North Atlantic Oscillation
Long Range Weather Update 1/24/14
The relative lack of snow for the past three weeks has been very discouraging. There won’t be any significant thaws for at least the next week to 10 days, but I think the pattern will be hostile to the development of a widespread significant snow event for the Adirondacks. Short term: If you want it […]
The Phoenix WILL Rise Again! Update 12/23/13
It all looked good the first couple weeks of snowmobiling season, plenty of snow in Old Forge for Snodeo weekend, then a storm that dumped 8-12+ inches of snow throughout ilsnow land. Yes, we got hit for a hard loss last weekend. But the bleeding has stopped as temperatures have fallen below 32*F. It’s even […]
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 […]
“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 […]
Colder to End October 2013
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Here is a nice picture of how the snow pack is spreading, compared to normal for this time of year: The purple shows where snow cover is expanding greater than climatology. The red shows where there is a lack of snow cover in comparison to normal. […]
