Mount Joy Snowman

Low of 20 here. A couple cool days to get through before our warmup begins. 

18 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

One of the heaviest squalls in recent memory is here - melted grassy areas are getting covered. Temp has crashed to 29 quickly.

Squall has arrived here as well! Temp also 29. 

Snow squall warning approaching @MAG5035 !

Back home in West Hempfield and 3.1” is going in the books. And a light midday snow has broken out here to boot! 

It appears I underestimated here in Morgantown. Just did some measurements and 3.5” seems like the number. Not shabby. On way back to Lancaster soon. 

3 minutes ago, canderson said:

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

Yeah it seems no matter the total, roads never caved anywhere.  We are getting one last band rolling through here in Morgantown. Decent rates! 

Looks like maybe 2” here in Morgantown. Still lightly snowing. Big disappointment as that heavy band on the radar stayed just north of us last night. Thought we would have a more uniform type event. 

Flakes have broken out here in the tri-lanc/berks/chester county line! 

Alright boys, I’ll be reporting from my sister in law’s house in Morgantown up near the Lanc/Berks/Chester line at 600’ elevation. They have a damn good snowpack still up this way. Let’s get it! 

8 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

@mahantango#1 just posted that he did. 

Ah yes.  I even read that post ha.  #MorningBrain

I know this is not priority at all at the moment haha but I will ask again, did anyone receive measurable precip during the last 24 hours?

Low of 32 here with a nasty gust front overnight that woke me from my slumber.  Looks like LNS had a wind gust of 46mph.  Love seeing the models ramp up a bit as we approach game time.  This seems like a pretty straight forward event with not a lot of twists to it.  We should all wake up to a beautiful scene on Saturday.  National high of 84 at Miles City, FL and low of -16 at Cut Bank, MT (I like that name).

I'm debating whether to put .01" in the books from yesterday.  My auto gauge measured .02" but almost certain that was just a bit of residual snow melt.  The manual gauge is frozen but looks to maaaaybe have .01" in it if I squint.  Did anyone else get anything measurable yesterday or through the overnight?

Low of 20 here should help firm up the snowpack a bit.  I'm thinking shaded areas can last until Friday night's snow, which by the way, I'm loving the trends on.  Snow on snow baby.  Let's do it.

7 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

That sound we all hear is one of our regular posters, from Mt. Joy, breaking out T-Squares and calculators to help figure out this issue!  

 

 

You have no idea how excited I was reading that. Dead serious. I have big problems 

Low of only 31 here. Should drop much lower tonight. Glad to see the trends are good for a nice little event to kick off the weekend. 

1 hour ago, Itstrainingtime said:

At home - all snow on my south-facing lawn and under/around trees is gone. Still a couple/few inches elsewhere. 

Like @canderson - my neighbor down the road did not touch his driveway, nor was there any activity on it. His driveway was almost completely dry an hour ago. 

@Mount Joy Snowman- I'm at work now as I have a few in-person meetings this evening. 441 from Columbia to Washington Boro...hardly any snow left to be seen. The park in Washington Boro is probably close to 75% free of snow. 

Oh wow.  Being right there low along the river certainly doesn’t help — call it the MDT conundrum.  My yard still looks pretty good. I just got done shoveling the driveway (WNW facing) and there was about 1-2 inches of heavy wet stuff left on it. I would have let it go for tomorrow’s sun to finish off but have to leave early in the morning and didn’t want to start the day with a face plant ha. 

Just melted down the gauge and total liquid for the event is 1.21", of which the first .5" fell as plain rain.  That leaves .71" for my 5.5" of snowfall, which equates to an SLR of 7.75.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Also, I wanted to mention that I thought the HRRR was an absolute stud with this storm from the time it came within range.  It handled the track and evolution pretty darn well, along with the NAM.  It also absolutely nailed the rain to snow changeover time, as well as the snow-ending time, and was pretty darn good with totals too.  All in all, it just offered up a really good depiction of how the storm played out.  Just one man's opinion. 

2 minutes ago, canderson said:

MDT recoded 5.9” snow today. 

Ukie not yet ready to play ball for Saturday but seems like it may be close.....ish.  Hard to tell from my limited view of the maps.

6 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Lord knows we love the overnight arrival too, don't we.

GFS with a much better look and evolution this go'round.  What's crazy is we're already under four days until this event.  Won't be long until the Meso's are in range ha.  Nothing better during the winter than having one event lead into the next.

Man, I really like the look at the end of the NAM and RGEM runs, to go along with what the Icon is showing.  Would be another quick hitter but could be a fun little advisory type event to kick off the weekend.

3 minutes ago, GrandmasterB said:

I’m on top of a large hill and very far north…just one mile to the TP so I often do better than other Lancaster locales.

That makes sense.  Up near Brickerville are ya?  I used to fish at Speedwell quite a bit.  What's your elevation?

4 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

MU's Elliott measured 6.7" at his home 4 miles ENE of Dover. 

MU was lagging behind - they were only at 3.5" at 8:30am. 

Okay, that kind of backs up what I was saying about some marginal temp issues perhaps reducing accumulation down this way.  I wonder how the southern end did?

10am FINAL Obs:  Temp up to 35 as snow has tapered off and skies are brightening.  An additional half inch brings my storm total to 5.5". 

It sure seemed like I was under some of the best radar returns for most of the morning but a lot of you did a bit better than me.  I'm thinking my marginal temps reduced the efficiency of my accumulation at times.  Anyway, very pleased and a stunning scene out there!  I will get a liquid measurement a little later and report back.  On to Saturday.....