Central PA Spring 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread

[Voyager]

Who better than the resident warmanista to start our spring thread?

Just please don't me...

[Blizzard of 93]

Well, I’ll track Winter weather in the Spring thread, lol!

[Itstrainingtime]

We typically start threads in the vicinity of the onset of each met season. We'll discuss the weather here regardless of what's happening. 

[canderson]

Ugh this just means humidity is soon to be here. 

[Blizzard of 93]

1 hour ago, Itstrainingtime said:

We typically start threads in the vicinity of the onset of each met season. We'll discuss the weather here regardless of what's happening. 

Well, like I said, lots of Winter to go…lol!

People should wait until April 10th to give a final Winter grade in my opinion.

I have enjoyed the couple of warm days that we’ve had in the last week or so & I’ll enjoy the warm up later this week, all while tracking the chance of every last flake until the true end of possibilities next month.

[Itstrainingtime]

17 minutes ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

Well, like I said, lots of Winter to go…lol!

People should wait until April 10th to give a final Winter grade in my opinion.

I have enjoyed the couple of warm days that we’ve had in the last week or so & I’ll enjoy the warm up later this week, all while tracking the chance of every last flake until the true end of possibilities next month.

Who gave their final grade?

I do think it will turn cold but I think it's premature to say there's lots of winter left. I certainly wouldn't be surprised if we got more snow but I don't think that's a given. 

[canderson]

February at MDT ended 4.4 below normal in temp and 5.8” below normal in snowfall. 

[Blizzard of 93]

41 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Who gave their final grade?

I do think it will turn cold but I think it's premature to say there's lots of winter left. I certainly wouldn't be surprised if we got more snow but I don't think that's a given. 

I’ve seen final grades by posters scattered around the various regional threads.

My point is that there is plenty of time for grading, when we are actually done.

[Itstrainingtime]

It's too bad we're essentially out of time for wave 1 because it has moved significantly north over the past 48 hours. A southern VA hit is now a central to even northern MD event.

[canderson]

37 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

It's too bad we're essentially out of time for wave 1 because it has moved significantly north over the past 48 hours. A southern VA hit is now a central to even northern MD event.

We may see white rain tomorrow. And that I think will be the last time we see snow this season. 
 

Like all season, precip starved systems screw us. It’s why we are in a drought.

[Blizzard of 93]

50 minutes ago, canderson said:

We may see white rain tomorrow. And that I think will be the last time we see snow this season. 
 

Like all season, precip starved systems screw us. It’s why we are in a drought.

By next Friday, the cold returns.

It is showing across all ensemble guidance that the trough is back in the east by mid month.

We are far from done with Winter.

[Blizzard of 93]

1 hour ago, Itstrainingtime said:

It's too bad we're essentially out of time for wave 1 because it has moved significantly north over the past 48 hours. A southern VA hit is now a central to even northern MD event.

0z GFS is bringing a little more juice with wave 2, bringing it in earlier with a little more snow this run for the LSV .