Weather Blog
Update on Pre-Thanksgiving Storm
I was highly skeptical of the good ole fashioned “out to sea” idea for Wednesday’s storm and took the trouble to explain why this was our first legitimate prospect for widespread significant snow fall for the Adirondacks this season. The shorter range NAM model is starting to merge with what the ECMWF model is showing […]
Pre-Thanksgiving Storm?
The Arctic Oscillation is starting to shift and I believe that may lead to our first widespread significant snowfall of the early winter season by the middle of next week. Before we get into any talk about big snow, there is a major cold blast to talk about for Sunday the 24th. This is an […]
2013-14 Winter Outlook
I’ve been stringing along the Winter Outlook for a while. So it’s time for me to put up or shut up. First, let me get the disclaimer out of the way: This outlook is a general idea of what I think this winter might do. It is impossible to predict individual storms, cold surges and […]
“Happy” November!
Confession here: I HATE November. HATE IT!! It’s not quite autumn and it’s not quite winter. It’s the month of 35*F, rain and dark, gloomy days. Only twice in the past 15 years has November segued smoothly into winter: 2003 and 2008. Usually though, it’s a painful and slow wait for winter through a month […]
Lake Effect Snow Update: October 23rd
Here’s a nice teaser: a snow-dusted car in Morehouse this morning! The latest trends are showing a more westerly flow as opposed to west-northwest flow, which spreads the heavy snow over a greater area through the western Adirondacks. The 12Z MesoNAM is painting a large swath of 3-6 inch snowfall from tonight through Thursday night […]
