CarlislePaWx

Well, it's looking like the party's over here. The snow has quickly come to an end. Radar clearly shows a very sharp back end that has been rapidly progressing east, and has just reach me in central Cumberland County. The temp is holding now at 32.4 degrees. Using my car for accumulation measurements, I just measured 0.3" of snow. Sidewalks and streets are still just wet. Grass is white everywhere. Maybe during the overnight snow showers develop with enough intensity to add a bit more on to the storm totals.

Quick update...I should have actually looked outside. It is completely snowing, moderately, and it already has been accumulating on the grass, mulch, and my car. There might even be a few tenths of accumulation so far. Another good indicator is my grill cover is also totally white. Temp now 32.7 degrees.

Just before 11:00 here in Carlisle it appears to be snowing almost completely with very little, if any rain still in the mix. My temperature has dropped to 32.9 degrees. My backyard camera is showing the snow hitting my pavers which then are melting quickly. I'm sure it is starting to accumulate in the mulch and maybe a little grass. Total precip now up to 1.12" for the day. Maybe we will wake up to a surprise with a white ground?

At 10:00pm there continues to be wet snow mixed in with rain. My temp has dropped another 10 degrees since my last report, now down to 33.8 Winds have only occasionally gusted to 20, otherwise only around 10 to 15 mph. Pressure has risen 7 millibars in the past two hours, from 29.20" to 29.41" or 996mb. I'm up to 1.12" of precip for the day and still accumulating. The precip mix should keep mixing with more snow and less rain during the next hour. Hopefully all snow by 11:00pm.

Fropa about 15 minutes ago. Westerly winds 10-20, gusting to 30. Heavy rain. Total today 0.89" so far. Temperature drop of 14 degrees in 15 minutes...from 60 down to 46 at the moment and still dropping rapidly. Pressure bottomed out at 29.20". Radar sure looks promising for some snow. It's snowing all the way back to eastern OH. I expect the first flakes to begin mixing in when my temp reaches 37. Now 45 degrees (at 8:20).

So far this morning here in Carlisle...the radar continues to show precip overhead with the rain about to transition over to snow. However, it's all virga. Nothing is reaching the ground. Temperature continues to slowly drop, and is now down to 38.5 degrees. Winds are gusty.

I wasn't sorry to see what those impressive pictures were showing to my north. I wonder if NWS will investigate? I guess they always do whenever a tornado touches down. I recorded 0.09" since midnight, 0.43" yesterday with about half that occurring in the morning and the rest in the evening. 2-day storm total of 0.52", and now 1.94" total liquid for the month. The heaviest rain appears to have bypassed me both to the north and to the south. Blue mountain causes unexpected things (weather-related) to happen. The worst for me is down sloping of any snow shower activity that just dries up frequently.

Here in Carlisle today...this morning's low was 30.6 degrees while this afternoon's high was 73.8 degrees. This is the first day to reach and exceed the 70 degree mark. Today's diurnal was a substantial 43.2 degrees. The normal high temp today is 47.2 and the normal low temp is 26.7 degrees for an average temp of 37.0 degrees. Today's average temperature was 52.2 degrees which is 15.2 degrees above normal. Currently, at 6:20pm the temperature is 71.8 degrees. The skies were clear for the entire day while there was an occasional wind gust up to around 15mph. A good chunk of the day saw winds of 5-10 mph.

All it took was just a little bit of sunshine...which is the first in 4 days!...and I'm off to the races up to 65 degrees and climbing. It really does feel great outside. As long as there is sunshine I almost don't care what the temperature is. It's still early March so we shouldn't be expecting temps in the 70s. My normal high for today is only 46.9 degrees while my normal low is 26.4 degrees. The normal low temperature doesn't rise to freezing until March 27th.

Here in Carlisle yesterday...I also heard my first thunder of the year, twice a few minutes apart. That was followed by heavy rain which put down the (almost) first 1" rain day for this year. I'll have to go back and find the last occurrence. I measured 0.96" for the day. Yesterday was also the third consecutive day with measurable precip; Tuesday: 0.22"; Wednesday: 0.06"; Thursday: 0.96" for a 3-day total of 1.24". Total for the month is now 1.24" and for the year to date 4.94". If you check out my snowfall season totals (below) you will see that the winter of 20-21 with 30.5" is the only winter so far this decade with almost normal for the season. Every other season has been substantially below normal with season totals at or below 20". And, to add insult to injury, who can forget the winter of '19-'20 with my season total of just 6.5"!? I only just surpassed last year's 14.9" with season-to-date of 16.1". Throw a party.

