Panes and Portlets Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Parents in Lebanon County reported flakes this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lte5000 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Parents in Lebanon County reported flakes this morning. I can confirm this... saw a few flakes while eating breakfast this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Yup. I ran into a squall on PA54 between Mahanoy City and Tamaqua. It's in the first few minutes of this video... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 It's already 50 imby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillvilleWx Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Visiting Millersville yesterday. Down to 24 this morning with thick fog. Welcome to a Lancaster winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy_wx Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Got some nice pictures of rimed ice this morning. Riming occurred on many surfaces due to the presence of supercooled water droplets, observable as freezing fog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennMan Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Got some nice pictures of rimed ice this morning. Riming occurred on many surfaces due to the presence of supercooled water droplets, observable as freezing fog. Saw a few nice pictures from the area this morning. One of my favorite winter phenomena. Also, on a personal note, I moved to Denver this past week, so my days in Central PA are over. I'll still be stopping in occasionally I'm sure, and I'll be back visiting pretty often. PA will always be home, but I'm glad for a new adventure that includes more interesting weather! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Denver's an awesome city. Enjoy! N an unrelated note I have roses trying to bloom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Mowed my grass yesterday. I can't remember the last time I've done that going back nearly 40 years of mowing. Grass was getting very tall and I wanted to get it trimmed down so that if we do get a couple of inches of snow later on it will all be covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Mowed my grass yesterday. I can't remember the last time I've done that going back nearly 40 years of mowing. Grass was getting very tall and I wanted to get it trimmed down so that if we do get a couple of inches of snow later on it will all be covered. I mowed my grass yesterday as well. I did it the Monday before Thanksgiving, figuring it would be the last time for the year, but it grew and I ended up taking a half to three quarters of an inch off. It's the FIRST time I've ever had to cut grass in December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Looks like yet another warmup on the way latter half of this week. Seeing up to 55 by next Sunday. F**k this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Looking closer might hit 60+ here Fri-Sun. 65 isn't out of the question it looks like. We now live in San Fracisco weather-wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Looks like yet another warmup on the way latter half of this week. Seeing up to 55 by next Sunday. F**k this. This opening to winter so far has kind of reminded me of the 06-07 dead on arrival winter. I don't think MDT or LNS had their first measurable until like late January that winter if I recall correctly. Of course that one had the big second half turnaround and certainly some notable events (though that winter started out with a weaker nino that was fading quick). As it looks right now it might be Christmas week at best to maybe try to work a more favorable look to things, longer range models have shown some signs of at least dumping some cold into the US.. but certainly not an overly strong signal attm for such things as teleconnections don't look all that great and it's way out there range wise. Quite a work in progress, thats for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxx Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Mowed my grass yesterday. I can't remember the last time I've done that going back nearly 40 years of mowing. Grass was getting very tall and I wanted to get it trimmed down so that if we do get a couple of inches of snow later on it will all be covered. Yea...this is nuts! I have to mow again also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Well at least somebody's getting some snow, even if is going by #poopsnow. Per CTP f-book this morning: Even though the area is under high pressure, a localized area of light snow fell overnight just to the east of State College. As dense fog developed over the region, several tenths of snow fell over a roughly three square-mile area near the Nittany mall. Dense fog was common over the area as temperatures fell into the mid 20s overnight. This led to slippery driving conditions on bridges and overpasses. However, in the small area indicated on the map below, additional moisture was added to the atmosphere by the natural condensation process of the local sewer treatment plant. The additional moisture precipitated as a light snow. Just beyond the yellow circle on the map, no accumulation was noted. This process would be considered a microscale event - too isolated to be captured by local weather reporting stations. The images below are from Shiloh Road near the Premiere 12 theaters. Please use caution if you will be driving this morning as roads will remain slippery due to the dense fog and below freezing temperatures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasnownut Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 never thought i'd be jealous of poop snow... but I am.... Hey....it's just sh!t !! Looking forward to the holidays and the hopes of a reshuffling of the