Digital Brainwaves

This could prove interesting, and not in a good way…

The weather in western New York is not expected to be pretty tomorrow, so my original plans to visit the folks may be in jeopardy:

.A WEAK STORM SYSTEM OVER OHIO WILL TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN
PENNSYLVANIA ON THANKSGIVING MORNING THEN WILL MAKE ITS WAY TO THE
NEW ENGLAND COAST BY EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN MORE WIDESPREAD
RAIN ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK OVERNIGHT...WITH
COLDER AIR ACROSS ONTARIO FILTERING TO THE SOUTH IN THE PROCESS.
THIS WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE THE RAIN TO A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW AS
THE WEE HOURS OF THURSDAY UNFOLD. THERE MAY EVEN BE A PERIOD OF
FREEZING RAIN OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO DURING
THE CHANGEOVER. AREAS NEAR LAKE ONTARIO SUCH AS NIAGARA AND
ORLEANS COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE NORTH COUNTRY WILL SEE THIS
CHANGEOVER EARLIEST... WHILE THE SOUTHERN TIER WILL BE THE LAST.

IT NOW APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL BE TAPERING
OFF BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW...SO TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD
ONLY BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE...BUT THE COMBINATION OF MIXED
PRECIPITATION CAN RESULT IN VERY SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS
DURING THANKSGIVING DAY. SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO SNOW SHOWERS BY
AFTERNOON BUT TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING BY DARK. THIS
WILL BE THE FIRST BOUT OF WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS OF THE SEASON
FOR MOST OF THE REGION...SO EXERCISE CAUTION IN YOUR HOLIDAY
TRAVELS.

They’ll be visiting here anyway on Saturday, so I’ll still get my turkey, but it does throw off my schedule.

All told, though, if the roads are crappy, it’s better we stay home anyway.