EasternUSWX Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 lol def sounds like a typical central PA drive to me. I hope it never happens again. I thought I was a goner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I hope it never happens again. I thought I was a goner. Did you slide off the road because of the deer, or were the roads bad? or both haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Back to heavy snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 raining pretty hard currently, and its likely plain rain too. I better see at least 10-15" tomorrow night for this nonsense hah. CTP radar is very interesting. The fact that both Tioga and Potter counties are completely colored in the 30dbz dark green is pretty epic. It also appears that there is a discernable difference between the heavy snow and areas of potential mixing across the central counties. Mixing might actually be making it all the way up to Lock Haven, although I don't have any obs to support that. I also wouldn't be surprised if its now mainly rain/zr in State College and zr/sleet back where 2001kx is. UNV still had light snow as of 40 min ago, but Clearfield and Dubois are indeed reporting freezing rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PottercountyWXobserver Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 WOW, would you guys believe me if I told you I currently have 8.3" and I just had a remarkable 2.5" a hour rate!! (2-3AM). I haven't seen it snow that hard in sometime. Those rates will be over with soon and it looks to lighten up very quickly. I'm thinking 11 or 12" is looking like the max, we will see. None the less I'm very impressed with that last batch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Did you slide off the road because of the deer, or were the roads bad? or both haha Ice actually. And I hit the rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Could be 7"+ in the south tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Ice actually. And I hit the rocks. Geez, glad you're okay. How's the car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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EasternUSWX Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Geez, glad you're okay. How's the car? Tire was leaking air but, as I drove on it the rocks came out so it's ok for now. Buck bumper is got some gashes in it. All it all could have been a lot worse. The other side of the road was a cliff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Could be 7"+ in the south tomorrow night. Certainly not directed at you, but there were a lot of posters in this thread that proclaimed winter was over around here a week or so ago. I had commented that it was only mid February...people give up way to easily. Personally, I think we're gonna get rocked some time in March. Just a hunch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Tire was leaking air but, as I drove on it the rocks came out so it's ok for now. Buck bumper is got some gashes in it. All it all could have been a lot worse. The other side of the road was a cliff. Oh geesh, well least your ok. What road did that happen on? Certainly not directed at you, but there were a lot of posters in this thread that proclaimed winter was over around here a week or so ago. I had commented that it was only mid February...people give up way to easily. Personally, I think we're gonna get rocked some time in March. Just a hunch... Yea for sure, I was really surprised at that.. perhaps more than I should've been. I mean look at the date, Feb 21st and we have the northern half of PA seeing its most significant snowfall of the season and Monday night some folks in the southern half of PA might see their highest snowfalls of the season to date. Talk about coming back fast. And yea, I think at least the first half of March could be interesting. It seems we're in a bit of a transient pattern currently, but there's a lot of cold air looming up north thats gotta come out at some point.. something that was missing by the end of Feb last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 WOW, would you guys believe me if I told you I currently have 8.3" and I just had a remarkable 2.5" a hour rate!! (2-3AM). I haven't seen it snow that hard in sometime. Those rates will be over with soon and it looks to lighten up very quickly. I'm thinking 11 or 12" is looking like the max, we will see. None the less I'm very impressed with that last batch I certainly believe ya. The PNS reports later this morning should be fun to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PottercountyWXobserver Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 It's to bad the IPT posters aren't on anymore, would like to hear some of their reports. I'm probably done going outside until 7AM seeming how it looks like most of the heavier precip is begining to wind down, looks more like a light-moderate snow fall until 7 or 8AM. MAG and PSU its to bad I didn't see any T-snow at the height of the storm like I was hoping for, but this storm was a nice one for sure!! I want this 2nd wave to overproduce for you guys, that way the entire state of PA has snowcover again Then even more fun for the end of the week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 3.2" so far. Hoping I can get to 6". Met thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Oh geesh, well least your ok. What road did that happen on? Yea for sure, I was really surprised at