IrishRob17 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Yes. My next door neighbor responded with Port Matilda VFD. He said it was the most horrible thing he ever witnessed, people screaming and they couldn't get to them. http://old.post-gazette.com/localnews/20040108crashfolo0108p2.asp Horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Last night DC's forecast was for 3-5" of snow. Now they won't get any accumulation. That'd suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1143 PM EST THU JAN 17 2013 PAZ010>012-017>019-041-045-046-180530- CAMERON PA-CLEARFIELD PA-ELK PA-NORTHERN CENTRE PA- NORTHERN CLINTON PA-NORTHERN LYCOMING PA-SOUTHERN CENTRE PA- SOUTHERN CLINTON PA-SOUTHERN LYCOMING PA- 1143 PM EST THU JAN 17 2013 ...A SNOW SQUALL WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CLINTON...NORTH CENTRAL CENTRE...NORTHERN CLEARFIELD...SOUTH CENTRAL LYCOMING...SOUTHEASTERN CAMERON AND SOUTHEASTERN ELK COUNTIES... AT 1137 PM EST...A SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED FROM KETTLE CREEK STATE PARK TO FALLS CREEK...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SNOW SQUALL. THE SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DROP VISIBILITIES IN THIS SNOW SQUALL TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE. THIS SNOW SQUALL WILL AFFECT RENOVO...HYNER...PINE GLEN AND AVIS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Looks decent on radar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 i looks like a full on blizzard out there.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVblizzard Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 The line is weakening as it gets to State College. Storm bubble strikes again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 ....... Geesh, how much did you end up with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Geesh, how much did you end up with? it didnt last long...just a quick coating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 it didnt last long...just a quick coating. Just arrived down here, pretty nice burst of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomixwx Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Just got an IM from a friend of mine up in Huntingdon county. Looks like half an inch up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PottercountyWXobserver Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I miss CPA, I'm so snow deprived I can't help but get excited for a clipper right now lol. Hahaha I even got excited when I saw frost on my car last night, people looked at me wierd lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I miss CPA, I'm so snow deprived I can't help but get excited for a clipper right now lol. Hahaha I even got excited when I saw frost on my car last night, people looked at me wierd lol!It is nearing storm season for you though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Good old fashioned winter day. Temperature was 34 at 5am, now down to 27. We used to have days like this a lot years ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Any chance of snow for our lsv friends? I know clipper looka pretty dry for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Any chance of snow for our lsv friends? I know clipper looka pretty dry for all. Maybe a chance late next week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Any chance of snow for our lsv friends? I know clipper looka pretty dry for all. Yeah, late week as maytown said. The models are colder...looks like any warmup after the cold shot is muted and brief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 Wow beautiful clipper on the 168 hour Euro, several inches for everyone. Lock that baby in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Thatd be awesome too bad monday dried up we would have awesome ratios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoar_Frost Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I am over by State College High School and measured 4.5. Talked to the folks back home they said that it started as a brief period of freezing rain before getting 3inches of snow before flipping back over to freezing rain and having a glaze of ice. I live right by State High, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PottercountyWXobserver Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 LE should be really interesting. Plus highs in the teens and maybe single digits, ahhh sounds great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel Highlands Wx Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I live right by State High, as well. Awesome! I am on the corner of Waupelani and O' Bryan Lane. Executive House Apts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoar_Frost Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Awesome! I am on the corner of Waupelani and O' Bryan Lane. Executive House Apts. I live in the Parkway Plaza apartments, specifically the building on Logan Avenue between Pizza Hut and the high school grounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 GFS/Euro have gotten into some decent agreement on progging this late week system around Friday, with some detail differences of course. Both models have also gotten pretty wet with this system as they seem to be pulling Gulf moisture more efficiently and it looks like our more traditional winter event from the sw vs a typical clipper. Now for the differences, 12z Euro tracks the system further south getting the southern half of PA with a moderate snowfall while clipping the northern half with just light snows. The GFS runs the low with the same trajectory, except a good bit further north and its wetter. The 1004ish low tracks right thru PA and presents a ptype scenario similar to our last storm. Northern half of PA would get pretty heavy snows, ptypes indicate ice in the AOO/UNV corridor with rain on either side in the southern half of Penn. A look at the 12z GEFS mean shows some broadbrushed light QPF and pretty cold 850 temps with no real decipherable low for this time period (both Euro and GFS timed at about 144h). Still about a D6 event so the GEFS means aren't going to really grasp this kind of system too well, but there's clearly not too many members, if any, supporting the op on its deeper system. I tend to lean more toward the Euros take, or at least a GFS/Euro compromise at this juncture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 It's about to get cold. My vote for Clearfield for lowest temp! Any info on the light snow possibilities Monday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 It's about to get cold. My vote for Clearfield for lowest temp! Any info on the light snow possibilities Monday? I bet JST doesn't crack 10 degrees Tuesday or Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 True, JST gets serious daming. Shoud be interesting to see low temps. My bet for MDT is 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 True, JST gets serious daming. Shoud be interesting to see low temps. My bet for MDT is 9. I'll go 12 for MDT followed by 4" of fluff next Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 True, JST gets serious daming. Shoud be interesting to see low temps. My bet for MDT is 9. In this scenario JST's elevation (about 2200ft) is a factor. The cold windy NW flow will likely ensure little diurnal range in temps. Also, with 850 and 925 temps progged to be approx -22 (-8ºF) and -16 (3ºF) respectively at these levels, the high elevation stations in the west are simply closer to these levels and thus colder. Those west and northwest stations probably drop below zero at some point Tuesday and Wednesday. The central stations are going to depend on if we can get the wind to settle down one of those nights and have it clear out. Lack of a true deep snowpack is probably going to prevent it from really getting ridiculous if we end up with a calmer night. Regardless, its going to be a very cold first half of the week. As for snow chances, we're going to have two frontal passages. Sunday the cold front and Monday the arctic front. Tomorrow there's a chance some squalls could survive to places like MDT but instability could be lacking. It'll be something to watch everywhere as the squalls would present a flash freeze threat and potential dangerous travel especially on interstates. Also, about the possible late week storm.. I didn't really look closely the first time but the Euro's take would be a REALLY cold event if that came to fruition. 850 temps are less than -10ºC in the southern areas that would see the best QPF (0.3-0.4ish) and surface temps would probably be in the mid teens. The Euro never really gets rid of the cold the whole week while the GFS tries to get rid of it more quickly and thus presents the mix threat it had for the Friday storm (18z GFS fwiw colder with same overall track). Should be an interesting battle this week. Since there's no real big shift in the pattern coming I suspect the Arctic air will try to have some staying power and not be easily evacuated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallow Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Awesome! I am on the corner of Waupelani and O' Bryan Lane. Executive House Apts. And I live at Lion's Gate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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