Central PA Winter 25/26 Discussion and Obs

[Mount Joy Snowman]

Aaaaand there it is, I can rest easy now, as snow is officially falling at KMJS with a temp of 33. Night all. 

[ChescoWx]

Heaviest snow of the night so far as of 11pm reported 1.3" of snow so far today, Heaviest snow so far falling now but the back edge is approaching.

[CarlislePaWx]

Temp began to drop finally about 30 minutes ago...now down to 33.4 degrees.  The mixture has now reversed and is wet snowflakes mixed with some rain.  Still not enough to show any signs of accumulating.  Current radar implies that the end is very near for me, unless it continues without being picked up by radar.  Picked up an additional 0.03" of precip bringing my daily total to 0.24" and monthly to 0.26".  I still have 100% coverage in my backyard which is a northern exposure.  Looks like 2.5" of solid cover remains.  In my front yard, which is a southern exposure, there still aren't any bare spots, but I'd say I'm down to around 2".

[Jns2183]

Schyukhill county has some areas 2"-4"

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[Jns2183]

Long Island is getting slammed, with absolutely no snow in the forecast.

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[Jns2183]

36dbz snow at 29-30 degrees is easy 1.5"-2" an hr. That band has been hitting same area past 2 hours. Wouldn't be surprised to see 4"+ readings, maybe 6"+:if it keeps up another hour. Not a single advisory, bulletin, hazardous weather, etc. Talk about hitting a jackpot.

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[Jns2183]

Pretty band

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[ChescoWx]

2.0" of snow here in East Nantmeal in Chester County

Seasonal snow now at 37.4"

 

[pawatch]

33 degrees and .05” precipitation overnight. 
Hope everyone had a good Valentine’s Day !

[canderson]

Had nice mood flakes for a while overnight but I didn’t notice any accumulation 

Off to anesthesia I go! 

[Voyager]

3 hours ago, Jns2183 said:

Schyukhill county has some areas 2"-4"

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That would be my range. I just woke up, got a coffee and a smoke, and went out back. I measured 2 inches on the backyard walkway. Might have been a little more if I actually had a snow board, because it initially was melting on contact on paved surfaces. I'd probably get a truer measurement if I went out front and measured on one of the cars.

[Voyager]

My night shift truck partner sent me this. She was stuck sitting on PA309 over the Blue Mountain. The road was closed for some time due to a wreck and stuck trucks.

[mahantango#1]

22 minutes ago, Voyager said:

That would be my range. I just woke up, got a coffee and a smoke, and went out back. I measured 2 inches on the backyard walkway. Might have been a little more if I actually had a snow board, because it initially was melting on contact on paved surfaces. I'd probably get a truer measurement if I went out front and measured on one of the cars.

If I look closely I can see it snowed on the exposed grass in the yard that I shoveled from the January snowstorm. On to the next threat of snow.

[Voyager]

So. I did more measurements...

Backyard walkway: 2"

My white GMC: 2.5"

My neighbor's blue Ford: 2.25"

[canderson]

Oddly precip ended up not being an issue - many areas had nearly .25” rain Sunday.

I clocked in at .14”. 

[mahantango#1]

44 minutes ago, Voyager said:

So. I did more measurements...

Backyard walkway: 2"

My white GMC: 2.5"

My neighbor's blue Ford: 2.25"

Congrats on this astounding snow victory! 

[NepaJames8602]

Woke up to a surprise 2.5" inches here in my part of the Poconos. Areas just 20 to 30 miles north of me, absolutely nothing. Sharp cutoff and nice surprise! Had to wake up early to shovel and clean up before work.

[Mount Joy Snowman]

Low of 32 with a nice little coating on most surfaces here. Melting down the gauge but it looks to be at least .3” liquid. Precip wasn’t an issue here, cold air was just a touch slow to arrive. I’m putting .1” snowfall in the books but curious if anyone around me was up ~1-3am to get a proper measurement? 

