Weather Blog
“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 […]
Game Over…
The Fat Ole’ Lady is singing loud and clear! Temperatures well into the 60s Wednesday afternoon sent snowmelt into hyper-drive. Update 3/10/16: NYS DEC has closed all snowmobile trails and seasonal access roads on Forest Preserve, State Forest and Conservation Easement Lands in the Adirondacks. Towns of Webb & Inlet have closed their snowmobile trail […]
End of the Road: Update 3/2/16
We got an inch of snow/sleet Tuesday night. Then temperatures shot up to the middle-30s with a quarter-inch of rain. Shortly after sunrise, the temperature took a nose dive into the teens. Some decent snow showers blew through, but didn’t leave anything of significance. Lakes are glare ice and any left-over trail base is hard […]
One last chance for Ole’ Man Winter: Update 2/29/16
3/2 AM Update: We got an inch of snow/sleet Tuesday night that’s getting wiped out with rain and temperatures in the middle-30s. Temperatures will drop off rapidly today with a freeze up. Probably not worth riding for most… Temperatures hitting the upper 40s on Sunday, plus a bit of rain Monday morning have put us […]
