Mount Joy Snowman

Man, as much as I love Chuck he is always woefully ill-prepared with the NCAA analysis this time of year. It's like they force him to do it. They should just keep him on the NBA stuff but I know they want to leverage his personality and TV chops. I get it but it's just not his wheelhouse. Side note, got to love when Clark Kellogg gets brought down from the attic and dusted off every year around this time

No ha. But honestly, ya never know. Never wise to bet against a hot team! Although the 'ol "live by the three, die by the three" keeps entering my mind.

How 'bout it!? Man what a performance. I don't even know how to feel, as we never get to witness anything like that from PSU basketball. I'm just all out of sorts haha.

Haha thanks pal. It really is just a matter of time right now with the kiddos being so young. Sleep can be rough some nights but overall it's getting better, and as crazy as it is we'll look back one day and miss these times, as I'm sure many of you know all too well. I'm actually able to post more while at work, which I'm sure is another thing some of you can relate to haha. Even though I'll go missing for a few days at a time, I'm usually always at least lurking and checking in on things a couple times a day. Sometimes we get caught up with things on the weekends and I don't have time to catch up but I try. Also, Penn State is in the tourney for the first time since the Medieval period and NCAA wrestling Championships start tomorrow, so I've been preoccupied with some other things

'Mornin fellow weather weirdos. These winds the past two days have just been brutal while walking into work in Harrisburg. Last night the house was shaking. Slightly better today but not much. Looks like the highest recorded gust yesterday was 56mph at Mifflin County Airport, which I hear all the major airlines will be offering direct non-stop service to in the coming months. As expected, the major snow totals yesterday were confined to the MA-NY-VT border region. NE PA looks like a highly elevation-dependent general 4-8" type deal, with a couple of higher lollipops. I'm starting to have concerns about the ability of our "storm" to climb the coast for next week. My expectations are about as low as can be at this point. Either way, the remainder of March looks mostly chilly. MDT now at an avg. temp of 40.0, exactly one degree above average. What's happening out at Mammoth Mountain is absolutely amazing to behold -- a weather fanatic's wet dream -- while also recognizing the dangers it poses. National high of 87 near Ochopee, FL and low of -19 at Seagull Lake, MN. Those are my scatterbrained thoughts for the morning. Chao.

Good lord. This thing ended up turning into a total bust, even more than we already knew it to be ha.

1.5" here in west-central Lancaster County, and that's with me probably being a wee bit generous on a couple .1" events ha.

It sure is and that's certainly a possibility, but overall it just seems a bit wonky to me. I think the Goofus is still figuring some things out and needs to clear the map of the current storm.

What a sad looking radar.....classic weak disorganized Miller B look......

We have a flizzard here in West Hempfield Township. This may be as exciting as it gets.

Indeed. They were third at the SC regional tournament behind only Central Dauphin and Gettysburg. They are one of the smallest schools in AAA, so like you said impressive to be beating much larger schools. Good stuff. Back to weather, NAM looks interesting towards the end of its run for Monday.

Ah yes I see him now. Boiling Springs always has a strong program. They just moved up to AAA for the first time this year. Very nice. Good luck to him today as he battles back through consolations. PA States is a real meat grinder.

It's always impressive to makes States as a freshman. There isn't a single freshman in District 3 (Southcentral Regional) who made the state tournament at a weight above 114 pounds. Might these friends of yours attend Gettysburg school district?

Normally this... combined with this... would have me quite excited but yet again, despite the rest of the column being cold, we have to contend with this....

I would add that no matter what happens it's Pennsylvania state wrestling championships weekend! Yes, I'm fully aware that I'm likely the only person on this forum excited by this fact haha. Hang in there Training. Whatever you're going through will only make you stronger. The sun will always rise anew. Sending much love your way my brother.

I thought the same this morning. She was a real 'beaut.

No it’s not overnight. It’s pretty much entirely a daytime event, which is one of the myriad problems given we’re nearing mid March.

It eventually does pull in the cold air and drops like 8" on much of Lancaster County, but yeah, a very bizarre depiction. A lot of changes yet with this one, me thinks.

Nice. That's about exactly what he got as well. He has the luxury of being completely north facing too, so the pack always holds really well. The cams on the PA Grand Canyon Snowmobile Club website have always been my go-to source.

Yep. That whole "State College to Sunbury and points north" area I mentioned a couple days back has always looked solid. My buddy's cabin up at 1800' near the Tioga/Potter border made out great with the last event and is set up nice for this one. Granted, that spot is almost always set up well ha.

Yeah it's been a bit depressing perusing the models this morning. I'm not giving up hope beyond Friday but it would be quite fitting for this winter to end with another series of disappointments. We'll keep scouring for signs of life though, and like I've said previously the ULL pattern could at least be interesting for a couple days.

That's pretty much what I was trying to convey in my post a little while back. He just did it better and with a lot more science backing it. I'll let Elliott have this one

Neither do I, particularly ones that gain this type of latitude without a sufficiently cold antecedent airmass in place. To say nothing of the surface temperature issues that are going to act as a big deterrent to anything falling as white staying white.

I think we are very near a consensus for the Friday threat, with minimal changes from here on out. I see a Miller-B type system that's just a little too disorganized and gains a little too much latitude, while being a bit slow on the transfer and then moving east fairly quickly once it does. All in all, just a snow/rain showery kind of day with some moderate to heavy periods embedded. Accumulations will be tough to come by, with surface temps well above freezing making for inefficient accumulation and no issues on roadways. Perhaps a couple slushy inches on non-paved surfaces would be my take for most of the LSV, with likely less for areas south of Harrisburg. I think you'll have to go up to about a State College to Sunbury type line and beyond before seeing some respectable amounts. Jury still out on the subsequent threats. The real intrigue may reside in the Monday to Thursday period when we're stuck under the ULL, with daily chances for snow showers and perhaps some decent squalls. These setups always surprise. I expect a few select locations to make out pretty well during this period, with temps much more conducive to holding whatever falls. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Onward.

As if we didn't have enough reason to be excited, the 'ol NAVGEM has multiple good looks for us in the coming week! But seriously, is the Navy model just completely disregarded at this point? Didn't there used to be a handy adage about the NAV being the most progressive of the models? Feel free to hit me with a lifetime ban for even bringing this to the table haha.