CarlislePaWx

Here in Carlisle, my low overnight was 15.3 degrees. The wind almost never stopped blowing which prevented some from plummeting courtesy of deeper snowpack. I was already down to 17 at 6:00pm yesterday and hung out there for hours. Under a thin, milky overcast with dim sunshine my temp has risen to 21.6. Stay warm out there. I'll be staying nice and toasty indoors all day...lol.

Good morning all! I just caught up from all the posts since 1:00am. I'm very happy for all of you that grossly overachieved. Other than @canderson(sorry), I ended up with the second lowest accumulation coming in at a whopping 1.0" with 0.5" before midnight and the 0.5" after midnight. That 1.0" melted down to 0.11", close to 10:1 for water equivalent. Even just 1.0" everywhere is enough to create a beautiful early winter scene. I should also say that nearly all of the snow fell with a temperature that was above 32.0...but just barely with most of it falling around 32.5 degrees. One nice thing about the wet snow (now frozen) is that it is preventing blowing snow, which prevents drifts on my driveway and sidewalks. The temp has been hanging out around 23 degrees, and I'm not expecting it to rise much at all with a very cold 504dm thickness sweeping on through the daytime this afternoon. If anything I would anticipate a slow drop during this afternoon. Enjoy your winter wonderlands all! Oh, I forgot to mention my seasonal snow total is now up to 3.8".

At midnight, here in Carlisle, it continues to snow lightly, but steadily. The temperature has hung out around 32.7 for most of the evening which is preventing the paved street and sidewalks from completely covering over. As of midnight I have recorded 0.5" of new snowfall. This also records a storm total of 0.5". I melted down the snowfall so far and have measured 0.08" of liquid as of midnight. The temp has dropped 0.5 degrees in the past 30 minutes and is now standing at 32.2 degrees F. Almost every model has given me between 1.5" and 2.0" of snowfall. The canadian has been the only model that has pushed the 2+" line off to my northwest. So, it will be interesting to see how things pan out in the morning. Getting a solid 2" would be great, but it's hard to complain over just 1.5" when this has been modeled for me for many runs now. Good luck to all. I hope those that got gipped out of our last storm can take home the prize.

Thank you for confirming what I was suspecting. For the past 30 minutes I've had a mix of light sleet and snow, but more sleet based on what it looks like on my mulch and pavers. Temp dropped from 34 down to 33.6. As far as I can tell I'm not seeing any evidence of rain...just all frozen.

Low of 6.6 degrees this morning. I was hoping to eek out a few hours of sunshine this morning to help recharge my Tempest, but promptly at 9:00am the overcast moved back in again. (My Tempest is 5 years old and the battery is going. It uses solar to recharge. Thankfully it's just a back-up for my main Ambient station.) Temp already back up to 17.6, but with the overcast the speed of any warm up will be muted.

Here in Carlisle, shortly after 1:00pm...the temperature is currently 32.9 degrees and has remained below that until the present. The final board measurement was 2.2". However, there was some sleet and tiny bit of either rain or freeing rain. Conservatively, there had to be some compaction at the end that I wasn't here to measure. As a result I am going with a final snow total of 2.5". It likely was a few tenths higher because melting down the snow produced a liquid equivalent of 0.32". The forecast of 2-4" verified and the storm exceeded 2" which is my benchmark for being satisfied with the event. It was just enough to cover the ground in spots. Well, on to the next one. I hope enough snow cover can remain to help enhance the anticipated low temperature Thursday night, perhaps to as low as 10 degrees from radiation. We'll see.

Leaving now. Current obs is 2.0". Temp 30.9. Moderate to heavy snow right now. End is rapidly approaching and the mix line is <10 miles south of me. It's a race to the finish.

Carlisle update...snow intensity has increased to a rate of 0.75" / hour...almost heavy but I'll still call it heavily moderate. Temp 30.6 .

At 9:00am in Carlisle, it is snowing lightly. The temperature is 30.4 degrees with a dew point of 28.8 degrees and a wet bulb of 29.8 degrees. At 8:00am I had 1.1" of snow (my first ob today). After having light sleet for 15 minutes just before 8:00am it switched back to all snow. New snowfall the past hour was a paltry 0.2" giving a storm total thus far of 1.3". (I have a doctor appointment at 10:00 so I won't be updating my obs until when I get back which may not be until the noon ob). ttyl ...haha...just as I am about to post this the snow intensity has dramatically increased to moderate with much larger flakes. 0.5"/hr rate

I'm following right behind you. Up to 30.6 (from 23.5). However, dp is 23 and wet bulb is 27. I'm pretty sure we'll both drop some once the snow gets going. With a wet bulb of 27, that could pull me back to between 28 and 29. Hey, it still accumulates at 32, and if it falls heavily enough it can still accumulate up to 34. Oh wow, as I'm about to hit send I've now caught up to you...31.1 ! That's almost 8 degrees up from just a few hours ago. In any case, my board is set up for whatever I get, along with my clear vue gauge to melt down at the end. Off to bed for now. I'll see if I can get myself out of bed by 7:00 ish to catch the first hour or two of accumulations. >>PS...Now I'm up to 31.6......ughh...nope...Now up to 32.0. This is ridiculous. Now 32.2. I should have hit send 10 minutes ago...lol.

