Mount Joy Snowman

The owner is the younger brother of a guy I graduated with. A lot of people around here use them. They have really exploded over the years.

It's Thursday Nut! I know I know, long week, getting old, all that haha.

Low of 32 with .25" of rainfall. Saturday's forecast for Happy Valley keeps seeing the temps inch downward while the winds go up. Lovely. Tomorrow could be a pretty scene around parts of the mid-state. Here's an obligatory cabin snow pic from this morning........

Yeah all it takes is a couple knuckleheads not knowing what they're doing to screw everything up. On the rare occasion I've been out that way on Route 30, I have noticed that those ones tend to back up a good bit more. Are the 30 ones two-lane roundabouts? I can't recall. The new ones on 222 that I referenced are all two-lane and seem to move really well, although I'd imagine there are more fender bender type accidents.

Haha yes that Maytown one is a bit funky. They can be very beneficial though. The ones they installed on 222 between Reading and Allentown have made a world of difference when traveling through that corridor.

It's funny, I had absolutely no frost in my yard and temp was sitting well above freezing. It wasn't until I got to some of the more rural areas around Mount Joy that I hit the 20s and noticed frost.

35 at the house when I left (have a feeling this will drop some more) and 27 through the rurals.

You're not wrong haha. But I'll leave it at this: I've tailgated in worse, much worse.

CTP's thoughts for Friday..... .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... Clipper moving across the Great Lakes on Fri should produce a little light snow, but does not look like a significant snowfall. However, the GFS has the sharpest part of the upper trough passing overhead late Fri/early Fri night. Temps are already cold, but depending on timing, SNSQ are possible, esp if the forcing arrives mid-aftn. The air mass behind the clipper system is very cold, and we have made sure to stay on the low side of guidance for temps Sat- Sun night. Sun night may be the coldest as the sfc ridge will be cresting overhead and lake effect clouds will be going away.

Yep. I do think once they get real cheap people will scoop them up, but not all of them. The bigger issue, as has been mentioned, may be lodging. I haven't looked but is there even any available?? Or at least any that doesn't break the bank? Weather not helping the cause either. I see what you did there!

I can't blame ya for that decision. Come Saturday afternoon I may be wishing I had done the same ha. Might be time for a new pair of long johns. Almost forgot.....Penn State!

Yes sir. Reserved tickets as soon as they sent the email out to season ticket holders weeks ago. I don't know if it'll be a sellout, due to the myriad of issues discussed earlier in this thread, but I'll be there doing my part. Tailgating bright and early. We plan to be there right when the lots open at 7am. Frosty.

Nobody thinks that. If they do they're a fool. No team in this bracket can afford to take any other team lightly. No real gusts forecasted but winds pretty consistent out of the north around 10mph. Juuuuust enough to add to the chill. It's gonna be a damn cold game, tailgating even more so. If we're lucky, ground may even be white due to some light Friday snowfall.

Couldn’t even see the runway at MDT as we went by on the train. #ThickFog

.08” of rainfall. State College now projected to have a high of 29 Saturday with a low of 10. I dig it.

.1" of snow and .55" of total liquid. MDT not even managing to record a tenth of an inch of snow seems highly suspect but nothing we haven't seen before from that place. Really liking how the weather is shaping up for the PSU game on Saturday. Wouldn't be shocked to see a few stray flakes flying through the air either. Sad about how things went down with Beau. Timing is obviously not ideal. College football, for as great as it is, is such a mess in so many ways right now.

Your endurance is impressive Blizz!

I like where your head’s at! Still feel like the Packers are a year away but man they’re not a team that anyone is going to want to play early in the playoffs. NFC North is just brutal.

You doubled me up, as .1” will go in the books here. Still pleased to see wintry and hopeful for more in the not too distant future.

A beautiful evening here in West Hempfield Township. We will have our first measurable snowfall of the season, which was not expected. Excited to see who can cash in north of harrisburg. Packers play the late game tonight so I’ll be hanging around ha.

Thanks mate. Not like it’s anything too special but i do think they’ll be some surprises with this one. Never expected us southerners to be in the game.

Low of 21, currently sitting at 28/21. Continue to like this event for true central PA, particularly the corridor from state college to scranton. Could be some 6” lollipops, perhaps even a little south of that corridor. No show down this way but would love to see some fat wet snow globe flakes, which I think we will at some point, albeit briefly. No need to throw 10:1 maps around in a marginal event like this. As always, put me in Laporte. Ah you know what, put me on top of Seven Mountains for this one and call it a day. Cheers!

Looks like 35 will be the high here.

Impressive chill out this way today. Sitting at 33. I imagine a number of places will fail to get above freezing. As others have mentioned, the lack of wind is much welcomed.

Low of 18.