PennMan Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 You may be right. Still warmer than expected for at least the 4th day in a row. That seems to be pretty typical of April warmups. Strong sun, usually dryer air masses, and little or no foliage to slow down heating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeffsvilleWx Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 1130 obs from my PWS says 84. I'm sure it's a tad high, I just repaired the CWOP interface yesterday and I don't have any MADIS QC data to adjust station calibration factors yet. KLNS is reading about 2 degrees cooler than my site. Edit: the data submitted from my site passes mesowest QC but is higher than all the other sites in the county. I'll have to check the fan when I get home, maybe it needs replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Let's play a game...it's called find the warm front! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllWeather Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Absolutely! What's the vegetation like up there? Save our bigger trees, everything is opening up. Still pretty bare here. Tiny buds popping up, but still *looks* like winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 Walker building site is down EDIT: Errr...I can't seem access any PSU Meteo website, even the homepage. Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to www.met.psu.eduTry reloading: www.met.psu.edu Additional suggestions:Access a cached copy of www.met.psu.edu Go to www.psu.edu Search on Google: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Still pretty bare here. Tiny buds popping up, but still *looks* like winter Yep, same. We are just getting daffodils to open up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Hey all you PSU UP people if you want to see winter's last gasp, check out the giant pile of snow that they create outside of the Nittany Lion Parking Deck next to the entrance. I lol'd, there were students having a snowball fight when I came back from a meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeffsvilleWx Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Yep, same. We are just getting daffodils to open up. Ours are already blooming, tulips are a good 8" tall, roses have been growing leaves for a few weeks, and I'll need to mow this weekend. It definitely looks like spring here in my neck of the woods. Here's a site I found today that I think is pretty cool. It's a map that shows all CWOP and NWS sites in the state, with links for data (select "all" in the network list). http://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/mesomap.cgi?state=PA&rawsflag=3 Better than the wundermap, IMO, as all the data on the map has been through QC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 SPC says no: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0425.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 My parents in East Texas are getting crazy training today. Glad I'm flying to Dallas tomorrow and not today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 84 at MDT, full sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Never really expected Severe anyway, but do want a thunderstorm. 81 here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Never really expected Severe anyway, but do want a thunderstorm. 81 here. Me too. I like the looks of radar, hope they hold together. After planting some stuff Sunday, I am in full garden weather mode. Which means I will be staring at random garden variety showers and storms all summer on radar, willing them to not break apart with about five times the intensity of how I follow snowstorms, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Yeah man, I definitely think they will hold together they are moving into areas that had sun all morning and into good moisture. Heck, they are firing up over areas that were overcast all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Monster bust potential tomorrow for here: CONCEIVABLY THE STNRY/WARM FRONT DRAPED OVER CENTRAL PA SHOULD LIFT BACK NWD AS THE MIDWEST FRONTAL SYSTEM BEGINS TO LIFT NEWD TOWARD THE GRT LKS/OH VLY. HOWEVER NAM/GFS SUGGEST A BACKDOOR SCENARIO MAY OCCUR AS THE BNDRY SLIPS SWD TOWARD THE MASON DIXON LINE. THE RESULT IS A VERY TRICKY/LOW CONFIDENCE TEMP FCST WITH BIG-BUST POTENTIAL. BASED ON PREV THINKING...I WEIGHTED THE FINAL BLEND ON THE WARM-SIDE OF THE GUIDANCE CLOSER TO THE ECMWF/RGEM FOR TEMPS WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR ONE MORE VERY MILD DAY. TO GET A SENSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY...THE SPREAD IN THE GEFS MOS FOR UNV IS 15 DEGS AND 23F IN THE ECENS MOS. PCPN-WISE THE HIGHEST POPS REMAIN OVER THE NRN TIER DURING THE DAY BUT QUICKLY INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST THUR NGT AHEAD OF EWD SURGING COLD FRONT. The NAM is nutso. Has us only 50 tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 NWS has 71 tomorrow for the current forecast. Meanwhile, UNV at 82 for the 2pm obs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Impressive: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGPAC023-033-047-101915-/O.NEW.KCTP.SV.W.0003.130410T1817Z-130410T1915Z/BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTEDSEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA217 PM EDT WED APR 10 2013THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE PA HAS ISSUED A* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CAMERON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHERN CLEARFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... ELK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...* UNTIL 315 PM EDT* AT 212 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE SEVERE STORMS EXTENDED FROM LYNCH TO SIGEL TO SUMMERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... JAMES CITY AND PORTLAND MILLS... WILCOX AND RIDGWAY... PENN STATE DUBOIS AND JOHNSONBURG... EAST BRANCH DAM AND ST. MARYS... FORCE AND ROCKTON... ELK RIVER AND MEDIX RUN...OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TREASURE LAKE AND PENN STATEDUBOIS.THIS WILL IMPACT I-80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 136.THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ROADS...ROUTE 119...ROUTE219...ROUTE 322...STATE ROAD 66...STATE ROAD 120...STATE ROAD 153...STATE ROAD 255.FORECASTER: JUNG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Impressive: This is quite an impressive looking line of storms coming across the north central...particularly near Ridgway in Elk County where velocities are over 70knots at the 0.5 tilt (beam height near 4k feet). Given high D-Capes today i'd imagine that won't have trouble getting translated down. There's also a bit of a rotation couplet noted on velocity and TVS signature is showing on my GR2Analyst just north of Ridgeway (right over Johnsonburg) with the rotation product showing some very high values. MIght have to watch for a Tornado warning out of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 MAG, Joe, think this is a threat for UNV in the next 45-60min? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 PSU...looking at it it is gaining strength attm...it could fall apart quickly but not sure what would cause that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 We need it to extend south a bit, which it seems to be trying to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 MAG, Joe, think this is a threat for UNV in the next 45-60min? The particular part of the line I noted about is further north and also starting to weaken a bit with the velocities and rotation signature but there are some storms trying to build just west of Clearfield County that may try to make a run at State College eventually this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 State College / PSU Main Campus could see their first legit storm. Convective cluster is embedded in strong westerly flow and riding the front nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 State College / PSU Main Campus could see their first legit storm. Convective cluster is embedded in strong westerly flow and riding the front nicely. They put out a warning for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 Ah, Let's Make a Deal, now airing in Severe Weather Vision on WTAJ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Ah, Let's Make a Deal, now airing in Severe Weather Vision on WTAJ... During the 1998 outbreak that included a tornado that hit my apartment with me in it, a buddy of mine was working at a Pittsburgh TV station. He said the phones lit up because they pre-empted Jeopardy to cover the tornadoes hitting all over the place. People were pissed, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 WOW CG lightning and a big big gust of wind guessing in the 45 to 55 range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeffsvilleWx Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 looks like northern york/central lancaster might get in on the action, cell firing just to the west Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 During the 1998 outbreak that included a tornado that hit my apartment with me in it, a buddy of mine was working at a Pittsburgh TV station. He said the phones lit up because they pre-empted Jeopardy to cover the tornadoes hitting all over the place. People were pissed, lol. There is a video somewhere on the Internet featuring an irate woman calling a TV station that interrupted her NCIS or Criminal Minds, etc. during a tornado outbreak. I distinctly remember the woman explaining to the station that the tornado coverage should have been taped and then replayed after her TV show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom23 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 There is a video somewhere on the Internet featuring an irate woman calling a TV station that interrupted her NCIS or Criminal Minds, etc. during a tornado outbreak. I distinctly remember the woman explaining to the station that the tornado coverage should have been taped and then replayed after her TV show. Lol yep, that was classic! I think it aired on The Weather Channel too if I'm not mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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