I'm following right behind you. Up to 30.6 (from 23.5). However, dp is 23 and wet bulb is 27. I'm pretty sure we'll both drop some once the snow gets going. With a wet bulb of 27, that could pull me back to between 28 and 29. Hey, it still accumulates at 32, and if it falls heavily enough it can still accumulate up to 34. Oh wow, as I'm about to hit send I've now caught up to you...31.1 ! That's almost 8 degrees up from just a few hours ago. In any case, my board is set up for whatever I get, along with my clear vue gauge to melt down at the end. Off to bed for now. I'll see if I can get myself out of bed by 7:00 ish to catch the first hour or two of accumulations. >>PS...Now I'm up to 31.6......ughh...nope...Now up to 32.0. This is ridiculous. Now 32.2. I should have hit send 10 minutes ago...lol.

Currently 26.2 degrees with a dew point of 21.4 degrees. The clouds started coming in about an hour ago. Temp had bottomed out at 23.5. If the snow can start before sunrise, that will give a great head start on snow retention on pavement/sidewalks. We shall see in the morning.

Woke up an hour ago to a nice surprise also. It was winding down and the temp was 32.2 degrees. Accumulations on the same surfaces as most others here. Mulch, grass, stones, trees, and my car. After "careful deliberation"...lol..., I'm going with 0.3" for this first measurable event of the season. There's too much white visible in the grass to consider anything less, imo. So...let the games begin! (Temp now up to 33.6 degrees and rapid melting taking place.)

Good morning all, from sunny, windy, and "frigid" Florida! My stay (Jensen Beach, East Central, Huthchinson Island South) down here is slowly coming to a close. I've been here for one month and will be here until a week from Friday. The vast majority of the days have been at least partly sunny with afternoon temps in the low to mid 80's and dew points in the low to mid 70's...that is, until today. My temperature has dropped to a low of 47.1 degrees. Currently it's up to 47.8 degrees with winds 10-15mph gusting to 25. This combination is creating a wind chill of about 40 degrees F! Talk about a temperature shock! Sunday afternoon it was 83 degrees with a dew point of 75. That combination was producing a heat index of 88 degrees. So, between 88 on Sunday and 40 this morning (H I / W C) that difference is nearly 50 degrees. @Itstrainingtime, you would be so proud of me. Our heat is not working, and I woke up to an indoor temperature of 63 degrees!! Normally, it would be 72 degrees at home. Fortunately, I brought sweats with me for the just-in-case scenario playing out this morning. The inside should slowly warm up by this afternoon to I hope, at least 70...haha! That's it for now. I'll be posting again from home after the 24th. Bye for now.

Hey, isn't anyone going to congratulate me for virtually nailing the date? The July date had to be hail, so throw that one out. Next up is 10/19/72 and my guess was 10/17/72 !! I can still remember the morning. I was in 8th grade and had just turned 13, 12 days earlier. The maple tree in my front yard was in full color and when I looked out the window there was snow all over the leaves, weighing them down. Oh, one thing I forgot to mention...this occurred in northern New Jersey where I grew up. I just figured if it happened around me it was at least a possibility that it could have happened out here. The other date I gave was 10/10/79. I was in community college, finishing up my last semester. Again, woke up to it snowing and all leaves/trees were white. I measured 2" with that event, which still stands to this day as my earliest recorded snowfall.

I don't know, however I'll take a stab at it and say 10/10/79, or possibly 10/17/72 ??

Hi guys...finally have cracked the drought here that has been here since late July. I only recorded 0.85" for the entire month of August, and that was repeated again in September with just 1.05" for the month. It looks like I'm located inside the yellow stripe that follows I-81. The rain began here around 6:00pm yesterday evening and fell heavily in multiple intervals throughout the night into this morning. I recorded 0.94" up until midnight. That continued with another 1.63" between midnight and 7:00am, for a storm total of 2.57" in only 12 to 13 hours. I'm packing up to head down to Jensen Beach in Florida this Friday and will be down there for the next 6 weeks, returning the weekend before Thanksgiving. I'll be remotely watching my home during my absence and will post any significant weather if/when it happens. ---Stephen

I was just looking at my stats for August and somehow I hadn't noticed that I've only had 0.82" of precip for the entire month! Yet another month with under 1.00" for the total. This marks the 2nd month this year under 1". January was the other month with just 0.85". And yet, just 3 months ago I was closing out May with almost 9" of precip. These wild swings are insane.

