Central PA Winter 25/26 Discussion and Obs

[Voyager]

Well, I wasn't expecting much until the squall later, but we've got a nice quarter inch coating on everything so far and still pixie dust snowing as I type.

[WmsptWx]

Today is a good day to be a Penn State fan. 

 

I have enough air in my lungs to laugh at BOTH. 

[MAG5035]

Have about an inch on the snowboard so far, getting into a bit of a lull ahead of the snow squall line. Winds have been surprisingly feisty for most of the duration of this early steady snow with a lot of 25 mph+ gusts. So snow’s been blowing around a good bit. 

[canderson]

Happy 2026!

[Mount Joy Snowman]

47 minutes ago, canderson said:

Happy 2026!

Back at ya Candy! That squall line coming through in a couple hours looks legit! 

[MAG5035]

This snow squall band continues to have occasional lightning strikes in it.

[MAG5035]

It’s here, whiteout and gust to 39.4mph

[MAG5035]

It’s still snowing quite hard, I’m pretty sure I have in the ballpark of 2-3” total but it’s been blowing around so much that it is going to be hard to get good measurements. Temps just prior to the squall arrival were up as high as 31.5ºF and now 45 minutes later it’s 21ºF. 

Looks like a rough go of it on the roads right now. This is the closest 511 cam to my house, about half a mile away. 

[Yardstickgozinya]

I'm walking back from ruttters near mile marker 38.8 i just saw multiple flashes of lightning . 

[Yardstickgozinya]

A pretty clean front edge.The city lights are lighting this thing up like a wall see if I can grab some video stills and put em up. 

[Yardstickgozinya]

[Yardstickgozinya]

It's like a f****** freight train out of f****** nowhere.

[Jns2183]

Huge lighting bolt few minutes ago

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[canderson]

That was insane - woke me up with a huge lightning flash and a freight train of winds 

 

Heavy snow and 48 mph winds 

[Yardstickgozinya]

[Yardstickgozinya]

114 Lewisberry Rd at Fairview elementary school entrance. 

[Yardstickgozinya]

1 hour ago, Jns2183 said:

Huge lighting bolt few minutes ago

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Right after I saw the couple lightning flashes , there was also a few transformers that exploded to the north of my location. My New Year's resolution is to experience a lot more of those this winter, along with a couple big ones. 

[Yardstickgozinya]

  I couldn't have asked for a better walk.  It's time to throw my beer and mustard marinated pork into my rocket, croc, full of slow fermented homegrowngrown, homemade sauerkraut along with a slow burn and a little sleep for the win. F******  A man, what a start to the new year. 

[Voyager]

So I set my alarm and got up at 3am to experience the squall. While it was impressive, it wasn't the hardest I've ever seen it snow in a squall. In fact, at the end of my upcoming video, the squall that hit Hazleton on Monday evening was as, if not more, intense than last night's. That being said, it was still a good one and I ended up with 1.25" out of it, as my overall measurement was 1.50" which included the light snow activity that began after 6pm.

Due to my sheltered location, my peak gust during the squall was a paltry 8.8 mph, while stations in more open locations recorded 20+mph. There was no visible lightning or audible thunder, but my station did record three nearby strikes.

Was it a good squall? Yes

Was it worth setting my alarm for? Not really

[pawatch]

13 degrees this morning. Definitely picked up enough snow to snow blow. After I finished my coffee will get a measurement.

 

edit: 1.5” of snow

[Voyager]

So this is the video from Monday that I mentioned above. The title says it all... 

 

[NepaJames8602]

Happy New Year everyone. 

While I was sound asleep and missed the squall line. There is a good 2-3 inches of snow on the ground here between yesterday's steady but light clipper snow; and the early morning squall line. Impossible to get an accurate reading with all that blowing/drifting from the wind. It's now a very cold 9 degrees outside.

[mahantango#1]

 

[pawatch]

Starting the new year off right. Half my driveway.

[mahantango#1]

About 3/4inch of snow fell last night here.

[canderson]

I’m going with .5” but it’s really hard to tell. Have had a bunch of 45-50 mph wind gusts so it’s blown everywhere 

[Mount Joy Snowman]

I slept right through everything, must have been the whiskey ha. Low of 22 and .3” of snow that I’m currently melting down. Happy New Year! 

[pasnownut]

sugar coating on a great holiday season weatherwise and it was great to have the early wintery feel for December.  Not much snow OTG here in lanco, but many norther westers have enjoyed it since Turkey day (not quite entire time, but most of it anyway)Jan thaw next week but Winter looms beyond. 

Here's to health and happiness in 2026.

[canderson]

58 minutes ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

I slept right through everything, must have been the whiskey ha. Low of 22 and .3” of snow that I’m currently melting down. Happy New Year! 

It literally sounded like a tornado. It was weird. 

[Voyager]

1 hour ago, canderson said:

I’m going with .5” but it’s really hard to tell. Have had a bunch of 45-50 mph wind gusts so it’s blown everywhere 

So that's how I ended up with an inch and a half. Thanks pal...