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19 minutes ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

MDT actually did better in than originally reported earlier today.

The 5 pm climate summary shows 7.7 inches of snow recorded today at MDT.

Let’s see if this holds overnight with the final daily report, but the amount of precip today that fell as snow would certainly support this number.

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Mdt was reporting 5" depth just after the snow ended.

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2 minutes ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

There was a lot of compaction even while the event was ongoing & especially a few hours after the event.

Yea, I was adding to the facts for when the real/correct number comes out.  It was actually 2-3 hours after the snow finished.  If they report 7.7" it could be 5" depth 2-3 hours after the snow ended.   

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A Season In The Life Of A Central PA Winter Part 1:

This is an adaptation from the previous versions of "A Day In the Life Of..." - for this edition, let's take a sneak peek to see what happens during a typical winter season. Also, some content will include some posters who aren't currently active for whatever reason, but they need to be included to get the full picture. There are active posters not in this part that will be included in Part 2. Due to the scope including an entire season, this installment will include through the end of a calendar year. Part 2 (coming soon) will start in January and run through the remainder of the season) 

Finally, I dedicate this to @Blizzard of 93 who has made a few special requests and I'd like to honor him with this in recognition of his willing today's storm over most of our neighborhoods. 

  • August 28th: @paweatherspots the 540 line edging south from the Arctic Circle. Meanwhile, the current HI in Maytown is 104 and I swear I'm hallucinating while reading his post
  • September 14th: @Bubbler86 shares that the .03" of rain that fell in Rouzerville was his first measurable rainfall since May 2nd. I'm guessing he really lives in Death Valley
  • September 19th: A strong cold front is set to move through later that night. @canderson bungee straps his trash can to his car. He then moves the can inside as he's fearful his car will also blow away
  • September 20th: MDT's top wind gust was 22 mph
  • September 28th: @Blizzard of 93 posts the GFS showing snow over Yellowstone. He announces that PA snow can't be far behind. I wonder how big that behind is
  • October 9th: @Mount Joy Snowman provides a daily update on the nation's high and low temps. The infamous Peter Sinks sunk to 19
  • October 17th: @paweather is excited about Halloween snow. This is the scariest thing for the season, I mutter
  • October 28th: PSU loses to Ohio State. Again. Afterwards, Franklin announces that despite falling to OSU 35-6 at Beaver Stadium, his Nittany Lions are one of the top teams in the country. By "country" I assume he means a picturesque farm field outside of Port Matilda
  • November 2nd: I share MU's Winter Forecast. It includes a prediction for 25 to 50% normal snowfall for the season. Inside, @Blizzard of 93is in need of medical attention
  • November 3rd: @Atomixwxchallenges @canderson to...eh, I'll keep this clean
  • November 5th: @anothermanlaments the misfortunes of the Eagles loss to the Commanders. Who then exactly is..."the other man...or men?"
  • November 8th: @sauss06 asks @candersonif he lost power during the overnight windstorm. He forgot that @candersonwas on his weekly trip to Broadway in Manhattan
  • November 14th: The 0z GFS shows a stripe of pink and purples over Central PA at 384 hours. @Blizzard of 93is the one who shared it...not that anyone is surprised
  • November 14th: The 6z GFS shows temps in the 70s at hour 378. @Blizzard of 93announces that there's still time for this to trend better. I'm reading and saying out loud "Blizz, I got something for you to trend on"
  • November 16th: @Bubbler86 gets down to 26 in R-Ville. I only get down to 35 in Maytown
  • November 22nd: The entire run of all OP models show zero wintry precip for the duration of their runs. @Blizzard of 93 says "We'll be tracking soon" - I say "Track this" and hope that my HR team doesn't hear me
  • November 27th: The Thanksgiving high temp at MDT was 69. This is warmer than Memorial Day's reading of 67.
  • December 3rd: @Yardstickgozinyaposts an adorable picture outside of his house. I examine his name and only now does the lightbulb go off to what his name actually says/implies. I burst out laughing
  • December 5th: The first snow of the season falls for most in our thread outside of Lanco. @Superstormreports 5" in New England. Superstorm is in New England...a lot
  • December 7th: @pasnownuttalks about parsing the tellies. I look up to find out exactly what a "tellie" is. 
  • December 13th: @Blizzard of 93shares a GFS clown map at hour 240 showing pinks and purples over Central PA. There's no colors over the southern tier. Undaunted, Blizz proclaims that this looks great for all of Central PA.
  • December 13th: I say "huh?" while reading Blizz's post
  • December 15th: @MAG5035gives a detailed look at the rest of December and shares that there's no chance of a white Christmas outside of the snow belt areas.
  • December 15th: About 3 minutes after @MAG5035post, @Blizzard of 93shares a map valid December 23rd showing the tiniest sliver of grey over Syracuse. He suggests that this could trend well for us just in time for Christmas. I choke on my egg nog. 
  • December 17th: @Porscheshares a gorgeous sunrise over Shady Maple. Last time I ate there, I was in a lousy ass Ford Escort. 
  • December 22nd: As a follow up to his post from December 15th, @MAG5035provides an update that includes a verification of his thoughts from a week earlier and then proceeds to share that he still sees no wintry threats on the horizon
  • December 22nd: About 3 minutes after @MAG5035post, @Blizzard of 93produces a snow map showing a little grey over northern PA on December 30th. He asks @MAG5035 what his thoughts are on the "threat"... @MAG5035conveniently never responds
  • December 25th: About 16 members wish everyone else a Merry Christmas. I have this vision of Mary in Christmas Vacation saying "hey, that's my name"
  • December 30th: @Blizzard of 93December 30th "threat" ends up being a brief rain shower with temps in the mid 50s
  • December 31st: @Mount Joy Snowman @candersonboth announce that they're feeling no pain. 
  • December 31st: I'm feeling pain. My pain is that just before New Year's @Blizzard of 93posts yet another 384 hour snow map. He announces that he's gassing up his snow blower and ready to start tracking!

