Mount Joy Snowman

Low of 27. Well, I'm a little more aggravated this morning after letting my gauge meltdown overnight. Turns out I got a robust .65" of total qpf that I could only turn into .3" of slop haha. Aye, thems the breaks sometimes. I see that, despite showing missing data for snowfall yesterday, MDT did show a snow depth of 2" at their 1pm report. They better get that snowfall report fixed, you know, being our climate station of record and all ha.

I saw they had a 1.0" snow depth listed for their 7am report but beyond that not sure.

I was going to bring this up as well. Multiple things to track, including a nice little Euro/NAM combo for us southern tier folk this Friday. Also on record watch for Friday, with MDT's record low for 12/5 being 12 degrees set in 1926. Exciting times!

Hmmm, I think what some schools did was have a two-hour delay in place but then decide to close after kids were already there or on their way. In my mind, this is the dumbest possible move. If it's too late to upgrade the delay to a closing then just keep them there for a whole day and let things clear up even more. Why would you send them home almost immediately when things are still questionable. Whatever haha.

Wait, did Donegal have school? My wife is telling me they are closed.

The last burst here is a mix of sleet and what is borderline freezing rain or plain rain. Always tough forecasting around here. My wife just went to drop our daughter off at preschool only to find out they were closed once she arrived. They went against Penn Manor's guidance, who only had a delay. Hempfield also only has a delay, although most schools decided to close. People of course are complaining about all decisions blah blah blah. My wife did say the roads were surprisingly bad.

Yeah who knows, I just kind of figured he meant anyone in our general latitudinal zone, and that a changeover back to a final thump of snow was on its way. We'll see, I'm in a steady mix here.

He also just backtracked a bit by putting out a post saying how dynamic cooling was causing the mix line to drop back south and we should all end up with an inch or so now.

31 degrees here and the warm nose has entered the conversation, as I’ve transitioned fully to sleet after a very brief period of snow. CC radar shows the line perfectly. Maybe .2” but happy for those that are making out. Hopefully not a harbinger of what’s to come down this way this winter ha.

29/21 as I get ready to hit the hay here. Good luck everyone!

I think Sitake is a fantastic coach but agree the “fit” would seem strange, to put it mildly.

Found this part amusing. As I’m fond of saying, plop me in Laporte and I’ll take my chances! *Sullivan County has the highest probability (50-70%) of localized snowfall >6"

The rain line sneaking north -- a tale as old as time. NWS's latest map.....

Haha yep, on the whole, the hi-res guidance isn't overly optimistic with our chances down this way. Again, 2" and we'll call it a win. Just fun to be talking snow on December 1st.

Latest GFS paints you with a 6" jackpot, for whatever it's worth ha.