Heading up to Lake Placid again this weekend, this time with the boyz for some skiing on whiteface and hiking another peak. Looks like perfect conditions on Friday/Saturday up there. Sunny and 20-30 degrees with tons of fresh powder.
Rochester being 3.6 degrees warmer than Syracuse and 3.4 degs warmer than Buffalo is quite odd. I've said for awhile the ROC thermometer has run low while Buf/Syr have run warm. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle.
I think i'm officially on the big dog storm or warm up crew. Ready to get onto spring, excited to plant a new tree in my backyard. Going with the crimson Maple.
Whiteface snow report
Snowfall
Past 24 hrs: 6 in
Last 7 Days: 19 in
Base Depth: 35 - 51 in
Season Total: 144 in
Holiday Valley
Past 48 Hours
3 in.
Season Total
115 in.
Conditions
Base Depth
18 - 54 in.
Yeah long GFS brings us to middle of March with nothing. Would likely shut the door on winter. I don't think its a terrible pattern, something can pop up as cold air is close nearby.
I do. Used to watch the weather channel for hours every day. Has been a long time joke that my babysitters wanted to watch cartoons but I wouldn't let them. They were forced to watch TWC.
If you loop this radar you can see the LES off Huron. The stronger sun this time of year is preventing a stronger band from forming and keeping it cellular. KBUF mentions this in their AFD.
although a strengthening sun should help to make the activity more
cellular and thus less impactful.
https://weather.gc.ca/map_e.html?layers=radar&zoom=7¢er=43.43077718%2C-77.38116418
I think the problem is the models have lake erie as frozen in their algorithm output. I looked at all the high res guidance and they all show literally nothing off Erie. It's a now cast event.