I have had an obsession with the weather since I was a young child. Some may consider me to be borderline obsessed. I’m okay with that. I haven’t been as involved in forecasting as much as I have been over the years. I noticed a growing trend with myself – whenever bad weather is expected to hit then that’s when I get into forecasting mode.
It’s strange to me because I have always had a passion, always had a drive to try to forecast the weather. Now that’s gone somewhat. It’s strange because a part of me wants to do it, but another is removed from it.
Anyway, the weather has been too quiet up here in North Country. Almost eerily quiet and uneventful. I would have never imagined that my house in New Jersey would see more snow than Plattsburgh New York. I guess there is always a first for everything.
The Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are bracing for a major and possibly historic winter storm.
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Plattsburgh New York looks like a winter wonderland. The trees are covered with a white powdery snow and the wind is whipping. Today is one of those days where you grab a cup of hot cocoa, tea and or coffee and sit by a nice warm fire. This is surprisingly the first snowfall of the season here in Plattsburgh New York. My hometown in central New Jersey received its first snowfall over the past weekend beating the small upstate New York community of Plattsburgh by a few days. In fact, the Champlain Valley tied history by having one of the latest snowfalls on record.
Snow started to fall just around day break and is still falling at the time of this post. Roads are slippery so please, please be careful if you are traveling around the region. Don’t rush and give yourself ample amount of time to get to and from your destination. If you’re flying around the Northeast click here for an updated delay map.
I took some video around noon time today and would like to share it with you on the blog:
I would love to see some pictures and or videos from the storm. Leave a comment about your thoughts on the storm, leave a picture and or video! I’ll post all videos and images on the blog! All work will be properly cited.
Since I am closing my weather website, www.stormchaoswx.com I will be posting weekly weather outlooks for the week. Even though I am not a meteorology major, I did get 2 semesters worth of meteorological training. I also have years experience for personally forecasting the weather. If you or if you know someone who would like to have a personal weather outlook made up feel free to contact me at joe@joegullo.net. During times of severe weather I will post more frequent updates.
Weather Outlook for Monday October 5th – Sunday October 11th
A rather unsettled week for many across the northeast. The weather pattern has been chilly with occasional periods of rain and showers. This weather pattern is expected to continue this week, especially for New England. Points south of Albany will see more sunshine then areas further toward the north. Monday looks like another wave of showers across New England – points south of Albany miss out on this one. Tuesday looks dry – can not rule out an isolated shower as the pattern has been unsettled. Heavy rain develops again during the overnight Tuesday and into Wednesday. Wednesday’s system does look like it’ll bring another round of heavier rain to the entire region. I noticed with previous systems over the past couple of weeks is that we see the rain in the early part of the day taper off to showers. We get another break on Thursday – showers can not be ruled especially across New England. Our next batch of heavy rain possibly arrives late next weekend. Temperatures across this period should be around average.
