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.

[mahantango#1]

32 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. 

Thats what I remember about the storm I don't remember and issues at my place from the storm. Maybe we had a half inch or so from it. the further east/ northeast (and the increase in elevation) there was more snow. And we were traveling to Gratz so my grandfather could purchase a wringer washer. And I still have that wringer washer. But hasn't been used in decades. And if i'm right that was the last year of they made them.

[Voyager]

35 minutes ago, canderson said:

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. 

Yup. I'm going to go from salty windshields to buggy windshields. I don't mind the bugs, but with me doing trucking videos, the biggest, messiest bug splat seems to always happen right in my camera view...lol

[Mount Joy Snowman]

15 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 had just been born three months prior. 

[Superstorm]

4 minutes ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

I had just been born three months prior. 

The April Fools, 1997 Snowstorm was a good one too (I was living in South Jersey at the time) with reports in South Jersey of 10" or so.  Not sure how good it was for central PA.

[Itstrainingtime]

12 minutes ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

I had just been born three months prior. 

You would have loved that storm. Imagine, the last week of April with legit SN+ in the middle of the day, temps in the mid 20s and howling winds. The rarest of winter days, and it came on April 6th. Snow was powder, too. I remember it was really cold after the storm but the snow had no chance up against the April sun. Areas that were drifted over held up for nearly a week but outside of that, it was toast the following day. School was closed the day of the storm and the day after. At least fine, rural and agricultural schools like Penn Manor were.  

[Itstrainingtime]

14 minutes ago, Superstorm said:

The April Fools, 1997 Snowstorm was a good one too (I was living in South Jersey at the time) with reports in South Jersey of 10" or so.  Not sure how good it was for central PA.

That one was sort of painful here. And somewhat reminiscent of what we just experienced. The Susquehanna separated the haves (east) from the have nots. (west) I lived in Centerville and measured 3.4". Areas to my east did MUCH better. 

[Itstrainingtime]

Point is - it's going to get quite warm next week. The vast majority of people will be in full-on spring mode. Quite likely for good reason...

But don't completely bury winter. History has shown that it can roar back after it seemed like it was gone. 

[Jns2183]

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. 

We still have a quite a few freezes until they are back. That is also the only positive of a late freeze.

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[Jsauss]

16 hours ago, Itstrainingtime said:

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

jesus, you're old 

[Itstrainingtime]

Just now, Jsauss said:

jesus, you're old 

I truly appreciate the respect but Jesus is a stretch. I'm just Mike.  But I'm an old Mike. LOL

[Itstrainingtime]

Elliott didn't seem too upset to pen this today:

Monday's #snow threat has essentially vanished for northern MD, southeastern PA & the LSV. The Canadian high pressure system is simply too strong & now modeled to settle into NY State, ultimately suppressing the weak disturbance. Large-scale subsidence does not equal precip!

[Voyager]

2 minutes ago, Jsauss said:

jesus, you're old 

Hell, I was 14 years old for that April 82 storm. Remember it quite well. I think we got somewhere between 8 and 12 inches out of that one in Bethlehem. If I remember right, I think we had a single digit low the morning after as well.

Crazy chain of events with that one.

[CarlislePaWx]

Well, that April storm was easy to remember because I was 22 at the time and about to graduate from Rutgers.  The anticipation for the upcoming snow was intense.  The day before, Monday, was in the upper 40's.  The storm dumped 9" with frigid temperatures and wind.  That arctic airmass brought down a 510 thickness to PA/NJ.  With the snow on the ground my low temperature dropped to 16 degrees Wednesday morning and with full sunshine my high stayed below freezing at 31 degrees.  Truly a rarity and the largest April snowstorm of my life still to this day.

Also, Central Park broke their record lows for both the 6th and the 7th with 21 degrees at midnight going into the 7th, so it caught both days within a few minutes.