Mount Joy Snowman

Aaaahhhh rats I should have known haha. Too focused on watching Penn State wrestling. Brain too distracted.

This one went right over my head. Apologies haha.

I went out right before sundown to check our propane tank and couldn’t believe the depth of the snow in shaded spots. Seems like it’s barely lost an inch. Love it. #PackRetention

Flurries have broken out here. Plows down.

Low of 14. Nothing here but love hearing that some of you woke up to a coating of snow, always a pleasant surprise.

I know my friend, I know. Just razzin ya a bit. Merely lamenting the GFS long range shenanigans, but I would never say we’re done in January. I don’t call curtains until April. I’m a snow junkie. I’ll take it however and whenever.

The GFS showed a monster at 300+ hours!? GET OUT! Bahahaha but I still love ya Blizz

I am indeed, especially my backyard. Hills are always at a disadvantage in that they receive less snow, same amount falling from the sky but has to cover a larger surface area than it would on a flat surface. Think right triangle. North facing slopes are able to more than counteract that loss by getting way less solar wattage. Southern facing hills get double-whammied and can look paltry pretty quick. There's nothing Harrisburg loves more than dumping mounds of salt all around the capitol complex, to the point where we're walking knee deep in the stuff ha, and leaving all the side street sidewalks completely covered.

Indeed, in fact I'm here today too. Just went to Market for lunch. Yes, I would say the pack is a wee bit thicker up this way. Not sure if that would make any difference with regards to temperature, since everything down our way is solidly covered too. I think the frozen river works wonders for the Harrisburg locations and allows a place like MDT to realize its full potential on shallow inversion nights. I mean, it's in about as low of a spot as you can get ha, and has those high ridges around it. The only thing preventing it from going lower on most nights is the river presence. Cover that baby up with ice and that worry is gone. I think it helps cool the city too, don't see how it wouldn't.

Just realized MDT broke the daily record for coldest mean temp yesterday at 5.0 degrees.

If there’s one thing that remains true in this game it’s that predictions made for months out, while better than they used to be, are still virtually impossible.

4 at the house when I left, lowest car thermo reading was -2. I think it’s fair to say this week has been one of the more impressive cold outbreaks of our lifetimes.

I wonder if MDT can keep it close to the min max record of 14 for today? Some PA sites won't be far off from the national low, which was -26 at Clayton Lake, ME. Without doing the necessary research, I'm thinking these are the coldest temps at MDT since the 1994 outbreak. Can anyone confirm?

Yes that's an Amtrak favorite ha. Come to think, they only opened one door this morning, likely the same issue.

Yes I’ve dove into this topic a couple of times over the years. Low spot along a ridge line in a rural area. Have also speculated about what looks to be a quarry or large barren rocky area right next to the airport. At least in the past when I checked on satellite view it showed up prominently. Lack of vegetation is a major component to areas the go anomalously low during inversion nights.

I wait in my car until a couple minutes before it arrives. You can use the app to track. It was running 15 mins late today. Train cars are nice and heated though. Just passed by MDT. The river is more solidly frozen than I’ve seen it in many years.

Zero at my house when I left, will likely go negative. Car thermo hit -11 through low rurals, showing -8 right now at the Mount Joy train station. Wild.

Have not seen a single flake here.

Horst doesn't tweet much anymore but he just said in his 40+ years in the weather business this is the first time he has seen a blizzard warning on the Gulf Coast.

No, other than to confirm what you're saying. Millersville seems to be the unofficial official gatekeeper of Lancaster weather records.

What a scene at Laurel Ridge State Park......

Low of 4 here. Looks like the lowest temp on CTP's PNS was -20 near Lopez in Sullivan County. Smethport hit -19. This snowpack isn't going anywhere.

Wow!!

Deal! Normally yes but this week I don’t come in until Wednesday. We should barely lose any pack the next few days.

Thought you all might get a kick…..