Central PA Fall Discussions and Obs

[jm1220]

19 minutes ago, MAG5035 said:

I figure this is a good time to post for the first time in a good while. I’ve been very busy all summer and fall, but I’ll be getting back to posting regularly again now that we’re heading into the winter. 

At any rate first flakes of the season arrived here today. Nothing on the ground though here at the house, at least so far. Very potent snowband has been working the I-80 corridor from about Dubois to Clearfield and now stretching into Centre County and the Bellefonte/State College area. Of particular note is the stretch of I-80 from Dubois (Exit 97) to about the Penfield exit (Exit 111). Looks to be traffic issues there, especially east bound. This band is Huron connected as well, which is enhancing it further. I’ll bet some spots end up with up to 3”, perhaps even a bit more where the heaviest part of the band has trained the most. 

That band looks quite impressive and nearly stationary. I remember once in I think 2007 when I was a PSU undergrad we had one of those Huron connected snow bands park overhead and dump 5" of fluff that was gone by the next day since it was in March. Otherwise lots of frustration with those being on the downslope side of the Allegheny Ridge.