It’s time to get excited about snow! This is an unusual statement for January, as it’s our coldest and snowiest month, but after a two week snow drought, and with the exception of day and change, a sunshine drought, we are finally, at least temporarily, turning the corner and getting into a better weather pattern

There is hope on the horizon. Starting this weekend there will be a change in the weather pattern that will lead to better lake effect snow chances and colder temperatures. It’s not exactly what you want or what we need (Big Nor’easter followed by bitter cold temps falling below zero at night for several days

Since it has been a very quiet week for Upstate NY, lets look ahead for the next week or two and see if we will stay in the doldrums.

Welcome to the doldrums. The snow is basically shut off for the next 7 days, based on what we are seeing right now. Temperatures as previously advertised will be above normal… not super warm but above freezing most days. There will be more snow in the mountains of Tennessee, Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia between

One more storm system to go Sunday, which will hit downstate and New England harder than Upstate NY, before an unusually quiet week ahead with above normal temperatures, especially so on overnight lows.