Pittsburgh/Western PA WINTER ‘25/‘26

[colonel717]

I'm going with final total 11.5 

 

 

[Mailman]

9" or so.  Five minutes of freezing rain.  Power stayed on.

Storm gets a from me.

[MikeB_01]

and just like that, the snow has shut off for me. I am going to get out here and do one final measure. Whether its over 12 or not, this was one hell of a fun storm to track. Well done, everyone. 

[Burghblizz]

2 minutes ago, SteelCity87 said:

I was just hoping to get an official 12" storm for the first time since 2010. A minor thing since the majority of us did still get there but is what it is. 

I get it, and me too - because it memorializes the storm a little better. And that makes sense because you are talking about storms and not snow that has to happen within a calendar day.
But him making it sound it’s some 30 year streak is silly, just because snow on certain other storms fell over two calendar days. 

 

[Burghblizz]

3 minutes ago, colonel717 said:

I'm going with final total 11.5 

 

 

You deserve it. Great work during this tracking 

[colonel717]

Glad I came back to the board this year and got to enjoy this with Yinz ..

 

 

[Ahoff]

Really nice to have a storm that didn't flood the area with warm air and turn us to straight rain.  That was a huge win.  Thank God for that deep arctic air.

[TheClimateChanger]

[RitualOfTheTrout]

18 minutes ago, Burghblizz said:

I get it, and me too - because it memorializes the storm a little better. And that makes sense because you are talking about storms and not snow that has to happen within a calendar day.
But him making it sound it’s some 30 year streak is silly, just because snow on certain other storms fell over two calendar days. 

 

I'm with you, I mean we all rate an event based on our own sometimes relative metrics, but a 12in storm is a 12in storm no matter what hours it falls. Personally idgaf about official measurements either. I really only care what falls in my yard. Don't get me wrong, a big region wide storm like this one is way more enjoyable, but say the official site got 12 today and I got freezing rain? How does that official measurement do anything to satisfy my desire to see it snow?

Heck, I'd trade a few inches less for cold before and after a storm. This event checked all the boxes for me so nothings going to bring me down on it that's for sure.

I had a blast tracking it with everyone, and the excitement when it started moving NW and really hammering us is priceless.

[Burghblizz]

8 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Seems well forecasted overall. I feel like a lot of the forecast accumulation maps had a similar look.

[MikeB_01]

Seems well forecasted overall. I feel like a lot of the forecast accumulation maps had a similar look.

It will be really interesting to see which model performed the best.


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[Burghblizz]

Allegheny county totals:

Hampton Township       14.0   433 PM  1/25  Public
  1 SE West View         14.0   730 PM  1/25  Public
  Bradfordwoods          14.0   350 PM  1/25  Public
  1 SW Bethel Park       14.0   611 PM  1/25  Public
  2 NW Ross Township     14.0   442 PM  1/25  Public
  Bridgeville            13.8   540 PM  1/25  Public
  1 E Pittsburgh         13.8   750 PM  1/25  Public
  2 NE Shaler Township   13.5   402 PM  1/25  Public
  2 SW West Elizabeth    13.5   536 PM  1/25  Public
  3 NNW Hampton Townsh   13.0   330 PM  1/25  Still snowing
  1 N Chalfant           13.0   203 PM  1/25  Public
  1 SE Glenfield         13.0   317 PM  1/25  Public
  2 W Plum               12.5   535 PM  1/25  Public
  1 E Crafton            12.3   809 PM  1/25  Public
  Stowe Township         12.1   455 PM  1/25  Still snowing
  1 E Aspinwall          12.0   530 PM  1/25  Public
  1 S Bethel Park        12.0   301 PM  1/25  Public
  Ross Township          12.0   315 PM  1/25  Public
  2 W Pittsburgh         12.0   712 PM  1/25  Still snowing.
  1 SW Whitehall         12.0   819 PM  1/25  Public
  Carnegie               12.0   700 PM  1/25  Still snowing.
  2 W Tarentum           12.0   819 PM  1/25  Public
  2 NNW Homestead        12.0   336 PM  1/25  Amateur Radio
  1 N Ben Avon Heights   11.8   541 PM  1/25  Public
  1 S Hampton Township   11.5   522 PM  1/25  Public
  1 N Bradfordwoods      11.5   130 PM  1/25  Amateur Radio
  2 E Pittsburgh         11.5   752 PM  1/25  Public
  Upper Saint Clair      11.5   517 PM  1/25  Public
  West View              11.3   453 PM  1/25  Public
  Edgewood               11.0   711 PM  1/25  Still snowing.
  2 E Wexford            11.0   625 PM  1/25  Public
  Etna                   11.0   445 PM  1/25  Public
  Glassport              11.0   220 PM  1/25  Public
  Harrison Township      11.0   820 PM  1/25  Public
  1 SW Coraopolis        11.0   736 PM  1/25  Public

[blackngoldrules]

I'm going with final total 11.5 
 
 

Push that yardstick into the ground a little harder! You can get another half inch out of that!

