Mount Joy Snowman

The monthly, seasonal, and annual climate summary reports for the official stations roughly sum things up. See below for an example from January's report. SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.62 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 4 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 16 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 63 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 5 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 1 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 4 LIGHT SNOW 7 SLEET 2 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 3

Agree with your overall premise but I still always root for snow, no matter the amount. I like watching it fall, I like the scenery it creates, I like putting it "in the books", I just like....well, snow ha. But totally get what you're saying about it disappearing quickly once we head towards March. With that said, I can confirm that every farm field from West Hempfield to Harrisburg was covered in white this morning -- a beautiful scene, even if it won't last much longer.

Edit: I was going strictly off of Blizz’s post about 0z when I said that, but after checking some other guidance and the 6z gfs/nam it appears things are now projected well south of us. Who knows ha.

23 when I left the house. Perhaps a coating tonight and something a little more Thursday. Thursday would be tricky as a daytime event with marginal temps and a narrow swath of snow, but we might just be sitting in as good a spot as anyone. Much to shake out.

My gauge melted down to exactly .5" liquid. Meh. So, it looks like maybe a weak clipper to deal with (weak down here anyway) Tuesday night and then maybe another little wave that passes to our south Thursday that hopefully the GFS is leading the way on again. Some other stuff has been showing up sporadically beyond that as well. Maybe a couple more weeks of active chitchat in here before winter's wrath begins to wane.

Hang in there mate. I feel you. Like you, I think many of us on this board are the defacto Mets for our family/friends and it can get exhausting trying to communicate nuance about weather with those who have no understanding of the basics, and like you said, have too much access to garbage maps and internet personalities. We have some friends who are teachers here in Hempfield and a couple days ago I told them that regardless of what we got I'd be shocked if they had school on Monday. Well guess what, Hempfield only has a two-hour delay, and that is the right call by the district, but those teacher friends are razzing me now. It's all in fun and I let stuff roll off my shoulders, but it can get tiring and takes some of the joy out of the hobby. People constantly texting "are we getting this much? What about this map? blah blah blah". I will say this though, which I've stated before, a number of pro Mets would be well-served to display a little humility in their forecasting. We all know, as @Jns2183 has been proving lately, that this game is still mostly luck when forecasting down to the local level. Way too much hubris out there in the weather world. I digress.

8am Obs: Very light snow continues as .8" additional has fallen since midnight, for a snow total of 3.4". Temp is still at 31 and never dipped below 30 through the night. A beautiful pasty snow but an underwhelming storm around these parts, at least compared to what could have been. Happy for those to the west who did better than imagined.

12am Obs: Temp remains constant at 30 with very light snow and .8" of additional snowfall, for a total of 2.4". Yes, you read that correctly, even down here in the heart of Lancaster County, in what was supposed to be the best time period, I received less than an inch over the course of four hours. This storm is a bust down here, no other way to put it. Still, I will wake up in the morning and be happy to see white. Tracking begins anew tomorrow ha. Good night everyone.

Very light snow of the barely-accumulating variety continues here with a temp of 30. It could not be more boring but I am determined to make it to my midnight observation ha. Carry on.

Very light snow here the last couple of hours, not much additional accumulation. Even my neighborhood roads have barely a coating. Temp has dropped to 30 so that's something ha. I still plan on hanging until midnight.

Yep, that's always been the bullseye. Will have to check in on my Hammonton buddy soon. Has to be pretty historic for them.

The latest HRRR really wants to dry things up quickly and even has the bulk of Chester County now getting less than 6" post-7pm. What a bust that would be out that way. We've certainly seen worse but this is disheartening.

That's remarkable, not sure we've ever had that kind of snow difference between us. I was wondering though, looking at the radar earlier, if things were having trouble making it your way. I have finally dropped below 32, to 31, but with the lightest snow of the event thus far. Again, not loving the radar.

8pm Obs: Snowing moderately at 32 degrees with 99% RH. 1.6" of wet sticky snow has fallen. Can't say I love the radar presentation around my area but as long as it's snowing I'm happy. Steady as she goes. Time to put the kids to bed and give these margaritas the attention they deserve. Onward.

My buddy in southcentral jersey says he currently has blizzard conditions (like most people he probably doesn't know the true definition but you know what I mean haha), only 3" so far but says it came quick.