CarlislePaWx

Lanco should be very happy...

GFS says we're back in the game!

Filtered sunshine here at 2:17 with a current temperature of 53.8 degrees. That is also the high (so far) for the day. oops, I stand corrected. My high of the day occurred an hour ago with a temp of 55.2 at 1:24pm. I doubt I'll break that, but we'll see.

Hi Guys. I'm back from DC where it was frigid on Saturday. Of course, it was solid white ground the entire 105 miles between there and home. Rt 15 is so beautiful no matter what time of year, but to see huge open fields with snow cover is a treat. Unfortunately, I wasn't home for the additional snow festivities Friday evening so I cannot tell how much I might have had. Finally, my low this morning was +6.8 degrees and the second low temp in the single digits this season. My lowest temp was +5.0, recorded last week.

In Carlisle, at 3:26pm there are just some flurries going on. During the past 2 1/2 hours I've picked up a whopping 0.2" to bring the storm total to 2.8". I melted down the snow and got 0.21" of liquid. This produces an SLR of 13.3 : 1. My temp peaked at 29.8 degrees and has fallen back down to 28.6 degrees. That's it for me. Off to DC for the weekend to visit my son.

At 1:00pm in Carlisle, the temperature is up to 29.5 degrees. The snow continues to fall lightly. In the last 15 minutes the rate has increased somewhat, but still small flakes. During the past 2 hours an additional 0.6" has fallen giving a storm total of 2.6". Current rate about 0.3"/hr. Still need another 0.7" to reach Tuesday's total.

Here in Carlisle at 11:00am it is snowing lightly. The temperature is 28.0 degrees. So far, the fine flakes have gotten heavier and lighter but they never became big. At best the rates have been between 0.2" - 0.3" / hr. The new snow and storm total thus far is 2.3". Looks beautiful again.

Just had a fantastic hour of radiational cooling. At 10:00pm my temp was 18 degrees. 45 minutes later it had crashed to 10.9 degrees. I'm 0.3 degrees above my low of 10.6 from this morning. Clear skies, no wind, solid snow cover all contribute intense radiational cooling. Someone put the brakes on around 11:00 as the drop suddenly stopped at 10.9. That's where it is now at 11:37. With a dew point of +2 degrees there's lots of room for further drops as the night progresses. I'm pretty sure these conditions are supposed to last the entire night. We'll see in the morning. BTW...my meltdown yesterday of my 3.3" of snow came out to 0.31" which produced an SLR of 10.6 : 1.

At 1:00pm in Carlisle, the snow has all but ended. Like many others I didn't expect to add much more to my 2.8" total. However, steady accumulating snow resumed between 10:45 and noon to add on another 0.5". That brings the storm total to 3.3". Temp barely has risen to 26.1 degrees and skies are still overcast. Without sunshine there will be almost no melting. Looking beautiful everywhere. Looking forward to the Thu/Fri storm and continued snow retention. I'll have my final melted snow and SLR later this afternoon.

Here in Carlisle, at 9:40am the light snow that had almost stopped an hour ago has picked back up with mainly light, but occasionally moderate snow continuing. As of 9:00am I measured an additional 1.4" of snow since 1:00am, giving a storm total of 2.9". It's looking like I am going to have picked up an additional tenth of an inch by 10:00am which would bring the storm total to 3.0". I'll do the meltdown with a final measurement before 1:00pm.

At 1:00am in Carlisle, it is snowing moderately. Between my last ob at 10:20pm and midnight I recorded an additional 0.7" of snow bringing the storm total for 1/15 to 0.8". Then, between midnight and 1:00am I recorded an additional 0.7" for a storm total of 1.5". The temperature is steady at 23.7 degrees. It looks beautiful outside with the very crystalline appearance of the snow. Regardless of the final total it will be exciting enough to have an ALL-snow event!! I'm heading off to bed and hope to return at 8:00am with my next update. Goodnight all.

At 10:20pm here in Carlisle, it was snowing lightly. The temperature was 24.3 degrees. I'm finally on the board with 0.1" of new snow and storm total so far.

