This blog is being posted during the 7 AM hour Sunday 12/15. We are still awaiting final snowfall measurements from WNY and for daylight to reveal whom got what on the NYS Mesonet cams… but in general the Southtowns in S Erie, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Wyoming and S Genesee Counties seemed to fare well with several

Here are the graphics and main points from the video update we did Friday night on the Upstate Snow Facebook Page.

The models are drunk. This is about as stupid as I’ve seen all three major models I look at (American GFS, Euro, Canadian) be at the 5-10 day range. They all have their different scenarios. This is making any sensible projections for medium range planning in the 5-10 day range an exercise in madness. So

Written after 11 PM Sunday 12/1/19 We have gone over 8″ total snow in Deerfield at our location from 1145 this morning until 11 PM tonight. Some sleet mixed in here. A lot more fell to our south and west. Snow is really getting going in the Syracuse, Rochester, Finger Lakes, Elmira/Corning and Binghamton areas

11 PM Update Saturday 11/30 (Basically almost December 1) All storms have their challenges. Especially the first “big one” of the year. Even more so when it hits on a holiday weekend for travel. Even more so when you have mixed precip (sleet/frz rain) to deal with. Even more so when the rare “stall” happens

The quick and dirty version (without the video) is this: It’s not going to be as cold going into the end of November The weather is going to get more active with storms every 1-2 days We will see temperatures swing from the 40s to the 20s and back and forth often through Thanksgiving Weekend

Apologies for the lack of posting… Zman and the Mrs have been sick and a ton going on besides. Thankfully it has been quiet of late. We’ve enjoyed an unusually sunny, cold and quiet weekend across Upstate New York. Don’t forget it’s November, the cloudiest month of the year, so two days straight with any