2001kx Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 starting to snow here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel Highlands Wx Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Cresson is snow on second look. Ebensburg is snow/ sleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Just went outside and its a snow / sleet mix here. Temp 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 I was wondering the same thing. MAG/Joe, where you at? The enthusiasts need guidance! Sorry guys, I was up on the slopes all day. Had to enjoy the nice snow before it gets screwed up early this week haha. Precip is arriving here and it's already pretty much all sleet, so warm air aloft is already seeming to make inroads quickly... which actually might not be a good thing. With this setup depth of the warm air aloft will increase rapidly enough that it will begin to favor a liquid scenario as the night wears on, which for the colder locations east of the Alleghenies could pose for some big problems in terms of a rapid freeze up if it is raining into areas that are starting in the low-mid 20s. I would certainly use extreme caution going places first thing in the morning. One of those events where there won't be a ton of QPF but a potential for high impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVblizzard Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Light snow in State College. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 It has switched to all snow down here. Column has cooled back off for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUweathermanDD Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 It has switched to all snow down here. Column has cooled back off for now. Low dews certainly helping that aspect, wet bulbs are chilly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 Still snowing. Was snowing pretty hard for a bit.. with about a half inch on the ground. The mixing doesn't look very far away, as the cams up the mountain in Cambria County seem to suggest either sleet or freezing rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 It has switched to all snow down here. Column has cooled back off for now. same here...started as snow / sleet mix but now is all snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 same here...started as snow / sleet mix but now is all snow. Mixing is trying to push in, latest radar scan has a pretty big mixing signature out towards Indiana, PA. Beam height is about 4700ft so pretty close to the 850 layer. Trying out winter color scheme I found for the reflectivity that a GRlevel user made for mixed precip. Reflectivity (with the winter color palette on the left) and the correlation coefficient dual pol product on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Clause Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 19.7 imby waiting on precip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 Heading to bed. It has switched over to sleet here after about 3/4" of snow. Safe travels to everyone venturing out this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Yep, they are basically saying nuisance, guess I cant disagree. Must be something they think is unimpressive. Well, to me anyway, what is forecasted is a bit unimpressive. This was snipped out of today's forecast for my location. Total daytime ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Clause Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 its almost over lol look at radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 25 degrees with light snow, everything is covered. Most schools around H-Burg have called of class for today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Clause Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Back edge at unv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerplunk Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Back edge at unv. Back edge of what? You may want to expand your radar view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmister Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Its not over yet! The precip shield was always expected to become scattered after the initial wedge of snow/sleet. Look at the HRRR compared to the NWS current radar: HRRR 7am: NWS 6:28am: Not to mention that the 6z NAM, if correct, doesn't have ZR beginning until now (12z) in UNV: 130128/1200Z 6 16007KT 25.8F FZRA 0:1| 0.0|| 0.00|| 0.04|| 0.041 6:1| 0.7|| 0.09|| 0.04|| 0.15 0| 0|100----------------------------------------------+----++-----+-------------++--------------++-------------++-----------+---+---130128/1300Z 7 16008KT 26.7F FZRA 0:1| 0.0|| 0.00|| 0.02|| 0.021 6:1| 0.7|| 0.09|| 0.06|| 0.17 0| 0|100130128/1400Z 8 16010KT 27.9F FZRA 0:1| 0.0|| 0.00|| 0.01|| 0.012 6:1| 0.7|| 0.09|| 0.08|| 0.18 0| 0|100130128/1500Z 9 17010KT 29.7F FZRA 0:1| 0.0|| 0.00|| 0.06|| 0.056 6:1| 0.7|| 0.09|| 0.14|| 0.24 0| 0|100130128/1600Z 10 18010KT 30.3F FZRA 0:1| 0.0|| 0.00|| 0.03|| 0.028 6:1| 0.7|| 0.09|| 0.17|| 0.27 0| 