First Taste

Before we get to the winter update let's tend to a little fall cleaning.

After a period of warmer than normal conditions November brought us back to reality.  The average daily temperature for the month is 42.7.  This November the average was 42.8.  I'd say that is pretty darn close.  I heard many people say the month was quite a shock to the system as we seemed to skip straight from summer to winter.  It sort of makes sense.  The average temperature in November was 17 degrees colder than October.  That doesn't happen too often in fall.

While parts of the month seemed dreary Allentown recorded just 1.14 inches of rain which could make November the driest month of the year.  No measurable snow was recorded though snowfall was seen.  That's about to change for December.

Last post I mentioned I might be going against the grain suggesting we get a higher than normal snow total this season.  Quite frankly I have not seen what other predictions have been, just taking a guess they are at or below normal.  Since we have not received any snow as of this writing I can make my guess.  With that said my prediction for Allentown is 38.3.


First of the Season


Nice to see everybody get involved early in the season.  When they are receiving accumulating snow in Houston, San Antonio and Brownsville, Texas you know it's going to be an interesting storm.  A few days ago we were in the clear.  Now the system seems to keep shifting further west.  It won't mean a lot of snow, but it does seem clear we will be getting some accumulation.  Could take some time to stick so let's see what happens.  I think right around two inches is reasonable.

Current map from NOAA.

Winter weather on a Saturday afternoon.  Think I'll be out for a jog with momentary stops for picture taking.  


8:30 MORNING UPDATE:  

Not snowing as of yet so time to get a quick update.  First, here are the watches and warnings.  I believe they changed the criteria for what constitutes advisories across the area, so if you are wondering why places like Allentown and Easton do not have an advisory this is likely the case.  I'll do some checking to make sure.

Last snow total map.  Mentioned last night it seemed to be shifting west and the new totals this morning from NOAA suggest the same thing.  Only Allentown jumped by two inches in both range numbers.  This could be an interesting area to watch as well as the areas further west in this coverage area.