CarlislePaWx

@Itstrainingtime, thanks for including me in your post. I have to tell you that each time @Ruinposted I started laughing more and more until the fourth time I was crying in laughter. Same goes for the Chat pics. It was hilarious watching @Blizzard of 93and @Ruin going at it in the pix. Thanks so much for your humor! Wonderfully creative.

I have to chuckle just a bit over the timing of the high wind warning. It began two hours ago at noon, and as I look out my window there is absolutely no movement, ie the winds are calm. My pressure has dropped to 992 millibars, or 29.10". It looks like the descent is slowing down. For the winds, many reporting stations to the norrth and west still have either calm or less than 5 mph, at all stations in central PA.

May I add that it is also hard to ignore psuhoffman's incredible historical essay or JB's emphatic comments as well. It will definitely be interesting to see all the jostling by the mets everywhere over the next few days.

@Itstrainingtimementioned this a few hours back, and I have been experiencing the very same thing. For the past 9 hours my temperature has stayed between 32.2 degrees and 32.4 degrees. My temperature graph is a pure straight line. Since the time the snow ended and the briefly freezing rain changed to plain rain I have recorded an additional 0.25" of precipitation (all rain) which gives me a total of 0.40" of melted liquid for the day. Almost all of the rainfall has been absorbed into the snowpack, but with a temperature so close to freezing hardly any snow has melted. It's still totally white out there. What a day!

Thanks for the notice. I really thought I remembered hitting submit, but you never know. I'm actually on desktop Chrome so it looks like it's doing it here also?

At 2:00 here in Carlisle it is no longer snowing. During the past hour the snow kept diminishing while a little bit of sleet and freezing rain had fallen. Currently, my temp has risen above freezing to 32.5 degrees. There is a mixture of very light sleet and rain. I melted down my 1.0" of snow and measured 0.15" for an SLR of 7:1. I'm certain there was some sleet that was caught in my gauge, which erroneously increased the liquid. However, for "official" purposes what I measured stands. I'll enjoy the snowscape view out my back window for a few hours this afternoon before the big melt takes place.

At 1:00pm here in Carlisle, the snow has diminished greatly and a few sleet pellets can also be heard. During the past hour I recorded an additional 0.3" of snowfall, bringing the storm total to 1.0". The temperature has risen to 31.5 degrees. The radar seems to indicate that a bit more snow may be coming. Ironically, if my total stays close to 1", my NWS forecast for up to an inch will verify. Another update to come at 2:00pm. ************** Sorry, I forgot to hit submit for my 1:00 ob. Better late than never.

At 1:00pm here in Carlisle, the snow has diminished greatly and a few sleet pellets can also be heard. During the past hour I recorded an additional 0.3" of snowfall, bringing the storm total to 1.0". The temperature has risen to 31.5 degrees. The radar seems to indicate that a bit more snow may be coming. Ironically, if my total stays close to 1", my NWS forecast for up to an inch will verify. Another update to come at 2:00pm.

I continue to be amazed at just how different your micro climate is to up around here. In all aspects. Like a few days ago when the sun came out by you and your temp shot up into the upper 40's. While that was happening I was overcast with a temp of 36 degrees.

Oh, ok Bubbler. I was so focused on my area I didn't notice your area. So, yeah, total surprise for your area and not a pleasant one, at least on the roads.

Here in Carlisle at 12:00 noon, it continues to snow moderately and even heavily periodically. The temperature is 30.0 degrees. It dropped to 29.8 degrees for a while and then came back to 30. During the past hour 0.7" of snow fell giving a storm total of 0.7". Flake size is increasing which means the rate is increasing. Last night's 0Z Nams had our region getting between 2" and 4" of snow before any changeover. So, what's happening now shouldn't be a total surprise. But, it certainly is a pleasant surprise nonetheless.

Rates continue to ramp up, easily now moderate heading towards heavy at around >0.5"/hr. Temp 30.2

Everything turning white now except street. Temp continues to fall as rates increase. Down to 30.4. Looks like there might be enough RH left to drop below 30.0. 0.1" on the board. Rates have increased to 0.3"/hr or so.

Ramping up pretty quickly now. More concentrated light snow and first signs of sticking on mulch and patio pavers. Temp down to 31.6.

Very light snow started here about 15 minutes ago. Temp 32.0. Dew point 24 should be enough to get down to 30 when the heavier stuff arrives.