2001kx Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Hopefully one more shift to the northwest is in store. make that 2 for my neck of the woods as well. as of now. temp down to 38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Winter has arrived in Hazleton. Starting to change it over to snow. 34.4°F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Any pics of the snow currently falling upstate? Hah good timing, I was just looking at some of the roadcams. Only found one so far: I-80 @ PA153 Exit 111 The Laurels out my window might start seeing flakes once the other band of precip gets down here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paweather Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Looks like NWS State College is not budging with WSW yet and they just say rain/snow mix for Saturday. Not jumping on the bandwagon. If Reading has WSW makes no sense we don't but they might want to wait for the next run of models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Looks like NWS State College is not budging with WSW yet and they just say rain/snow mix for Saturday. Not jumping on the bandwagon. If Reading has WSW makes no sense we don't but they might want to wait for the next run of models. CTP is always last to pull the trigger. They said if 0Z holds they will issue some products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 CTP is indeed last almost always. Often though, it works for them well. They have a tough region to cover with all the microclimates we have here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Hah good timing, I was just looking at some of the roadcams. Only found one so far: I-80 @ PA153 Exit 111 The Laurels out my window might start seeing flakes once the other band of precip gets down here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Just hope this doesn't become a common storm track this winter. Sure we average twice as much snow as places like Philly but missing a big coastal hurts. Not that it's likely the I-95 corridor gets plastered-it is late October-but still, not cool! NAM now appears to be the furthest west and most developed with the low as it passes the Delmarva. Even though it fades to the 40/70 benchmark, the low starts of just barely offshore of Norfolk and moves just offshore of the Delmarva before fading ene. A track like that would generally spread heavier precip up into places like State College before the fade would yank the precip shield away. Contrast that with the GFS and Euro that actually place the low somewhat more offshore but throw back more expansive precip. Models are mostly close to each other today trackwise. And it seems like the bigger issue starting to crop up here is precip coverage NW of the storm. A little leery of how tightly wound the NAM is.. but it is the 18z run and let us remember where the NAM started todays model cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 Just hope this doesn't become a common storm track this winter. Sure we average twice as much snow as places like Philly but missing a big coastal hurts. Not that it's likely the I-95 corridor gets plastered-it is late October-but still, not cool! This is the first storm track like this, most of them so far this fall have been perfect for us. See the hysterics earlier this month in some of the I-95 forums over the storm track, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 NAM now appears to be the furthest west and most developed with the low as it passes the Delmarva. Even though it fades to the 40/70 benchmark, the low starts of just barely offshore of Norfolk and moves just offshore of the Delmarva before fading ene. A track like that would generally spread heavier precip up into places like State College before the fade would yank the precip shield away. Contrast that with the GFS and Euro that actually place the low somewhat more offshore but throw back more expansive precip. Models are mostly close to each other today trackwise. And it seems like the bigger issue starting to crop up here is precip coverage NW of the storm. A little leery of how tightly wound the NAM is.. but it is the 18z run and let us remember where the NAM started todays model cycle. Surprise. I'm so sick of living on the edge like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djr5001 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 the October snow record for MDT is 2.1" set back in 1925... why not break yet another record this year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Wow. 18z GFS H5 trough has really dug and sharpened up. Its a tad deeper than the 18z NAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 18Z GFS. Good lord! Win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 NWS point forecast has HBG in moderate snow Saturday afternoon. Go records go!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Snow mixing in with rain on the ridges west of here, i'd say above 1700-1800ft. Can only hope thats just a sampling of the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PottercountyWXobserver Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I have some great pics to share! I will upload them in about 20 minutes for those that want to view. I'm also thinking bout storm chasing for the weekend storm, you think it is worth it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 And now to Ollie with the weather. It gunna snow. Thanks Ollie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 heading to the psu game saturday ...man it'd be sick for it to be in the snow... throwing snowballs at the refs hopefully the northwest trend isn't done yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I have some great pics to share! I will upload them in about 20 minutes for those that want to view. I'm also thinking bout storm chasing for the weekend storm, you think it is worth it? Please do, i want some snowmap verification haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PottercountyWXobserver Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I'm having a hard time uploading my pics, why isn't it letting me? It says the files are to big?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 I'm having a hard time uploading my pics, why isn't it letting me? It says the files are to big?? you can resize them with irfanview if needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmister Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Just got out of my 531 exam and am quite happy at what I see! Major westward shift on the newest GEFS! Very nice snowfall well back west in PA if this verifies! I would be surprised to see any further significant westward jumps as this is already close to hugging the coast as it is. 12z GEFS cumulative precip: And now this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PottercountyWXobserver Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 These were takin at a my grandmothers house about 1 mile from my house, elevation of about 2000ft, in town were I live it barely stayed on the ground, Trace. I'd say there was a good 2-4" on the ridge tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Just got out of my 531 exam and am quite happy at what I see! Major westward shift on the newest GEFS! Very nice snowfall well back west in PA if this verifies! I would be surprised to see any further significant westward jumps as this is already close to hugging the coast as it is. 12z GEFS cumulative precip And now this... Very nice! I do have to wonder how well we'll be able to cool off with snow falling during the day. Although in late October the sun angle is really not terribly high (compared to say, late March). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted October 28, 2011 Author Share Posted October 28, 2011 Very nice! I do have to wonder how well we'll be able to cool off with snow falling during the day. Although in late October the sun angle is really not terribly high (compared to say, late March). We have about mid Feb sun angle right now, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted October 28, 2011 Author Share Posted October 28, 2011 Hope you did well on the 531 exam, jmister and thanks for posting the maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PottercountyWXobserver Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Can you guys see the pics? I posted a few on the weather channel. Hopefully they like them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraopolisWx Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 These were takin at a my grandmothers house about 1 mile from my house, elevation of about 2000ft, in town were I live it barely stayed on the ground, Trace. I'd say there was a good 2-4" on the ridge tops. Nice pics Potter. What's your elevation in town ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PottercountyWXobserver Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Nice pics Potter. What's your elevation in town ? 1,554ft It is unbelievable how much 500ft in elevation can matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 These were takin at a my grandmothers house about 1 mile from my house, elevation of about 2000ft, in town were I live it barely stayed on the ground, Trace. I'd say there was a good 2-4" on the ridge tops. Nice pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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