CarlislePaWx

Oh, ok Bubbler. I was so focused on my area I didn't notice your area. So, yeah, total surprise for your area and not a pleasant one, at least on the roads.

Here in Carlisle at 12:00 noon, it continues to snow moderately and even heavily periodically. The temperature is 30.0 degrees. It dropped to 29.8 degrees for a while and then came back to 30. During the past hour 0.7" of snow fell giving a storm total of 0.7". Flake size is increasing which means the rate is increasing. Last night's 0Z Nams had our region getting between 2" and 4" of snow before any changeover. So, what's happening now shouldn't be a total surprise. But, it certainly is a pleasant surprise nonetheless.

Rates continue to ramp up, easily now moderate heading towards heavy at around >0.5"/hr. Temp 30.2

Everything turning white now except street. Temp continues to fall as rates increase. Down to 30.4. Looks like there might be enough RH left to drop below 30.0. 0.1" on the board. Rates have increased to 0.3"/hr or so.

Ramping up pretty quickly now. More concentrated light snow and first signs of sticking on mulch and patio pavers. Temp down to 31.6.

Very light snow started here about 15 minutes ago. Temp 32.0. Dew point 24 should be enough to get down to 30 when the heavier stuff arrives.

Well, all good things must come to an end. At about 2:00 the snow ended and became very light drizzle. Some of the drizzle might be freezing but it's too light to tell at the moment. Between 1:00 and 2:00 the unexpected pick up in intensity really got the accumulations going again. I picked up an additional 0.7" of new snow. This, added to the 0.8" between midnight and 11:00am, giving me a total of 1.5" for today. Yesterday I recorded 0.7" late evening up through midnight. The storm total is now 2.2". The temperature fluctuated between 31.6 and 32.0 during the past hour. Currently, the temperature is 32.0 degrees. There is still a possibility of adding to today's snowfall this evening when the next event gets underway. I'll be back in a bit with the melt down since midnight and the total liquid for the storm.

Flake size has increased further and so has the intensity. This is borderline moderate. I'll measure at 2:00. It is fascinating that it's been snowing non-stop since I got up around 8:00. This is the heaviest I've seen it during this whole time. Temp 32.2. I haven't looked at the radar once today! It's actually more fun enjoying it as it is happening and not worrying about where the end of it is.

At 1:00pm here in Carlisle, the temperature has fallen to 31.6 after peaking at 32.2 during the past hour. In the last 15 minutes or so the snowfall rate has increased to the point where there could be some additional accumulating. So far, though, nothing more to add to the 1.5" storm total.

Hey...I absolutely was not referring to your comment being off-topic or not belonging here! It was a light-hearted comment only because I was trying to catch up on all the overnight posts and got distracted everytime there was a comment that I wanted to post about. So no worries, my friend.

I'll try and squeeze in my data for the storm thus far. In Carlisle, around noon, it continues to snow lightly. It's been snowing lightly for hours, but at a rate too slow to accumulate very much. It does look beautiful out there with almost no wind and everything covered in white. My temperature is 31.8 degrees after a low overnight of 26.6 degrees. Since midnight I have recorded an additional 0.8" of snow for a storm total of 1.5". I won't melt the snow down until the current storm officially is over. Yesterday's 0.7" melted down to 0.07" of liquid for an SLR of precisely 10:1. At least we are getting to enjoy an all-snow event before the mixers arrive later tonight.

Of course. I never got to know almost anyone personally. But he was one of the exceptions.

I knew Zak too. Way back around 2008 or so Zak's handle on Eastern was Mr. B. He was a junior in Greencastle high school then. After he graduated he went up to Penn State pursuing meteorology. Unfortunately he had a sudden health issue (which I can't remember the specifics of), and was forced to leave State College and transfer to Mt. Alto. After the transfer due to his health issues he had to change majors. I think it was related to law enforcement. I'm pretty sure he finished up there and graduated. We lost contact after that other than I know that he met a girl and eventually they got married and moved to Virginia. I don't know anything more than that now.

Here's my 12:00 midnight report from Carlisle and daily summary... At midnight it was snowing lightly and steadily with the flakes a bit larger than the fine stuff from earlier. Fortunately, the northern edge of the snow which had dropped south to literally about 5 miles south of me, came back north all the way up through Perry county. I only managed to add 0.1" of snow during the past 2 hours which brings the storm total (and daily total) to 0.7". I melted down the snow and it came out to 0.07" which was a perfect 10:1 SLR. My temperature held steady for two hours at 27.7 but dropped to 27.5 around 11:30. I'm going to presume that that was the approximate time that the intensity picked up just a bit. That's it for my obs for the night. I cleared my board and gauge and will see what awaits me in the morning.

