Mount Joy Snowman

24 when I left the house. Beautiful view from the train this morning, with a salmon sky hovering over a swollen Susquehanna.

Some nice flurries a bit ago in Harrisburg. At one point approaching flizzard status, albeit brief. Looks like 8 inches near Edinboro was the big winner. Onward.

I am confident you will be as well haha. Low of 33 here with some radar snow showers overnight. No evidence of anything. Seasonable week ahead, it seems.

God bless the GFS at 300+ hours. There's no greater entertainment on the planet.

You forgot MJS, or shall I say KMJS, checking in at 2.85". I am now sitting at 37.36" for the year, only a few inches below average.

Low of 27 here. Sunday's system is a doozy with another widespread ~2" for the forum, although folks southeast should have the best chance at big totals. The bulk of the heavy stuff looks to arrive overnight, and then I wouldn't be surprised if many of us see some snow showers drift through on monday night. Fun little system. Happy Friday fellas!

Yeah pretty big inversion night, with some of the local ridgetop stations having lows ten degrees higher than the valley spots down below. As for me, low of 24 under a big 1040 High.

Same as yesterday, 28 when I left the house and 23 through the rurals. Onward.

Low of 28 but hit 23 on the car thermo through the rurals. Pretty typical week ahead it looks like.

Total QPF here of 1.81".

I think I'm going to be in that range as well, just waiting for the snow to melt in the gauge. Brought it inside to speed up the process ha. I'll tell you what, I may have actually had more than an inch here. Wish I would have been able to snag an accurate timely measurement.

You know it's funny, I have a weeeeee bit of elevation on my side here. I'm about halfway up the little ridge here and the back yard is pushing 500'. I know it doesn't sound like much but relative to my immediate surroundings it's something ha, and I think it may have played a small role. As you know, I'm still getting used to this new location.

Yeah I think we got under a nice little band here. Measurement taken off my patio table and that's at least a good hour after the precip shut off so some melting was already underway. I was pleasantly surprised.

An inch of paste on everything non-paved here but melting quickly. Looks beautiful. Low of 32 and current temp of 34. Will get a full QPF reading in a little bit.

Nooner 55 and approaching .4” of rain. Was stuck at 49 most of the morning but temp spiking now.

Yeah Elk is in a great spot for this. But then again, Elk is often in a great spot for snow ha. The hidden gem of PA. I still haven’t made it there for a ski trip.

Not often you’re warmer than me. I briefly peaked at 51 earlier when the sun popped out for a hot minute but back down to 48 now under thick clouds.

This is all too true. Sadly.

Daytime high of 39 yesterday and overnight low of 29. I got .07" liquid yesterday and after obsessive amounts of research I am going with a snowfall of .6", which is more than fair. Could have been a bit more but it was all gone by the time I got home. I believe MU reported .8" and they are 5 miles to my southeast. Almost halfway to my 1.5" total from last year ha. To add to my angst about MDT (that's right I'm not done with those fools), a Middletown guy on Cocorahs reported .5" of snow on .07" liquid. Yet we get a T in the books. Nonsense. As for Sunday, I've always liked the idea of a backend changeover, just not sure how much stickage we'll get coming off a 60 degree day with a soaking wet ground. Should still be a fun little event though, particularly for the more northerly folks. Enjoy the weekend, all!

My hypothesis for that is, with CXY being on the west side of the river and MDT being on the east side, and the prevailing winds being westerly in nature, that the relatively warm late-autumn water has a slight but noticeable impact on the temps at MDT. The opposite effect would be true in spring. But I am certainly not above being skeptical of MDT’s accuracy either haha.

Forgive me gentlemen but I am about to go OFF! I promise you there was measurable snowfall at MDT today. Promise. I went right by the damn place at like 6:58am and there was already a solid tenth on all non-paved surfaces and it continued to snow for many hours for god’s sake. I understand temps weren’t ideal for accumulation but they werent’t terrible either. Not to mention this occurred during prime early morning hours for minimum solar. There is NO way a proper snow board being properly checked would’t have registered at least a tenth or two, conservatively. MJS will not stand for this blasphemous record keeping!

That would be nice. I checked some of the Penndot traffic cams along Routes 30 and 283 down my way and it looked to really be coming down.

I'm not home to measure but that's what I'm thinking for an early call too. There's actually a nice band over western LancCo as we speak.

Yep, from Mount Joy to Harrisburg. Been doing it for 17 years. Love it. Although, since Covid it's only been twice a week. We go right along the river for a good portion of it and right by MDT. If MDT tries to say they had only a Trace I'm having someone's ass ha. There was at least .1" when I went by and that was at 7am when things were just ramping up. My wife has been sending me pics from home (no, not those kind) and this will definitely be going in the books for me as the first measurable event of the year.

Low of 28 and I can see from my train seat that it is currently lightly snowing in Elizabethtown as we make our stop.