JamieOber Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Based on what looks like monster lake effect bands from hell on radar this am, looks like most weather sites will have to reset their default radar settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PottercountyWXobserver Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Based on what looks like monster lake effect bands from hell on radar this am, looks like most weather sites will have to reset their default radar settings. What are you talking about? I was getting 2-3"/hr snowfall rates off that one band, talk about epic whiteout! I'v been waiting all winter for a snowfall like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 What are you talking about? I was getting 2-3"/hr snowfall rates off that one band, talk about epic whiteout! I'v been waiting all winter for a snowfall like that We got shafted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Hollabaugh's, Stride's, Spiral Path and many other orchards/farms around Harrisburg are reporting devestation this morning. Many places got to 27 last night, following a few bughts' ago reading of 28-30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Fookin NAM trending wetter. Gonna have to wear deer hunting bibs for the first day of trout tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Hollabaugh's, Stride's, Spiral Path and many other orchards/farms around Harrisburg are reporting devestation this morning. Many places got to 27 last night, following a few bughts' ago reading of 28-30. I got to 25....my peach tree's blossoms were toast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Whose ready for some rain??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennMan Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Thunder here in Bellefonte. Looks like a gloomy Saturday in store for Central PA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 So, who's in for the Mega Millions tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted March 31, 2012 Author Share Posted March 31, 2012 Some thunderstorms moving across the area this evening. Nothing major but enough to provide a sampling of some of the storm aspects the dual pol radar can provide. This four panel has regular reflectivity on the top left, Differential reflectivity (ZDR) top right, correlation coefficient (RHO) bottom left, and I just threw in echo tops for the bottom right panel. I'm still watching and rewatching the provided tutorials geared for meteorologists and the radar is a bit messy but the rough analysis of these thunderstorms around UNV is the higher ZDR values that that coincide with the high reflectivity indicate the larger drop sizes within these thunderstorms. The correlation coeffient values are uniform and very high thus indicating all rain and probably no hail associated with the storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Some thunderstorms moving across the area this evening. Nothing major but enough to provide a sampling of some of the storm aspects the dual pol radar can provide. This four panel has regular reflectivity on the top left, Differential reflectivity (ZDR) top right, correlation coefficient (RHO) bottom left, and I just threw in echo tops for the bottom right panel. I'm still watching and rewatching the provided tutorials geared for meteorologists and the radar is a bit messy but the rough analysis of these thunderstorms around UNV is the higher ZDR values that that coincide with the high reflectivity indicate the larger drop sizes within these thunderstorms. The correlation coeffient values are uniform and very high thus indicating all rain and probably no hail associated with the storms. Interesting. Hopefully you can get us some nice screen shots in the upcoming weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Most of the precip looks to be rolling through now. Might be able to be gone by sunrise. Crossing fingers as I really do not feel like sitting in 40's and rain for trout, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 So, who's in for the Mega Millions tonight? i got my $140 worth of tickets (7 of us @ $20 each.) i heard someone in maryland hit it and also a few more winners as well but nothing official yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Most of the precip looks to be rolling through now. Might be able to be gone by sunrise. Crossing fingers as I really do not feel like sitting in 40's and rain for trout, Looks confirmed! Majority of precip is gone and didnt really have any effect on the stream! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahantango#1 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 During last nights thunderstorm ,we had hail here the size of small marbles, that storm was a little frisky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Hey guys check out my story on Geoea.org today. http://geoea.org/2012/04/02/geoenvironmental-atmosphere-lands-in-baltimore-maryland-2/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Check out this video I made today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 frost fest the next couple of nights. Then next week looks cold. The local orchard is more or less expecting to have losses on their peach trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 frost fest the next couple of nights. Then next week looks cold. I had a feeling we'd pay the price for that epic March torch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I had a feeling we'd pay the price for that epic March torch. We got to 26.4 this am. A couple more perennials seemed to take it on the chin and give up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennMan Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 We got to 26.4 this am. A couple more perennials seemed to take it on the chin and give up. I'm home for the week for training and we dropped to 24.1° here in Lebanon County. A few shrubs around the front of the house had their buds toasted...hopefully they will rebud. The cold season garden stuff looks ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Talked to an orchard owner and a garden mass producer. Both have lost basically all their crops. Very sad stuff. Our azaleas are toast. Today I sprayed killer on a 60'x3 strip next to the house. In two weeks will till it up, rake in nutrients and plant a ****load of white creeping thyme for groundcover. In that, we'll put in various plants to pop throughout the season, looking forward to it. It's gonna cost a ton of money for that much thyme though, eek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahantango#1 Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 23.2 this morn daffodills and tulips laying over, hard frost and freeze. not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Talked to an orchard owner and a garden mass producer. Both have lost basically all their crops. Very sad stuff. Our azaleas are toast. Today I sprayed killer on a 60'x3 strip next to the house. In two weeks will till it up, rake in nutrients and plant a ****load of white creeping thyme for groundcover. In that, we'll put in various plants to pop throughout the season, looking forward to it. It's gonna cost a ton of money for that much thyme though, eek. 23.2 this morn daffodills and tulips laying over, hard frost and freeze. not good. Yep. Fortunately the apples held off some up here so they should be okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Yeah our apple trees haven't bloomed or budded yet, they are always last. Thank goodness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Festus Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 About a month ago, I wrote to CTP asking if snowfall in KMDT was in the top 10 for least snow. Just received a reply today! "Sorry this took so long - your message got dumped into Spam Mail for some reason, and I was just cleaning it out today and found your message. The 5th least snowy season at Harrisburg was 10.9 in 1997-1998. I cannot easily find anything past the top/bottom-5 seasons. So, for now, I would tell you that is probably in the top-10 of the least snowy seasons. I will let you know if I can find a complete ranking of all the seasons. Sincerely, Mike Dangelo NWS State College, PA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billabong Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Dare we bring out the "S" word this week? Or maybe some light mixed precip... -6°C 850s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 There's a huge forest fire in Perry County, started around 1 p.m. I believe. These winds are not helping matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennMan Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 There's a huge forest fire in Perry County, started around 1 p.m. I believe. These winds are not helping matters. I saw one on my way back from my grandparents' place this afternoon. It didn't appear to be too large, but still interesting to see in Central PA. It was about 20 miles east of State College, on a ridge south of Millheim/Aaronsburg. Not as cool as the fire I saw a number of years ago, on the ridge right across the Susquehanna River from Liverpool. Drove by at night as it was burning, a really impressive sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahantango#1 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Yes I remember that one, I live about 6 miles from that fire. I was starting to wonder if they were going to get that one out. It was so smokey from that fire. Also that mountain is so steep where it was burning that only firefighters with shovels and their backpack equiptment couldwalk to access the fire. They were also using helicopters to drop water on the fire. I think that fire burned for five days. I think it burned over 100 acres. That one they say started from a tossed cigarette from a passing car along tr. 147 I saw one on my way back from my grandparents' place this afternoon. It didn't appear to be too large, but still interesting to see in Central PA. It was about 20 miles east of State College, on a ridge south of Millheim/Aaronsburg. Not as cool as the fire I saw a number of years ago, on the ridge right across the Susquehanna River from Liverpool. Drove by at night as it was burning, a really impressive sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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