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and as Garth Brooks sings..............and the thunder rolls

6 hours ago, canderson said:

WOAH! Lightning and deep, deep thunder. Nice cell to the west - looks like it’s hitting @Blizzard of 93 but it’s going to miss the city entirely. 

set me straight up out of bed

19 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Meanwhile - back here in Central PA, I found this on CTP's website:

 

URGENT - SPRING WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service State College PA
10:08 AM EST Tue Feb 27 2024

Adams - Blair - Clearfield - Cumberland - Dauphin - Franklin - Lancaster - Lebanon - York
Including the cities of Carlisle - Cashtown - Clearfield - Harrisburg - Mount Joy - Lancaster - Lebanon - Maytown - Rouzerville - Summerdale - York
148 PM PST Mon Feb 26 2024

(this watch does not include Perry County, including the snowy hamlet of Marysville) 

...SPRING MOWING SEASON WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MARCH 3 UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...

* WHAT...Increasing likelihood of the 2024 mowing season commencing. Central PA residents are on notice that the mowing season may soon begin. 
         If mowing becomes likely and imminent, the watch will be upgraded to a warning. Residents of Maytown will likely experience mowing conditions first.

* WHERE...Much of Central PA.

* WHEN...From Sunday afternoon until further notice.

* IMPACTS...Grass heights could exceed 5" or more in areas susceptible to significant grass growth. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stock up on gas now for your lawn mower. Make sure that your equipment is safe to use and is greased and ready. Be alert for sudden rises in lawn growth, and take 

action once grass heights exceed 5". For residents of Marysville, blindly ignore this watch and focus on keeping your snow blowers gassed and ready. There is no emergency assistance in Perry County, so you are on your own if your grass starts growing while you're posting snow maps. 

top notch. i howled.

The John Deere is coming out Sunday for annual service and may make a pass to get #1 in. 

edit to add- i'm hanging a clipboard in the shed with a calendar for documentation purpose.   

24 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Sometimes I actually post more during the offseason. Feels more open to share odd random musings. 

Will you please provide a full detailed PBP of today's 12z GFS? I want to know how many snow maps I can expect at 6:30pm eastern time. 

this is me as well

is there anything more important in Texas then HS football? 

2 minutes ago, Atomixwx said:

Hersheypark stadium just seems to be... underwhelming for the gravity of a state championship game. CV should absolutely not rank over Hersheypark for anything but the first time I drove past that campus, I was blown away. And that never really went away.

Mansion Park in Toontown was not much different from Hersheypark stadium, and that tells you about as much as you need to know.

Having it at Penn State just makes sense. Biggest school in the state, football-wise. The television camera from PCN would love it. Just makes too much sense.

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agreed

57 minutes ago, Atomixwx said:

Big loser of Estadio Beaver being winterized is Cumberland Valley School District, as I guarantee the second the giant erector set is able to host the PIAA State Football Championships, they're headed to State College.

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I heard Hershey was making a big push to get it back. However, i would not be surprised to see State Championships in State College. Softball and baseball is already there 

cloudy, 47

13 minutes ago, Atomixwx said:

Alright so we have enough of an ice shuffleboard fandom here to create a league.

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i need clarity. Is this a curling league that drinks beer, or a beer drinking league that curls? 

35 minutes ago, pasnownut said:

Try this instead .  US is way behind in the love for this game.  If we had sufficient cold, I'd do it....with beer in hand for counterbalance of course.  

if you build it, i will come 

guess i'll be cold on the tractor mowing saturday

31 minutes ago, Atomixwx said:

Twenty-six this morning. Doesn't feel too bad.

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30, not bad at all

12 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

MU is fired up today:

MU Weather Center

 

The #PolarVortex will be displaced toward the Eurasian side of the globe over the next 1-2 weeks, & the MJO should remain weak or become active in phases 4-6 by early #March. Both of these are warm signals for the eastern U.S. It's "all systems go" for #spring starting next week!

 

I'm honestly not sad about it

18 minutes ago, canderson said:

Fun times despite being exhausted after a very long work week. And we had no real snow anyway so kinda a waste but whatever. 

we know, Atom shared the youtube link

1 minute ago, Atomixwx said:

 

 

I'm going to run for president on this campaign slogan.

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will you have sneakers? 

