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This is more for Ice it looks like


URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
154 PM EST FRI FEB 23 2007

PAZ007>009-013>016-022-023-030-240300-
/O.NEW.KPBZ.WS.A.0003.070225T1200Z-070225T2100Z/
MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-
ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WESTMORELAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHARON...HERMITAGE...GROVE CITY...
GREENVILLE...FARRELL...OIL CITY...FRANKLIN...SUGARCREEK...
TIONESTA...NEW CASTLE...ELLWOOD CITY...BUTLER...ZELIENOPLE...
CLARION...PUNXSUTAWNEY...BROOKVILLE...REYNOLDSVILLE...BROCKWAY...
KITTANNING...FORD CITY...LEECHBURG...FREEPORT...APOLLO...
INDIANA...GREENSBURG...NEW KENSINGTON...JEANNETTE...LATROBE...
MONESSEN
154 PM EST FRI FEB 23 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY.

STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION ON
SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA
EARLY ON SUNDAY MORNING. DUE TO DEVELOPING TEMPERATURE
PROFILES...IT APPEARS AS THOUGH A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING
RAIN IS LIKELY FOR AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEW CASTLE TO
LATROBE.

A QUARTER INCH OF ICE COATING IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80
CORRIDOR ON SUNDAY.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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11-12 SNOWFALL TO DATE 20.5"
09-10 Snowfall- 73.60" .....10-11 snowfall - 61.5"
07-08 snow total 39.45".. ...08-09 snowfall- 42.71"

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Why did they issue this so early?
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Why did they issue this so early?

This way when the storm is a bust, it realy hurts the snow lovers. :o :D
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11-12 SNOWFALL TO DATE 20.5"
09-10 Snowfall- 73.60" .....10-11 snowfall - 61.5"
07-08 snow total 39.45".. ...08-09 snowfall- 42.71"

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Add this to the wsw list,

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.

LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE HIGH PLAINS OF EASTERN COLORADO
TONIGHT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS REACHING THE OHIO VALLEY BY SUNDAY. AHEAD OF THIS
SYSTEM ABUNDANT GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE WILL MOVE TOWARD THE
REGION. WARM AIR WILL MOVE OVER COLD AIR NEAR THE SURFACE. AT
THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT ENOUGH WARM AIR WILL BE PRESENT ALOFT
FOR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
START LATE SATURDAY NIGHT IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SPREAD
NORTHEAST EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...TAPERING OFF DURING THE EARLY
HOURS ON MONDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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Elevation 784'

11-12 SNOWFALL TO DATE 20.5"
09-10 Snowfall- 73.60" .....10-11 snowfall - 61.5"
07-08 snow total 39.45".. ...08-09 snowfall- 42.71"

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Lol I bet that’s why they are doing it, we will be the only ones with out a watch or warning or even a fooking advisory!
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Looks like these WSW are all for ice and not snow.  I would prefer not to have any advisories, warnings or ice, ....... I only want snow.  I will take a foot of snow with no WSW in a heartbeat over a WSW for ice/snow and getting either ice or nothing. 

Did that make any sense?
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This one is pretty close to us...Susquehanna Valley

Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
308 PM EST FRI FEB 23 2007

...SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW FOLLOWED BY A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE HEADED INTO THE OHIO VALLEY SUNDAY WILL PUSH AN AREA
OF SNOW INTO CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY LAST ONLY A FEW HOURS BEFORE CHANGING
TO MAINLY SLEET THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS IN
THE AFTERNOON. A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES OF PENNSYLVANIA LATE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY
NIGHT.

PAZ049>053-056>059-063>066-240815-
/O.NEW.KCTP.WS.A.0004.070225T1400Z-070226T0500Z/
UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-
SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER-
308 PM EST FRI FEB 23 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING.

LOW PRESSURE HEADED INTO THE OHIO VALLEY SUNDAY WILL PUSH AN AREA
OF SNOW ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY DURING THE MID TO LATE
MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. THE SNOW MAY LAST ONLY A FEW HOURS BEFORE A
LAYER OF MILDER AIR MOVES IN ALOFT...CHANGING THE SNOW TO MAINLY
SLEET THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL AND LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER VALLEY DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

AT PRESENT...EXPECTED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES
SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE A CHANGEOVER TO SLEET OR FREEZING OCCURS IN
THE AFTERNOON. THE SLEET COULD ACCUMULATE ANOTHER HALF INCH TO ONE
INCH ON TOP OF THE SNOW.

THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION OF
OVER ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH MAY OCCUR ON TOP OF THE SNOW AND SLEET
LATE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AS A SECOND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
DEVELOPS ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. THE EXACT PATH
OF THIS STORM SYSTEM IS UNCERTAIN. HOWEVER...IF HEAVY SNOW OR ICE
BECOMES IMMINENT...A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ISSUED.

$$

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Looks like these WSW are all for ice and not snow.  I would prefer not to have any advisories, warnings or ice, ....... I only want snow.  I will take a foot of snow with no WSW in a heartbeat over a WSW for ice/snow and getting either ice or nothing.   

Did that make any sense?
:P

Scary, it did! ;D
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11-12 SNOWFALL TO DATE 20.5"
09-10 Snowfall- 73.60" .....10-11 snowfall - 61.5"
07-08 snow total 39.45".. ...08-09 snowfall- 42.71"

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Maybe we will have somthing by the end of the day...
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Just posted new topic.... SWS by Mt. Holly looks kind of promising...but...I don't need my heart broken again.
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