After a cool down from a fast moving TS last evening, we were able to give the AC a rest overnight and open windows. Not so this morning. Heating up fast on the way to 100 again today. Much welcome cooling next week with Monday in the 70s!
Happy Fourth to all!

45 and rain ending in Bucks County right now. Only .08″ – barely made a dent in the moderate drought declared Fri. Worried about the farmers during this beginning of growing season. And the wild fire potential in the more severe drought areas of the west. Any chance for this dry pattern to change?

Big temp change Bucks County PA: Upper 70s at 3PM and two hours later, more than a 20 degree drop.

30
degrees in Bucks County. What a wild evening with ongoing warnings, wind, downpours, and power outage. Thankfully we are restored this morning.

Love the new video format. A few more sessions and you’ll be ready for prime-time TV! Best weather presentation since Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz retired.

According to the RainDrop website, we had 2.25 inches of precipitation which amounted to 15 inches of snow. Don’t know how accurate their estimates are. I took four measurement with a yardstick and got 14-17 inch amounts, so the 15 is in the ballpark.Snow is very dense and difficult to push the snowblower (a small Toro) through, but not as bad as…Read More

Weather casting is like a coach preparing for the next game. You understand the players on both sides, come up with your game plan, make your adjustments as you go along, and hope for the best. You don’t always win, but you come out on top most of the time. By these standards, Henry is the Knute Rockne of forecasters! Henry, you hit a home run…Read More

About 15″ in Bucks County PA. Plows have been down our street several times during the night. Haven’t done tyhe final grooming when they put up a wall at the end of my driveway.

Henry, you mention the track is slightly east to the warm water. Does this make a difference in snow totals is eastern pa and NJ? While the NWS update warning still calls for 18-20″, the weather channel seems to have downgraded the totals here, but increased them for SE New England. What are your thoughts?

Here in Bucks County, turnover to snow is happening. Temp has gone from 37 to 34 in the past hour and half. Wind is picking up. According to Henry’ prediction, we are right on schedule. Let the Blizzard begin!

Henry spoke last night of the danger of the combo of heavy wet snow and winds bringing down tree branches. I want to add a word of caution. As an old timer, I have seen many heavy snow/ blizzard events going back to the late 1950s, including the 1978 storm in Providence and the 96 storm in the Philly region. I recall, as a little kid, a memorable…Read More

Philly Style snow plowing – 1888!

Blizzard of 1888 – could this be NYC Monday?

6: 15 update:
AW keeps pushing up snowfall total for SE PA and NJ. Now forecasting blizzard conditions on the coast and heavy snow inland. 6ABC weathercaster said some inland totals may be upgraded to a foot later this evening. Henry told us all this Wed when these other outlets were wavering with an inch or so. Thank you Henry!

I always was under the impression that the benchmark for the biggest I-95 corridor storms is just to the east of Hatteras. If inside of Hatteras, then snow-to-rain or all rain. Any thoughts on this from the experts on this site?

6ABC Phila (source AW) calling for 70% chance of a few inches of wet snow inland and rain along the Jersey coast. Only 30% for a heavier, windy event. They are going with the Euro.

Philly has had snow cover now for 28 consecutive days with more expected tomorrow night.

Bucks County PA
4 degrees with -16 windchill
Happy we only got a coating this morning and the wind cleared the walk and driveway. First time I ever thought that way.

NWS just issued Severe Cold Watch for SE PA effective Sat afternoon. Only 3 days after Henry began allerting us to this possibility!

Breaking News: No models, AI, weather hype; just good old fashioned meteorology. SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER!

Henry, the human side of your winter outlook at the end of last summer – “Watch what you wish for” – was right on! I guess the years of warm winters and little snow made us forget.

Bucks County PA: Ending with about 11 inches combined snow and sleet and a balmy 18 degrees now. Like Henry said, I never saw it snow at 9 degrees, either here or while I was living in RI for the decade of the 70s.I

Washington Crossing PA: mixing with sleet and temp up to 14. About 6 inches now.

Some advice from an old timer who has been through many of these: With uncertainties about turnover to sleet and freezing rain in many areas now, I offer the following that I learned the hard way from previous storms like this: if you have a base snow cover, wait until the precipitation goes back to snow before snow blowing/shoveling. Otherwise,…Read More

Philly has already issued a snow emergency effective Saturday evening. The schools will be closed Monday. Can’t remember them being this certain of a storm this far out since the 1993 blizzard.

Along I-95 from Philly to Providence, the 93 blizzard mixed with sleet which kept the totals down to “only” a foot of the heaviest snow to remove. In Bucks County PA it stayed in the low 20s throughout the storm and changed back to all snow at the end.

Snow ended in Bucks County, PA. 26 degrees. About 6 in today and 3 yesterday. Henry’s forecast was right on! Captured these two events better than any of the others that I looked at. And much earlier.

