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How Much Snow will Winter Storm Nemo Bring to New York, Albany and Boston? Blizzard Warnings in Effect

Eric Meier — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:31:47 +0000

A significant snow event is being forecast for the northeast on Friday and Saturday. Dubbed Nemo by the Weather Channel (note the National Weather Service frowns on naming winter storms). Two systems may converge on the northeast and dump more than two feet of snow on the hardest hit areas.

Utica's Greatest Snowstorms: A Look Back [PHOTOS]

Gino Geruntino — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:48:24 +0000

Well, the leaves are falling, and in Central New York that’s never a good sign of things to come. For a select few of us, snowfall means skiing, snowboarding, hot chocolate and the fun of ice skating. Still for others, it means three months of being sequestered in your home, trapped by a never-ending [...]

Mother Nature's Top 10 Freakout Moments of 2011

Kathy Landin — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:45:56 +0000

Every year, Mother Nature likes to remind us who’s the boss and 2011 was no different. In fact, it was the second most expensive year on record for insurers, costing $108 billion. Here’s a look back at the 10 most memorable natural disasters of 2011 in chronological order.

Winter Weather Awareness Week – New York Prepares for the Season

Eric Meier — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:06:54 +0000

The National Weather Service has set aside this last week of October as Winter Weather Awareness week across New York State. As we're expecting our first dusting of snow, the timing is right on.

Upstate New York locations from Buffalo to Old Forge have legendary winters with plenty of windy, cold blizzards causing snow to pile up and roads to ice.

Did you know that not all major snow storms are technically blizzards?

SNOW-M-G: March Maelstrom

Lite 98.7 — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:40:54 +0000

What a last winter wollop we recieved Sunday and overnight Monday from Mother Nature. More than a foot of snow has fallen across the Mohawk Valley of Central New York since the first flakes moved in from the west midday on Sunday. The Winter Storm Warning has been extended until 9 this moring as the clean-up [...]

Winter Weather Terminology

Eric Meier — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:53:51 +0000

All winter long the National Weather Service posts watches and warnings or advisories for Winter Storms or Blizzards. Do you know the difference? To be classified as a Winter Storm, our area must be forecasted to receive at least 7 inches of snow in a 12 hour period or 9 inches in 24 hours. A [...]

Tony Soprano To The Rescue

Trudy — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 03:41:58 +0000

Getting stuck in the snow during a blizzard is never fun but sometimes a good samaritan comes along to help you out. That’s what happened recently during the blizzard in NYC. Actor James Gandolfini, best know for playing Tony Soprano, came to the rescue of a motorist who got stuck on a street in the West [...]

Crippling Snow In NYC [PICS]

Eric Meier — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:26:07 +0000

Just as the holiday weekend was wrapping up and travelers attempted to return home from their holidays, the Northeast is hit by a massive blizzard and we've got the pictures!

The Great Blue Norther

Eric Meier — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 22:03:16 +0000

Today is a great weather day in Central New York. But November 11 was experienced very differently in 1911. It was one of the wildest weather days the United States has ever seen. It’s gone down in history as the Great Blue Norther.