WC Fields was evidently not a pilot.

[Skip Miller]

WC suggested (while alive!) that his epitaph would be "I would rather be living in Philadelphia." (BTW it was not actually used on his headstone.)

I was tracking my wife's flight to Dallas and noticed that KPHL is listed with "excessive delays". I then went to ADDS and found these Metars:

KPHL 211635Z 02009KT 10SM -SN SCT011 BKN020 OVC050 01/M04 A3007 RMK AO2 P0000
KPHL 211609Z 36005KT 7SM -SN SCT011 BKN020 OVC049 00/M03 A3008 RMK AO2 P0000
KPHL 211554Z 05009KT 6SM -SN SCT015 BKN036 OVC049 00/M03 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP186 P0001 T00001028
KPHL 211544Z 04009KT 020V090 3SM -SN BR SCT015 BKN036 OVC049 M01/M03 A3008 RMK AO2 P0001
KPHL 211530Z 05008KT 2SM -SN BR SCT015 BKN020 OVC029 M01/M03 A3008 RMK AO2 P0001
KPHL 211510Z 05008KT 1SM -SN BR SCT008 BKN015 OVC020 M01/M03 A3008 RMK AO2 P0001 RVRNO
KPHL 211502Z 04008KT 3/4SM -SN BR FEW008 BKN011 OVC020 M01/M03 A3008 RMK AO2 P0000 RVRNO
KPHL 211454Z 05007KT 1/2SM SN FZFG SCT008 BKN011 OVC021 M01/M03 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP185 P0000 60003 T10111028 51020 RVRNO
KPHL 211437Z 04007KT 1/2SM SN FZFG SCT008 BKN013 OVC021 M01/M03 A3008 RMK AO2 P0000 RVRNO
KPHL 211433Z 04008KT 3/4SM -SN BR SCT008 BKN015 OVC021 M01/M03 A3008 RMK AO2 P0000 RVRNO
KPHL 211411Z 05007KT 1SM -SN BR FEW008 BKN015 OVC023 M01/M03 A3007 RMK AO2 P0000 RVRNO
KPHL 211357Z 05007KT 1 1/4SM -SN BR FEW006 BKN012 OVC016 M01/M03 A3007 RMK AO2 P0000
KPHL 211354Z 05005KT 3/4SM -SN BR SCT006 OVC012 M01/M03 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP181 SNINCR 1/1 P0003 T10111028 RVRNO

I know it is now late November. However, it looks like the Lake Effect Snow Machine is working overtime right now. Sucks to be in Philly! Bright sunny day here in NYC... but cold!

-Skip

 

[flyersfan31]

What's crazy is how localized it was. Parts of the area had clear skies. We had snow all night, from about 3pm until 10am. Total accum about 1 inch, maybe, on the grass. Not exactly Buffalo.

It doesn't take much to f up traffic into Philly. Something about the NYC airspace - I had a buddy who flies for American explain it all once but I've since forgotten, all but the fact that he hates flying here.