Central PA Winter 25/26 Discussion and Obs

[mahantango#1]

11 hours ago, Itstrainingtime said:

April 1982 was an incredible storm. Nothing in my 60 years on earth is even close I'm that month. 

I remember April 1982. I had barely any snow here (being I live down in the valley) elevation 460. I remember going through a little town of Hebe, Pa. elevation 661ft. and there was about 6 inch of snow, there were plows out plowing.

[Voyager]

31 minutes ago, mahantango#1 said:

18 this morning.

19.6 here. Funny how 20 with no wind doesn't feel all that cold.

[mahantango#1]

2 minutes ago, Voyager said:

19.6 here. Funny how 20 with no wind doesn't feel all that cold.

20 is the new 40 after all the ridiculous cold that was bestowed upon us weeks ago. 

[Blizzard of 93]

6z GFS at this model cycle offers our best hope for some snow early next week. It takes the first wave on Monday to our south, but it quickly brings in the second wave by Tuesday am. This second wave starts as snow & then changes over to a mix then rain.

[pawatch]

53 minutes ago, mahantango#1 said:

18 this morning.

17 degrees but warming up with the sun out.

[Superstorm]

As much as I love snow, I am now ready for spring.

Seeing the models starting to transition to warmer days is nice to see.  We will have to endure some backdoor cold fronts, and it may be more prevelant this spring than most.

[ChescoWx]

Today will tie that great winter of 1995-96 with our 42nd day with snow cover - 8th longest stretch. However, today could be the last for some spots including here in East Nantmeal where the south facing hills are now showing grass, but the majority of the property remains snow covered. A beautiful and mild next 2 days for the area with temperatures today well into the 40's and tomorrow well into the 50's for highs. But of course, in 2026 this does not last for long as a strong cold front will cross the area on Sunday morning with maybe a couple flurries and we turn much colder to start the new work week. We should see a much-needed wet week ahead as we start with some potential wintry precipitation and shift to the liquid form as we move through the week.

[Mount Joy Snowman]

Low of 26 and foggy, freezing fog dare I say.  Not sure what to make of early next week as it's kind of a mess as depicted but it does not appear as if any type of significant snow event is in the cards for us.  Then we get wet and warm through mid-month.  After that, who knows, continual spring or winter's last stand?  Stay tuned.  Happy Friday, all.

[Itstrainingtime]

1 hour ago, mahantango#1 said:

I remember April 1982. I had barely any snow here (being I live down in the valley) elevation 460. I remember going through a little town of Hebe, Pa. elevation 661ft. and there was about 6 inch of snow, there were plows out plowing.

This is from my weather notebook:

I measured 8.8" just south of Mountville here in Lancaster county. Rain began on Monday night, April 5th with temps in the low 40s and by daybreak on the 6th I had heavy snow and very strong winds which created true blizzard conditions. The 8.8" of snow fell in a 7 hour period as temps crashed into the mid 20s. We missed 2 full days of school and had a  2 hour delay on the 3rd day after the event. Winds were measured at over 50 mph in the county. Dad said we never had anything like that before in April during his lifetime and that I would never see it again.

43 years later, he's still right. 

Here's the snow map. I was just inside the southern edge of the good stuff. Hard to believe based on this that you didn't do better. It wasn't an elevation dependent storm, temps were in the 20s throughout the snow portion. 

[canderson]

Time change next weekend so it seems tracking season so just about kaput for me. It was a nice winter.

I hate bugs but next eeek they’ll start coming back. 

[Superstorm]

31 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

This is from my weather notebook:

I measured 8.8" just south of Mountville here in Lancaster county. Rain began on Monday night, April 5th with temps in the low 40s and by daybreak on the 6th I had heavy snow and very strong winds which created true blizzard conditions. The 8.8" of snow fell in a 7 hour period as temps crashed into the mid 20s. We missed 2 full days of school and had a  2 hour delay on the 3rd day after the event. Winds were measured at over 50 mph in the county. Dad said we never had anything like that before in April during his lifetime and that I would never see it again.

43 years later, he's still right. 

Here's the snow map. I was just inside the southern edge of the good stuff. Hard to believe based on this that you didn't do better. It wasn't an elevation dependent storm, temps were in the 20s throughout the snow portion. 

I was at my childhood home in Old Bridge, NJ during that event.  I can still remember looking out the window from my bedroom watching the heavy snow fall.  From my recollection, we had about 10" but that is fuzzy.

Three favorite storms of all time....April, 1982, Blizzard of 1983 and Superstorm, 1993.