pawatch Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Just got hit with the 2nd heavy band. Pretty awesome!! Lots of accidents - rollovers or entrapment. Edit: added picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashtown_Coop Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 I'm not kicking myself. We called for a wintry mix in the second half of the morning commute changing to plain rain showers by afternoon for a couple of days now. What was surprising, was the rates at which it came down. That really dragged down some colder air and thus heavy snow broke out. It's also true that it was perfect timing to have an efficient radiationally cooled column of air before the clouds came in last night/early this morning. That also dries out the column and thus the wet-bulb differential is greater....allowing for cooler temperatures once the column saturates. I am surprised to see over an inch in Cashtown (thanks cashtown_coop!) as that was not expected, but elevation played an important role in this one. Hardly a dusting here south of route 30 in York/Lanc counties eastward. very good point. I had a low of 21 before clouds pushed in and was sitting at 24 at 7am i meant to ask you, did you take over for drew anderson? haven't seen him on air in a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Where is Cashtown exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Where is Cashtown exactly? Adams County Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 Perhaps I spoke too soon, this last band coming thru is all rain. It was also preceded by the first crack of thunder of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashtown_Coop Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Adams County Where is Cashtown exactly? im 7 miles west of gettysburg at the base of south mountain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Conditional instability, air parcels being forced upward against the windward side of the Appalachian Mts. combined with ample clearing has enabled a forced line of showers with embedded lightning to develop. Thus a general risk of thunderstorms has been added for locations west of the Lower Susq. Valley. given the ample cloud cover and loss of diurnal heating, I suspect any threat for lightning will diminish quickly after sunset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 im 7 miles west of gettysburg at the base of south mountain. Ah, gotcha. I knew it was in Adams just not sure where. Next time we're down in Biglerville or East Berlin we might go find it just to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashtown_Coop Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Ah, gotcha. I knew it was in Adams just not sure where. Next time we're down in Biglerville or East Berlin we might go find it just to find it. Sounds good! If your passing thru and see a back yard with 5 rain gauges, 3 temp senors and a large antenna tower with 2 anemometers on top, that's me ! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Easily over 2 inches imby...compacted so didnt measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Sounds good! If your passing thru and see a back yard with 5 rain gauges, 3 temp senors and a large antenna tower with 2 anemometers on top, that's me ! Lol Brilliant! There's a kickass taco truck down that way we go to whenever we head to Hollabaugh Bros. It's at an intersection of cornfields and a Rutters, I totally can't remember the road. On the route to E. Berlin. 942 maybe? Anyway it has damn fine tacos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Hopefully I will be down your way Saturday Co op headed to Lincoln Speedway for the icebreaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paxpatriot Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Thunderstorm in Hagerstown right now...nasty lightning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Where is Cashtown exactly? Apple country Brilliant! There's a kickass taco truck down that way we go to whenever we head to Hollabaugh Bros. It's at an intersection of cornfields and a Rutters, I totally can't remember the road. On the route to E. Berlin. 942 maybe? Anyway it has damn fine tacos. Probably 194, or 234. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Thunderstorm in Hagerstown right now...nasty lightning. I so love this weird-ass late winter weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashtown_Coop Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Hopefully I will be down your way Saturday Co op headed to Lincoln Speedway for the icebreaker. That sounds exciting. How long of a trip is that? I've never been to the speedway but I have been to the mud races in Kingsdale below Littlestown Thats pretty entertaining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashtown_Coop Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Apple country Probably 194, or 234. You're good. That is the intersection of the two in the small town of Hampton. Keep heading west on 234 and that will take you to Biglerville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashtown_Coop Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 I hear thunder ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Wow exciting weather day. Coop its in abbottstown so prbly 45 min for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Feels kinda like spring with it being warm-ish out and the sun starting to poke through. Maybe another coating from a lucky band tomorrow? The rain killed off the patchy half inch or so we had on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 I finished with 0" for the day. Stuck on 7.5" YDT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 