Central PA Winter 2024/2025

[pasnownut]

15 minutes ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

This guy is not an internet hype artist. I like when he is optimistic…

Sounds good by us...

while MJO influence may be muted, its proven to be stoudt when it show bad, so now we just need the goodr look as it propogates thru 7 and into 8 to hold.  NAO/AO looking great on 2 week progs.  PNA workable.  I'm actually ok w/ no pig ridge out west, as if and when? it rolls over, like it often does, conus floods w/ pac and not polar pac origin air.  As shown above, I'd pull many chips outta pocket and push em forward.  Hold my ass baby.  

[Ruin]

3 hours ago, Bubbler86 said:

Not sure if we got anything here earlier but no accums down here.  26 and partly cloudy.  Merry Christmas Eve

Nothing here i knew when I saw the radar at 3 am. As normal the southern edge dried up

[Bubbler86]

MDT has a shot to stay below 40 tomorrow.  That was a very common occurrence in the past until 2011 when the faucet shut off only happening 3 times in the next 13 years. It happened 8 of the 10 1960's years.  The two years it did not stay below 40 in the 1960's, it got into the 60's. 
 

[mitchnick]

Gfs might be nice for 1/8. We'll see shortly.

[mitchnick]

How I hate this "hobby." Lol

S/w up north sucked it north.

[paweather]

2 minutes ago, mitchnick said:

How I hate this "hobby." Lol

S/w up north sucked it north.

Yeah but it is 348 out. Perfect right now IMO. 

[Blizzard of 93]

11 minutes ago, paweather said:

Yeah but it is 348 out. Perfect right now IMO. 

Exactly…. Bring the cold, keep it anchored in as best as possible & bring moisture laden storms to attack the cold.

I don’t care if we get a series of 4 to 8 inch events that change to a mix, just bring me Winter storms.

We should have our chances in early January.

[Itstrainingtime]

15 minutes ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

Exactly…. Bring the cold, keep it anchored in as best as possible & bring moisture laden storms to attack the cold.

I don’t care if we get a series of 4 to 8 inch events that change to a mix, just bring me Winter storms.

We should have our chances in early January.

This is exactly what Elliott from MU was discussing on his X feed last night. He is very bearish on a KU type storm in January but he does see a path to 3-6", 4-8" event.

[Blizzard of 93]

1 minute ago, Itstrainingtime said:

This is exactly what Elliott from MU was discussing on his X feed last night. He is very bearish on a KU type storm in January but he does see a path to 3-6", 4-8" event.

Sounds good, hopefully we can stack a few of those with cold enough air to maintain snow pack for a few weeks.

[paweather]

3 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

This is exactly what Elliott from MU was discussing on his X feed last night. He is very bearish on a KU type storm in January but he does see a path to 3-6", 4-8" event.

That's awesome. Elliott is such a good forecaster. I'll take a 3-6", 4-8" any day of the week!

[Ruin]

I guess we got no precip at all day my place. After coming home from work o notice the white streaks still on the road from yesterday when they treated the roads 

[paweather]

10 minutes ago, Ruin said:

I guess we got no precip at all day my place. After coming home from work o notice the white streaks still on the road from yesterday when they treated the roads 

Please don't ruin the beginning of January weather pattern. 

[Ruin]

2 minutes ago, paweather said:

Please don't ruin the beginning of January weather pattern. 

Don't make me do it again. MERRY CHTISMAS 

[paweather]

1 minute ago, Ruin said:

Don't make me do it again. MERRY CHTISMAS 

Merry Christmas!!!!

[Bubbler86]

43 and a nice cloud deck/christmas feeling out last min shopping.  Stores are a lot less busy than I expected.  Many major stores closing at 6 so I guess people are done with shopping.  

[paweather]

4 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

43 and a nice cloud deck/christmas feeling out last min shopping.  Stores are a lot less busy that I expected.  Many major stores closing at 6 so I guess people are done with shopping.  

