Weather Blog
Midweek Snowmobiling Outlook: Update 12/20/16
Update 12/22/16 AM: Nice start to the day! Picked up 2.5 inches of snow. This will freshen things nicely to hit places like Moose River Plains, Perkins Clearing, Speculator Tree Farm, Powley Road, etc. The narrow woods trails are ride-able” but you need to proceed with care. Sunday’s thaw did not wipe us out, leaving […]
And so it begins! Update 12/4/16
UPDATE 12/5/16: We picked up 3 inches of snow late Sunday night into Monday morning, another move in the right direction! 🙂 The brutally long off-season ends at sundown, Sunday December 4th with the conclusion of big game hunting season for Hamilton and northern Herkimer Counties! We’ve got some snow the past couple of days […]
Early Snodeo Outlook: Update 11/28/16
As a reminder, snowmobiling season starts after sundown Sunday, December 4th for Hamilton and northern Herkimer Counties at the conclusion of big game hunting season. So the first official day is Monday, December 5th. I know people are wondering what the conditions are going to be like for Opening Day and for Snodeo Weekend December […]
“Final” Winter 2016-17 Outlook
With the mainly mild and quiet autumn we’ve had until this week, it’s natural to wonder if that will carry into the winter. The dominant EPO+ weather pattern (persistent low pressures near Alaska) has maintained a strong zonal flow across North America, keeping the cold air locked up over Siberia. I’m fond of saying “The snow pack […]
Winter 2016-17 Outlook
With all of these predictions for “La Niña Super Cold and Snowy Winters” people are starting to ask me what I think this winter might bring. It’s a bit amusing because my Winter Outlook 2015-16 was just about as wrong as it could be. I think the only thing I got right was that winter would be […]
