Mount Joy Snowman

I've only recently started posting and have never done so in the MA forum but as a longtime lurker I completely agree with this sentiment. It's a sh$t show over there far too often for my liking. Don't get me wrong, there are some extremely knowledgeable posters and some great humor as well, but you're right in how wildly inconsistently the rules are applied and who is allowed to get away with what. That's why I just stay over here in this little central PA hamlet tehe.

Most of the things Amtrak does would qualify amongst the dumbest things on the planet. I would know, rode them every day for 14 years pre-covid. I'll likely get back to doing so again if I ever get brought back for in-person work. What can I say, I'm a glutton for punishment.

I hit 50 as well. After another day in the 50s tomorrow with even more sun, and then the always-dreaded overnight low above freezing, my snowpack will be entirely gone by Thursday I reckon, but admittedly I don't have as much as most people in here.

All this talk of ice and frozen lakes and whatnot, I just wanted to throw out there that my buddies and I were playing cornhole on the middle of a frozen lake in the Poconos this past weekend. The ice was at least a foot thick with nearly a foot of snow laying on top of it. It was an F'ing awesome experience.

Didn't they have a bit more sleet down that way? Would also perhaps suggest a wetter snow at times for them being closer to the mix line. We had no sleet until the very end and it only lasted a few minutes and was so light it would not have meaningfully contributed to the total. SLRs can be so tough though, just checked Cocorahs and even within the same counties values can be all over the map. I also don't fully trust that my gauge catches everything frozen, just a hunch that it may slightly undercount in snow events. I did not do a core sample for this event. Haha nope not I. I've always just kept my own records, never reported to anywhere like Cocorahs, NWS Co-op/spotters, etc. Thought about it plenty but never pulled the trigger. I only had 3.5" but I'm like 4 miles SSE of town at a very low spot, whereas I suspect that person is somewhere well north of town more towards the Manheim area. I believe they did a bit better with the totals up that way, they usually do. I take it the Gap report is you?

I’m right there with you at 14:1, measured .25” liquid off of my 3.5” snow total.

Seems like you both got nearly an inch more than I did down here in the "valley".

Snow has let up here, just some very light intermittent sleet falling. Looks like an event total of 3.5". Temp up to 36, roads should be fine later this afternoon.

where is that?

Added 1.2" in the last hour, total of 3.0" so far. Heavy snow continues but my temp is up to 34 hmmmmmmm

10:30am OBS: 32/25 heavy snow continues with vis at or just below 1/4 mile, 1.8" has fallen.

Heavy snow here. The Amish farm out back has disappeared so visibility must be <1/4 mile. Good times.

Sitting at 32/21. Very light snow has just commenced here. Should be a fun couple of hours.

Pocono Pines. Winter Heaven.

It’s saying I cant post a photo from my phone bc its too big? 1.95MB limit or something. Im new to this forum anyone have any advice?

Update from up here in the Poconos at 2,000 ft: It has not stopped snowing for one second since we arrived yesterday afternoon. Hard to say what has fallen but gotta be at least 6” on top of the already wicked snowpack. Lake completely frozen over. Winter wonderland up here.

Poconos travel update: 222 in Lancaster was fine but in Berks Co it remains untouched. Multiple vehicles off the road. Precip has stopped. Onward.

Predominantly sleet mixture here at the moment with flakes still mixing in, visibility way up. 1.2" since my last report at 9am, 3.2" total. Heading up towards the Poconos this afternoon, will try and chime in from the road (don't worry, I'm not driving ha). Good luck to all.

These next couple hours are the business for York/Lanc......

9am observation: 24/17 with moderate snow picking up in intensity, visibility approaching 1/4 mile. 2" total with heavier returns on the way, hoping to avoid sleet but know it's inevitable.

7am update: 23/15 with light to moderate snow falling. .8” accumulation thus far, everything covered.

Good night gents and good luck to everyone in the morning. Latest from Horst....... (1/2) This is one of those winter systems where just 25 - 50 miles will make a big difference in what accumulates. As I see things this evening, the system is stringing out under a rocking upper-level jet w/ less-than-expected right entrance region support. The result may be... (2/2) ...a slight southward shift, perhaps less icy mix (here in Lanco), and a slight reduction in max snowfall amounts. Need to wait & see where the best (narrow) snow band sets up in the AM...but for now no reason to change my earlier idea of 4-8" (Rt 30 north) and 2-5" south.

Good stuff, reminds me of the least squares method for determining a line of best fit in statistics.

This is a great point. So often now a significant portion of the AFDs is just a rundown of the latest model guidance. Don't get me wrong, I still like reading them and enjoy the technical aspects but their deference to modelology is much more noticeable these days.

It would certainly eliminate some of the back and forth nature of this hobby. The highs and lows come at you quick when you live and die by each model run.