Pittsburgh/Western PA WINTER ‘25/‘26

[TheClimateChanger]

Crazy drifts out there. Trampoline ringed by 2-4 foot drifts, drifts up to the top of my retaining wall in spots.

[ChalkHillSnowNut]

Sleet won over for now….

[Mailman]

Back to snow (for now).

[RitualOfTheTrout]

3 minutes ago, southpark said:

Might have worked in our favor for earlier transfer to keep sleet to the south 

Im not sure its transferring earlier, seems to be on track. It will start to lose energy as it transfers, but that's also going to save us from the warm air aloft surging to far north.

[north pgh]

Snow picking up in intensity. Radar looks good


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[MikeB_01]

The line really does seem to be holding at Washington co. Sleet south of there


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[RitualOfTheTrout]

3 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Crazy drifts out there. Trampoline ringed by 2-4 foot drifts, drifts up to the top of my retaining wall in spots.

Noticed the wind is picking up a little bit and some drifts hanging off the roof. Usually they form on the back of the house, but these are in the front. 

[MikeB_01]

Noticed the wind is picking up a little bit and some drifts hanging off the roof. Usually they form on the back of the house, but these are in the front. 

Winds out of the south east, but would be shocked if there was some swirling.


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[Mailman]

HRRR has mix retreating to the south now.  I love it!

[EVLINC64]

Snowing Harder here again

[RitualOfTheTrout]

40 minutes ago, jwilson said:

Too bad we couldn't pair a system like this with some kind of blocking upstream.  This would have been a true big dog in that instance, but someone on the northern edge would have gotten fringed.  Blocking has been the hardest thing to come by in the last ten years, though.

Maybe have to wait for an El Nino return, or we could get surprised again this year.  We're on the front end of this pattern.  There may be more chances in the next few weeks.

Yeah, blocking could have maybe pushed this to another tier, but I can't complain. AO looks to stay strongly negative, while NAO is negative / neutral. Argues for at least a couple more storm chances into Feb as those wax and wane while helping to keep us cold.

[TheClimateChanger]

 

[TheClimateChanger]

Just now, TheClimateChanger said:

 

I'm glad in the ensuing 16 years, we've stopped this trend of snowstorm names. But if we were to name this one, what do you think it should be? Snowpocalypse?

[SteelCity87]

1 minute ago, TheClimateChanger said:

I'm glad in the ensuing 16 years, we've stopped this trend of snowstorm names. But if we were to name this one, what do you think it should be? Snowpocalypse?

Think TWC named it Fern 

[RitualOfTheTrout]

2 minutes ago, SteelCity87 said:

Think TWC named it Fern 

I don't think naming winter storms has caught on anywhere outside of the people who work at the weather channel. I don't think I've heard any other media outlets use that name. Sure regionally events gets names that catch on nationally ala snowmagedon.

I tend to remember storms based on the year. 

[Mailman]

Brownsville acting as "Little Round Top" for the mix line.

[SteelCity87]

4 minutes ago, RitualOfTheTrout said:

I don't think naming winter storms has caught on anywhere outside of the people who work at the weather channel. I don't think I've heard any other media outlets use that name. Sure regionally events gets names that catch on nationally ala snowmagedon.

I tend to remember storms based on the year. 

Just a gimmicky thing they started. Think we're better off without them being named lol. 

[Mailman]

Monessen reporting 14"?  Wow.

[MikeB_01]

Monessen reporting 14"?  Wow.

Only about 15 miles from me. I haven’t been out in a few hours, but I don’t think I’m over a foot yet.


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[EVLINC64]

Joe Bastardi is saying the winter isn't going anywhere

[EVLINC64]

2 minutes ago, Mailman said:

Monessen reporting 14"?  Wow.

Parts of Monesson are pretty elevated

[Burghblizz]

Not doubting that there is 14” in Monesson or 15” in Beaver County. But we do see some decent spreads and I’m not sure if it’s the banding, or people measuring where wind is depositing more - lol.

i have an easy 15” on my north facing back deck, but on average it’s more like 12-12.5” out in the yard. 

[southpark]

5 minutes ago, Mailman said:

Monessen reporting 14"?  Wow.

I grew up there. I would be SHOCKED if they had that much.

[RitualOfTheTrout]

Tomorrow night is going to be brutal. That wind will be blowing the snow around, maybe some borderline ground blizzard conditions.

KEY MESSAGE 2...

With wind gusts of 20-30 mph and 850mb temperatures falling to
near -20 Celsius late Monday, temperatures will drop near zero.
Wind chill values have the potential to drop as low as
-25F. An Extreme Cold Watch is in effect Monday night into
 early Tuesday.

[MikeB_01]

1 minute ago, southpark said:

I grew up there. I would be SHOCKED if they had that much.

i agree. The report is coming in from a trained spotter, so i guess give him the benefit of the doubt. But that seems to be pretty high compared to what I am seeing out of my windows. I'll go measure here again in a little bit. Maybe my eyes are deceiving me. 

[MikeB_01]

1 minute ago, RitualOfTheTrout said:

Tomorrow night is going to be brutal. That wind will be blowing the snow around, maybe some borderline ground blizzard conditions.

KEY MESSAGE 2...

With wind gusts of 20-30 mph and 850mb temperatures falling to
near -20 Celsius late Monday, temperatures will drop near zero.
Wind chill values have the potential to drop as low as
-25F. An Extreme Cold Watch is in effect Monday night into
 early Tuesday.

we are locked in the deep freezer for a while

[RitualOfTheTrout]

2 minutes ago, MikeB_01 said:

we are locked in the deep freezer for a while

Indeed! I'm so glad we got this storm on the front end rather than right before it breaks.

[southpark]

4 minutes ago, MikeB_01 said:

we are locked in the deep freezer for a while

This snow is going nowhere!

[SteelCity87]

Looks like this is going to wrap a good bit sooner than forecasted just by looking at the radar. Going to be a close call on the 12" 

[Rd9108]

Let's be honest once you get over 8 inches it doesnt matter. It feels like we have 2 feet out there. There's drifts definitely that high. Let's see if the airport can get over a foot.