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Got into my car and it was so hot I felt like I was melting. Great day to have the windows down lol

64 over here right now. Another nice day though a bit windy lol

10 hours ago, MAG5035 said:

Our latest two spring fling February frolics into the 70’s in 2017 and 2018 both eventually yielded to key major winter storms in C-PA and overall favorable periods, esp in 2018. The March 12-15, 2017 storm was a NESIS 3 and 2018 had 4 NESIS ranked events in March consisting of two 2’s and two 1’s of which one was the March 22-23rd snowstorm. 

Didn't we also have a small snowstorm in late March early April a couple years ago as well? Even though that was a small accumulation event it was still wild seeing it snow that late into the season.

1 hour ago, Bubbler86 said:

It has reached 74 or over dozens of February days with 10 of the 28 having a record of 74 or over.  The record for Thur is 75.  The all-time record is the 21st at 79.  

 

 

DC might hit 80 which would only be the 4th time it's ever gotten that hot during winter which is super impressive

2 hours ago, olafminesaw said:

A good bit of discussion happening on the storm2k forum. Freddy is a beast!

True I can't believe nobody over here is talking about it. It looks insanely impressive right now

3 minutes ago, canderson said:

We just got back from a a sweaty hour and half walk. It is definitely windy. Every day until Saturday will be windy. 
 

57 at 2:40. Thursday prob gets near 75. 

From what I can see if it gets to 75 that might be one of our warmest February temps on record. I think there's one day where it got to 82 and another where it was 78 and maybe 76? Even crazier is some of these Feb records in the mid-high 70's just occurred a few years ago in 2017 lol

4 hours ago, Itstrainingtime said:

I'm really not trying to be combative with you but for areas of Lancaster that are under 1" - tell me how much worse it can be?

Same even here in my neck of the woods we've gotten maybe 3 inches the entire season so far and this might be one of the most abysmal winters I've ever seen. I didn't realize you guys were doing even worse

10 hours ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Cue Allen Jackson's "Remember When": 

 

20 years ago today, one of the great snowstorms of all time.. known as the President’s Day Storm of 2003 or PDII.. was bringing blizzard conditions to the mid-Atlantic States. Ranked #6 on the Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale (NESIS), the system dumped 20-30” across southern PA!

 

I still vividly remember that storm and waking up and seeing just how much had fallen. I was excited the night prior because we wouldn't have school and then was surprised when it ended up snowing way more than some thought it would

15 minutes ago, Superstorm said:

March through May is going to suck.  Then probably a brutally hot June through September.

Yep seems typical that that'll happen again. We'll get super cold in late April and May and then just barge straight into a hot summer.

It's nice going out in a tshirt and shorts in winter lol. Today would have definitely felt way warmer if it hadn't been so warm all winter. But luckily for those looking for colder weather and a chance for snow things look a bit more hopeful in the future.

6 hours ago, Atomixwx said:

It'll get cold. In May.

Sent from my motorola edge 5G UW (2021) using Tapatalk
 

I already am expecting that to happen lmao Remember back in May 2020 when we got a snow squall in May?

42 minutes ago, Voyager said:

My Sun City forecast for Tuesday night...

Tuesday Night

A chance of rain showers before 3am, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%

More like Snow City lol

12 minutes ago, Albedoman said:

Please somebody tell MT Holly whats up with the temps and thermometer at ABE? 36 degrees at ABE and 60 degrees at my house at 4 in the morning in a span of ten miles.  One hell of an inversion I would say or something definitely wrong with the instrument. Has to be one of the warmest overnight temps in Feb ever recorded. One for the record books. Many areas  are in the low 60's at 4 am

10	02:51	NW 3	10.00	Fair	CLR	36	35			97%	NA	NA	29.74	1007.4
10	01:51	Calm	6.00	Fog/Mist	CLR	39	38			96%	NA	NA	29.75	1007.5
10	00:51	Calm	8.00	Fair	CLR	42	39	56	42	89%	NA	NA	29.75	1007.7
09	23:51	Calm	10.00	A Few Clouds	FEW080	44	41			89%	NA	NA	29.77	1008.3
09	22:51	NE 3	10.00	A Few Clouds	FEW095	45	42			90%	NA	NA	29.78	1008.6
09	21:51	Calm	10.00	A Few Clouds	FEW100	47	42			83%	NA	NA	29.81	1009.8

Was wondering that too. Definitely has to be a record for a lot of areas. It's 58 over here at 4 am

1 hour ago, Bubbler86 said:

You could get a foot in May and it still count for winter.   I do find it curious with all the worst winters ever comments.  We are not that far removed from 2019-2020.  If this winter does not change course at the end I will have trouble listening to much info about how it is not really different than the past.  Two close to worst ever snow and temp winters within 2-3 years of each other.   But I am forever the optimist, and I am not making a call for worst winter in early mid Feb. 

