Central PA Winter 25/26 Discussion and Obs

[pasnownut]

3 hours ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

10 when I left the house but hit 1 on the car therm through the rurals. Also .2” of daily snowfall. 

I saw 4 on digi car thermo between Manheim and Etown.  10 at my house. skiff of snow all we had last night.  Trainer sucked it all outta the clouds on the way east. 

[pasnownut]

39 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Smiling very broadly seeing you here. Very happy that you are feeling okay. Many of us have been thinking of you since last winter. 

I obviously missed what happened, but no matter...happy that @paweatheris back.  Wishin you all the best. 

[Superstorm]

6 minutes ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

THV hit -1.  National low was only -8 at Presque Isle, ME. 

Wonder if THV was ever national low?

[CarlislePaWx]

Good morning from Carlisle, where it is white and very cold.  Fresh snowfall (albeit very light) combined with no wind and clear skies provided ideal radiational cooling overnight which allowed my temperature to drop all the way down to +3.4 degrees F, the coldest of the season thus far.  That inch of snow that fell yesterday afternoon was just enough to radiate down into the single digits.  Having read through all the morning posts it looks like many of us dropped below 10 degrees overnight.  And, my prediction from last night regarding THV came true.  I said I thought York would drop to zero, and they did, hitting -1 F.  

[canderson]

2 hours ago, paweather said:

Doing better thanks Blizz. Treatment is done and now hope is that it never comes back.

Heck yes this is excellent news!! 

[ChescoWx]

With this week's snow event across Chester County PA we are now up to 9.9" of snow so far this season. Through the end of December our typical average snow total is 7.1". So, what could this mean for our snow totals by the time the final flake falls possibly as late as April? Well to date this is the 36th snowiest December with records back to 1893. Below is all 36 years along with where we ended up for seasonal snow that winter. Of note 25 of the 35 years or 71% of the time we ended up with above average seasonal snowfall. Average seasonal snowfall ranges between 32" to 36" across the county. The overall average snowfall across these 35 years was 48.4" of snow. The greatest seasonal snow was the 95.0" that fell in 1898-1899 and the least was the 17.1" in 1912-1913. For Team Snow you should feel fairly good that we end up with above average snowfall this season.

[2001kx]

-5 just outside of Houtzdale this morning.

[Mount Joy Snowman]

2 hours ago, Superstorm said:

Wonder if THV was ever national low?

Not that I've ever seen.  Last night was about as close as I've ever seen it get, which is part of the reason I posted it.  Maybe one day.

[paweather]

2 hours ago, canderson said:

Heck yes this is excellent news!! 

Thanks Canderson

[canderson]

1 minute ago, paweather said:

Thanks Canderson

As Jimmy V, never give up. You’re proof! 

[Blizzard of 93]

18z GFS is still trying to give us the chance of some light snow or mix with 2 wave potentials toward Christmas.

 

[ChescoWx]

How cold has the first half of December been....well here in Chester County PA with 132 years of climate data this December is the 11th coldest start to the final month of the year. Below are the 20 coldest first halfs of December. While we will moderate a bit to near or slightly above normal for the remainder of this month we will still end December with below normal temperatures and finish the 2025 calendar year with 7 of the 12 months averaging below normal temperatures.

[Ruin]

yesterday watching uploaded abc27 weather the fink as I call him stated and I quote. If you like white christmas this is the closet you will get. from yesterday's snowfall. this week will warm up and thursday will wash the snow away with rain then we go into a warm period. Please oh please let the updated snow for christmas happen