that.. perhaps more than I should've been. I mean look at the date, Feb 21st and we have the northern half of PA seeing its most significant snowfall of the season and Monday night some folks in the southern half of PA might see their highest snowfalls of the season to date. Talk about coming back fast. And yea, I think at least the first half of March could be interesting. It seems we're in a bit of a transient pattern currently, but there's a lot of cold air looming up north thats gotta come out at some point.. something that was missing by the end of Feb last year. And dynamics come in to play during March as well. Even down here, we've had some doozies well into March...I can recall at least 4 or 5 10"+ storms over the years. Doesn't last long, but they can be a lot of fun to watch unfold for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 3.2" so far. Hoping I can get to 6". Met thoughts? It should be doable and perhaps you might end up with a lil more. This is just starting to really get in that timerange that BGM had mentioned in the earlier evening near term update with the best oppurunity for heavy snows. AS THIS ENVIRONMENT TRANSLATES EWDLATER TONIGHT...THE PROSPECTS FOR SOME LOCALIZED +SN BANDS WITHIN THE LARGER PCPN SHIELD WOULD SEEM LIKE A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY. MODEL CROSS-SXNS FROM 06-12Z ACROSS NE PA/CNTRL NY SHOW A NICE BURST OF NEG EPV...JUST PRIOR TO THE BEST FGEN FORCING/SLOPED ASCENT (A NICE RECIPE FOR BANDED HEAVY SNOWFALL). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PottercountyWXobserver Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Current snowfall total of 10.1" with a rate from 3-4AM of 1.8" a hour! The intensity has deminished quite a bit now and is fairly light to moderate snow. The temp is down to 25.9°F. I will make one more Obs at 7AM this morning when most Observers do their time in the AM. Good night wx enthusiast! for those that missed out, I want you guys to get stomped during the next couple of upcoming storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Meh, snow has diminished again. Flakes are big...changeover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paweatherguy1 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Question...how can the afd from kunv say that the second wave is going south of pa???? What are they looking at? Fwiw, I think kpit is ignoring the second wave too. Lol, then I read the Altoona text forecast, and I see 4-8 inches tonight for them, but not even an advisory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Question...how can the afd from kunv say that the second wave is going south of pa???? What are they looking at? Fwiw, I think kpit is ignoring the second wave too. Lol, then I read the Altoona text forecast, and I see 4-8 inches tonight for them, but not even an advisory? I read that to mean that the actual center of low pressure will pass to the south of PA, not the shield of precip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Just light snow now...looks like we're about done. Bulk of the heavy snow should stay to our north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paweatherguy1 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I read that to mean that the actual center of low pressure will pass to the south of PA, not the shield of precip. Well, since he barely mentioned any snow tonight, I read it to mean not much precip tonight. Confusing to say the least to see that, no advisories or warnings, and see altoona's text be 4-8 inches tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Well, since he barely mentioned any snow tonight, I read it to mean not much precip tonight. Confusing to say the least to see that, no advisories or warnings, and see altoona's text be 4-8 inches tonight. They'll probably issue watches/advisories once wave #1 is through, as they are probably concentrating on that for right now. I agree though, it can get confusing when multiple events happen so close in proximity to each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Clause Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 wow...we never got upgraded here and we have 9" of new snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 This one is going to haunt me for a long time...stayed up way too late and Hazleton is still having classes today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Clause Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 How much did u end up with PSUHazleton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 How much did u end up with PSUHazleton? Haven't measured since like 3:20...so not sure exactly. We had a lull 4-5am, but it started up strong again after 5am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawatch Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I'm guessing I have it least 9" My son who lives in Waterville measured 12" Nice surprise for sure. I was thinking maybe 3-5" Edit: Just went out and measured 8.5" Still snowing Most snow I have had in a few years. Edit: Looking at the Ruc with the 2nd storm..Looks like everyone further south gets some nice snow. The prefect storm!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Clouds Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I thought the second storm is supposed to be all snow for me....why does State College have mixing in the forecast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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