Taste of winter over the weekend. . . .

The brief pattern shift I alluded to for the end of January will come to fruition and bring a taste of winter this weekend into the first half of next week.

The first mini installment of winter will happen Saturday evening as a strong cold front blows through the Adirondacks. Here is a panel depicting the frontal passage around 7PM Saturday (00Z Sunday):

An impressive line of snow-squalls should develop in response to the front:

This almost looks like a summertime thunderstorm line! These squalls could produce multiple inches of snowfall in less than an hour over the western and central Adirondacks Saturday evening with strong gusty winds and whiteouts. This squall line will lose its punch over the southeastern Adirondacks, but a quick snow-squall with falling temperatures could create some "surprise" black ice problems there. Lake effect snows developing after frontal passage will add some more frosting to the cake overnight.

On top of that, there could be another pulse of snow Sunday evening and another one by Tuesday. But after that, I'll show another familiar sight this winter, the warmup! This is yet another storm tracking to our west and north, pulling in another slug of warmer air and rain.

If you enjoy outdoor winter sports, you'll have a small window for some fun.

Darrin