Mount Joy Snowman

Thought the boys played very well last night. Obviously left some points on the field in the first half but overall a dominant performance against an admittedly shaky MSU team ha. This defense is just….whew boy, they come at you in waves.

Low of 24 here. Brisk. Currently 28 under a 1026 High.

I briefly clipped 53 but am with you now at 48.

Putting my feet to the fire; I like it! MJS performs best under pressure! *whispers* I'll stop talking in third person now Back to business. The last couple of days of the month are still pretty far out so tough to get an exact read on, but I'm going with temps a little cooler than what some of the long-range commercial forecasts are currently showing. All in all, I calculated a final nine-day average temp of 38.6, which would be good for a negative 2.5 degree departure off the current average temp of 47.0. Put it all together, and I'm predicting a final mean monthly temp of 44.5, a few tenths below the climate normal period average and a few tenths above the entire period of record average. Put simply, can't get much more of an average November than that. Book it.

Two things I took from this storm, with both being things we all agree on and hope to carry forward through the winter season, are that it was modeled extremely well and was a bit of an over-performer.

1.85” here but I have a feeling my automated gauge under-measured a bit. I bet my cylinder gauge captured more but I’ll never know because it got knocked over into my fire pit, presumably by a dog or a child. Why? Because my lazy ass still hasn’t found a permanent home on which to affix it. So, into the books goes 1.85”.

Add me to the confirmation list. Went out for lunch with the fellas and was colder and just generally more miserable than I expected. What did they say our high should be today, because man it sure doesn't feel like we're getting there. Although I guess this is one of those scenarios where the temp rises after sundown due to WAA being more potent than diurnal drops.

Can confirm I walked through a sleet shower on the way into work here in Harrisburg ~7:15. Enthralling stuff.

Stunning sunrise this morning. Looking extra special along the river while peering out a dirty train window ha.

Low of 28 here. A nice much-needed inch-plus drenching in store for most of the forum tomorrow. National high of 90 at Rio Grande Village, TX and 3 at Mount Washington, NH. MDT running 1.1 AN for the month; should be able to peck away at that over the next ten days. Happy T-giving week, all. Get those turkeys thawing!

Back from camping at Penn State and have .06” in the gauge. About what I was expecting. Looks like some more impressive totals on the way for Tuesday.

Don’t forget the greatest Ego tool of all — the extendable pole saw. A must-have for any property with lots of trees. Up here in the camper outside of State College and the air is certainly changing. Should be a nice crisp blustery mid-November day. Almost time for some orange crushes.

Indeed it does. The curious part is why mine seems to warm a bit more than those immediately surrounding me haha. As for Mount Joy, right you are about the build-up. I’m actually not in Mount Joy. My last house was in West Hempfield but at least had a Mt. Joy address. My current house is still in West Hempfield but I now have a Lancaster address and sit basically equidistance between Lancaster and Mt. Joy. I’m just too lazy to change my name on here and have come to like the MJS moniker ha. I’ve said too much. Time for bed. Zzzzzzzzzz

Thanks, all. I did see a couple other WU stations around me in the 70-72 range but they are the ones that consistently run a little high. Most were in that 65-68ish range. I guess it’s not too far-fetched. Maybe I’m in a bit of a warm spot over here in my new location too. Nothing about it would really suggest that but anything’s possible.

Did anyone else hit 70? Because I did according to my sometimes questionable station ha.

I've been impressed by the relative coolness of your temps lately. The Canderson hotbox seems to be taking a hiatus.

Low of 35 here. Should be a 'beaut today and most of tomorrow, which unfortunately looks like very little rain for us down this way. We are heading up to State College with the kids tomorrow and should see a good bit more up there. Of note, the national high the last couple of days has been below 90. You know what that means........#WinterIsComing

59 was also my high here, guess my thermo is working correctly wahoo!

Yeah I think you're right Jonesy. Here is what I have in my notes for 11/15/18, with an added tidbit about T-giving day..... An over-performing storm held on as mostly snow, causing havoc during midday commute. The most accidents I've ever seen in LanCo. Worse NW with 8" Harrisburg & 11" State College. Coldest Thanksgiving day (11/22) ever for most PA locations.

29 when I left the house. 80 on the train car.

Not shocking. Our lawyers here at work are starting to contract with some sort of AI apparatus that specializes in legal research. This stuff is coming for everyone and everything, for better or worse.

Ain't that the truth friend. Been discussing this very thing with some guys here at work today. All smoke and mirrors with this edition of the Steelers. As you know, my Packers are.......not great ha. And yet, they probably coulda shoulda won that game if not for a couple of things that coulda shoulda happened. Also, in what has become a weekly tradition during LaFleur's tenure, Green Bay is always good for a special teams gaff that comes back to haunt them -- this time by way of a missed extra point that led to them not being able to kick a game-tying field goal at the end of the game. Does anybody think there's much of a difference between those two teams we watched on Sunday, and yet one is 6-3 and the other is 3-6. I digress.

The stations around me all bottomed out around 3am and then the winds picked up and mixed-out the inversion. My low was 35 but it was 41 when I left the house at 6:20am. My high yesterday was 55. MDT is now almost exactly spot-on for its average monthly temp. Onward.

Low of 26 here. National high of 92 at Punta Gorda, FL and low of 3 at Angel Fire, NM. Hoping this system towards the end of the week comes mostly overnight on Friday because we're taking the kids up to State College for the Rutgers game. Yes, I'm a glutton for punishment ha. We have some friends who just got a new camper and invited us to break it in with them at the game. They also have two toddlers so it works out. We'll be staying at Grange Park for the first time. Anyone have any experience there? How did you like it, advice, etc.?

Just got home from the mountains. Low here last night was 30. Gonna settle in here soon for this Packers Steelers tussle.