To Be Continued...

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12 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

A Season In The Life Of A Central PA Winter Part 1:

This is an adaptation from the previous versions of "A Day In the Life Of..." - for this edition, let's take a sneak peek to see what happens during a typical winter season. Also, some content will include some posters who aren't currently active for whatever reason, but they need to be included to get the full picture. Due to the scope including an entire season, this installment will include through the end of a calendar year. Part 2 (coming soon) will start in January and run through the remainder of the season) 

Finally, I dedicate this to @Blizzard of 93 who has made a few special requests and I'd like to honor him with this in recognition of his willing today's storm over most of our neighborhoods. 

  • August 28th: @paweatherspots the 540 line edging south from the Arctic Circle. Meanwhile, the current HI in Maytown is 104 and I swear I'm hallucinating while reading his post
  • September 14th: @Bubbler86 shares that the .03" of rain that fell in Rouzerville was his first measurable rainfall since May 2nd. I'm guessing he really lives in Death Valley
  • September 19th: A strong cold front is set to move through later that night. @canderson bungee straps his trash can to his car. He then moves the can inside as he's fearful his car will also blow away
  • September 20th: MDT's top wind gust was 22 mph
  • September 28th: @Blizzard of 93 posts the GFS showing snow over Yellowstone. He announces that PA snow can't be far behind. I wonder how big that behind is
  • October 9th: @Mount Joy Snowman provides a daily update on the nation's high and low temps. The infamous Peter Sinks sunk to 19
  • October 17th: @paweather is excited about Halloween snow. This is the scariest thing for the season, I mutter
  • October 28th: PSU loses to Ohio State. Again. Afterwards, Franklin announces that despite falling to OSU 35-6 at Beaver Stadium, his Nittany Lions are one of the top teams in the country. By "country" I assume he means a picturesque farm field outside of Port Matilda
  • November 2nd: I share MU's Winter Forecast. It includes a prediction for 25 to 50% normal snowfall for the season. Inside, @Blizzard of 93is in need of medical attention
  • November 3rd: @Atomixwxchallenges @canderson to...eh, I'll keep this clean
  • November 5th: @anothermanlaments the misfortunes of the Eagles loss to the Commanders. Who then exactly is..."the other man...or men?"
  • November 8th: @sauss06 asks @candersonif he lost power during the overnight windstorm. He forgot that @candersonwas on his weekly trip to Broadway in Manhattan
  • November 14th: The 0z GFS shows a stripe of pink and purples over Central PA at 384 hours. @Blizzard of 93is the one who shared it...not that anyone is surprised
  • November 14th: The 6z GFS shows temps in the 70s at hour 378. @Blizzard of 93announces that there's still time for this to trend better. I'm reading and saying out loud "Blizz, I got something for you to trend on"
  • November 16th: @Bubbler86 gets down to 26 in R-Ville. I only get down to 35 in Maytown
  • November 22nd: The entire run of all OP models show zero wintry precip for the duration of their runs. @Blizzard of 93 says "We'll be tracking soon" - I say "Track this" and hope that my HR team doesn't hear me
  • November 27th: The Thanksgiving high temp at MDT was 69. This is warmer than Memorial Day's reading of 67.
  • December 3rd: @Yardstickgozinyaposts an adorable picture outside of his house. I examine his name and only now does the lightbulb go off to what his name actually says/implies. I burst out laughing
  • December 5th: The first snow of the season falls for most in our thread outside of Lanco. @Superstormreports 5" in New England. Superstorm is in New England...a lot
  • December 7th: @pasnownuttalks about parsing the tellies. I look up to find out exactly what a "tellie" is. 
  • December 13th: @Blizzard of 93shares a GFS clown map at hour 240 showing pinks and purples over Central PA. There's no colors over the southern tier. Undaunted, Blizz proclaims that this looks great for all of Central PA.
  • December 13th: I say "huh?" while reading Blizz's post
  • December 15th: @MAG5035gives a detailed look at the rest of December and shares that there's no chance of a white Christmas outside of the snow belt areas.
