NortheastPAWx Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeffsvilleWx Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Blustery day here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Cold and drying out....some good gusts. Lets all hope for something interesting to track in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 To the mets, is the Feb 5-10 period still look to be a go for our best storm chances? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Wonder how much Altoona got this morning. Their ground looks solidly white on web cams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Festus Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 To the mets, is the Feb 5-10 period still look to be a go for our best storm chances? On Weather World's extended forecast last night, nothing through the 6th and hinted at some moderation after that. Latest 12Z GFS supports that notion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Yeah long rang looking dull as of now...just a few t to 2 type clipper events. Keep in mind with these it ll be upper 20s low 30s so ratios will not be a huge help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawatch Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Currently got the blizzard thing going on. Awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Snowing decent here too. It's cold as heck out now, wow. Wind is biting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Wonder how much Altoona got this morning. Their ground looks solidly white on web cams. I haven't ventured down there yet today but we have about a half inch or so on the ground up here. Nice to see everything white again so quickly after our washout yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 On Weather World's extended forecast last night, nothing through the 6th and hinted at some moderation after that. Latest 12Z GFS supports that notion. Yeah long rang looking dull as of now...just a few t to 2 type clipper events. Keep in mind with these it ll be upper 20s low 30s so ratios will not be a huge help. Read the long range thread in the Philly subforum. The models are kind of useless in the mid-long range due to the complicated pattern that has set up and that cuts both ways - don't get your hopes up if you see a storm and don't get too discouraged if you don't see anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Read the long range thread in the Philly subforum. The models are kind of useless in the mid-long range due to the complicated pattern that has set up and that cuts both ways - don't get your hopes up if you see a storm and don't get too discouraged if you don't see anything. that sounds like every winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 that sounds like every winter lol...but moreso the next few weeks. Actually, for the event we've had, the models have done well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 We are running low on quality winter left lol, tomorrow is february and it wont be long until we bring up sun angle. Hope somethings cooking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennMan Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 We are running low on quality winter left lol, tomorrow is february and it wont be long until we bring up sun angle. Hope somethings cooking. Yeah we should probably just give up on the two months wherein we are most likely to see large snowstorms in this part of the state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeffsvilleWx Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Yeah we should probably just give up on the two months wherein we are most likely to see large snowstorms in this part of the state. You're right. It's not like we ever get humongo snowstorms after feb 1st. The "storm of the century" actually never happened. It was a conspiracy, thought up by the same guys who thought up the moon landing and nessie. Hey, mother nature, you there? Wmsptwx would like you to know that winter is about over. kthx. Actually, according to MU, February has the highest average total snowfall for the lancaster area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennMan Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 You're right. It's not like we ever get humongo snowstorms after feb 1st. The "storm of the century" actually never happened. It was a conspiracy, thought up by the same guys who thought up the moon landing and nessie. Hey, mother nature, you there? Wmsptwx would like you to know that winter is about over. kthx. Actually, according to MU, February has the highest average total snowfall for the lancaster area. Averages for State College based on the COOP data since 1893: January: 11.8" February: 10.8" March: 9.8" April: 2.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Yeah we should probably just give up on the two months wherein we are most likely to see large snowstorms in this part of the state. Also, sun angle isn't a bad thing. As we go later in the season the contrast in temps north and south, fueled by the change in season, can make storms stronger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 lol I know winter isnt over there fellas, but its fair to say the sun angle is a definite issue in a couple.weeks esp. with types of storms we have been getting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 lol I know winter isnt over there fellas, but its fair to say the sun angle is a definite issue in a couple.weeks esp. with types of storms we have been getting. Sun angle doesn't become an issue until after Valentine's Day from 40.5N and points south. It's March 1st for the rest of the state, IMO. EDIT: PDII made a joke out of the sun angle theorem however, just goes to show you anomalous set-ups take climo out behind the wood shed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Yet another pileup on I-80 this morning in Clearfield county. http://www.wjactv.com/news/news/reports-several-semitrailers-involved-crash-part-i/nWBzL/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Nice squall moving through right now. Like the call by NWS for 1-2" through Fri eve. I was skeptical of much snow shower activity but this is the most snow showers I've seen all winter. Haven't had many of them like past ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Nice squall moving through right now. Like the call by NWS for 1-2" through Fri eve. I was skeptical of much snow shower activity but this is the most snow showers I've seen all winter. Haven't had many of them like past ones. Snowing pretty decently down here right now as well, radar activity has picked up. I think we'll make out pretty well the next several days with the clipper train. Certainly not the most glamorous way to pick up snow but by about this time next week I could see us racking up several inches adding up all these minor events and LES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Snowing pretty decently down here right now as well, radar activity has picked up. I think we'll make out pretty well the next several days with the clipper train. Certainly not the most glamorous way to pick up snow but by about this time next week I could see us racking up several inches adding up all these minor events and LES. Just put a special weather statement out for it. The Port Matilda VFD siren is going off now, I bet yet another I99 wreck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Any shot at an organized band pulling together from off Lake Huron? That's how some of the higher totals actually make it east of the Alleghenies. Some of those were fun in my time up there. Looks like around Philipsburg's been in some of the heavier action today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 Been snowing pretty good here the last 40min or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Any shot at an organized band pulling together from off Lake Huron? That's how some of the higher totals actually make it east of the Alleghenies. Some of those were fun in my time up there. Looks like around Philipsburg's been in some of the heavier action today. The flow's too flat (westerly) for a Huron connected band to drop into Central PA. The Huron connection is hooked up with the major band off of Ontario that's between Cuse and Watertown. Actually that looks like possibly a 3 lake combo of Superior/Huron/Ontario. The major band off of Erie going into the Buffalo south towns has a Lake Michigan connection. I'd love to be under that Ontario band. We actually haven't had a conducive flow for a Huron band yet this year. Lack of NAO blocking probably hasn't helped the prospect of getting that NW/NNW trajectory behind big systems. There's still some pretty nice bands of snow around C-PA this eve. Looks like the best one is moving into Milesburg and Bellefonte currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Picked up 1.0 on the nose last night. A cocorahs guy a few miles from me recorded .9, with .03 liquid. That's some ratio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Scoreboard through January: MDT Season Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Season 2012-2013 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 6.4 2.3 - - - - - 9.8 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun SeasonAverage 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 5.0 9.7 9.9 4.9 0.8 0.0 0.0 31.2Average through Jan 31 - 15.6Currently at 63% of average UNV Season Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Season2012-2013 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 13.9 8.6 - - - - - 23.5 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun SeasonAverage 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 2.2 7.7 12.7 11.0 10.2 1.4 0.0 0.0 45.6 Average through Jan 31 - 22.9Currently at 103% of average IPT Season Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Season2012-2013 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 13.9 7.3 - - - - - 23.0 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun SeasonAverage 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.6 6.9 11.0 8.8 7.0 1.1 0.0 0.0 36.4 Average through Jan 31 - 19.6 Currently at 117% of average Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Looks like Gettyburgh-Hanover-Chambersburg might have had some decent some fall this morning, according to radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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