Mount Joy Snowman

Nope, didn't take it that way at all. Was just clarifying that it wasn't graupel. It's all good, and I must say, being called Mr. Snowman left me feeling quite titillated haha. Has anyone checked on @Itstrainingtime? After checking the snow cams at Mammoth this morning his heart may need monitoring! Also, big thanks to @MAG5035 for that hail clarification yesterday, 'twas very helpful. I had a feeling you would come through with something enlightening and you didn't disappoint. You continue to be one of the bright spots in being a member of this board. Don't ever think your work doesn't go unnoticed or unappreciated. If I ever meet you in person you best believe you're being bought the finest of ales! Happy hump-day to all! *whispers* national low of -35 at Peter Sinks, UT.

Hmmmm in my spreadsheet I don't have anything for June 1 but I do have that I received an extremely heavy rainfall of 3.4" on June 11 with multiple flash flooding rescues needed. Also that there were two confirmed tornados in York County on June 12, less than a mile from my parent's house in Red Lion. Additionally, I have that three tornados were confirmed in central PA on May 23 and another four on May 26. 2011 was just a bonkers weather year. Are you sure it was 2011? For June 1, 2012 I have that heavy storms were all around and dumped 2.89" at my place but I don't have any notes about tornadoes; doesn't mean they didn't happen though. My notes are far from complete.

Haha yes I'm familiar with those random summertime hail snow reports. Hey @Itstrainingtime I'm sure you're aware of this but Mammoth said they actually missed about a foot of snow reporting back during one of their mega storm cycles. They adjusted their totals to reflect that omission and are now up to 667" on the season and should eclipse 700 shortly. Can't imagine how much the summit has received, 900?? Amazing.

Thank you thank you, good stuff. The thing I'm struggling with, at least around here anyway, is that I've never seen hail that didn't at least have somewhat of that milky white appearance to it, whereas this stuff was crystal clear. Then on the other hand, I also haven't seen anything from an atmospheric standpoint that would indicate sleet was possible in that environment (i.e. no layers where a melting and refreeze would be possible). My head tells me it had to be hail but my eyes were telling me another thing. The only thing that's certain is that I've spent way too much time thinking about this haha.

I’m very familiar with graupel and have experienced it many times. This was 100% not graupel. Temp dropped to low 50s while the heaviest stuff was falling. I just know I was watching translucent ice pellets bouncing off of numerous surfaces, and I fully acknowledge the various reports of hail in the area. Who knows ha.

Well I'm doubting myself! But seriously, hard to discount my own firsthand account. From looking at some skew-T's, I do see some very steep lapse rates are in place today so that would obviously help with convection and hail and whatnot, but not sure about possible effects with regards to sleet reaching the ground. Intriguing nonetheless.

Yeah I heard it on the house first so went outside to check and sure enough there was some sleet pinging around with the heavy rain. Funny enough, some people near me appear to have reported pea sized hail on mPing but what I witnessed was most certainly small ice pellets and not the more rounded milky white opaque nature of hail. I don't know man I'm struggling with it too haha.

Very heavy shower just erupted here with copious amounts of sleet mixed in as well. Took me by surprise.

It’s one of those nothing on the radar but it rains all day kinda days. #LowClouds #Easterlies

Yeah it definitely got us good over here as well, the midnight high that is. We had one 5 minute period last night where we got ~1/4” in five minutes. Seems we’re up to ~.7” total. Not shabby.

I saw that hail core on the radar and thought of you. As far as I can tell no hail here but I was busy putting a toddler to bed so it’s possible I missed a brief bout.

Heck of a light show here with gutter gushing rain. Impressive.

You lowlander you.

I’ve got you pegged — you’re the operator of the Creekside Greenhouse on Donegal Springs Road.

Not to quibble, but let's quibble haha. So, all my topo maps show downtown Maytown in the 400-420' range. Don't sass me with your 447' talk Judging from your listed elevation, I'm going to say you're out by the Donegal Springs Airpark?? Feel free to call me Stalker Snowman.

Thanks fellas. I had definitely planned on storing the batteries in the garage so that's good to know ha. Ego is the brand sold by Lowes right? How are they with handling thick spots or slightly wetter grass or stuff like that? Enough power for all that while on self-propel? Anyone else have any personal experience with using them?

No, even though there is some decent green nothing near the point of having to mow. Speaking of which, I'm in the market for an electric mower. Let me hear yinz' advice on what route to go. Who has personal experience and what would you recommend? Need to mow ~1/3 of an acre. Let's hear it boys, thanks!

Yep. Even in our little neck of the woods down here, on strong inversion nights the top of Chickies Ridge (~600-700') will be a good 5-10 degrees warmer than the valleys down below around 300-400'. I've often found a shallow inversion sets up around the 500' level for us. @Itstrainingtime probably is less prone to noticing these extremes as I believe he is right below that 500' mark where the temp swings are more mitigated.

Sitting here on the train as we pass through Etown. I hit 23 in the low lying rural spots on the way to the station. Strong inversion night. From my car thermo readings I would say it set up somewhere around the 500’ level.

Your saltiness is warranted in that case haha. But man can that kid shoot the rock, such a smooth quick stroke (cue the dirty jokes). I fear Penn State used up all of its good mojo in that A&M game. I mean, how often do we see a team shoot lights out from three in back to back games, which is what I think they may need to do again to have a chance. But hey, that's why they play the games.

That and they have an absolutely brilliant point guard who plays with unmatched poise.

No, you're right. He is wrong a LOT haha. I think he gets a pass because he's so likeable and he's just goofy 'ol Chuck. Fair or not ha.

Man, as much as I love Chuck he is always woefully ill-prepared with the NCAA analysis this time of year. It's like they force him to do it. They should just keep him on the NBA stuff but I know they want to leverage his personality and TV chops. I get it but it's just not his wheelhouse. Side note, got to love when Clark Kellogg gets brought down from the attic and dusted off every year around this time

No ha. But honestly, ya never know. Never wise to bet against a hot team! Although the 'ol "live by the three, die by the three" keeps entering my mind.

How 'bout it!? Man what a performance. I don't even know how to feel, as we never get to witness anything like that from PSU basketball. I'm just all out of sorts haha.