NortheastPAWx Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 NWS now at 3" for tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anduril Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 It was coming down at a good clip in Carlisle around 630p and when I left my parents about 15mins ago it was coming down good again though it seemed more like mixed than just snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Light snow has commenced here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Merry Christmas from Houston, Texas, where it’s now a very chilly 39 degrees! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted December 25, 2017 Author Share Posted December 25, 2017 Merry Christmas everyone, I suppose i'll throw up a couple snow pics since it is a white Christmas for a change. The high wind made measuring pretty difficult, but multiple measurements around the yard yielded a rough average of 3.5"... a pretty decent event and probably the best Xmas Eve/Day snowfall since 2002 for me (that's been 15 years already?). Temps have really fallen sharply, the snow started last night as a heavy wet 32/33ºF snow and eventually transitioned to a powder snow that is blowing around a good bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Cold and dry.....Please God NOO! Merry Christmas y'all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizzard of 93 Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Merry Christmas everyone! Now that the cold has arrived again, I think that some of the opportunities for snow that the models have shown over the last few days during the next week or so will come back around & give us some snow by next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Is this damn wind done now? I've never had down drafts in my fireplace as I have this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Meh, we busted here. Only had about a dusting. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizzard of 93 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Can someone please explain how MDT recorded light snow for 8 hours late yesterday & early today, yet only put a “T” in the books ? The visibility was recorded at various rates, & it didn’t add up to much, but I thought they would put a few tenths in the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawatch Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 So what is going on with this...It's awful quiet. Has the models slowed this storm down? Or are the models showing 2 storms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Please. No snow till Sunday. I have 2 funerals to attend, likely one on Friday and one on Saturday. First some good family friends lost their mother on Christmas Eve, then we lost my father-in-law on Christmas morning. To say It's a tough holiday season is an understatement. Bad enough it's going to be frigid, I just really don't want to deal with heavy snow on top of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasnownut Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 1 hour ago, pawatch said: So what is going on with this...It's awful quiet. Has the models slowed this storm down? Or are the models showing 2 storms? First big event for Friday/Saturday has fallen apart as the southern stream vort is getting shredded by the cold and not joining up w/ then northern stream. They stay largely separate. as per 12z GFS Sun/Mon event is next in line and while 500/700 panels look much better, but still separate and not close to a capture. They look similar to what the biggie that was modeled a few days ago looked like, and that is now poof...so IMO more changes need to happen (ie northern energy combining and tugging the southern stream north. Possible... yes, as there's plenty of time....but after the last few days, I'm glad im playing with house money....cause I'd be homeless right now. That said, its been a couple tough days of weather model watching, so proceed with caution. Voyager, sorry for the losses. Good luck with everything going on. Hoping tonights runs can get us something as I wanna play in snow while off this week. Ughh.. Nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawatch Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 17 minutes ago, pasnownut said: First big event for Friday/Saturday has fallen apart as the southern stream vort is getting shredded by the cold and not joining up w/ then northern stream. They stay largely separate. as per 12z GFS Sun/Mon event is next in line and while 500/700 panels look much better, but still separate and not close to a capture. They look similar to what the biggie that was modeled a few days ago looked like, and that is now poof...so IMO more changes need to happen (ie northern energy combining and tugging the southern stream north. Possible... yes, as there's plenty of time....but after the last few days, I'm glad im playing with house money....cause I'd be homeless right now. That said, its been a couple tough days of weather model watching, so proceed with caution. Voyager, sorry for the losses. Good luck with everything going on. Hoping tonights runs can get us something as I wanna play in snow while off this week. Ughh.. Nut Voyager sorry for your loss! Nut thank you for the explanation! Keep us posted. Looks like the latest GFS run there was some changes. Just to make things interesting. We could even maybe see a fish storm with all the cold air blocking north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Erie breaks record with 53" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasnownut Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 5 hours ago, sauss06 said: Erie breaks record with 53" dude its rakin my coals to not have any on the ground w/ this cold..... Hoping some weekend action comes, or sooner...... or later....just snow damn it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Scenes from Erie are off the wall crazy. WOW It looks cold as hell back in Harrisburg. Its 35 and raining in Austin so an ugly day here too. Glad the Friday storm has fallen apart! /ducks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anduril Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Without snow this cold can just piss off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Agreed...how does anyone enjoy this type of weather. With snow maybe...not this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 Well this late week threat that showed a lot of promise several days ago has really.. lets say dried up as of late. A few things going on to change this. Firstly, some signs of influence from the subtropical jet and phasing in those early runs have evaporated..meaning main influence is coming from the northern stream. The MJO pulse that was progged to get into 8/1 has since evolved into a non-factor staying inside the circle, thus likely having a hand in ending up with a non-charged southern stream. Next, there is just no downstream blocking to be had via the NAO.. at all. To go with that...the western ridge, at least for the rest of this week and for the sake of the timeframe this event was supposed to happen is also relatively flat. There's just no amplification in the pattern to wind up a major storm. And lastly, the arctic cold progged is just burying the storm track.. especially with the GFS which has just been persistent in dumping a 1056+ mb high deep into the heartland of the US. There's energy to be had from the northern stream, as the Pac NW looks pretty stormy... but the very strong arctic high progged looks to squash it south. It's just a progressive, but very cold pattern in the making. GFS/Euro show some amplification building in the later ranges.. rebuilding the AK ridge and showing some overall rejuvenated NW and Pac ridging. But in the meantime, there still looks to be some kind of wave that presses across ahead of the dropping arctic high running through the state Saturday, potentially bringing a light snowfall with it. Very cold temps will likely make any snow a higher ratio affair, so we could still score something. On the 12z suite it is most evident on the Euro/Canadian/UKMET which suggest more of a swath that actually survives past western PA. GFS much drier (relegating light snowfall to the Laurels) and 12z/18z NAM doesn't really have much yet on the edge of it's range. If the more "impressive" models won out with what they have currently we're talking like a 1-3" type event for most and maybe a bit more in the Laurel's with a favorable upslope direction to the main flow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomixwx Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 I'd read all that, but my eyeballs have frozen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 I for one LOVE the cold weather. I really want snow with it; sure, but in winter it should be cold. Also, I have 2 teens that ski and even though natural snow is lacking, ski resorts are making tons of snow and conditions are perfect for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Wahhhh it’s colllld you live in Pennsylvania suck it up it up buttercup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 2 hours ago, canderson said: Wahhhh it’s colllld you live in Pennsylvania suck it up it up buttercup Exactly. Besides, last time I checked it doesn't snow very much with warm temperatures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irvingtwosmokes Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 3 hours ago, canderson said: Wahhhh it’s colllld you live in Pennsylvania suck it up it up buttercup When a Texan tells you this, you better suck it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 I drove to work this morning with my windows down, when is the cold suppose to get here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 No way I will ever "suck it up". I despise cold weather. And before anyone says "move", I would, but my stubborn wife won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmsptwx Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Voyager is my boy! And it snows just fine at 31 degrees, but I guess there is some novelty of 2 degree lows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomixwx Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 8 minutes ago, Wmsptwx said: Voyager is my boy! And it snows just fine at 31 degrees, but I guess there is some novelty of 2 degree lows. Accumulates much better at eighteen than thirty-one. That doesn't exclusively apply to snow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomixwx Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 19 minutes ago, sauss06 said: I drove to work this morning with my windows down, when is the cold suppose to get here? I will make sure this is engraved on your headstone for ironic lols. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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