Same. Once we enter early March then I think it's time to worry imo

3 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

It is indeed, but breaking 2 all time records in one "winter" is still impressive. Only one date remains with a record high under 60. 

That's what I was thinking too when I was looking at some of the records yesterday. It's amazing that that one day still has a record high below 60. For my town the record was 57 degrees on February 7th and that record still hasn't been beaten for so long lol

62 here. Broke our record high of 61 back in 2001

Could hit 60 tomorrow in some spots. Record high for Harrisburg tomorrow is 61 degrees

Regardless of what you think of the warmth it is nice getting some fresh air inside when it's 56 out like this. Though I will say a day like today doesn't feel as special as it normally would just due to how warm its been all winter. That is another thing I like about winter is it really helps you appreciate the warmer months once they arrive

3 hours ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

Good points, but the tone is out of control by most. Way too much over reaction.

People have also lost their sense of history. We have gone through this before & we will feast on good snow years again in the future. 

We have to remember that the 2010's were an oddity. Normally we don't see that many big snowstorms repeatedly. Which makes it even odder because our average temps keep rising at the same time. The average in Harrisburg is now 40 in January. Before 2010 I believe the average high temp was 36 degrees. When you take the 30 year average it keeps going up 2 degrees every 10 years. It really makes me wonder what's going to happen with smaller scale snowstorms in the future. I think we'll still see monster storms once in a while because part of the reason why we've seen so many in the 2010's is due to extreme dips in the jet stream related to warming. Obviously it's not that simple since weather and the earth itself are extremely complicated and there's also many patterns that naturally occur that can last years or decades on top of the man made ones. I just think all the snowstorms spoiled us and made us forget that our general climate is getting harder to produce snow. Pennsylvania is right on that boundary of rain and snow for a lot of storms, so the warmer it gets on average the harder it's going to be for us sadly.

Not trying to bring you or anyone down. Just saying things how they are.

7 hours ago, Yardstickgozinya said:

Lol .  Yes The NES version of Mike Tysons Punch Out,  and the Tyson , Holyfield fight is the architecture of that post.  Around here we all went broke playing Killer Instinct at Trindle Bowl . 

Not sure if you're still into games or fighting games but I'm really excited for Street Fighter 6 coming out in June lol. Though I think a lot of you are way older than me. By the time I was old enough to play arcade machines they were already dying out around here

53 minutes ago, canderson said:

CTP discussion make me think they continue to trim back LSV totals, which now are 1-2” for MDT. Wouldn’t be surprised if they end up bit predicting any accumulation on for a decent part of Lancaster/York counties. 

Yep same. I'm still very skeptical we get very much around here.

3 hours ago, MAG5035 said:

Not sure why my WB hasn’t loaded any of the 0z GFS in yet but in the meantime.. here’s the early prediction sure to go wrong just issued from CTP.

This image has basically been the story for the whole season around the Harrisburg area. We've constantly been right on that line between rain and snow so we've hardly had any accumulate yet so far.

6 hours ago, CoralRed said:

This New York Times article about how weather people talk about weather is free over at Yahoo, so I thought I'd share the link. 

We need to do a better job communicating weather conditions and risks to Americans. My sense is some of the people who died recently in Buffalo's blizzards really did not realize the risk they were taking. Same out West with the rains, although far fewer died.

I do not know what we do with the people don't pay attention or who discount and dismiss all weather warnings -- and there are a lot of them.

But we can do something about people getting stuck. Now that so many employers threaten people's jobs over leaving early, not finishing deliveries, coming in late or not at all per weather conditions, I think the government is going to have to be a lot more aggressive in closing roads. What else can be done when employers won't care about employees? Earlier road closings would have saved lives in Buffalo, I think.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/talk-talk-weather-130437818.html?.tsrc=fp_deeplink

Yep the system is just becoming more and more brutal as time progresses. The fact corporations and companies do this to their employees is just vile. Because at the end of the day they don't care about you. I had one job in the past at a small business around here that didn't mind AT ALL if you had to come in late or not come in at all if it snowed badly. They would never hold it against you. They're a small business and could handle it so why can these mega corporations not handle it?

Well the next week is looking pretty fun. Chances of 2 snowstorms back to back? I actually like those odds. Makes it more likely that at least one of them will happen. We'll still have to see if either will materialize but considering we're within 5 days with one of those storms it definitely has me interested

4 hours ago, Ruin said:

they often promote warm seasons then average but hardly headline the very cold at all. like this fall it was one of the coolest I can remember but didnt talk at all about records. just daily about how cool it was.

This fall was not cold at all. At least not in south central PA. Almost half of October was above average and remember just how hot it was the first 2 weeks of November? The only time it got really cold was around Christmas for a few days. Another thing that seems forgotten is averages increased 2 degrees all over the state because we're now using averages from 1990-2020. The old averages we used were 1980-2010 which were 2 degrees cooler on average than they are now