Mount Joy Snowman

It seems we got down to about 35-36 here but some low-lying rurals nearby did slightly drop below freezing. No real signs of frost but I brought the plants in last night to be safe. Looking more and more like Saturday will just be another strung out frontal passage that dries up upon approach. Really hope I'm wrong because outside of that and some very spotty convective activity there isn't much of anything in the extended forecast. This really could end up as one of the driest Mays on record if things keep up, as someone mentioned recently (forget who, apologies). Anything around an inch or less would put us solidly in the top ten and half an inch or under would be top 3. The record for MDT is .29" from 1902 and we currently sit at only .15". Will be interesting to follow. The eastern US captured the national low, with Mount Washington checking in at a brisk 12 degrees. Enjoy the weekend everyone. Let's hope for some moisture Saturday, and in any case, it looks like another beautiful Sunday. Cheers!

Just a perfect crisp spring week ahead. Really digging this spring. Could sure use some rain though. Cool nighttime temps will help to stave it off but the grass will start to show it soon if things don't improve.

Light to steady rain here most of the day amounted to .2”. Thought it would be more when I checked the gauge but we’ll take it.

Tell me about it. Been noticing for days that we are on a razor's edge when it comes to rain Saturday morning. Wouldn't be surprised to see the grounds stay dry again ugh. Not much in the pipeline after that either. You're right about Sunday though, looks like a can't miss kind of day.

Heck yeah it is. The wife and I are taking the boat out on the river tomorrow and it's looking like another perfect ten kind of day.

Morning all! Nice little inversion night, with most places around me bottoming out in the mid 40s but the low-lying rurals reaching upper 30s. Interesting about the smoke. I still can't believe we ended up a couple degrees above average for yesterday. What a compete forecast bust, but hey, it happens. Looks like we'll only be a couple degrees BN by the start of next week. Then things look to be a bit more seasonable with some cool shots of air even likely for the extended period. I'll bet May ends up somewhere around average, which I think we'd all take in a heartbeat.

I haven't found anything over .01" yet and the vast majority are just zero. Even those heavier looking radar returns over York haven't seemed to add up to much of anything on the ground. Crazy to think we have a chance of actually having a near-normal day today temp-wise, never saw that coming.

Despite decent returns on the radar, none of the WU stations near my house reported anything. Dry air winning out. Skies already brightening up a bit up here in Harrisburg.

Seems like we could be in line for a pretty big forecast bust around here, with next to no rain and temps popping near 70 late this afternoon. Quite the contrast from what was portrayed leading up to this period.

Just a splendid weekend. Saturday was perfect for our three year old's birthday party. The mojitos and mint juleps were flowing like water -- for the adults, not the three year olds ha. Just a pinch of rain over here yesterday, not enough to even wet the ground. Outside of tomorrow, it looks like a great week ahead. National high/low of 105/11 at Rio Grande Village, TX and Peter Sinks, UT, respectively. Onward.

Yep, some cool nights should help mitigate the plus departures. It will be a slow slog back to normal but I do think it's likely we eventually get there, even if it takes all month.

Still ten degrees below average and yet we're thrilled; tells you how things have been going ha. Looks like we'll be above normal for a lengthy period this month though, so relief is on the way.

.02" yesterday and the 6th straight day with measurable precip. Thinking it will be tough to reach 7 but not out of the question. In the last 11 days I have received 3.71" of rainfall. The Toro is going to have its work cut out for it when I finally get around to mowing on Friday.

And to think Snowshoe has another 1,000' of elevation in addition to that, albeit another 50 miles south and perhaps not in as consistent of a flow. Either way, great stuff!

Saw a report of over 10" near Davis, WV. Seven Springs had some good snow falling on the cams this morning. Here is the scene in Snowshoe.....

An additional .04” of rain yesterday for me. Now five straight days with measurable precip; thinking today makes six.

They really are. I checked the Seven Springs cam a little bit ago and it was a veritable whiteout!

Just checked their cams and they are solidly covered already. I really think they could see a foot through today and tomorrow.

Snow in the Laurels.....

An additional .07” of rain for me. This does not include the moderate showers I was driving through on my way to the train station this morning. 43 degrees. Raw.

My final tally from yesterday is exactly 1.00", most of which fell in a beautiful ground-soaking light to moderate form. My three-day total is 2.32" of glorious drought-busting H2O, which IMO, in aggregate, was very well modeled for the most part. That total doesn't even include the .7" I received last Wednesday. If it weren't for these abnormally low temps to start the month the grass would be humming this week. As it is, I expect the mowers to be out in full force by the end of the week. Speaking of cool temps, the records for lowest high temp for May 2/3 are 50/49 -- something to keep an eye on. Also curious to see if these snow showers in the coming days can lay anything down in some unsuspecting parts. Fun times. Enjoy the week ahead, everyone.

Yeah I had the same thought, that obviously Friday was included in his total. All the stations around here are right around an inch for the day or even a bit under. I’ll grab my final tally in the morning but i know at last daylight i was probably only .8-.9ish, glancing from afar.

Well the NWS still shows a high of 61 later. Who knows if that will actually happen but it’s what I was going off of. Even an average of 53 would only drop the monthly average .1 degree at this point. We are the only two people in the world haggling over whether a tenth of a degree difference puts us in 3rd or 4th place in the books haha.

I planned on diving in on this tomorrow but yeah holding steady at 57.1 and a tie for third seems likely or perhaps another .1 drop to 57.0 and alone in fourth place. Nothing more than that will be possible as the average temp of 55ish for today shouldn't move the needle much.

An additional .08” brings my total to 1.32” as the heavy stuff sits on the doorstep. Gonna be a wet one.