Is what I just saw forecasted on the Albany news for Placid Friday. Anyone from that neck of the woods seen any forecast confirming?

On the top of the face I can see closer to 8 inches.

this is beautiful...

5-8" on todays weather report for Friday

Thanks, 5-8'll work for starters.

BTW, JC are you a Cornell weather brainiack? You always seem to be there first with all things meteorologist ( sp? ).

lol, I was a meteorology major here at Cornell but I switched to business/econ last year. However, I do have a minor in meteorology and I have studied it for years and years. So while I don't claim to be a meteorologist, I do know a ton about it

/O.NEW.KBTV.WS.A.0009.071115T1800Z- 071116T1800Z/ SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON- WESTERN ESSEX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE... TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID 354 PM EST WED NOV 14 2007
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS OF NEW YORK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH 1 PM FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

RAIN DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT WILL MIX WITH AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON THURSDAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...AND THEN TAPER OFF TO OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS FRIDAY MORNING.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL DEPEND PRIMARILY ON HOW QUICKLY COLD AIR CAN MOVE INTO THE ADIRONDACK REGION WHILE THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS RAPIDLY OVER EASTERN NEW ENGLAND LATE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY...BUT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE WINTER STORM WATCH AREA...WITH ISOLATED 10 INCH AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE ADIRONDACKS.

JC7727 wrote:

lol, I was a meteorology major here at Cornell but I switched to business/econ last year. However, I do have a minor in meteorology and I have studied it for years and years. So while I don't claim to be a meteorologist, I do know a ton about it ;)

Nice, I figured something along those lines based on your posts ( well, not the business/econ thing ).

8:15 am heavy rain turns to heavy snow back to rain . no accumulation
9:00 am rain back to heavy wet snow! Starting to stick to ground and trees!
Reported from Wilmington appx. 3 miles from WF

I left my house is Placid at 7:30 and it had changed to snow. It has been snowing ever since. I am expecting if it contiunues to precipitate that we will get a foot before sun down.

The cams look promising! Looks like it just recently started sticking at the base

A bit of an inversion on the mountain today?

The 3:00 web cams in Placid all show lots of white, while the web came at the base of the mountain is anything but. Looks like it changed to rain at the base, hopefully it's snowing up top.

Not an inversion, the cold advection is just starting to occur, I would estimate the freezing level has been around 2000 feet all day. Once the low passes, freezing level s will drop. However, I believe the sumit has been getting good snow all day and I think my 8 inch call will come close. The base will recieve around 2 inches as the storms backlash moves in.

I'm curious....is the base of the mountain at a lower elevation than Lake Placid?

SKIdds wrote:

I'm curious....is the base of the mountain at a lower elevation than Lake Placid?

Yup.

As I've been told Main Street in Placid is basically the same elevation as the mid station lodge.