Ruin

49 minutes ago, canderson said:

Mostly just wet. We ran to lunch and the bank. 

ty for the update this means people are just going to be stupid rest of the day and night when this all freezes tonight. People love to go out during storms to shop and eat haha

So pretty much as I thought the dry air really did us in. Temps here are 24. Really not any snow cover on roads side walks

How are roads on the west shore

sad to say this looks to end in a bit unless it fills in just like last storm ended way before it was suppose too. 

Just now, Yardstickgozinya said:

Steady snow 5:15am.

the lightest of snow and looking at the radar its breaking up south west 

1 minute ago, MAG5035 said:

Harrisburg is much farther from the State College radar than here. The further away from the radar the higher the radar beam is. What’s showing over Harrisburg is about 7,000 feet overhead vs here 50 miles closer to the radar where the beam height is about 2,000 feet. It’s seeing what’s still virga over the Harrisburg area. Snow should be beginning soon over there, likely within the next hour or so. 

Oh I thought harrisburg area had its own radar harrisburg airport? just hate the fact it started showing snow many hours before they called for it and its just virga god I hate that word lol

3 minutes ago, MAG5035 said:

Light snow has started here, 25/20ºF

this always gets me how does it always start snowing in Altoona before here even tho we got radar returns first? what is the elevation in Altoona 

sadly 2 hours of blue above me with nothing falling 

sadly last 2 hours radar showed some snow over top of me but yet nothing dp has gone up 4 and temp went up 2. I hope this isnt a case that the system does nothing cause quote on quote to dry.

8 minutes ago, nj2va said:

The bottom 6-9” is a pure glacier with 4-5” of snow on top. No chance. 

Yeah don't fuck up your bsck. It will melt next week 

Looks like its coming in hours ahead of schedule for me. but not sure how much is reaching the ground and how much is just over riding precip 

Just looked at radar and its all rdy in the viewing area surprised its this fast? 

1 minute ago, mitchnick said:

Nws has me back to 2-4". What a mess they are.

ive been saying it on this forum for a while now models generally suck

47 minutes ago, canderson said:

Lots of local schools and businesses already closed for Friday. 

im calling off tires are not the best on the snow.

A little icy mix this evening followed by a little snow at times late, up to 1"; roads and sidewalks are expected to become slippery during the morning commute then 3-6 inches at my dads place. still odd icy mix no signs of ice in the whole state. for me just saw an update 4-6 for myself.

15 minutes ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

Yes, I just noticed that as well. 
This is the point & click for Harrisburg International from a minute ago.

Maybe they will be bumping up the Advisory amounts again this evening?

yeah they normally love to low ball storms. Maybe its the fact we havent had to many before this year and they just dont want people on the roads. I know going into work during the last snow storm at 1pm roads were so empty even tho most of the high ways had very little slush

27 minutes ago, canderson said:

Light snow, treated roads and margins temps. 

maybe for you but my high for thursday is 25 and depending on a few things temps could drop throughout the storm. Good luck 

1 minute ago, canderson said:

My prediction is still limited pavement accumulations, main roads stay clear. It’ll be a nice snow globe so all good. 

with temps being so cold lately why do you feel that way? salt and chemicals still on the roadways? not heavy enough to lay on roads?

so between 3 local news channels I have had 2-3 1-2 and 3-6 lol so bet on 1-6 inchs 

24 minutes ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

Moistening the atmosphere.  Watch your temp drop, dew point rise, RH reach needed levels, and then boom fireworks! Just gonna take a while ha. 

true but needed it to be closer to the event honestly. today its to spotty for it to have snowed in my area sadly. but temps down to 24 all rdy 

Im under a very dark blue band of snow atm but nothing is falling. Temp went from 28 to 25 maybe its just cooling the atmosphere and its too dry.

Not sure how true it is but in the last week. I heard a former meteorologist say that the euro I has actually gotten worse with forecasting because they took some of the power away from the main model run and gave it to the essembls. Ever since then it hasn't been as accurate they did this in 2016. Not sure if that's true

No sun today really at all so far at 28 kinda of surprised me with snow pack and cloud cover a weak wind can bring up so much warm air 

11 minutes ago, DDweatherman said:

3km Nam improvements over 18z & 0z are quite substantial. A good bit south with the qpf swath (similar to what the hrrr did) 

a couple hours ago saw some one talk about the cold air energy getting close to merging with this storm vs what the runs had just earlier today. Does it still look the polar energy is getting closer is thats whats causing better model runs?

14 minutes ago, CoralRed said:

2:23a. Surprised to realize we are way off our westher.gov temp prediction -- by 10 degrees. I wonder if we will drop more? Are they going to update forecast?

Current conditions at Williamsport - Lycoming County Airport (KIPT)

Overnight

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16. Southwest wind around 6 mph.

Fair

6°F 

Humidity    76%
Wind Speed    Calm
Barometer    30.10 in (1020.3 mb)
Dewpoint    0°F (-18°C)
Visibility    10.00 mi
Last update    18 Jan 1:54 am EST
 

down to 10 now at 2:44 temps have more a less stabilized. Temp has gone down slower then the last few hours.