2.2 imby but sure there was more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Snow in the morning, looks like it's about to t-storm in the afternoon. Crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 Pretty active weather day here for sure. A brief period of heavy sleet that quickly went over to snow starting around 530-6am this morning and accumulating about 1.5". Then a brief period of heavier showers in the afternoon accompanied by a nice crack of thunder. The sun came out right after that went through and now it is windy and the flakes are flying again. This storm behaved about how I thought it would for the west and north-central. There were several 3 inch amounts reported in the north-central along with a 4.0" amount in Potter County and even a 5.0" in Sullivan County. I wasn't necessarily shocked that wintry precip made it all the way thru C-PA but I was a bit surprised that it ended up being intense enough to cause some bigger issues in places like Harrisburg. Should've known better after seeing the temps on mesowest early this morning before I went to bed. There were alot of mid 20s in the east and around here the main stations like UNV and AOO were above freezing but most of the other weather stations between them were in the low to mid 20s. That coupled with the dry air made for an easy frozen precip scenario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Passed 2 crashes on way home from work aroubd 3. High impact event for a small amount of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Pretty active weather day here for sure. A brief period of heavy sleet that quickly went over to snow starting around 530-6am this morning and accumulating about 1.5". Then a brief period of heavier showers in the afternoon accompanied by a nice crack of thunder. The sun came out right after that went through and now it is windy and the flakes are flying again. This storm behaved about how I thought it would for the west and north-central. There were several 3 inch amounts reported in the north-central along with a 4.0" amount in Potter County and even a 5.0" in Sullivan County. I wasn't necessarily shocked that wintry precip made it all the way thru C-PA but I was a bit surprised that it ended up being intense enough to cause some bigger issues in places like Harrisburg. Should've known better after seeing the temps on mesowest early this morning before I went to bed. There were alot of mid 20s in the east and around here the main stations like UNV and AOO were above freezing but most of the other weather stations between them were in the low to mid 20s. That coupled with the dry air made for an easy frozen precip scenario. Yeah, I noticed UNV stayed right around freezing while other places nearby were quite a bit below. Any reasons for that? I feel like here in town was close to freezing vs. below it since we didn't get much in the way of accum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennMan Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Yeah, I noticed UNV stayed right around freezing while other places nearby were quite a bit below. Any reasons for that? I feel like here in town was close to freezing vs. below it since we didn't get much in the way of accum. It was 24 here in Bellefonte around 5am, while it was 32 at unv I believe. Had a nasty 3.5hr drive from Bellefonte to Towanda this morning in sleet, snow, and occasional freezing rain. The variations in snowfall were interesting on the drive back this afternoon. Not much of anything from Towanda to Canton, then an inch or so on the ground. Next to nothing south of Lock Haven, and nothing at my office two miles south of Bellefonte, but a solid inch still in shaded areas around downtown. Highest amounts I saw were in northern and central Lycoming County...solid 3-4" in Ralston and Marsh Hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 Yeah, I noticed UNV stayed right around freezing while other places nearby were quite a bit below. Any reasons for that? I feel like here in town was close to freezing vs. below it since we didn't get much in the way of accum. I think places like UNV and the AOO ASOS station out in Martinsburg likely had a bit of a southerly/southeasterly breeze going prior to the precip arrival overnight... probably just enough so that it mixed down the warmer air that was not very far aloft (temps were generally in the mid-upper 30s up in the Laurels). Places that were well below freezing were in the more protected valleys, especially the immediate valley right off the Allegheny front. The calm winds at the surface probably allowed for decoupling and radiational cooling to send temps down well into the 20s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 It was 24 here in Bellefonte around 5am, while it was 32 at unv I believe. Had a nasty 3.5hr drive from Bellefonte to Towanda this morning in sleet, snow, and occasional freezing rain. The variations in snowfall were interesting on the drive back this afternoon. Not much of anything from Towanda to Canton, then an inch or so on the ground. Next to nothing south of Lock Haven, and nothing at my office two miles south of Bellefonte, but a solid inch still in shaded areas around downtown. Highest amounts I saw were in northern and central Lycoming County...solid 3-4" in Ralston and Marsh Hill. We have about 1.5-2 on the ground here, already starting to freeze. Looks like some nice snow showers on the way on radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Man Saturday made me excited at first then I looked closer....Rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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