At 9:00pm here in Carlisle I have snow flurries. The temp is holding at 27.7 degrees. Since my last observation back around 4:00pm I have picked up an additional 0.4" of new snow giving me a storm total (thus far??) of 0.6". The sidewalks did cave back around 6:00, however the street and my driveway did not. They remain just wet. I'll take my final measurement around 11:45pm and check in with the melted amount of liquid. Ho-hum.

Here in Carlisle, just before 4:00pm it is snowing lightly and very steadily. Intensity hasn't budged over the past hour and the flakes remain rather fine. Current temp is down to 28.4 degrees with a dew point of 26. Probably not much more room left to drop unless rates really pick up. On my board I just measured 0.2" of new snow for a storm total of 0.2". Waiting to see what happens during the next hour and if any of the heavy stuff south of me in Adams/Franklin makes its way up here.

The snow began here in Carlisle right around 2:00pm. The temp at that time was 31.8. Rates increased to a steady light snow capable of accumulating but only very slowly. Now at 2:40 my temp has dropped to 29.1 degrees. With a dew point of 24 there's still a little room for a further drop to between 27 and 28 especially after sunset. Mulch/grass is dusted in white, but that's about it so far. Nice to see snow falling instead of sleet!

I think AllWeather's name is Matt.

Here's my wrap up for the storm... I recorded 0.6" of sleet (which was less than Thursday). That 0.6" of sleet melted down to 0.36" giving an SLR of 6:1. It very likely was not that high because of an unknown level of freezing rain which occurred throughout most of the event to varying degrees. I recorded 0.01" more of freezing rain after the sleet ended around 10pm which gave me a melted storm total of 0.37". Enough freezing rain fell on top of the sleet to create a pretty hard glaze. It was hard enough that I could walk on it and not sink into the sleet. I think it is safe to say that the combo of sleet and freezing rain glaze will help keep a fair amount of this mixture around until the start of the Tuesday storm, which I believe is now going to be dubbed "storm #1". Finally, the temperature has been rising very slowly for the past several hours and is now up to 31.3 degrees at 1:43am. Double finally...it certainly is encouraging to see improvement across the board for storm #1. A rough average of all the posted models puts me between 3" and 3.5". That sure beats 1" from last night.

My temp continues to rise after bottoming out at 27.7 one and a half hours ago, it is now up to 28.8. The sleet intensity has been all over the place between very light and briefly heavy. I'll go measure my board at the top of the hour (9:00pm) and report back.

I hear some pinging returning. Temp 28.2 @Blizzard of 93You were right! It suddenly looks pretty solid to the west. Then I still have a shot at exceeding Thursday's 1.0".

Include me in your lull group...lol. It went from very heavy to nothing in just a few minutes. Looking at radar it looks like I am on the very southern tip of the east-west line that it is moving in. Looks like I might catch a bit more in about 30 minutes for a little bit. But then, that might be it? I definitely do not have as much as Thursday morning (yet). Looking like between 0.5" and 0.7". I will melt it down later before midnight and see what the total liquid comes out with. Temperature dropped to 27.7 and now is 27.9. Dew point is 25 and there is a more steady breeze now out of the southeast at 5-10 mph.

Paved street now completely white. It's pouring sleet. Temp down to 29.1.

Precip started here about 15 minutes ago as a mix of sleet and freezing rain. The sound of pinging, however, means it's becoming more sleet and less freezing rain. Temp is down to 29.7. Dew point is up to 23.9. Pingers are continuing to increase.

18Z 12k now dishing out 0.07" for total qpf from storm #1 in my area. Ewww Meanwhile, here in Carlisle at 4:00pm it is overcast with a light southeasterly breeze. My temp has dropped to 31.5 degrees after hitting a high of 33.3 a few hours ago. My dew point, which was 18 a few hours ago has risen to 21.6. My wet bulb was 26.6 earlier and has risen now to 28.0 degrees. My low this morning was 21.6. I'm trying to decide whether I should proactively put down ice melt or not. It's no big deal to do that. But, I don't want to waste it if I don't have to.