All Aboard the Arctic Express..Next Stop Albany

The latest medium range and long range models show a return to Old Man Winter. Cold, arctic air will be making a return to the Northeast and this means the coldest air of the season is on the way. Morning temperatures on Tuesday and Wednesday will be in the 6-12 degree range with daytime highs struggling to get above 21 degrees each day. This cold air and polar jetstream will remain far to the south and it looks like a moderate coastal storm will be developing on Thursday into Friday.

As of now, the changeover line from snow to rain will stay far south of Albany...more likely in the NYC area. Right now, it looks like the storm will stay close enough to the coast to give us accumulating snow. However, the low pressure area stays just to the east of the favorable heavy snow benchmark and does not strengthen into a "huge" storm. If this storm does hug the coast more and/or strengthen more, then we could be looking at a heavier snowfall. As of this writing, it looks like at least a few inches of snow is possible Thursday into Friday. Yes, this has "snow day" potential for Friday once again.