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18 degree rise in temp at home so far, up to 13 from -5. Now running a little ahead (warmer) than yesterday.

Just saw that. And yeah...that would definitely qualify as a setback. LOL

Looks like Cape Hatteras, which is out there a ways in the Atlantic picked up 9" of snow last night. Picture is from Hatteras Village. This is much farther south than a lot of tourists go who vacation on OBX.

@Bubbler86 - per the SE Obs thread, parts of Florida received between 8-10" of snow yesterday. Just jaw-dropping to think that parts of Florida have a deeper snow cover than here as of the moment. I'm sure they'll lose it quicker than we're losing ours.

I think that the Carlisle area was around -23 or so in January 1994. (just as a reference since you weren't living around here at the time)

Funny you mention this, the morning back in 2010 that I referenced above your post - I started the morning at -10 and got up to 36 that afternoon. Also, it was -10 at 6:45am. By 10am my temp was 27.

I can't but I don't recall MDT being this low since 1994. At my house, my -5 reading this morning comes in 6th place since 1994. There were mornings over the past 20 years when with deep snow cover and calm winds I radiated out a little more than last night. I didn't join the radiational cooling party until 9pm, so I lost a few hours. My coldest reading since 1994 was a -10 back in 2010.

I'm honestly really glad that you said this. Not sure why, but I was almost afraid to share how I honestly felt. When I walked out this morning, my driveway is faces south. Even on windy mornings it's often "calm" in my driveway because my house shelters the wind. Regardless, with the sun rising and the complete lack of a breeze, if I didn't know what the actual temp was and what the temp was forecast to be, I would have assumed it was much warmer...maybe around 20 or so? It just did not feel that cold. If it was dark and the wind was blowing that would have changed the conversation completely.

Ha! It was -5 when I went out this morning to start the car. No jacket. Sun was coming up and it honestly didn't feel bad at all. "Dry cold" - very much Alaska-like. With no wind and as dry as it is it doesn't feel that cold to me.

Down to 7.3 under partly cloudy skies.

I'm jealous.

Meanwhile over here my temp has risen 1.2 degrees over the past 3 hours. Currently it's 13.4. Cloud cover...

Southeast Obs thread is nice to look at right now, lots of updates with pictures being posted from Georgia and Florida. One post shows heavy snow in FL with an air temp of 25. Just incredible.

As long as it's understood that "Winter Cancel" could still produce more snowfall. It doesn't require a lot during February for that to happen.

It will not get steadily warmer. The long-term trend is up with a few bouts of colder weather interspersed. He does think that the overall tone going forward is dry and warmer.

Nothing here at work. Well...some in the office might say otherwise if by flake includes me...

Elliott looking ahead: The moderating trend that begins late this week should continue into early February. However, it will be very gradual and come with a few setbacks. The aforementioned, high-latitude blocking over Greenland should finally vanish this weekend and then not return for the foreseeable future. In addition, MJO phases 3 and 4.. as well as their "lags".. support a massive, northward bulge in the Jet Stream over the Central and Eastern States. The mean, Jet Stream ridge currently centered along the West Coast of North America will gradually retrograde into the Bering Sea over the next 1-2 weeks. In turn, the core of the coldest air should also retrograde north and west, ultimately ending up in the northern Plains, northern Rockies and western Canada by early February. The infamous "Southeast Ridge" so typical of La Niña Februaries will then face little resistance to "flare up" along the Eastern Seaboard. Thus, I still anticipate a significantly milder February with above-average temperatures

Another U.S. location not used to a lot of snow, let alone Blizzard conditions: .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH 6 AM WEDNESDAY/... As of 615 AM Tuesday... KEY MESSAGES: - A winter storm will impact eastern NC with heavy snow, dangerous cold, and strong winds - Snowfall amounts have been increased and now all of eastern NC is expected to reach warning criteria snowfall Winter Storm Warnings have now been posted for all of eastern NC for tonight. The developing offshore low will circulate very moist air over the top of the arctic airmass. This will result in widespread snow developing across the area this evening and continuing for most of the overnight hours. The trend in the models is for a continued slight inland movement of the heaviest snow location with forecast amounts of >=3 inches covering a very large portion of eastern NC. Based on this, the Winter Storm Watch and Winter Weather Advisory have been upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning. As the right entrance region of the upper jet approaches and ascent becomes maximized tonight, banded precipitation is likely to occur which will lead to locally heavier snowfall amounts of 6+ inches. Right now it is very difficult to predict exactly where these bands will form but they will most likely occur along and just inland from the coast. Thermal profiles also support periods of sleet occurring along the coast but still expecting primarily snow to occur. The current snowfall forecast has been increased and now is is calling for max amounts of 6-8 inches east of Highway 17. Gusty northerly winds will cause considerable blowing and drifting of snow with blizzard conditions possible along the Outer Banks where the strongest winds and heavy snow will coincide. Cold ground temperatures will allow the snow to rapidly accumulate which will make roads snow covered and slick. No unnecessary driving is advised tonight across the area. The snow should begin tapering off around 9Z inland with accumulating snows expected to be over by 12z Wednesday.

Daughter and her family left Palm Coast about an hour ago. Palm Coast is a little north of Daytona. Forecast is for lows tonight in the mid 30s but with winds out of the north up to 30mph. I think tomorrow or Thursday night the winds die down and the temp crashes into the 20s.

Lancaster's "other" official station at MU recorded a low of 6. That's 11 degrees warmer than MDT. That's remarkable. Every local news outlet that I watch/see/follow in the Lancaster area refers to the MU readings as Lancaster's temp. Is there any other example of an area's official temp not being at the airport? LNS is never referred to by outlets that I see around here. @Mount Joy Snowman @pasnownut @Superstorm - do you have any clarification on this?

Low of 1.7 here in Maytown. Temp only fell an additional 3 degrees after midnight. Currently it's 6.7.

4.8 at 12:15am.

9 in Maytown. Tee shirt and shorts for taking out the trash.

Down to 12 at 6:50pm.

That is a major ice storm (.25") here. In Florida...