Central PA Winter 25/26 Discussion and Obs

[Superstorm]

9.9F

Bone chilling


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[mahantango#1]

Ice on the creek this morning that formed overnight. Reminds me of December 1976 and 1989.

[TimB]

Yeah, just like 1976 and 1989.

[mahantango#1]

7 minutes ago, TimB said:

Yeah, just like 1976 and 1989.

I remember those years 1989 I think after December the cold went away if I remember right. 1976 the cold continued until February. I remember walking halfway across the Susquehanna River on the ice. 

[CarlislePaWx]

Low of 6.6 degrees this morning.  I was hoping to eek out a few hours of sunshine this morning to help recharge my Tempest, but promptly at 9:00am the overcast moved back in again.  (My Tempest is 5 years old and the battery is going.  It uses solar to recharge.  Thankfully it's just a back-up for my main Ambient station.)

Temp already back up to 17.6, but with the overcast the speed of any warm up will be muted.

[pasnownut]

3 hours ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

12 when I left the house, may go lower. 

I saw 10 in suburbia lititz on way into work.

[pasnownut]

1 hour ago, WmsptWx said:

Looking at the ten day, the coming cold doesn't seem to be as... cold as they had initially advertised.

as long as its "cold enough" most of us older timers approve.  

[Itstrainingtime]

12 minutes ago, pasnownut said:

as long as its "cold enough" most of us older timers approve.  

Yeah, too much cold is; well, too much for legit snow opportunities. We are seeing that play out currently with the bouts of southern snows. It was fascinating watching the snow in VA get shunted south throughout the day yesterday as the arctic air ambushed the state from north to south. 

[ChescoWx]

This morning, we saw many valley locations across the area down into the single digits for low. The lowest was the 6.1 at Warwick. This was the coldest morning since late last January when many spots saw below zero temps both the 21st and 22nd of January. We continue to keep well below normal temperatures for the remainder of the week. We do warm up to closer to normal tomorrow which should allow any start of snow or freezing rain to switch to plain rain from SE to NW across the area by late morning. A couple more chances of snow look possible both on Friday night and again on Sunday morning. More frigid temperatures follow any snow potential on Sunday with the coldest day so far this year by next Monday.

[Voyager]

2 hours ago, mahantango#1 said:

Stay warm, at least there is not 2 feet of snow on the ground with 40mph winds at these temps. 

Yeah, at least it's not windy.

[Superstorm]

Yeah, too much cold is; well, too much for legit snow opportunities. We are seeing that play out currently with the bouts of southern snows. It was fascinating watching the snow in VA get shunted south throughout the day yesterday as the arctic air ambushed the state from north to south. 

Welcome back 70s and 80s


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[Itstrainingtime]

39 minutes ago, Superstorm said:

Welcome back 70s and 80s


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Yes indeed, and I mentioned that exact thing last week. This past week or so has been a step back in time. 

[Ruin]

3 hours ago, WmsptWx said:

Looking at the ten day, the coming cold doesn't seem to be as... cold as they had initially advertised.

I said this earlier, ah, long range forecast, take it with the grain of salt, but every time they say we're supposed to get this wicked cold.Air, it never really pans out.It gets cold, but not as cold as a fresh industry claim

[Itstrainingtime]

14 minutes ago, Ruin said:

I said this earlier, ah, long range forecast, take it with the grain of salt, but every time they say we're supposed to get this wicked cold.Air, it never really pans out.It gets cold, but not as cold as a fresh industry claim

Last night actually got colder than guidance in a lot of locations. Longer term, there is probably some merit to your post. 

[Itstrainingtime]

MU on the potential weekend clippers:

The numerical computer models are having a tough time figuring out the progression & evolution of the two potential clipper-type systems & subsequent "light snow" events between Friday-Sunday. Intensity, timing & tracks are changing drastically from run-to-run, but one thing's certain: both will be small & relatively weak systems & produce narrow swaths of accumulating snow. There's no guarantee either will take the right track for snow in northern MD or southern PA, but the Sat night-Sun systems provides the better chance.