Mount Joy Snowman

Did you happen to see a guy in all penn state gear walking a labradoodle and an eight-month pregnant wife pushing a stroller with a baby in it? We were on the part by Chickies Rock from about 2-3pm. Looks like I’m topping out at 39 here.

That’s awesome. Whatever you’re doing is working if you’re getting results like that. Well done lad, well done.

My buddy’s anemometer above his roof that I referenced earlier is probably at least ten meters but it’s still in the midst of a very hilly development packed with other houses, so friction is still an issue. It’s just so damn hard to get good wind readings. The airports are really the only places I go to for those since they are well sited for it.

This is typical of home stations. Just never able to site them in a location that gets good exposure for wind, too much surface friction everywhere. The best I’ve seen is my buddy who installed his about six feet above his roof haha, and even with that yesterday was the first 40mph gust he has recorded in the year it has been up.

Low of 14 here. Looks like the highest wind gust yesterday in CTP land was 56mph somewhere along I70 in Fulton County. End of next week certainly looks intriguing.

Negative friend. It’s still February so I’ll take any and all winter weather I can get — no matter the type or amount. I love my golf but it can wait a month or two yet. I understand your career lends you a different perspective.

Wife and I were driving around Etown area and they did noticeably better than us. I had nothing approaching .3”.

Wrapping up here, temp peaked at 41 right before the line then dropped to 31 as it passed. As expected, surface temps made for difficult accumulation down this way, just a dusting to a tenth. Winds are something though. Still an impressive little event for down around these parts.

Yep accurate. I actually believe parts of Lebanon into Berks may be even a bit deeper into the radar hole, if you will ha.

Low level lapse rates are off the charts. Bring it on.

It may be weakening a bit but remember don’t base that off radar, which can’t see the low squall clouds in our area. You have to use visible satellite which still looks strong. Incoming!

Yeah roads won’t take on anything but I could see a quick tenth or two on the deck and mulch and whatnot.

She’s a ‘beaut…. edit: sorry for the double image.

Frame it....

Yes sir! Just gave a heads up to some friends up near Port Matilda. Again, fun little day on tap.

You know you're dealing with a real deal cold front when the temp consistently drops during the peak heating period of a sunny mid February day.

Brave man JNS, brave man. But I'm sure the dog loved it haha.

Yeah that's the Amishman's farm right behind us; his dogs sometimes like to make the long trek around the fence to visit the neighborhood ha.

Seat cushion .......and yes, don't mean to mock those who sustained real damage.

Irreparable damage sustained here.

Yep, bet we see the always-elusive snow squall warning from CTP tomorrow tehe.

This is what I was getting at yesterday. In fact, some of the hi-res models have even improved in that they almost want to reinvigorate the squall line as it heads down towards the SE part of the state, something we don't see too often. Could be a fun little day tomorrow.

Well, that was fun. Got woken up around 4am with what sounded like my house being torn down and haven't slept a wink since. Looks like my temp peaked here at 62 sometime between 4-4:30 right before the frontal passage. Down to 40 now. I only got a total of .29" rain though. Hey, question for the board. Sometime a little before 4:30 I checked the radar and there was an mPing report just to my west (looked fairly close to @Itstrainingtime) for pea sized hail. Is this accurate or was it possibly some sleet mixing down? The wind was too loud and the precip too brief for me to tell what the heck was hitting the house from the comfort of my sheets. Can anybody confirm any unusual precip types or was this person just mistaken?

Saw that, otherwise the record max min of 50 from 1891 may have been attainable.

I'm currently sitting at 65. MDT's high for the day is 63 but they've since dropped back down to 61. The record is 67 from 2011.