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Central PA - Second Half of February 2013


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I will, I just know the poeple down there more from my time living in the DC area.  My dates might be a bit off, but I think we have two windows to watch.  The first is next week...I am not sure about this system the Euro goes nuts with.  It does that by merging the system diving into the trough with the H5 low over the lakes and thus allowing the flow to back along the east coast and we get a bomb.  That goes against every seasonal trend this year, and is not supported by the ensembles or any other guidance.  Its possible, but I put it at low probability.  Usually with these type setups we get some supression at first, then as the pattern matures we see it relax enough to allow storms to amplify, and that is when our window is.  The storm day 7-9 might have a shot, but after that I definitely like our chances for something.  The block is not just going to go away easy like a couple runs of the GFS had yesterday.  I think we have a window from about March 7th to March 22nd or so... I think somewhere in there things might relax a bit, before one final amplification of the trough before the pattern breaks down.  I just wish this was a month ago, we are getting a little late for those of us in southern PA or near the MD border. 

OHHHH NOOOOOO! we have now been cursed in Lancaster Cty by this statement....... :yikes: is what most people in other forums might say. In my opinion this is exactly what we want to say, because when we least expect it, BAM it hits. We can hope that this pattern brings us snowfall dreams and blizzard wishes! :snowing:  Personally I think a white St Patty's day is the best time around.

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OHHHH NOOOOOO! we have now been cursed in Lancaster Cty by this statement....... :yikes: is what most people in other forums might say. In my opinion this is exactly what we want to say, because when we least expect it, BAM it hits. We can hope that this pattern brings us snowfall dreams and blizzard wishes! :snowing:  Personally I think a white St Patty's day is the best time around.

March 16, 2007 (day before St Pats) was pretty fun 9 1/2"

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Euro had the storm in a similar fashion today, cutting it off at about the same latitude. It phased pretty far out to sea though this go around. Still delivered some lighter precip as the one shortwave moved through. GFS looked even more progessive with the features and kept them separate.

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But we're in a different pattern than we were. Patterns change. We have blocking now, something that is new. I've named some years in previous posts where March had snow after a fairly snowless winter. 

 

The first half of March 1999 is definitely a sleeper as far as great winter weather periods go. One of my favorite storms was the Mar 4th, 1999 storm that was a frontal boundary that had a low cut up from the carolinas into Eastern PA and into NY state bombing out in the process. It started out as a heavy rainstorm most of the evening and turned to snow. I went to bed thinking it was about done.. only to be woke up in the middle of the night by thunder/lightning with 50+ winds, no power, and basically a whiteout outside. Probably about 6-8 hours of legit blizzard conditions. 

 

We had a system move thru a few days later with several inches of snow and then the March 14th nor'easter that hit the southern half of PA pretty hard. 

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And with that, your regular programming - The This Storm Looks Good Seven Days Out But Will Eventually Go to S**t Show - now resumes. Followed by The Where The F**k is the LSV's Snow?? Program.

That's me near midcourt with the white shirt, white hat, and light blue jeans. :)

Once I got to the center of the pile I unfortunately became part of a domino effect and stayed on the ground for about 30 seconds, while almost losing my shoe in the process. But it was all worth it!

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