Bucks County, PA: After a lull and some melting from the solar radiation, the temp is now below freezing again and the snow has expanded back inland and is accumulating on roads again. Very slippery on unsalted surfaces. Freeze up tonight with low in the teens.

A couple of inches and 32 degrees in central Bucks County, PA. Henry nailed it; other outlets missed the boat. Now waiting for the sun and melt so I don’t have to clear it from pathways. Tomorrow may be a different story according to Henry. Other weather outlets are not on this bandwagon and see the snow closer to the coast, not inland. We’ll wait and see.

Bucks County PA: squall line went through about 6AM with the same wind sound as a summer severe TS line. The ground witened quickly and the temp fell to 22. Now the sun is shining but it is windy temps are in the lower 20s. I wonder how the Mummers Parade will manage down in Philly.

Is it my imagination, or has there been an excessive number of very windy days in the past month? We always have some days with 30+ winds in the gradient between a departing storm and a high building from the west, but nothing like this season.. Are there any archived records to compare to? Anyone?

8 inches here in Bucks County PA; snow totals varied in the area between 5-8 in, but official measurement at Phila Airport was only about an inch. Other areas of Phila were between 3-5 inches. The location of the airport in a swampy area near Delaware Bay makes official temperature and snow readings unreflective of the region as a whole.

Local Philly TV weather has down-graded the heavy rain inland to a half or one inch amounts west to east across the suburbs. 40 mph wind gusts still on the table. We need the rain, not the wind! One outlet is saying the upper level low will not phase. Any thoughts Henry?

Bucks County PA: NWS confirmed that 60-70 mph straight line winds resulted in the widespread damage and 300,000 PECO power outages in last evening’s storms. My neighborhood resembled the aftermath of Sandy with leaves and branches strewn everywhere and downed trees. Luckily, our power was restored during night. 158,000 remain without power now.

Latest forecast maps show most of the heavy rain moving off the NJ coast and into NYC and NE. Only .53 inch so far, not nearly enough to put a dent into the drought here in SE PA.

Henry, do you think the second squall line will make it over the mountains to SE PA?

Snow drought zone all winter! Only half the average in many of these areas; Overall a much colder season. Still waiting for the Big Daddy.

According to the AccuWeather daily forecast through March, it looks like winter is over for the Northern mid Atlantic/southern New England I-95 areas. Here in Bucks County, PA, we have had lots of cold, but less than half our average snowfall. Now that the Phillies are back in spring training, the weather models remind me of the MLB sports…Read More

Here in Bucks County Pa, LL we are missing the bulk of this storm and the next one will be ice. Ready for spring!

Freezing rain and sleet at 30 degrees in Bucks County PA. Radar LL this thing is moving fast and the back end is already approaching Pittsburgh. Should be out of eastern PA by midnight at this rate. Southern NE is finally getting their overdue snow. Maybe ours will come Tuesday, although the local forecasters are already pushing the significant…Read More

Bucks County PA – 30 degrees and very light snow flurries sticking on cars and street. Interesting because the steady snow is just to the west, and our snow doesn’t show on the radar.

The news reference to the 1982 Potomic air crash brought memories of that cold January. Records for Phila show that it was an extemely cold month, with several below zero mornings (including -7) and a number of days with highs in the low to mid teens. Feb that year moderated somewhat, but overall was colder than normal, Winter extended into the…Read More

Almost 4 ” in Bucks County now and nearing the back edge. Higher amounts north in the Lehigh Valley. In retrospect, Henry was much earlier than other services and accurate in calling this storm for my area. We planned accordingly from several days out. THANK YOU, HENRY!

Bucks County PA- light mix of rain and snow seems to be going over to all snow as temp drops to 33 degrees from 36 earlier. NWS predicts 4 – 6 inches.

Bucks County PA: temp now up to 26. less than an inch of powder overnight, NO WIND (yet)! Just came back from my 2 mile walk with my canine buddy. Felt downright balmy in the sun. First enjoyable walk in a week. Why do I keep wishing for cold and snow???

It’s been cold compared to the last few years, but only normally to moderately below average here in SE PA north of Philly. The wind has made it feel much more uncomfortable. Real cold here in the past were days in the teens or single digits and nights nights in the zero range. We have gotten used to the new 30 year “normals.”

Bucks County PA- About 2 inches of light powdery snow, and after a pause this afternoon, the next part of the system has moved in. Maybe another inch or so this evening?

Although the 1979 Feb Blizzard had different dynamic, are there some similar surprises to come from the current storm in eastern PA , NJ, and NYC?

Bucks county PA: 30 degrees and about 1/2 in of snow mainly on grassy areas. LL it is winding down now.

Looks like north of the Mason-Dixon line we’ll have to wait for a storm when the pattern shifts to a warmer one. So many of our blizzards, especially in Feb and March occur then. Bitter cold, followed by the storm, and then a warm-up and melt down.