Central PA Winter 25/26 Discussion and Obs

[mahantango#1]

Another cold night, already down to 7 here.

[Yardstickgozinya]

I could have got some killer shots from the bridges this morning, but old Yardstick is absolutely terrified of bridges and heights beyond a neurotypical's understanding.. I tried my best but fear and the resulting low blood pressure wouldn't let me walk out on the bridges more than a couple feet before my Visovasal sinscope would attempt  to  knock me out cold. 

[Voyager]

4 minutes ago, mahantango#1 said:

Another cold night, already down to 7 here.

12 in Tamaqua, but 7 at work when I was handing the truck over to my night shift partner.

[Jns2183]

I could have got some killer shots from the bridges this morning, but old Yardstick is absolutely terrified of bridges and heights beyond a neurotypical's understanding.. I tried my best but fear and the resulting low blood pressure wouldn't let me walk out on the bridges more than a couple feet before my Visovasal sinscope would attempt  to  knock me out cold. 

I was diagnosed with that in high School after passing out cold during a sporting event. Tell me, did you get to enjoy the fun test they use to diagnose it? The lovely one where they strap you to a table crucifixion style, jam IV in both arms, pump you full of adrenaline, tilt you and see what happens? I don't think I'll ever forget that test!!

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[Yardstickgozinya]

14 hours ago, mahantango#1 said:

My friends and I were  walking on the Susquehanna River back in 1977 when we were teenagers. We erected a makeshift monument out of tires and some type of flag in the middle of the river, that was visible to the people in Dalmatia and to anyone traveling rt .147. We got a little over halfway across the river and we encountered thin ice in swifter water and turned around and got off the river. Those were the days, I got to do it with no regard for safety.

Yep, definitely the good old days. I actually fell through ice as a kid while my buddies and I were beating the s*** out of each other with catty nine tails. It was a containment ditch that we caught frogs in so we  knew that it was only waste deep in the middle., but never considered how cold the walk to the nearest home would be if we did fall through. 

[Yardstickgozinya]

33 minutes ago, Jns2183 said:

I was diagnosed with that in high School after passing out cold during a sporting event. Tell me, did you get to enjoy the fun test they use to diagnose it? The lovely one where they strap you to a table crucifixion style, jam IV in both arms, pump you full of adrenaline, tilt you and see what happens? I don't think I'll ever forget that test!!

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Yikes. I'm sorry to hear that you had to go through that. I'll have to ask my mother, but I never had that test done that I know of or i'm just too young to remember. That said ,If the experience was true too traumatic, I would have passed out anyways. I've had it as long as I can remember and it's triggered by a lot of different types of stimuli, but heights ,blood, looking at sharp objects, brain freezes, and sudden boom's are big ones I have to be extra mindful of if i'm in a working environment. I would fully imagine its probably one of the main reasons I'm always looking for lightning. I love it, but I don't want it to sneak up on me when i'm running equipment. 

[Yardstickgozinya]

@Jns2183 I forgot to mention that it's also getting worse for me as I get older and obviously during high stress. 

[Jns2183]

Anyone seeing any love?

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[Jns2183]

[mention=4667]Jns2183[/mention] I forgot to mention that it's also getting worse for me as I get older and obviously during high stress. 

Hasn't gotten worse for me thank God. What has happened through with the horrible dryness in my house are bloody noses. Let me tell you the fun I had waking up to blood everywhere yesterday morning. That will get you kicked into high gear quickly!!

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[Yardstickgozinya]

1 minute ago, Jns2183 said:

Hasn't gotten worse for me thank God. What has happened through with the horrible dryness in my house are bloody noses. Let me tell you the fun I had waking up to blood everywhere yesterday morning. That will get you kicked into high gear quickly!!

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I don't think kicking it in the high gear Is the right way of putting it lol. As you already know a subconscious turning off of the key is more like it.  Unfortunately it doesn't matter if it's fake blood on TV or CGI of someone hanging on a cliff that s*** can be completely lights out for me. I had a really bad episode with it my last hospital visit and the doctor's we're about to use the defibrillator on me. I might have to consider a pacemaker for my condition if it gets much worse even though my heart looks to be completely healthy. 

[Mount Joy Snowman]

Low of 21 since midnight but pretty sure it was colder than that earlier in the evening. Clouds rolled in and did their thing. 

[pawatch]

8 hours ago, mahantango#1 said:

Another cold night, already down to 7 here.

When I went to bed it was 10 degrees. When I got up this morning it was 17 degrees.

High of 30 yesterday, but it was pretty windy.

Voyager you need a factory job. Where your in the warm.

[anotherman]

Some mangled snowflakes in York.

[Mount Joy Snowman]

1 hour ago, anotherman said:

Some mangled snowflakes in York.

Yeah scattered flurries in the Mount Joy area as well. 

[pasnownut]

6 minutes ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

Yeah scattered flurries in the Mount Joy area as well. 

add manheim to the list of mood flakage.

[Blizzard of 93]

3 minutes ago, pasnownut said:

add manheim to the list of mood flakage.

Same in Marysville 

[pasnownut]

fwiw, go check out the 6z gfs.  Blizz was callin that period out the other day, and verbatim its a good one.  9z and 6z had it.

 

 

[Blizzard of 93]

Long range GFS & Euro Op runs are starting to entertain the idea of a Valentine/PD weekend Winter storm chance, just like their AI versions have shown over the last couple of days at times.

