End of Storm Recap

Did I ever mention how difficult these storms are to forecast?  I'm glad I do not make a living doing this kind of work.  You will always be incorrect in some way, somewhere.

We did not break the single storm record for March.  It was not a top 5 storm.  It wasn't even a top 10 storm.  It likely would have been if we didn't see a brief change over to sleet.  There is no way to predict a warm layer would sneak in above the cold surface temperatures.  Had this not happened my guess would have been that places locally would have seen an additional 4 to 6 inches.  No reason to be disappointed though.

One record did fall.  We broke the single day snowfall record for March 14th quite easily which had been 8.4 inches.  It's just the 5th different date in March to see at least 10 inches of snow.  As of now the total reported is 13.7 inches for Allentown.  I expect this might be bumped over 14 when the final total comes out.  I'll take it considering this was slightly under the total we have seen all winter.  Time to move on to the next one.

Wanted to share the 18 hour simulated radar which unfortunately at the time of my posting only goes until 1:00 p.m. tomorrow.

Below is the NAM projected snowfall totals through tomorrow evening.

I show these only to point out that on an already cold Wednesday with strong winds and blowing snow, there is a good chance we see an additional coating anywhere between noon and five.  Certain areas could see a little more.  Another small factor for those of us who will be headed back into work tomorrow.

If you are asking I still believe we will see additional snow in March.  The week between the 20th and 27th is projected to be colder than average.  It might be possible to sneak another storm within this window specifically around the 24th.