Central PA Winter 2024/2025

[Bubbler86]

Still in double digits at 10 here.  8 higher than last night at this time.  Should drop fast if clouds move out. 

[Blizzard of 93]

Truly historic weather along the Gulf & southern Atlantic coast today.

The records that get posted should be impressive in that region.

[Bubbler86]

24 minutes ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

Truly historic weather along the Gulf & southern Atlantic coast today.

The records that get posted should be impressive in that region.

Hoping a Florida location can top 4" giving 2025 the new 24 hour record.

[Itstrainingtime]

Down to 7.3 under partly cloudy skies.

[TheClimateChanger]

4 hours ago, Albedoman said:

Yes, some talk about it here but it is the media that ticks me off. Too much time on sports and social issues, not enough time on water supply issues until it's too late.  The snow sublimation is a humongous problem right now. Ski resorts are pumping one hell of lot water out of the ground just to keep the slopes at the proper snow depth. Why is no one mentioning that situation? The levels of streams show drought conditions now because they are frozen. Low flow conditions enable the non limestone streams to freeze longer and harder. More ice jams later?  a good 18-24 inch state nowfall event would help a lot. That is not in the cards at this time. I see 2/14 to 2/20  period  as the best and only shot of this happening as the dying la nina is put down with a new pattern change. However this pattern reminds of the 3 pattern before the March 93 superstorm too 

Good post. If your fears do come to fruition, I think part of the blame belongs to the government. The Drought Monitor continues to show marked improvement statewide over the past 10 weeks, which would suggest wetter than average conditions has helped to alleviate, or reduce, the existing drought. But, in fact, most places have seen below normal precipitation over the past 10 weeks - in some cases, much below.

 

[Bubbler86]

28 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Good post. If your fears do come to fruition, I think part of the blame belongs to the government. The Drought Monitor continues to show marked improvement statewide over the past 10 weeks, which would suggest wetter than average conditions has helped to alleviate, or reduce, the existing drought. But, in fact, most places have seen below normal precipitation over the past 10 weeks - in some cases, much below.

 

Since evaporation is slowed during cold weather/less sun, drought can sometimes improve in the winter even if precip is not above normal.  But we better get some wet periods before the heat of late spring hits or we will fall off a cliff as to drought numbers. 

[Albedoman]

drought is ignored in the winter as these PADEP hydrologists sit comfortably in their heated offices and never get out to see the real world. They rely on  inaccurate  USGS gauges during frozen conditions  and other BS modeling for drought that are with unproven techniques.  Tell them to go drill a monitoring well and they will always say  what for?  The stupidity burns my friends.

The current snow pack contains snowflakes with little moisture content which does nothing for the drought.  Best evidence in which the hydrologists ignore is the moisture content of the snowpack.  My proof?  Look how yellow the grass was even before the latest snow cover.  The grass has now been covered with some low moisture fluffy snow but in these desert like humidities the last month , sublimation has literally destroy the moisture content of the snow cover and when the grass is exposed again, the grass will be even more yellow- actually brown. But they continue to sit in their offices dreaming of a flood somewhere. Thanks for agreeing with me.

[canderson]

6 degrees at 11 p.m.  Damn impressive.