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Interesting - just felt what was most likely an earthquake.  Lasted maybe 5, 10 seconds.  Curious to see if that really what it was or if my house is collapsing into some kind of sinkhole or something.

Flood Watch hoisted for Adams, York, Lancaster and Lebanon Counties.  1.5 - 3" rain possible.

Itstrainingtime's lawn may need a thrice-weekly trim come April.

Chester County down this way has an SPS for heightened fire danger concurrent with a Flood Watch.  A rather rare combo platter.

My grid forecast adds up to 1.25 - 2.5" qpf.  Hmmm, at 10:1 ... (if only )

I'm sure the hype machine will get cranking soon but here's a few details regarding the upcoming total solar eclipse:

- Monday, April 8th.  Starts approximately 2:00 PM, maximum around 3:20, done around 4:30.

- Several counties in northwest PA will experience totality lasting around 4 minutes.

 - Nearly all the rest of PA will reach over 90% with increasing coverage as one travels southeast to northwest.

- The next total eclipse anywhere in PA will be in 2144.

Fingers crossed regarding cloud cover.  Unfortunately Accuweather's 90 day forecast shows rain on the 8th so I guess we're whamboozled.  But at least Memorial Day looks nice.  

6 hours ago, Itstrainingtime said:

We've had flowers up for a week and a half. There are area of my yard that are >6" high. 

If I do get to mow today, I will be the 3rd on my block this week to do so. I am behind some of my neighbors. One mowed last Sunday. 

That's pretty amazing.  I only have blotchy green clumps where the dog has peed.  At least a few more weeks to wait here.

Almost a certain prolonged Wind Advisory forthcoming.  WSW in northwest PA and Costal Flood Watch for the Chesapeake so at least there's pretty colors on my CTP map.

With February 29th approaching, here's some (somewhat) interesting facts:

A Leap Day is technically called "Intercalary Day".

A true solar year is 365.2422 solar days.  So it isn't exactly 1 day every 4 years different.  So to keep things in synch, every fourth year, meaning every year whose number is evenly divisible by 4, is a leap year and is granted an extra day—that is, except for every 100 years, when we skip the leap day, except for every 400 years, when we reverse the rule and add a leap day once again. So the years 1700, 1800 and 1900 were not leap years. The year 2000 was because even though it’s divisible evenly by 100, it’s also evenly divisible by 400. The year 2100 will not be a leap year, but the year 2400 will be, and so on.

You will truly be the life of the party when you break this one out.

Maybe 2" on the grass.  Driveway and roads just wet.  Looks like one more band coming through over the next hour or two and that's it.  A definite underperformer in my backyard.

Wow, WSW issued for the southern border counties.  4-6".  Finally get some CTP love down this way!

Gotta love that mid February sun angle - now equivalent to late October.  Finished clearing the driveway around 11:00, bone dry by 2:00.  At least around here, if all you saw were the roads, you'd have no idea there was a 6" snowfall ending 6 hours ago.

35 accidents/disabled vehicles on Lancaster 911 Incident list.  Despite advances in ABS, traction control, all wheel drive, etc., peoples driving skills still suck.

32 now.  Changeover here around 4, roads caved by 4:30.  Lanco schools either two hour delay or not yet posted.  No way schools open today.

WWA for Adams, York and Lanco.  2-5"

Factoid from Weather World this evening:

26 minutes ago, mahantango#1 said:

It used to be November was the cloudiest month.

About a third of the way down...

Pennsylvania Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (United States) - Weather Spark 

Watching Weather World last night, Ben Reppert mentioned "many Pennsylvania cities are in the running for one of the cloudiest January's on record".  Given that January is the cloudiest month of the year in PA, BLAH 

Millersville has a shot at the record high minimum today.  Current record is 44 set in 1967.  Low for the day so far is 47.   It is unfortunate to be talking about such things during peak climo cold time but such is life.

Exactly 30 years ago (1994), Millersville recorded their lowest all time minimum temperature and lowest daily maximum temperature (bolded).  The epic cold streak:

January 19th:  -2 / -14

January 20th: 11 / -10

January 21st: 18 / -18

The 19th was the only day in Millersville weather record history where the high temperature failed to reach 0.

WWA hoisted by Mt Holly for Berks and Chester (and east) down this way for 2-4". 

5 here at the moment.  Lowest since January 2022.

Holy moly, Buffalo forecast from late this afternoon through Sunday night is 1 - 2 feet of snow, wind gusts mid 60's tonight and mid 40's tomorrow.  How the f is there going to be a football game?  But per the NFL, it is still game on.  Wow, can't wait to watch!

Pretty remarkable that 49 out of 50 states has a NWS product(s) issued (yes, AK and HI have something).  Guess Arizona is the place to be.

Euro 1"ish for LSV.  So all combined model output is pretty much the typical 1" - 12" forecast 4 days out.  Standard.

35 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Hopefully you don't live in the flood-prone areas of Manheim - lots of concern from area mets this morning about potentially significant stream flooding with each of the next several storms. 

Thank you for the sentiment.  I live on the outskirts of East Petersburg in East Hempfield Township with a Manheim Address.  On a bit of a hill so flooding is not an issue but wind on the other hand can be problematic.  Lost a tree in that epic July 2022 thunderstorm.  This doesn't look to be quite to that extent but the hatches will certainly be battened down.

25 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Holy wowzers, after the intense storm moves in tomorrow, the next one looks like it might be even stronger. A 961mb low in the midwest this weekend - Chicagoland is going to clean up this week. 

If that pressure verifies, only 3 2023 Atlantic hurricanes had a lower pressure (Lee, 926, Cat 5 / Franklin, 926, Cat 4 / Idalia, 940, Cat 4).

Wowzers indeed.

18 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Pouring rain and some sleet. 2" even on the ground and compacting. Almost every single snow map for here was way too high Stunning.

Confirmed here as well.  Can still see grass tips poking through.  Plowed slush at the bottom on the driveway will be a ton/cubic foot special.  Might just let it sit and let Tuesday's monsoon take care of it.