CarlislePaWx

Wow! You literally took the words out of my mouth. Those same 3 counties seem to be headed into the WWA by morning. I continue to be amazed at the persistence of the high pressure not giving up the ghost. It's been holding steady all evening hovering around 30.80" after briefly rising to 30.82" an hour ago. Skies at 11pm are still mostly clear with only a few patches of cirrus floating by. I'm down to 19 degrees. I wonder if the overcast will be here by sunrise? The nearly full moon is directly overhead with what looks like a bright planet close by. The widespread frost that is already on the grass is reflecting the moonlight in crystalline fashion. Finally, my high temp today was actually lower than yesterday, which was a bit of a surprise. 32.4 degrees for my high today with yesterday's being 32.9...so basically the same. Both highs occurred between 2:24 - 2:28pm My low overnight (early) was 16.9. The first half of this month is definitely running quite a bit below average.

Ahhh...I'm back in the blue...lol. Actually, closer to 2.5". I'm the next county south for the expanded WWA...IF they expand it! Pressure holding steady now at 30.81". I'll just keep saying watch out for unexpected (prolonged) freezing rain in the advisory areas. I'm down to 26 with a dew point of 17.

I was overcast during the night until late morning. Now it's sunny with hardly any clouds. Temp is up to 30.7, very similar to yesterday at this time. Finally, like you, the pressure has now begun its slow descent and is currently 30.85".

Guys, I'm surprised no one has mentioned the current barometric pressure. Here at the moment it is 30.91" or 1047 millibars! This is the highest pressure I've seen in years. At the very least I know we never got this high during all of last winter. One very interesting thing is that frequently in these types of setups where very high pressure (usually closer to 30.70") is present, and precip is forecast to arrive approximately 24 hours later, freezing rain is oftentimes the predominant p-type. For me, this area is usually the last to give up the cold when there is cold air damming. I cannot speak as to how much snow I might see since I am literally 1 mile south of I-81, but when it does go over to rain, there may be a prolonged period of freezing rain. (Everything I have just talked about is referencing my location of central Cumberland county.)

Rain of varying intensities overnight and this morning. Since midnight 0.84" of precip. Yesterday saw 0.11" and Monday saw 0.31" for a 3-day storm total so far of 1.26". Temp has remained stable, but has very slowly risen from a low of 47.1 degrees at midnight to a high of the current 50.7 degrees shortly before noon. Pressure has been falling at nearly 1 mb / hr and is now down to 29.54". Another event with a sub-1000mb pressure about to be recorded.

At 1:00pm the sun is shining brightly, but it's a bit windy with steady 8-13 mph. However, the chill is not that terrible since the temperature has just reached 57.6 degrees. With no clouds to hold it back I think 60 is at least a possibility around here.

Make that a trifecta...low here this morning of 13.6 degrees at 5:32am. Also, coldest temperature for the month of November occurred at 11:54pm last night at 16.3 degrees. Warmest temperature for the month of November was 80.6 degrees on the 6th.

76.5 degrees here at 2:15. This time of the year my sensors spend more and more time in the shade. However, the mid afternoon period still gets full sun, if only for a few hours. I think 80 is doable here before 4:30. Also, now almost looks certain that I will have my driest month on record at 0.42", eclipsing the 0.63" from December 1988.

A frosty low of 29.3 here this morning, tying @Itstrainingtime. This was my first temp below 30.0 degrees this season. It also was the third sub-freezing low of the month, the others being 31.6 yesterday morning, and 31.8 back on the 17th. >>I've only recorded 0.42" of rainfall this month. If there is nothing for the rest of the month, this will be the driest month I have ever recorded since I began keeping precip records back in 1987 in NJ. The previous driest month on record has stood for 36 years and was recorded in December of 1988 with a total of 0.63". That was a frigid month and a very dry month. All of the precip that fell that month (what little there was) was in the form of snow. The only liquid precip was recorded beginning around 8:00pm on the 31st when a snow to rain event took place. I was four hours short of recording my first month where all recorded precip was frozen.

Low this morning was 36.9 at 3:45 am. Then some wind came in and ruined the radiational cooling. Not quite low enough to verify the Frost Advisory. A couple more nights to try again over the next 3 days before the warmup.

Me too. At the moment YTD is 33.99", so 6.01" to hit 40". Had an additional 0.20" overnight bringing MTD to 5.15". That's 3 times the amount of rain that fell during the entire month of July!

After paying Rouz a visit, Debby literally passes directly over me around 2:30pm Friday afternoon.

August is off to a rip-roaring start with rainfall. Rainfall since midnight: 0.16" Rainfall Yesterday: 2.73" Rainfall month-to-date: 4.93" Rainfall Year-to-date: 33.77", which is more than 10" ahead of last year at the same time with 23.5". Yesterday's rainfall came with two different thunderstorms. The first occurred between 5:30 and 7:00pm with 1.70". The second one was the most intense one with 1.03" falling between 9:45 and 10:30pm. The latest NHC cone for Debby has her passing directly over south-central PA Friday afternoon. I think I'll easily pick up another 5" between now and Saturday morning, making this month a 10"+. Someone mentioned a 10 inch event back in 2018. I'm pretty sure I had between 9.5" and 10.5", but I thought the month was September? Then, the most dramatic 10"+ month before that was back in June of 2011 when I picked up close to 10" in just one day! That one is my #1 greatest precip day (24 hours) of my lifetime. I'll drop in with more updates as we progress to Friday.

