LVblizzard Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Moderate-heavy snow in State College. Almost an inch on the ground already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennMan Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Nice moderate snow in Bellefonte. Beautiful flakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Mix of rain-sleet here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djr5001 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Mix of rain-sleet here. ice cold rain too... 33 degrees on my deck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallow Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 All but treated surfaces are completely covered. Probably between 1/4" and 1/2" already. Guesstimation fail. Just looking at it wasn't very accurate. I went out and checked, it we have more like 3/4"-1" on my car, and probably about 1" in the grass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 ice cold rain too... 33 degrees on my deckYup, I'm at 32 but yeah. Seems to be mostly sleet now. I'm doubting we see 1" pure snow. Ping, ping, ping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Snowing pretty hard here. I'd say 3/4 mile vis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallow Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Snowing pretty hard here. I'd say 3/4 mile vis. Heavier band of snow moving in from the west, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 Snowing pretty hard here. I'd say 3/4 mile vis. I"ll have to admit I was a bit worried when we started with sleet right off the bat, but we're locked in pretty good at the moment with some good snow rates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 snowing good here now and everything is turning white. but im right on the edge of snow or no snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 Yup, I'm at 32 but yeah. Seems to be mostly sleet now. I'm doubting we see 1" pure snow. Ping, ping, ping! Judging by the radar, I wouldn't be surprised if some flakes worked their way into Harrisburg proper. I've noticed the snow/mix line has been making a push down 322 towards you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlislePaWx Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Judging by the radar, I wouldn't be surprised if some flakes worked their way into Harrisburg proper. I've noticed the snow/mix line has been making a push down 322 towards you. Rain / Sleet mix continues with a greater percentage of rain having mixed in after it had been almost 100% sleet which had accumulated 0.2" worth. Temp continues to drop, now down to 32.2 degrees with dew point 31.1...so evap processes are over with. Just need to drop off a few more tenths to turn to ZR. Hope the snow makes its way south towards us. I'm losing the earlier "gut" feeling...lol....about getting over an inch of snow. I'll be happy if we make it to an inch by morning. Should be an interesting overnight period. Regardless, it's looking like maybe another surprise opportunity by the end of this week with that southern system pulling a bit further north? Then who knows what the arctic air will bring in with it next week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Let it snow... http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o82/yankeesrule4ever/20130115.jpg http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o82/yankeesrule4ever/IMG_20130115_232740.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 Just had a look at some of the Johnstown cams, and after a while of them looking like they were experiencing either zr or sleet, i can see big fluffy flakes. Any input? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallow Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Just had a look at some of the Johnstown cams, and after a while of them looking like they were experiencing either zr or sleet, i can see big fluffy flakes. Any input? http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/getobext.php?wfo=sew&sid=kjst&num=60&banner=on They're reporting snow again. And Altoona has stayed all snow, too. State College won't even have a shot at changing over from snow until KJST and then KAOO do first, so not anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel Highlands Wx Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 From looking at the cameras my guess is the closer you get to the Galleria its all snow but the Scalp Ave. camera seems to point to sleet or freezing rain. The expressway exit its snowing hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUweathermanDD Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/getobext.php?wfo=sew&sid=kjst&num=60&banner=on They're reporting snow again. And Altoona has stayed all snow, too. State College won't even have a shot at changing over from snow until KJST and then KAOO do first, so not anytime soon. Unlikely for them too in the near term, the 850 has gone on freeze for a bit. Additionally, cold air is working its way SE as MAG said, so some places could be surprised by snow. Ole' Easternuswx is starting to mix in snow in Shippensburg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 Unlikely for them too in the near term, the 850 has gone on freeze for a bit. Additionally, cold air is working its way SE as MAG said, so some places could be surprised by snow. Ole' Easternuswx is starting to mix in snow in Shippensburg. Dual pol radar has been working very well with this event with regard to watching the progression of the mix line. Eastern's right on that line according to it currently (assuming hes in Shippensburg). Looks like Canderson and the other Hburg folks might be getting flakes now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUweathermanDD Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Dual