  • December 15th: About 3 minutes after @MAG5035post, @Blizzard of 93shares a map valid December 23rd showing the tiniest sliver of grey over Syracuse. He suggests that this could trend well for us just in time for Christmas. I choke on my egg nog. 
  • December 17th: @Porscheshares a gorgeous sunrise over Shady Maple. Last time I ate there, I was in a lousy ass Ford Escort. 
  • December 22nd: As a follow up to his post from December 15th, @MAG5035provides an update that includes a verification of his thoughts from a week earlier and then proceeds to share that he still sees no wintry threats on the horizon
  • December 22nd: About 3 minutes after @MAG5035post, @Blizzard of 93produces a snow map showing a little grey over northern PA on December 30th. He asks @MAG5035 what his thoughts are on the "threat"... @MAG5035conveniently never responds
  • December 25th: About 16 members wish everyone else a Merry Christmas. I have this vision of Mary in Christmas Vacation saying "hey, that's my name"
  • December 30th: @Blizzard of 93December 30th "threat" ends up being a brief rain shower with temps in the mid 50s
  • December 31st: @Mount Joy Snowman @candersonboth announce that they're feeling no pain. 
  • December 31st: I'm feeling pain. My pain is that just before New Year's @Blizzard of 93posts yet another 384 hour snow map. He announces that he's gassing up his snow blower and ready to start tracking!

To Be Continued...

Thank you! This is pure gold.

I’m on the couch laughing hysterically & Mrs. Blizz is not amused.

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Central PA doing incredibly well this winter. Harrisburg only a few inches below Erie, and I think outpacing them since the start of meteorological winter.
 
You moron, everyone knew well in advance that the GL and upstate NY were going to have issues this winter.

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8 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Central PA doing incredibly well this winter. Harrisburg only a few inches below Erie, and I think outpacing them since the start of meteorological winter.

 

There is not a single location on this list that is at or above normal to date. Pretty sad.

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so let me ask this since we were in storm mode yesterday. what happened to that cold stretch every one kept talking about after mid month? they kept saying looks like below average temps going into second half of feb and may linger into march so highs in the lower 30s vs highs near 40 for the average. im looking on forecasts and I see one day at 37 then I even see a few mid 50s popping up next week?

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3 minutes ago, Ruin said:

so let me ask this since we were in storm mode yesterday. what happened to that cold stretch every one kept talking about after mid month? they kept saying looks like below average temps going into second half of feb and may linger into march so highs in the lower 30s vs highs near 40 for the average. im looking on forecasts and I see one day at 37 then I even see a few mid 50s popping up next week?

It’s gone. The secret was that there was never going to be an extended cold stretch because those don’t exist anymore.

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1 hour ago, TimB said:

It’s gone. The secret was that there was never going to be an extended cold stretch because those don’t exist anymore.

ty for replying this does piss me off cause so many different runs showed it. but what really irks me when the tmp guidance says warm up it happens 

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20 minutes ago, mitchnick said:

All modeling seems to have improved for the weekend, including 6z runs. Icon remains the best, so I've attached it.

P.s. Ggem has a bomb at the end of its run. It was close at 12z, but adjusted for a home run at 0z.

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Should have mentioned that the 0z Euro had the system the Ggem had at the end of its run, but was too far north for most of the forum. Plenty of time to come south in keeping with the flavor of the season.

0z Gfs had it dumping a decent event but 6z went haywire.  It'll be back on the Gfs, of course.

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