Also relevant is precisely when. If we get 6 inches at 5 PM on Sunday, that’s enough time to get the major streets plowed by Monday morning. If it’s between 5 and 6 AM on Monday, though, that’s something different.
We’re burning through snow days like something that burns a lot and probably belongs in a different metaphor than snow.
For days now, the Weather Underground has been predicting 14-15" plus of snow for our part of Kentucky. Their latest forecast is down to 10.6". Other weather gurus say 12-18".
I suspect that we’ll end up with at best 7" or so, still enough to create a mess, especially if part of it on Sunday consists of “wintry mix” (which always ends up being freezing rain).
At least the larder is stocked, generator power stands in readiness, and bags of snow/ice melt are strategically positioned at exits. Pluto the Wonder Spaniel will have to struggle through the drifts to accomplish his Activities of Daily Living.
It’s -14F wind-chill and dropping through Sunday. I got a package I’ve been waiting for delivered today, but the mailbox and back is about a 10 minute stroll.
I don’t think it’s happening, guys.
Bit colder than -20F this morning with -47F wind chill 
My thermostat has an outdoor temp reading, it gave up and just said “LO”
Brian
In the rural communities, just outside our city, the children have, so far, had 15 snow days! Yikes.
It’s been a brutal winter in these parts. I was mighty happy to have a woodstove, (with a fire burning) during the blackouts. That was when the freezing rain storm brought down numerous trees. Stacked piles of broken branches, stacked taller than me, were at every corner it seemed.
We live in the snow belt, communities are used to snow events. But this season will be one they’ll remember, I reckon.
Looks like we may have avoided most of the freezing rain in DFW. We still have a pretty good dusting of sleet and snow, and more is supposed to follow later. But that stuff doesn’t bring down power lines like freezing rain does, so I’m relieved.
We have yet another asynchronous day tomorrow. It’s tough to prepare for those. This is our fifth snow day this year, with all but one in the past two weeks, and it looks likely that Tuesday will be, too.
My husband shoveled in the morning, I shoveled a few hours later. We’re running out of space to put this stuff.
It’s not a lot coming down at once (4-5’’ today) but it’s the sheer cumulative effect over the last few weeks.
Tomorrow we have two important appointments and I don’t think there will be any cause to cancel but things are so unpredictable right now. This weather is taking my carefully scheduled plans and shaking them up like a snow globe.
Feet of snow to bury California mountains through next week:
Profuse snow over the many of the California mountains into Thursday night will hinder travel with more snow to take aim at Northern California and begin in the Northwest starting later this weekend.
“When this pattern finally wraps up late next week, parts of the Sierra Nevada will end up with 12-16 feet of snow,” AccuWeather Chief On-Air Meteorologist Bernie Rayno said.
A high impact, blockbuster nor’easter is about to crush parts of the Northeast with blizzard conditions, heavy snow and strong winds. The forecast has been fraught with uncertainty for days, but has finally honed in on a major storm from the Mid-Atlantic to New England, including New York City, Boston and other big cities. The storm will rapidly intensify into a bomb cyclone off the Eastern Seaboard beginning on Sunday, meaning we’re just a day away from the arrival of its worst conditions.
Everyone prepared?
After an unusually snowy winter, I thought we were done with big storms. I guess not. We’re headed to New Hampshire tomorrow for some winter hiking, and will come back to a driveway with a foot or more of snow. Ugh.
Mostly. We’ll pull the kids cars off the street later today.
I have gas for the blower. Plenty of shovels and salt.
Not much else to do.
Our coffee maker died this morning, but I already ordered a cheap one that is due today by 6pm. My wife can now take weeks picking out her perfect new maker. So we’ll have coffee.
We’re expecting over 15", some flooding, but we’re up high, but parts of my town will flood most likely. We’re also expecting strong gale force winds, but this town is pretty resilient when it comes to power loss compared to our last home. My tree situation is overall pretty safe, though not perfect.
I hope we don’t lose power as no wood stoves in this place. Everything needs electric to run, despite the furnace and water heater being gas. The old place I had a good wood stove and with baseboard heat, I could run the boiler off my little generator. With force air, not going to happen.
We were down 11+ days after Sandy, here they lost power for less than an hour.
Everything outside was already in winter mode, so no need to scramble and secure stuff before the high winds hit.
BTW: Central Jersey on the Bayshore.
Monday Feb 16 it was 60F and almost all the snow was gone – just a few piles.
Thursday night I got ~6 inches of snow – not SUPER heavy, but definitely not light and fluffy.
Not as bad as my friend near Arnold, CA who got ~5 feet of it recently…
Brian
Blizzard warning here from 0600 Sunday (Washington’s Real Birthday) until 0600 Monday. Ten to eighteen inches of snow predicted.
blizzard warning in philly. still raining, waiting for the snow cross over. the storm should deepen around 6pm.
It has begun snowing here in southern Merrylande. It’s been raining most of the day so far, but just a tad after 1PM, the evil white flakes appeared. NWS says 3-7" possible. Accuweather says 1-3". The Weather Channel also says 1-3", which is down from the 7-10" they threatened this morning… or was that someone else? I’ve looked at so many forecasts, I’ve lost track.
So far, it’s melting on contact, but I expect accumulation to start before too long. The mystery is “How much??” I guess we’ll see when we see.
the switch is happening in phila. we have gone from drizzle to white glop.
from white glop to serious near white out in 30 minutes. wow! birds are racing for shelter.
This is the most snow we’ve gotten since Dec 26, 2010. We had 26" in that one.
I can’t tell how much we got, so far but apparently 3"-5" coming. I’m guessing about 12" of moist snow already.
I’m hoping to start snow blowing between 2-3pm. I just remembered to bring my snow boots inside so they won’t be freezing. They’re in the garage.
snow is slowing in philly. looks really pretty.