Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2019 21:11:26 GMT -5
When will Upstate NY get more snow?
Syracuse, N.Y. -- Now that our better-late-than-never winter has finally brought widespread snow to Upstate New York, when will we get some more of it?
“It doesn’t look like much for awhile,” said Accuweather meteorologist Paul Patelok, to the dismay of long-suffering winter sports enthusiasts.
A strong winter storm expected to dump heavy snow from Missouri to Virginia this weekend will stay south of New York, thanks to a large high pressure system locked in over the Northeast.
“You’re missing out on the storm while this cold high is setting up over Upstate New York,” Pastelok said.
The National Weather Service has no snow in the forecast for Upstate this weekend, and just a few flurries in the middle of next week.
“Any snow accumulations will be light,” the weather service’s Binghamton office said.
A cold front sweeping through Upstate on Wednesday could bring at most a few showers.
“Snow accumulations are not expected to be significant,” reports the Buffalo weather service office.
There is some limited and early hope for snow next weekend, Jan. 19 and 20, Pastelok said.
Weather computer models, he said, “are hinting at possibility of a storm moving across the country and up the Eastern seaboard next weekend." But, he noted, the models are giving widely different scenarios this far out, so it’s impossible to know what’s actually going to happen.
Even less precisely, but still welcome news to snow lovers, is the forecast for a colder-than-normal stretch in late January and early February, which is historically the coldest part of the year in Upstate.
“It looks like a shift in the pattern where it might become more of a trough off the Eastern U.S., so the northwest flow late in the month and into early February would be delivering more cold air shots and more possibility of these lake effect snow events,” Pastelok said.
Regardless of what comes next, though, the snow that just fell is likely to keep us company for awhile. That high pressure system keeping the storm away is also keeping temperatures cold enough for the snow to stick around. The Climate Prediction Center says temperatures in the Northeast are likely to be about normal or below normal over the next two weeks.
Upstate cities are running snow deficits this season. Syracuse has had 46.8 inches, compared to a normal of 54.2 inches by Jan. 11. That doesn’t seem like a big gap, but half of that snow fell before Thanksgiving and isn’t around anymore to provide a base for skis and snowmobiles.
www.syracuse.com/news/2019/01/when-will-upstate-ny-get-more-snow.html
Gee the Farmers Almanac did say less snow this season but it also said not as cold and it is very very cold out. I do no like just a dusting to an inch of snow with temps and wind levels at a point where it brings the temps down to below zero. But some nice photos on the web page above so enjoy. I miss living in Syracuse I was just getting used to the street layout and that Syracuse Hospital Hill and SU area along with the downtown layout can give ya premature gray hair. Although if I parked at the Cathedral I was able to walk around with no problem in the downtown area. At least I was able to safely get to Mcdonald's for coffee. LOL
Syracuse, N.Y. -- Now that our better-late-than-never winter has finally brought widespread snow to Upstate New York, when will we get some more of it?
“It doesn’t look like much for awhile,” said Accuweather meteorologist Paul Patelok, to the dismay of long-suffering winter sports enthusiasts.
A strong winter storm expected to dump heavy snow from Missouri to Virginia this weekend will stay south of New York, thanks to a large high pressure system locked in over the Northeast.
“You’re missing out on the storm while this cold high is setting up over Upstate New York,” Pastelok said.
The National Weather Service has no snow in the forecast for Upstate this weekend, and just a few flurries in the middle of next week.
“Any snow accumulations will be light,” the weather service’s Binghamton office said.
A cold front sweeping through Upstate on Wednesday could bring at most a few showers.
“Snow accumulations are not expected to be significant,” reports the Buffalo weather service office.
There is some limited and early hope for snow next weekend, Jan. 19 and 20, Pastelok said.
Weather computer models, he said, “are hinting at possibility of a storm moving across the country and up the Eastern seaboard next weekend." But, he noted, the models are giving widely different scenarios this far out, so it’s impossible to know what’s actually going to happen.
Even less precisely, but still welcome news to snow lovers, is the forecast for a colder-than-normal stretch in late January and early February, which is historically the coldest part of the year in Upstate.
“It looks like a shift in the pattern where it might become more of a trough off the Eastern U.S., so the northwest flow late in the month and into early February would be delivering more cold air shots and more possibility of these lake effect snow events,” Pastelok said.
Regardless of what comes next, though, the snow that just fell is likely to keep us company for awhile. That high pressure system keeping the storm away is also keeping temperatures cold enough for the snow to stick around. The Climate Prediction Center says temperatures in the Northeast are likely to be about normal or below normal over the next two weeks.
Upstate cities are running snow deficits this season. Syracuse has had 46.8 inches, compared to a normal of 54.2 inches by Jan. 11. That doesn’t seem like a big gap, but half of that snow fell before Thanksgiving and isn’t around anymore to provide a base for skis and snowmobiles.
www.syracuse.com/news/2019/01/when-will-upstate-ny-get-more-snow.html
Gee the Farmers Almanac did say less snow this season but it also said not as cold and it is very very cold out. I do no like just a dusting to an inch of snow with temps and wind levels at a point where it brings the temps down to below zero. But some nice photos on the web page above so enjoy. I miss living in Syracuse I was just getting used to the street layout and that Syracuse Hospital Hill and SU area along with the downtown layout can give ya premature gray hair. Although if I parked at the Cathedral I was able to walk around with no problem in the downtown area. At least I was able to safely get to Mcdonald's for coffee. LOL