Wmsptwx Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Looking at 50s this weekend, white Christmas hopes are fading quick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasnownut Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Looking at 50s this weekend, white Christmas hopes are fading quick! On the road playing Santa with clients today and having been thru Harrisburg selinsgrove lewisburg Williamsport and now headed back south I think you have the best shot at a white Christmas up there. Hopefully the warmup is muted as some suggest. Nut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherman Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Have light snow in Mount Joy at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Big fat dendrites. Cloud top height makes all the difference! Edit: Half-Dollar + collided dendrites now. Not much quantity but the quality is fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Yep. Went from a sleet, snow, freezing rain mixture to big fat dendrites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennMan Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 Big fat dendrites. Cloud top height makes all the difference! Edit: Half-Dollar + collided dendrites now. Not much quantity but the quality is fantastic. Yeah I'm on the north side of Lancaster, same thing. Huge fluffy flakes. Pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porsche Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Yeah I'm on the north side of Lancaster, same thing. Huge fluffy flakes. Pretty. Copy that, some really nice ones out by Shady Maple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennMan Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 Well that escalated quickly. About an inch of fluff on cold surfaces and everything except Rt 30 is snowcovered or slushy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Been ages since we've had a white Christmas...looks like upper 40s-low 50s for 3 days will sink this one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeffsvilleWx Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Been ages since we've had a white Christmas...looks like upper 40s-low 50s for 3 days will sink this one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizzard92 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Been ages since we've had a white Christmas...looks like upper 40s-low 50s for 3 days will sink this one too. I do not remember the details of the event, but down here in Harrisburg, we had 2" of snow last year on Christmas eve. And then we had another 2" on December 26. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I do not remember the details of the event, but down here in Harrisburg, we had 2" of snow last year on Christmas eve. And then we had another 2" on December 26.in the late afternoon of 12-24-12 it started to snow and snow for a couple hours, all said and done 2" then on 12-26-12 we got 2.5" more. there was some sleet with the 12-26 event! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Been ages since we've had a white Christmas...looks like upper 40s-low 50s for 3 days will sink this one too. Hate looking at that nice 10" or so snowpack out there and knowing it's going to probably get nearly taken out later this weekend. Was hoping the initial wave would progress the frontal boundary quickly and only end up with a day or two in the 40s to near 50 but it appears that the boundary stalls and allows the second and much stronger storm to head up into the Lower Lakes. GFS has alot of heavy rain and the Euro has us in the warm sector Sunday with 60+ temps (upper 60s at MDT!). Just a tremendous surge of warmth progged by the Euro. GFS not quite to that level but it's enough, and it has a lot more rain. So with all of that said, have to have some concern about potential flooding issues when that second storm slices up into the lakes Sunday. Models seem to agree that this warm up ends at some point within the first half of Monday when the front finally crosses and reestablishes colder weather. From there our colder regime looks to resume where it left off but the few days up to Christmas look quiet so we likely won't have much snow if any to show for the holiday this year. Also noteworthy in today's crazy Euro run was how cold it was over alot of the country at hour 240, with a 1056+ high residing in the Northern Plains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I do not remember the details of the event, but down here in Harrisburg, we had 2" of snow last year on Christmas eve. And then we had another 2" on December 26. This was one of my favorite snow events. We had friends from Sydney visiting and they'd never seen snow in their lives. We took them to a Target parking lot to drive around in it so they could see the tire tracks and slide a little bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paweather Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Been ages since we've had a white Christmas...looks like upper 40s-low 50s for 3 days will sink this one too. we had snow last Christmas eve, coated everything in white for Christmas. Not sure that would entirely count as a White Christmas I don't think we made it to inch but it was white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Hate looking at that nice 10" or so snowpack out there and knowing it's going to probably get nearly taken out later this weekend. Was hoping the initial wave would progress the frontal boundary quickly and only end up with a day or two in the 40s to near 50 but it appears that the boundary stalls and allows the second and much stronger storm to head up into the Lower Lakes. GFS has alot of heavy rain and the Euro has us in the warm sector Sunday with 60+ temps (upper 60s at MDT!). Just a tremendous surge of warmth progged by the Euro. GFS not quite to that level but it's enough, and it has a lot more rain. So with all of that said, have to have some concern about potential flooding issues when that second storm slices up into the lakes Sunday. Models seem to agree that this warm up ends at some point within the first half of Monday when the front finally crosses and reestablishes colder weather. From there our colder regime looks to resume where it left off but the few days up to Christmas look quiet so we likely won't have much snow if any to show for the holiday this year. Also noteworthy in today's crazy Euro run was how cold it was over alot of the country at hour 240, with a 1056+ high residing in the Northern Plains. That's a really nice snowstorm look on day 10, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Man the lifeboats this weekend fellas lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Been ages since we've had a white Christmas...looks like upper 40s-low 50s for 3 days will sink this one too. Last year but before that it was 2005 for UNV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Man the lifeboats this weekend fellas lol. Too bad the only real break in the cold comes right before Xmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I had 1.5" total from the snowfall this morning, bringing the season total to 18". Measured snow depth out in the yard is generally 9-10". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I had 1.5" total from the snowfall this morning, bringing the season total to 18". Measured snow depth out in the yard is generally 9-10". That's what I measured when I got home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 It's amazing how icy the Susquehanna is already, I'll try and get a photo tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 It's amazing how icy the Susquehanna is already, I'll try and get a photo tomorrow. Post it and thanks in advance. I have always been fascinated by river ice and how it forms and moves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 The Euro sets it up, and the GFS delivers. Looks like the period around New Year's is a time to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Too bad the only real break in the cold comes right before Xmas. This 100%. If we had to have this torch, why couldn't it have come next weekend (27, 28, 29) and not this one. Oh well. As for this little event, I got a total of 1.6" out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Post it and thanks in advance. I have always been fascinated by river ice and how it forms and moves.Will try my best, we fly to TX Thursday so tomorrow will be chaos at the office ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 11 inch snowpack...methinks a flood watch is in our future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Thought you guys would appreciate 3-4 inches per hour rates I got on video on Sunday, along with some thunder-snow on video. Here is the video of the snow chase. Huge fan of Frank Sinatra, hope you guys are to. Enjoy! I caught the thunder snow twice, here is the separate video just for that. We also had some insane wind gusts when the band was drifting south at the tail end of it. Had to be over 40 MPH which caused some insane blowing and drifting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Thought you guys would appreciate 3-4 inches per hour rates I got on video on Sunday, along with some thunder-snow on video. Here is the video of the snow chase. Huge fan of Frank Sinatra, hope you guys are to. Enjoy! I caught the thunder snow twice, here is the separate video just for that. We also had some insane wind gusts when the band was drifting south at the tail end of it. Had to be over 40 MPH which caused some insane blowing and drifting. Cool videos.. Thanks for sharing. Is it me or is there something on your wipers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Cool videos.. Thanks for sharing. Is it me or is there something on your wipers? I think so, the wipers are really bad for the first few minutes but I slow them down. It's hard to see on video but the visibility was like 20 feet, if they weren't moving that fast I wouldn't be able to see anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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