, but nothing like that 2020 event with 4"/hr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwilson Posted Monday at 12:46 PM Share Posted Monday at 12:46 PM Long-term, the warmth has muted somewhat, but the pattern remains pretty hostile. Still seeing shots of cold with brief hints of 50s preceding them. More "seasonal" temps, overall. Seems the -PNA is locking in for the foreseeable. The other indices might head in the right direction, but until we fix the pacific side, the true snow events and sustained winter might be harder to find. For a muted Nina that seems about right. We don't want to see what the long-range EPS and GEPS show, however. Full latitude ridging and the cold air is scoured out of nearby Canada, but the long-range warm looks have been difficult to trust. Seems the models want to revert to a more typical Nina base state (of moderate variety or stronger). Maybe come January we can re-establish a more favorable pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted Monday at 05:20 PM Share Posted Monday at 05:20 PM Could be a brief burst of snow if this holds together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted Monday at 06:00 PM Share Posted Monday at 06:00 PM On 12/14/2025 at 11:43 AM, Rd9108 said: Didn't we have similar December snows around Christmas a few years ago? Yes, at least one I remember actually happened on Christmas Eve. Wave developed along a front, front went through, temps dropped and rain turned to snow as the developing wave stalled the front. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted Monday at 11:24 PM Share Posted Monday at 11:24 PM That crucial tenth of an inch of snowfall recorded at PIT today assures us of double digits for the month of December for the first time since 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted Tuesday at 04:44 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:44 PM All we can do over next few weeks is hope something pops up as models/ens don't have much in the way of snow opportunities. We still have some possible snow showers Friday after the front goes through that maybe can whiten us up briefly after the big melt down on Thursday/Friday. Also Canadian looks to try to pop a little something on the 22nd but fails. So something possibly to watch. Also, something I noticed this week. Looks like Tidbits is way ahead on Pivotal on getting the GFS run out. I always thought Pivotal was ahead of Tidbits on that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted Tuesday at 09:01 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:01 PM From Ohio Valley Weather Center: [Tue 12/16/25 215pm EST] Today I will focus on the upper-level pattern at 500 mb (18000 feet). While there is some let up, focus on the 500 mb heights. Notice the tendency for higher heights to start building up into Alaska and slowly spreading into Greenland. Here is the caption for Friday morning. Notice the dive of colder air into the area, whereas just a handful of days ago, this was not shown. Models missed this. (Inage 1) Notice another piece coming in for Sunday into Monday. A lobe of cold comes through. Another instance where the model missed this a few days ago. Now, it seems to be sensing colder air. Again, higher heights into Alaska and NW Canada and up into Greenland, a bit. By no means, perfect, but modest enough to dump a batch of cold air in the region, again. (Image 2) So, assuming models will indeed miss Friday and catching on now, then missing another piece Sunday/Monday, it is hard to trust models past a handful of days. So, while it will not be as cold over the next week to ten days, if models are struggling in the medium range, there is no reason to trust models past 6 or 7 days. The tendency is for the model to keep the vortex stretched across Canada and central and eastern Russia, which implies colder air to spill into the central and east. I believe the models are mishandling things, and each subsequent run, the models slowly catch something and once inside 3 or 4 days, you see the change. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago Was raining very heavily then quickly transitioned to heavy burst of snow. Precip lightened back to mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago Heavy winds and heavy snow out there just beautiful. Near whiteout. Too bad it is short lived Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackngoldrules Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago Getting that heavy burst of snow now in Bethel. But yeah, going to be short lived. