Mount Joy Snowman

75 here as well. We hit the river trail north of marietta earlier. Let’s see what this line does, don’t think it will be anything too noteworthy.

High of 74 here. Gorgeous. Time to grill up some burgers.

A low of 40 here with .21" rain yesterday. Currently at 42 under dense fog with visibility <1/8 mile. Just like that, the lower 48 is back to seeing triple digit readings, as Falcon Lake, TX hit 101 yesterday. National low was the usual suspect of Peter Sinks, UT at -23. Tomorrow could be a mildly entertaining weather day, first T-storm for some perhaps.

Oh totally agree. I'm asking what your personal tradeoff is, if say you had to move south? How much would you have to gain in elevation to feel like you weren't losing out from your prior position? Yes a random inquiry I know, but these are the roads my brain goes down at times ha.

That you are. This brings to mind something I have thought about in the past, that being, in terms of negating expected snowfall losses, how much would you be willing to give up in latitude to gain in elevation? For example, I think I would would want to gain at least roughly 100 feet in elevation for every 10 miles I moved south, or something to that effect. To put this in perspective, as the crow flies I'm about 25 miles north of the Maryland border, so I'd want to gain 250' in elevation if I moved there. Thoughts from others??

Seems like I'm one of the only people around here who has yet to hit 70 this week (69 yesterday) but that should end tomorrow. A low of 47 here with a cool moderate rain having just moved through, on the order of like .01" per every five minutes. National high of 94 at Rio Grande Village, TX and low of -1 at Estcourt Station, ME; won't be long until we're seeing some triple digits and no more negatives.

Hot damn! You and your little heat island ha. 69 here today.

Well I'll be a monkey's uncle! Time to celebrate with the first grilling session of the season -- mid-rare steaks, grilled tri-color potatoes, and lightly seared asparagus.

Yes as Training mentioned Mount Joy has ample parking, as it was remodeled right before we all got sent home for "15 days" haha. I will say, the borough was talking about charging for parking at the new station but I don't think they actually implemented anything, and even if they would there is plenty of free parking in residential areas around the station, much to the chagrin of the residents. It has a slightly limited schedule compared to Lancaster but otherwise is a much easier place to go out of, highly recommend. I knew Middletown was getting a new station but have yet to see it. I do miss the train sometimes, riding along the river and seeing the early morning fishermen. Relaxes the soul.

I used to wake up at 5:30 everyday and was on the first train heading to Harrisburg out of Mount Joy, neck tie and everything. Now? I roll out of bed at 7:15 and log onto work in my knickers. Depressing, really ha.

A lot of truth is said in jest

First order of business is creating separate classes for schools with boundaries and schools without boundaries. Too much consolidation of talent going on at private schools that get to classify themselves as small.

I would gladly take the reigns but first working on becoming President of the PIAA to fix that monstrosity haha.

Embarrassed to say I didn't think of this either and I even umpired one year haha. It's a really great point. More generally, if they push back the school schedule as a result of this it would have a negative impact on all after-school curriculars.

Top of the morning to you! Unfortunately, no I have not reached out to CTP about that issue. I don't have any contacts there and honestly just haven't had the wherewithal to do it this time. I've got a boy about to turn two and a nine month pregnant wife about to burst at home, so I've been worn the F out ha. Maybe next time. Hey @canderson what did I tell ya about that Senate bill!? I see no reason why it won't pass the House. Although I must admit, hearing the other folks talk does have me feeling a bit nostalgic about the early darkness around the holidays. But bottom line is, more times than not, I'd rather have that extra hour in the evening. I think the vast majority of people agree on not changing the clocks anymore, just a matter of whether you prefer Daylight or Standard. I'm certainly sympathetic to the arguments on both sides and my main concern would be what this does to schooling, as I really don't want to see any changes to the school schedules. End of the day, I think it's more good than bad. People will adjust, as we always do. High of 67 here yesterday, low of 35 last night. A perfect 10 is upon us gentlemen, enjoy it. I'll be firing up the grill for some steaks, asparagus, and potatoes. Got to keep that pregnant belly full -- not mine of course, my wife's, although they tell me men can get pregnant now so who knows. Chow!

Topped out at 56 yesterday and bottomed out at 30 last night. Looking forward to the upcoming stretch of weather.

Figured it out! It was @Blizzard of 93, now THAT I should have known haha.

Damn that one flew right over my head. I should really know this. Believe it or not, I am still learning the various personalities on this board.

I should have known it was you! Ha, a regular gumshoe if I do say so myself.

Low of 23 here last night. Getting the grill fired up this week, which tells you everything about the weather we're in for tehe. So, I can't remember who, but someone in here had mentioned this weekend about MDT reporting periods of moderate and heavy snow yet adding very little to their totals. Sure enough, I just went through their five minute observations and during that final blast of snow in the afternoon which led to whiteout conditions and accidents and all that, they were reporting a solid half hour period with moderate to heavy snow and visibilities ~1/4 mile but only added a T of liquid and from what I can tell nothing to their snowfall. I mean, c'mon what are we doing here. MDT lists a total daily snowfall of 3.0", which I guess seems reasonable but there's no way that last band was properly accounted for. A Cocorahs observer in Middletown totaled 4.2" of snow, which ironically enough would have broken the previous Harrisburg daily snowfall record of 4.1" from 1959. Hmmmmmmm.

It’s okay, I’ll allow you to be wrong once Yep. Beautiful stretch incoming.

I vote for permanent Daylight time, would much rather have the extra light in the evening for practical purposes. Getting up in the morning is hard no matter what the daylight situation is haha.

There is a bipartisan bill out there right now to do just that, keep us on daylight time forever. Not holding my breath though, as we’ve seen this rodeo before.

My low here was 15, while MDT only hit 20. JST hit 8. Highest snow total I could find for PA was 11.8” just outside the PA Grand Canyon, which was a pretty big outlier.

Already down to 18 here. Goodness.