Here in Carlisle...zero snow to report with this event. Rain began about 2 hours ago and has been heavy for a while already. I've picked up 0.25" of rain in just 2 hours. Temp was 32.7 at the start of the rain and it has only risen to 33.4. I also forgot to post the finals on the storm from Saturday. I recorded 4.9" of snow and 0.1" of sleet for a frozen storm total of 5.0". The snow melted down to 0.60" of liquid. There was likely a little bit of sleet that made it in to the gauge before I brought it inside to melt it. The SLR was 12:1 (which likely was closer to 10:1). Then, after the transition to rain, I recorded another 0.77". Nearly all of this fell before midnight. The storm total liquid was 1.37" which is in line with many others here.

Here's my latest update from Carlisle. Around 5:30, after a half hour of mainly sleet, a transition to freezing rain took place. Once that happened the temperature of 30.4 degrees began to slowly rise. For the next 2 hours light freezing rain fell creating a very thin glaze on most surfaces. I'll have a measurement a little later. I'm estimating that around 0.10-0.15" of liquid fell. At approximately 7:30 the temperature had risen to 32.0. Since then the temp has only risen a small amount, stopping at 32.4 degrees. I'll have a summary later this evening or tomorrow morning for the storm.

Update from Carlisle at 5:11pm. The snow has ended and has transitioned completely over to sleet, which is falling lightly. There does not yet appear to be any freezing rain. I quickly brought in my rain gauge before too much sleet made it in, and melted down all the snow. The gauge is back outside collecting the sleet.

In Carlisle at 5:00pm there is very light snow falling mixed with a tiny amount of sleet. During the past hour an additional 0.6" of snow has fallen, producing a storm total of 4.9". I think I might bring in my clearvue and melt down the snow now before it gets contaminated with sleet and/or freezing rain. My records indicate that it has been nearly 3 years since I had a single-day event of greater than 4.9" and that was recorded on February 5th, 2021 when 5.0" of snow fell. More details to come. Temp holding at 30.9 degrees, so any rain right now would be freezing rain.

I'm afraid my mega-band is biting the dust. I'm down to light snow now. I see two lines of attacks rapidly approaching. Looks like sleet or zr coming up from my southwest and crazy rain (if you can believe the yellows/oranges of heavy rain) from my southeast. They're all getting ready to collide very near me. I'm measuring again in 5 minutes.

Finally looked at radar and I see that the mega-band is just now entering southern Cumberland. I don't think I'll catch the meat of that band as it looks like it's heading NNE and will be sliding towards Harrisburg. I'd say there's a pretty good chance of reaching the six inch mark or maybe even a bit more depending on the band.

At 4:00pm in Carlisle, it continues to snow heavily. The real heavy stuff has not arrived yet. During the past hour an additional 1.0" has accumulated, giving a storm total of 4.3". Meanwhile, the temperature has increased a little more than one degree to 31.1 degrees.

At 3:00pm here in Carlisle, it is snowing heavily. Since 2:15 I have recorded an additional 0.8" for a storm total of 3.3". So the intensity is running around 1.2"/hr. The temp is still holding at 29.8 degrees with a dew point of 28.9 and a wet bulb of 29.3. Looking forward to the 4-6pm period of really intense snowfall.

Hi guys. I was called away unexpectedly, but I'm back with current update... At 2:15pm it was snowing heavily in Carlisle. The temperature is still 29.8 degrees with a dew point of 28.9 and a wet bulb of 29.3. Since my noon observation with a storm total then of 0.7", I just measured a new storm total of 2.5". That means that during the past 2 hours and 15 minutes an additional 1.8" has accumulated. I have 118 replies to catch up on. I'll be back at 3:00.

Update from Carlisle...intensity has ramped up and it is now snowing heavily for the first time of this storm. Est. rate is now easily 1" / hr.

At 12:00 noon here in Carlisle...moderate snow continues to fall. Intensity varied between moderate and light during the past hour. Intensity is definitely back up to at or just above 0.5" / hr. During the past hour 0.5" of new snow has accumulated, bringing the storm total to 0.7". Temperature has remained steady close to 30 degrees. The dew point is now 29 degrees and the wet bulb is 29.7 degrees. It looks like the real heavy snow is slowly approaching from the south. We'll see how this next hour pans out.

Snow rate approaching 0.5" / hour with larger flakes. Temp 29.8 .