Voyager

2 hours ago, Superstorm said:

83 between MD and Harrisburg is one of the worst sections of roads in PA. Just as bad or worse than Schuylkill Expressway in Philly area. Bad weather or sunny and dry weather.

I 100% agree with this. 

Apparently, per Facebook reports, we had thunder here when the CCB rolled through. If so, I was sleeping and missed it...

Other than that, we got about a 1/4 inch of sleet after the changeover last night, and right at 1 inch from the CCB. Puts the total frozen for the event at 7.75 inches in my backyard.

5 minutes ago, canderson said:

Thanks. So tractor-trailers are the issue. Geez,  way to go @Voyager!

Not me...

I was safely tucked away here at home for this one. I had a new roof put on the house this week and decided to take the whole week off. I'm SO glad I did. Had I come back out of the house today I probably would have a noon appointment to pick up a load, and since it takes 2-3 hours to load, would have been out there at the WORST possible time. I'm uploading a short video to Youtube about it now.

A light mix of sleet and freezing rain now. It flipped shrtly after my last post, so 6.5" and in a holding pattern for now.

12 minutes ago, Atomixwx said:

And to think, you seemed concerned about busting low lol.

Yup... 

6.5" so far here. Still snowing, but not as hard. The worst part is it's total gridlock on the roads. Every major hill here around Tamaqua is shut down. 

7 minutes ago, Atomixwx said:

This is what happens when NOBODY takes the weatherman seriously. The only thing that will get companies to begin closing up and/or making their staff work from home (assuming they can) when this **** happens is a ****load of people dying as a result of their obligation to show up. 

 

Unless this is a series of Ambulances stranded on the road, nobody really needed to be out in this.

My wife is still at work. Wish they'd have let her go early. I am glad I took the week off as we we're getting a new roof. Better to be home than piloting a big rig, although my time will come eventually.

5 inches now and still heavy snow here. Pretty much been at inch/hour rates most of the afternoon.

22 minutes ago, pasnownut said:

See.  I wouldnt lie to ya.  

I know. You always wonder when the temp is going up and it hasn't started yet.

Just went out to measure, and I have 3.25" already and it only started at 11:40am.

For once I can say "it's puking snow up here"...lol

And it is. Big, beautiful dendrites that are piling up rather quickly. I'm guessing, since I didn't measure yet, that we have between 1 and 2 inches down already. Also the temp dropped from 31f right before it started to 27f now. 

What's amazing is how cold this one is. Other November storms that I remember were warmer. I was outside doing a video segment in my backyard, and it felt more like January than November.

4 minutes ago, canderson said:

Roads SUUUUUUUUCK. 

Avoid any main road or interstate around Harrisburg - you’re going nowhere on them. 

Yeah, Google Maps traffic is UGLY...

Every road is dark red, accidents everywhere, and it looks like I-83 northbound is closed going up over Reeser's Summit

It tapered off a bit at the moment, but seeing more and more flakes mixing in. 

The initial shot, even though it was sleet, was rather impressive!

Just now, bubbler86 said:

You have had to listen to some of us babbling about Sn+ and it is your turn now!  Enjoy.

Thanks! It's trying to flip now. There are some "floaters" among the "pingers"...

Just came outside with the dog and went from nothing to pingers. I could see it coming as the mountains south of town were hazy. As I type this we went from nothing to a full on sleet attack...lol

Now let's see if and when it flips to flakes...

Still nothing here. Not even a furry. It's gotta be soon though. 

Just looked out the window and nothing yet, but probably safe to say that there may be flurryage (is that even a word...lol) in the southwest part of Schuylkill County by now. Temp/dp is now 30/17. I'm guessing not too much longer up here. perhaps close to 11am?

I was going to say, per the 511 cams, it looks like it's snowing in York and Carlisle now.

39 minutes ago, pasnownut said:

dont fret about surface Steve.  Look at dews and temp.  You are currently at 31/16.  surface will likely cool to about 26-27 aoa onset

I hope so. 

Not liking the surface temps this morning, unless we drop a few after the precip starts. I went up one to 29f now.

Virga overhead per radar. Interesting reading from the Mid Atlantic forum. The DC area is getting blasted with snow now, and a new term for this winter was alsocreated.

The snow no longer sticks to the roads. The new way to describe it is that the roads "caved"...lmao!

The only thing this morning is, gotta wonder about surface temps and how they'll play out. I'm sitting at 28f this morning. Five degrees warmer than the 23f that CTP had forecasted for me. High clouds rolled in right before sunset and helped keep radiational cooling at bay overnight.

Going frame by frame on the 0z HRRR on Tropical Tidbits with sim radar and all I can say is "wow"...

IMBY it gives 8 hours of snow before a flip to sleet.

2 minutes ago, canderson said:

Agreed. And anyone who busts tomorrow, be it high or low, deserves a pass with this setup.

Absolutely!

He may be pretty spot on with his contours, which I rather like. Whether his numbers verify remain to be seen.

2 minutes ago, Atomixwx said:

Trying to determine if warning criteria is close enough to warrant hoisting given the early nature of the event.

AFD this morning hinted at advisories outside the original warning area. Lets see which models they give more weight to tonight when deciding.