Mount Joy Snowman

This is what I was getting at yesterday. In fact, some of the hi-res models have even improved in that they almost want to reinvigorate the squall line as it heads down towards the SE part of the state, something we don't see too often. Could be a fun little day tomorrow.

Well, that was fun. Got woken up around 4am with what sounded like my house being torn down and haven't slept a wink since. Looks like my temp peaked here at 62 sometime between 4-4:30 right before the frontal passage. Down to 40 now. I only got a total of .29" rain though. Hey, question for the board. Sometime a little before 4:30 I checked the radar and there was an mPing report just to my west (looked fairly close to @Itstrainingtime) for pea sized hail. Is this accurate or was it possibly some sleet mixing down? The wind was too loud and the precip too brief for me to tell what the heck was hitting the house from the comfort of my sheets. Can anybody confirm any unusual precip types or was this person just mistaken?

Saw that, otherwise the record max min of 50 from 1891 may have been attainable.

I'm currently sitting at 65. MDT's high for the day is 63 but they've since dropped back down to 61. The record is 67 from 2011.

Fantasy. Take it to bed.

It looks like we have a solid chance of it staying intact over the mountains. The globals are having trouble seeing that aspect but that's to be expected to some extent, whereas some of the higher resolution models at range are hinting at it. Let's call it a coin flip at this point but I'd take that. Looks like an almost-certainty for folks north and west of the I80/I99 corridor.

Some pretty good indicators at this point that a potent squall line may make its way through the state on Saturday. Heads up for the 'ol I80 pileup!

The story from 0z seems to be plenty of opportunity but a lack of persistent cold air. I'll not be holding my breath. Looks like a windy 24 hour period ahead, not really going to allow for any enjoyment of the mild temps. I hate wind.

Yep, my buddies and I would stay out playing football in the snow until dark set. Once I almost got very severe frostbite on my big toe, was wearing cleats that were too tight and toes got wet in subfreezing temps but kept playing long past the time they went numb. When I got home and took the cleats off my one big toe was blue/purple and couldn't feel a thing; foolishly tried to put hot water on it. Ended up with a trip to the Doc and him telling me I wasn't too far off from losing it. Dumb kid. But hey, we had a game to win.

Low of 23 here, which pales in comparison to the -34 reached at Seagull Lake, MN. 0z suite was a parade of lakes cutters and apps runners. Rain for LSV Thursday has been seriously muted with each successive run; keeps mud season at bay, for now. Onward.

I couldn't disagree more. I only care about the official measured snowfall and prettying up the farm fields and whatnot, but then again I'm a junkie for any type of snow at all so don't mind me ha. I would be shocked if they even have him in the building for that game.

We still have a fair amount of patches and piles around but overall, yeah, not great. Side note, all other things being equal, I've found over the years that urban environments have a much harder time hanging onto their snow packs, for a multitude of reasons. I understand that I'm not exactly providing any groundbreaking analysis here haha.

I'm sitting at 12.5" for this season and 33.4" last winter.

A low of 11 here, some negatives across the northwest plateau.

Just a brutally cold day here with a high of 26 and a stiff breeze.

After much number crunching, Mount Joy Snowman officially endorses your 2" snowfall total. Well done good sir.

I respect the honesty haha. Hey, we've all had out share of questionable measurements. I know you said you're putting 3.0" in the books but do you have the liquid amount from that day? If so, you could back into your snowfall via a reasonable SLR estimate. I came in at 22.5:1 and there were loads of reports in the 20-30:1 range around the region. Speaking of which, the ratios were probably the biggest highlight from this event. As @TugHillMatt mentioned, we rarely see snow with that high of a fluff factor. The low density also had a lot to do with why it was whisked away so quickly.

Low of 16 here and doesn't appear any snow fell overnight. Man, this trailing cold front later in the week means business; 850s go from like +10 to negative teens over me in the span of 12 hours. Unfortunately, it doesn't have much staying power though.

Wow can’t believe the difference between us. You must have been just outside a solid band that stayed over the area for a good portion of the night.

A nice little over performer here — 3.6”! A beautiful scene out there.

Despite what appear to be heavy returns overhead, nada here. Time for bed. Hope to wake up to white.

At the three o’clock hour it was 23 in Erie and 60 in Philly. This front means business.

Yeah very likely MU data. Regardless, as you said, we know our area is the snow hole of the entire region this year. Let’s hope we pull a rabbit out of the hat to change that fact in the last month or so here.

Is that Millersville’s total you’re using for Lancaster? Just curious. If I’m not mistaken LNS doesn’t record snowfall but there’s some coop site at the water plant or something that does, right?

Oh wow, just checked the radar and sure enough a narrow curved heavy band of snow appears to have just gone through your area. Very odd look. Did it amount to anything?