canderson Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Sleeting in downtown HBG. Didn't expect that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 For those of you participating in the Precipitation Identification Near the Ground (PING) project: http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/projects/ping/display/phone.html Believe it was 2 or 3 years ago. I am sure some state college members know what I am talking about. What event was that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Leaving work here in Altoona. Wet snow mixing with the rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmister Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 A very wet sleet has transitioned to a wet snow/sleet mix in UNV. It must be super marginal temperature wise throughout the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Just got home, there's a light slush coating on most surfaces.. even the road. Precip is moderate and like a sleety-snowish type mixture. Gonna be ready to crank some snow once we cool the column just a bit more and get some good flakes. Also, CTP just upped the advisory for C-PA.. 4-6 inches now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 A very wet sleet has transitioned to a wet snow/sleet mix in UNV. It must be super marginal temperature wise throughout the area. Hadn't seen any frozen here on campus as of 5 or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Looks like jst now to 6-10" in grids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennMan Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Nasty sleet and rain mix in Bellefonte. Just got back from a few days out in the field for work...need to catch up on what's going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 New snow map has Cambria well over 50% 6"+ warning later? Also has 9" over Brownstown. Wins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irvingtwosmokes Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Looks like jst now to 6-10" in grids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawatch Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 i have been oustide the past couple hours, if i didn't know any better i would think its going to snow, it certainly looks and feels that way! Was thinking the same thing when I was outside. Mag, Billie, Jmister, Joe and Eastern thanks for the updates....Always appreciated!! I see the Nam is showing more TQPD....is it over doing it compared to the other models? Edit: Wife is out shopping. Texted me RASN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildWeatherAdventure Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Hadn't seen any frozen here on campus as of 5 or so Definitely at least some mixing taking place now if not a complete changeover to some wet snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billabong Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Hadn't seen any frozen here on campus as of 5 or so Really? I'm a mile west of campus near Blue Course Drive and we're all sleet with some snow mixed in. There's a decent coating on the grass/cars. Roads and sidewalks are pretty slippery with a thick slush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennMan Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Definitely at least some mixing taking place now if not a complete changeover to some wet snow. Mixed bag of rain, sleet and snow here in Bellefonte. Nice coating already on everything but roads and sidewalks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Yeah there was a good burst of snow/sleet, lighter now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 This is a pretty fascinating and complicated setup. I mean this really wasn't the portion of the system that was supposed to deliver any extended frozen. The front isn't even here yet. Must be one heck of CAD response to anchor in the just barely cold enough air to maintain frozen. I wonder if we go back over to rain as the front nears. In the mean time, mainly frozen continues here. Still a very wet snow/ sleet type mixture... and it is accumulating a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawatch Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Just came in from outside. Definitely some good snow flakes mixing in. Truck windshield covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 everything coated here...sure to be washed away later lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irvingtwosmokes Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 There's the Williamsport Mayan, we all know and love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 hahahaha touche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 A slushy accumulation of this mixed bag of whatchamacallit on some surfaces on campus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Just got home, there's a light slush coating on most surfaces.. even the road. Precip is moderate and like a sleety-snowish type mixture. Gonna be ready to crank some snow once we cool the column just a bit more and get some good flakes. Also, CTP just upped the advisory for C-PA.. 4-6 inches now. Wow. Although, man, we get heavy precip right now I would not be surprised if it were all snow. Going over Skytop tonight was my first winter experience. It was a mess, especially the overpass over 99 and the whole way down from the top to about the bottom, covered in a coating of snow and ice. PennDOT was on it's way to hit it. Check that. just looked out, we're mostly snow. Currently 32.7, where it's been since i got home an hour ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Wow. Although, man, we get heavy precip right now I would not be surprised if it were all snow. Going over Skytop tonight was my first winter experience. It was a mess, especially the overpass over 99 and the whole way down from the top to about the bottom, covered in a coating of snow and ice. PennDOT was on it's way to hit it. Check that. just looked out, we're mostly snow. Currently 32.7, where it's been since i got home an hour ago. The advisory is a really gutsy forecast call. CTP mentioned themselves in disco that these rain to snow things don't usually work out, and that this could be the 1 in a 100 event that manages it. My concern is QPF behind the front. This precip shield is going to soon push off to the east and we will lighten precip rates or have a lull before the actual front gets here (although we could fill in some) . I think once precip rates lighten, the temps aloft will be allowed to rise to a point where it will be mainly rain til after frontal passage. You look at radar now and it doesn't seem like you would think we'll get thumped by several inches of snow but we will have to allow the secondary low on the triple point and dynamics to work their magic and see what we get as the night wears on. This frozen we're getting now is bonus really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Looks like dryslot is really sliding in quick mag good point...plus with temp issues not seeing more than a coating for most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Looks like dryslot is really sliding in quick mag good point...plus with temp issues not seeing more than a coating for most. Already have that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 The advisory is a really gutsy forecast call. CTP mentioned themselves in disco that these rain to snow things don't usually work out, and that this could be the 1 in a 100 event that manages it. My concern is QPF behind the front. This precip shield is going to soon push off to the east and we will lighten precip rates or have a lull before the actual front gets here (although we could fill in some) . I think once precip rates lighten, the temps aloft will be allowed to rise to a point where it will be mainly rain til after frontal passage. You look at radar now and it doesn't seem like you would think we'll get thumped by several inches of snow but we will have to allow the secondary low on the triple point and dynamics to work their magic and see what we get as the night wears on. This frozen we're getting now is bonus really. Looking at radar there is stuff developing in western PA and WV/OH....what do we look for as far as the triple point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Currently light snow, very wet, measured .6 just now, still 32.7. Figured I'd share a Christmas-y pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Just switched from mod rain to light rain back to mod rain again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 .5 to .6 here coming down pretty good. Thinking we switch over soon though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Currently light snow, very wet, measured .6 just now, still 32.7. Figured I'd share a Christmas-y pic. That's about what we got here. Still primarily wet snow/sleet as we get ready to lose good precip rates for a bit . The cold air just straight up won round 1. As far as our secondary/triple point low, you can see the start of it on mesoanalysis down in western NC. This will ride up towards us and deepen as the night goes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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