atmospheric deck. Nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Sounds like 60s are becoming a definite possibility this weekend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomixwx Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 December 8 and I have yet to see a flake outside of the weird Oct 17 event. I predicted like, 7 inches in MDT for the season. I may bust high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 It's hard to get enthused about our snow chances right now. Most of the red tags on the board seem less than enthusiastic for at least the next several weeks. Most experts have said for some that any snow of significance would come later rather than sooner. There's no reason to believe just yet that we won't cash in later in the season. We might very well not...but I still wouldn't bet against a lot of board traffic and storm mode or two as we head towards February or so... I think it's premature to right off the winter entirely. From what I remember, the winter of '82-'83 was a dud...until the 2nd week of February. Suddenly, in a 24 hour period, I was helping my dad shovel over 2' of snow from our driveway. And the fact that the winter up until that time was completely forgettable, I'll always remember that blissful Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 A pic from Clearfield this morning (12-8-15) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy_wx Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 It's hard to get enthused about our snow chances right now. Most of the red tags on the board seem less than enthusiastic for at least the next several weeks. Most experts have said for some that any snow of significance would come later rather than sooner. There's no reason to believe just yet that we won't cash in later in the season. We might very well not...but I still wouldn't bet against a lot of board traffic and storm mode or two as we head towards February or so... I think it's premature to right off the winter entirely. From what I remember, the winter of '82-'83 was a dud...until the 2nd week of February. Suddenly, in a 24 hour period, I was helping my dad shovel over 2' of snow from our driveway. And the fact that the winter up until that time was completely forgettable, I'll always remember that blissful Friday. Looking back at the snowfall data, 1982-1983 was an awful winter in State College with about 22" (about half our seasonal average). The most significant accumulations (> 10") from the KU storm on 10-12 February occurred for locations closer to the coast, as is often the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easternsnowman Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Looking back at the snowfall data, 1982-1983 was an awful winter in State College with about 22" (about half our seasonal average). The most significant accumulations (> 10") from the KU storm on 10-12 February occurred for locations closer to the coast, as is often the case. 1997-98 was better for them at least around average snowfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easternsnowman Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Sounds like 60s are becoming a definite possibility this weekend... Yes for the Scranton Wilkes Barre area whose climate is becoming similar to far north and western burbs of Philly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Yes for the Scranton Wilkes Barre area whose climate is becoming similar to far north and western burbs of Philly. Seriously, get off my back. I can't control the weather in the NEPA valleys. You don't have to keep pointing out that we are warmer than the rural, mountain areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Seriously, get off my back. I can't control the weather in the NEPA valleys. You don't have to keep pointing out that we are warmer than the rural, mountain areas. Lol,he always has to differentiate in every circumstance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Here's a bit more perspective, as CTP shared this graphic on their Facebook page today. I had mentioned 06-07 in a post a couple days ago, and 07 makes a couple appearances in that. I hadn't realized State College recorded their latest ever inch of snow that winter all the way on Jan 29th. But yes, we are at a slow start this winter. We were just about in the same boat in December last winter except that we had a cold November and early snow. But we got quite a ways to go to approach some of those records. Also interesting, check out the year of the record latest inch of snow at York. They didn't record an inch of snow in the 92/93 winter until Feb 22! It's amazing how one (or two if you were far enough in central PA) gigantic storm(s) can turn ones perspective of a winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 MDT will make a run at 70 Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashtown_Coop Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 MDT will make a run at 70 Saturday. Awesome! Golf course will be rockin. Seriously, this pattern sucks. Bring on the cold and snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Seriously, get off my back. I can't control the weather in the NEPA valleys. You don't have to keep pointing out that we are warmer than the rural, mountain areas. Whoa...lol...someone needs a snowstorm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavy_wx Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Seriously, get off my back. I can't control the weather in the NEPA valleys. You don't have to keep pointing out that we are warmer than the rural, mountain areas. I haven't looked in much detail but the GFS MOS has low 60s F in State College this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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