[Itstrainingtime]

1 hour ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

Low of 21 since midnight but pretty sure it was colder than that earlier in the evening. Clouds rolled in and did their thing. 

My lowest temp was 20.3 at 10:54pm. 24.4 currently.

[pasnownut]

NWS had my only chance at breaking freezing to be today. 

Yesterday they had me at 33 for the high.

today they throttled it back down to mood flakes and 26.  

Despite the "boring" cold, we have a decent chance at statewide flakes friday and wont see above freezing for the next 7-8 days. 

Solid winter continues. Thanks for saving what you gave us Mo Nature.

 

 

[Yardstickgozinya]

5 minutes ago, pasnownut said:

fwiw, go check out the 6z gfs.  Blizz was callin that period out the other day, and verbatim its a good one.  9z and 6z had it.

 

 

Oh snap !! When you and blizz team up, for a good one, I expect at least 3 solid inches. 

[Yardstickgozinya]

Mood flakes are flying here. Nice  size flakes. Good call, SnowNuts. 

[Yardstickgozinya]

23 hours ago, WmsptWx said:

I guess if we read about @sauss06being called in to fish somebody out of the river, we can all expect to be ordered to issue a statement.

That would be classic. There's a special place for guys like us.I'll be waiting at the gates for you. 

[WX-PA]

Light snow here in Dillsburg..Thought the precip was staying south of us?

[pasnownut]

31 minutes ago, Yardstickgozinya said:

Oh snap !! When you and blizz team up, for a good one, I expect at least 3 solid inches. 

is that 3" combined, or from each of us 

[str8liner]

5 minutes ago, WX-PA said:

Light snow here in Dillsburg..Thought the precip was staying south of us?

Same here. Got a light coating here so far that made everything nice and white again. 

[Itstrainingtime]

42 minutes ago, pasnownut said:

NWS had my only chance at breaking freezing to be today. 

Yesterday they had me at 33 for the high.

today they throttled it back down to mood flakes and 26.  

Despite the "boring" cold, we have a decent chance at statewide flakes friday and wont see above freezing for the next 7-8 days. 

Solid winter continues. Thanks for saving what you gave us Mo Nature.

 

 

I actually got up to 34 yesterday. I think @mahantango#1 @canderson got warmer than I did. I'm already at 28.2 today. (CTP has me reaching 34)

I got home from Florida last Wednesday. Got home and spent time widening the driveway and in process got a good bit of snow on my floormat. That was on Wednesday. Yesterday it finally melted after sitting there for 5 days. The past couple of weeks have been what I dream of going into every winter. I just love the landscape.

Also, I'm really intrigued for next weekend. Way out there still but it seems like there's a lot to be interested in. Maybe the thing I'm liking most is the advertised amount of QPF...if only that can translate to white gold; well, a lot of us would probably stop and give the winter an A right then and there. 

[pasnownut]

29 minutes ago, Yardstickgozinya said:

Mood flakes are flying here. Nice  size flakes. Good call, SnowNuts. 

southern tier has been close enough on many runs to keep some mood flakes in the offing tonight/tom morning.  

Friday clipper still seems to be holding some promise for a winter landscape refresher for much of the state.  Still think SE of mtns mood flakes to a coating at best w/ typical clipper fashion favoring nother westers.  

and while the 7-10 look quiet outside of above mentioned chances, I'm not gonna waste a week of winter, searching for another week of winter.  Gonna enjoy what we have and see how things look next week at this time.  Ens guidance 2m's look warmish, but tellies beyond 2/15 seem to be zonal/neutral, and with expansive snow pack, It may mute warm signals back towards normal or slightly above.  In peak climo, thats not horrible IMO.  MJO is concerning, but lets see what it looks like a week from now.  SSW event also happening, and downwelling and lag time of it, will likely have an affect on tellies as we look longer range.  

 

[mahantango#1]

2 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

I actually got up to 34 yesterday. I think @mahantango#1 @canderson got warmer than I did. I'm already at 28.2 today. (CTP has me reaching 34)

I got home from Florida last Wednesday. Got home and spent time widening the driveway and in process got a good bit of snow on my floormat. That was on Wednesday. Yesterday it finally melted after sitting there for 5 days. The past couple of weeks has been what I dream of going into every winter. I just love the landscape.

Also, I'm really intrigued for next weekend. Way out there still but it seems like there's a lot to be interested in. Maybe the thing I'm liking most is the advertised amount of QPF...if only that can translate to white gold; well, a lot of us would probably stop and give the winter an A right then and there. 

Yes made it to 35.2 yesterday. Even though it got above freezing the amount of snow melting really occurred on roofs and elevated surfaces. With the ground that cold and frozen before this last snowfall, I guess it will take awhile to melt there.

[ChescoWx]

Some spots today have their first chance at seeing above freezing temperatures. If we fail to reach freezing today it will mark our 11th straight day. This would tie for the 5th longest sub-freezing streak in County history. If we do not top freezing today we have an increasing chance at setting an all-time county record. If we get through next Monday we would set just such a record at 17 days. There were a couple of flurries out there this morning, but we should see some sun this afternoon. Some additional flurries are possible tonight especially across southern areas. A little better shot at some light snow on Friday before yet another strong arctic front sends us back into the freezer for the weekend.