University Park

Early snow blankets University Park campus

The treat of unseasonably warm weather earlier this month was replaced by the nasty trick of today's weather. This first snowstorm of the season was supposed to fall mainly as rain, but the weather system is being impacted by what State College-based Accu-Weather is terming "SuperStorm 2005." According to Penn State Campus Weather Service staff member Anthony Chipriano, an upper-level trough of low atmospheric pressure combined with the moist remnants of Hurricane Wilma, causing snow showers on campus and across the Northeast. As of early afternoon Tuesday, meteorologists at University Park had recorded an inch of accumulated wet snow, and by early Wednesday an additional half-inch fell from light showers and flurries, with lingering cold air maintaining slushy walkways and mostly wet roads. The storm produced winds in excess of 40 mph from New Jersey to New England.
For pictures of the snow at Penn State University Park, go to http://live.psu.edu/still_life/2005_10_25_snow/index.html online.

This person's umbrella was one of the few bright spots on an otherwise very gloomy day. For more photos, click on the image above. Credit: Annemarie Mountz / Penn StateCreative Commons

Last Updated November 18, 2010