Itstrainingtime

Well... On nice days after winter storms, car washes tend to be packed. Packed to the point of me going home without the car wash taking place. Now...throw in a nice, 2", wind-driven rainstorm, and I'm giddy about saving the $ AND not having to leave my little oasis here in 62 degree comfort.

I'm actually going up to Lake Placid in early February. It's been on the bucket list for years and I got inspired by Brian (Daxx) to make a trip north in the dead of winter. I'm sure while I'm up there a storm will go off the Virginia coast with 20" here at home with cirrus in the Adirondacks.

No more trees left to protect it?

Looks like we can add a Flying Trash Can watch to our flood watches and warnings...

Time to head for the Tug! Hoping to get buried up there in several weeks.

WPC "Loves" the Poconos for the rainy bullseye (see what I did there :))

I've been fretting for the past several days the thought of losing my snowpack in a matter of a few hours on Christmas eve with the rain and warmth - no matter, I lost a LOT of my pack overnight. Holy crap! I'd estimate at least 50% of what I had when I went to bed melted, so there likely won't be much by Thursday's rains. I'm telling myself it's better to have lost/lose it now than the day before Christmas. :)

I remember some of the mets! Russ Jordan, Bob Kurl, Dan Hurley...loved when they would say "at 10:30pm...National Weather Service radar is showing a large, growing area of snow which extends from Central PA down into central VA..."

I've spent hours watching Weather Channel videos on You Tube from the Superstorm, Blizzard of '96 (some can be found with Hurricane and that John Bolaris guy) and of course, many from 2009, 2010, and 2016. Good stuff when I need a snow fix.

I would think that this would set the stage for what might happen thereafter.

Seems to me that it's a bad news/good news kind of day. First the bad news: Above is total QPF we should see over the next 5 days. For those of us east of the mountains, most if not all of that falls as rain. In fact, most of it falls as rain with temps climbing into the 50s. That means - goodbye snowpack, and adios white Christmas. Sort of a shame to lose it on the cusp of Santa's big day, but it is what it is. Going forward, it sure looks like there are opportunities to rebuild. Personally, the most exciting time of the year for me to have trackable threats is the end of December. Love having trackable threats over the holiday period. I remember last year being void of almost anything to track, so while we'll likely lose what we have now, there's reason to hope for what might be coming soon...

That's awesome. Great memories being made, and to make 'em in the snow is a bonus. Good stuff right there...

I have my own station. (Davis Vantage Vue)

Low here in the historic district was 7, but it was 15 at sunrise. Temp bottomed out at 3:50am. Like @CarlislePaWx this was my coldest reading since 2018-19.

Skies cleared here and temp has responded. On my drive home from Elizabethtown temp ranged from 11 up to 22. 17.4 here at home.

If he's @pasnownut around, I say we kick away...

The thing I hated to see today on some models for next week was temps in the 50s to near 60 with high dews and QPF. That trifecta obliterates snowpack, I don't care how much ice is in it. I watched a 30" snowpack get reduced to scattered piles in 10 hours back in January 96. Other than that, there seems to be a lot to be excited about going forward. Hate to lose a white Christmas the day before, but if we can score multiple times thereafter, that's a nice payback.

NFC East = Central PA's winter of 2019-2020.

I agree! If the front is indeed as stout as depicted, anything that hangs back will result in congratulations Carolinas.

@showmethesnow Thank you for taking the time for preparing and sharing your thoughts. I LOVE to read your posts. Guys, yesterday I shoveled a total of 6 times. It took me 3 hours to get the job done, I thought it was best decision given my age and the weight of that stuff to shovel in 30 minute "shifts." I feel remarkably good this morning. I'm glad I had the time available to do it like that.

My seasonal total through 3 events is 11.8" (.3", .7", and 10.8")

At least they won't have 107,000 people coming to town on Saturday for the PSU/Illinois game.

I think it was in the Buffalo "South Towns" several years back they got 7' from a single lake event. They were dumping snow in the lake...

Problem was, it wasn't a pure snowstorm. I thought shoveling 30" back in 2016 was relatively easy. This is a different animal with the high water content deeper in the pack. It's not the snow you mind clearing, it's what came with it.

Eh, maybe not...though mine did kick on Tuesday evening for a while.