psuhoffman

12/14: 3.1" 12/16: 10.5" 1/26: 0.5" 1/31-2/2: 12.2" 2/5: 0.9" 2/7: 7" 2/11: 3.5" 2/18: 7.8" 2/22: 6" Season: 51.5"

I know the area around Princess Court on the south side of town has a ton. They are about 1050 feet plus in a bowl on the northeast side of the ridge there. They get dumped on, maybe slightly more then me even.

51.5”

That’s the ridge I live on....on the highest point of Dug Hill Ridge just west of 30.

@HighStakes Nora demanded we take our normal walk, snow or not, so we made it down the goat trail and are walking in your hood now. There is a definite MAJOR difference. Up top at the bottom It’s not uniform and I’m just eyeballing it but it’s ~12-15” depth up top and 5-8” at the bottom. That’s CRAZY!!!!

The fight for 50 is over. Now I’m seeking 60!

That’s crazy but when the snow isn’t too deep we hike down the goat trail from my back yard to the neighborhood below us across from Ebb Valley and a few times there has been a very noticeable difference in snow depth between up here and down there. That’s the first time since I’ve been up here that I’ve noticed it that extreme. I know you said over the years from time to time there is a difference but never several times in a single season and to this extreme. But it makes sense since we had several storms where a bulk of the snow fell right near 32 degrees. That 1-2 degree difference between up here and down there can make a difference when it’s that close I guess. That and upslope/downslope. Every little bit with rates matters when you’re trying to accumulate at 33-34 degrees

@HighStakes my 5.5” was definitely low. Now that I’m out clearing and looking around the 5.5 area i typically measure in was a low spot. Wind was unusual with this one so snow drifted it weird ways compared to what I’m used to. The 5.5 areas are compacted down to 4.5 now but I found a general 6-8” of new depth on top of the ice on the other side of my property (downwind) of the ridge which was the opposite side of normal. Even one foot drifts very common on the front side of my house. If I simply take an average of measurements around my property between the board on my driveway, the deck, and the front walk I get 6.5” and that’s without counting the 1 foot drifts. Plus it was likely more since there has been a lot of compaction since 2 hours ago!

Yea this is by far the year I’ve done the best with regard to everyone around me...even north of me. Like you said yea I’m typically the max for our area except for far western zones but this year the difference was even more extreme.

It fell between like 4-6am and melted on non snow surfaces by 8am. It was a quick thump band from the “cutter” kind of similar to today but MUCH weaker and not as cold. It got really warm that afternoon.

Probably. Not sure what your snow pack is. I was in PA yesterday and around York had way less then me. I have about 12-15” depth now and it’s THICK with about 5” of that being solid ice and likely 3” a qpf content. I also tend to hold “cooler” temps here. If it’s 50 in Westminster I’ll be 45. Maybe.

Got 5.5 but could have been more I’m teaching and couldn’t clear when sleet started to mix the last hour. Lot of compaction so the last band didn’t add any depth even though it was puking snow/sleet for 30 mins. But since I didn’t clear the area I can’t get a perfect measurement and I don’t want to guess and inflate so the final depth of 5.5 was what I recorded. It was very likely 6 had I done it correctly.

I got 5.5 my extra 250 feet FTW lol

I’m kinda hoping today’s snow was enough to withstand the warm days this week and make a run at a month. Maybe we get some next weekend. After that I’m done. Cant complain.

No... I hit 51

I’ve actually done better then places north of me in PA. Last 2 trips to north of Hanover and York they had barely any snow on the ground while I had 8”+ snowpack. I think they may have had almost as much fall as me but it melts a lot faster once you get out of these ridges here.

2-3” an hour now.

28 heavy snow. 4” so far. 49.5 on the season.

It’s snowing kinda hard

At least 2” so far. I need 2.5” more to break 50.

27 heavy snow

I had to go to York PA today and it was amazing how much warmer it was and less snow they have then here. Crazy difference even north of here once you get off Parrs Ridge. It was 28 here and 34 in York. It was noticeable as soon as I got out of the higher elevation area along the border. What it looks like here York PA Took the kids sledding today also. You can see my house on top the ridge in the background. My street was finally clear enough for me to take my normal evening walk...

I honestly don’t know. There is speculation the SSTs in the Indian Ocean are partially to blame also.

He isn’t wrong that the pac pattern has been the same for 5 years now. And yea it’s very likely to continue. But the last 4 years the March pattern was very different each year depending on other factors.