OK so while we are in the deep freeze the next few days with just lake effect. It’s time for one simple question that will answer a lot of other questions associated with it: WHAT HAPPENED? This trip was planned relatively last minute. Even on January 3rd, the morning I called the ongoing lake effect

Hello Upstate Snow Nation! WE ARE BACK IN SOUTH CAROLINA! Boy did we have a crazy trip to Upstate NY and back. And the weather scared us out of there on Saturday with Winter Storm Warnings pretty much all the way up and down the coast between NY and SC. So we made the 13

MAJOR UPDATE: FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THREE YEARS, UPSTATE SNOW RETURNS TO UPSTATE NY TO RIDE! WE ARE LEAVING SOUTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL ARRIVE IN UPSTATE NY LATE TOMORROW. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ARE THE MAIN RIDE DAYS. SATURDAY MORNING IS OPTIONAL. WE THEN SPEND THE REST OF THE WEEKEND COMING HOME. So

Another round of lake effect snow will hit downwind of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, mainly through Wednesday evening. The weather should improve for the end of this week in terms of riding. Which just happens to be GREAT for us. More on that later in this post 🙂 Good morning! We are having our

It will be quiet through today and part of tomorrow. But starting tomorrow PM and going through Thursday, another lake effect snow event is in the works. Here is the look through Tuesday 7 PM It remains quiet for most of today and for at least the first part of tomorrow. Then we have big

Hey there! I am sorry to be well behind, but we got our first snowfall in 3 years here in South Carolina! It is amazing to see it snowing here. Right now. Although it looks like sleet is mixing in already and accumulations are low. We are not even to 1″ yet. Meanwhile many spots

Lake effect snows will wind down today. Locally you could see a few additional inches. One thing about the weather right now: It’s brutal! It is cold. It is windy. It is snowing. It feels like we are in Antarctica! Or even in the Arctic? I’m not sure which. All I know is that the

Lake effect snows will continue through tomorrow across parts of Upstate NY. CNY and the North Country seem to be the most likely areas to get at least a few inches, if not several inches, of snow. The persistent very cold northwest flow going over those mild Lake Ontario waters will make for the additional

Some more lake effect is around today. Even more tomorrow and into Thursday. Here are the numbers: The lake effect with the below normal temperatures continuing non-stop is the driving force behind whatever snow is out there. If it wasn’t for Lake Ontario and/or Lake Erie, how much less snow we would have! And we