[southpark]

15 minutes ago, blackngoldrules said:

Push that yardstick into the ground a little harder! You can get another half inch out of that!

A half inch could have blown off during some of those wind gusts we got!

[TimB]

First off, this was a deeply satisfying storm and I got just a hair over a foot imby, and it sounds like many of us did. 

It seems the official obs is consistent with a lot of the other obs in the western part of the county, so I don’t think I have an issue with the measurement itself.

I’ll agree that the calendar day thing is a bit silly, so let’s go by individual storms instead. Pittsburgh has had 27 two-day official storm totals of 12”+, most recently, of course, in 2010. The 16 years (and now still counting) that have passed since our last one is still the longest drought by that metric.

With that being said, it’s only January 25 and we’re only about 8” away from getting our first above normal snow season since 2021-22, and that one was only because we lucked into above normal with some late season stuff.

We’ve had two winter months with below normal temperatures and above normal snowfall. Winter has finally wintered again, and it’s been fantastic so far. Let’s bring the rest of this one home!

[Ahoff]

24 minutes ago, blackngoldrules said:

Push that yardstick into the ground a little harder! You can get another half inch out of that!

We could all use an extra half an inch.

[Rd9108]

Great storm. May not go down as one of the biggest but most fell during the daylight, most of us stayed all snow, models did a pretty good job on everything, and some areas got 12+. Plus its gonna stick around for awhile and with the deep cold if we get a clipper/snow shower it can freshen up the snow pack. 

[southpark]

Our low temps are going to be brutally cold this week too. Talking about possible -25 wind chills tomorrow night into Tuesday. There are going to be a lot of school cancellations/remote days this week. 

[CoraopolisWx]

[wstaude]

with all of the 11-12" reports in AGC I doubted myself, but I've measured several spots and nothing over 9.5". 

[CoraopolisWx]

1 minute ago, wstaude said:

with all of the 11-12" reports in AGC I doubted myself, but I've measured several spots and nothing over 9.5". 

Snow board measurements are usually more than in ground post storm measurements. 

[southpark]

[Digger]

I measured 11" on the hood of my truck.

[Burghblizz]

27 minutes ago, TimB said:

First off, this was a deeply satisfying storm and I got just a hair over a foot imby, and it sounds like many of us did. 

It seems the official obs is consistent with a lot of the other obs in the western part of the county, so I don’t think I have an issue with the measurement itself.

I’ll agree that the calendar day thing is a bit silly, so let’s go by individual storms instead. Pittsburgh has had 27 two-day official storm totals of 12”+, most recently, of course, in 2010. The 16 years (and now still counting) that have passed since our last one is still the longest drought by that metric.

With that being said, it’s only January 25 and we’re only about 8” away from getting our first above normal snow season since 2021-22, and that one was only because we lucked into above normal with some late season stuff.

We’ve had two winter months with below normal temperatures and above normal snowfall. Winter has finally wintered again, and it’s been fantastic so far. Let’s bring the rest of this one home!

I do agree - just thought you were trolling a bit on the calendar day stuff. But moving past that…

You aren’t wrong for tracking that. I  like to see high official measurements too because it helps storms be remembered.
 

But even though the past few winters sucked, I actually think we are in a decent “significant storm” period over the past several years:  3.2018, 12.2020 and today were all storms where the general area had a foot-type storm in a lot of places. And today had a lot of spots had considerably more. You shift totals 25 miles south today we are flirting with a top 10 storm. So the actual weather for those types of storms hasn’t been too bad versus what you may expect per climo - it’s just been a little unlucky with the official measurement. 

[north pgh]

I’m off to bed because I have to work at 4:00 am. I shoveled 4 times and salted so I should be able to make it up the driveway. The snow plow just cleaned my road. It was fun tracking all week and it payed off with at least a foot at my house. Thank you all and we still have plenty of winter for more. And kudos for our detour sign which finally came through for us. 

[RitualOfTheTrout]

Well, I've got more shoveling to do tomorrow. My road is impassible still. 

Adrenaline is wearing off and maybe ready to go to bed... 

So who's staying up for 00z runs for what's next!? (Kidding, I think) 

[Burghblizz]

38 minutes ago, southpark said:

This methodology almost looks like they are taking the highest report in a cluster and then using that. While I think “early” reports should be thrown out, later reports with lower totals shouldn’t be. 

[Gordo74]

Storm final for me: 

14” measure on the ground, 16” via snowboard measurement. Looks like about 2” of compaction. 
 

I’ll put this one in my personal hall of fame given it was incredible to watch in daylight all day and it being the first big snow (10”+) for my kids. Haven’t felt a snow this big/impactful since the 2010 storm and that was nearly half a life ago for me, so I’m taking the W where I can.