Mount Joy Snowman

Beautiful squall moving through here at the moment. Near whiteout conditions with heavy wind gusts.

Low of 26 here. Everyone be careful with the squalls out there today. My wife actually has to drive to MDT this afternoon to pick up her brother but it looks like everything should be through by then. Fun week of cold and snow ahead.

How dare they deprive us of a playoff snow game!? Here’s the thing, there’s no guarantee that it will be THAT much better monday, and these lake wffect bands can be fickle with location. Hogwash! Now a short week for the winner too.

Yeah this is likely true. I LOVE a crazy snow game as much as anyone and am in no way advocating for moving the game, but I fully expect it to be a complete shit show haha.

Yeah we could really stand to dry out for a bit. My yard is spongy.

1.05” of rain here and NWS has “heavy snow” in my forecast for tomorrow, with total accumulations under an inch haha. Haven’t checked anything. Is tomorrow a squall day?

Exactly what the Steelers want and need haha Never!

Man do I love seeing us entrenched under that 850 -20 line by late next week. If we can get some fresh snow on the ground prior, look out. Need to knock back that cool 7 degree AN at MDT ha.

Early prediction: Birds fire Sirianni and Belichick ends up there.

Anyone else think some of the snows being depicted over the last few days for the monday/tuesday period have almost an anafrontal look about them? Speaking of prior to the coastal really getting going.

GFS and Canadian look great and Icon is fine. Optimism cautiously growing.

Low of 38 here. I continue to remain very intrigued about the pattern for the back half of January and am feeling very good about multiple widespread opportunities for snowfall and prolonged cold. Also looking forward to following this lake effect event that seems to have its sights set on the south towns of Buffalo. I'm sure the Steelers would love for that game to get all mucked up. My Packers, however, are traveling to a dome where Jerry's boys are likely to drop 40 on them in their sleep, but a boy can dream. National high of only 78 in Miami and low of -16 near Hilger, MT. Onward.

Had a few scattered downpours during the overnight hours that brought my storm total to 1.94”. More rain Friday and then hopefully a shift to some winter tracking.

Completely agree. Winds were pedestrian, and I’ll check the rain gauge in the morning but I know I’m under 2”. Biggest story was the strength of the snowfall across the I99 corridor.

Wait what?? I’m aware of specific trains being canceled but not all of them. Where did you hear this? I’m talking about tomorrow’s schedule, FYI.

Closing in on an inch of rain here as I sit at 50 degrees. Winds not too bad yet. Some more heavy stuff on the way.

One thing I'm keeping an eye on that looks to be almost a given at this point is the lake effect machine really getting ramped up in the wake of Friday's system. Could make for a very interesting game between the Bills and Steelers Sunday afternoon.

12z Euro keeps the storm idea in tact for the 16th. She's been consistent in showing it.....

CTP upping the totals bigly, as expected....probably still low in a number of spots.....

Be leery of those friends who just stick a ruler in the grass haha! Always good for inflating by an inch or two. I actually had a buddy do this same thing over the weekend; told me he got 3.5" but when I told him not to measure in grass he came back with 2.0" ha. All the official reports from NWS are right around 2 or less for the entire county with one exception -- a 2.7" from near Manheim, so you may be right! Although even that was under 3 and the source for that one was listed as "public" so who knows, could be another grass goblin haha. Nothing on Cocorahs above 2 in the county. I'm not giving you verification so suck on them apples (and yes, two shits are not given here either, just happy to see white).

Yeah I'm thinking the heaviest of the qpf stays confined mostly to Mt. Holly's areas. @pasnownut I'm thinking the cabins up north get a nice thumping through about lunch time. Low of 28 here. Currently 35 with light rain breaking out. I have been, and continue to be, VERY intrigued about the prospects for next week.

.02" from yesterday's rain/snow showers and a low of 36. Snow in the yard hanging on for dear life. Whether rain or snow, looks like we have an action-packed couple of weeks ahead. I still remain optimistic for what the back half of this winter can bring. Onward.

Some nice mood showers just rolled through here. Started as rain but then a decent period of snow. No accumulation. Temp up to 34. Hosting another family gathering today. Orange crushes ready to go in the fridge. Big day of football. Go Packers!

Wow my total QPF here ended up being 1.2”. A real shame I could only squeeze two inches of snow out of that. Temp hasn’t moved from 33 all night and remains there now. Might get some stray snow showers today from this coastal development.

Great post. The answer is….we don’t. That’s what makes this hobby so infuriating haha. But also, if the models were simply dead accurate all the time, we wouldn’t have this hobby. We all love it, even with all its flaws.