The map above is from the NWS 6-10 day temp probability forecast. Things are looking up for the east. While the timing feels two weeks late, at the end of the season, early frustration will be a distant memory.

Stay updated on medium range temp forecasts with the 10 day and 14 day temp forecast maps on the NYSkiBlog Weather Page.

The National Weather Service Forecast Discussion (ALBANY) addresses the possibility that a coastal system may produce mountain snow/valley rain late next week. Excerpts are below the GFS model image for Black Friday:

LONG TERM WED NT-FRI

ANOTHER SFC LOW DEVELOPS ALONG THE SE COAST AND TRACKS NNE. AT THE VERY LEAST…WILL INDICATE CHC POPS DURING THIS PERIOD FOR RAIN…ALTHOUGH SOME WET SNOW COULD BE MIXED IN ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS EARLY THU. THEN …AS MID/UPPER LEVEL CONTINUE TO COOL…WE EXPECT ANY RAIN TO GRADUALLY MIX WITH/CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY LATE THU …AND PERHAPS WITHIN VALLEYS BY THU NT OR EARLY FRI.

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