Central PA - Spring 2021

[Itstrainingtime]

2 hours ago, Bubbler86 said:

This would cinch my snow magnet of the year award if it played out and could potentially land in Baltimore. 

 

 

Nice little lake effect streamer  there. You'll be reporting -SN in the morning. :)  

[Itstrainingtime]

1 hour ago, pawatch said:

Not many days can you mow your grass with snow flurries. Got to take advantage of that .  

 

24 minutes ago, Voyager said:

And I did just that when I got home from work. The fertilizer I put down a week and a half ago kicked in and it needed it...

My grass is as green as I've seen it in years. I could mow every 3 days right now the way it's growing...twice a week is enough for me. 

[Voyager]

15 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

 

My grass is as green as I've seen it in years. I could mow every 3 days right now the way it's growing...twice a week is enough for me. 

I did mine on Saturday and again this afternoon. Had I waited for the weekend, I'd have had to raise the blades or I'd have cut more off than what is generally accepted turf practice.

[canderson]

23 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

 

My grass is as green as I've seen it in years. I could mow every 3 days right now the way it's growing...twice a week is enough for me. 

Even crappy yards look good right now. It’s been an amazing start to the growing season - hopefully the next two nights don’t do much damage. 

[Bubbler86]

Light snow with.a mulch topping so far over here.  29 degrees. Seems snow is even heavier to our north in Adams county. Some areas s/w of Altoona are probably quite white this morning.  Getting trained. 

[Bubbler86]

Just now, losetoa6 said:

32 

Surprised you are not seeing any snow.  Several areas around Westminster per radar. Cashtown area had snow as well but does not seem like it was enough to accumulate. 

[2001kx]

Beautiful winter day here.

 

[Bubbler86]

22 minutes ago, 2001kx said:

Beautiful winter day here.

 

 

The radar looks like winter with several streamers coming off the lakes.  Fake snow in April. 

[Mount Joy Snowman]

10 hours ago, canderson said:

Even crappy yards look good right now. It’s been an amazing start to the growing season - hopefully the next two nights don’t do much damage. 

I can confirm, as my crappy yard looks better than ever 

I bottomed out at 29 last night, not too shabby.  Loving the look of this winter-time radar.  Looks like one more chilly breezy day today but then perhaps 80 by the middle of next week.

[CarlislePaWx]

Snow flurries here for the past 10 minutes with some wind blowing it around.  Low this morning was 28.6 but there was no frost because dew points were in the low 20's.  Currently up to 38.8.  It's getting darker to my west.  Incoming squall??

[Jns2183]

Snow


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[CarlislePaWx]

Harrisburg is about to get squalled.  It just needs to sink a tad further south to put me in it.

On second look it looks like Harrisburg might only get fringed.  It's dropping just south of MDT.

[Bubbler86]

LSV having a snowy April day albeit in spurts and random areas. Snowing in much of York county.   With all the good the CMC/RGEM did these past couple months, it dropped the ball last night.  

[Jns2183]

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[TheDreamTraveler]

It was actually flurrying here for a little bit. Pretty shocked this is the 2nd year in a row where we'd had snow fall extremely late in the year. I can't really remember any year in recent memory besides the snow squall in early may last year where we've had snow this late. I'm guessing it's probably happened a lot in the past but I've been so used to how warm it's been the past 2 decades that it seems weird when it does snow this late.

 

Also interesting is we've still yet to hit 80 degrees in harrisburg this year. Just about every year this past decade I remember seeing multiple days hitting 80+ in feb/mar/apr

[Mount Joy Snowman]

13 hours ago, Bubbler86 said:

I think today was a Jr version of our May snow last year.  Not as impressive but still quite unique. The record for MDT is 30 tonight.  Probably not but within reach. 

The record for MDT for today was 31 but it looks like they bottomed out at 35, which of course is at least a few degrees higher than every other reporting station around.  What's new.  Heck, even CXY hit 32.

[Bubbler86]

Just now, Mount Joy Snowman said:

The record for MDT for today was 31 but it looks like they bottomed out at 35, which of course is at least a few degrees higher than every other reporting station around.  What's new.  Heck, even CXY hit 32.

I counted that in to my probably not thought.  I was fairly confident non city locations where headed for the upper 20's last night. The HRRR is rarely "too cold" so it was a warning to me. 

[Jns2183]

It was actually flurrying here for a little bit. Pretty shocked this is the 2nd year in a row where we'd had snow fall extremely late in the year. I can't really remember any year in recent memory besides the snow squall in early may last year where we've had snow this late. I'm guessing it's probably happened a lot in the past but I've been so used to how warm it's been the past 2 decades that it seems weird when it does snow this late.
 
Also interesting is we've still yet to hit 80 degrees in harrisburg this year

We will 80 early next week. This is winters farewell right now. Let us take a moment and be thankful for all the excitement it brought us this year. A year after the worst winter on record.


