Mount Joy Snowman

I get that, and maybe it is just that it's the perfect little inversion spot. After doing some more digging, it looks as though the exact location of the climate station is right near the little creek bed in one of the lowest spots on the property so that could help explain some of it. The thing I struggle with is there are loads of relatively low-lying rural spots surrounded by miles of farmland and they don't get THAT cold. Heck, I drive through just such an example before I hop on the train in the mornings, and it is often 5+ degrees colder than my house but still doesn't reach THV levels. I did notice from some aerial overheads that part of the quarry and its surrounding dry land does butt up against pretty much the whole southern half of the runway. Just searching for something to explain the extremes ha. Who the heck knows. The only sure thing is I have spent WAY too much time thinking about this haha. Back to snow talk!

Hey @mitchnick I see the topic of THV's coldness came up again last night. That, and the fact that it looks like they bottomed out at -1, led me to dig up this post I had a few months ago. Something to chew on. ..... You know, the THV site has always fascinated me. Outside of being a relatively low spot with some minor ridges around that make it conducive to cold air inversions, I think the main driver may be the large quarry and rocky terrain that exists adjacent to it. This lack of vegetation would make for a more arid airmass and allow temps to drop more at night than surrounding locales. This is the same phenomenon witnessed at the Barrens, which is just a few miles outside of State College but believed to be one of, if not THE, coldest micro-climates in the entire state. THV is obviously a much scaled-down version of that but I think that it may be a similar explanation. Food for thought. Anyway, those who want to read about the Barrens can do so here, a fascinating place indeed..... https://climate.met.psu.edu/features/barrens/ Edit: I see you actually liked the original post so perhaps it was unnecessary to rehash it haha.

10 degrees when I left the house this morning. Friday looks like a very similar event to the one we just experienced, i.e. a long duration light snowfall. Sign me up. Although, ratios weren't as great as I thought they'd be down this way.

All wrapped up here. An additional .5" of snowfall since this morning, making for a grand total of 3.1". Nice little event. The craziest part is that it snowed nearly continuously for almost 24 hours and I barely eclipsed the 3" mark. That is impressive in and of itself haha.

2.6” of total snow here so far with a very fine light snow continuing to fall. Temp stuck at 24.

Bedtime report: 1.5” of light fluff here between Mount Joy and Lancaster. Let’s see where this goes!

I couldnt go to bed without acknowledging this post!!! Thats all. That all Ive got gents. Good night!

Yep. Complete garbage. Dont get me started on that mod who inflicted the punishment. Have heard more than enough not so good things about her.

You took the words right out of my mouth! Also, just sat on the front porch for a bit to take this in because, as others have mentioned, these types of events have been too few and far between these last couple years. Just a splendid scene here right now with a rock steady light snow. Everything looks gorgeous. Morning will be glorious.

Steady very light snow here in west central lancaster county. Everything completely caved instantly. Love cold temps at night. Man what a beautiful scene.

Yep. Feels right. Some of the southern hills of Lancaster could pop 5 or 6.

Back home in west hempfield. High of 28 today with current temp of 24. Light coating on most surfaces with light snow on the doorstep and a fresh whiskey in my glass. Angels Envy for those who partake. Have never had before. Let’s enjoy it fellas!

Beautiful mood flakes in downtown Lancaster and the whiskey is flowing. Football later. What a day!

A frigid low of 19 last night and some nice light steady snow on the way. What could be better!? And oh yeah, it’s my birthday! Wife and I are heading into downtown Lancaster for some midday galavanting. Plus my Packers shocked the world ha. Lot to celebrate today!

The models and forecasters alike always seem to struggle with wind, badly.

Winding down here now but that was a fun little half hour. I’m going .2” in the books. Beautiful scene. Hopefully indicative of a wintry week ahead.

Big flakes here right now. This one will definitely go in the books as measurable.

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.