0|100130128/1700Z 11 18010KT 31.0F FZDZ 0:1| 0.0|| 0.00|| 0.01|| 0.009 6:1| 0.7|| 0.09|| 0.17|| 0.27 0| 0|100130128/1800Z 12 19009KT 31.7F FZRA 0:1| 0.0|| 0.00|| 0.03|| 0.026 6:1| 0.7|| 0.09|| 0.20|| 0.30 0| 0|100----------------------------------------------+----++-----+-------------++--------------++-------------++-----------+---+-- And 14z in KIPT: 130128/1000Z 4 13003KT 23.4F 0:1| 0.0|| 0.00|| 0.00|| 0.000 0:1| 0.0|| 0.00|| 0.00|| 0.00 0| 0| 0130128/1100Z 5 13004KT 23.3F SNOW 7:1| 0.4|| 0.00|| 0.00|| 0.053 7:1| 0.4|| 0.00|| 0.00|| 0.05 100| 0| 0130128/1200Z 6 15004KT 23.6F SNOW 14:1| 0.9|| 0.00|| 0.00|| 0.064 11:1| 1.3|| 0.00|| 0.00|| 0.12 100| 0| 0----------------------------------------------+----++-----+-------------++--------------++-------------++-----------+---+---130128/1300Z 7 14006KT 24.2F SNPL 10:1| 0.5|| 0.04|| 0.00|| 0.051 11:1| 1.8|| 0.04|| 0.00|| 0.17 64| 36| 0130128/1400Z 8 15008KT 25.8F FZRA 0:1| 0.0|| 0.00|| 0.03|| 0.026 11:1| 1.8|| 0.04|| 0.03|| 0.19 0| 0|100130128/1500Z 9 16007KT 27.8F FZRA 0:1| 0.0|| 0.00|| 0.06|| 0.056 11:1| 1.8|| 0.04|| 0.09|| 0.25 0| 0|100130128/1600Z 10 16010KT 29.7F FZRA 0:1| 0.0|| 0.00|| 0.04|| 0.039 11:1| 1.8|| 0.04|| 0.13|| 0.29 0| 0|100130128/1700Z 11 17010KT 30.6F FZRA 0:1| 0.0|| 0.00|| 0.03|| 0.029 11:1| 1.8|| 0.04|| 0.16|| 0.32 0| 0|100130128/1800Z 12 17008KT 31.5F FZRA 0:1| 0.0|| 0.00|| 0.00|| 0.003 11:1| 1.8|| 0.04|| 0.16|| 0.32 0| 0|100 Finally, if you don't believe the modeling...check out the SPC mesoscale discussion for parts of our area: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0056.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 i usually bust on the schools for making a decision to quick, but Fridays call of a early dismisal and todays cancel, i think are good calls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 CTP busted already here - .25" snow on all surfaces. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 CTP busted already here - .25" snow on all surfaces. Weird. what was their call, i didn't see it? We have changed over now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 zr for the last 20 mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PottercountyWXobserver Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 1.5" of snow with the first slug of moisture, then mixed with lgt ZR just before 7A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeffsvilleWx Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 What the hell has to happen for a 4-8" snow around these parts anymore.harrisburg south,state college and points north have already gotten decent all snow events while everyone else is the screw zone. Just fed up and hope everybody can get a storm to lay down 4-8 inches atleast, would be a welcomed sight 8-10" events aren't common in these parts. transitioned from snow to pellets to zr within the last 30 mins. Temp is 29 degrees. Roads are covered in slush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Prob a1/4" of snow here began changing to sleet around 630 then quickly over to light freezing rain, now only drizzle not exactly freezing on surfaces with a temp of 31 degrees. NWS needs some credit this was a non event as predicted. What the hell has to happen for a 4-8" snow around these parts anymore.harrisburg south,state college and points north have already gotten decent all snow events while everyone else is the screw zone. Just fed up and hope everybody can get a storm to lay down 4-8 inches atleast, would be a welcomed sight have you been outside? i would bet it is freezing on surfaces! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Didn't get a chance to measure but eyeballing it looks like we got closer to 2" of snow than I expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Still very light zr here - it's freezing on contact on untreated surfaces. My car windshield got pretty icy in my 5 minute drive to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Still very light zr here - it's freezing on contact on untreated surfaces. My car windshield got pretty icy in my 5 minute drive to work. yeah, after YorkPa posted about it not freezing, i went outside, like you said, its like a fine mist, freezing on contact. Everything has a light ice coating on it. Edit to add- After Fridays 2 1/2" imby, my total for 2012/13 13.75" exceeds last years 13.25" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennMan Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Didn't get a chance to measure but eyeballing it looks like we got closer to 2" of snow than I expected. 1.5" in Bellefonte. Rt. 144 was treacherous at best this morning. Still hanging at 27 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 1.5" in Bellefonte. Rt. 144 was treacherous at best this morning. Still hanging at 27 degrees. Wasn't too bad here. Conditions varied until I got to Atherton right at the beginning going east, and it sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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