Boy, what a low temperature this morning! 44.2 degrees around 6:45am. Like many others have mentioned, it's been a really long time since widespread 40's were recorded in August, albeit the 30th, but officially August and still both meteorological summer and astronomical summer. This weather is so wonderful, especially the low dew points. Oh, I forgot to mention that this low was 14 degrees below the average low of 58.2 degrees for today. Normal (average) high for today is 82 degrees. It seems it's been impossible to score a low temp departure this great in late summer in a really long time.

Hey...power finally back on and air conditioning running at full blast. What a crazy 24 hours! Looks like many of us experienced wild weather yesterday. Fortunately, this afternoon's precip was not a repeat of yesterday. I recorded 0.27" from a band of heavy showers that quickly moved through around 3:30pm. To answer your question...the reason my deficit is higher is because my annual precipitation is 48". This comes from NCDC and the data is from a coop station that I used to live just 0.25 miles from for 8 years from 2011-2019. The station is co-located at our water treatment plant for portions of Carlisle. So, this is a 30-year average for this location. I know it seems anomalously high, but I'm pretty sure their data is reliable. So, half of 48 is 24, minus 2.5 = 21.5. I can tell you that before this event my deficit was close to 5" at the half-way point of the year.

The severe storm that was birthed around here (Carlisle area) yesterday afternoon around 4:00pm caused a lot of problems in the aftermath. A combination of high winds and flooding rains created severe flooding in and immediately around Carlisle Borough. I think I was about a mile away from the worst winds and especially flooding rains. But, I have the misfortune of still being without power. They keep pushing the restore time back, so it's now 11:00pm this evening. PPL has restored much of the affected areas, however, I'm in the 338 homes without power. I ended the day with 2.10". Ended the month with between 6.4 and 6.6". YTD near 21.50", which is an annual deficit so far of about 2.50".

Guys...what a storm we had here! It started at around 4:10. At first it was a decent rain swath but not much with any real intensity. However, as time rolled on the storms gradually kept getting strong with heavier rain and increasing wind. Then, NWS issued a severe thunderstorm warning saying the storm was over Carlisle and was only moving northeast at 5 mph. In the warning they said possible wind gusts to 70 mph and 1.00" hail. Fortunately for me there ended up with no hail. But the winds easily were sustained at 25-35 with gusts to 45 or even higher. My huge 90-foot tall trees in my backyard began to sway violently as debris being blown off the trees crashed into my picture window. It was terrifying for a bit because the winds were blowing from behind the trees towards the back of my house. That height is enough to reach my house if one came down directly. At the same time it was, of course, strangely exciting at the same time. The torrential rain which was being blown horizontally was adding up incredibly quickly. When it finally began to taper off I had recorded 1.88" in just 45 minutes. Then came the flash flood warning. Thankfully I do not live in a flood prone area. At around 4:55 the lights flickered and then went out. PPL says about 1100 customers without power in the small grid that serves my local area. Restoration expected by 2:00am. We have underground utilities all around here so I know the problem couldn't have originated here. As I type this at 6:30 I picked up another 0.03" in another shower giving me a storm total of 1.91". That brings my monthly total to 6.41". My 2-month total of May plus June comes out to 15.22"! I'll stop here for the time being...lol. ttyl

My overnight low was 73.6. Now, at 10:15am the temperature has skyrocketed nearly 20 degrees and is up to 91.9. Dew point a smidge higher than yesterday, currently reading 76.8. I guess I was one of the lucky ones to escape the 80+ dew points with a max yesterday of 76. Oh, yeah, my heat index is 103. And to think, just 5 short months ago I dropped to 10 below with 4 consecutive nights below zero!

My high today from my official station was 99.3 degrees at 3:13pm. The backup station located about 15 feet away recorded a maximum temp of 100.2 degrees at the same time that the 99.3 was recorded. Dew points all day ranged from 74-76 degrees which produced heat index values between 110-115 degrees. Last year's max high temperature was 100.0 degrees. (I'll have to check on the date for that. Most likely it was during July). We only exceeded last year by +0.2 degrees. However, I suspect we're setting up for a high temp Tuesday a little higher than today because tonight's minimum is going to be around 5 degrees warmer, around 77. The last time my temperature reached 101 was back in 2018. Then, the last time the temperature reached 102 degrees was during the summer of 2002, which was a particularly hot summer. Finally, currently at 11:30pm I'm only down to 81.7 degrees with a heat index of 88 degrees and a dew point of 74.7. See y'all tomorrow.

Hi all... Just popping in with my current data. My official station has hit 99.3 degrees back at 3:13 and is now 98.6 with a dew point of 75.5 degrees and a heat index of 113 degrees. My backup station which is located about 15 feet away is currently 99.7 degrees after hitting a high of 100.2 and a current dew point of 75.7. This combination is producing a heat index of 114 degrees. The 100.2 now breaks last year's highest temp of 100.0 degrees by 0.2 degrees. It's horrible out!! I'll be back with final numbers this evening. Stay cool...