pol radar has been working very well with this event with regard to watching the progression of the mix line. Eastern's right on that line according to it currently (assuming hes in Shippensburg). Looks like Canderson and the other Hburg folks might be getting flakes now. Yes it has, and yeah he's right around the University. The mix line continues to press SE with the cold air leaking on in. Dual Pol nailing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mesowest/getobext.php?wfo=sew&sid=kjst&num=60&banner=on They're reporting snow again. And Altoona has stayed all snow, too. State College won't even have a shot at changing over from snow until KJST and then KAOO do first, so not anytime soon. Yea, the reason I ask for some on the ground input is because it has seemed like the mixing signal on radar has been weakening a bit in that particular area, which is a good thing for us further northeast if snow is trying to take back over up in that part of the Laurels. I've not experienced any mixing issues since we started off sleeting. It's trying to work on 2 inches here (I'm about 8 miles north of Altoona close to I-99). I do think the warm air aloft is doing enough to compensate snow ratios a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizzard92 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Massive quarter sized flakes here in Linglestown. All surfaces now being covered. Still a tad bit of sleet mixing in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Flipped to snow about 15 mins ago - quickly coating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Snowing good here at ipt...hoping for an inch or two...just glad to have some snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlislePaWx Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Dual pol radar has been working very well with this event with regard to watching the progression of the mix line. Eastern's right on that line according to it currently (assuming hes in Shippensburg). Looks like Canderson and the other Hburg folks might be getting flakes now. WOW! Mag, you're amazing! You were right. Here I was thinking it was still sleeting and raining outside until I approached my deck and saw all white! I've gone over to 100% snow with nice big flakes and a coating everywhere already. Now I'm excited again. Maybe I'll hit or break 1" by morning. Thanks for the encouraging words. At least I can confirm all snow 20 miles northeast of Ship / Eastern. Temp holding at 32.2. Off to bed now....we'll see what surprise awaits me in the morning. Nite all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel Highlands Wx Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Yea, the reason I ask for some on the ground input is because it has seemed like the mixing signal on radar has been weakening a bit in that particular area, which is a good thing for us further northeast if snow is trying to take back over up in that part of the Laurels. I've not experienced any mixing issues since we started off sleeting. It's trying to work on 2 inches here (I'm about 8 miles north of Altoona close to I-99). I do think the warm air aloft is doing enough to compensate snow ratios a bit. After looking at the Johnstown camera's again my guess is that it is all snow over the entire vicinity. I think some of those cameras suffer from lack of lighting over the camera itself. The Expressway interchange camera must be attached to one of those giant poles.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 After looking at the Johnstown camera's again my guess is that it is all snow over the entire vicinity. I think some of those cameras suffer from lack of lighting over the camera itself. The Expressway interchange camera must be attached to one of those giant poles.. Ebensburg was another one I was watching, the Candlelight intersection in particular.. because you can see the flakes easily in the lights. There was no flakes visible for a while on that cam but now you can see the snow in the lights again and the wet road is starting to get slushy (was.. road looks treated again). I've noticed a near collapse in the mixing signal (via correlation coefficient product) in Cambria and northern Somerset, where the radar beam is at about the 850mb level near JST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 2.5" on the ground. Moderate snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel Highlands Wx Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Ebensburg was another one I was watching, the Candlelight intersection in particular.. because you can see the flakes easily in the lights. There was no flakes visible for a while on that cam but now you can see the snow in the lights again and the wet road is starting to get slushy (was.. road looks treated again). I've noticed a near collapse in the mixing signal (via correlation coefficient product) in Cambria and northern Somerset, where the radar beam is at about the 850mb level near JST. I have always been amazed at how interesting CAD is. When I left home to drive back to PSU on Sunday Night it was 54. Then when I reached Altoona it was 45 and some fog.and finally I hit the wall of fog in State College. I am curious if Cambria and Somerset will get as much as ice as CTP seems to think. Usually Northern Cambria escapes getting too much freezing rain. I can remember many times when Ebensburg and Carrolltown would loose power due to alot of ice accumulation. We usually would get some ice before switching to rain or stayed all rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 1.25" so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 HEAVY snow, big flakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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