While we may be in a bit of a snow drought outside of areas off the lakes into NY and PA, and on the upslope coming off the St. Lawrence Valley, we're also in a r@!n and melt drought and if you like ripping some groomers this weekend will offer pretty damn good conditions across the entire Northeast with generally high trail counts.
The biggest change since the weekly update is that the warm air that was modeled to start to encroach is being held back by another wave of cold air with a front tonight that will bring some light snow at the usual suspects, and then a weak clipper will come through on Sunday bringing a bit more snow, but there will only be a few that might get to around 6" through Sunday. Here's a broad view loop covering Friday through Monday.
I'll first cover the Snowfall Outlook, and then Temperature Outlook, and lastly the Wind Hold Outlook as we do have some wind threats starting on Sunday and worsening on Monday as a new system approaches that should bring some more notable snow late Monday and into Tuesday.
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