25 minutes ago, Atomixwx said:

So weird to see some person massaging a walrus like that. Usually that move results in something going down at the Hershey Hotel.

I hope he at least threw it a fish.

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i lol'd out loud at this 

23 minutes ago, mahantango#1 said:

So the Most Mows Championship Series could have an early start this year? Who is the preseason favorite to win that coveted cup?

@Itstrainingtime

edit- i will document each mow, i'd like to stay in the running this year. I may fire the John Deere up Sunday to get a jump

17 hours ago, Atomixwx said:

 

 

You just threw your entire generation under an industrial-sized bus. We were told, at any time it was seen as relevant, that you lot walked to school in deeper snow and in colder conditions. Up hill. Both ways.

And now, after all these years I am to believe you may have missed an entire week of school?

I would say my entire life is a lie, but I think it's actually yours.

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 we didn't miss many days and rarely had to make up days like they do now. 

16 hours ago, Itstrainingtime said:

The 1970s into the 1980s featured what seemed like a lot of Carolina snowstorms. I remember being upset so many times looking at a bank of cirrus while Richmond on south was getting plastered. Fortunately, we did have a couple of big hits. More memorable however, was the cold. We had some really intense cold snaps back then. Hell, the Chesapeake froze over to the point that vehicles were out on the bay. That thought seems like a pipe dream today. 

I'm sure that @mitchnick has better memories/experiences of the bay freezing than I do. 

Edit: Here is an article I found from the winter of 1977:  https://www.secretsoftheeasternshore.com/eastern-shore-deep-freeze/

Was just having a conversation with my BIL Friday night, about it doesn't seem like we get the cold like we use to. I remember being on break between Xmas and new years playing hockey on frozen ponds. 

9 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Here's the snowfall aftermath that I pulled - my sources for weather back then were confined to AccuWeather on the radio and my NOAA weather radio. There were no forecasts for anything significant...this was a wave of low pressure that absolutely exploded on the east coast near Hatteras. Storm movement of ENE spared the NE corridor - as you can see, the LSV was just inside the high impact area. 

This was a very dry snow with considerable drifting - how cold was it? I did not keep records at that time for temps, but DC's high that day was 15. So it was probably around 10 degrees during the storm. My dad measured a drift about 9' high in our driveway the following day. 

now that you say this, i kind of recall it being pretty cold and windy. did we have off school almost all week? 

4 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

MA forum talking about the President's Day Blizzard of 1979, which happened to also be on 2/19 like today. You are probably one of the few on here with me who might remember that storm...do you have any notes or memories? I was 14, and went to bed on Sunday night with snow falling lightly and about 1" OTG. Forecast was for 2-4". I woke up around 5am and there was a bush outside my bedroom that was about 18" tall...it was buried. Ended up with about 20" on a forecast literally that night of 2-4". 

Unfortunately any records or notes i had were lost.  The only thing that sticks out is my dad NEVER missed work. When i woke up and came downstairs he was sitting in the kitchen. Said he said he attempted to leave but realized it was a lost cause. 

i haven't watched a basketball game since i watched the movie coach Carter

13 minutes ago, canderson said:

Wow. That’s crazy since it was decently cold. 

Yep, minimal road impact

friend near FTIG had 9.5” and my friend near New Bloomfield said 7-8”

1 minute ago, canderson said:

Just got home. I’ll say an inch if snow.  Not even all my mulch is covered. Roads or sidewalks never caved here. 

Really, wow. I’m putting 4” in my book. 

31 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

Probably not smoothed over like that.  But lollipops are definitely in play you would think.   Models have to determine where, if anywhere, that gap sets up tonight as that will be a low zone. 

who doesn't like a good lolipop?

2 minutes ago, canderson said:

Are you going with 5 or 5.5 with this? I got both and think 5 was compaction. 

It's like shoveling a swimming pool now. Sun's out, sounds like it's raining with the melt. 

I put 6". Definite compaction. 

Just now, Itstrainingtime said:

You did a little better than I did with both of the January storms if I recall correctly.

Steelers just cut Trubisky, Harvin, and Okorafor. 

3.5" for both of those.

Saw that. good moves i believe. 

3 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

My seasonal total is approximate as snow fell while I was in Florida - conservatively, I'm at 16.5" now. 

sitting at 19"