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Central PA OMG SNOW thread -- Winter 2016


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I came across this old NYC metro thread the other day that is a pretty good quick basic set of nowcasting type maps http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/42006-storm-tracking-images/

 

 

 

Thank you. I just went over and was looking at them, i'm certainly not an expert, but that looks to be in our back yards before later tonight

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It was about as angry red as if we were walking into Mordor... pictures don't even do it justice to show how blood red it was for a few minutes

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A friend of my mine lives up there off of trail lane, his GF posted some pictures on FB this morning, the red was awesome!

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Had a little fun in Google Earth to generate this:

wpc_72hr_90pct.png

http://origin.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/pwpf/wwd_percentiles.php?ftype=percentiles&fpd=72&ptype=snow

This is the WPC's latest 72 hour 90th percentile snow accumulation. I find it interesting that Central PA has a more extreme high range than PHL, NYC on northeast...

This is great. Really is nice to see where everyone is and snow amounts. Well done.

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Had a little fun in Google Earth to generate this:

 

 

http://origin.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/pwpf/wwd_percentiles.php?ftype=percentiles&fpd=72&ptype=snow

 

This is the WPC's latest 72 hour 90th percentile snow accumulation. I find it interesting that Central PA has a more extreme high range than PHL, NYC on northeast...

 

Awesome job, thanks so much!

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Had a little fun in Google Earth to generate this:

 

attachicon.gifwpc_72hr_90pct.png

 

http://origin.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/pwpf/wwd_percentiles.php?ftype=percentiles&fpd=72&ptype=snow

 

This is the WPC's latest 72 hour 90th percentile snow accumulation. I find it interesting that Central PA has a more extreme high range than PHL, NYC on northeast...

 

Awesome!

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Am always amazed that some radar sites still insist on using Adobe Flash. Anyone who still has Flash installed on their computer/device is being just plain foolhardy in terms of security. Many sites now at least provide an alternative, if not having abandoned Flash altogether.

 

Check this out as an example of a decent non-Flash site:

http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/

 

Don't have anything personal against Flash. In fact, I taught a 400 level course at PSU where I supplied all my students with the original version - which at that time was named "FutureSplash" - prior to Macromedia, and then Adobe buying them. And I used Flash for years in many of my own multimedia/video projects. But it has long since outlived its usefulness and it's a shame that Adobe keeps it chugging along with all the unending security vulnerabilities.

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We may see snow before rush hour in the Harrisburg area

I was wondering the same thing. Although I've been fooled before because of humidity and evaporation. In Camp Hill we are at around 54% or so humidity so if that moisture gets to us sooner than later should we see some light snow falling early? Or is that still too dry? I guess it also depends on how much moisture gets to us early.

 

Any tips on what to look at to determine this?

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Had a little fun in Google Earth to generate this:

 

attachicon.gifwpc_72hr_90pct.png

 

http://origin.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/pwpf/wwd_percentiles.php?ftype=percentiles&fpd=72&ptype=snow

 

This is the WPC's latest 72 hour 90th percentile snow accumulation. I find it interesting that Central PA has a more extreme high range than PHL, NYC on northeast...

Wow--great job! Thanks!

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I was wondering the same thing. Although I've been fooled before because of humidity and evaporation. In Camp Hill we are at around 54% or so humidity so if that moisture gets to us sooner than later should we see some light snow falling early? Or is that still too dry? I guess it also depends on how much moisture gets to us early.

 

Any tips on what to look at to determine this?

i would look at what is being reported to be reaching the ground vs radar to see what is being lost to evaporation and what reaches surface

 

weather.rap.ucar.edu/surface/java_metars/index.php?appletsize=large <-- though site has been down all morning for me

https://mping.ou.edu/display/ <-- mPing Reports

 

I wouldn't be surprised if we see several hours of flurries (in which people will freakout thinking its turning bad already) starting early this afternoon before the good stuff arrives tonight

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