Weather Blog
Big Hurt coming for Sunday: OUCH!
Another title for this would be: GET OUT AND RIDE, NOW! We’ve had a nearly 2 week stretch of great winter weather that has spread significant snow cover throughout the Adirondacks. But our latest winning streak will screech to a halt over the weekend. Although it will start to get milder on Friday and Saturday, […]
Weather Outlook for Opening Week of Snowmobiling Season
News of the upcoming thaw have people nervous. I’m here to tell you that it’s a mere bump in the road on our way to Opening Week and the Old Forge Snodeo. We’ve had an up and down temperature pattern through November and that is likely to continue well into December. But the cold surges […]
Adirondack Snowfall Primer
The Adirondacks are well known for their abundant snowfall. Although the occasional Nor’easter gets most of the press, elevated terrain and proximity to the Great Lakes are important contributors to Adirondack snowfall. Starting in November and continuing into the winter, modest low pressure systems pick up moisture from the Great Lakes and deposit the snowfall […]
Snowfall summary for 11/23/13
Went to winter in a hurry! It was partly sunny at Glens Falls yesterday afternoon. By the time I got home, Indian Lake had other ideas: Thankfully, I didn’t hit the sticking snow until I got up North River Hill. As the late afternoon and evening wore on, the roads got quite slippery. If you […]
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 […]