Well, that April storm was easy to remember because I was 22 at the time and about to graduate from Rutgers. The anticipation for the upcoming snow was intense. The day before, Monday, was in the upper 40's. The storm dumped 9" with frigid temperatures and wind. That arctic airmass brought down a 510 thickness to PA/NJ. With the snow on the ground my low temperature dropped to 16 degrees Wednesday morning and with full sunshine my high stayed below freezing at 31 degrees. Truly a rarity and the largest April snowstorm of my life still to this day. Also, Central Park broke their record lows for both the 6th and the 7th with 21 degrees at midnight going into the 7th, so it caught both days within a few minutes.

Here in Carlisle I managed to pull off an additional 0.2" since midnight which brings my storm total to exactly 2.0". My sister in northern NJ (Morris County) texted me an hour ago and said they were up to 17.5" and still snowing. A weather friend in Bergen County (Paramus) said he was up to 13.5" and still snowing. Heavy bands were still coming through. Very windy also. My low overnight was 30.0 degrees and it's now up to 34.9 degrees with some wind for the first time. Snow starting to fall off the tree branches. Had one exciting hour yesterday evening between 6:00 and 7:00 when 1.0" fell. That's half of my storm total.

Here's my climate summary for yesterday, Feb 22, 2026 in Carlisle...(sorry it's a tad long, but I needed to do something to make up for the miserable snowfall)... At midnight the temperature had finally dropped to 32.0 degrees. Finally! During the hour between 11 and midnight the light snow picked up a bit in intensity such that an additional 0.2" of snow was recorded. At midnight it was still snowing lightly. This brings the daily total and storm total thus far to 1.8". This morning 0.1" of snow was recorded before noon. During that time the snow was melting as it hit the board. In addition, light rain also fell, occasionally mixed with a few wet flakes. The qpf from the morning precipitation was 0.14". For the afternoon the temperature slowly continued to climb, reaching a high of 36.5 degrees around 3:00pm. Roughly 90 minutes later the temperature dropped to 32.9 degrees and pure snow resumed, primarily light but hard enough to start whitening the ground. By 6:00pm 0.3" of new snow was recorded. The snow then picked up in intensity rapidly, becoming heavy for nearly the entire hour between 6:00 and 7:00. 1.0" of new snow was recorded. The temperature during the entire hour was 32.4 degrees. After that the snow diminished in intensity and then remained light for the remainder of the evening. At 8:00pm an additional 0.2" of snow was measured. Then, for the next 3 hours snow remained light but no new snow was recorded. During the afternoon and prior to the snow beginning to accumulate again, another 0.16" of qpf was measured bringing the storm qpf total to 0.30". At midnight the 1.7" of snow melted down to 0.32" of liquid, bringing the total daily qpf to 0.62". Finally, the SLR from the 1.7" of snow producing 0.32" of liquid was an abysmal 0.53 : 1.

Shortly before 11:00pm here in Carlisle...there has been nothing but light snow for the past 3 hours, and amazingly my snow depth on the board has not increased for all 3 hours. I'm still at 1.5" which is where I was back at 8:00pm. Temperature was 32.4 during most of the time but did briefly drop to 32.2 during the past hour. What is falling is simply being swallowed up by compaction. I'll have a midnight ob when I'll clear my board and melt down what snow accumulated inside my gauge. I'm not liking the "ammunition" that MU will walk away with when this storm is over. UGHH

At 8:00pm here in Carlisle...it is snowing lightly, and has been light for most of the past hour with a few brief periods of moderate snow. The temperature seems locked at 32.4 degrees. During the past hour I only recorded 0.2" of new snow. This brings the storm total to 1.5". Last night the 0Z run of the HRRR through 1:00am tomorrow only gave me a storm total of 2.7" with 0.46" of total qpf. It will be interesting to see how close I end up coming to those numbers.