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Central PA Fall Thread II


JamieOber

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12z GFS has come west... my concern is timing... we will see temperature issues in lower elevations during the day Saturday... this would be better to happen overnight Friday-Saturday or Saturday-Sunday...

edit: Reason for temperature concerns are solar radiation still playing a factor now compared to december/january... this will be on tough call to forecast if most of it ends up elevation based

Yeah, there are so many more variables this early in the year. In the middle of the day, accumulation tends to be confined to the elevations, but if the precip rates are high enough, there can be accumulation anywhere, which can really screw up accumulation forecasts.

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Even if we get cold enough for snow here, it won't stick...best shot for good snow is in the new usual areas.

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This has been proven wrong over and over and over and over and over and over and over again to the point where these kind of posts should just be considered on the same level as posting snow is made out of marshmallow cream.

C'mon, man. You know better than that. This is the kind of stuff an idiot who doesn't know anything about weather would post.

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Yeah, there are so many more variables this early in the year. In the middle of the day, accumulation tends to be confined to the elevations, but if the precip rates are high enough, there can be accumulation anywhere, which can really screw up accumulation forecasts.

Did in 2009. That was bizarre, it accumulated on downtown State College streets at 1 pm with only moderate rates. Never seen anything like that. I don't think anyone had the valleys getting 6 from that one.

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This has been proven wrong over and over and over and over and over and over and over again to the point where these kind of posts should just be considered on the same level as posting snow is made out of marshmallow cream.

C'mon, man. You know better than that. This is the kind of stuff an idiot who doesn't know anything about weather would post.

Well, I should clarify, I'll be in the Wyoming Valley Saturday, where the temps will be warmer.

My bad.

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It's now 36.5°f, dropping at a decent clip now. I have noticed the snow is mixing with rain at times, but the flakes are becoming bigger, it won't be long until its all snow.

Congrats! Home from work today after a late travel night from a conference, and temp's been falling steady here. Currently 44.2

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This has been proven wrong over and over and over and over and over and over and over again to the point where these kind of posts should just be considered on the same level as posting snow is made out of marshmallow cream.

C'mon, man. You know better than that. This is the kind of stuff an idiot who doesn't know anything about weather would post.

as soon as i seen his post i thought of you jamie :P

i knew you would be here to set the record straight.:snowman:

also temp has dropped to 44 here as well.

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That's the issue. Heavier precip rates are out to the east.

Have to see what happens and if the shift is over.

Another thing I have noticed, when snow is falling at even a moderate rate, temps often fall and go below MOS numbers. The 2009 event was an example, the temp fell toward 32 and snow began to accumulate in late morning even before the heaviest stuff hit.

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There is a lot of precipitation to go yet too! Hopefully I can see some good amounts reported tomorrow. I'm going to travel up to about 2200ft in a bit to see if it is sticking yet. I wasn't expecting a turnover to snow as fast as it did, hopefully that is a sign that this may overproduce for some areas.

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Did in 2009. That was bizarre, it accumulated on downtown State College streets at 1 pm with only moderate rates. Never seen anything like that. I don't think anyone had the valleys getting 6 from that one.

Hopefully those of us in the NYC area will learn that lesson this weekend. Dynamically driven storms can produce many surprises. I was stunned to see heavy sticking snow on 10/25/05 up at Penn State.

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There is a lot of precipitation to go yet too! Hopefully I can see some good amounts reported tomorrow. I'm going to travel up to about 2200ft in a bit to see if it is sticking yet. I wasn't expecting a turnover to snow as fast as it did, hopefully that is a sign that this may overproduce for some areas.

I have friends heading to Bradford County, on the NY line to Hunt. Their leaving this afternoon, i told them they should have some white on the ground, they laughed at me. So i bet them each a case of beer! the ground would at least be white

edit- love your new Sig Jamie

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I have friends heading to Bradford County, on the NY line to Hunt. Their leaving this afternoon, i told them they should have some white on the ground, they laughed at me. So i bet them each a case of beer! the ground would at least be white

edit- love your new Sig Jamie

Thx. Was in a silly mood when I made it.

That's funny on the beer bet. I've made some beer bets.

BTW, Euro stayed the course, still good hit with qpf but minds better than my own can talk soundings.

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Appears to be all snow. That six hour frame is INSANE for MDT.

If this happens, this might be the most wacky weather year ever.

i just said this to my wife. How can your rule out snow in October when we have had a Flood, Hurricane, Tornado, Earthquake and not to mention a record year for rainfall...

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