Central PA Fall Discussions and Obs

[WmsptWx]

The Pat Kraft audio leak is insane. This is a guy who is finished as an Athletic Director at the collegiate level. 

[mahantango#1]

27 minutes ago, Voyager said:

Boy do I wish we'd never gotten that snow on Tuesday. I don't know if it's that they are closer to the southern storm, or it's the lack of snowcover, but while Reading and Allentown are hovering around 20 this morning, I'm down to 7 up here.

I'd rather have the 20.

 

[Blizzard of 93]

@Itstrainingtime

Great call on the MDT low of 21 !

The cloud cover held up their temperature.

[Blizzard of 93]

Low of 17 in Marysville 

[Blizzard of 93]

0z Euro is trying to get us a chance next Friday night.

[Mount Joy Snowman]

13 hours ago, Itstrainingtime said:

I'll predict a low of 21 for MDT. You will get down to 17.

You certainly had the right idea of things falling well short of expectations. Wind and clouds just never cooperated. Low of only 22 here. Looks like 21 at MDT. 

[ChescoWx]

Our coldest spots were our relatively highest elevation locations with both Glenmoore (19.4) and East Nantmeal (19.7) with lows just below 20 degrees. Unlike on radiational cooling nights where our valley spots are colder...with cold air advection into the area following cold fronts our ridge locales are often colder. This was a record low for today for East Nantmeal with 22 years of records. Some models still try to throw some flurries or light snow as far north as Chester County this afternoon with the coastal low and a little more after midnight with a coastal inverted trough. Either way not much but if it does occur it could cause a slippery spot on to with temperatures remaining in the 20's for high temperatures. We will remain well below normal for at least the next week. Our coldest day after today looks to be Monday with highs again remaining in the 20's. Our next chance of snow or rain will be toward Wednesday night.

[canderson]

21 here too. A chilly day. 

[Itstrainingtime]

1 hour ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

@Itstrainingtime

Great call on the MDT low of 21 !

The cloud cover held up their temperature.

Thanks! Getting it exactly right was pure luck. Being in the ballpark was somewhat easier by expecting the winds and clouds to have a direct influence on the temp. It just felt like guidance and forecasts were way too aggressive on how cold it was going to get.

1 hour ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

You certainly had the right idea of things falling well short of expectations. Wind and clouds just never cooperated. Low of only 22 here. Looks like 21 at MDT. 

I sorta felt bad about missing your backyard's temp by 5 degrees until I realized that I nailed MDT on the button...and that's the only one that matters, right?   

[Mount Joy Snowman]

2 hours ago, WmsptWx said:

The Pat Kraft audio leak is insane. This is a guy who is finished as an Athletic Director at the collegiate level. 

You are probably right that his career is damaged because of the things he said about other schools and people, but I actually came across kind of liking him more haha.  Fascinating to listen to, just hashing everything out with real talk.  Sounded like totally normal stuff people would say when having what they think is a private conversation.  Speaking of which, the bigger issue here is whoever released that (likely a player) committed a serious crime (I believe a felony?).  Pennsylvania has very strict two-party consent laws about releasing private conversations.  That's despicable behavior by whoever did it and will likely scuttle what was left of whatever chance they had to hire someone decent.  I felt almost dirty listening to it, knowing it was meant to be between only the people in that room.  A total violation of trust, and again, criminal behavior.

[Itstrainingtime]

One common theme (at least it seems this way) that continues this season for southern tier folks is snow falling both north and south of us before we get into the action. Some nice pics coming out of MD/VA this morning. The sky certainly has the snow look down here. Reminds me very much of 1970s/early 1980s winters when areas south repeatedly cashed in while I wallowed in my tears.