Here we are in the midst of a major sweeping snow storm that has everyone on the east coast sick with cabin fever! The Kestrel girls first heard about the storm set to hit Philadelphia while we were away on the other side of the country exhibiting the Kestrel 4300 Construction Weather Tracker at the World of Concrete.
Luckily our Business Development Manager Christy Munding made it back just in the nick of time before the airports shut down. I got stuck along with a mass of people in a sea of cancelled flights. Thanks to a packed red-eye, I did arrive back in between when the second big storm was about to hit. 15.8 inches of the white stuff. With power outages and major roads shut down, there’s nowhere to go and nothing much else to do except watch the weather!
I checked the temp with my Kestrel 4500 and it was a wintry 2o degrees. Winds speeds varied throughout the night but when I checked at 10PM, they was hitting about 14MPH. The wind chill read 4 degrees and I can vouch that it sure felt that way!
Tonight, I’m going to track the jack frost conditions and see how they change throughout the night. You’d be surprised how much the actual weather conditions can vary even 10 miles away! The surroundings suburbs got hit much harder here than center city Philadelphia. Since most central weather stations are located at an airport possibly miles away from your town, you could be shocked to see the variance in forecast if it’s based on remote data. But our Kestrel weather buffs already know that:)
Send in your favorite winter wonderland pics and I’ll be sure to post them on our page! I’ll have some of mine posted tonight.
E-mail me at mdevlin@nkhome.com , send them to me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/kestrelmeters or Twitter.com/kestrelchick.
P.S. Please be patient if I don’t respond right away- I still have no power (including internet!) but my neighbors are kind enough to let me share their WiFi in exchange for hot cocoa. Hopefully I’ll be back in electricity action tonight.
Happy Winter Weather Watching!
Your Kestrel Weather Girl & Faithful Blogger,
Monica