Just rolled into the office and the new SPC outlook does have us in a moderate risk today. As I mentioned last night, this is setting up to be a potentially damaging wind event for us. The storms we just had go through will do nothing to ruin our severe...

Above is the Day 2 convective outlook issued by the Storm Prediction Center.  You see here in CNY we're in the slight risk area for Tuesday.  If you click on the image, you'll get the actual outlook.  It'll be updated again this afternoon. ...

The heat is here and boy did it come in with a bang last night! In Syracuse there were actually 2 storms, one around 1 AM and the other one just before 4 AM. With all that lightning I'm surprised there wasn't more than 4,000 people left without power. ...

Sorry for the gap in posts.  Sometimes we get bogged down in other work here in the office. Plus I was waiting for the end of May to share some numbers with all of you.   Here’s a May story. Tell me if it sounds familiar. Syracuse had over...

What a change one day can make.  Yesterday it was in the 80s (with humidity to boot!) this afternoon we are holding in the low 50s. This cooler air is part of a chilly air mass building south out of Canada.  With clear skies and diminishing...

We hope you had a chance to enjoy the absolutely spectacular Sunday across central New York.  It's nice when the the best day of the month so far coincides with part of the Memorial Day weekend. Unfortunately you may have to plan around some thunderstorms...

There is certainly no way to put a good spin on the weather so far this week. As I type this up (10:30 AM Thursday) it's showery with temperatures in the mid 40s when our normal high should be in the low 70s. It's hard to believe but our 'best' day this...

Posted 10:30 AM Monday, by Dave Longley - I struggled to come up with a title for this entry.  Yes it's cold.  Yes, some people saw snow this morning.  Yes, our normal high temperature for today hits 70.  We do truly see light at the...

We issued our official summer forecast earlier this evening. Just a refresher on how we go about our seasonal forecasts. We pick one or two unusual monthly numbers for the current season and compare them to past years.  April was key to this year’s...

One other leftover stat from the month of April in Syracuse is the sunny weather.  At 66% it was the 4th sunniest April on record. We had about 1/3 more sunshine this past April than in a normal April.  We were going at such a great clip with...

Posted 10:55 AM Wednesday, 5/7/2008, Dave Longley - A warm front is forecast to swing through Central New York this afternoon.  The timing would put this front through here once we get a chance to warm into the mid 70s.  We think this will be...

Posted 10:30 AM, Tuesday, 5/6/2008-Dave Longley- Another beautiful, sunny morning across the area.  Light winds are making it feel doubly nice.  Looks like I'll be able to finish up the yard work this afternoon. Jim Teske and I have been...

For growers and gardeners across central New York we were in dangerous territory the last few days. Wednesday morning Syracuse was 33 and this morning we were 28, just one degree off the record for the day.  With all the warm weather the last few...

Posted 10:40 AM, Wednesday, 4/30/2008, Dave Longley - Yes, scattered flurries have been falling across CNY this morning.  Boy, did it get a response from folks!  I guess the nice weather of the past couple weeks has softened us.  I would...

Posted Monday Morning, 4/28/2008, Dave Longley - Well, after a long stretch of dry and warm weather, the weather will be going downhill just a bit for the start of this week.  Low pressure heading our way from W. Va this morning will move just about...

The summer-like warmth continues over central New York.  A cold front came through last night and we are still forecasting temperatures about 10 degrees above normal today (Thursday). Some cold front. Our average temperature for April currently stands...

Posted 10:30 AM Wednesday, by Dave Longley - Wow, what a stretch of weather we've been enjoying.  I had to come back from vacation just to enjoy some warm weather!  As of 10 this morning, we're already at 70 degrees, and still there area a few...

It has been a remarkable stretch of weather this week across central New York. High pressure down at the ground and aloft built into the Northeast midweek and it is entrenched over us.  Think of it as a big roadblock in the atmosphere;it's holding...

Yesterday a viewer from Cazenovia e-mailed us a picture that reminded us of late season snowstorm on this date just one year ago. It was a view of a pine tree bending under the weight of heavy wet snow.  An area of low pressure tracked east through...

The official low in Syracuse Tuesday morning was 29.  Actually, that is not even close to the record low of 18 set back in 1926. Here are some of the colder readings that came in this morning: Alder Creek      24 Tully      23...

It's a chilly start to the new week but there is a nice warm up in store the rest of the week here in central New York. Here's what's happening. There is a trough of low pressure sitting over the eastern US right now. This trough is associated with some...

As I mentioned in my last blog, I am in Atlanta this week so I thought I would pass along some things I've noticed down here. Whenever I come down here in the spring they seem to be about 4 to 6 weeks farther along in the spring season. All the trees...

10:30 AM Tuesday, by Dave Longley - By taste I mean warm weather and sunshine, as opposed to the garlic scent wafting through my office from Rick Gary's recipe on Bridge Street. Once again, we have that marine layer to our south across southern NY and...

Posted 10 AM Monday, Dave Longley - After a beautiful, sunny, Sunday, clouds have crept back into CNY.  A little different set up with this one.  High pressure parked well off to our northeast is responsible for the cloudiness.  The clockwise...

I’ve heard it said that March can be the cruelest month in central New York.  There are all those signs of spring that I’ve mentioned in past blogs but there is still winter weather to deal with.  During March 2008 there were far too few tastes...

Posted 9 AM Thursday - Dave Longley - It looks like Mother Nature will give a present to the Chiefs today, with plenty of sunshine for the start of the new baseball season.  The new grass field sure looks great, in spite of the delay in the...

Posted 10 AM Wednesday - Dave Longley - Skies have cleared nicely, with dry air rushing in from the north and west.  We had a few flurries this morning, but they've gone away.  While the sun will be nice, the temperature and wind won't be. ...

    Posted 9 AM Tuesday - Dave Longley - A strong area of low pressure on the weather map over the northern Great Lakes, will continue to strengthen as it moves toward Quebec by later today.  Southerly winds have warmed us to 60 as...

Posted 8:45 AM Monday - Dave Longley - A warm front to our south is slowly lumbering its way toward Central New York.  Quite a bit of rain has broken out in advance of that front, tied to a jet stream disturbance moving overhead.  We've picked...

Posted 10 AM Thursday - Dave Longley - The battle lines have been drawn, and of course we're on the cold side of things.  This map shows the issue.  The temperature is the red number.  That's what you need to focus on. You can see the...