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And later that season came 27.6" in mid-February.

My AC was humming as recently as Wednesday. Confession - I did turn it off first thing yesterday morning...

Ah hah! That is what i remember...sort of lol (I didn't remember the snow/sleet on the 24th, but I do remember the rain to snow deal)

I'm in that sub more than I am here, mostly due to activity and the fact that they have some absolutely dynamite posters. (Hoffman, Chill, plus several red taggers are super informative. Plus, our weather often starts down there, so there's that. For whatever reason they are very protective of "their house" and don't welcome outsiders well. Ask @pasnownut about that.

This is why I so wish I didn't stop with my meticulous record keeping in 1997. My memory is not what it once was - when I think back on this event I thought it was a rain to snow scenario...I thought the night before I went to a Christmas eve service in rain, and early the next morning it changed to snow. I honestly didn't remember that it was supposed to be a snow to rain deal. So glad the rain part never came. The other thing I remember is getting up at an obscene time on Christmas morning. My kids were very young and woke up my wife and I sometime around 4am. That probably more than anything else has my memory of all of this messed up.

10" of wet paste...I lost power that day for hours. Can't believe I forgot, thanks...

Terrific post. All true words. Other than 1/6/1996 and 12/18/2009, the cupboard is pretty bare on significant snows before the middle of January. Those are our facts... Now, as the COPP of this bunch, that doesn't mean I don't want it sooner during our peak low sun angle season. (COPP - Chief Of Pack Preservation)

There seems to be unanimous agreement we are shutout for the next 10+ days...there are differing opinions on the timing of the pattern flip, but to your point there were quite a few solid posters/mets who seemed concerned it would take well into January before we see signs of improvement here. One thing we know - things can change quickly. What looks like a good pattern can go to crap and vice versa almost overnight. We wait...

17 here. It woke me heading out for work this morning for sure.

Dude...it was cold. I love cold. But after about 2.5 hours I cried uncle and quickly moved the fam towards the parking lot.

It was a cold night in Hershey. Had a dusting of snow upon our arrival, after that just biting wind and cold.

Agreed. It'd be nice to have a chilly Christmas during an overall hostile period of weather.

There it is! I've been patiently waiting for that picture for a while now. That must have been one heck of a squall...enjoy your snow!

Looks like we might get a backdoor front sometime on Christmas eve?

Dusting here at work. Had near zero vis for about 3-5 minutes. Sorry Brian! I was watching it and wondered if you were in on it. Missed your post above.

There are yellows showing up on CTP's radar. Extremely rare from recollection. I'd hate to be driving in that but I'd love to be sitting by MY window staring at it.

Very dark here across the river from you. Wife reports a squall at home.

Amen. Let's get some snow with low sun angle and keep it around for a while.

Wife and daughter insist that we're going to Christmas Candylane tonight. Why did they have to pick tonight of all nights?....

It's always snowing in Tamaqua!

? That seems more like an observation than banter...

I agree. This group is special and to Bubbler's point we've always sort of managed model discussion and banter all in one thread. (though we do/did have a complaint thread in the past) Because of our numbers it's easy to get to know a little bit more about people which helps make it more personal. I really do enjoy being here.

I remember it well. First big one to hit after I bought my house in Maytown. I had less sleet than Lancaster city did, but it was enough to shave a few inches off the board.

Yes! Although I'd argue that we flip quicker more like 9 out of 10 times, but your point is spot on. With that...ANY time we get a SE component to the wind direction, we're toast. There is nothing between us and the big pond to our east to impede warm air aloft from flipping us over. A lot of times NO models pick up on that. Doesn't matter. We're going to flip.

I appreciate your encouragement and your own personal anecdotes. I am a firm believer in microclimates and totally believe and understand what you're describing for your area. And...this is a discussion board, so there's that as well. Still, I need to be careful to balance things so that our thread doesn't disintegrate into a whine fest. Speaking of which - there are people who complain that rub me the wrong way. I'm sure I rub a lot of people wrong and that bothers me enough to want to post better. One poster who doesn't bother me is Ji. Personally, I love the dude. He has an incredible knack for whining in a way that find hilarious instead of grating. I know he PO's a lot of people but I can't tell you how many times I will literally laugh out loud at my computer reading his comments. I would miss the heck out of him if he ever stopped posting. He knows his stuff, too. Continue...