CarlislePaWx

28.6 degrees for my low this morning. Last night's low forecast was 35. Not at all surprising with dew points in the twenties last night. Almost certain to break 70 this afternoon which would be the warmest high year-to-date. I'm definitely ready for spring. That said, it's strange having temps nearly 20 degrees above average. Today's average high here is 47.9 degrees while the low average is 27.3 degrees. Each passing day adds roughly 0.3 degrees to the daily averages.

A mere 0.04" here overnight. Skies getting brighter with a few breaks visible. 41.4 degrees after a low of 37.8.

@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.

Well, all good things must come to an end. At about 2:00 the snow ended and became very light drizzle. Some of the drizzle might be freezing but it's too light to tell at the moment. Between 1:00 and 2:00 the unexpected pick up in intensity really got the accumulations going again. I picked up an additional 0.7" of new snow. This, added to the 0.8" between midnight and 11:00am, giving me a total of 1.5" for today. Yesterday I recorded 0.7" late evening up through midnight. The storm total is now 2.2". The temperature fluctuated between 31.6 and 32.0 during the past hour. Currently, the temperature is 32.0 degrees. There is still a possibility of adding to today's snowfall this evening when the next event gets underway. I'll be back in a bit with the melt down since midnight and the total liquid for the storm.

Flake size has increased further and so has the intensity. This is borderline moderate. I'll measure at 2:00. It is fascinating that it's been snowing non-stop since I got up around 8:00. This is the heaviest I've seen it during this whole time. Temp 32.2. I haven't looked at the radar once today! It's actually more fun enjoying it as it is happening and not worrying about where the end of it is.

At 1:00pm here in Carlisle, the temperature has fallen to 31.6 after peaking at 32.2 during the past hour. In the last 15 minutes or so the snowfall rate has increased to the point where there could be some additional accumulating. So far, though, nothing more to add to the 1.5" storm total.

Hey...I absolutely was not referring to your comment being off-topic or not belonging here! It was a light-hearted comment only because I was trying to catch up on all the overnight posts and got distracted everytime there was a comment that I wanted to post about. So no worries, my friend.

I'll try and squeeze in my data for the storm thus far. In Carlisle, around noon, it continues to snow lightly. It's been snowing lightly for hours, but at a rate too slow to accumulate very much. It does look beautiful out there with almost no wind and everything covered in white. My temperature is 31.8 degrees after a low overnight of 26.6 degrees. Since midnight I have recorded an additional 0.8" of snow for a storm total of 1.5". I won't melt the snow down until the current storm officially is over. Yesterday's 0.7" melted down to 0.07" of liquid for an SLR of precisely 10:1. At least we are getting to enjoy an all-snow event before the mixers arrive later tonight.

Of course. I never got to know almost anyone personally. But he was one of the exceptions.

I knew Zak too. Way back around 2008 or so Zak's handle on Eastern was Mr. B. He was a junior in Greencastle high school then. After he graduated he went up to Penn State pursuing meteorology. Unfortunately he had a sudden health issue (which I can't remember the specifics of), and was forced to leave State College and transfer to Mt. Alto. After the transfer due to his health issues he had to change majors. I think it was related to law enforcement. I'm pretty sure he finished up there and graduated. We lost contact after that other than I know that he met a girl and eventually they got married and moved to Virginia. I don't know anything more than that now.

Here's my 12:00 midnight report from Carlisle and daily summary... At midnight it was snowing lightly and steadily with the flakes a bit larger than the fine stuff from earlier. Fortunately, the northern edge of the snow which had dropped south to literally about 5 miles south of me, came back north all the way up through Perry county. I only managed to add 0.1" of snow during the past 2 hours which brings the storm total (and daily total) to 0.7". I melted down the snow and it came out to 0.07" which was a perfect 10:1 SLR. My temperature held steady for two hours at 27.7 but dropped to 27.5 around 11:30. I'm going to presume that that was the approximate time that the intensity picked up just a bit. That's it for my obs for the night. I cleared my board and gauge and will see what awaits me in the morning.