Some of central Pa. didn’t get as much snow as predicted: Here’s why
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
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So why was that?
The short answer is: wind. National Weather Service meteorologist Greg DeVoir told PennLive that the amount of snow forecasters expected landed, but not over the area they originally expected.
Forecasters called for heavy bands of snow to drop between two and four inches an hour between Adams and Schuylkill counties. However, these bands migrated further north before the Harrisburg area could get anywhere close to the 24 inches thought possible.
By Wednesday morning, it was clear to forecasters that Harrisburg would not be getting as much snow as originally thought. At that point, however, forecasters thought the Harrisburg area could still between a foot and 18 inches of snow.