Central PA Winter 25/26 Discussion and Obs

[WmsptWx]

Wind is here.

[paweather]

Looks like a boring pattern for awhile.

[ChescoWx]

Showers this morning with a morning high in the upper 40's but after a cold front swings through near noon temperatures will fall and winds will increase. A Wind Advisory is in effect from 10am today through 1pm tomorrow. We should reach freezing by around 5pm this evening. Once we fall below freezing we may not see above freezing temperatures again for the rest of the year. We look dry for the rest of the week except for a slight chance of some snow flurries on New Year's Eve. Of note we will finish around 6 degrees below normal here for December 2025 and it will be the 2nd coldest December here in East Nantmeal in the 23 years I have been recording observations - behind only 2010.

[Voyager]

Well, we managed to creep up to 36 degrees, but I'm not sure if we'll crack 40 or not. Either way, I'm not looking forward to the wind this afternoon. Last wind event had me all screwed up with trees and wires down, and a tight detour, before I was told to use the turnpike.

[mahantango#1]

Wind is starting here now.

[canderson]

Wind has arrived. Won’t leave until late Wednesday. Strongest (50+ gusts) early, early afternoon through late this evening.  

[Itstrainingtime]

Good day to watch the barometric pressure - currently way down there at 29.34" and falling slowly. No wind, 49.7 degrees.

[canderson]

That didn’t take long. 52 mph winds. 

[Voyager]

Sun is out here. Wind picking up. Temp 45.

[WmsptWx]

I don't think the temperature ever got to 40°F here today. Winds are definitely whipping. 

[Voyager]

We had a rapid rise of 9 degrees in 15 minutes from 36 to 45 around noon time.

 

[MAG5035]

46.1 mph is the high gust so far on my gauge at home, which is already higher than anything it got from the other Friday’s high wind warning. 

For high gusts so far at official stations I’m seeing 54mph at MDT, 56mph at CXY, 50mph at AOO, 45mph at UNV, 64mph at JST, 62mph at LBE and 58mph at DUJ 

[MAG5035]

2 hours ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Good day to watch the barometric pressure - currently way down there at 29.34" and falling slowly. No wind, 49.7 degrees.

That’s right around where I bottomed out about 7-8am this morning (about 993.2mb). Up to almost 999mb now. 

[canderson]

Powers out. 59 highest gust so far - but tons in the 50s. These gusts are lasting 15-20 secs too. 

I hit 49 for a high, now at 45. Gorgeous Sky overhead.  

[Itstrainingtime]

1 hour ago, canderson said:

Powers out. 59 highest gust so far - but tons in the 50s. These gusts are lasting 15-20 secs too. 

I hit 49 for a high, now at 45. Gorgeous Sky overhead.  

Still have power here...for now.

The winds this afternoon picked up and deposited one of our Adirondack chairs into our fire pit. This chair is one of the "real" chairs that weighs a ton. No wind event previously has done that.

[canderson]

6 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Still have power here...for now.

The winds this afternoon picked up and deposited one of our Adirondack chairs into our fire pit. This chair is one of the "real" chairs that weighs a ton. No wind event previously has done that.

It’s prolonged gusts which aren’t our usual. It’s absolutely miserable outside. 

My power is back but a good bit of the city is out it seems. Thank god for underground utilities! 

[Itstrainingtime]

 Buffalo Airport reported a 79 mph wind gust.

[canderson]

Just had a 60 mph gust

[Itstrainingtime]

4 minutes ago, canderson said:

Just had a 60 mph gust

It is definitely ramping up here. 

[Yardstickgozinya]

9 hours ago, Jns2183 said:

I see winds up around 4000 feet are 80mph+ with this front passage. Now to see how much this translate to the ground. I suppose it will depend on how well it can mix down. Right now the air is this soup, foggy, stale, still.

Sent from my SM-S731U using Tapatalk
 

Was  this an actual environmental sample from the 880s , or modeled, and what time?  

[canderson]

Scary winds. Lots of crashing sounds outside. 

[canderson]

Transformers blowing - this is intense 

[Blizzard of 93]

The January 8th/9th period is looking even more interesting.

Great potential showing on the 12z Canadian & 18z GFS.

 

[HBGCPA10]

Lights flickered twice around 5:30 in West Hanover Township.

[mahantango#1]

Had a gust of 46 this afternoon.

[Voyager]

Would love to have seen the radar when this puppy hit Hazleton. Photo doesn't do it justice. It was nearly a whiteout at times on the Niagara Water lot while I was dropping and hooking my trailer 

[Itstrainingtime]

Winds have subsided here over the past hour. Appreciate the break.

[Blizzard of 93]

A few bouts of light snow showers on & off the last few hours between Harrisburg & Marysville.

Oh, it’s also windy here. I’m not looking forward to finding my trash can tomorrow am, lol!

[canderson]

Big winds back. 58 for 1 min straight 

[Blizzard of 93]

1 hour ago, canderson said:

Big winds back. 58 for 1 min straight 

It is relentless!