Voyager

Hope y'all don't mind me here. I'm 2,300 miles away, but I've been a contributor for years, and will likely return once my commitment to my mom ends. I'm not a troll, but I do like funnin with you guys sometimes with my warmanista tendencies...

I thought my move to Arizona would help you guys out, but so far, that's failed miserably...

Thanks and enjoy! It's kind of nice to watch it all unfold (or unravel) from a comfortable distance.

Where are you?

So CTP hosted a WWA for the Skook.

Rumor has it that she wanted me, since she grew up in Reading which isn't far from Tamaqua. She gave up when I moved to Arizona, so she settled for Travis...

I agree that I miss "the chase" as in tracking an event until it verifies (or not). I don't miss the aftermath of digging out, cleaning cars, driving a semi in the snow, freezing my ass off, etc. Tracking from afar, without having to actually deal with work and stress of the storms outcome, is nice.

Oh yeah, I get it. Wasn't calling you out. As for the NWS playing catch up, CTP is/was the same way. They've almost always played conservative with totals up almost to game time.

We'll see I guess. The higher totals may verify up north of Tamaqua (Hometown and beyond) due to the higher elevation than the borough proper. Many times, we get little if any accumulation, then a mile north on 309 and up the hill in Hometown, there's a slushy inch or two. Then after you climb up to McAdoo and Hazleton, you get into more serious accumulations. It can be a totally different world up there in a marginal situation. It'll be 28-30 degrees and snowing like a bastard up there, and 35 with mixed precip in Tamaqua.

Interesting... I know anyone can click and get the forecast, but this is where they went with Tamaqua on the point and click. It had been a half inch Sunday night and a half inch Monday morning. Tonight Rain before 1am, then rain and snow. Low around 32. Northwest wind 8 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible. Monday Rain and snow before 10am, then a slight chance of snow between 10am and noon. High near 39. Breezy, with a northwest wind 18 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Looks like CTP caught on to the models increasing the snow totals. Verbatim, the Tamaqua forecast went from a half to one inch to a possible 2-4 inch finish.

Thats quite the turn of events if it verifies.

My forecast (Tamaqua) for tonight made me laugh. The way its worded it would be best to stay out and close the bar before attempting to drive home. You have a 1 hour window to be able to see where you're going... Tonight Patchy fog before 2am, then patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 33. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Looks somewhat like an I-81 (northeast of Harrisburg) special.

"Almost nooners" here in the desert...

So it's 79 degrees here as I type this. I know what I posted this morning, but when the time does come for me to move back, it sure is going to be tough to give up this nice weather.

Thanks guys for understanding and commenting. It means a lot! You're a good bunch!

Off topic again, but what do you do when you realize you're in the wrong place, but don't want to hurt your mom? While I try to stay positive, it's becoming clearer that after a year out here, I should be back home with my wife and family. Life is getting more difficult as I long to go back to normal. Work keeps screwing around with me, I'm lonely with no friends, I miss my wife, my daughter and grandkids, the dog and cat, and everything else that we did together. Here, it's just me and mom, and while I love her dearly, I'm just all out of whack. I want my wife to come out, but she won't. I want my mom to move back east, but she won't. In a nutshell, I feel like I just don't belong here anymore, and im afraid I'm going to lose EVERYTHING if I don'tmake a move soon...

I drive local now. No more long haul otr for me. I've got a friend who does drive otr, and he pulls a refrigerated trailer. Maybe he can help you out...lol

I'll give you some of mine.

38 this morning in AZ. Too cold. Time to move to south Florida...lol

I hope not. If I do, the guys will come out here to lynch my ass instead of waiting for me to step foot back in PA.

Shiver me timbers... Coldest morning of the season so far for me out west. It's currently 41 degrees at 6:00am.

Hey, that's only 354 hours away. Think positive. You guys can do this!!!