CarlislePaWx

Here in Carlisle I managed to pull off an additional 0.2" since midnight which brings my storm total to exactly 2.0". My sister in northern NJ (Morris County) texted me an hour ago and said they were up to 17.5" and still snowing. A weather friend in Bergen County (Paramus) said he was up to 13.5" and still snowing. Heavy bands were still coming through. Very windy also. My low overnight was 30.0 degrees and it's now up to 34.9 degrees with some wind for the first time. Snow starting to fall off the tree branches. Had one exciting hour yesterday evening between 6:00 and 7:00 when 1.0" fell. That's half of my storm total.

Here's my climate summary for yesterday, Feb 22, 2026 in Carlisle...(sorry it's a tad long, but I needed to do something to make up for the miserable snowfall)... At midnight the temperature had finally dropped to 32.0 degrees. Finally! During the hour between 11 and midnight the light snow picked up a bit in intensity such that an additional 0.2" of snow was recorded. At midnight it was still snowing lightly. This brings the daily total and storm total thus far to 1.8". This morning 0.1" of snow was recorded before noon. During that time the snow was melting as it hit the board. In addition, light rain also fell, occasionally mixed with a few wet flakes. The qpf from the morning precipitation was 0.14". For the afternoon the temperature slowly continued to climb, reaching a high of 36.5 degrees around 3:00pm. Roughly 90 minutes later the temperature dropped to 32.9 degrees and pure snow resumed, primarily light but hard enough to start whitening the ground. By 6:00pm 0.3" of new snow was recorded. The snow then picked up in intensity rapidly, becoming heavy for nearly the entire hour between 6:00 and 7:00. 1.0" of new snow was recorded. The temperature during the entire hour was 32.4 degrees. After that the snow diminished in intensity and then remained light for the remainder of the evening. At 8:00pm an additional 0.2" of snow was measured. Then, for the next 3 hours snow remained light but no new snow was recorded. During the afternoon and prior to the snow beginning to accumulate again, another 0.16" of qpf was measured bringing the storm qpf total to 0.30". At midnight the 1.7" of snow melted down to 0.32" of liquid, bringing the total daily qpf to 0.62". Finally, the SLR from the 1.7" of snow producing 0.32" of liquid was an abysmal 0.53 : 1.

Shortly before 11:00pm here in Carlisle...there has been nothing but light snow for the past 3 hours, and amazingly my snow depth on the board has not increased for all 3 hours. I'm still at 1.5" which is where I was back at 8:00pm. Temperature was 32.4 during most of the time but did briefly drop to 32.2 during the past hour. What is falling is simply being swallowed up by compaction. I'll have a midnight ob when I'll clear my board and melt down what snow accumulated inside my gauge. I'm not liking the "ammunition" that MU will walk away with when this storm is over. UGHH

At 8:00pm here in Carlisle...it is snowing lightly, and has been light for most of the past hour with a few brief periods of moderate snow. The temperature seems locked at 32.4 degrees. During the past hour I only recorded 0.2" of new snow. This brings the storm total to 1.5". Last night the 0Z run of the HRRR through 1:00am tomorrow only gave me a storm total of 2.7" with 0.46" of total qpf. It will be interesting to see how close I end up coming to those numbers.

At 7:00 pm here in Carlisle...it continues to snow moderately with good flake size and occasionally a heavy burst. The temperature is 32.4 degrees. During the past hour I measured an additional 1.0" giving a storm total of 1.4". Great to see the ground any everywhere covered in white once again. Definitely curious to see where we go from here as the low continues to bomb out. NJ is easily getting raked. I'm going to get in touch with a few friends to see how they're doing in north Jersey.

Yay! Thanks for your update. Everything is white outside now including sidewalks and street.

Ob update....oh boy is it snowing heavily! Inch/hr. Looks fantastic around my streetlight coming down. Temp is 32.4. More updates to come...

Here in Carlisle just before 6:00pm...light to almost moderate snow is falling. The changeover took place about an hour ago. At that point I measured the total qpf which was mostly rain with some melting snow and measured 0.30". An additional 0.16" had fallen during this afternoon. Now my gauge is empty and we're starting over from the beginning. There is now 0.1" of new snow on the board which brings the storm total to 0.2" (lol)! The temperature has dropped to 32.5 degrees which definitely accelerated the accumulating process. More to come in another hour... >>Correction to my ob...it is now snowing moderately with decent sized flakes, and I now have 0.3" of new snow on the board which increases my storm total to 0.4". I'm wondering if Mr. Norlun is going to pay me a visit???

Shortly before 2:00pm here in Carlisle...the temperature is 36.1 degrees with a dew point of 35. There is extremely light rain falling with a few wet flakes mixed in at times. Earlier this morning I just about made it to 0.1" of snow on the very wet board. Needless to say, that's been gone for a while. About 45 minutes ago I went ahead and measured the melted snow / rainfall and I recorded 0.14" of qpf. I mentioned last night about having visions of the Jan 2016 deathband that hung out over me for several hours and easily added 5" to my storm total. Well, the latest maps seem to indicate that the inverted trough is going to either move far enough east, or simply be wider because the snowfall map has me in the 8" accumulation. It looks like if the band moved close enough to reach the river, then I'd be inside the heaviest central part of the band. I'm not holding my breath on this but it now does look like a real possibility.

Hey @Blizzard of 93, I just saw that CTP lumped us in with the rest of the LSV counties, which means expectations now are for 6-12". As you know, our two counties were kept separate because initially we weren't in the original watch issued yesterday. They were projecting only 5-9". My point-n-click had been going with a storm total of 4-6" despite the county warning of 5-9. Anyway, it's going to be exciting to see where the norlun eventually sets up. Where in central PA? This situation reminds me of fond memories from the Jan. 2016 storm which gave me 35". That turned out to be because the deathband set itself up right over central Cumberland county. For hours the CCB kept delivering inch after inch of additional snow. I realize this isn't quite the same setup, but it has the potential to deliver the goods just as in 2016. The fun continues.

At hour 30 which is 06z or 1:00am the HRRR has given me 0.46" of qpf with only 2.7" of snow.

Those winds reached the NJ coast in spots. For my area, probably 25-30mph would be my estimate.

At my home in northern NJ (Morris County) way back in 1993, when the super storm passed within 15 miles of me, I recorded a pressure of 964 mb. That's crazy. The 964 mb was the lowest barometric pressure I have ever recorded anywhere in my life.

A very pleasant surprise this morning as I had 0.79" of rain overnight. Temp has gone nowhere and has been hanging around 36 degrees all night, now up to 37. Only a few scattered piles of snow remain where I had originally shoveled. It's another dreary day with overcast skies and cold and damp. But, fun times are a'comin.

Last night's GFS had all of us well into the sixties at the end of its run on March 4th. However, temps were all over the place through the run (0 Z).