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Friday, December 23

An Uneventful Weather Holiday Weekend Ahead



Written by John DiPasquale:


Ok snow lovers, all together now....BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Mother Nature!!!!! Come on already!! We can't buy an accumulating snowfall! The latest storm provided mainly rain that ended as a little snow for many, but too little too late for any real accumulations to occur for most last night into early this morning. The rest of today will be turning colder with temps falling into the 20s. There will be some patchy black ice developing this afternoon due to the lingering wet spots & falling temps. There will be a couple of passing snow showers & flurries this afternoon, but that should do it.


The weekend will be mainly quiet with just some clouds & maybe a passing snow shower/flurry tomorrow from a fizzling storm, but there will probably be a little bit of a better chance of seeing a few wet snow showers that may mix with a little rain late Sunday with a disturbance & trough. Little, or no, accumulation of snow is expected for the holiday weekend, which is great news for travel, but not for a white Christmas:-(


It still looks quite uneventful & fairly mild into next week. Basically, no big changes in this boring pattern in the near future. There may be something come later next week & New Year's weekend, but that still a ways out. Stay tuned & have a great Christmas/Holiday weekend everyone!!!


29 comments:

  1. Nothing of interest in the Tuesday-Wednesday time frame??

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  2. I think there may some interest in that timeframe but what do I know. I was awful thinking we would have something on Christmas. But looks like something may develop more in the interior of NY but the local experts have us warm next week.

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  3. I am thinking a rain/mix event possibly for Tuesday and Wednesday. I don’t see any real cold until New Years and that is still questionable. If you were to look back over the past few weeks on multiple occasions we saw the potential for winter weather and things would change as we go a lot closer. Long range forecasts are useful for general pattern changes but never the fine details of precip type, storm tracks, etc.

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  4. I am not going to believe that it is going to snow until I see it falling from the sky. For the last month I have been hearing maybe next week and that week comes and nothing has changed. Until I actually feel the cold air see the snow fall I will not believe it. We were told last night that we would wake up to a white ground and that did not happen either.

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  5. All together now: YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAA!!!!!

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  6. bitter retired EKer strikes again

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  7. I GUESS HE DOES NOT HAVE ANY COMPASSION FOR THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THEIR LIVING IN THE WINTER AND WHEN IT DOES NOT SNOW IT HURTS THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.

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  8. We are getting snow next week and I'm sure News 8 will see the moderate chance by the end of the weekend!

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  9. Been snowing lightly in Webster all day and we have a dusting - NOAA doesn't even say it on their site. Better than nothing.

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  10. Merry Christmas all of my fellow snow lovers! Hopefully things will look up for us in the New Year!

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  11. Am I wrong or should we keep an eye on midweek for a possible storm?

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  12. You are wrong there is nothing there but no winter coming. It is so bad that we have put our plows in Rochester away for the winter. It is so bad Bristol will be closing next Friday for the season.

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  13. I am not so sure about that Anonymous the current storm is trending west we could get some snow and LES behind the system. I think it bears watching but who knows I have not been right yet this year.

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  14. Unless im crazy, which is 100% possible. looks like this storm is heading towards us? GFS and European model and coming together and we look to be on the cold side of it. National Weather service isnt saying much. So I dont know.. looking forward to hearing the weather time chime in.

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  15. From NWS:

    EXPECT THERE TO BE A FAIR
    AMOUNT OF SNOW OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
    STATE...FROM THE FINGER LAKES TO THE EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGION AND
    TUG HILL FOR OUR AREA OF CONCERN.

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  16. Even if we don't get much snow, colder air is definitely starting to show up on the models and it looks as though the pattern is beginning to take a turn!

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  17. The Nam takes the weak storm over Eastern, Ny keeping us on the cold side. The GFS takes it too far east and misses us completely.

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  18. I sorry weatherdan but I disagree with you. The 18z GFS gives us several inches of snow and Syracuse was in line for at least 6 inches on that run. The new nam should have just come out. I am wondering from the news 8 team what do they think about potential LES snow for our area behind the storm. The data looks favorable for a NNW wind over lake Ontario which is extremely warm. Just wondering but I think we still need to keep an eye on this storm because it has moved west and if does that a tad more and surface temps cooperate we could get a moderate snowfall just an opinion. Thanks

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  19. Agree 100% with Andrew.... Models seem to be coming into a nice agreement and a tad more west.

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  20. What do you think David about a forecast this is not that far out is it?

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  21. Tuesday night event..... NWS isnt saying much about it here. But when you read discussion out of Syracuse area, it talks about northern finger lakes getting a moderate snowfall. So, idk. Im waiting to hear what the pros have to say about this. I guess I have 2 concerns. A. Will it be cold enough to support all snow. (I think it will) B. How much precip. will be on western edge of storm?

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  22. I agree with David the next few model runs tomorrow will give us a better handle on the storm. There is a chance that it moves westerly to where we could in the moderate snowfall and get several inches. David what do you think about LES behind the storm?

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  23. As of now, not too excited about lake effect after the low pulls away.... Too many ? on strength, cold air, ect ect. We will see what tomorrow brings and when the pros get back to work.

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  24. I do stand corrected guys. The 00UTC GFS just came out and it has 1 986 mb low right over Albany on Wednesday.

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  25. It still does not look like a big deal guys. A couple inches at most.

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  26. Its better than nothing weatherdan!

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  27. Ill take a 3-4inch snowfall. maybe a little off the lake too?

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  28. I hear ya guys. At this point 2-3 inches is a huge deal for us, but then it warms up again be weeks end.

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  29. For what its worth, accuweather has us down for 3-6inches.

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