Itstrainingtime Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 What a bust, expecting flurries and have mod-heavy snow. I'm so disappointed. Have an inch so far. What an incredible surprise! I'm stunned... Just a bit over an inch here, still moderate snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennMan Posted December 26, 2013 Author Share Posted December 26, 2013 Closing in on two inches here now. Roadways are a disaster, I think I'll be waiting awhile before I head back to Centre County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Closing in on two inches here now. Roadways are a disaster, I think I'll be waiting awhile before I head back to Centre County. same here, I am near 1.5 inches. roads are a disaster. almost rammed a car at the bottom of a hill with my jeep. I couldn't get traction. and it is still snowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-83 BLIZZARD Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 1.5 inches here and moderate snow has bled to heavy snow. It is adding up fast with these rates and cold. What a great surprise, I think 2 inches is a lock with this based on radar. It will snow hard to moderate for the next 30 min then cutoff. Roads are completely covered and a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scummyratguy Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 1.5 inches here and moderate snow has bled to heavy snow. It is adding up fast with these rates and cold. What a great surprise, I think 2 inches is a lock with this based on radar. It will snow hard to moderate for the next 30 min then cutoff. Roads are completely covered and a mess. North of you a bit in Lower Windsor Twshp, got a quick 2 inches here and then shut off to flurries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 About 2.5 to 3". A festivus miracle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Lots of accidents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxx Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 I got a nice fluffy two inches of snow. What a nice surprise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djr5001 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 roads around Harrisburg were horrible more-so because of the way some people were driving than the actual snow on the road... would have been nice if the roads were salted during morning rush than just plowing because people were still getting stuck/wrecking... a normal 12 minute drive took me 35 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-83 BLIZZARD Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 1.8 inches was the final tally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Actually heavy snow at the moment in york. Was not expecting this at all. Nice surprise. Congrats! I was looking at the radar and a Penn State webcam before 6 am and felt like "Wake up everyone, it's snowing!" . Since then I've been hoping it makes it to SEPA before the line gets to be about a mile wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porsche Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Closing in on 2 inches, heavy snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeffsvilleWx Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Just dropped my wife off at work. Roads are a mess out here, some people need to learn when they shouldn't be driving. The roads are snow coveted but not in terrible shape but people are making it a million times worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Around 1.75-2" here in Harrisburg. Roads as mentioned were devastatingly bad; I have two coworkers who've been stuck on 83N near Reeser's Summit for 2.5 hours. The wife was taking the 83N ramp from 2nd street and had to slalom around cars sliding back down the ramp. Crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlislePaWx Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Total here in Carlisle for our "surprise" event was 1.1". Very fluffy as the temp was around 24 degrees during most of the snow. Went to bed around 12:30 and saw the radar showing echoes reaching northern half of PA but didn't expect anything down here as no forecast spoke about the potential as far as I know. Too bad this couldn't have happened yesterday morning. Imagine waking up on Christmas morning to the surprise snowfall and a white Christmas. I know last year it snowed 2" on Christmas Eve and then it snowed again on 12/26...just like this year. So, just remember...we do have our share of "busts" from time-to-time but we also occasionally have pleasant surprises as well. I was encouraged by MAG's disco of the Euro. I haven't even thought there was a remote possibility we might see snow from the Sunday event. At least there is "some" potential, and an event to watch for the next few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Just measured 2" here in Northeast Cumberland county Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Just measured 2" here in Northeast Cumberland county Thanks for that - I trust your measurements more than my own. It's weird - the snow's melting much faster on the roads over near Cap City Mall than anywhere downtown or in Camp Hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizzard92 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 2.0" exactly here in Linglestown, PA this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxx Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 The gfs looks like it is trending colder with the Sunday storm. Lets hope future runs get better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoraopolisWx Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Finally a clipper survives into the LSV. Nice to see you guys get in on the action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 And the sun's now out quickly melting everything off the roads, which is a good thing for the evening commute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PennMan Posted December 26, 2013 Author Share Posted December 26, 2013 Finished with 2.3" in Lebanon County. I'm sure there was some undercatch in the gauge, but I melted that down to 0.09" liquid for a 25.5:1 ratio. Considering how light and fluffy it was, probably not far off. Just measured 1.6" on the ground at my office in Bellefonte with some light snow still falling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Another good call on this morning snow by Eric Horst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001kx Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Very heavy band just went throuh...Some of the heaviest snow i have seen. Sorry the video isnt the best...Zoomed in a little to avoid having that stupid pole in the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Ended up with about 2 inches this morning out of our little surprise event. It's nice to see a winter that seems to find a way to make it snow. GFS/Canadian continue to be the furthest west with precip/track for the potential coastal system on Sunday, with the Euro and the NAM (just getting into range of that) a bit more southeast. Todays Euro had less precip than last night over the Sus Valley but is still the coolest model. Lack of preceding cold really sucks, here we have a storm progged to make a great track up the coast for a change and it's quite possible most of us see rain from it. Though I do think there's a good chance we could at least see some kind of a rain to snow scenario given the developing 850 low on the coast. That's what the GFS has for central PA west and northwest of the Sus Valley with all rain elsewhere and also all the way into NE PA. The Euro was much more supportive albeit marginal for the Sus Valley for possibly a mostly or all snow scenario but it also lacked precip. Track, precip intensity, and how rapidly the low deepens is gonna dictate if/where we might see a stripe of accumulating snows. Elevation could play a role as well as mentioned last night. It is a bit interesting to see the European model southeast of the GFS in this situation..esp since all the models started catching this wave pretty late in the game. Will have to see how things resolve the next couple cycles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 1" in New Salem from last night's snow. Funny how everyone flips out over a few snowflakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itstrainingtime Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 1" in New Salem from last night's snow. Funny how everyone flips out over a few snowflakes. Many areas east of the river received at least 2". That's a bit more than a "few snowflakes" and for most of us it was a bonus snowfall. There have been far more negative than positive surprises when it comes to snow over the years, so excuse us for getting caught up in the rarity of the moment. You seem to really know your stuff and your insight is much appreciated, but your negative bent on everything snow-related over the past year has really grown tiresome and it detracts a great deal from your knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowalot Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Knowing nothing is set in stone with models, the recurring theme I have seen for the last several runs seems to be a trough setup a little to far west for eastern PA'ers with systems coming up with no cold air to work with or systems going up west of us. Then after the system moves north of us, we go back to the deep freeze. I am hopeful that this will not occur as December surely has started us off on the snowy start. Other indices such as the NAO (looks to stay positive), the PNA (looks to go slightly positive for a bit) and the AO looks to go negative in mid Jan, but that has been modeled before. But perhaps as I saw posted by MAG maybe it will be a winter that will continue to snow even when the models say otherwise. Certainly yesterday's surprise snowfall was a nice bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 This also happened yesterday, near Reading. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/26/pennsylvania-turnpike-pileup/4210247/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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