Winter Storm Watch (western NY, central/western PA, WV mtns)

National Weather Service ^ | April 21, 2012 | N/A

[palmer]

New York: NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-ONTARIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER... CANANDAIGUA 2-4 inches

New York: NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-LIVINGSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...BATAVIA...GENESEO 4 TO 8 INCHES

New York: WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN... WELLSVILLE...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE 8 to 16 inches

Penn: WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-CLEARFIELD-CAMBRIA-SOMERSET- TIOGA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARREN...BRADFORD...COUDERSPORT... ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD... JOHNSTOWN...SOMERSET...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES...WITH UP TO ONE FOOT POSSIBLE ACROSS SOME OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

WV: POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARLINTON...ELKINS 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS

WV, MD: EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-WESTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL- WESTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FROSTBURG...BAYARD...MOUNT STORM... ELK GARDEN...CIRCLEVILLE 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE.

Penn, WV, MD: GARRETT-MERCER- VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION- JEFFERSON PA- BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-WESTMORELAND- WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-PRESTON-TUCKER- 6 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE

[sneakers]

I’m in Indiana County, Pa. Looks like we’ll be dragging out the propane heater and kerosene lamps again! We always lose power in a storm, and with the leaves on the trees now, there will be a lot of broken branches with resulting lines down.

oh goody :-/

[ntnychik]

If they’re accurate, we’re about 10 mi. East of the end of the snow zone. We started getting spring flowers in February. We’ve had daffodils, narcissus, hyacinths, forsythia for over a month. The fruit trees are in full bloom weeks early. It’s the spring that seemed to never end, but we always knew we’d have to pay. The woodstove is stoked up; not illegal yet.

[fatnotlazy]

Thank you for the warnings.

Years ago, a disc jockey in Pittsburgh said, if you don’t like the weather here, wait 5 minutes. It’ll change.

Friday, it was almost 80 here; tomorrow maybe snow.

[brityank]

ROCHESTER... CANANDAIGUA 2-4 inches

Ahhh. Do I miss Upstate NY, Wayne County,

Not !

[prisoner6]

Yup! Been watching today...Not happy, LOL!

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

What’s snow? Haven’t seen anything of significance since last October. Even my plants are laughing at the weather reports.

Now, where is my suntan lotion?

[caww]

I’m in Western Pa also..and you’re right “weird winter” says it. I don’t think I cleared the snow off my car more than five times... Not once snowed in as is usual. Very mild winter.

[Nowhere Man]

we are in SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA

Me too, near Pittsburgh. Got the snowblower and 1999 Blazer ready. B-)

[Nowhere Man]

THATS WHY EVERY ONE IN PA. HAVE 4X4 TRUCKS..OUR TOYOTA TRUNDA IS GREAT IN THE MOUNTAINS BUT LOVES GASOLINE...ABOUT 17 MPGALLON.

I get 10/12 MPG in my 1999 Chevy Blazer

[Reddy]

Drove through that area today. Was 70 when we left DC area, 40’s in the mountains of WV and Penn. Very thankful we dodged that bullet!!

[Nowhere Man]

Ugh. We had a very mild winter. Was going to put the plants in from the greenhouse this weekend. Everything else is in bloom outside and beginning to fill in. Very weird winter in western PA.

Yeah, I see our leaves have come out and Mom's azaleas have bloomed beautifully. BTW, I might be out in that crap, I'm a delivery driver and we took the studded snow tires off the pickup too. B-P Mother Nature is so screwed up, she needs to be committed and sent to Western Psych in Pittsburgh. B-P

[Whenifhow]

Major storm - Florida
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/GSSLOOPS/ecwv.html

[Colorado Cowgirl]

I use the National Weather Service Enhanced Radar Image Loop site. I see nothing on the horizon, nada; zip.

[DB]

You need a standby generator powered by propane.

[PA Engineer]

Yeah, I see our leaves have come out and Mom's azaleas have bloomed beautifully. BTW, I might be out in that crap, I'm a delivery driver and we took the studded snow tires off the pickup too. B-P Mother Nature is so screwed up, she needs to be committed and sent to Western Psych in Pittsburgh. B-P

Same here. Was admiring our azaleas today and took the studs off of all three cars a little over a week ago. Still have the driveway drift markers up. Taking the studs off must have been the jinx.

[PA Engineer]

I’m in Western Pa also..and you’re right “weird winter” says it. I don’t think I cleared the snow off my car more than five times... Not once snowed in as is usual. Very mild winter.

I had the snow blower out only once. We live in that snow belt area in Murrysville. Normally we get two weeks of 3-5" of snow a day until the lakes freeze over. Then maybe a couple arctic clippers and of course the occasional nor'easter. This year we have almost nothing. In fact it has been very dry with less than 3" of rain all winter. Very weird and unusual.

[caww]

I had to check where that is....you’re not far from Pittsburgh...in fact isn’t that like a sub community on the fringes of?

I’m North of Pittsburgh....in Butler County. We sit right on the Jet stream here, so no matter what the weather says we never know what we’re going to get! I’ve seen it with a foot and more on my car roof...to travel then five miles south and nothing on the ground all the way to Pittsburgh....and vice-versa.

I can go North three miles and likewise difference. It’s crazy weather patterns here under “normal” conditions!

Well looks like you’ll be needing that blower maybe. Who knows

[PA Engineer]

I had to check where that is....you’re not far from Pittsburgh...in fact isn’t that like a sub community on the fringes of?

We are literally on the edge of suburban and rural. One mile from the recent safe zone on the posted zombie map. Our weather is never what is happening in the burg.

It is kind of the same here. We will have 6 inches, Plum will have 3 inches and Pittsburgh nothing. Then again 20 miles further east of us is generally armageddon.

[AbolishCSEU]

I work in Canandaigua which is Ontario County but I used to live in Wayne County (Sodus Village) I actually MISS Sodus but not because of the weather.

Time to bring in some wood b/c “hubby” has a head cold and that’s all we heat with (no furnace)

[palmer]

From my local NWS: EXPANDED WINTER STORM WATCH EWD TO INCLUDE ALL OF POTOMAC HIGHLANDS. A FEW INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ON LEAFY TREES AND POWER LINES XPCD TO HAVE SGFNT IMPACT THRU ALL OF THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS. DESPITE SNOW TOTALS NOT XPCD TO MEET CRITERION... IMPACT WARRANTS EXPANSION OF WATCH.

The Blue Ridge near me is predicted to have 1-3 inches where the people live (e.g. Blue Mountain, Chester Gap) and more higher in the park along the Skyline Drive. The trees are mostly leafed out at 2k feet and there will be a lot of limbs pruned from trees. Ironically the last big storm this season (and really for the whole winter) was in October although that one caused more damage in NJ and CT than down here.