CarlislePaWx

Thank you for confirming what I was suspecting. For the past 30 minutes I've had a mix of light sleet and snow, but more sleet based on what it looks like on my mulch and pavers. Temp dropped from 34 down to 33.6. As far as I can tell I'm not seeing any evidence of rain...just all frozen.

Low of 6.6 degrees this morning. I was hoping to eek out a few hours of sunshine this morning to help recharge my Tempest, but promptly at 9:00am the overcast moved back in again. (My Tempest is 5 years old and the battery is going. It uses solar to recharge. Thankfully it's just a back-up for my main Ambient station.) Temp already back up to 17.6, but with the overcast the speed of any warm up will be muted.

Here in Carlisle, shortly after 1:00pm...the temperature is currently 32.9 degrees and has remained below that until the present. The final board measurement was 2.2". However, there was some sleet and tiny bit of either rain or freeing rain. Conservatively, there had to be some compaction at the end that I wasn't here to measure. As a result I am going with a final snow total of 2.5". It likely was a few tenths higher because melting down the snow produced a liquid equivalent of 0.32". The forecast of 2-4" verified and the storm exceeded 2" which is my benchmark for being satisfied with the event. It was just enough to cover the ground in spots. Well, on to the next one. I hope enough snow cover can remain to help enhance the anticipated low temperature Thursday night, perhaps to as low as 10 degrees from radiation. We'll see.

Leaving now. Current obs is 2.0". Temp 30.9. Moderate to heavy snow right now. End is rapidly approaching and the mix line is <10 miles south of me. It's a race to the finish.

Carlisle update...snow intensity has increased to a rate of 0.75" / hour...almost heavy but I'll still call it heavily moderate. Temp 30.6 .

At 9:00am in Carlisle, it is snowing lightly. The temperature is 30.4 degrees with a dew point of 28.8 degrees and a wet bulb of 29.8 degrees. At 8:00am I had 1.1" of snow (my first ob today). After having light sleet for 15 minutes just before 8:00am it switched back to all snow. New snowfall the past hour was a paltry 0.2" giving a storm total thus far of 1.3". (I have a doctor appointment at 10:00 so I won't be updating my obs until when I get back which may not be until the noon ob). ttyl ...haha...just as I am about to post this the snow intensity has dramatically increased to moderate with much larger flakes. 0.5"/hr rate

I'm following right behind you. Up to 30.6 (from 23.5). However, dp is 23 and wet bulb is 27. I'm pretty sure we'll both drop some once the snow gets going. With a wet bulb of 27, that could pull me back to between 28 and 29. Hey, it still accumulates at 32, and if it falls heavily enough it can still accumulate up to 34. Oh wow, as I'm about to hit send I've now caught up to you...31.1 ! That's almost 8 degrees up from just a few hours ago. In any case, my board is set up for whatever I get, along with my clear vue gauge to melt down at the end. Off to bed for now. I'll see if I can get myself out of bed by 7:00 ish to catch the first hour or two of accumulations. >>PS...Now I'm up to 31.6......ughh...nope...Now up to 32.0. This is ridiculous. Now 32.2. I should have hit send 10 minutes ago...lol.

I'm following right behind you. Up to 30.6 (from 23.5). However, dp is 23 and wet bulb is 27. I'm pretty sure we'll both drop some once the snow gets going. With a wet bulb of 27, that could pull me back to between 28 and 29. Hey, it still accumulates at 32, and if it falls heavily enough it can still accumulate up to 34. Oh wow, as I'm about to hit send I've now caught up to you...31.1 ! That's almost 8 degrees up from just a few hours ago. In any case, my board is set up for whatever I get, along with my clear vue gauge to melt down at the end. Off to bed for now. I'll see if I can get myself out of bed by 7:00 ish to catch the first hour or two of accumulations. >>PS...Now I'm up to 31.6......ughh...nope...Now up to 32.0. This is ridiculous. Now 32.2. I should have hit send 10 minutes ago...lol.

Currently 26.2 degrees with a dew point of 21.4 degrees. The clouds started coming in about an hour ago. Temp had bottomed out at 23.5. If the snow can start before sunrise, that will give a great head start on snow retention on pavement/sidewalks. We shall see in the morning.

Woke up an hour ago to a nice surprise also. It was winding down and the temp was 32.2 degrees. Accumulations on the same surfaces as most others here. Mulch, grass, stones, trees, and my car. After "careful deliberation"...lol..., I'm going with 0.3" for this first measurable event of the season. There's too much white visible in the grass to consider anything less, imo. So...let the games begin! (Temp now up to 33.6 degrees and rapid melting taking place.)

Good morning all, from sunny, windy, and "frigid" Florida! My stay (Jensen Beach, East Central, Huthchinson Island South) down here is slowly coming to a close. I've been here for one month and will be here until a week from Friday. The vast majority of the days have been at least partly sunny with afternoon temps in the low to mid 80's and dew points in the low to mid 70's...that is, until today. My temperature has dropped to a low of 47.1 degrees. Currently it's up to 47.8 degrees with winds 10-15mph gusting to 25. This combination is creating a wind chill of about 40 degrees F! Talk about a temperature shock! Sunday afternoon it was 83 degrees with a dew point of 75. That combination was producing a heat index of 88 degrees. So, between 88 on Sunday and 40 this morning (H I / W C) that difference is nearly 50 degrees. @Itstrainingtime, you would be so proud of me. Our heat is not working, and I woke up to an indoor temperature of 63 degrees!! Normally, it would be 72 degrees at home. Fortunately, I brought sweats with me for the just-in-case scenario playing out this morning. The inside should slowly warm up by this afternoon to I hope, at least 70...haha! That's it for now. I'll be posting again from home after the 24th. Bye for now.

Hey, isn't anyone going to congratulate me for virtually nailing the date? The July date had to be hail, so throw that one out. Next up is 10/19/72 and my guess was 10/17/72 !! I can still remember the morning. I was in 8th grade and had just turned 13, 12 days earlier. The maple tree in my front yard was in full color and when I looked out the window there was snow all over the leaves, weighing them down. Oh, one thing I forgot to mention...this occurred in northern New Jersey where I grew up. I just figured if it happened around me it was at least a possibility that it could have happened out here. The other date I gave was 10/10/79. I was in community college, finishing up my last semester. Again, woke up to it snowing and all leaves/trees were white. I measured 2" with that event, which still stands to this day as my earliest recorded snowfall.

I don't know, however I'll take a stab at it and say 10/10/79, or possibly 10/17/72 ??

Hi guys...finally have cracked the drought here that has been here since late July. I only recorded 0.85" for the entire month of August, and that was repeated again in September with just 1.05" for the month. It looks like I'm located inside the yellow stripe that follows I-81. The rain began here around 6:00pm yesterday evening and fell heavily in multiple intervals throughout the night into this morning. I recorded 0.94" up until midnight. That continued with another 1.63" between midnight and 7:00am, for a storm total of 2.57" in only 12 to 13 hours. I'm packing up to head down to Jensen Beach in Florida this Friday and will be down there for the next 6 weeks, returning the weekend before Thanksgiving. I'll be remotely watching my home during my absence and will post any significant weather if/when it happens. ---Stephen

I was just looking at my stats for August and somehow I hadn't noticed that I've only had 0.82" of precip for the entire month! Yet another month with under 1.00" for the total. This marks the 2nd month this year under 1". January was the other month with just 0.85". And yet, just 3 months ago I was closing out May with almost 9" of precip. These wild swings are insane.