38 Cloudy here. It was getting lighter out earlier but clouds moved back in. 

[ChescoWx]

Below is a list of the greatest Christmas Time snowstorms that occurred between the 24th and 26th here in Chester and Southeast Berks County in the Philly burbs since 1893. The attached photo is from the front page of the Philadelphia Inquirer from Christmas Day 1966. The previous evening delivered the biggest Christmas Eve snowstorm across the area. This was a dynamic storm that included frequent lightning and thunder to go along with the heavy snow. Totals from the 1966 Christmas Eve Blizzard ranged from 10" at Honey Brook to as much as 22" at West Chester. This followed a storm just 4 days earlier that delivered as much as 11" of snow at Devault. Both West Chester and Devault recorded over 32" of snow that snowy Christmas Week! The greatest snowstorm of the Christmas Season delivered even more snow to the area. That storm began at 8am on Christmas Day in 1909 at Coatesville with Mr. WT. Gordon the cooperative observer for the Weather Bureau reporting 13" by 9pm Christmas Night....another 25" would fall between 9pm and when the snow stopped the next morning at 630am. Other large Christmas time snowstorms occurred in 1912 / 1933 / 1961 / 1969 and 2002. Merry Christmas Everyone!!

[mitchnick]

9 minutes ago, ChescoWx said:

Below is a list of the greatest Christmas Time snowstorms that occurred between the 24th and 26th here in Chester and Southeast Berks County in the Philly burbs since 1893. The attached photo is from the front page of the Philadelphia Inquirer from Christmas Day 1966. The previous evening delivered the biggest Christmas Eve snowstorm across the area. This was a dynamic storm that included frequent lightning and thunder to go along with the heavy snow. Totals from the 1966 Christmas Eve Blizzard ranged from 10" at Honey Brook to as much as 22" at West Chester. This followed a storm just 4 days earlier that delivered as much as 11" of snow at Devault. Both West Chester and Devault recorded over 32" of snow that snowy Christmas Week! The greatest snowstorm of the Christmas Season delivered even more snow to the area. That storm began at 8am on Christmas Day in 1909 at Coatesville with Mr. WT. Gordon the cooperative observer for the Weather Bureau reporting 13" by 9pm Christmas Night....another 25" would fall between 9pm and when the snow stopped the next morning at 630am. Other large Christmas time snowstorms occurred in 1912 / 1933 / 1961 / 1969 and 2002. Merry Christmas Everyone!!

Don't remember the 1966 one living near BWI, though I do remember an event in 2/67 with the most mesmerizing, huge snowflakes as I staired incessantly outside from my classroom wall of windows. Odd, because I remember the 66' Blizzard, probably from digging so many tunnels with my brother through the 4-5' drifts on the side of our house.

I definitely remember the Christmas 1969 snowstorm, also near BWI. My father kept telling me to "stop turning around" as I kept looking outside while in church. Lol It did start before church ended, so we got to walk home in the snow. Only about 5" imby before going over th zr, but still great.

[Voyager]

1 hour ago, Bubbler86 said:

43 and a nice cloud deck/christmas feeling out last min shopping.  Stores are a lot less busy than I expected.  Many major stores closing at 6 so I guess people are done with shopping.  

I'm so glad it remained overcast today. Most of the snow would have been toast if it got sunny. Hope tomorrow is dark and overcast as well. For some reason, I prefer cloudy to sunny on Christmas Day.

Doesn't look like I'll get my wish, though.

Christmas Day

Sunny, with a high near 36. North wind 3 to 5 mph.

[pasnownut]

1 hour ago, Voyager said:

I'm so glad it remained overcast today. Hope tomorrow is dark and overcast as well.

For some reason, I prefer cloudy on Christmas Day.

 

 

 

Amended for my rendition of perfect Christmas weather. 

 

[Bubbler86]

Blizz almost got a Christmas present but cold air not established yet. A few days in the 50's and 60's next week. 

 

[Blizzard of 93]

18z GFS is close enough for 11 days out. Plenty of time to make it work…

[Ruin]

1 hour ago, Bubbler86 said:

Blizz almost got a Christmas present but cold air not established yet. A few days in the 50's and 60's next week. 

 

Hmm I'm gonna say warm up is a bit overdone 

[Blizzard of 93]

Just now, Blizzard of 93 said:

18z GFS is close enough for 11 days out. Plenty of time to make it work…

The upcoming pattern should offer us storms & rumors of storms…

[mitchnick]

1 hour ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

The upcoming pattern should offer us storms & rumors of storms…

It should. I just wish the waffling would end and the Gfs would stop ending on a pending bomb.

Merry Christmas to all.

[Mount Joy Snowman]

All gifts wrapped. Santa is on his way.  Sippin whiskey over here till I cant. Everyone get to bed. Nothing more sure in this world than the GFS throwing out a bomb at +300 hours. Ho ho ho!!!

[Ruin]

so went out to grab a coffee and it must of snowed a little or drizzled everything was wet. temp of 33 things are a little icy in a few areas. rats could of been a christmas snow miracle. nothing on radar so im puzzled but my weather app said snow stopping soon lol.