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[TheDreamTraveler]

Just now, Jns2183 said:

We will 80 early next week. This is winters farewell right now. Let us take a moment and be thankful for all the excitement it brought us this year. A year after the worst winter on record.


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I almost forgot about how awful last years winter was lmao

[Bubbler86]

3 minutes ago, Jns2183 said:

We will 80 early next week. This is winters farewell right now. Let us take a moment and be thankful for all the excitement it brought us this year. A year after the worst winter on record.


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That streamer near Harrisburg may clip MDT and put a trace on the board.  It would be an appropriate farewell and put a smile on Blizz's face. I have a smile on my face from reading the MA Ob's board.   Watch for a sneaky freeze tonight.  

[Bubbler86]

The GFS punt's early summer into the second week of May with continued normal or close to it temps outside the two days next week where it gets in the 70's.  Hope it is right....summer can wait until June 1 when summer starts.  :-) 

[Mount Joy Snowman]

On 4/2/2021 at 11:50 AM, Mount Joy Snowman said:

Looks like I bottomed out at 24 last night, not too shabby.  Currently sitting at a brisk 34.  I only got .22" of precip (no flurries or graupel witnessed here but plenty of reports around the area), which makes for several events in a row now where I've gotten significantly less precip than modeled.  Anyway, maybe someone on here can help me out with this little conundrum.  The official low last night for MDT is shown as 29; however, when you look at the actual 5-minute interval METAR data there are a number of instances where the temp hit 28 (see: https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/zoa/getobext.php?sid=kmdt).  So, why the heck isn't 28 listed as the official low?  I have noticed this on other occasions as well.  Mount Joy Snowman demands answers!

Yes this is me quoting myself from 20 days ago but apparently nobody heard me when I said I demand answers.  I kid I kid.  This has happened again but this time for Lancaster.  If you look at the 5-minute interval data for KLNS there are literally ten readings between 6:00am and 6:45am where the temp was 30, yet the very same site lists the 6-hour minimum during that period as 31.  Furthermore, the official NWS regional roundup also shows the 12 hour low temp (ending at 8am this morning) as 31 for LNS.  What is happening!?  And yes, I'm fully aware that I may be the only person who cares about this enigma haha.

[CarlislePaWx]

Squall has definitely arrived.  Almost heavy at the moment.  Temp dropping down to 36 and falling.

[Bubbler86]

1 minute ago, CarlislePaWx said:

Squall has definitely arrived.  Almost heavy at the moment.  Temp dropping down to 36 and falling.

You have been the jackpot for spring snows this year.  Two Lake Effect events in a row where you had snow+ with that one a few weeks ago where you were the only one on here. 

[Bubbler86]

5 minutes ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

Yes this is me quoting myself from 20 days ago but apparently nobody heard me when I said I demand answers.  I kid I kid.  This has happened again but this time for Lancaster.  If you look at the 5-minute intervals data for KLNS there are literally ten readings between 6:00am and 6:45am where the temp was 30, yet the very same site lists the 6-hour minimum during that period as 31.  Furthermore, the official NWS regional roundup also shows the 12 hour low temp (ending at 8am this morning) as 31 for LNS.  What is happening!?  And yes, I'm fully aware that I may be the only person who cares about this enigma haha.

You are not even the only one on this board much less only person period.   Call them and point it out.  Don't let their faulty equipment, whether the low readings were too low or not record, take away from the real score!  :-) 

[paweather]

15 hours ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

Lol, I would never believe that anyone would ever exaggerate snow totals on here...except for maybe @paweather !

We are now at  2" and snow is still coming down. 

[CarlislePaWx]

Officially have now recorded 0.1" !!  Lot of snow grains actually and not flakes.  Looks like fertilizer.  Temp now down to freezing...  32.2 degrees!!  It was really heavy about 10 minutes ago.

[TimB]

16 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

You are not even the only one on this board much less only person period.   Call them and point it out.  Don't let their faulty equipment, whether the low readings were too low or not record, take away from the real score!  :-) 

This is almost like my beef with NWS Pittsburgh about their winter climate summary. December’s mean was 1.1 degrees above normal according to the monthly climate summary, January was +1.9 and February was -3.5, but the seasonal climate summary for DJF showed +0.1. Even if you assume that those numbers rounded to the tenth are the highest they could possibly be (1.1499, 1.9499, and -3.4501) and weight them by the number of days in the month, then divide by 90 days, you still get an average of -0.006, which I believe should be recorded as -0.0 when rounded to the tenth on the seasonal climate summary (which does matter, since it’s the difference between an above average season and a below average season). Should I call them?

[Itstrainingtime]

Confirming snow here in the historic district. Temp dropped quickly from 39 to 36 at the onset. Windy as crap, too. 

[Itstrainingtime]

4 minutes ago, CarlislePaWx said:

Officially have now recorded 0.1" !!  Lot of snow grains actually and not flakes.  Looks like fertilizer.  Temp now down to freezing...  32.2 degrees!!  It was really heavy about 10 minutes ago.

Yes, a lot of grains here as well.