[Yardstickgozinya]

 It  snowed here just long enough to get in a decent walk last night. I ended up with a dusting.

Until yesterday there  was very little grond showing in my general area. I'm still holding on to a few inches of snow in most spots. The 1.75" sleet, top layer seems like it will be the last thing to go. I snapped a few photos last night on my walk just to show what i'm still holding onto around here . The top picture was taken at the entrance of the ABWE  religious organization in Fairview⁹ township, which sits on the north facing bottom of elevated terrain.   The bottom picture was taken at Roof park in Fairview township, which has unidirectional sun exposure and still holding on to it's snow very well considering what it's been through the past couple of days. Any exposed ground I did find on my walk last night was still frozen solid at the surface. 

[Yardstickgozinya]

21 minutes ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

Low of 32 with a nice little coating on most surfaces here. Melting down the gauge but it looks to be at least .3” liquid. Precip wasn’t an issue here, cold air was just a touch slow to arrive. I’m putting .1” snowfall in the books but curious if anyone around me was up ~1-3am to get a proper measurement? 

I'm not sure how close to home you're looking ,but was up and out periodically until about 4:00 am. I snapped this photo on my walk around 1:00am and the snow was basically done except for some very light dandarites. I didn't measure but .1 sounds about right. 

[Jns2183]

@canderson March and April are coming up. For wind weenies like you it's mecca

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[mahantango#1]

14 minutes ago, Jns2183 said:

@canderson March and April are coming up. For wind weenies like you it's mecca

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Please no more 20 to 50mph winds.

[mahantango#1]

Looks like between 2-4 inches of the snow, ice pack left on the ground (at my place) to melt this week. The snow piles...thats a different story.

[Voyager]

2 hours ago, mahantango#1 said:

Congrats on this astounding snow victory! 

That's not the award I wanted this morning...lol

[mahantango#1]

3 hours ago, canderson said:

Oddly precip ended up not being an issue - many areas had nearly .25” rain Sunday.

I clocked in at .14”. 

Same amount of rain here .14

[canderson]

59 minutes ago, Jns2183 said:

@canderson March and April are coming up. For wind weenies like you it's mecca

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Wind season is now November to April - every front seems to be bringing 30+ mph winds now. 

Colonoscopy all done. About to eat steak and eggs lol 

[Itstrainingtime]

2 hours ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

Low of 32 with a nice little coating on most surfaces here. Melting down the gauge but it looks to be at least .3” liquid. Precip wasn’t an issue here, cold air was just a touch slow to arrive. I’m putting .1” snowfall in the books but curious if anyone around me was up ~1-3am to get a proper measurement? 

I was! I have meetings all week on 2nd shift and drove home in the snow last night at 11pm. I measured .1" here at home at 1:30am. When I left work there was already more than that on top of Turkey Hill. Oh, I received .34" of QPF.

[Mount Joy Snowman]

17 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

I was! I have meetings all week on 2nd shift and drove home in the snow last night at 11pm. I measured .1" here at home at 1:30am. When I left work there was already more than that on top of Turkey Hill. Oh, I received .34" of QPF.

I matched you almost to a T.  In fact, if you knew how much time I just spent staring at my fully melted down gauge agonizing over whether to put .33 or .34 in the books you'd be disturbed haha.  For the record, when factoring in the meniscus I went with .33".  I'll see myself out now.

[ChescoWx]

After today we should see temperatures at above normal levels for the remainder of the work week. In fact, after tomorrow morning, we should remain above freezing day and night until likely next Sunday morning. This should finally start to melt away much of the snow cover which as of today has been on the ground for 31 straight days which is tied for the 12th longest stretch and 16th overall since 1893. We should see multiple rain chances with light rain possible Wednesday and more beneficial rains toward the weekend. The next chance at any wintry precipitation will be toward the end of next weekend.

[AccuChris]

12z ICON went all in on the weekend system the GFS has been showing on and off


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