Snowy commute by Several seconds on Flickr

Look at the pretty snow! Did you look closely at the gallery of snow forecasts? If you haven't go look right now and come back here. The different forecasts for where the maximum amount of snow fall will occur, even though the snow has already started, says we still have a lot to learn about the smaller scale things that happen within a larger storm. The snow is primarily from a low pressure system over Lake Ontario helped out by a secondary low southeast of Long Island. The NorLun (we're tired of the all caps) trough mentioned earlier can be seen on the radar but it doesn't look like it will bring much snow to the city proper. We are leaning toward the Weather Service's 1-3 inches of snow in town.

Today's high will be in the mid 30s. Any significant snow will end late this evening, but there may be a scattered snow shower or two tomorrow. Behind the cold front Saturday's high will only reach the low 30s. The sun will return on Sunday as high pressure moves eastward. Don't let the sun fool you as there will be a considerable wind chill starting late Saturday.

More sun is expected on Monday. Early indications are that the next coastal storm will develop by the middle of next week. Get used to the cool air. Temperatures are likely to remain a bit below normal for a week or more.