colonel717 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 I measured 20.225 in. IMBY for December, total for the year 21.9 in. That is 50% of our yearly average. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burghblizz Posted January 1 Author Share Posted January 1 4.8” official out of this event - so call it about 8.5” over the past 2+ days. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraopolisWx Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Since 1900, out of the top 20 December monthly snow totals, only 2 of those seasons were below normal. So that’s a positive sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rd9108 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Can't really complain about winter at all. Way above our average this time of year. Now lets get a bigger storm and get above our average for a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB_01 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Hard to measure with all the drifting and blowing last night. Maybe 4-5” on the ground. Definitely didn’t get more than 6” combined from the two days. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Looks like Snow moving in. Have flakes at my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 18 minutes ago, MikeB_01 said: Hard to measure with all the drifting and blowing last night. Maybe 4-5” on the ground. Definitely didn’t get more than 6” combined from the two days. . I would think you had more than that if I had around 9. Snow sublimation has eaten a lot of my snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 EURO is showing almost 1-2 inches for Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Snowing pretty good now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 1 hour ago, colonel717 said: Snowing pretty good now Gorgeous deep winter night out there. Just came in from a walk and secondary shoveling. Fresh coating with light snow falling and temperature in the teens, light wind. Just trying to take it all in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burghblizz Posted January 2 Author Share Posted January 2 Glad we had a good start! Normally, this is where I feel like the days can get away quick. Warm up next week, then suddenly it’s mid January. Good to be sitting on 20”+ as opposed to 4 or 5”. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 As we wait hopefully not several weeks for next snow, we have small disturbance overnight Saturday which can bring maybe an inch or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted Tuesday at 03:36 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:36 PM Remember when... https://www.wtae.com/article/pennsylvania-blizzard-1996-30-year-anniversary/69924485 The Weather Channel video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burghblizz Posted Wednesday at 03:43 AM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 03:43 AM 12 hours ago, colonel717 said: Remember when... https://www.wtae.com/article/pennsylvania-blizzard-1996-30-year-anniversary/69924485 The Weather Channel video Bit of a crazy gradient here with that storm. I think it was officially 10”, but it ramped up quick south and east. Some places south would have gotten their 3rd 20” storm in less than 3 years (this after a very slow period in the late 80s, early 90s) Mixed feelings on it overall. I lived in Oakland and had a solid foot. But obviously one of the impactful storms ever in terms of the amounts it dumped on highly populated areas. Tough to see others getting 20 and 30” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted Wednesday at 04:47 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:47 PM Once we make it through this warm-up, looking like Sunday/Monday could bring some post frontal snow squalls. We have done well with those so far. Then mid-week a little bigger system is possible. Canadian 12z run has a nice 4+ inch northern stream storm. If we can get some phasing could improve those total. GFS had a bigger storm for 15th on 6z but lost the phasing on 12z. ICON at end of it's run looks like it has good potential. We have some time to figure that out but nice to start seeing things pop up on the models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted Thursday at 06:46 PM Share Posted Thursday at 06:46 PM On 1/7/2026 at 11:47 AM, colonel717 said: Once we make it through this warm-up, looking like Sunday/Monday could bring some post frontal snow squalls. We have done well with those so far. Then mid-week a little bigger system is possible. Canadian 12z run has a nice 4+ inch northern stream storm. If we can get some phasing could improve those total. GFS had a bigger storm for 15th on 6z but lost the phasing on 12z. ICON at end of it's run looks like it has good potential. We have some time to figure that out but nice to start seeing things pop up on the models. Once it became clear the models whiffed on that stout west based -NAO setting up for the first week of Jan the thaw was all but a certainty and we would have a quiet period. As you said, we are now getting through the warm-up and starting to see hints into next week we may have a discrete threat to track soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted yesterday at 04:26 PM Share Posted yesterday at 04:26 PM Enjoy the last of the warm up. Looking like Sunday could be a couple of heavier squalls. Just have to luck out and be in the right line. Who knows where that would be at this time. Some examples below. Models still trying to figured out the period mid-next week and beyond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted yesterday at 06:26 PM Share Posted yesterday at 06:26 PM Took the outdoor Christmas decorations down yesterday. It was nice, everything was dry and could go straight into storage rather than into the garage to dry for two weeks. Going forward we have the possible squalls Sunday colonel mentioned, then towards mid month all models agree there are a couple windows for a storm to come together. If I had to say, the pattern probably favors areas east of us, but a lot will depend on the orientation of the ridge out west and if / when any northern stream pieces phase and how far SW the trough digs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted yesterday at 06:52 PM Share Posted yesterday at 06:52 PM 22 minutes ago, RitualOfTheTrout said: Took the outdoor Christmas decorations down yesterday. It was nice, everything was dry and could go straight into storage rather than into the garage to dry for two weeks. Going forward we have the possible squalls Sunday colonel mentioned, then towards mid month all models agree there are a couple windows for a storm to come together. If I had to say, the pattern probably favors areas east of us, but a lot will depend on the orientation of the ridge out west and if / when any northern stream pieces phase and how far SW the trough digs. Even though today were good runs for WPa on CMC and EURO, my fear, like you say, is these are late developing and areas south and EC are the winners like on the GFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwilson Posted yesterday at 06:58 PM Share Posted yesterday at 06:58 PM Difficult to buy into anything right now. Mid-range modeling has been suspect for a few months. Long-range is worth even less. I'm not too worried about individual threats until they close within three-to-five days. The best we might hope for is a return to the December clipper-heavy pattern. I think it is possible, if not probable, that the worst of our winter cold is over with, however. Height anomalies over Canada don't look quite as robustly cold as they were a month ago, and a massive building -EPO coupled with +PNA might reconfigure how cold air gets moved through the CONUS. A huge ridge out west precludes cold air from coming at us in a westerly fashion and retains a more northern component. The ridge does create opportunities for storms to ride down the spine and amplify south of us, but the speed of the northern stream combined with a lack of blocking really caps any potential. Even a big coastal would move in a hurry absent additional variables that aren't yet clear. The combination is a somewhat typical Nina atmosphere. Not to say the rest of winter will be warm, only that it is more moderate than what we dealt with previously with quite negative departures. A February warm-up is always a threat. If you do believe anything very long-range, the data itself doesn't yet support that outcome. Cold conditions may be bolstered if the MJO eventually traverses through Phase 7 as currently progged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted 23 hours ago Share Posted 23 hours ago Really can't beat this, with temperatures nearing 70F in southeast Ohio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel717 Posted 23 hours ago Share Posted 23 hours ago As we know these little events are the bread and butter of our winters. Hopefully we can pull an inch or 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitualOfTheTrout Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago 1 hour ago, TheClimateChanger said: Really can't beat this, with temperatures nearing 70F in southeast Ohio. Im here for it, if its going to be above 50 in January it might as well push 70. Im at 65, here, opened up the windows for some fresh air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rd9108 Posted 18 hours ago Share Posted 18 hours ago 3 hours ago, RitualOfTheTrout said: Im here for it, if its going to be above 50 in January it might as well push 70. Im at 65, here, opened up the windows for some fresh air. Agreed. Cold and dry does nothing but cause my bill to go up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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