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago Looks like radar filling in, Could be a snow showery day after losing all of our snow, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago Maybe someone can pull in an inch or so. with the heavier returns to the west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burghblizz Posted 2 hours ago Author Share Posted 2 hours ago Some nice bursts around this morning. I think the most impactful thing though was a flash freeze. Lots of ice on everything. Roads seem mostly OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 11 minutes ago, Burghblizz said: Some nice bursts around this morning. I think the most impactful thing though was a flash freeze. Lots of ice on everything. Roads seem mostly OK. Looks heavy snow your way. Picked up about half inch so far. Back edge east of me just flurries now. HRRR says could seen snow until around 6pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Looks like north of city and esp. New Ken and north getting heavy snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 18 minutes ago, colonel717 said: Looks like north of city and esp. New Ken and north getting heavy snow. Yeah, this caught me off guard. I only caught the end of the heavy burst around 11:15 coming up from the basement. Probably laid down a quick quarter inch that flash froze to everything. Had to go into the city so Im missing the good stuff back home. Ring camera looks like at least an 3/4 to an inch. Driving down 28 my car was completly encased in snow and ice, while all the other vehicles were clean around me. Felt like I was in the delorean a time traveling stint lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted 52 minutes ago Share Posted 52 minutes ago 10 minutes ago, RitualOfTheTrout said: Yeah, this caught me off guard. I only caught the end of the heavy burst around 11:15 coming up from the basement. Probably laid down a quick quarter inch that flash froze to everything. Had to go into the city so Im missing the good stuff back home. Ring camera looks like at least an 3/4 to an inch. Driving down 28 my car was completly encased in snow and ice, while all the other vehicles were clean around me. Felt like I was in the delorean a time traveling stint lol. Looks to be another long band building that should approach North Hills and then your area in a little. You should see over an inch in your area. I have about 1/2 inch and best snows look north of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burghblizz Posted 34 minutes ago Author Share Posted 34 minutes ago Issued by National Weather Service Pittsburgh, PA 2:27 PM EST Fri, Dec 19, 2025 The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a * Snow Squall Warning for... Northeastern Columbiana County in east central Ohio... Northern Allegheny County in southwestern Pennsylvania... Butler County in west central Pennsylvania... Beaver County in western Pennsylvania... Southern Lawrence County in western Pennsylvania... * Until 315 PM EST. * At 227 PM EST, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line from over East Palestine to over Coraopolis, or along a line from over East Palestine to near Franklin Park, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Flash freeze on roads and rapidly falling visibility due to intense bursts of heavy snow and gusty winds. Wind gusts up to 35 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes. * Locations impacted include... Ross Township, McCandless Township, Cranberry, Moon Township, Butler, Franklin Park, Aliquippa, Beaver Falls, Columbiana, Monaca, East Palestine, Shaler Township, Hampton Township, New Kensington, Lower Burrell, Harrison Township, Economy, Ellwood City, Ambridge and Wexford. This includes the following highways... Parkway North between mile markers 10 and 13. Interstate 79 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 68 and 103. Interstate 376 between mile markers 19 and 51. Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 1 and 44. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted 27 minutes ago Share Posted 27 minutes ago SNOW SQUALL WARNING NWS PITTSBURGH PA 227 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2025 OHC029-PAC003-007-019-073-192015- /O.NEW.KPBZ.SQ.W.0018.251219T1927Z-251219T2015Z/ 227 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2025 Columbiana County OH-Allegheny County PA-Beaver County PA-Butler County PA-Lawrence County PA- The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a * Snow Squall Warning for... Northeastern Columbiana County in east central Ohio... Northern Allegheny County in southwestern Pennsylvania... Butler County in west central Pennsylvania... Beaver County in western Pennsylvania... Southern Lawrence County in western Pennsylvania... * Until 315 PM EST. * At 227 PM EST, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line from over East Palestine to over Coraopolis, or along a line from over East Palestine to near Franklin Park, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Flash freeze on roads and rapidly falling visibility due to intense bursts of heavy snow and gusty winds. Wind gusts up to 35 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes. * Locations impacted include... Ross Township, McCandless Township, Cranberry, Moon Township, Butler, Franklin Park, Aliquippa, Beaver Falls, Columbiana, Monaca, East Palestine, Shaler Township, Hampton Township, New Kensington, Lower Burrell, Harrison Township, Economy, Ellwood City, Ambridge and Wexford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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