Too early to break out in song, but the NOAA Climate Prediction Center has issued an advisory that oceanic conditions met the criteria for a 'weak' La Niña effect on winter weather this season. See article at the Weather Chabnnel site with the unreasonably long title La Niña Has Developed In The Pacific Ocean And …
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Fond farewell to a fairly fab Feb: conditions for Mar. 2, 2025
Welcome to March - Brrr! Brain-freeze warning Bad news first - no groomed trail skiing within a couple of hours of NYC. Your go-tos with shortest drive time will be Prospect Mountain, Notchview, and Lapland Lake or Garnet Hill. Better news - Such is our late winter that the region north of Albany and I-90 …
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Weather watch for President’s Day weekend
How's the skiing? Nice today except for gusty winds. Saturday starts nice but with cloudy skies, and snow begins in the afternoon, moving SE to NW. Conserve some ski energy for Monday as Sunday likely to be sloppy or a bit of a washout. Weekend Word Not a lot of snow expected along the coast …
Bluebirds and President’s Day weekend: forecast for Feb. 13 and the weekend
Everything's open and skiing is decent to very good. The bluebird of happiness arrived today. A bluebird day Fahnestock Winter Park is skiable, and Canopus lake trails are open for the first time in four years. Great for skate. Minnewaska, Mohonk, and High Point are also open and skiable. The bluebird might fly off for …
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Touchup: forecast for weekend of Feb. 8 2025
At least one and maybe two storms could bring what downstate XC skiers have been hoping for1 Bring the magic, Elsa! Meanwhile, things north of the Catskills and I-90 are about as good as they can be. This post is about conditions for Feb. 7 2025, and forecast for the next few days. See jump …
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Across the Snow Line 