In the East - Where are you and how much snow did you wake up to?

Northern West Virginia, 18" of new snow and still coming down hard hard.

Washington DC is about 150 miles to the east of here, I would imagine people there are just buried under the snow. Think of it as nature's filibuster, every thing comes to stop.

Where are you and how much snow did you wake up to this morning?

of giving the politicians a "time out".

Less than an inch ...

didn't get as much as the east coast.

preparing now to re-shovel everything. it's good exercise, or at least that's what i keep telling myself.

i kind of enjoyed the snow storm this time around, though.

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surprised this morning - I expected to have that early morning dog walk in the snow!

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night, and HATE driving in ice and snow. My last car was totaled in that sudden ice storm that we had at the end of December. All reports indicated that the storm wouldn't make it past 287 because of the airflow from Canada. The reports were obviously right.

I'm sure you and your dog will have a snowy morning walk sometime in the near future. :)

we dodged the bullet this time, I wasn't in the mood to be snowed in this weekend!

(I work at home), I didn't relish having to dig my car out! EnJoy!

winter morning here in the Daytona Beach area

somewhere out there is a massive snowstorm with all your names on it.

It's only a matter of time.


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gotta enjoy the good weather while we have it

I really hate to think of what might have happened if that storm had come farther north.

Cities would have been shut down, yes, but here in the Hilltowns we probably would have gotten close to three feet, as we often get twice as much as they do down in the "flatlands".

Maybe 7 inches? But it's still snowing.

One of my sons-in-law was supposed to be going to Sweden on business today, leaving from NJ. His plan was to drive to NJ from Mass, then hop the plane. We didn't know if he should even bother driving down there...if the airports would be open or maybe flights delayed or canceled...

What a mess...

Just measured and shoveled. Snow drifts up to 3 feet high, we're at 23 inches at my house though here in the city. Street hasn't been plowed, has at least that much snow on it as well. Not going anywhere anytime soon.

will be shoveling that much (she's 78 years old).

Counties, Cities Declare Disaster Emergencies
PITTSBURGH (KDKA)

Snowfall has caused Allegheny County to declare a disaster emergency.

Snow continues to fall in western Pennsylvania forcing Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties to declare a disaster emergency as a result.

According to a press release from the county, the disaster emergency was declared at 6:30 a.m. due to the severe weather conditions and heavy snow that has been falling since Friday afternoon.

Approximately 80,000 residencies in Allegheny County are currently without power and many roads are impassable as power lines and trees continue to fall.

The county is also asking for all non-essential and non-emergency vehicles to remain off the roads so that Public Works crews, power companies and emergency responders can get where they need to be.


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http://kdka.com/local/Allegheney.County.emergency.2.1474857.html

24 inches of snow. I want to start digging out before the temperature gets any colder.

I'm so thankful we have electricity, but the cable is not working right.

Please send us some.

from earlier in the week. Still coming down steady too. From the webcams of Rt 29 we won't be getting out til probably Tuesday at best. They never made it out to plow to our road last weekend...

Drifts up to 4 feet.

nt

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had to tunnel out of the back door. drift about 5 foot high

It's a doozy!

For once!

about three hours ago :hi:.

was about 50 miles south of us from what I'm hearing, so we really lucked out of this one.

We're not that far from Pittsburgh, but being that much southeast of us appears to have made all the diff for yez.

Drove down 95 in flurries around 8 am Boston to Prov. It stopped before it could accumulate.

It's also snowing a lot!

I was disappointed when the forecast evolved to exclude us. I am in great need of a snow day, even if it would have fallen on a Saturday.

We're on a level 3 snow emergency which means no traveling, except for emergencies. Fine by me because I have no where to go.

we could. At our house we have 16". The trees and power lines are really bowed because there is about 3" on each. They seem icy too. Wind is still blowing the roads shut after the plows go through.

And it is still snowing. My dog went out and he was not happy, and he loves the snow.

That's my walkway. 24" where that glove is by the shovel. Beyond that is the road where the snowplow has it piled up over 3'.

My fellow old farts. Before shoveling.
Take an aspirin.
Take frequent breaks. it ain't going anywhere.

National Weather Service Map on the snow fall:
ttp://www.erh.noaa.gov/ctp/features/snowmaps/index.php?tab=recent

Some of this will weigh itself down for example here is the Web Cam for the Laurel Mountain Trail, it shows just under 2 feet of snow (It had about 1/2 foot before the storm:
http://www.paccsa.org/webcam.htm

Yet the National Weather service says 29.5 inches feel on the trail. The reason for the difference is the NWS has very strict methods to measure snow fall, and those methods do NOT permit the snow to accumulate so no compression occurs in the snow measured by the NWS (as far as the measuring of snow fall, when snow pack is measured the snow is measure as it lays on the ground).

The above is a well known error in the system, but given that compression of snow works over time, measuring the snow fall and then wiping the instrument off gives us a better background then if we just measure the snow over and over again (The Compression of Snow as it accumulates increase as the amount of snow on the ground increases). Just a comment on why the NWS has Chestnut Ridge at 29.5 while the marker is showing just a little less then two feet on the ground.

Other NWS Maps on the Snow fall in PA (please note this is measure the snow as if it melted and was rain, thus the low numbers):

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/ctp/coop/precip/rainfall.htm

Snow Fall so far this winter. 2009-2010 (This is measurement of Actual Snow Fall):

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/ctp/coop/index.php

This is definitely one for the history books!

I know that we are getting snow on Tues/Wed, but I didn't know that it is supposed to be 9 inches. That'll close down the area all by itself.

It's letting up a little here in Rockville, Md.

Maybe tomorrow. Ground is dry.

Roommate is out shoveling a hole through it. I'll go out on the later shift today.