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Sunday, February 7th, 2010
Yesterday we had a good snow storm. Very little wind occurred with it but snowfall rates of maybe 2 or 3 inches an hour happened Friday night. I saw it snowing heavier than I remember seeing it snow before. By the end ot the storm we had about 20 inches of snow on the ground. Not bad considering the storm was forecast to be better just south of us which has happened more than once this year. Near the Mason Dixon line into Maryland have been the big winners.
This was the most snow we’ve received since the President’s day storm of 2003. That storm had given us close to two feet also..
The nice thing is that the snow should stick around for a little while with it getting to near 30 during the day and low teens at night to refreeze the melted snow.
Now looks like maybe some lite snow Tuesday into Wednesday. That should be fun.
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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
This season so far has been pretty good for snow.. Saturday was our third snowfall of the year and Lancaster set anew record December snowfall at 16 inches. Southern parts of the county received 20 inches or more and northern parts received as little as 8 inches of snow. Here at home we got about a foot. Rain for Christmas though will probably help melt alot of the snow away then early January looks to be warmer.It was
a nice dry snow but we didn’t have much wind to blow it around.. Hoping for more snow later!
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Sunday, March 1st, 2009
It’s March first and looks like we might actually get some snow. State college has us under a winter storm warning for five to eight inches of snow here. The problem is we’ll be on the back edge of the precipiation and it’ll have a sharp cutoff. I’ll take the snow though. It’s much better than anything we’ve had so far this winter.
Now my at my parents’ house in Bucks county are forcast to get eight to fourteen inches. When I still lived there it seemed like there was always more snow north and west of Philly but Lately it seems to be more from Philly east, go figure. It doesn’t even seem like they’ll have to be concerned with a changer to rain.
Oh well, it should be interesting to watch things unfold.
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
Yesterday a strong storm system developed and moved into the great lakes bringing with it a strong cold front. We had highs in the 60s with Sun most of the day and that helped create a really impressive squall line moving east across Pennsylvania. At one point it was moving east at 75 mph but it was just a bit too late for us in northwest Lancaster county. I broke up and we barely got a shower. Still it was impressive for February. I’m sort of disapointed I wasn’t home to watch things develope.
Today we have a high wind warning and the winds have been pretty strong. Once again I am wishing I had the means to setup the wind sensor for my davis vantage pro2.
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Friday, December 12th, 2008
We had a nice moisture rich storm system move from the gulf coast up the East coast.. The system is currently causing snow and major ice in the new england states.
Here we were in the mid 50’s all day yesterday with rain and then in the evening the rain became heavy. ended up with 2 – 3 inches of rain in the area. My Davis vantage pro measured 2.06 inches of rain here. This is on top of the rain from the day before. I’m really surprised there’s not more flooding.
It looks like quite a bit of flooding going on in the area where my parrents live. We had the warmer air in our area but They had snow west of here.. Snow in Texas, snow in New Orleans.
It’s been a pretty interesting December with some snow and plenty of cold air available to storms.
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Yesterday’s storm was not too bad at all for a late October storm system. It deepened throughout the day and the wind picked up. We had howling winds most of the night with occasional gusts that seemed pretty strong.
We only got rain here and most of the precipitation didn’t make it this far west but down in my mom’s area in Bensalem they had some snow. She said none stuck to the ground but I did see a spotter report of .5 inches in Bensalem. Her elevation is only like 50 feet or something like that.. There are some parts of Bensalem that are a bit higher.
The big winners appear to be the higher elevations in north east PA. I saw a few places with reports of over a foot of snow. The highest total I saw was 17 inches in Freeland, Pa
This would have been a pretty good setup for snow during the winter. lets hope that we have more like it! Now the storm is pretty wound up just north of new england.
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
An October coastal storm system is developing off the mid atlantic coast. It started yesterday with an area of rain developing and persisting through the night here in central Pa. This would have been a nice situation for a little snow here in January. Right now and yesterday during the afternoon the temperature held in the low 40’s
Now in the Poconos and higher elevations of northern Pa. I wish I still had my place up near Hazleton and would be going up there. With an elevation of 1600 feet or so and the fact that they always tended to get more snow than the surrounding areas I bet it would be a nice late fall snowfall.
It should be a cool blustery day later as the wind picks up with highs in the 40’s.
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Hurricane Ike has maximum sustained winds near 100 miles per hour right now but the real story is it’s size. It’s a big storm with hurricane force winds extending up to 115 miles from the center. Tropical storm force winds extend up to 255 miles from the center.
The minimum pressure (945 millibars) is borderline low enough to support a category 4 storm but I imagine the size of the whole storm is keeping the gradient from being tight enough to cause the winds.
Another interesting storm for this year.
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
Tropical storm Hanna is approaching the East coast of the United states now with maximum sustained winds near 70 mph. It seems like there is a lot more convection today than there was yesterday but still not around the center. The minimum pressure is 980 millibars which seems a bit low to not be a hurricane but that depends on other factors too.
It will make landfall in the Carolinas and move up the east coast and turn northeast. Hopefully some time in my life time I will have the opportunity to experience a tropical storm or hurricane from the coast.
It would be really fun to be on the outer banks this weekend. I am really hoping we don’t get too much rain here though. I want to do other things this weekend. On the plus side we do need the rain and the storm will be moving pretty fast.
Hurricane Ike is still going strong although it has weakened somewhat. It’s still a category three storm and looks like it may strengthen a bit. The track appears to want to brush south Florida but that’s still five days from now.
Tropical storm Josephine has really weakened and there doesn’t seem to be much convection left that that storm. Josephine is forecast to weaken and turn towards the northwest over the next few days.
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
Wow.. What an awesome line of storms that was that went through on Wednesday. There were lots of reports of damage from the winds. What was even more surprising was the fact that a second strong line of storms went through a few hours later. There were even some reports of tornadoes.
We didn’t get a whole lot here even though SPC had us in a moderate risk area for severe weather. It was just awesome to watch the sqall lines race across Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC.
Now on to less fun things. It looks like we’re in for a heat wave. Not fun. I never look forward to temperatures in the mid 90s and especially not after the relatively cool spring we’ve had. I have the feeling that it’s going to be a shock.
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