It can always be worse! After our recent cold snap (or as some called it a “cold-OH-SNIPPITY-Snap”), Margaret Keller of Albion sent us a picture from 1994.
The thermometer reads about -25 degrees. The coldest temperature ever recorded in nearby Erie (the official National Weather Service Station) was recorded that same day at -18.
Ray Petelin,
WSEE Storm Team [...]
Here are the snow totals from our recent winter storm. We did accumulate enough snow at Erie International Airport to tie for seventh place on the “Snowiest Seasons On Record” list. So far this season, we have had 122.6 inches fall, with more on the way! We are also the fifth snowiest January on record [...]
An update to my earlier post today…
The entire WSEE viewing area is under a winter storm WARNING from this evening through the day tomorrow. The winter storm will keep most of the area in just snow, however a brief area of freezing rain may push into Mercer, Venango, and Clarion counties.
Accumulations tonight will range between [...]
The National Weather Service has issued a WINTER STORM WARNING for Erie, Crawford, and Ashtabula Counties from 8pm this evening until 7pm tomorrow.
This winter storm will drop 4-6″ of snow across the area tonight, with an additional 3-5″ tomorrow. This snow will be wet and heavy, making driving across the region difficult.
The remainder of the [...]
The National Weather Service has put together a great web page about the weather during presidential inaugurations. It is very detailed, and worth a look. You can see it by CLICKING HERE.
–Meteorologist Ray Petelin
It was almost a year ago that a viewer asked the question “Can it be too cold to snow?”
You can find the post to this question by CLICKING HERE.
Ray Petelin,
WSEE Storm Team Meteorologist
In respects to snowfall this season, we have already gone above and beyond what would be considered “average”. First let me start by saying that I believe there is no “normal” weather, but there is “average” weather since every season, good or bad, has an effect on the average.
That being said, we have already had [...]
Look at me starting 2009 off by looking to the past. Hopefully I will not have bad luck for doing this, but how could I ignore this past December?
Despite a couple of warmer days thrown into the mix, December was a very wintry month. Just looking at snowfall alone is quite impressive. This past December [...]