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BREAKING WEATHER NEWS:
MID-ATLANTIC TO GET ANOTHER 4-8 INCHES OF SNOW, PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK TO BOSTON CORRIDOR TO EXPERIENCE A BLIZZARD ON WEDNESDAY!
More to come on this unfolding upcoming event right here…
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Photos from friend and Community Director and Meteorologist Jesse Ferrell who recieved 13 inches around his State College neighbourhood whilst nearby downtown State College recieved 14 inches officially from the weekend dump. Jesse said in an email to me that they saw drifts as high as 3-4 feet. Very impressive!
In his blog post today he said that his weather station at his house reported a low this morning of 2 degrees whilst the AccuWeather Global Headquarters saw a low of zero degrees. Yesterday morning, Jesse reported 1 degree for the low at this home station.
Description: Snow piling up in State College, PA – 4-5 inches and high winds Friday evening.
Washington-Dulles, D.C.: 32.4 inches
Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport: 17.8 inches
American University, D.C.: 27.5 inches
Baltimore Int’l Airport, Md.: 24.8 inches
Wilmington, Del.: 26.5 inches
Leesburg, Va.: 34.5 inches
Johnstown, Pa.: 28.0 inches
Philadelphia Int’l Airport, Pa.: 28.5 inches
Randallstown, Md.: 32.0 inches
Crofton, Md. (2 mi. NNE): 34.0 inches
Elkridge, Md. (2 mi. W): 38.3 inches
Berryville, Va. (1 mi. NW): 32.0 inches
Laurel Summit, Pa.: 29.5 inches
Millersville, Pa.: 24.5 inches
Pittsburgh, Pa.: 21.1 inches
State College, Pa.: 14.0 inches
King of Prussia, Pa.: 23.4 inches
Ridley Park, Pa.: 30.0 inches
Swedesboro, N.J.: 27.0 inches
Atlantic City, N.J.: 19.3 inches
Cherry Hill, N.J.: 27.3 inches
National Park, N.J.: 28.5 inches
Galena, Md.: 30.0 inches
Chester, Md.: 28.0 inches
The Baltimore-Washington International Airport, Md., measured 24.8 inches of snow from the storm. That breaks the record for the largest two day snowfall, which was 24.4 inches set back on February 16-17, 2003.
The 25.8 inches of snow that fell in Wilmington was the greatest snowfall in the city’s history. The storm’s snowfall also brought this winter’s snow total to 53.9 inches, ranking this season as the second snowiest on record.
In Washington, D.C., the blizzard has brought the winter’s snowfall total to 44.9 inches. This winter is now the city’s third snowiest on record. The winter of 1898-99 ranks first with 54.4 inches.
Philadelphia recorded 28.5 inches of snow from the blizzard. This winter is now the city’s second snowiest with a total of 56.3 inches. This is also the second storm that has dumped over a foot of snow on Philadelphia this winter. That has only occurred one other time in recorded history.
The snow that fell alone Friday set numerous daily snowfall records. The following lists these records with the old record in parenthesis.
Columbus, Ohio: 9.0 inches (3.1 inches from 1967)
Dayton, Ohio: 7.7 inches (2.0 inches from 1998)
Indianapolis, Ind.: 5.3 inches (3.6 inches from 1908)
Wallops Island, Va.: 1.5 inches (0.5 of an inch from 1989)
With 11.4 inches, Pittsburgh, Pa., broke Friday’s daily snowfall record that was 4.7 inches from 1899. Friday is now Pittsburgh’s snowiest February day on record. February 20, 1947, previously held that record with 10.4 inches.
Pittsburgh also set a daily snowfall record Saturday. The 9.7 inches that fell broke the previous record of 4.3 inches from 1911.
Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Kristina Pydynowski
Image courtesy of The Weather Channel
Image courtesy of AccuWeather.com
Smith Crossroads, W. Va.: 29.5 inches
Friendsville, Md.: 35.5 inches
Eckhart Mines, Md.: 32.0 inches
Laurel Summit, Pa.: 29.5 inches
Leesburg, Va.: 34.5 inches
Johnstown, Pa.: 28.0 inches
Near Elkridge, Md.: 38.3 inches
Glen Rock, Pa.: 27.0 inches
Bayard, W. Va.: 27.0 inches
Brookhaven, Pa.: 26.0 inches
Claymont, Del.: 25.2 inches
Littlestown, Pa.: 25.0 inches
Millersville, Pa.: 24.5 inches
Philadelphia, Pa.: 28.5 inches
Newark, Del.: 24.3 inches
King of Prussia, Pa.: 23.4 inches
Washington, D.C.: 18.2 inches
Pittsburgh, Pa.: 21.1 inches
Quinton, N.J.: 21.5 inches
Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport: 17.8 inches
Atlantic City, N.J.: 18.2 inches
Dover, Del.: 22.0 inches
Wilmington, Del.: 25.8 inches
Economy, Ind.: 12.0 inches
Dayton, Ohio: 11.1 inches
Folks throughout an area from north and central Pennsylvania across to the central Jersey coast and down into the heart of where the “most snow fell” which was n area from northern West Virginia and Virginia into Maryland and across DC and into Delaware. This really was a meteorological marvel. Such vast amounts of moisture which was transported by a potent southern jet stream, the cold air filtering in from the Midwest and Ontario and then the “bombing out” of the storm system itself off the Virginia coast coast a strong “easterly flow” back towards the coast and across Delaware, Maryland and right into the heart of the DC, Baltimore and Philadelphia corridor where the most intense banding occured. Thunder and lightening was seen across the DC to Baltimore area which signifies the intensity of the snowfall thanks to the strong east winds which piled up the moisture which filtered in from the warm Atlantic and Gulf Stream.
I shall discuss more on this soon.
Thanks for reading.
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