MillvilleWx Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 If you live SE of I-81 & I-78, the radar trends are encouraging. First, our low pressure center is clearly visible on vis satellite imagery, moving through North Carolina. (see animation: http://www.aviationweather.gov/adds/satellite/displaySat.php?region=BWI&isingle=multiple&itype=vis) Screen Shot 2014-01-21 at 2.55.13 PM.png As we watch the low center curve up the coast, we'll also see our snow bands orienting themselves north to south. We are already seeing that if you look at the LWX imagery on loop. Lancaster, York, and even Harrisburg could get clipped by the incoming band down in Maryland with 1-1.5"/hr snow rates. Screen Shot 2014-01-21 at 2.52.59 PM.png Can't forget the developing band near I-81, which may be the last "hurrah" from this system around here. All in all, good trends for the southeast tier of this forum. I'm going out for a measure soon, but it's tough to say exactly what we have seen because of the blowing/drifting. Eyeballing 3-4" in Lancaster. Well done. Basically what I just said and posted about 2-3 hours ago. Of course your analysis was better with graphics. Great job. Let's enjoy a good Lancaster county thumping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxLover Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Mod-Hvy Snow Temp 17 guesstimate of 5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxx Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Still light snow here just to your east northeast... I don't know Mike heavy snow here, and big flakes. My parents live in Maytown and said it is light snow as well. Looking at the web cam at Columbia, and it looks like heavy snow there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Somewhere around 4" here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 I am in same stuff as York and I have flurries. lol Why does this place always get screwed. I swear there is something wrong with this town. Sounds like you need to join the complain/banter thread with us lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowalot Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 4.5" here 4 miles west of Lancaster. Heavy bands incoming from the south. Snowing to beat the band here in Lititz (approx 6-7 miles north of Lancaster). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfox1 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Under 5dbz, moderate snow... now under 30dbz... flurries. I just don't get it. I was thinking the same thing as you and others about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Snowing so lightly out that it looks more like a light rainy drizzle. The sun I showed in the pic a few minutes ago is much brighter and so pronounced now that there are slight shadows from my fence posts. Seriously...wtf happened? I have only been here one year, but I did spend 3 years in the Hazleton area also, and this is the 3rd storm this year to take a similar track to our south and we were relying on the northern edge of the precip. It seems in all 3 that as the coastal enhanced precip to our south it robbed the moisture transport into the snow bands we had up here. Just not our year so far. We need these storms to either be a bit more intense, 990 instead of 995 for instance, or for them to track 50 miles further northwest. Just unlucky this year that 3 storms all had the main bands set up just south of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfox1 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 I don't know Mike heavy snow here, and big flakes. My parents live in Maytown and said it is light snow as well. Looking at the web cam at Columbia, and it looks like heavy snow there. I'm about 1 mile northeast of that cam and its light to mod snow for the last hour or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Damn it's coming down now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizzard92 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Parents reporting only about 2" in Linglestown currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Dumping snow in Harrisburg, heading home soon, should be fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Back to ligher echo, snow picks up. I must use the inverse radar I guess. lol. Moderate snow now. 19 degrees. brrr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 She is starting to rip now! Just under 5" so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxx Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 She is starting to rip now! Just under 5" so far. Good to hear!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 The most fun time of a snow storm is at dusk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Good to hear!! Easily moderate now judging by visibility criteria. Hoping it continues to pick up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Nice band setting up from Shippensburg to Carlisle to the north side of Harrisburg. Been watching and waiting for that band to get in here for hours...ever since the nice batch of snow with frontal wave this morning. Got a quick 1.5" early this morning and just flurries really since. That band has been teasing all day looking like it would move northeast into this area but just dries out before getting in here. I could be in a snowshadow effect in the valley here though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Finally. Heaviest it has been all storm. I am right on cut off edge, hope it can hold off to my west for a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 .3" total blue skies here to the west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfox1 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Easily moderate now judging by visibility criteria. Hoping it continues to pick up... Seeing how the precip is holding up to the sw I think we can get at least to the 7" mark. Now that I said that it will break up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Back to ligher echo, snow picks up. I must use the inverse radar I guess. lol. Moderate snow now. 19 degrees. brrr. You in Shippensburg or Greencastle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 And it's active too. I see a lot of what those guys on PhillyWx were talking about with the more active pattern. I have tried to focus on this storm more the last 24 hours because I know its a big deal to a lot of people in the mid atlantic, but I still posted a lot on my facebook about the long range because I have always been more excited about the general pattern for us then this storm. Just had the feeling from the start this would not work out well for most of us central PA northward. I do think the pattern will produce in the next 2 weeks. A lot of good analogs for us showing up like Jan 1994 for instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Flurries here... I have only been here one year, but I did spend 3 years in the Hazleton area also, and this is the 3rd storm this year to take a similar track to our south and we were relying on the northern edge of the precip. It seems in all 3 that as the coastal enhanced precip to our south it robbed the moisture transport into the snow bands we had up here. Just not our year so far. We need these storms to either be a bit more intense, 990 instead of 995 for instance, or for them to track 50 miles further northwest. Just unlucky this year that 3 storms all had the main bands set up just south of us. Oh, this isn't the first year this has happened here. I'm in Tamaqua 12 years now, and it's happened more times than I care to imagine. I think the ONLY way to get a big snow event here is to have a Miller A ride the immediate coast so as to flip Philly, NYC, and the rest of the I-95 crowd over to mixed precip or rain outright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 I have tried to focus on this storm more the last 24 hours because I know its a big deal to a lot of people in the mid atlantic, but I still posted a lot on my facebook about the long range because I have always been more excited about the general pattern for us then this storm. Just had the feeling from the start this would not work out well for most of us central PA northward. I do think the pattern will produce in the next 2 weeks. A lot of good analogs for us showing up like Jan 1994 for instance. It's nice that we have the pattern but it needs to produce. And Voyager above me is exactly correct with the way the pattern goes anymore. We'd need a 93-style track to have a chance at a 10"+ snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillvilleWx Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 For anyone around Lancaster area, things are about to get real crazy for a while. http://www.marylandwx.com/radar/klwxstate_br.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djr5001 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Parents reporting only about 2" in Linglestown currently. should be interesting to see final totals with east shore north of city and west shore... on west shore this band over 81 has been heavy for about an hour now and ill be more than happy if it continues... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Seeing how the precip is holding up to the sw I think we can get at least to the 7" mark. Now that I said that it will break up. This morning I was hoping for 8" but lowered my hopes down to 6". Radar looks pretty good...but yeah, the dry air push might have other ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Dumping snow in Harrisburg, heading home soon, should be funI just got home, roads are pretty slick. Dare I say trashed. Be careful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 For anyone around Lancaster area, things are about to get real crazy for a while. http://www.marylandwx.com/radar/klwxstate_br.php I like the way that looks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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