Central PA Winter 2024/2025

[Bubbler86]

Most schools closed today (down here) and now delays coming in for tomorrow.  5" of snow took out half a week

[Mount Joy Snowman]

24 when I left the house. Winds are just brutal. Ruh-roh nobody posted 0z’s. Hope it doesn’t mean what I think it does. 

[Blizzard of 93]

The Friday night in Saturday storm looks like a light event at this point for us.

Here are the 6z GFS & Euro.

[Bubbler86]

20 here this Am.  Not all that impressive considering snow pack.    Only truly frigid nights on the progs now are about a week out and those are still above 10.  Both the GFS and Euro have multiple systems making a run at us from the Southern Stream over the next 2 weeks along with some continued blocking.  Right now EC shows an ice storm and GFS more of a miss or minor out but keep the blinds open. 

 

 

[mahantango#1]

[mahantango#1]

One thing is for sure, another day of relentless wind.

[Bubbler86]

29 minutes ago, mahantango#1 said:

You can tell DT that I do not appreciate him following up my posts with some of the same thoughts.  Copy cat Tolleris!

[mitchnick]

6 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

You can tell DT that I do not appreciate him following up my posts with some of the same thoughts.  Copy cat Tolleris!

You both got it from TWC, so stop lying. 

[mahantango#1]

4 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

You can tell DT that I do not appreciate him following up my posts with some of the same thoughts.  Copy cat Tolleris!

maybe a trip to see him at his residence is in your future. But you'll probably walk away with the snow removal forecast products package from DT.

[Bubbler86]

1 minute ago, mitchnick said:

You both got it from TWC, so stop lying. 

Is TWC a different acronym for spending 15 seconds hitting the arrow button 30 times on the GFS screen? 

[Chris78]

25 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

Is TWC a different acronym for spending 15 seconds hitting the arrow button 30 times on the GFS screen? 

For him it's the euro 

[Itstrainingtime]

1 hour ago, Bubbler86 said:

20 here this Am.  Not all that impressive considering snow pack.    Only truly frigid nights on the progs now are about a week out and those are still above 10.  Both the GFS and Euro have multiple systems making a run at us from the Southern Stream over the next 2 weeks along with some continued blocking.  Right now EC shows an ice storm and GFS more of a miss or minor out but keep the blinds open. 

 

 

I'll add this about @Ruin - as much as his posting style tends to be off-putting to many of us, once you wade through the negativity...the overall message is often correct. My forecast low from CTP for this morning was 19, my actual low was 26! In fact, it's an above normal temp morning here in Maytown. The International Airport down the road (club boasts that it has parachute jumpers from all over the world, easily qualifying us as an International Airport) had a low of 25. It just simply isn't as cold as what was originally forecast, and that's what Ruin ruined us with. 

For the day, I averaged a -3 departure with my well below average high. 

[ChescoWx]

We are off to our coldest start to a year since 2018. That year was the coldest start with records back to 1893 for Chester County. Our stretch of below normal temperatures looks like it will continue for almost 10 more days before we see temperatures rise to normal or above by the weekend after this one. A couple flurries have been flying this AM but mostly sunny days but cold are on tap for the rest of the week. We may rise to near freezing by Friday and into the weekend. Our next minor snow event looks to arrive by Saturday morning with no more than a couple inches in most spots.

[Summit Snow]

 

Tonight

A chance of snow showers, mainly after 7pm. Cloudy, with a low around 11. Wind chill values as low as -6. Northwest wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

 

Definitely winter.

[mitchnick]

21 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

I'll add this about @Ruin - as much as his posting style tends to be off-putting to many of us, once you wade through the negativity...the overall message is often correct. My forecast low from CTP for this morning was 19, my actual low was 26! In fact, it's an above normal temp morning here in Maytown. The International Airport down the road (club boasts that it has parachute jumpers from all over the world, easily qualifying us as an International Airport) had a low of 25. It just simply isn't as cold as what was originally forecast, and that's what Ruin ruined us with. 

For the day, I averaged a -3 departure with my well below average high. 

Clouds always kill nighttime lows.

[Itstrainingtime]

8 minutes ago, mitchnick said:

Clouds always kill nighttime lows.

Add wind to it and I only experienced a 5 degree drop. 

[Bubbler86]

Just now, Itstrainingtime said:

Add wind to it and I only experienced a 5 degree drop. 

I am still waiting for the -12 that was modeled at Harrisburg

[mahantango#1]

My coal usage for December 2024 compared to December 2023 was an increase of 8.627%. 

I used 245lbs. more coal than I did in December 2023. That translates to 7.90lbs. more a day.

We had a cold December overall.

[Itstrainingtime]

8 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

I am still waiting for the -12 that was modeled at Harrisburg

Waiting...it's the hardest part. Especially waiting for -12.

 

[paweather]

11 hours ago, WmsptWx said:

I'd laugh like hell if at the last minute they relocated to Pasadena. 

not now with all the fires out there. 

[Mount Joy Snowman]

59 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

I'll add this about @Ruin - as much as his posting style tends to be off-putting to many of us, once you wade through the negativity...the overall message is often correct. My forecast low from CTP for this morning was 19, my actual low was 26! In fact, it's an above normal temp morning here in Maytown. The International Airport down the road (club boasts that it has parachute jumpers from all over the world, easily qualifying us as an International Airport) had a low of 25. It just simply isn't as cold as what was originally forecast, and that's what Ruin ruined us with. 

For the day, I averaged a -3 departure with my well below average high. 

It's not just the negativity; it's that I oftentimes need my decoder ring to decipher what he's saying haha.

[paweather]

1 minute ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

It's not just the negativity; it's that I oftentimes need my decoder ring to decipher what he's saying haha.

He ruins what he says. 

[Bubbler86]

21 minutes ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

It's not just the negativity; it's that I oftentimes need my decoder ring to decipher what he's saying haha.

[pawatch]

53 minutes ago, mahantango#1 said:

My coal usage for December 2024 compared to December 2023 was an increase of 8.627%. 

I used 245lbs. more coal than I did in December 2023. That translates to 7.90lbs. more a day.

We had a cold December overall.

I have used a lot of coal this year. When it’s gone I will order more. I get 2 ton at a time because that’s what my coal bin holds.

I have been enjoying that 70 degree heat. A lot of coal ash this year.Guessing using 2 coal buckets a night instead of 1.

27 degrees and very windy.

[Bubbler86]

3K on TT has a 6 pack of lows all of which manage to give us no snow :-)

 

[mahantango#1]

24 minutes ago, pawatch said:

I have used a lot of coal this year. When it’s gone I will order more. I get 2 ton at a time because that’s what my coal bin holds.

I have been enjoying that 70 degree heat. A lot of coal ash this year.Guessing using 2 coal buckets a night instead of 1.

27 degrees and very windy.

How much does each full bucket weigh? My coal bin holds about maybe 7 ton.

[Bubbler86]

Saw this posted on the MA board, the NBM.    Some suites are still suggesting the interaction between the Northern Wave and the weakening southern wave can refresh the pack...as long as it happens before light as Sat could be above freezing for a large chunk of this forum.

 

 

 

 

[DDweatherman]

Light snow here with some bands around. 24 degrees 

[Bubbler86]

8 minutes ago, DDweatherman said:

Light snow here with some bands around. 24 degrees 

I saw it was snowing here this AM...something like the 9th or 10th day in a row.  Figured everyone was getting some. 

[WmsptWx]

@Ruinis right. That cold snap kinda... just went away. 

 

Point and click has me above freezing on Monday and around 30 pretty much the rest of the week.