High temp exactly 100.0 degrees about 45 minutes ago (4:15), then some clouds came in and sent the temp back down to 98.6. The sun's been back for awhile but temp is very slow to respond. Only back up to 99.0. I'm leaning towards not exceeding 100.0 again today. I think it's been a few years at least since I last recorded 100. Before today I had reached 98-99 on at least 4 or 5 days so far this summer. Sun's still out but temp drop to 98.2.

Wow!! The isolated thunderstorm that just rolled through my area (heading east towards MDT) was unreal. My temp started off at 93 degrees and proceeded to fall to 73 degrees within 15 minutes. The winds started howling and the rain was coming down like a hurricane. Then, pea size hail began to hit the ground. Then the sun came out but it was still storming with heavy rain and winds. I really don't think I've ever witnessed this type of event before. It went through so quickly that I only recorded 0.31" of rain. Everything has finally settled down to light rain and almost no wind. Whoever gets this storm, get ready for a wild ride!

Hi Guys. Tonight's weather is worthy of a report from me. I just had a one-hour long torrential thunderstorm with rates approaching 5"/hour. Between 10:10pm and 11:10pm I picked up 2.25". I recorded 0.15" in a thunderstorm back around 6:30. Total for today now at 2.47". It has finally calmed back down to light rain as the real heavy stuff is now off to my east. Up until yesterday I had only recorded 0.79" for the entire month. After all the 90's from last week and again today with a high of 94, all my grass has browned up. This rainfall tonight is very beneficial. My month-to-date rainfall total now stands at 3.27" and my year-to-date total is 26.77". I forgot to mention that my highest temperature of the year so far was recorded back on Saturday (6/22) with a blistering high of 99.3 degrees. Yuck!

Monday: 0.73" Tuesday: 1.35" Wednesday (through 3:00pm): 1.52" 3-day total: 3.60" Last month total: 4.00" YTD: 17.33" Heaviest rains were occurring during the overnight hours here in Carlisle.

Rain just beginning here with thunder and lightning within 5 miles. Temp 62.8 and falling. Thunderstorms flying along at 70 mph! Special out for possible wind gusts to 50 mph.

Ending this late May day with a high temp of 77.5 degrees. With a dew point of 42 it feels quite pleasant out there. Currently temp holding at 75.4. Boy what a shock it will be when the cold returns.

Here in Carlisle the high temperature exceeded 70 degrees for the first time this year with a high of 71.2 degrees. The low this morning was a cold 36.0 degrees. Diurnal range of 35.2 degrees. I'm not quite ready to shoot into the 70's when my normal high is 48 and normal low is 27 for today's date.

What an afternoon! I've had 3 separate snow squalls fly through here on pretty stiff winds. This 3rd one, which ended about 5 minutes ago, was easily the heaviest with the lowest visibility of about a quarter mile. My snowboard got enough accumulation for me to call it 0.1". The first squall came through around 2:00 with probably the strongest wind gusts of over 30mph and the snow blowing around wildly. That one was interesting because nearly all of the snow fell as snow pellets. That one lasted long enough to whiten the ground / mulch. The middle squall was the weakest, but still was accompanied by gusty winds and briefly heavy snow. The temps were in the low 40's when the snow began but dropped to 34 during #1, and #3 dropped down to 33. Looking at the radar it looks like more squalls may be on the way. What a shock after 60's last week!

Low of 21.9 degrees here this morning. Quite breezy out there with wind chills in the upper teens at the moment. With clear skies and sunshine the temp has recovered to 28.9.

Well, the snow squall just flew through here about 15 minutes ago. While the winds were briefly blowing 20 mph the snow was flying around like a blizzard. Temp went from 34 at the start to 29.1 in about 15 minutes. That 29.1 tied my low from this morning. No accumulations. I love squalls because you can typically see them coming from miles away. I was out walking my dog with the sun shining. Half-way through the walk I noticed dark clouds off to my northwest, getting closer and closer. I was back inside for maybe 5 minutes before the squall got underway. If you aren't driving on a highway, squalls are an exciting part of wintertime weather. At 2:49 blue skies have returned with the sun and everything looks like nothing happened. Temp back up to 30.7 with the sun out.

Good morning folks! In Carlisle it is 31.3 degrees and windy. Since midnight I recorded an additional 2.0" for a storm total of 2.3". The 2.3" melted down to 0.17" of qpf. This produced an SLR of roughly 13:1. I hate to say it but misery loves company. As I read through all of the posts since 1:00am, many of you recorded amounts similar to mine (<3"). Like everyone else, it stuck to everything except the sidewalks and the street. The snow looked like it had compacted some despite a temperature of 29-30 degrees during the storm. Congrats to the band winners. Those totals of 6, 8, and a few 10" amounts were incredible. With the 2.3", when combined with the Mon/Tue event of 5.8" I have had a total of 8.1" for the week. That's not all that far from my entire season last winter! My total for the entire season to date now stands at 19.8". On to the next one...

At midnight, here in Carlisle the temperature was 31.8 degrees with a dew point of 30.6 degrees and a wet bulb of 31.3. As of midnight the snowfall had not accumulated any further from the 11:00 obs. So, for the date, yesterday, 2/16 I recorded a total of 0.3". This was also the storm total thus far. My melted snow produced 0.02" of water. I'm not calculating an SLR because the melted snow was less than 1 inch. Just before midnight the intensity was beginning to ramp up again with larger flakes, but still only light snow. More at 1:00am.