Mount Joy Snowman

National high of only 78 at a few places in southern California and low of -28 in extreme northeastern Minnesota near the Canadian border. Crystal ball says the next three days come in at an average temp of exactly 10 at MDT (crazy), bringing the monthly mean for January down to 26.5, which would be sandwiched between 2011 and 2015 for the 33rd coldest all-time. Book it.

Low of five here, as I sit up a wee bit too high on the ridge, but it looks like most spots around me hit near-zero or below. It's interesting that most of the sites seemed to hit their low pretty early in the night ~1-3am. I assume some clouds moved through. Next two nights may go lower. Onward.

Sure seems like it, maybe the next three nights. I know the initial drop can come quick right after sundown and be a bit deceiving, plus a little batch of clouds or winds can screw things up, but if I were a betting man, yes.

Last night’s low was 10 but already sitting at 11 here at 6:30. Wow.

Yeah even with the odds greatly against us for this one I'm not fully writing off anything south these days until we get inside of 72 hours, perhaps 60 ha.

The river by MDT is completely indistinguishable from the surrounding terrain. Just pure frozen tundra.

Busted high this morning with 11 at the house and 7 through the rurals. The next three nights look like the peak. Amtrak canceled its first train this morning. Streets are a mess here in Mount Joy. Love the chaos. Let’s bring on some more this weekend (I have not checked any modeling recently).

Hmmmm the 57 might be a little too wound up and have a stronger but more tightly wrapped precip shield. Give me the 81 haha.

GEFS/EPS ensemble members at 12z Sun.......

Low of 10. These next few nights will be the peak of pipe-bursting season, keep warm everyone! Looking forward to seeing if this coastal can't get wrangled in a bit more. Probably not "our" storm but also think the possibility is there for improvements. I would have no issues with getting a few inches of fluff on the western flank if that's what it came to. Keen eyes will be monitoring.

My 8.8” of snow/sleet melted down to 1.58” liquid. To get that amount of qpf while sitting in the low teens the whole time and only come away with less than 9” is something else. Man what could have been down this way. Still happy to have a nice solid pack.

Agreed. I think you intended this message for JNS? I was the one pointing out that him doing the hourly measurements likely inflated his totals and that it should be done every 4, or as you've now clarified, 6 hours.

Yeah there are always some looney tune reports in those PNS releases but they offer a good big picture view. Aaaaahhhh so you do measurements every hour and sum them? That would explain your big total. I believe NWS guidance for snow measurements is every 4 or 6 hours, someone can correct me. Not hounding ya for doing it that way, just offering some color as to why people report such varying totals.

The radar is blossoming and it is now officially lightly snowing. Perhaps another day of putting something in the books. Love it.

Can't leave out Blizz and Voyager..... ...Perry County... 1 NNE Liverpool 9.8 in 0720 PM 01/25 Trained Spotter Liverpool 9.5 in 0400 PM 01/25 Public 1 NNE Liverpool 9.3 in 0230 PM 01/25 Trained Spotter Marysville 8.8 in 0417 PM 01/25 Amateur Radio Millerstown 7.8 in 0200 PM 01/25 Trained Spotter 4 ESE New Bloomfield 5.0 in 0820 AM 01/25 Public ...Schuylkill County... 3 N Tuscarora 13.0 in 0630 PM 01/25 Public 1 NE Snyders 11.9 in 0925 PM 01/25 Public 4 WSW Pine Grove 11.0 in 0424 PM 01/25 Ringtown 10.5 in 0505 PM 01/25 Trained Spotter Auburn 10.0 in 0815 PM 01/25 Trained Spotter 4 WSW Summit Station 10.0 in 0408 PM 01/25 1 E Tower City 9.3 in 0445 PM 01/25 Trained Spotter Pine Grove 8.9 in 0840 PM 01/25 Other Federal 4 ENE Rough And Ready 5.8 in 1100 AM 01/25 Trained Spotter