Central PA Winter 25/26 Discussion and Obs

[Mount Joy Snowman]

National high of only 78 at a few places in southern California and low of -28 in extreme northeastern Minnesota near the Canadian border.

Crystal ball says the next three days come in at an average temp of exactly 10 at MDT (crazy), bringing the monthly mean for January down to 26.5, which would be sandwiched between 2011 and 2015 for the 33rd coldest all-time.  Book it.

[Superstorm]

1 hour ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Part of me wants to go see it. I can't since I just was away for 2 weeks, but I love OBX and have spent a lot of time there. I think it would be awesome to experience a snowstorm in such a beautiful place. 

There is nothing like a blizzard on the seacoast.  Waves crashing, near hurricane force winds and heavy blinding snow.  It a must see event for any weenie.

[Superstorm]

1 hour ago, Itstrainingtime said:

I wasn't going to say this but since you sort of baited me, I will - I'm being completely honest...it "felt" colder in Florida both when I arrived back on the 18th and when I left on the 27th. The combination of temps in the 30s with sustained 20+mph winds and the cold down there is different...it's not as dry down there so it actually feels colder than it does up here. When I was in Jacksonville on Tuesday morning the real feel was 12. It was really, really cold. 

On the flip side, there were several days last week when it was hot. Mid to high 80s temps with low 70s dewpoints. So I really had a chance to experience the best and worst of Florida's climate in one single trip. Really fascinating how it all went down. I'll add that I'm happy to be home. My trip was an entirely solo trip. (my wife and I are perfectly fine  ) I was doing some scouting/research for some opportunities I'm investing in as I transition into retirement in the next several years. I'll share more when it's appropriate. 

Nothing worse than wet cold.  It just gets into your bones.

[pasnownut]

I'm turnin my frown updside down.  Despite the dud for this upcoming weekend, last few weeks have been and have felt like true winter.  Been a long time, and I'm enjoying every day we have snowpack.  Looks like pattern relaxes enough moving forward, that chances for clippers and maybe a well timed  NS/SS event could happen.  Stays cold enough for snow to hold. 

Lets enjoy what we have and not worry too much about what the next one looks like. 

It'll come. Till then....enjoy.

FWIW my car broke down this morning.  Might be major, wont know till next week.  Cant fret about it.  Gonna b what its gonna b.

 

[canderson]

1 hour ago, pasnownut said:

I'm turnin my frown updside down.  Despite the dud for this upcoming weekend, last few weeks have been and have felt like true winter.  Been a long time, and I'm enjoying every day we have snowpack.  Looks like pattern relaxes enough moving forward, that chances for clippers and maybe a well timed  NS/SS event could happen.  Stays cold enough for snow to hold. 

Lets enjoy what we have and not worry too much about what the next one looks like. 

It'll come. Till then....enjoy.

FWIW my car broke down this morning.  Might be major, wont know till next week.  Cant fret about it.  Gonna b what its gonna b.

 

Sucks about the car - hopefully a cheap-ish repair. 

The GFS has the storm it showed 3’ snow two days ago for VA/MD now in Bermuda.

[pawatch]

My truck wouldn’t start this morning, the battery was dead. I’m going to give it full charge and see what happens. 

Hopefully your car Nut is just a cold weather fix!
 

Canderson we will take what we can get. I don’t mind clippers.

I think 2009 was a year with a lot of clippers for me.

[ChescoWx]

Today was our 6th consecutive day with temperatures failing to reach the freezing mark. The longest such streak was 16 days back in 1961. The current 6 days is already tied for the 10th longest freezing stretch in the philly burbs of Chester County PA since 1894. The current NWS Forecast has us remaining below freezing for at least for the next 7 days. If we were to reach next Thursday without cracking the freezing mark that would be the 13th consecutive day moving this current 2026 period to 3rd all-time. Below are the Top 10 consecutive freezing days on record.