Festus

Interesting how you construed my posting of the legislation as an endorsement. I personally like to do more evening outdoor activities when the weather is warm but can't say I would look forward to darkness so late in the AM over winter. At the risk of incurring Canderson's wrath, I actually like things as they are.

Today marks the greatest difference between clock noon and solar noon. The sun reaches its zenith at 1:14 PM today for a 1 hour and 14 minute difference. The difference tweaks shorter going forward. There is another federal legislative attempt at eliminating Standard Time - this one sponsored by Whitehouse (D) and Rubio (R) and titled the Sunshine Protection Act (how cute). Who knows, maybe this is the last time we spring forward.

283E is closed at Cloverleaf Rd. Traffic map has a lot of slow-go on the N-S roads where crosswinds must be wreaking havoc. (Edit: Canderson wins the 283 closure sweepstakes by a minute.)

SPS Issued by CTP: PAZ028-036-041-042-046-049>053-056>059-063>066-121915- Southern Lycoming PA-York PA-Sullivan PA-Union PA-Franklin PA- Northern Lycoming PA-Lebanon PA-Juniata PA-Dauphin PA-Snyder PA- Columbia PA-Perry PA-Lancaster PA-Northumberland PA-Adams PA- Cumberland PA-Montour PA-Schuylkill PA- 100 PM EST Sat Mar 12 2022 ...HEAVY SNOW BAND... HAZARDS...A band of heavy snow accompanied by winds of up to 35 MPH which can rapidly reduce visibility to less than a quarter of a mile. This band of heavy snow is producing very heavy snow at the rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour. LOCATION AND MOVEMENT...At 1259 PM EST, the leading edge of a band of heavy snow was along a line extending from Wyalusing to 14 miles north of Berwick to near Danville to Linglestown to near Hanover and moving east at 65 MPH. THIS BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE NEAR... Bloomsburg, Slabtown and Numidia around 105 PM EST. Shumans, Cleona and Lickdale around 110 PM EST. Lebanon, Berwick and Nuremburg around 115 PM EST. Myerstown, Shrewsbury and Glen Rock around 120 PM EST. Red Lion, Cross Roads and Stewartstown around 125 PM EST. Brogue around 130 PM EST.

Good stuff! Shows all the factors involved in managing roads conditions and deploying assets accordingly.

Interesting theory. I think it is some of both. I have a paver checkerboard beside my driveway and dark ones are clear, the light ones still have snow. They are not that thick so unlikely the darker ones retained heat for an extended period of time.

Today is the sun equivalent of September 30th. Amazing how much solar radiation makes it through even the thickest cloud deck.

Confirmed here as well. Maybe 3" max on the grass and it's like a snow mist at the moment. Not accumulating. Plow went through so even my neighborhood road is just wet at the moment. Radar versus reality are two different things here.

<1/4 mile visibility. Neighborhood roads caved. 31.9F. Golf outing this Friday where jacket may be optional. Crazy stuff.

Since it appears true weather related topics may be limited in the next week, here's one from one of my favorite subjects - daylight. As of today (for Lancaster), we cross the 12 hour threshold for civil twilight. It is defined as - "Civil twilight is the brightest form of twilight. There is enough natural sunlight during this period that artificial light may not be required to carry out outdoor activities. Only the brightest celestial objects can be observed by the naked eye during this time. Several countries use this definition of civil twilight to make laws related to aviation, hunting, and the usage of headlights and street lamps."

Wow. What a difference up there. Fingers crossed for a good outcome. Will be like watching Heavy Rescue on the Weather Channel.

Just like y'all, temp down to 31.5, visibility roughly 1/4 mile at peak, improving now. In terms of accumulation, looks like the grass has dandruff. Roads wet. That's about it.

Definitely weakening as its traversing Harrisburg. Must be all the ground resistance of the tall buildings .

Special Weather Statement issued down this way. No Squall Warning .

Sure looks like a burly one. Temp here is 41 so if it holds together, we'll see if anything can lay. I think roads just get wet.

Full moon tonight. And the full moon in February is termed the "Snow Moon". Oh the humanity...

Adding to the theme, I'm maybe a dozen miles or so from you.

I'd say 4"ish here. Roads and driveway just wet without doing anything. Sure looks cool though as this is a sticky snow. Kudos to Canderson who did the old reverse logic ain't gonna snow trick. Make sure you break that one out at the beginning of next winter so we get 6'+ before the snow gods catch on.

I see the words "snow likely" in my grid forecast. Clicked refresh to make sure it wasn't some old cached version showing up. It's a Super Bowl Sunday miracle! (P.S. "New snow accumulation of less than half an inch possible." )

Made it to 58 here. Second highest of the year behind 60 on Jan 2nd. CTP AFD mentions 1-2" of rain possible late next week. There goes another foot and a half of potential down the sewer drain.

Well, to fill the weather void and because I'm apparently obsessed with daylight, we now have 1 hour and 7 minutes more sunrise to sunset time than on December 21st. Sunset (at least for Lancaster) is now past 5:30 and on Friday, we will be into October-equivalent sun angle.

Couple of scattered flurries thus far today. At least my snowpack is hanging in there...

HWO for Lanco for freezing drizzle. WWA issued for neighboring counties east and south.

Great stuff. Was also an avid Weather World watcher. Paul & Fred, Elliot Abrams, Joe Sobel, Joe Bastardi (what the heck happened?), Lee Grenci, etc. Seemed like Elliot was everywhere back in those days as Accuweather must have had exclusive contracts with local radio. I even won the Snowflake contest a few times and the grand prize in the trivia contest once (one year subscription to Weather Bell). Hardly ever used it, lol.

Of course long range is sketchy at best but with nothing in the next week, is our window Days 8-14?